Place de la Madeleine, Édouard Cortès, early 1900s
Not too sure about this.
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Wales forever, and arzholes to all Englishmen According to mr Google translate. Cymru am byth, ac arzholes i bob Sais
Bed it is
How about suicide in FIFO . Our son has told me of three in the past month of his acquaintance…
I am a reasonably good Catholic, Rosie, these people are better than me. I should do better in the forgiveness…
Perreparrot is fu.ked; minns has come out and said they’ll have to keep Eraring open, others as well, maybe build another one and Parrot has said no way will he d that. What a retard.
You get this with these people. They can’t conceptualize numbers and quantities. One, two, three, many.
Hence the triumphant press releases about 100 MWh big batteries. Which are so enormous they can supply the grid for twenty seconds. These people can’t compute the difference between MWh and MW, nor the GW we get from the coal plants.
Same with water savings. Stuff which is so infinitesimal to be irrelevant gets awed treatment in the MSM. I suspect no journalism graduate in Australia has done more than year 9 mathematics this century. At least that’s how it seems.
Yes.
Rival rugby clubs, but also “rapists and thieves”.
“LGBTQIA+ existence predates religion
Hows it stack up against evolution?
It doesn’t. I suspect those few who did practice deviancy were dealt with harshly.
Any tribes of exclusively gay primates competing for space Im missing?
Nope.
“Perreparrot is fu.ked; minns has come out and said they’ll have to keep Eraring open, others as well, maybe build another one and Parrot has said no way will he d that. What a retard.”
And that’s why they deserve to lose.
Boom.
Good riddance to COVID mania loving trash like Hard Buzard, Field Marshal Davey Elliot Imin Dada and Crazy Kezza Chant.
Of course, vote hard for Latham/PHON and John Ruddick/LDP.
Just sayin’
https://www.ldp.org.au/nsw_freedom
Only a retard would think a solution to the Warragamba dam overflowing is to order Sydneysiders to turn on their kitchen taps and for Sydney Water to suspend billing.
Trade unions have left the idiots in charge, now that they no longer need members and super is providing the cashflow.
A three-year-old brat could come up with better.
James O’Keefe Makes HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT at CPAC 2023
Scott Morrison is a weasel. He’s now trying to backtrack on vaccine mandates.
Seems a bit…hyper-bowlic or even hyperbolic
Anyone with relatives in Israel or Palestine want to clue us in? Seems like a Washington Times like tantrum, but hey, does it have any legs? Or is it a Daily Expose scam for “buy me a coffee, I mean boathouse”.
It wasn’t compulsory, except when it was! How good is a vaccine mandate!?
Mathematics is very good at making you feel stupid. You get used to it and stop caring after a while, but the journos don’t persist long enough to get to that point. And they really don’t like feeling stupid, so they stick to things where they feel competent, the fluffy stuff where you never commit yourself so never discover you’re wrong.
It didn’t used to be like that. They used to be a hard-nosed cynical lot, sceptical about everything. Then came journalism degrees.
LGBTQIA+ existence predates religion
Hows it stack up against evolution?
Evolution doesn’t exist, no fossil remains have ever been found to suggest that it’s real.
I understand he’s an Australian “comedian.”
It goes with the territory.
Dot.
How many generations have sprung from their loins?
Dont make me mention the gargling thing again, some people were traumatized by the image that put in their heads.
Especially if you had the pyrate as the garglee.
He tried that at the same time he was mandating them.
What makes him think it will work now?
“Anyone with relatives in Israel or Palestine want to clue us in? “
I do, the protests are only happening in Tel Aviv, they’re not happening in Jerusalem or Haifa. And the protests are being egged on and probably funded by Biden’s WH. Biden is trying to overthrow Orban in Hungary and Bibi in Israel.
Oh and by the way, there’s no such country or place called “Palestine”. I think you mean Judea and Samaria, they are the correct names.
I wouldn’t expect anything less.
Haaretz is far-left shit.
It’s interesting that he’s publicly attempting to walk it back though and shifting blame to state premiers (who certainly do deserve their share along with their CHOs).
Clearly feeling some pressure and looking to preserve some sort of legacy.
Difficult alright to maintain that boast, not whilst claiming to have completely misssed:
“Turn all your taps on, that’ll lower the water level & thus ease the flood risk” – which in the ‘Public Stupidity‘ stakes has gotta be the winner of the Grand Slam and you-get-to-keep-the-trophy.
Scott Morrison didn’t Mandate any vaccines.
State Governments do that.
Here’s what he did do:
#1. Doubled the Dole for 12 months
#2.Introduced JobKeeper to keep people employed
#3. Legislated for individual Workers to take up to $20,000 out of their Super.
Unions and Super Funds fought that tooth and Nail.
They are smart enough to work out the difference between absolute and relative differences when it suits them. Also, quoting a percentage value equates to bringing it with the stats, as far as they are concerned at least.
They weren’t attention seeking adolescents like Thorpe.
Yes these vile people haven’t grown up which I guess is what happens when you’re given everything. Hazza trash is another example. Also the chaser creeps. Generation of vipers.
He did for workers in certain sectors over which the Commonwealth has authority, Ed.
Our suspect our main “rivals” reproduced by asexual spores like greenskins in 40k.
