The ABC style.
Open Thread – Weekend 25 March 2023
- The Radio Show May 2024 – The Fifties
- Open Thread – Weekend 4 May 2024
- Bumtree #5
- The beach which banned vanilla ice cream
- Bumtree #4
Are they certain that the damage was not the result of bad driving, re-purposed for political reasons. Taqqiya?
It’s possible. I knew some Liverpudlians who’d emigrated to Australia in the 50s. 1980 and they could make neither head…
Bolt always came across much better in print
“Two State” solution since the late 1930’s. What makes this fool think they are interested in such a solution now?…
One of Monty and Eds mob ‘peacefully’ partaking in a demonstration. Notice how he does it to an older woman, not a young man.
Give him a bravery medal.
Notice also the authorities are just fine with this.
Yep. And the sheep will vote yes.
Let the legal dog-fighting begin…
Protesters call off action at Sydney anti-abortion rally over ‘threat of violence’
A group planning to protest an anti-abortion rally in Sydney have called it off, saying the “threat of violence” is a risk to their safety.
A group intending to counter-protest at an annual anti-abortion rally in Sydney on Sunday have called off the action, saying the “disappointing” decision was made for safety.
The University of Sydney Women’s Collective released a statement on Saturday night, cancelling the planned protest after a recent violent clash.
“This decision has not been made lightly, but has been made collectively as we believe that it is the right thing to do for the safety of our collective,” organisers said.
“It has become increasingly clear that we cannot ensure the safety of the action and that the threat of violence would instead work to drown out our political message.
“This protest is no longer a protest against the usual attendees … It is a protest against a violent group of people whose only intention is to cause harm.”
The Collective had been planning to protest the “Day of the Unborn Child” rally, organised by pro-life organisation the Life and Family Institute of Sydney.
Those rallying are expected to begin marching from St Mary’s Cathedral at midday and travel past Parliament House, led by the Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, Anthony Fisher.
The protest will start just 25m from a Macquarie Street abortion clinic.
Rally organiser Paul Hanrahan wrote on the event’s Facebook page on Thursday calling for calm amid fears it will become another flashpoint.
“The police have contacted us and [said] they have particular concerns, especially after the clashes between the ‘rainbow rights’ group and hundreds of counter-protesters outside a Mark Latham event at Belfield Parish last night, as well as events at Hyde Park last weekend,” he said.
“[Police] have assured us the security of our group and our right to hold our event is their primary concern, and they will do everything in their power to ensure that.
“We are not there to engage with any protesters but to carry our cross.”
Elizabeth (Lizzie) Beare says:
March 26, 2023 at 1:59 pm
For those who enjoy travel, or reading about it. A dedicated website.
Lizzie,
from that dedicated website – an article from a Time in Australia when Public Servants, & One would assume Politicians, had Sense & Some Brains
How one of Australia’s greatest engineering feats changed our history
When gold was found in the 1890s, Kalgoorlie quickly morphed into a boom town. But it had one major problem.
Mount Charlotte isn’t about to attract climbing expeditions any time soon. At 419 metres above sea level, it is a mere landscape pimple, surrounded by the pockmarks of Kalgoorlie’s gold mines.
It may not be impressive, but it is precious. The dull beige tank at the top provides the one thing – water – that’s almost as valuable as gold. And the story of how the water got here, via what’s now known as the Golden Pipeline, is remarkable.
When gold was found in the 1890s, Kalgoorlie quickly morphed into a boom town. But, with no rivers, an annual rainfall of 260 millimetres a year, and fast evaporation rates in the furnace-like outback heat, it was an extremely thirsty boom town.
The Museum of the Goldfields brings home the scarcity. The rich would buy new clothes rather than washing them, because it was cheaper to do so. Fresh water was only used for cooking, and was more expensive than whisky or rum. People, and clothes, were only washed on Sundays and in brackish water from a government bore that was unfit for human consumption. People would queue up with any available containers they could find.
The system was very clearly unsustainable. Carting water in from hundreds of kilometres away by camel train could only ever be a temporary patch.
Enter C. Y. O’Connor, an Irishman, who via a posting in New Zealand, had risen to become Western Australia’s Engineer-In-Chief. Work on his ambitious plan to build a harbour in Fremantle had already begun, and his next trick was to be even more of a stretch – a fresh water pipeline from reservoirs constructed in the Perth Hills.
That pipeline would have to travel 569 kilometres and climb 390 metres over the Darling Escarpment. It was an unprecedented project that many at the time deemed impossible. Its estimated cost was 2.5 million pounds – at the time, equivalent to the entirely colony of Western Australia’s annual budget. It was a phenomenal gamble.
Leaving Kalgoorlie, the pipeline becomes a constant companion on the long, otherwise fairly tedious drive along the Great Eastern Highway to Perth. It’s in full view, elevated above ground, and painted with special reflective paint to minimise loss from evaporation.
Every now and then, one of the pumping stations pops up in the sightline. They’re grand, red brick affairs, brimming with industrial revolution elegance. But they’re also sad, lonely and abandoned. Pulling over at the No. 6 Pump Station in Ghouli, the only sign of life is the 30 zillion flies intent on getting to eye sockets and earholes. A sign tells the tale of the families that once lived here, maintaining the station. But these days, flows are controlled remotely from Perth, with several booster stations having been installed along the route.
A little further along at Burracoppin, the pipeline meets another epic stalwart of West Australian construction – the Rabbit Proof Fence. Fighting through those ever-present flies leads to a big memorial sign. It tells of how rabbits were introduced to Australia in 1859 by a Victorian grazier, who imported 24 bunnies for sport.
In a neat synergy, much of the fence was built under the command of Richard John Anketell, who also built the reservoir at Mount Charlotte.
The end – or rather, the beginning – of the pipeline, comes in much prettier country. The Mundaring Weir in the Perth Hills is a bowl of deep blue surrounded by bushland. The No. 1 Pump Station – open at weekends to visitors – is here. Inside, displays explain how the system works. There’s a network of interlinked reservoirs, and the Goldfields Water Supply Scheme is much expanded, with several extensions built to supply homes and farms across the Eastern wheatbelt. Around 100,000 people directly benefit from it, only 30,000 of whom live in Kalgoorlie. It is an astonishing feat of engineering, for which C. Y. O’Connor should receive far greater veneration than he does.
C.Y. O’Connor took his own life, after a malicious Press campaign alleging corruption and incompetence on his part.
‘Leftover women’
Want a politically-correct life partner? There’s an app for that
China’s “social credit score” system has taken a dark new twist with a bizarre plan to turn around collapsing marriage and birth rates.
China’s “social credit score” system has taken a dark new twist. What you do, drink, buy and say could now determine whom you are allowed to date.
The Chinese Communist Party commissars of Jinan city in Shandong province are pulling everything they know about the 650,000 citizens under their control into one State-controlled singles dating app.
It’s called Palm Guixi.
And it’s the regional response to Chairman Xi Jinping’s order to turn around the nation’s collapsing marriage and birth rates.
The idea is simple.
Build comprehensive profiles about eligible young men and women’s personalities, habits, preferences, behaviours – and affiliations. Boil these down to scores. Run them through an AI. Then organise a blind date for the resulting ideal match.
Put simply, the Communist Party of China has got a math problem.
There were 7.6 million first-time marriages in 2021. That’s 500,000 fewer than the year before and 5 million less than in 2013.
And marriages are needed to produce future party members.
