Open Thread – Weekend 13 May 2023


Reekie, Glasgow, John Atkinson Grimshaw, late 1800s

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Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
May 14, 2023 11:38 pm

Let’s see if there is a common thread running through the collected works of Joe Vialls.

The first major Vialls investigation was into the 1984 murder of WPC Yvonne Fletcher outside the Libyan embassy in St. James’s Square. He concluded that the fatal shots had come not from within the embassy but from a penthouse flat next-door-but-one to the Libyan embassy, and were fired by CIA/Mossad agents.

The second investigation concerned the 1988 Lockerbie bombing together with day-by-day summaries of the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing trial. Vialls developed his own theory about the true cause of the bombing. Again, Vialls linked the CIA and Mossad to the crime.

The third major investigation was into the Port Arthur massacre in Tasmania, Australia. Vialls claimed that an intellectually impaired man, Martin Bryant, was wrongly convicted for this crime and did not receive a fair trial. Vialls claimed that this case, also, was an Israeli operation carried out by Mistaravim.
……

He also disputed the official explanation for the bombings of the Australian embassy and Marriott Hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia’s capital. Vialls asserted that the explosives that authorities claimed were used in the Indonesian bombings were not powerful enough to have caused the damage and casualties that resulted. He claimed to demonstrate from photographs of the aftermath of each of the bombings, compared to the photographs taken in Northern Ireland where a 1,000 pound IRA bomb did not leave a crater or strip concrete from buildings, that a “micronuke” from Mossad’s Dimona research and development facility in the Negev desert had been used. 

All roads lead to Tel Aviv according to Joe.
Joe died in 2004 from a heart attack.
No doubt induced by a poison administered by Mossad.

Chris
Chris
May 14, 2023 11:44 pm

They clutch at some unrelated stat (as Digger points out above) and then hang an entire fanciful theory off it.
When faced with mountains of counter evidence they glibly dismiss it as “Government lies” without explaining how these “government lies” were fabricated and maintained over decades by hundreds of people, without one of them breaking ranks.
So, yeah, unhinged nut-jobs is the right term.

Completely agree.
The first thing that stands out is ‘assuming the consequent’ aka ‘begging the question’ in Vialls nutty screed. Well, second thing; the first is the use of ALL CAPS to show how IMPORTANT his words are.

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
May 14, 2023 11:46 pm

Charlie don’t surf.

Gimme Shelter – Apocalypse Now

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
May 14, 2023 11:52 pm

Chris/Digger.
Agree.
It is possible that Bryant might have been “inspired” by others and somewhat influenced by the media, but he had an extremely violent predisposition anyway.
What isn’t in doubt is that he did it and he did it alone.
No help from Tel Aviv.

Dot
Dot
May 14, 2023 11:54 pm

Well thank my stars for Joe Vialls.

I knew about Mossad and Shin Bet, but not the Mistaravim.

Why would the Israelis use border guard covert operators blending in as Palestinians to execute the Port Arthur false flag psy op?

This is too clever for me. God knows what their motivation would be given how widespread gun ownership is for Israeli settlers and the IDF openly carrying.

Dot
Dot
May 14, 2023 11:55 pm

What isn’t in doubt is that he did it and he did it alone.

I think others can be blamed, they really were not and grabbing guns was seen as a better idea.

rosie
rosie
May 14, 2023 11:56 pm

What cafe fire?
Talk about making it up as you go along.

Gabor
Gabor
May 14, 2023 11:56 pm

Government don’t need to kill people in order to take their guns.
They do far worse without a blink or shame.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
May 15, 2023 12:00 am

But wait, there’s more …

Many of Vialls’ investigations blamed significant world events – such as the 2004 Asian tsunami – on joint CIA–Mossad operations, and Vialls maintained in disclaimers on his site that his reports were written in the interest of public safety. In other investigations, Vialls supposedly proved that such esoteric happenings as the death of Diana, Princess of Wales and a scandal involving the wearing of a swastika by Prince Harry were Zionist plots.