Your comment triggered me into searching the net (in vain) all afternoon for the comment* by Qld Premier Wayne Goss mourning the demise of East Germany, as “we” had lost the political beacon that Qld was aiming for.
If anyone knows where to find, or has a source, please let us all know.
(* quoted at the time in the Brisbane Courier Mail)
Some have been in Jerusalem. All of them have been lefties throwing their toys out of the pram.
The hysteria is so like the progs in the US. I hope Bibi keeps his nerve and puts the judicial reform bill through. The Israeli deep state is a minnow by comparison to the US one, but is just as nasty and just as deeply embedded.
Gonzalo Lira
@GonzaloLira1968
She looks so normal and sweet — but then she starts talking . . .
In Tolkien’s works, do you know how orcs were created? They took lithe, beautiful, inherently good elves — and perverted them into insane murderous monsters.
And here’s what he also did and which Perotparrot is still going for:
He went hard for Net Zero. Well, bugger that, and just look what Minns has done.
Thank you Dr Faustus for allowing me the opportunity to guffaw all over again at what a doofus Sally McAnus is.
I’ve been vicariously sharing, all over again, in the wonderment of discovery, & trying to process just how moronic the silly creature must be.
“Some have been in Jerusalem. All of them have been lefties throwing their toys out of the pram. The hysteria is so like the progs in the US. I hope Bibi keeps his nerve and puts the judicial reform bill through. The Israeli deep state is a minnow by comparison to the US one, but is just as nasty and just as deeply embedded.”
Oh so you’re now an expert on Israel.
I actually like what Minns has said about buying Eraring. But he won’t do it.
No, he didn’t.
Zippy, please be more discerning about what you post here. I usually value your links.
Cheers.
Deal – we can cut it by 90% then!
Did anyone see the Shari Markson interview of Scottie? I couldn’t be bothered, but did she question him on Net Zero and his Dawning of the Shining Light in Awe of the Great and Good?
Our WW2 Prime Ministers were not toadies and they stood up for Australia.
Scottie caved with a huge cultural cringe in Glasgow.
John H at 8:48.
Interesting the theory about lack of movement causing heart issues.
Got me wondering.
Is the a difference between our old sedentary lifestyle (working at a desk, watching TV) and the “personal device age” where people become so engrossed they sit like a statue, whereas a desk-bound person will move a little bit.
Dunno.
Something is afoot over the last generation, that’s for sure.
Yep, I was just in the Isuzu dealer collecting a spare part and noted the sticker price of the D Max at the front of the showroom …… guess how much?
I woulda said $48k, maybe $55 as it was all striped and flared up..
NOPE … $79k ffs!! for a 4 cyl tradie ute!!
Joe Biden will almost certainly not attend the coronation of King Charles III. The official reason is that he is making a trip to Ireland that simply can’t be canceled. The media have focused on two reasons he won’t be there: (1) Eisenhower didn’t attend so there’s no tradition for presidents to attend, and (2) Biden hates the British. I think there are two more likely reasons: (1) Charles III’s coronation is an event without cachet, and (2) it’s impossible for Biden to withstand the rigors of the long coronation ceremony and any pre- and post-ceremony events. Indeed, my money is on the last reason being the real reason.-Might poo his pants again.
Here is Richard Vobe advocating what should have been done from the beginning, and what they had to gin the fear level up to 11 to avoid – simply DO NOT COMPLY with unreasonable demands.
I have a better idea …
Link
Clearly feeling some pressure and looking to preserve some sort of legacy.
His only legacy is being remembered as a spineless charlatan.
And that Brendan O’Neill piece is sublime.
One thing the old thief still can do is spray venom and bile.
I did.
Morrison turned on the charm and had her eating out of his hand.
I expect some buyer’s remorse tomorrow from Markson. I expect she’ll hate that he conned her.
Muslim and other madness:
Jihad Watch.
Geller
Be warned, Geller has a large photo of rachel levine, arguably the ugliest trannie ever; although maxine waters may do him in sheer, unadulterated ghastliness.
Elon Musk’s reaction to leaked texts from 2020 about ‘deploying the new variant’ is ALL of us
Is Silly McManus dating that Lightfoot woman?
They all look, oh, never mind
Cronkite, you need to be consistent. You once titled both those “ladies” ( Rachel and Maxine) as cute owls. You can’t keep doing these 180’s all the time or people won’t take you seriously.
It didn’t used to be like that. They used to be a hard-nosed cynical lot, sceptical about everything. Then came journalism degrees.
Is there anything in the arts/media/”social” sciences that universities cannot make worse?
Correct, it was obvious to anyone with a functioning brain within hours. That is what was so disappointing about Tucker – he was, and still is, a shining beacon against the relentless march of the left. On the night, however, he rolled over and accepted it like pretty much everyone else.
That meant he was either
1) Too stupid to see it (and he isn’t)
2) Saw it was a steal, but went along with it due to editorial influence from above.
For this reason, and with great regret, I have not watched a thing Tucker has done since that night.
Once you lose trust…..
I read Arutz Sheva every day Cassie.
Which you recommended to me, for which I thank you.
Yes, they reported demos in Jerusalem. That’s what I was referring to.
He was probably shocked it was so blatant. He’s done a lot of good stuff.