That’s not happening.
Since abandoning a long-standing one-child policy in 2016, national birth rates have plummeted. Only 6.8 children were born for every 1000 people in 2022.
And that’s despite Beijing having mandated three children for every household.
While demographers believe recent birth declines are a statistical anomaly brought about by Beijing’s draconian COVID-19 lockdown policies, it underscores long-standing fears for the nation’s future.
Now the Party has renewed its efforts to bring more of the right kinds of people together to generate more marriages and, therefore, more babies.
But it doesn’t think young unmarried Party members can work it out for themselves.
Let’s get this party started
Chairman Xi Jinping’s tenure as chief of the Chinese Communist Party wants the role of women within Chinese society revisited.
The idea of the People’s Revolution was for gender equality in all things.
But Xi wants to bring back elements of traditional Confucian philosophy.
In 2013, during one of his first speeches as a national leader, Xi proclaimed it was crucial for women to be “good wives and mothers” to ensure the “healthy growth of the next generation”.
Ten years later, that idea is being turned into law.
“ She incites a riot, then says
Those people rioted, I’m a victim?”
I.e. the rioters’ excuse:
“Look what you made us do”
where have I heard that before?
I’ve heard of low wattage bulbs, but this is ridiculous.
You’re a teacher, Diogenes?
What’s your view on this?
No way. I can’t see this happening. Call me naive or stupid. Look at the mileage child abuse and serial killers/sex crimes get on TV. People love Laura Norder, back the blue and beatings for some. The people love Stabler. They don’t even care IRL if prosecutors are corrupt or if witnesses lie.
One of the barmaids, from the Palace Hotel, was supposed to have bathed in champagne, courtesy of a group of masculine admirers.
Chur, chur. Their pride parade was fantastic too.
It’s interesting that electorate of Willoughby – a hitherto Liberal stronghold – is teetering between Lib/Lab result. Not surprised, as there was no One Nation candidate for the Lower House. Many local voters I spoke to were determined not to vote Liberal & intended to vote One Nation. So, I guess, they held their nose & voted Labor.
Many Mosmanites, on the other hand, would vote Liberal at any cost – even as, like Lemmings, they hurtle over the cliff.
Funniest whinge ever seen thus far on HauteCrapper:
TROLLOLOLOL:
https://hotcopper.com.au/threads/add-4-00-for-the-theft.7268985/
Old mate forgets that the investor is also a broker and needs liquidity in highly traded shares.
State Street Corporation is a substantial holder of CXO
State Street loans out CXO shares to their parasitic colleagues who then manipulate the stock in direct breach of the Corporation’s act 2001 sect 1041a
As a result of this CXO is unable to be traded on in merits and in particular it cannot now trade completely on the forces of supply and demand.
I find this situation totally abhorrent regardless of those that may think otherwise, and I will, as long as this situation continues, put SS under the spotlight every day.
That there are some who find my position irritating, is of no consequence to me. You have the means to put me on ignore and I would not be offended if you do so.
In my opinion, and it is only that , if SS were not on our registry, loaning CXO out shares our SP would be a minimum of $4.00
In any takeover attempt add $4.00 for State Street Corporation ( CXO’s largest shareholder) facilitating the damage of the SP.
Epic blockquote fail.
Oh God
Is the tide changing?
In the last week two remarkable articles slating the Covid vaccines have evaded censorship:
One, by one of the founders of a new medical association (AMPS) & one of the lawyers defending vaccine mandate victims:
https://www.spectator.com.au/author/kara-thomas-and-tony-nikolic/
The other, many of you will have read on the front page of yesterday’s “Weekend Australian”
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/amy-sedgwick-followed-the-rules-on-covid-jabs-was-that-a-fatal-mistake/news-story/c6e8e0e2167296652cf2feca76f42af8
Frank says:
March 26, 2023 at 2:12 pm
Labor’s brand now is technocratic competency, boring but effective.
Bowen.
Frank, ‘effective’ in the same sentence as ‘Bowen’, not likely.
Most inverted since 1980.
re: Voice to parliament in SA.
Doesn’t this mean democracy no longer really exists? Unelected people now have unfettered access to power with zero oversight or accountability.
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha says: March 26, 2023 at 2:36 pm
Dot says: March 26, 2023 at 2:48 pm
Sensing a pattern here.
Popular belief, no matter how nonsensical or false, becomes the reality you have to deal with.
The last comment I read before I scrolled forward was Joh’s about “Eye-ores”.
No. Definitely not one of those. How could I be? I’m in a resort in lovely Port Macquarie overlooking the Hastings…and about to have a dip in the pool. Another year, another anniversary. Who said it wouldn’t last? 😀
As for politicians, I have witnessed a lifetime of dumb and disappointment and survived the lot of them. Living a good, hopeful life in spite of them is the best way to raise the rude finger. And it’s more fun.
Last Night.
Brutal duck beats up tiger.
America has shat all over the Mediterranean coffee legacy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxFQYw_MmAA
Actually I think it’s a goose. Wodney was that you?
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QsfWHLIhzCw
Excellent point: we can dig up a skeleton and tell it was a woman.
Geese are pricks and that’s a rather young tiger. They have to be taught how to hunt and kill too.
only because of independent prefs.
First Preference running at 42% lib. 19% ALP. 28% ind.
Cancer must be cut out.
Richard Cranium
She incites a riot, then says
“Incites a riot”? I realise that the rabid idiots of the alphabet and trannie “communities” regard everything they say and do as sacred, but that does not mean that having a different opinion gives them the “right to riot”.
“Davey Boysays:
March 26, 2023 at 2:42 pm
“ She incites a riot, then says
Those people rioted, I’m a victim?”
I.e. the rioters’ excuse:
“Look what you made us do”
where have I heard that before?”
Number one in the Wife Beaters Handbook.
Franksays:
March 26, 2023 at 2:12 pm
Labor’s brand now is technocratic competency, boring but effective.
Bowen.
Nice sarcasm. Turtlehead Bowen is neither technocratic, nor boring, nor effective.
Meet Suzie.
Suzie won her high school women’s wrestling competition.
monty=fa
m0ntysays:
March 26, 2023 at 2:22 pm
The Muslims will take to the streets if the ALP goes too rainbow and starts pushing that shit on their kids, like they did in the UK. And the ALP will fold. Ultimately, Islam trumps Rainbow in the minority hierarchy.
Last moral panic: OMG the Muslims are all terrorists, lock them up!
This moral panic: OMG the trannies are all rock spiders, get the Muslims to bash them!
The good people of Lakemba would see through that rubbish.
Prove it, take a group of alphabet people and demonstrate loudly for their cause outside the Lakemba mosque one Friday.
“It was only a can of tomatoes”
“It was only rubber bullets”
“It was only pepper spray”
“It was only a vaxx pass”
The bonkers left love to minimise and trivialise their violence and victim blame.
It’s the tell tale expression of abusers.
H/t
https://twitter.com/realDrBrendan/status/1639828511732166658
Great comment calli !
But you’d have to admit the current crop of pollies or scum as they mostly are in a different class of ineptitude and stupidity compared to years past.
Geese are best done deep fried West Lake Duck-style with Chinese sweet and sour sauce. Mmmmm.
Suzie is also one of Cronkit’s favorite cute owls.