The Mossad tsunami, eh?
Can’t accuse Joe of not thinking big.
Not surprisingly, Joe was a big hit with the Mueslis in Indonesia and elsewhere.

rosie
rosie
May 15, 2023 12:01 am

What Bryant actually had

a Colt AR-15 .223 semiautomatic rifle, an SLR semiautomatic .308 rifle, a semiautomatic Daewoo 12-gauge shotgun and 150,000 rounds of ammunition

Chris
Chris
May 15, 2023 12:05 am

150,000 rounds of ammunition

Oooh BABY! In one sports bag too!

rosie
rosie
May 15, 2023 12:06 am

And no-one claims Bryant shot with precision.

When he didn’t have his victims trapped at close range his wayward bullets hit trees, vehicles and the ground.

from the same article

rosie
rosie
May 15, 2023 12:11 am

Are you suggesting someone added an extra zero to the quantity of ammunition?

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
May 15, 2023 12:14 am

The hallmark of the conspiracy theorist like Joe is the overwhelming need to be seen to have superior knowledge and special insights not possessed by mere mortals.
Which, in the competitive world of the innernet rabbit-hole, can lead to a phenomenon known as “making shit up”.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
May 15, 2023 12:16 am

Chrissays:

May 15, 2023 at 12:05 am

150,000 rounds of ammunition

Oooh BABY! In one sports bag too!

I think that was his total stockpile.
He had plenty of cash from his “inheritance”.

Colonel Crispin Berka
Colonel Crispin Berka
May 15, 2023 12:17 am

Panzer and Duk
You both sound the same.
Boldly stating conclusions that appear out of nowhere, with no firm reason to believe them.
If you aren’t citing primary sources, you’re just shooting the breeze (bad pun not intended).
At least Duk admits he does not know what happened. I reckon that “to know” ultimately means originating from your own bodily senses, so the only people who could say they “know” what happened were the survivors who were there. Everybody else, Duk, Panzer, Digger, myself, everybody, we are doing one of 2 things: choosing to believe the words of others, OR interpreting physical evidence in a particular way (and perhaps not the only way).

It also does not help to conjure strawman arguments that your sparring partner has never stated. Really, Panzer, when did Duk ever say that the conspiracy required hundreds of insiders? That “Joe Vialls” character, okay he sounds a bit obsessed with a certain middle eastern spy agency, but he does not need to correctly state who *did* do the crime in order to point out exculpatory evidence or unlikelihoods about who (he thinks) did *not* do the crime. So his error (?? presumably, I mean it’s a long way to fly for no apparent national goal) in naming the real culprit does not logically count against his critique of the conviction. That comes off as just a bit more ad hominem.

Sources. You guys gotta get back to original sources to have a decent argument. At least that’s what seeking the truth should lead to. Or you could just say (drum roll) “I don’t know.”

flyingduk
flyingduk
May 15, 2023 12:28 am

Sources. You guys gotta get back to original sources to have a decent argument.

Quite! … and wasn’t it handy that the perp plead guilty so his story could never be examined in court, and the key forensics on the murder weapons were also impossible due to mysterious explosions in both of them!

We shall just have to rely on what the government and the media told us I guess … our ‘single source of truth’ eh? H/T Saint Jacinda.

flyingduk
flyingduk
May 15, 2023 12:35 am

What cafe fire? …. Talk about making it up as you go along.

The one that destroyed the Seascape the next morning, forcing Bryant out of the building, seriously burning him, and also burning the 2 weapons he is supposed to have used, including the FN which was later found on the roof of a separate building (which did not catch fire). … that latter point you have to admit is ‘curious’ no?

rosie
rosie
May 15, 2023 12:55 am
Foxbody
Foxbody
May 15, 2023 1:12 am

While not having a dog in this fight, as the American expression goes, I heard that the Tasmanian Police were very anxious not to have Bryant go to trial. Not only had they ignored Bryant for years while he drove around in an unregistered car shooting near built up areas, but there were major inconsistencies in
the Police narrative, including the alleged firearms used – as Dr Duk suggests.
I heard Police suggested to Bryant that he plead guilty ASAP – they did not want close review of such issues by a competent defense in a prolonged trial – which would have been harrowing for the survivors, too.
This was addressed by putting Bryant in with other prisoners who took full advantage of this simple newcomer with long blond hair and a rather gender neutral air. From time to time over some days, maybe longer, Bryant was asked if he might like to end the bashing and raping by entering a guilty plea – if so he would be moved to secure accommodation. Eventually Bryant could not endure things and agreed to plead as suggested.
True? Don’t know – this what I was told years ago by a relative who had an acquaintance in gaol in Tasmania in 1996.