He’ll be remembered as the minister who presided over OSB (although that was the brainchild of Tony Abbott and executed by the military and customs).
Which is ironic, because insiders report that he hated it, the migrant boat trophy in his office notwithstanding.
“I read Arutz Sheva every day Cassie.
Which you recommended to me, for which I thank you.
Yes, they reported demos in Jerusalem. That’s what I was referring to.”
I’ve spoken to people who live in Israel, in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.
You’re not an expert on everything, and reading Arutz Sheva, whilst a good outlet, doesn’t make you an expert.
Richard Craniums trolling has been very low energy today, worse than m0nty=fa’s.
NOPE … $79k ffs!! for a 4 cyl tradie ute!!
I’m about to stump $33k for a ten year old Isuzu 4WD ute… the instant tax writeoff ending 30th June is heating the market no doubt.
V low mileage, but still, it’s gonna hurt. I’m justifying it in that it’s a manual with manual windows, full length tray. Who the hell pays for 4-door auto utes for any sort of farm work? Can’t tow, no low range, can’t tow start, can’t carry a ton.
Cronkite, you need to be consistent. You once titled both those “ladies” ( Rachel and Maxine) as cute owls.
That is a vile lie, unworthy of a chino wearing, cheroot smoking shorter.
You can’t keep doing these 180’s all the time or people won’t take you seriously.
To be clear, these are cute owls. I will post further examples regularly so you and other pansies don’t get befuddled.
He [Tucker C] was probably shocked it was so blatant. He’s done a lot of good stuff
It’s pretty hard to say anything sensible, in real time, at the coalface, which doesnt’ make you seem simply biased and/or bitter.
Myself, it was a biased and bitter couple of weeks before I started winnowing the good takes from the hot messes, and realised that if I were running a biased agenda, it would be more sensible to run a longer, documented, and more thorough, expozay.
You want me to find the stories? Cassie – I regard your people very highly. And I admire Mr Netanyahu, although I think he hasn’t realised yet that the gloves are now off. Mr Gvir does, from what I can see.
No I am not an expert on Israel, I never claimed to be. But I know more about the politics than 99.9% of people in Australia. So consider me as an educated amateur. Also I reiterate that if needed I can (probably) find the stories I read in the last few weeks.
The shit the Left is pulling in Israel is as nasty as in the US. I’ve read Caroline Glick’s forensic stories on the lawfare the Left have pursued. The AG and the Supreme Court need to be dumped into the Mediterranean. I’d give them life rafts, I’m a generous person.
Melanie Phillips has a pretty good oped from last week. I don’t think she goes far enough, but her summary is accurate:
The Left is evil incarnate everywhere, including in Israel.
The real threat to Israeli democracy (2 Mar)
The zero percent body fat and washboard abdominals really accentuates the oversized rubber tits in an appealing way.
Is it just me or there’s no real news about at the moment. Nothing really motivates me much.
Trump’s speech at CPAC was superb.
” But I know more about the politics than 99.9% of people in Australia. “
What utter bulldust. You need please tone down the narcissism. You certainly don’t know more about politics than many who post here. Enough with the self aggrandisement.
Errsactly Frank. Gals need a bit of body fat otherwise they look like fellas. I’m not suggesting no work out, as they need to be trim to be attractive. But you don’t want a gal looking like Arnie in his body building prime.
Is it just me or there’s no real news about at the moment.
Yes, it’s you.
Nothing really motivates me much.
Get off the carbs, replace them with fibre: you’ll be more alert and your bowel movements will amaze you. All those impacted turds are suppressing your natural exuberance.
Cassie – Ask any Aussie in the street who Ben-Gvir is. Come back to me when you find someone who knows.
What a spiteful comment, Cronkers. You’re bigger than that and not just girth.
And I admire Mr Netanyahu, …
Good for you.
He’s facing Criminal charges that he will eventually be convicted of by the secular Courts.
Read up on Henry Kissinger.
He says Israel will peacefully cease to exist this year, those citizens that want to stay on can, those that want to go are free to go.
Presumably Putin will guarantee peace and order, Golan Heights will return to Syria.
Metal shaper of the week!
https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/wetherill-park/power-tools/metal-shaper-alba-medium-size/1309199590
Anchor What says:
March 6, 2023 at 6:47 pm
He was particularly pugnacious and belligerent last night, I don’t like his pompous know-it-all attitude in general neither, but getting all het up and abusing others when he was wrong in most of his assumption, was even worse.
Worthy of our Ed.
“Cassie – Ask any Aussie in the street who Ben-Gvir is. Come back to me when you find someone who knows.”
Oh God. You’re embarrassing yourself. Enough with the self aggrandisement.
For Zippy, John H, bern, mole etc.
Remember, it was taught until recently this isn’t real, wikipedia, the MSM etc lie about this and censor it. Microchimerism only works one way for convenience, remember! Life must be made easier for purple haired librarians.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0079610722000682
Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology
Volume 174, October 2022, Pages 55-61
Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology
Uterosomes: The lost ring of telegony?
(I think…) you’re defending Fox News, which was fine with the steal, like Mike “Traitorous Bastard” Pence.
Fox News needs to die, Tucker, Gutfield etc can survive on Breitbart, Truth Social, Gab, Twitter, Bit Chute, Locals, Rumble, take your pick.