“Transgender woman posts sobbing selfie in airport bathroom after claiming female security guard punched her testicles and left her in extreme pain”
’nuff said. 😀
My last post was from The Daily Mail. I didn’t link because when you’ve seen one ugly, bawling tranny, you’ve seen ’em all.
Another one, aging like a fine wine.
“It’s interesting that electorate of Willoughby – a hitherto Liberal stronghold – is teetering between Lib/Lab result. Not surprised, as there was no One Nation candidate for the Lower House. Many local voters I spoke to were determined not to vote Liberal & intended to vote One Nation. So, I guess, they held their nose & voted Labor.”
Tim James is the Liberal MP for Willoughby and he is a conservative, I’ve met him at numerous functions, nice man. The only reason Tim’s struggling is because of the independent. Willoughby was Gladys’ old seat, yet the seat has a volatile history and it hasn’t always been easy for the Liberals. People have short memories and forget that in the 2003 state election, when Gladys contested the seat of Willoughby, she was up against an independent and she only won by a razer thin margin of a hundred or so votes. She consolidated her vote and support in late elections. I expect Tim to scrape through. The Liberals comfortably won Vaucluse. But the good thing, the really good thing, is that Minns can govern without doing any deals with that creepy crawly independent Greenwich. Every dark cloud has a silver lining and that’s one of them.
Has m0nty=fa given up on claiming that there was no violence at the NZ demo? The video evidence turned out to be too gross to ignore?
Frank, just stop.
Trannies are sexually phucked up males to be pitied. But the current iteration of activist trannies running the trans movement are violent, phucked up men demanding political adoration of homosexuality – far beyond the live-and-let-live acceptance they won for gay “marriage” in 2017.
Radical feminist dykes are finding out that political acendancy on the left is now occupied by the violent homosexual men of the trans movement who hate women – and no dissent is tolerated.
Just as in 1950s straight Australia, the rad fems are now little women being told to stay at home and stay out of politics by their male homosexual overlords.
Suzie is also one of Cronkit’s favorite cute owls.
Another one, aging like a fine wine.
You poor old bastards. Let me cheer you up: genuine cute owls™
“That means you’re gay, bro”
Forgot this cute owl™. Outstanding. You’d have to be dickless not to appreciate that.
Most women know a punch to the testicles usually wins the cultural war.
Interesting scam, just got a BS text message that I set up ANZ Shield. Err, I don’t bank with them. Pretty nasty for the unsophisticated, ANZ Shield is their corporate 2FA that uses voice recognition. Delete immediately of course.
Nasty stuff.
Ahem, from cohenite’s link. A Makita sort of a girl, at least that what I think she is alluding to. This whole preoccupation is getting to be unhealthy.
‘Make Chuck Schumer And The President… Choke On It’: Chip Roy Demands Tougher Action From The GOP
forbes
Ahem, from cohenite’s link. A Makita sort of a girl, at least that what I think she is alluding to. This whole preoccupation is getting to be unhealthy.
Pansie. A fit, healthy girl on the tools and you’re threatened.
Hmm
Wiki can be quite wrong, but 90.16% turnout and 6.35% informal votes?
It is likely that only 70% of the population really support the three/four ruling parties which are in open competition with each other and from the LC that under 64.5% of us support those three/four ruling parties.
More than one third of us object to the uniparty.
Interesting claim there by Phil Coorey. Did playing footsie with green policy really help the Libs stave off the Teals?
If that is true, the only logical conclusion is that the Libs at all levels have to give up on climate denialism and join the majority. Unless they want to stay in the wilderness for a generation.
We all know how easy it is to imagine a “brand” and how difficult it is to deliver.
“Technocrat” sounds inhuman and cold, almost robotic. Personally, I hope they prove to be incompetent.
Cronker’s there’s difference between well toned female body and girls who look like Arnold Schwarzenegger in his body building prime. And no, girls shouldn’t be anywhere near a sander or a drill.
US-Iran conflict escalates
abc
JCsays:
March 26, 2023 at 3:18 pm
Actually I think it’s a goose. Wodney was that you?
Such a childish comment from the resident Pompous Windbag. Honk, honk, honk………………….
Get a load of Wodney flapping away.
Why Bank Bailout of Depositos is Critical
QUESTION: Hi. I do not understand why you keep advocating over and over how the depositors should be bailed out over 250k. It makes no sense from a moral hazard perspective. It is fact that should they do that, in spite of depositors signing agreements acknowledging that deposits over 250k would not be guaranteed, the Fed will also need to cancel all outstanding debt instruments, whose borrowers also signed an agreement that if they don’t pay they lose the asset. The moral hazard is so severe as to bloody the eyes. Why do you keep endorsing the bailout which will have to be at least initially funded by taxpayers even if they get the money back? The money to shore up bank reserves in exchange for collateral has to come from somewhere. What is the real fear, that people will move deposits direct to T-bills and in so doing, set up funding for a US CBDC? Please address the moral hazard aspect of your position. So far, I’ve heard nothing to defend the immorality of it.
FO
ANSWER: Do not confuse a bank depositor with (1) an investor in a fund, or (2) bank shareholders & Management. A bank depositor is NOT an investor. The $250k is by NO MEANS sufficient for small businesses. They need to keep large amounts on hand for payroll etc. You do business and accept credit cards and they deposit that into your bank account.
Bank depositors are unsophisticated average people. The sophisticated investor moves their, money to a hedge fund or money market fund and fully understands that there is a risk associated with that investment. The bank depositor accepts no risk on any investment the bank makes. It does not give them, a piece of their profits. That goes to shareholders. It is a bailout of the entity and thus the shareholders which presents the moral hazard perspective.
If deposits in excess of $250 are NOT covered, you wipe out small businesses, they cannot pay employees and the ripple effect will be the total destruction of the entire economy. Your house will become worthless for its value will drop to only what someone can pay in cash.
There is a HUGE difference between investing and losing and simply depositing your money in a bank because we are moving to an electronic monetary system that there will be no way for a depositor to even demand money from a bank. Some are restricting wires to $3,000 and limiting the amount of cash one can withdraw. There is also not enough paper currency to facilitate bank withdrawal on a grand scale. Bank robbery will come to an end without cash.
None of that will unfold if a hedge fund fails. We must look deeper into this entire question.”
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/world-news/banking-crisis/why-bank-bailout-of-depositos-is-critical/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=RSS
“cohenitesays:
March 26, 2023 at 4:25 pm
Suzie is also one of Cronkit’s favorite cute owls.
Another one, aging like a fine wine.
You poor old bastards. Let me cheer you up: genuine cute owls™”
Cohenite, normally I quite like the pics you post. Unfortunately, the female in this link looks like Lidia Thorpe. Didn’t you notice, or is there something you are trying to tell us, hmmmmm? 😀
JCsays:
March 26, 2023 at 4:56 pm
Get a load of Wodney flapping away.
The honking is always from you, you Jerk Off Cretin. Pompous Windbag to boot.
More Armstrong for you to honk at BTW.
Which would mean embracing nuclear power and a nuclear fuel industry in addition to a nuclear power industry and research.
For anything approaching mass adoption of EVs, only coal and nuclear can handle it. The amount of energy required to have to be able to be drawn down quickly or reliably generated in an hour, 24 hours etc can only be tasked to very strong candidates for baseload power with potential for scaling and reliability. Think how many kilojoules or kWh have to go into each full charge cycle of a car.
We have roughly 20 mn registered vehicles and 15 mn daily/weekly drivers.
