1,797 thoughts on “Open Thread – Tues 2 May 2023”

  1. Cronkers. I’d love to click on it, but it’s youtube and they have really annoying ads.
    Some other time.

    Use Brave browser. I havent watched a youtube video for many years.

  2. Paul Broad, former CEO of Snowy Hydro, has come out and spoken honestly

    Cass – I posted a comment about his alleged “courageousness” this morning. He jumped off the bus just before it hurtled off the proverbial cliff.

    The Broad knew it was preposterous anti-scientific bullshit. But he gobbled up the comfy sinecure and the much, much taxpayer munni that constituted his ill gotten salary, regardless.

    This was later pointed out by a subsequent guest on Sky (anyone know – the Ruddick?).

    Hence the observation of “much self righteous squawking” about the ongoing unquantifiable idiocy of the Turnbuckle’s “water will flow uphill as I’ve decreed the Gliberal pardee is no longer bound by the earthly rules of physics” taxpayer extorted black hole.

    Yet we are expected to just sit back and lap it up like the muck it is.

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  3. Cassie of Sydney:

    Perhaps a Liberal politician could speak so honestly? I know, I know, I dream.

    They can’t. Honesty with people outside of their ‘lived experience’ is impossible. It’s more possible that an elephant could take the lead role in Swan Lake.

    Jayzus. I hope I haven’t given someone a fabulous idea.

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  4. Robert/Winston

    An elephant would be better than some of the “trans women” who seem to be pushing for their turn.

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  5. Always told with a grin because he was one of the cooks.

    My great uncle – 2/32nd Battalion, North Africa and New Guinea – maintained all his days that the catering course was the hardest in the Army. “No bugger’s ever passed it.”

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  6. go premium and get rid of the ads.

    I don’t watch too many U-tube vids, but yet to see an ad, same on Twitter, not a subscriber.
    Not complaining, but how come?

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  7. You’re Italian…and it’s Friday night…so we’ll forgive you

    Sacré bleu! 😕

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  8. Cats – tomorrow night’s Radio Show will be mining a genre that I know little about and have cared for even less.

    The (now finally) dead canadian hippee this week might feature if posted by commenters. Thankfully, I’ve never heard any of his work and that is not going to change any time soon.

    The two intro songs have been chosen. Mighty, they are, magnified by the film clips. 🙂

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  9. The Phoenix rose from the ashes.
    But will the Armadillo?

    The rapport between these two was top notch. Best ever on catallaxyfiles.

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  10. It’s good to see Arky still popping in, and thanks to OldOzzie for several interesting news articles on the previous page, including the one at 5:30 pm.

    Have Tailgunner and Stimpy been heard of in the last 12 months?

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  11. Perhaps a Liberal politician could speak so honestly? I know, I know, I dream.

    I suspect the kickback trail runs too long and too deep.

    Honesty?
    Now there’s a concept.

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  12. tomorrow night’s Radio Show will be mining a genre that I know little about and have cared for even less.

    I hope you dont discover unexpectedly that your favorite genre is almost entirely derivative of it

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  13. Legal action underway to force Albanese Government to bring home IS families from Syria
    By Ellen Whinnett
    Associate editor
    @ellenwhinnett
    9:31PM May 5, 2023

    Legal action has begun in a bid to force the Albanese government to repatriate Australian women and children detained for four years in a Syrian detention camp for families linked to Islamic State.

    Charity Save the Children Australia is running the case on behalf of families locked up indefinitely without charge since the fall of Islamic State in March 2019.

    The barristers working on the case include Emrys Nekvapil SC and Peter Morrissey SC.
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    While legal action has been considered for some time, the families were hopeful the government would bring them back following the repatriation of four women and their 13 children in October.

    However, the government ­appeared spooked by intense media coverage of the repatriation of the four families, who were considered particularly vulnerable and who posed a low ­security risk, and failed to make a decision on when to bring the ­remaining Australians home.

    The Australian women are the wives and widows of Islamic State fighters who were either killed in Syria, or are held in jails in Syria or Iraq. At least 41 Australian women and children are in al-Roj, and it is thought about 20 of them would be represented by Save the Children, which has assembled a team of KCs, junior barristers and a national law firm, all working pro bono.

    It is believed Australian officials may have been in Syria in ­recent weeks, and the matter was discussed at the highest levels of government last week, but no firm commitment to repatriate any further women or children was made.

    Save the Children will seek to use a writ of habeas corpus legal argument, which requires prisoners to be brought before a court to test if their detention is lawful.

    “Save the Children has been instructed to act as litigation guardian for a group of innocent Australian children and their mothers who are seeking repatriation from camps in northeast Syria,’’ the charity’s Australian chief executive, Mat Tinkler, said.

    A writ is due to be lodged shortly, although the charity would not reveal which court would run the case.

    “We have assembled a high-calibre legal team to prepare an application for a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of these Australians, who have now been trapped in the camps for more than four years,’’ Mr Tinkler said.

    “Save the Children has been encouraging the Australian government at every available opportunity to bring home the remaining Australians, and working to avoid the prospect of legal action.

    “However, the families have become increasingly desperate, as the risks to their children’s health and safety grow with every day that passes. While litigation is a last resort, continued government inaction means the filing of the case is now imminent.

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  14. The two intro songs have been chosen.

    Okay, mournful Canadians.
    Cool.

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  15. Tailgunner is deep undercover in the Victorian Liberal party.
    I think you can see the results of his efforts.