Self praise is no recommendation
I don’t know who Ben Gvir is.
But I will find out.
Cassie – I don’t understand you at all. I support what you say almost 100%, except in certain things which seem to be oddly emotional for you. None of which is my business. But I say what I see, and I rely on people to give reasoned arguments when they dispute my views. Such fine and intelligent debates are one of the best things about the Cat.
ftb @ 11:40am
if no-one’s answered that question…
see Sir Douglas Nicholls
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Nicholls
Okay. He’s styled “far right”. Which probably means he’s somewhere in the middle. It appears he’s being blamed for unrest in Israel including the police lobbing a stun grenade into a crowd. All double-bad and un-nice to Palestinians amongst others.
Looks like the usual stuff, but I’ve only skimmed the surface.
What are we fighting over exactly?
These women are doing bad things to their bodies, trying to muscle up like men. They will alter their oestrogen composition and hormonal balance and they will stop menstruating. Just as women did in concentration camps. This is body image gone crazy just like the gender stuff and the overweight stuff and the diet anorexics. I agree they wouldn’t have those breasts given their lack of fat unless the breasts were silicone. There is nothing feminine nor shapely about these women.
I far prefer Bruce of Newc’s sort of birds. And even though I am too heavy myself right now, can’t diet while I have my current conditions, I prefer to carry a bit of weight into older age rather than be skinny and have arms like Julie Bishop’s. Naturally curvy is what women are meant to be.
Lol, that’s easy.
He was a successful chariot racer, who lived at the time of Christ, & was played by Charlton Heston in a movie about his life.
Few would even be able to tell you that much – most of them would be surprised that it is not a true story about a real person, but is total fiction.
Calli – Mr Ben-Gvir and Mr Smotrich have been stirring up the Left in Israel. It’s so like the anti-Trump stuff after 2016. What they’re saying is quite fine, but the Left is going nuts. It’d be funny if there wasn’t so much riding on it. I just hope they keep their course with courage.
“Cassie – I don’t understand you at all. I support what you say almost 100%, except in certain things which seem to be oddly emotional for you. None of which is my business. But I say what I see, and I rely on people to give reasoned arguments when they dispute my views. Such fine and intelligent debates are one of the best things about the Cat.”
Oh God. Please, you’re embarrassing yourself. As I said above and I’ll reiterate it one last time, you are not an expert on everything (no one is) and you don’t “know more about the politics than 99.9% of people in Australia.
And since you say you like to engage in a “reasoned argument”, then you should also be able to accept when you’re wrong. But you seem unable to do that.
Oh dear. Hun:
A second staff member in Monique Ryan’s office allegedly went on stress leave, while another “underperforming” member had their contract ended before the relationship between the Kooyong MP and her chief of staff Sally Rugg soured, court documents reveal.
In a review evaluating her performance during the first four months of employment, Ms Rugg states that she “successfully managed a stressed and anxious staff member (electorate office manager) through a very difficult period”.
Ms Rugg alleges this included a “series of gentle performance management discussions, quickly organising and covering a week of stress leave so she could rest and recuperate and redefining her role and our reporting lines so she could rejoin the team set up for success”.
The former head of change.org said she also “concluded the contract of a vulnerable staff member who was underperforming and struggling with the pressures of an office environment in a positive, gentle way”.
The fresh details of turmoil within Dr Ryan’s office were revealed in an affidavit filed to the Federal Court by Ms Rugg on January 25.
It comes as Federal Court judge Debbie Mortimer will on Tuesday rule whether Ms Rugg will keep her job, with the activist claiming she was sacked by Dr Ryan for raising concerns about unreasonable work. Ms Rugg is seeking an interim injunction to stop the Commonwealth from terminating her employment until a trial, which senior legal sources say could cost up to half a million dollars.
Justice Mortimer struggled to grapple with the idea of Ms Rugg and Dr Ryan returning to work in close proximity with each other, pending any trial, after hearing evidence of their volatile relationship in a full-day hearing on Friday.
“I don’t think I have seen a case like this,” the experienced judge remarked.
“The material is pretty stark about a breakdown in the work relationship.
“How are they to be compelled to continue to work together?”
But Angel Aleksov, representing Ms Rugg, said: “It will require attention by both parties on the ground in doing so.”
Dr Ryan is alleged to have rolled her eyes and suggested Ms Rugg was faking her stress leave before bullying her to resign in an “off the record” agreement, according to explosive allegations in Friday’s hearing.
The paediatric neurologist has rejected several claims by Ms Rugg that she was “hostile”.
Dr Ryan maintains it would be “impractical, if not impossible” to have Ms Rugg back in her office.
But Ms Rugg wants to return to her job earning $136,000, plus $30,000 in bonuses per year, which she has continued to be paid for despite not working since late December.
Questions have also been raised about Ms Rugg’s involvement in external fundraising, which she claims in her affidavit made her feel “uncomfortable”, during her employment.
But a Department of Finance spokesman said: “As this matter is currently before the courts, it would not be appropriate for the Department of Finance to comment on Ms Rugg’s affidavit”.
In Question Time on Monday, Coalition MPs including Peter Dutton could be heard calling Dr Ryan the “next prime minister” – a reference to claims she had told Ms Rugg she had ambitions of high office.