Add in commercial and freight as well as trains & domestic, commercial power and industry and the amount of energy required is staggering.
The other demand is for fuel to be cheap and ecologically sound. Yellowcake mining is low risk compared to cobalt (needed for batteries) and cadmium mining & processing.
Slain NYC Army vet’s mother calls out Alvin Bragg
fox
m0nty=fa
Interesting claim there by Phil Coorey. Did playing footsie with green policy really help the Libs stave off the Teals?
No, but saying it undoubtedly accords with Coorey’s ideological perspective.
On debil debil coal:
GOLD
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11862361/Greta-Thunberg-deletes-2018-tweet-saying-climate-change-wipe-humanity.html
Greta Thunberg deletes 2018 tweet saying that climate change would ‘wipe out all of humanity unless we stop using fossil fuels by 2023’
Thunberg’s tweet shared an article from gritpost.com, which no longer exists
The article said there would be ‘essentially zero’ ice left in the Arctic by 2022
Do the majority agree with this cognitive dissonance? Adopt nuclear as the least worst option if they believe in a non existent problem.*
*Climate scientists think the problem is real, but the timescale to a crisis is more like 1000 years – in which we’d adopt nuclear or exotic energy sources anyway.
callisays:
March 26, 2023 at 4:51 pm
Labor’s brand now is technocratic competency…
We all know how easy it is to imagine a “brand” and how difficult it is to deliver.
“Technocrat” sounds inhuman and cold, almost robotic. Personally, I hope they prove to be incompetent.
History certainly suggests that their competence is, at best, limited, so your hope is justified.
Peoples! 🙂
Another reason why nuclear is very good is that it would allow for the artificial creation of liquid fuels and chemical stocks as it is remarkably cheap per kWh, because of the inherent energy density.
Which would mean we wouldn’t have to adopt expensive EVs at all. Nuclear safety is easy. Cadmium and cobalt mining in third world countries is fraught with unacceptable risks.
Except it’s totally untrue, you dishonst flapper. The ratio is about 10:1 in your favor as you’re always posting bilge against myself, Dot and Sanchez, you ignorant lowrent pig.
Oh I saw. How original that the the Leavenworth graduate is all for deposit insurance above 250K when it’s been the talk of the town for a couple of weeks. At least Socrates and Marty read business journals and then pretend it’s an original thought.
Wodney, you’re the poor man’s Ric Blum.
Vicki @ 2:58pm
As FD said yesterday, the Overton Window is shifting.
Sadly, when what happened becomes common knowledge, the parents of young, innocent children will be caused much heartache and worry, if they are not already.
In many ways, what happened during the forcing of experimental and dangerous drugs on to almost the entire population has much in common with Chernobyl.
In the case of Chernobyl, poor design of the plant and reactors – including the selection of the wrong type of reactors- weak training of the technicians, the ignoring of safety signals, top down control and complete secrecy, including the authorities not admitting (did they ever?), until it was too late, what had happened, brought about the widespread devastation of the land and the people.
It is quite possible that, like Chernobyl, we maybe dealing with the aftermath of the covid “vaccines”for decades or even longer.
Commercial in confidence seems to have become the modern equivalent in the West to the soviet adherence to regime secrecy.
A frightening term. Came to prominence last century, as a new more user friendly version of the term “apparatchik”.
Technically speaking, I is one, which makes it even more scary.
Picture a colourless bureaucrat, driving a desk, busy memory holing everything they can while existing.
Citation definitely needed.
Space Shuttle
ET has joined the arms race! 😕
I think in practice it means insulating yourself atop enough levels of seniority such that the buck stops somewhere else before it has a chance of catching up with you. Big picture only, details are for the little people.
Matt Kean will not contest the leadership of the Liberal party in NSW.
He wishes to spend more time with his family.
14 string guitar player plays all bar drums on Nothing Else Matters.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_DNuT7J1wk
Snap, yep.
Here is one, glorifying a mode of transport that will be banned in our lifetimes, if they get their way … 😕
Please refer to a recent Christian-driven (turn the other cheek) fracas against trannies near a church in western Sydney for some clue as to whether Lakemba Muslims (die, infidel) will be down & cool with trannies.
Tom says:
March 26, 2023 at 3:42 pm
Geese are pricks….
Geese are best done deep fried West Lake Duck-style with Chinese sweet and sour sauce. Mmmmm.
Fond memories of visiting Foie Gras Goose Farm near Sarlat in 2018 and enjoying goose-liver pâté
Sarlat: Foie Gras and Force-Fed Geese
Sarlat, France
Sarlat, a pleasant home base for the Dordogne region, is known for its luscious open-air market, which sells regional products, including foie gras (goose-liver pâté). Visit a farm to see how geese are force-fed to produce this sought-after specialty.
Vendor: Voila. Duck is different. Duck is a strong, goose is a sweet.
Steve: Yeah, that’s a good description. One strong, one sweet. Do you notice the difference?
Rick: Um hum, um hum.
This “Square of the Geese” is a reminder that birds are serious business here and have been since the Middle Ages. Many question the morality of force feeding geese to make the foie gras. To learn more about this, we are heading into the countryside to actually visit a goose farm.
For generations, the Mazet family has raised geese right here. Nathalie — clearly in love with the country life — enthusiastically shows guests around her idyllic farm. Each evening, she leads a family-friendly tour explaining the age-old tradition of la gavage… force feeding the geese to fatten their livers to make the much-loved goose liver pate… or foie gras.
Nathalie: In the fall we have 1,000 geese each year. And this one are six weeks old. And during the day they are outside, and they come back inside during the night. A goose cannot stay in a small box. She will die. She need to walk, she need to eat grass. These birds are migrating and before doing the migration they eat a lot. They make foie gras. They stalk energy on the liver to be able to fly
Rick: So, it’s their natural gas tank.
Nathalie: It’s the natural way to stalk energy, yeah.
Nathalie explains why locals see the force-feeding as humane (the same as raising any other animal for human consumption). French enthusiasts of la gavage say the animals are calm, in no pain, and are designed to gorge naturally. Dordogne geese live lives at least as comfy as other farm animals that many people have no problem eating, and they are slaughtered as humanely as any non-human can expect in this food-chain existence.
Rick: Does this not hurt the geese to put the tube down?
Nathalie: No, no. The tube can go very easily on the top of the stomach because a goose naturally can eat big stone or a big corn on a cob.
Rick: A goose can eat a corn on a cob?
Nathalie: Yes. So, the tube is not very big for a goose. To have good foie gras the geese must have good life outside or in during the force feeding.
The region’s cuisine is a big draw here. We’re dropping by a favorite restaurant of Steve’s to enjoy the local specialties. Gourmet eaters flock to this region for its goose, duck, pates, white asparagus, and more.
Last moral panic: OMG Muslims are going to bring sharia law to Australia!
This moral panic: geez I wish those Muslims would bring a bit of sharia law to Australia
Good to see at least one person got champed today.
So far.
What’s a wordle?
If that is true, the only logical conclusion is that the Libs at all levels have to give up on climate denialism and join the majority. Unless they want to stay in the wilderness for a generation.
Climate denialism, a repugnant term derived from holocaust denialism, only happens in the West. It does not exist in chunkland, wussia or even India and, according to biden’s sluthead wife, only in the US. That should tell you all you need to know what motivates this shit-hole agitprop promulgated by dickless lefties who in a state of pure cognitive dissonance belief they will be exempt from the inevitable consequences of their virtue signalling and useful idiocy.