win
win
May 15, 2023 1:48 am

One thing about Labor no matter how incompetent eg Palachook .They stood by her until she learned the ropes.When she started and did know the GST.
AS for Dutton the hatred here is astounding.

Gabor
Gabor
May 15, 2023 3:33 am

win says:
May 15, 2023 at 1:48 am

One thing about Labor no matter how incompetent eg Palachook .They stood by her until she learned the ropes.When she started and did know the GST.
AS for Dutton the hatred here is astounding.

I see it differently, not so much hatred of Dutton, but despair of his and his party’s ineffectual performance.

For what it’s worth, I never saw him as a foreman material.
Shows how shallow the talent pool is in the lib party. And mentioning ‘talent’ itself is a joke when the whole bunch consists of talentless shelve-serving grubs.

Gabor
Gabor
May 15, 2023 3:37 am

“shelve-serving” ?

Don’t usually correct spelling mistakes, they are easily worked out, but how on earth self-serving got turned into that?

Tom
Tom
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Tom
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Tom
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Zatara
Zatara
May 15, 2023 6:00 am

Are you suggesting someone added an extra zero to the quantity of ammunition?

I’d suggest more than one extra zero. I think he’d need a decent sized lorry for 150,000 rounds.

For reference, the average USMC rifleman in the assault on Fallujah carried 360-560 rounds of 5.56(.223) ammo on his person.

Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
May 15, 2023 6:16 am

I see trudging through the Port Arthur massacre – again – became de rigeur overnight, with confirmation bias riding high and proud. Let’s see then. From the link at 10.45:

The killed-to-injured ratio is used to calculate reliably how many injured survivors should be expected for every person killed for a given number of rounds fired

‘Calculate reliably’. Ah, no.

Even assault rounds as powerful as those fired by the Colt AR15 can only ensure a one-shot kill if the target is hit in the head

No.

a six by six inch target

Also no, and even if you were going down this path it would not be wise – or accurate – to compare US to Australian battlecraft. The US model involves hosing everything in sight. The Australian model does not.

The records show that a total of 32 people were shot in the Broad Arrow Cafe, so at best we would expect 4 dead and 28 injured, or at worst 6 dead and 26 injured

Yes. Correct. On the premise that the shooter was being bitten by an ocelot and playing the accordion while firing. As was correctly noted (by Digger, I think) this was frozen fish in a barrel time.

These are very reliable military figures based on hard science

It is interesting that people will believe this ‘hard science’ while believing other things promoted as ‘hard science’ to be ‘government lies’.

Special forces train continuously for months on end to achieve a ratio as high as this, which lies far beyond the abilities of regular soldiers

This is the most egregious example of horseshit in the entire piece, which is saying something. It also infers what some desperately, desperately want to believe – which is that a cadre of SF from somewhere fast-roped into the cafe and conducted a massacre before mysteriously disappearing, and leaving the local retard holding the bag.

The reason for this episode was, of course, a casus belli for the WEF’s confiscation of all the citizenry’s guns so they could easily be enslaved. Part of Klaus’ plan for one world government, of course.

Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
May 15, 2023 6:20 am

Here’s another belter from the same piece:

everyone inside reacted instinctively to the huge muzzle blast (noise) of the AR15

Not only could the author not differentiate between blast and noise, he has also clearly not been in a room the size of a small cafe when rounds from ARs – and/or all their variants – have been discharged.

‘Huge’ is not the droid the author’s looking for. You barely need hearing protection for the things – in fact, the most noticeable noise when firing them is the sound of the spring working in the butt.

‘Huge muzzle blast’. Yeah righto.

Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
May 15, 2023 6:22 am

Oh – also:

At the same time the barrel of the AR15 was recoiling upwards

Nobody, and I mean nobody, should be using the words ‘recoil’ and ‘AR15’ in the same sentence – unless that AR15 was running at full auto, which it wasn’t.

Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
May 15, 2023 6:30 am

Foxbody at 1.12:

I heard that the Tasmanian Police were very anxious not to have Bryant go to trial

The Tasmanian jacks were extremely anxious about the coronial process, not the trial – most notably because they had so little ability to combat what was happening at Port Arthur that they had to get the Victorian SOG flown over the Strait in choppers

Not only had they ignored Bryant for years while he drove around in an unregistered car shooting near built up areas

Hang on. Didn’t someone overnight say Bryant had only used an air rifle previously?

Again, that’s a coronial issue rather than a criminal trial matter. If there were things that were ‘overlooked’, then Julian Knight in Hoddle Street in 1987 may have had an argument as well. But he didn’t.

Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
May 15, 2023 6:33 am

Wait for it.

‘Do some research.’
‘It’s puzzling, don’t you think?’
‘Educate yourself.’
‘Interesting theories.’
‘Melting point of steel.’

Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
May 15, 2023 6:39 am

Bryant, by the way, was initially separated from the mainstream population at Risdon Prison due to fears he’d be killed.

When he began interacting with other prisoners, though, he was removed again – not because he was being preyed upon, but because he was (and remains) a predator.

Cassie of Sydney
May 15, 2023 6:45 am

Forget about that evil Martin Bryant being responsible for Port Arthur, I now learn that it was an evil Zionist/Mossad/CIA cabal operation, in other words……………..da Jews!

Anchor What
Anchor What
May 15, 2023 6:45 am

Street Theatre, Deep State Style.
Khaki-clad Potemkin Patriots stage a March in DC to lend credence to Biden String-pullers assertion that white supremacy is the real threat.
Gateway Pundit.

Gabor
Gabor
May 15, 2023 6:52 am

Knuckle Dragger says:
May 15, 2023 at 6:33 am

Wait for it.

‘Do some research.’
‘It’s puzzling, don’t you think?’
‘Educate yourself.’
‘Interesting theories.’
‘Melting point of steel.’

Some cooker theories makes me think for a microsecond, then I remember all of the above and say, nah.
At the same time I think, I could be wrong, but better be on the sane side.
Still, paranoids can have real enemies too.

I don’t know, some of the stuff we get from the governments are also questionable but not debatable in the MSM, so there is that.

Pogria
Pogria
May 15, 2023 6:58 am

Anchor Whatsays:
May 15, 2023 at 6:45 am
Street Theatre, Deep State Style.
Khaki-clad Potemkin Patriots stage a March in DC to lend credence to Biden String-pullers assertion that white supremacy is the real threat.
Gateway Pundit.

What, no Tiki Torches!?

132andBush
132andBush
May 15, 2023 7:04 am

Knuckle Dragger says:
May 15, 2023 at 6:33 am

Wait for it.

‘Do some research.’
‘It’s puzzling, don’t you think?’
‘Educate yourself.’
‘Interesting theories.’
‘Melting point of steel.’

They’re spraying us again.
Radars.

Pogria
Pogria
May 15, 2023 7:08 am

As I have been away from you norks for a couple of days, I thought I would ease my way back into the conversation. Tiki Torches first.
Then, the Manual of Military Marvels.

calli
calli
May 15, 2023 7:10 am

Thanks Chris, for your post last night at 10:38.

It’s a thought provoking description of media driving the narrative. We see it in all sorts of ways, especially the last few years re Covid and the interminable climatey “we’re all doooooomed” gibberish. And now “The Voice”, which is more “The Nag”.

As you point out, certain acts of violence come in waves. We know what churns the waters.

Zatara
Zatara
May 15, 2023 7:11 am

Khaki-clad Potemkin Patriots stage a March in DC to lend credence to Biden String-pullers assertion that white supremacy is the real threat.