But the Teal took a swipe back saying “I’ll be there before you are”. (laugh kind reader, laugh)
“What are we fighting over exactly?”
I’m not fighting about anything.
In San Francisco, if you don’t wear a mask, they can put you in prison
External to Ryan or external to taxpayer funds?
1. For others – she has no right as an employee of an MP, the understanding is it is a political position, she can do what she wants, but she could be cut off at any time.
2. ??? I guess we can always pay Ryan and other Teals more of our money to campaign for agendas we don’t support?
Scott Morrison is a weasel. He’s now trying to backtrack on vaccine mandates.
Funny how they think they can avoid getting strung up.
“A second staff member in Monique Ryan’s office allegedly went on stress leave, while another “underperforming” member had their contract ended before the relationship between the Kooyong MP and her chief of staff Sally Rugg soured, court documents reveal.
In a review evaluating her performance during the first four months of employment, Ms Rugg states that she “successfully managed a stressed and anxious staff member (electorate office manager) through a very difficult period”.”
I’m gonna have to buy a popcorn maker.
More empirical evidence of telegony:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4282758/
Ecol Lett. 2014 Dec; 17(12): 1545–1552.
Published online 2014 Sep 30. doi: 10.1111/ele.12373
PMCID: PMC4282758
PMID: 25270393
Revisiting telegony: offspring inherit an acquired characteristic of their mother’s previous mate
Newly discovered non-genetic mechanisms break the link between genes and inheritance, thereby also raising the possibility that previous mating partners could influence traits in offspring sired by subsequent males that mate with the same female (‘telegony’). In the fly Telostylinus angusticollis, males transmit their environmentally acquired condition via paternal effects on offspring body size. We manipulated male condition, and mated females to two males in high or low condition in a fully crossed design. Although the second male sired a large majority of offspring, offspring body size was influenced by the condition of the first male. This effect was not observed when females were exposed to the first male without mating, implicating semen-mediated effects rather than female differential allocation based on pre-mating assessment of male quality. Our results reveal a novel type of transgenerational effect with potential implications for the evolution of reproductive strategies.
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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23618818/
Gene
. 2013 Jul 25;524(2):414-6.
doi: 10.1016/j.gene.2013.03.061. Epub 2013 Apr 23.
Fetal genes in mother’s blood: a novel mechanism for telegony?
Telegony is a discredited genetic phenomenon that a previous male may influence the characteristics of offspring subsequently borne by the same female to another male. Although its reality was acknowledged by such authorities as Charles Darwin and Herbert Spencer, it has been met with skepticism because of a lack of understanding of the theoretical basis for telegony. With the discovery of fetal genes in mother’s blood, the penetration of somatic cells by sperm, and the ability of RNA to program genome rearrangement, mechanisms might exist for telegony.
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Now remember:
It’s not real because:
1. Wikipedia, and Encyclopedia Britannica fact checkers said so!
2. It is inconvenient to feminism.
Ben-Gvir played for the Balmain Tigers in the late 80’s.
The glory years.
Was dropped when Ellery Hanley was signed from the UK.
Pediatric Neurologist, eh?
Those poor kids.
Sally Rugg swears that Ryan offered her 6 months pay in lieu of Notice to quit, but Ryan said it would have to be off the books to avoid a Paper Trail.
Ryan denies that, but if it is accepted to be true, Ryan can’t continue in Kooyong.
John H doesn’t like Foxnews.
Big deal.
He’s no troll.
A solid contributor to the Cat.
Cassie – I’m sad you are being so hostile. I really do wish you well. However I can do no more than debate and support my arguments with sources. I’d love for you to engage in that way also, but for some reason you aren’t doing so. Maybe it’s a man thing, we’re not especially perceptive, as you may have noticed.
Thanks BBS.
Say what you want about Don Dunstan.
He walked the walk.
In a safari suit, no less.
For others – she has no right as an employee of an MP, the understanding is it is a political position, she can do what she wants, but she could be cut off at any time.
Don’t be an idiot, course she has rights as an employee.
“Cassie – I’m sad you are being so hostile. I really do wish you well. However I can do no more than debate and support my arguments with sources. I’d love for you to engage in that way also, but for some reason you aren’t doing so. Maybe it’s a man thing, we’re not especially perceptive, as you may have noticed.”
Stop with the passive aggressive “I’m sad you are being so hostile“. I’m not being hostile, just pointing out that you’re not an expert on everything, despite the fact that you fancy yourself as one.
Such fine and intelligent debates are one of the best things about the Cat.
Yes; the ones I’ve had with head prefect have been outstanding; and it goes to his character that he comes back for more after losing all of them.
A lady can be athletic, but not cut.
When a lady has lost her softness, she is no longer a lady.
Dunstan walked no walk.
He was extremely hostile to any suggestion that he was a Flamer until the day he died.
By the way, appointing Doug Nicholls was a stunt, Nicholls was way out of his depth in the job.
Nicholls was way out of his depth in the job.
How can anyone be out of their depth being the governor of South Australia?
Wests Tigers next Premiership.
“Don’t worry Joey, we’ll make it to California”
‘Sure we will Mr Bern, sure we will (cough cough).’