Dot
Which would mean we wouldn’t have to adopt expensive EVs at all. Nuclear safety is easy. Cadmium and cobalt mining in third world countries is fraught with unacceptable risks.
The uranium mining would be in Australia, and therefore “visible”. The cobalt and cadmium mines are elsewhere, and thus not “visible” to the humanitarians of the environmental movement. They believe in the “Out of sight, out of mind” principle. See also rare earth processing in China.
That is plain dumb. Not quite as stupid as go woke go broke but near enough. It isn’t about lurching anywhere, it is about presenting policies to the public that are coherent and win elections. Forget about arguing over the veracity of climate change science because only the faithful is convinced by right wingers arguing about the science but even that number is diminishing. Advocate nuclear power because it is easy to prove the benefits and Labor’s support of Aukus and uranium exports leaves them in a difficult position. The problem is the expense of it, especially for the new generation plants. The only solution I can think of that is the government funds it, leases it, and accepts it as a sunk cost; but then a host of problems emerge. But if we can spend 368 billion on submarines that will be obsolete by the time we’ve finished construction then why not accept the sunk cost? Given our military procurement history it will be at least 500. That’s a lot of nuke plants and charging stations.
“Please refer to a recent Christian-driven (turn the other cheek) fracas against trannies near a church in western Sydney for some clue as to whether Lakemba Muslims (die, infidel) will be down & cool with trannies.”
Some Muslim Lebs also turned up to join the “fracas” against the tranny perverts. I’d like to see the same trannies turn up to protest outside Lakemba mosque and then set fire to a Koran, just they did with a crucifix. Methinks the ensuing “fracas” will make what happened in Belfield look like a teddy bear’s picnic and the trannies won’t just be cowering “scared”, pleading with the plod to help them, they’ll either be looking for various body parts or lying on the pavement dead.
Salvatore, Understaffed & Overworked Martyr to Govt Covid Stupidity says:
March 26, 2023 at 5:20 pm
Lakemba will continue to vote ALP no matter how many rights trans people have or don’t have. They don’t really care.
Please refer to a recent Christian-driven (turn the other cheek) fracas against trannies near a church in western Sydney for some clue as to whether Lakemba Muslims (die, infidel) will be down & cool with trannies.
The thought of Lebanese both Christian & Muslim saw the brave University of Sydney Women’s Collective back off very quickly
Protesters call off action at Sydney anti-abortion rally over ‘threat of violence’
A group planning to protest an anti-abortion rally in Sydney have called it off, saying the “threat of violence” is a risk to their safety.
A group intending to counter-protest at an annual anti-abortion rally in Sydney on Sunday have called off the action, saying the “disappointing” decision was made for safety.
The University of Sydney Women’s Collective released a statement on Saturday night, cancelling the planned protest after a recent violent clash.
“This decision has not been made lightly, but has been made collectively as we believe that it is the right thing to do for the safety of our collective,” organisers said.
“It has become increasingly clear that we cannot ensure the safety of the action and that the threat of violence would instead work to drown out our political message.
“This protest is no longer a protest against the usual attendees … It is a protest against a violent group of people whose only intention is to cause harm.”
The Collective had been planning to protest the “Day of the Unborn Child” rally, organised by pro-life organisation the Life and Family Institute of Sydney.
More – What’s Good for the Gander in NZ isn’t good for the Goose in Sydney
‘This should not be happening’: Woman arrested at Sydney anti-abortion rally
A woman arrested at an anti-abortion rally in Sydney has spoken out, saying she was “surrounded” by men before being whisked away by police.
A woman has been arrested and issued a move-on notice for breaching the peace at a religious anti-abortion rally in Sydney.
In video taken from the event as she is led away by two police officers, the woman proclaimed “this should not be happening in 2023”.
“I came along here today to have my say about what happens to my body,” she said.
“I was approached by multiple men surrounding me, accusing me of doing the wrong thing by being here today.
“I’m here to speak for every woman that does not have control over her body. This is what happens to women in Australia.”
NSW Police confirmed the protester was apprehended on Sunday afternoon as the “Day of the Unborn Child” rally moved through Sydney’s CBD.
A Police spokeswoman said no charges were laid and she complied with a direction to leave the area.
Psays:
March 26, 2023 at 5:13 pm
Matt Kean will not contest the leadership of the Liberal party in NSW.
He wishes to spend more time with his family.
LOL, he is supposed to save that one until he resigns from Parliament. The swing in his seat must have given him a scare.
Peoples – I’ve existed on this planet for decades, during a time of massive human advancement.
If you’re wondering why the West is disintegrating before our eyes, then just watch this clip.
Once womanages stopped dressing up, it was all downhill. This winter, I’ll be wearing the pinstripe suits, that are tailor made*, with a tie. 🙂
PJW got it right.
*Woollen Mohair
Surely Monty you have learned by now that every time you raise climate science you get squished into a small wet lump of miserable embarassment?
Every time a lefty engages with climate realists they get squished, because the climate “consensus” is wrong. It is dead easy to show it is rubbish and there’s nothing much happening.
Here’s a recent video for you from an eminent old-school climate scientist:
We should do ‘nothing’ about ‘global warming’ declares MIT climate scientist Dr. Richard Lindzen – ‘This is exploiting people’s ignorance to promote fear’ (23 Mar)
Majorities don’t work in science. A majority of Xhosa went with the prophetess who said they had to kill all their cattle. They killed their cattle. Then died of starvation. If you want to be a lemming, Monty, be my guest.
Cohenite, normally I quite like the pics you post.
Excellent. here’s a photo of me on a recent beach holiday.
Unfortunately, the female in this link looks like Lidia Thorpe. Didn’t you notice, or is there something you are trying to tell us, hmmmmm? ?
Poor thorpie. Not my style. This cute owl™ is though. Check out the calves, an under-rated body part.
“I will continue to work hard for Hornsby every single day,” he said.
m0ntysays:
March 26, 2023 at 5:25 pm
Last moral panic: OMG Muslims are going to bring sharia law to Australia!
This moral panic: geez I wish those Muslims would bring a bit of sharia law to Australia
That’s the best you’ve got? Sad. What were you saying earlier? Oh, yes, “Culture wars are dumb and useless”. And here you are trying (vainly) to start one.
Hey, Miss Personage, I fell for you and the love pretend …
Denied my instinct, I left my city, my family, my precinct … 😕
For aeronautical Cats – Ian Toll’s “History of the Pacific War” contains accounts of United States Navy pilots becoming “aces” in one mission – shooting down five Japanese aircraft. The record was seven, in one mission.
Via OldOzzie
A woman has been arrested and issued a move-on notice for breaching the peace at a religious anti-abortion rally in Sydney.
In video taken from the event as she is led away by two police officers, the woman proclaimed “this should not be happening in 2023”.
“I came along here today to have my say about what happens to my body,” she said.
“I was approached by multiple men surrounding me, accusing me of doing the wrong thing by being here today.
“I’m here to speak for every woman that does not have control over her body. This is what happens to women in Australia.”
Cue m0nty=fa swearing that she was subjected to horrible, life-threatening violence, far different to what happened during that demo in NZ.
That’s why I brought it up, Boambee. The only reason why Minns could claim “it’s the economy, stupid” is because Perrottet caved on every cultural issue, in particular primary industries being demonised – energy extraction and power generation, which obviously becomes an economics issue. Also, the ALP’s core constituents do not like each other.