– Heavily cops escorted/protected
– No visible tattoos or even skin in some cases (carefully covered via sleeves or strategically placed armbands)
– Not only Balaclava style face masks but huge sunglasses to defeat facial recognition software
Nobody interested enough, or allowed to, follow them back to their transport and get pictures of license plates and un-masked faces.

Nah, nothing sus about that.

Razey
Razey
May 15, 2023 7:16 am

Of course the Gov overlords narrative is always 100% true.

Bahhhhhhhhh

Zatara
Zatara
May 15, 2023 7:22 am

Progressivism In A Nutshell: Defund The Police, Decriminalize Most Crime, Then Sue The Auto Companies For Causing Car Theft?

City authorities in Milwaukee, Baltimore, St. Louis, and Seattle – all Democrat-run cities – are suing car makers Kia and Hyundai for “not doing enough to prevent [their] cars being stolen,” amid skyrocketing rates of carjackings.

“Alarmingly high rates of theft of these vehicles have been sustained over a long period of time. Your consumers continue to be harmed as a result, and worse yet, the thefts contribute to an erosion of public safety as they are frequently accompanied by reckless driving and the commission of other crimes, further endangering our communities. While your companies are reported to have taken some steps to address this crisis, it hasn’t been enough, and it hasn’t been done fast enough.”

Yeah, those darn cars just keep hijacking themselves. Couldn’t have anything to do with this stuff right?

Teens face only misdemeanor charges — of criminal trespassing — after crashing stolen car, killing infant in Chicago

calli
calli
May 15, 2023 7:24 am

Oooh boy. Started with Chris last night, then read further. Yikes! Forget the eye witnesses. What would they know, poor buggers?

It had to be Shady Government Forces. Only question is…which government?

I’m picking Subterranean Lizard People.

Razey
Razey
May 15, 2023 7:28 am

It had to be Shady Government Forces. Only question is…which government?

LOL. Keep drinking that .gov koolaid.

Indolent
Indolent
May 15, 2023 7:28 am
Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
May 15, 2023 7:28 am

Apropos of Government narratives:

In 1188 Alfonso IX, King of Leon (in current day Spain) convened the three states in the Cortes of León and according to UNESCO it was the first sample of modern parliamentarism in the history of Europe

For almost a thousand years Parliaments have been around (in England, Henry III kicked them off in the 1260s).

From that day to this day, governments have lied to their citizens. Before governments, Kings lied to their subjects. And they will continue to do so, in furtherance of their own self-interest.

This undeniable state of affairs does NOT mean everything shit that happens is a small cog in a giant, unseen global machine dedicated to enslaving the human race in tunnels and using it as a source of adrenochrome and red shoes.

The harbingers of constant doom from multiple sources, and who desperately want this to happen will die unfulfilled, without the satisfaction of saying a final ‘I told you so’ and being deafened by the sound of bow ties spinning at 9000rpm.

Razey
Razey
May 15, 2023 7:29 am

Anyone who believes anything the .gov says is a fucn idiot.

rosie
rosie
May 15, 2023 7:29 am

Filed under risible nonsense, again.

rosie
rosie
May 15, 2023 7:30 am

I believe it when they say I’ll get a fine if I don’t lodge my BAS on time.

Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
May 15, 2023 7:31 am

They’re spraying us again.

If you’re not protecting yourself through daily iodine baths, you’re mad.

Mad, I say!

rosie
rosie
May 15, 2023 7:33 am

Or I shouldn’t drive around the boom gates if a train is approaching.
Also stop at the red light, go at the green.

rosie
rosie
May 15, 2023 7:35 am

And that Darwin is a really nice place to visit

With waterfront dining crocodile adventures

calli
calli
May 15, 2023 7:37 am

What KoolAid? The “theorists” can’t even get their theory right.

The fire was in the B&B, not the cafe. There appears to be an anomaly on the weapons used, and the quantity of ammo carried as opposed as to what was in the stash. The eye witnesses, and there were many, all saw pretty much the same thing.