I held Josh Frydenberg in low regard as an empty suit Lierbal careerist and an enabler of Scott Morrison, but the good people of Kooyong must now be lamenting their part in his demise. At least he was a more or less normal human being.
Which included no evidence of any crime.
Unless you count sticking up for democracy as a crime, which you probably would.
Cassie – You have provided nothing in solid information to dispute anything I have said. I would like you to do so, indeed it would be a fine thing to discuss such things with an intelligent person like you. But for some reason you are refusing. I don’t understand why.
That’s OK, I can live with that. I’ve had long experience, it seems to be my lot in life or something. But please keep in mind that I regard you highly as a very intelligent person.
Now there’s a fortuitous typo. “Liarbal.”
It sounded better in the original German.
“Cassie – You have provided nothing in solid information to dispute anything I have said. “
Earlier you wrote this pearl…..“But I know more about the politics than 99.9% of people in Australia”
I’ll say it one last time, you’re embarrassing yourself and the above statement is proof.
Monty – You are projecting again. Take off your uniform before you get too excited.
Don Dunstan was a lefty but, in the 1970s, so was I.
I am internally indebted to him for some timeless advice to me: “Never stop questioning your own assumptions.”
Yo, Bruce.
As a 99th percentile expert on Australian Politics, whaddya think of this:
Albanese is getting beaten by Dutton, so if Monique Ryan an be forced out, then Frydenburg can make a comeback and undermine Dutton.
My pleasure.
It’s given me a genuine Wow!! moment – much more satisfying than the everyday, garden variety stupidity.
Don Dunstan was a lefty but, in the 1970s, so was I.
I am internally indebted to him …
Too much information, old feller.
D’oh.
…eternally.
In as much as an assumption is an acceptance of a proposition as true without adequate evidence or sufficient proof that’s good advice.
Would that some of our contemporary progressives availed themselves of such wisdom.
Cassie – I have been reading Israeli news for several decades. JPost for a long time then INN after they got too lefty (as I said: thanks for the tip). You may dislike the reason why I do so, yet I have a strong liking for Israel and Jewish people. They are beset from all sides. They know more about the reality of things than any other people on Earth. Yet they too have been subjected to the insidious slimy activities of the Left. The court cases against Netanyahu are even more laughable than the ones the DoJ are trying against Trump. As I said: I’ve been reading Caroline Glick’s analyses for several years.
So I believe I am accurate in saying I am more aware of Israeli current affairs and politics than 999 out of 1000 Australians. That wouldn’t be hard, really, given the absence of coverage in our local media.
It does bother me a bit that you are so hostile. That is the truth. But I have lived with such things in my calling and experience for forty or fifty years, so I have some acclimatization with such things. I wish however that you would debate rather than be antagonistic.
We knew what you meant, Tom.
Groogs, for someone held in near universal high regard you do sling a lot a personal insults. Do better.
Just STOP!
Ed – I’m not especially interested in the antics of the purple party. It’s all incestuous and meaningless.
o_0
Enough, FFS, you’re embarrassing yourself. It’s tedious.
Can someone tell me or provide a link that tells me that what Bibi is proposing to do to the Israeli judiciary and why it is supposedly objectionable? Thanks.
For what our judiciary sometimes does, many of them should be stuffed and mounted.
“Gaborsays:
March 6, 2023 at 9:18 pm”
Snap.
The stoke he suffered soon after being appointed may have had something to do with his ability?
Predictable nonsense, montnazi.
If Trump is a Nazi, keep in mind he is more liberal than Biden, Albo or ScoMo etc.
To be fair though, Biden probably thinks he is Michael Moore’s ficus plant. Gee it’s a good thing a senile old man has the nuke launch codes instead of an irritating, loud mouthed ranga.
He held office for only 150 days. Retired due to ill health.
Stay out of it, Hallward. It’s of no concern to you.
The zombie left isn’t sending us its best trolls, but the dumbest.
I guess that’s to be expected from a movement that, in the past 20 years, has become infantile and anti-intellectual.
More of a spun gold look IMHO.
Oh yeah Fatboy. The Nazi speech.
In what way am I embarrassing myself Cassie? You haven’t given ANY evidence I’m wrong about anything, not so far. Just a lot of unsupported assertions. Good oh. That’s fine by me, I have a thick skin.
Do we need a reading from Titus tonight?
He held office for only 150 days. Retired due to ill health.
Rewriting history again?
He was way out of his depth, it was a Dunstan Stunt intended to mock the Position and Nicholls fell for it.
Ryan sounds like Kernot MkII. Hope she ends up similarly.
Here’s a tip about the chicks, Bruce:
When they say
Please stop embarrassing yourself
it really means
Double down, Daddio.
Yes, a Titus reading would be good.
Banged by a pompous Biggles wannabe?
Shorter m0nty-fa
Suuuure the DemonRats, Big Business and others joined together to “fortify” the election, but it was all open and above board, though not reported publicly until after the election, and most of them don’t want their names mentioned, but it really wasn’t openly illegal. Really, scout’s honour.
Big ask. Can’t see it happening myself but you never say never.
Err, wut?
I mean, I can see him saying “best advice of AG and department, yada, yada”.
But “it never occurred to him that it was not legal”?
Really?