Of course an ALP shill would like to claim culture wars don’t matter – the left starts a lot of them and doesn’t want to be blamed and they have to keep their branches several km away from each other to keep the peace.
“This protest is no longer a protest against the usual attendees … It is a protest against a violent group of people whose only intention is to cause harm.”
Munty’s mates.
When it comes to violence on the streets the smart money is on the muzzies everytime. Even Ramadan.
A woman has been arrested and issued a move-on notice for breaching the peace at a religious anti-abortion rally in Sydney.
In video taken from the event as she is led away by two police officers, the woman proclaimed “this should not be happening in 2023”.
If you’re still a member of an Australian police force, you’re a fascist arsehole.
TECH TUESDAY: The cunning design area that Red Bull and Aston Martin are leading the way in exploiting
Technical Contributors – Mark Hughes and Giorgio Piola
Braking technology is one of the few areas in F1 where extensive design freedoms are still in place – and the development never stops. Leading the way with calliper design for the last couple of years have been Red Bull and Aston Martin.
Mark Hughes takes a look at how those two teams have cleverly continued to exploit this performance area.
Most of the F1 teams’ brake calliper design development has been on the front brakes, as the rear system relies heavily on the reverse torque of the ERS-K, and so the actual rear brake discs are relatively small. Most of the direct braking is done at the front. The callipers contain the hydraulically-operated pistons which clamp the brake pads down onto the carbon brake disc.
Immense heat is generated as the kinetic energy (energy from movement) of an F1 car is converted to heat energy as the driver slams on the brakes. The discs regularly reach temperatures in excess of 1,000 degrees Celsius.
The callipers need to be stiff enough to not be distorted by the braking forces – but also light. Because the wheel and brakes are not supported by the suspension but attached to it (unsprung mass) any weight has a particularly negative effect on the car’s grip and ride quality.
The lighter the better, even more so than is the case with sprung masses such as the chassis and bodywork.
Incredibly intricate ways have been devised to reduce the masses of the callipers while still retaining adequate stiffness. Cooling channels to dissipate the heat also reduce the mass
The cooling holes in the discs themselves help dissipate the heat faster when the brakes are not in use, but they also ensure that the discs get even hotter when they are in use – because the energy is being distributed over a lower mass of material. The more the callipers can assume some of the heat dissipation role, the better.
Aston Martin last year introduced extravagantly ribbed and machined callipers – and this year Red Bull have followed suit. This year’s Aston has retained the intricate callipers but re-sited them lower on the disc, lowering the centre of gravity, as seen in the image above.
Red Bull already had theirs mounted there last year, but have now introduced a more intricately-designed calliper, with a level of detail matching Aston’s as seen in the image below.
With rivals already anxiously scoping out how they can emulate both Red Bull and Aston Martin’s strengths as they look to develop their own 2023 machines, calliper design will likely play a small – but significant – part in that process.
With rivals already anxiously scoping out how they can emulate both Red Bull and Aston Martin’s strengths as they look to develop their own 2023 machines, calliper design will likely play a small – but significant – part in that process.
From Daily mail
Treasurer Matt Kean has decided he is not keen to replace Dominic Perrottet as Liberal leader after his party’s landslide defeat.
Mr Kean was the heavy favourite to replace the ousted premier, who resigned on Saturday night as Labor stormed to victory.
‘I have a young family and I would love to spend a little more time with them. The election result will enable me to do that,’ he said in a shock statement.
Demorats using a John Fetterman body double. WTF. The legal and political implications are enormous. Salty. 6 minutes
For those sacred Brunettes. 🙂
Sweet Jane
Sweet Jane
Legal philosopher Eva Vlaardingerbroek calls out extreme climate change rhetoric on ‘Tucker Carlson Tonight.’ #foxnews #fox #tucker
If they get special privileges that other citizens do not then that is discrimination against the majority. These “First Nations” become aristocrats with the power to affect the ordinary citizens while the reverse is not possible. This is undemocratic.
Eva Vlaardingerbroek
Eva Vlaardingerbroek
🙂
Eva Vlaardingerbroek is not a legal philosopher, FFS – she’s a glittering prize …
Quite right, Rabz.
The barbarians of the left have made it mandatory that, if you like your civilisation, you must fight for it, just as we did in World War 11.
The 21st century fascist left is driven by the same authoritarian power lust as Hitler’s Germany. It’s the same illiberal movement against the freedom of the human soul.
The idea that the left calls itself “liberal” is dark satire. The 21st century is a jackboot on humanity’s head.
Any Sandgroper Cats heard of this mob?
More of a Birkenstock, but the point still stands.
Agree something needs to be done. But the “it’s complicated” handwringers ( see Qld yoof crime and Alice Springs yoof) means it will be a woftam.
The 21st century left …
smutley’s a goose, well this explains a lot…
I’m, too old for Eva, Rabz, but might be a nice match for some other intelligent woman. Perhaps an invite to a gathering of like minds would help.
The Voice is a lobby group funded by taxpayers for the benefit of the few. It will be the most powerful lobby group in the country. Contemplating the enormous power of that other lobbyists are crying into their champagne.
Generally speaking, Zulu, such reports of aerial valour, when investigated, turn out to be wrong. Examination of the other side’s records show over-claiming in air combat was routine in both WWI and II.
No. It does not have to be.
I love jackboots. Being my beloved 10 hole Docs.
Black Levi’s 501s, 10 hole Docs and a Soviet Grey Levi’s Jacket.
Anyway, here’s some Hollyweirdettes!
Kean will wait until the party is in the ascendant and make his move on the leadership. What’s the point of doing all the hard work?
Take a leaf out of Trumble’s book.
that’s the way Bong John … layer it on as thick as you can
Pity – there goes another youthful illusion.
Calli
Termite Turdballs had two goes. First when he displaced the pleasant but ineffectual Brandan Nelson, only to be himself overturned by Abbott, who then reduced the Liars’ second term to collaboration with Windbag and Oakesnott. Then after Abbott got, but failed to utilise (at least in part because of further white-anting by Turdballs), a momentous victory, he displaced Abbott.
His political suicide by calling a spill was wondrous to behold!
I was wrong, Tesla FSD V11 is NEXT LEVEL
AI DRIVR
Posie Parker should have held her talk outside a mosque.
Matt Kean knows he’s a pox on the Liberal Party, and that the base (what’s left of it) loathe him, however as calli said above, like his mentor Turdbull, he’ll wait and then pounce.
David Byrne – the Forest …
If you’re in the mood for contemplating your existence on this planet, then feel free to listen.
Posie Parker should have held her talk outside a mosque.
It’s a sad situation where traditional women have to seek protection against freaks from muzzies, who are known for their veneration of women.
If that is true, the only logical conclusion is that the Libs at all levels have to give up on climate denialism and join the majority
The aim isn’t to find oneself in the majority but to avoid finding oneself in the ranks of the insane. Marcus Aurelius , IIRC.