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  16. If you don’t want adds on Y-Tube use uBlock Origin (2). Problem solved.

    It’s been years since seeing one the lappy.

  17. I hope you don’t discover unexpectedly that your favourite genre is almost entirely derivative of it

    The Blués is not derived from the genre featuring tomorrow night.

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  18. Legal action has begun in a bid to force the Albanese government to repatriate Australian women and children detained for four years in a Syrian detention camp for families linked to Islamic State.
    Charity Save the Children Australia is running the case on behalf of families locked up indefinitely without charge since the fall of Islamic State in March 2019.

    Therefore bringing home an Australian citizen who has never been suspected of aiding or associating with any terrorists and has been held without trial since 2019 and detained without charge for 6 years before that would be an even higher priority for Albo, yeah?

    Beginning to think Albo will use a JA repatriation as a soft landing to compensate for a failed InVoice referendum. Expect JA to be kept on ice until November.
    If that is his plan, we’d have to vote “No” to the InVoice to vote yes for Press Freedom and the right of the governed to get information about the government’s actions done in their name.
    Hopefully I am wrong about the linkage and JA is back living in Venezstraya sooner.

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  19. Rabz: Sweet Jane. Smoooooothe….

    Steve T: Mark Dice update. Funny parody ‘undercover’ Project Veritas style filming of the new Bud Lite marketing campaign targeting… Muslims!

    Farmer Gez: Good man that Tailgunner. I liked him – he had energy.

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  20. Some clown launched fireworks directly into the glide path for the crosswind runway at Perth Airport just as a plane was on approach. The sound make take a squiz and just caught the plane bank right and abort…it should make the press.

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  21. Steve Trickler:
    Bud Light has no damn idea which way they need to turn. They’re a drowning man – or woman – or something – reaching for a life preserver made out of lead!
    Popcorn time!

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  22. It looks like Moira will be expelled. She represents a ‘radical fringe’ (normal women), and Pesutto envisions the future Liberal party as a beer hall filled with tattooed trans and lezzos belting out Tomorrow Belongs to Me. When you take the ‘J’accuse Nazi’ option you need to be careful you don’t look like one yourself.

    How wrong a mong can be.

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  23. Zulu Kilo Two Alpha says: May 5, 2023 at 9:50 pm
    Legal action underway to force Albanese Government to bring home IS families from Syria
    By Ellen Whinnett Associate editor
    @ellenwhinnett 9:31PM May 5, 2023

    The Australian women are the wives and widows of Islamic State fighters who were either killed in Syria, or are held in jails in Syria or Iraq. At least 41 Australian women and children are in al-Roj, and it is thought about 20 of them would be represented by Save the Children, which has assembled a team of KCs, junior barristers and a national law firm, all working pro bono.

    These bastards aren’t even prostituting themselves.
    They’re working against Australia, for free.

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  24. What a week, Cats.

    Stil trying to get over the ignomony of being dumped by an erstwhile Miss Personage for Teats Peanuthead.

    About the only individuals I’ve had a sensible conversation with this week* are the Slovak Chick I work with and my Tailor.

    *Apart from my nominal boss and he’s not known for his earth shattering insights, thank goodness …

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  25. Robert Sewell says: May 5, 2023 at 10:45 pm
    Bud Light has no damn idea which way they need to turn. They’re a drowning man – or woman – or something – reaching for a life preserver made out of lead!
    Popcorn time!

    You betcha!
    Not just Bud Light, pretty much anything Budweiser is down circa 25% last week, with Anhowza-Bush other brands down 8%
    With their competitors up about 7 – 10%

    This is catastrophic in the beer game. Their sales reps will be so panicked they’ll have squeaky voices & shaking hands.

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  26. Jorge: It looks like Moira will be expelled. She represents a ‘radical fringe’ (normal women),

    Is politics now a competition to gain the vote of the quantitatively smallest demographic?

    “The whole five members of the Nimbin Maltese Lesbian Poetry and Classical Harp Appreciation Society have promised to vote for me.”
    “That’s nuffin! I’ve secured the votes of the only two Speed Macrame Karaoke Grand Masters in the state!”

    The species is devolving.

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  27. It looks like Moira will be expelled.

    Indisputably the Liberal Party has a woman problem …er… a problem with women.

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  28. Wow, up there with Julia Gillard’s first PM speech mentioning “Barra-caldon“, Channel 10 has just made mention of “Groot al-ant

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  29. The Liberal Party – in Vic & Qld at least – seem to exist in a permanent state of altered consciousness; a functional coma, if I can be somewhat crass. What substance maintains them in this drooling mediocrity?

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  30. The Liberal Party – in Vic & Qld at least

    S’pose it’s a fair call to not mention the Westoz Liberals, being as they no longer exist, more or less.

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  31. What substance maintains them in this drooling mediocrity?

    I’d guess the same underlying problem of the quasi-westernised aboriginal communities.
    Not paid in proportion to outcomes delivered but paid sit-down money instead.

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  32. There is no logical reason for the Victoriastanian Gliberals to exist. See their stellar electoral record since 2014 – after proudly existing in government for barely four years (the Flaillieu and Naptime interregnum.)

    The gliberal pardee across the continent has been subsumed. The national agrarian socialists, not so much.

    The concept of “controlled opposition” is more relevant than ever.

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  33. S’pose it’s a fair call to not mention the Westoz Liberals, being as they no longer exist, more or less.

    There’s a danger the smouldering ruins will spring to life. The gloss coming off the Big Sneakers. Once the cash runs out things could get interesting.

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