A cursory glance at the briefing of the broad-brush way it was going to work would have to pique the interest of one of the Great Legal Minds of Our Time, surely.
miltonfsays:
March 6, 2023 at 9:33 pm
Ryan sounds like Kernot MkII. Hope she ends up similarly.
Shagging Gareth Gareth Evans to obtain membership of the Liars Party?
Real Deal, I think Proverbs 29:8 works better for you.
Frydenberg…the good people of Kooyong must now be lamenting their part in his demise.
Not enough of them.
I and some of my mates have acquaintances who were teal voters in Kooyong. Admittedly a small sample, but none, zilch, of them regret voting for Monique Ryan and are prepared to continue doing so. Most of them I have dared speak to about this are hard boiled Karens, retired female academics, teachers and social workers etc. Their husbands either stay quiet or nod shamefacedly in agreement.
It’s a generational thing in that the older boomers are supporting the teals and see no wrong in Ryan’s staffing shenanigans. The younger generations are all greens. the coalition and even the liars are sandwiched between those two malignancies.
Until Holmes a Court stops supporting the teals, if he ever does, they will be a growing disruptive force just like the greens who nobody took seriously at first. They might not have much pull at the moment but in another one or two elections they will have and they will be absolutely ruthless.
We are in for a very unpleasant time.
Ben-Gvir was a champion lacrosse player, and a member of the 1955 Yale Invincibles.
Also, he invented the post-it note.
Shagging Gareth Gareth Evans to obtain membership of the Liars Party?
Doesn’t bear thinking about
Yep.
Look. I don’t hate Trump. The fact of the matter is his warts and all stuff is sort of endearing. He’s not senile. Biden is senile and has the nuke launch codes. We’re all less safe with a senile US President. That’s an objective fact. The left prefer senility over personality clashes, even with thermonuclear stakes. I can’t believe they couldn’t get a better candidate than Biden.
Trump hates the media (that’s all he needed to win me over) and brought in the one in, two out regulation rule. He ended a lot of foreign wars. He cut corporate and personal taxes. He appointed fairly good judges to the USSC for a VERY long time.
He’s like a red headed step Uncle.
He’s more like Harry Browne than George Bush II. He was better than expected.
I found my violin.
This reads like many fan fiction “biographies” of Mr Integrity, Warren Buffet.
Posted last night on this – these are the new laws the local resident, who built a culvert on his land fell afoul of.
Oh well, see y’all in the morning. It has been a long day with problems to solve tomorrow.
You’ve always been a problem solver, Hallward. Like Uncle Howard.
Do the Teals even have a united philosophy, compatible set of philosophies, objectives or policy platform?
He’s more like Harry Browne than George Bush II.
Before I go, who is Harry Browne?
I heard on a podcast today that RFK could be running in 24. Robert Kennedy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Browne
hard boiled Karens, retired female academics, teachers and social workers etc
with short cropped grey hair and glasses with a chain. Maybe some big dangly earrings.
Dot – Here’s one for you.
Trump Pledges to ‘Totally Obliterate the Deep State’ if Elected President (4 Mar)
I like his style.
If the American people want Robert Kennedy Jr and Maryanne Williamson, let them.
Who wanted Hillary or Joe? Super delegates!
OK the How I found Freedom in an Unfree world guy. I have the book, given to me by a pal in California.
Real Deal, I think Proverbs 29:8 works better for you.
You a good fellow, Bruce. However, sometimes you spread a fair dollop of hubris-flavoured Vegemite on your vita-weets. Cassie may speak with a little more nuance on the Israel situation than you can concede.
I take it to mean he will abolish the FBI. He’s a glutton for punishment if he means otherwise.
Reading that reminded me that Kerry Packer saw straight through the magnificence & sacked him.
Total mystery why.
Time for this absolute banger
https://carnegieendowment.org/2005/12/20/case-for-abolishing-cia-pub-17846
He oughta by now be riled up enough, & have enough mongrel in him, to do it properly.
From Dot’s link:
On the upside, the CIA has provided inspiration for countless movie bad guys – so there’s that.
Real Deal – I like Solomon’s sayings, there’re so many useful insults in them. Do you want another one?
If you want a debate you can provide assertions, links, commentary, data. All are fine. An absence isn’t.
Well, the last one ‘rubber stamp’ extended the Covid ‘State of Emergency’ 22 times!
The Magnificence is shining through alright.
Is this really the superbarrister who humbled the British government over official secrets sorta stuff?
The Spycatcher case cannot have been anywhere near as complex as I used to think it was.
“Vagabondsays:
March 6, 2023 at 9:42 pm
Frydenberg…the good people of Kooyong must now be lamenting their part in his demise.
Not enough of them.
I and some of my mates have acquaintances who were teal voters in Kooyong. Admittedly a small sample, but none, zilch, of them regret voting for Monique Ryan and are prepared to continue doing so. Most of them I have dared speak to about this are hard boiled Karens, retired female academics, teachers and social workers etc. Their husbands either stay quiet or nod shamefacedly in agreement.”
I think that’s a fairly good analysis. It’s the same here in Wentworth, although I would add that Ms Big Spender hasn’t embarrassed herself the way Ryan has and Spender has kept a lower profile. As for “hard boiled Karens, retired female academics, teachers and social workers etc“, those types have never ever voted Liberal.