Shut up Shirt Tucker(that phrase is 4 insults, work that out)
The Spiller Spilled by Mark Steyn – August 25, 2018
My favourite passage from this brilliant article will always be:
My old pal Julie Bishop, meanwhile, after years of serving as loyal deputy to Malcolm Turnbull, Tony Abbott, Malcolm Turnbull (first time round), Brendan Nelson, Andrew Peacock, Malcolm Fraser, Sir William McMahon, Harold Holt, Sir Robert Menzies, etc, etc, finally ran for the leadership herself, and came a poor third: She had become the Black Widow of the Liberal Party – she mates, she kills – but this time it all went awry and she shot the venom into her own leg. It’s hard to remember that in some polls of 2015, when she agreed to support Turnbull’s overthrow of Abbott, she was more popular than either man. A mere three years on from what was supposed to be a swift cleansing knife in the back, the entire party is gangrenous and pustulating.
In the last week two remarkable articles slating the Covid vaccines have evaded censorship:
One, by one of the founders of a new medical association (AMPS) & one of the lawyers defending vaccine mandate victims:
Glad to see that everyone is slowly waking up to COVID vaccine science being just as bullshit as 1930’s eugenics science.
Please f’cking pay better attention next time so we can wake up before rather than after next time…
PLANDEMIC
@Plandemic3Movie
From our First Amendment to John 1:1, the freedom of expression, the words we speak, are honored as a key priority and one of our greatest powers. Hence, the relentless effort to censor and silence our voices.
Would it surprise you to know that the gatekeepers of free speech, aka “fact checkers,” have zero qualifications to justify their position of power?
They are not scientists. They are not journalists. They are not trained researchers. No degree or real-world experience is needed to be a fact checker. All that’s required is a willingness to place profit over people.
Case in point: Snopes’ lead researcher was a Las Vegas call girl before being anointed as their arbiter of truth and fiction. Yes, really!
Watch my expose’ “Fake Checkers” to see behind the curtain of the scam that is robbing us of our constitutional and God given right to free expression.
Please share if you care!
The truth about “horrific” 15-minute cities
Hey, Miss Emily, this is Tim Schmuckley … 😕
In your opinion the SA Voice will be a lobby group but if they are paid out of taxpayer funds they are still entitled to something none of the other citizens can receive. Discrimination, pure and simple.
‘Emergency’ Fed rate cut by June, only 6 U.S. banks will be left by 2025 paving way for CBDC – Dowd
Who could have seen this happening that muslims are kinder to women than feminists and trannies?
Rita Panahi
‘Green policies promulgated by the UN is killing people’: Ian Plimer
Generally speaking, Zulu, such reports of aerial valour, when investigated, turn out to be wrong. Examination of the other side’s records show over-claiming in air combat was routine in both WWI and II.
I wonder how much the US claims were over stated given the availability of gun camera footage?
The Hellcat had a well deserved reputation as an Ace Maker whilst the Japanese were starting to suffer severely from the loss of experienced pilots and a lack of new aircraft that kept pace with US aircraft.
FYI the Hellcat is surprisingly large, only a little smaller than the P-47 Thunderbolt. The design brief was something like: I want it to be able to turn with a zero, be almost indestructible, whilst being able to be flown by a farm boy from Idaho.
Baybee – you are out of time … 🙂
Piers Morgan ADMITS COVID Mistakes
Sad for Mat! .. called into the head office with expectation written all over his face .. BUT..
Photios said, “NO, no, no!” …..
wordle website
…just got ‘evoke’ in four
My description of the Voice as a lobby group is pejorative, to point out how unjust and undemocratic it is. Did I really need a sarc tag to make that obvious?
Miss Personage
It’s only an image of her …
** chuckles
Professor Clancy responds to TGA document
It’s a wide open road …
Dot:
OK, Split the difference – 12 years of age.
Can we get DB to hold the bet?
Standard bet for Catallaxy – $1.00.
Time limit? Your call, but I’d go for 3 years time.
He’s up to heart attack number 3. Lucky to still be around.
Mark Steyn’s full show:
The Damage Done by Ofcom
The Mark Steyn Show
March 22, 2023
1:08:00
https://www.steynonline.com/13346/the-damage-done-by-ofcom
I don’t agree.
In the past, particularly in Victoria, March for Life participants have been abused and harassed by Pro Choicers with impunity.
Now that a few muscular Christians have decided to participate in the Sydney rally all of a sudden the Pro Choicers have decided it’s too dangerous for them to turn up and harass Pro life marchers, and the one that did turn up to cause trouble got short thrift by the police.
Good.
Someone standing in the rain, like they have no place to go … 😕
This could be one of the milko’s kiddies who dickless looks after:
13-Year-Old “Drag Queen” Performs at Event as Adults Cheer Him On
The Allied Pacific Wall
Former US submariner provides his geopolitical analysis of Aukus.
Someone (Crossie??) mentioned a Lieboral from western Sydney (Penrith??) who lost his seat after proposing to impose something like a “15 minute city” on the locals.
Given monty=fa’s great enthusiasm for that concept, could we persuade him to make it Liars policy in all suburban and large regional cities? That should cut a swathe through their numbers in Parliament. And lower his gloat level to more like a cope level.
She just so happens to be very much in fashion … 🙂
Don’t know about the experience of others here but imo comment moderation policies at the oz newspaper amount to barefaced censorship
If they can’t reasonably reject your comment they shove your comment into perpetual “pending” Limbo until no-one will read it anyway
Don’t even bother posting anything pro Trump or seriously challenging one of their contributors by name
When I compare the oz with comments published in the UK Daily Telegraph
its chalk and cheese in terms of what readers are allowed to say
I usually put time and effort into comments but why the hell should I bother?
One of the claimants of five Zeros in one mission was a pig farmer from Idaho…..
Neil Oliver has been throttled by GB News says Steyn. It’s time for him to tell the joint to piss off and do his own thing, too.
Pink and Bleu … 🙂
Here is a comment that just got rejected by Oz newspaper
Dr John Campbell
Senator Rennick, full interview
Colonel Crispin:
IIRC, the poor bugger offed himself the night before the water started flowing in Kalgoorlie. The media thought the water would start pouring out of the pipe in Kal (530 km away) as soon as they turned the tap on in Perf.
They’ve been known to approve a comment, let it gain a number of likes, then reject it. They’ve also been known to allow comments on certain stories, then shove the whole lot down the “memory hole.”
Hong Kong Monee
FFS, Cats, just blast it … 🙂
No stress about the cake Cassie.
I had two goes at it and would’ve gone more if I hadn’t got my hand slapped.
Not to diminish that achievement but Japan was very stupid with its pilots. They kept the best at the front line. Many pilots became burnout from too many battles. Better to send them home to train the new pilots because what is learnt from actual battle takes a long time to reach the text books.
Some months ago I watched a doco addressing why the Polish pilots did so well in the Battle of Britain. Previously I heard it was that they were so eager to kill Germans. The explanation was that the Polish pilots who made it to Britain survived air warfare in very inferior aircraft to the 109, hence a selection effort towards the best surviving. The battle experience is very important because surviving the first few battles very much raises the odds of not being killed in the coming battles. Polish pilots also received months of theoretical and practical training whereas other allied replacement pilots may have only had 20 hours in their aircraft.
“In the past, particularly in Victoria, March for Life participants have been abused and harassed by Pro Choicers with impunity.
Now that a few muscular Christians have decided to participate in the Sydney rally all of a sudden the Pro Choicers have decided it’s too dangerous for them to turn up and harass Pro life marchers, and the one that did turn up to cause trouble got short thrift by the police.
Good.”
Agree Rosie, I saw with my own eyes at Pell’s funeral how, when the police allowed the scum to walk past the cathedral doors and stand still, screaming abuse and threats, they only decided to move them on when a number of very big burly Maronite men walked to the front to confront the scum.