Now we find that the writer theorising is a Protocols kinda a guy. And there it ends. There are plenty of other sites to peddle this garbage on. And not hard to find at all.

calli
calli
May 15, 2023 7:41 am

From that day to this day, governments have lied to their citizens. Before governments, Kings lied to their subjects. And they will continue to do so, in furtherance of their own self-interest.

Reminds me of a joke.

There were once Empires ruled by Emperors…

Then Kingdoms ruled by Kings…

Now we have Countries ruled by…

Robert Sewell
May 15, 2023 7:41 am

Crossie:

Being tolerant is ceding ground until you have nowhere to stand. Tolerance is a sure way to go over the cliff, we have gone over the cliff. Whether we just bounce at the bottom or blow up in a fiery ball is yet to be seen.

“Tolerance” is the creed of the coward who will never stand up for their Nation, their Culture, and themselves.
They get to think of themselves as superior, wrapping themselves in their blanket of warm, smug condescension, while they could get the same effect by eating lima beans and farting.

Dot
Dot
May 15, 2023 7:42 am

Effective lying requires a plausible narrative.

The dishonesty of government is more sophisticated than “if A, then B is true”.

Crossie
Crossie
May 15, 2023 7:45 am

Indolent says:
May 15, 2023 at 7:30 am
Biden Admin Launches Initiative to Train Public How to Spot ‘Radical’ Conservatives and Fight ‘Domestic Terrorism’

Haven’t they branded practicing Catholics as radical? Thank goodness “devout” Catholics like Biden who advocate for abortion are exempt.

rosie
rosie
May 15, 2023 7:48 am

Bryant admitted to buying 3000 rounds from one Terry Hill who apparently had no problem selling weapons to him, for cash, even though Bryant didn’t have a gun licence.
The Public Trustee probably didn’t have a choice other than hand over large sums whenever Bryant wanted from his considerable inheritance from the elderly woman he befriended.
He also apparently set fire to the BMW he’d stolen.
Low iq or no he was judged competent to stand trial.
He knew what he was doing was wrong.

Farmer Gez
Farmer Gez
May 15, 2023 7:50 am

Did Pogria just describe us as Norks?
This trans stuff is off the charts.

calli
calli
May 15, 2023 7:50 am

A “Radical Conservative” is now a conservative who talks back. Wrongthink is only a heartbeat away.

rosie
rosie
May 15, 2023 8:01 am

Apparently it’s all okay because staff can join the CPSU and might even get little pay bumps.
And there was me thinking some might work at Calvary because they wanted to work in a Catholic Hospital and didn’t want to participate in abortion.
the Mandarin on the Calvary Hospital forced acquisition

rosie
rosie
May 15, 2023 8:04 am
rosie
rosie
May 15, 2023 8:05 am

There is a petition at the link for those who wish to support Calvary.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
May 15, 2023 8:06 am

Cassie of Sydneysays:

May 15, 2023 at 6:45 am

Forget about that evil Martin Bryant being responsible for Port Arthur, I now learn that it was an evil Zionist/Mossad/CIA cabal operation, in other words……………..da Jews!

Things Mossad are responsible for, according to Joe Vialls:-
– The 2004 Boxing Day tsunami
– Port Arthur
– Trevor Chappell’s underarm vs NZ
– Lockerbie bombing
– Pineapple on pizza
– Blind factory adverts on 3AW
– The murder of WPC Yvonne Fletcher outside the Libyan embassy in London
– Marriott Hotel bombing in Jakarta
– Princess Diana’s death (obviously)
– The Wayne Harmes “out of bounds” incident in the 1979 grand final
– Prince Harry wearing a Nazee uniform
Here’s the thing.
I am not going to be lectured to “check my sources” by someone quoting directly from an anti-Semitic nut-job.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
May 15, 2023 8:13 am

Razeysays:

May 15, 2023 at 7:29 am

Anyone who believes anything the .gov says is a fucn idiot.

Is the Japanese government really bad, Razey-san?

Cassie of Sydney
May 15, 2023 8:16 am

“Here’s the thing.
I am not going to be lectured to “check my sources” by someone quoting directly from an anti-Semitic nut-job.”