Something (not suprisingly) given no news coverage here in Oz.
An estimated 3000 tractors block Brussels in protest at the EU agricultural targets and forced purchas of farms.
https://twitter.com/BernieSpofforth/status/1632310744262885377
He was quite clearly referring to Israeli politics.
Maybe if the word “the” wasn’t in front of the word “politics” you’d have a case, Case.
That comedian thinks God doesn’t exist, just ‘religion’.
I’m in Portugal, Faro, it’s raining.
Yeah!
I remembered how to say coffee with milk in Portuguese so I have that.
Not that I don’t think just using English would be just fine, on past experience.
Oh and I agree, John H is not a troll.
Being able to without hesitation name the Prime Minister of Israel would place anyone in the top 1% of Australian understanding of Israeli politics.
Those few Australians who correctly answer fall at the supplementary question: “Name his/her political party”
Headed up by a Massey-Ferguson, driven by Ben-Gvir.
It must be extremely difficult to live with unbidden same sex attraction and know that God forbids acting on that attraction.
I don’t blame people for feeling disenfranchised.
What a pity no-one is interested in finding out if it is possible to remove those desires.
Fun question to ask Australians is to name the Prime Minister of Australia. I’ve been in workplaces* where up to 10% of people have managed to name the Australian PM.
Rarely have I worked anywhere* that anyone is able to name the leader of the opposition.
*(exception is grain farms – I’ve never worked on a grain farm where there is anyone who cannot name both the PM & the leader of the opposition)
Footage of Monique Ryan in Parliament, just displayed on Skah.
Wild, frizzy, unkempt hair and a Mad Auntie expression on her dial. She looks like one of those middle-aged hoarder women occasionally featured on A Current Affair.
From your lips to God’s ears.
I am not sure you are right, but if you are then the Libs are stuffed.
If you believe that, you are a sucker.
Mind you, the Republican Party is full of suckers. Trump is going to wipe the floor with DeSantis.
I’m remembering a survey done, way back when, where more Australians knew the name of the first President of the United States, then knew the name of the first Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia….
Also, he invented the post-it note.
No, that was Romy and Michele
Indeed, ZKTA, few Australians know the name of our first prime minister. Fewer still, I suspect, know that his nickname was Toby Tosspot.
Real Deal – I like Solomon’s sayings, there’re so many useful insults in them. Do you want another one?
If you want a debate you can provide assertions, links, commentary, data. All are fine. An absence isn’t.
The Book of Proverbs isn’t the book of passive aggressive insults, Bruce. It is God’s wisdom for people who need wisdom every day, even a fool like me. “A soft answer turns away wrath”, says another one. If you like Solomon’s sayings as you remark, then don’t use them as bullets – it makes you sound churlish. I think that was the issue with the Titus stuff way back.
I don’t comment a real lot because I know my limitations on particular topics I am not well thought through on. Middle-East geopolitics is a trap for many. That’s all and that’s it from me for tonight.
Golly, he’s said something accurate. I’m stonkered by this amazing concept.
The straw polls at CPAC were fun. The third place went to a guy who isn’t even a politician. Says a lot about how the mk 1.0 republican voter is thinking.
Doesn’t matter, Monty, the Dems are going to steal 2024. They have no choice but attempt it. Or die, in some cases literally.
Real Deal – You insulted me on purpose. I’ll take you on in bible exegesis anytime. Any time, hombre.
Not that it matters, but I never described John H as a ‘troll’.
One can be objectionable and an unpleasant person without being a troll, some trolls are actually very funny and add spice to the forum.
Go on, return the serve.
On This Day:
mUnter – get in here and describe Custer’s heroics!
No.
We do not.
Titus is only ever invoked when running interference for reports of metals replicating in the bloodstream.
Titus should never be used in Middle East conflicts.
Anybody know how to link to the bugle call that was played at the Alamo? – “No quarter to the defenders?”
“Now it’s on to Chicago, and let’s win there!”
The Osbourne Lockdown leaks interesting to say the least. In one he makes a reference to injecting chips for Gates.
The journalist who leaked the messages has done the world a great service.
Interestingly a result of the Alamo was the invention of chewing gum.
Criticism of Fox News should not be regarded as heresy.
Zulu:
El Deguello.
A couple of my then student children got caught up in robodebt.
It was a disgrace.
Both faithfully reported part time earnings every fortnight for the first half of the financial year, then went into full time employment after completing degrees.
A few years later bills in the thousands for overpayments because Centrelink decided the only thing that mattered was the total income that financial year.
One child had kept payslips, even though outside the five year record keeping requirements, the other iirc had to repay, and then finally got restitution.
Just about any APS 3 or 4 in centrelink could have explained this to those responsible for this debacle.
Toby Tosspot.
It’s the other way ‘round.
“Tosspot Toby”
Faro, despite the rain is looking on the up and up, sure it’s all for tourism but the 19th century old town port centre continues to be rejuvenated and derelict buildings restored as visitor accommodation.
Not very big but nice to walk around, and I reminded by a sign my American Portugese acquaintance from last time recommending bifana last time and I know, hopefully where to find one tomorrow.
He oughta by now be riled up enough, & have enough mongrel in him, to do it properly.
What a lovely thought.