I can’t say I felt any sympathy for the scum who drove out to a distant south-west Sydney suburb called Belfield and ended up cowering in a corner pleading for the police to help them after hundreds of big burly and very strong Lebanese Maronite men arrived to deal with the situation.
I think the NSW police might have got the message.
Good.
well, that little tirade just cost you 250k in Carbon-Currency
you no longer live in a 15-minute city
and for community safety
your free-range leash time has been reduced to 8 minutes
eat the bugs and make sure you you chew 100 times
“Sancho Panzersays:
March 26, 2023 at 7:55 pm
No stress about the cake Cassie.
I had two goes at it and would’ve gone more if I hadn’t got my hand slapped.”
I’m glad you liked it!
Sorry if posted already, Piers Akerman:
With quivering lips and teary eyes, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese capitulated to radical power-hungry activists pushing the Voice and outlined a plan to further split the nation on racial lines.
Camouflaging the referendum as a simple recognition of Indigenous Australians in the Constitution is a massive con. The question would hand a racially-selected, minority-elected body to engage with any policy decision.
Despite the more than $30bn annually spent on Indigenous Australians, a group of largely urban-based people who identify as Aboriginal are demanding more power than all other members of the community to construct policy.
It is a fact that we already have a two-tier system with more than 1000 agencies purporting to represent Indigenous Australians.
It is also true that historically we have had numerous bodies providing advice on Indigenous affairs to the federal government and they have failed, despite the jaw-dropping claim from Voice to Parliament advocate Marcia Langton to the contrary.
Numerous legal experts, including two former High Court justices, have already made it clear that if the referendum on the Voice is successful, decisions will be taken to the courts.
In short, it will become a lawyers’ picnic because those elected to the elite Indigenous-only group will have the power to make and deliver proposals to the executive, not just to the parliament.
No cabinet ministers have the right to make challenges to the High Court about decisions they disagree with but this proposed body will.
The High Court, as currently constituted, is no protection from the emotive thinking of the woke generation as its decision in the Love v Commonwealth case demonstrated with its view that Indigenous Australians “have a special cultural, historical and spiritual connection with the territory of Australia”.
But as Sir Walter Scott wrote over two centuries ago in his poem Lay of the Last Minstrel: “Breathes there the man, with soul so dead,
“Who never to himself hath said,
“This is my own, my native land!”
Don’t all Australians have the same connection with their country, or has the High Court now assumed the role of keeper of only Indigenous Australians?
Albanese and Minister for Indigenous Australians Linda Burney refused to meet with a group of Indigenous leaders who had travelled from remote areas to meet them in Canberra which demonstrated how open they are to all Indigenous voices.
In attempting to shame those who are thinking of rejecting the Voice proposal, Albanese said other nations would think less of Australia if the referendum failed. Yet most large nations in our immediate region are already divided on racial lines.
Malaysia gives preference to Bumiputeras, ethnic Malays, over all other citizens across a range of economic benefits and tangible advantages. There are quotas for Malays with regards to scholarships, educational or training privileges, positions in the civil service, special facilities, permits or licences for trade or business activities.
Yet Labor wants us to install the same sort of racial preference in our almost-unchangeable Constitution.
For those who deny Indigenous Australians get special benefits, consider the recent announcement by the Australian Space Agency, NASA and Monash University of a new program, the National Indigenous Space Academy, that will give Indigenous Australian university students the opportunity to study at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Don’t get me wrong. I know there were Aboriginals in Australia when the First Fleet arrived but it was a day which heralded the enlightenment, not the enslavement, of the hunter-gatherers present.
“Labor’s brand now is technocratic competency” … these jokes just don’t stop. Albo, Chalmers, Bowen, Wong – their skills are limited to factional fighting and bullying women who don’t toe the lefty line e.g. Kitching.
As Climate Experts Warn of Looming Catastrophe, Past Bad Predictions Hurt Their Message
And while we’re at it, down to the Schlockters!N 🙂
Professor Clancy responds to TGA document
Dr. John Campbell
O’Connor offed himself in March 1902, the water started flowing in Kalgoorlie in January 1903.
“Don’t know about the experience of others here but imo comment moderation policies at the oz newspaper amount to barefaced censorship”
Yes Viva, I rarely bother commenting anymore.
Chris Merritt very good on Outsiders today: in short the screech will promote a small band of 3rd nation elitists into the rulers of Australia. Presumably rub and tug feels he will still be able to control the screech. In any event it is communism in everything but name.
right … that’s it … 200 chews
Tom:
Popcorn time in the Free Range Asylum that is modern Australia.
250k well spent for the sake of my blood pressure!
300 chews for you
You are hereby ordered to be quiet and tug yer forelock.
It’s been noticed.
“We’re Going to Break the Murdochs, They are Corrupt as You Can Possibly Get. They Are on a Mission to Destroy President Trump” – Bannon Releases the Hounds on Murdoch Dynasty (25 Mar)
It’s certainly an editorial decision in the Newscorpse/Fox panoply to denigrate Trump and perhaps push DeSantis. It won’t work. All the Murdoch kiddies will do is lose subscribers.
The irony with this is that Kevin Rudd is still on his jihad against the Murdochs, even though they are on Rudd’s side.
‘Zero transparency’: US Ambassador Kevin Rudd’s senior staffer joins ‘incompatible’ activist lobby group while former prime minister retains taxpayer funded Brisbane office (Sky News, 24 Mar)
Kevni loves to have his cake and eat it too. Well have fun, sir, trying to get anything out of the pot plant in the Oval Orfice.
If you worry about it then the best thing is to turn the TV off and stop reading the paper, they’re all lying frauds so there is no loss in doing so.
after while you wont even notice the bars on your cell
Piers Akerman. Fishy lips… most unappealing.
In unreported Tranny news, the Samoan Tranny that was arrested in Eddie Murphy’s car at 4:45 am one morning was found dead with a caved in head 11 months later.
LAPD ruled:
Accidental Death.
[Unz Review]
Lachlan Murdoch is NOT on the same side as Kevin Rudd. Lachlan is a donor to the IPA.
I think she may have a misplaced nipple on one of her implants.
You do know don’t you Cohenite that no normal physiology in a female would keep the fatty boobs looking like that while the rest of the body is oestrogen starved by overuse and likely a diet of roids?
For Miss Vlaardingerboek …
Female beauty. There is nothing else on this world that compares. God having his last laugh.
In news just breaking…Choir preaches to itself.
Chris Merritt very good on Outsiders today: in short the screech will promote a small band of 3rd nation elitists into the rulers of Australia.
Garbage.
Aborigines have an average IQ of around 60 and Torres Strait Islanders maybe 10 points higher.
Since IQ 70 is the cut off for Morons, these people won’t be ruling anything.
So, who will the real rulers be?
A Voice being enshrined in law is vastly different to a Voice enshrined in the Constitution.
You can legislate out the first one if necessary, but not the second.
You are stuck with it for all time no matter what it turns into. Good news, eh?
Faine, who was appointed a vice-chancellor’s fellow at the University of Melbourne last year, said he missed his job “terribly … but at the same time I’m glad I’ve left”.
In a video address to Faine at the awards ceremony, Barrie Cassidy, the former host of ABC’s Insiders program, said his former colleague “made a hell of a contribution and a fundamental difference to this state”.
Faine and cassidy are traitors.