Yep.

calli
calli
May 15, 2023 8:19 am

Governments ride the zeitgeist, because politicians by and large are physical* and moral cowards. There are parallels between the shaming of the populace to surrender firearms and the confected shame-nagging of The Voice.

The media and activists (no longer mutually exclusive) stir the pot with endless clickbait and agitation, politicians who may or may not be in on it respond with what they think is a popular solution to a non-existent problem, and we are then brainwashed or beaten by both using our own taxpayer dollars.

Rinse and repeat. There will always be another mountain to climb another “wrong” to put right. Elliot Carver was a template, not an outlier.

* the last truly brave thing I’ve seen a politician do was when John Feahy stood between Charles and a numbnut with a firearm (which turned out to be a starting pistol but he didn’t know that at the time).

Indolent
Indolent
May 15, 2023 8:20 am
Pogria
Pogria
May 15, 2023 8:21 am

Another thing the naughty boys of Mossad are responsible for; Jewshi! Very yummy.

Pogria
Pogria
May 15, 2023 8:27 am

Calli,
John Fahey was a country boy, hence the unthinking bravery. On the other hand, I can’t envisage the Beetrooter throwing himself in front of anybody to protect them.

I had met him a couple of times years ago. Soft spoken, unfailingly polite. A good man.

Pogria
Pogria
May 15, 2023 8:33 am

Star Wars has been rebooted by Wes Anderson. The trailer shows promise. 😉

Robert Sewell
May 15, 2023 8:34 am

I’m watching as Duk uses a word – ‘curious’ – in a way that he (and any other investigator) would use in a forensic investigation, and gets piled on by people who use the word ‘curious’ in a totally different context.
I’d suggest we go back and read Duks post within the context he wrote it in.
And for those who aren’t interested in searching, I’ll repost it:

PS, for those interested in that particular rabbit hole, there are aspects of the Port Arthur shooting which are extremely ‘curious’ compared to other mass shootings, including the ‘inverse kill ratio’ (more dead than wounded, not the other way round).

So if one is investigating/looking at evidence, it is ‘curious’.
“1. deviating from what is standard, normal, or expected.”

Indolent
Indolent
May 15, 2023 8:35 am
Dr Faustus
Dr Faustus
May 15, 2023 8:37 am

One thing I admire about governments is their ability to seamlessly transform from parp-parp-wheeee Clown Circus in their day jobs – to ultra-effective conspiratorial masterminds, show-running improbably complex plots that would put Blofeld to shame.

There are some Iron Rules in judging government malfeasance:

• Always bet on self interest;
• It’s the cover up that kills;
• Follow the money;
• Cockup over conspiracy.

Here’s Bryant 25 years on: dim, fat, and exchanging blowjobs for chocolate.

Amazing that he’s been left alive as a loose end.

flyingduk
flyingduk
May 15, 2023 8:38 am

Not only could the author not differentiate between blast and noise, he has also clearly not been in a room the size of a small cafe when rounds from ARs – and/or all their variants – have been discharged. …. Huge’ is not the droid the author’s looking for. You barely need hearing protection for the things

Er no, the 5.56 is a centrefire and is definitely very loud, especially inside a confined space like a building, producing 155dB, the same as a .308 (156dB) or a 12g shotgun (151-161 dB). I agree the muzzle blast would be less, but still substantial, but the noise is not so quiet it ‘barely need(s) hearing protection’.

For reference, the pain threshold is around 140 dB, and given the base 10 exponential nature of the dB chart, 155dB is well over 10x more intense that the pain threshold, and ONE exposure can cause hearing damage, let alone 29 shots in 90 seconds.

https://earinc.com/gunfire-noise-level-reference-chart/

I know a friend who suffered *permanent* hearing loss after ONE unprotected shot of a rimfire .17HMR, which produces around 147dB.

I always double up (earplugs and earmuffs) when shooting centrefire from even a partial enclosure, like a covered stand at a gun-range.

rosie
rosie
May 15, 2023 8:41 am

No it’s not, it’s a rabbit hole of irrelevance for anyone who’s familiar with the circumstances of the mass murder at Port Arthur.
Anyone here that can’t see the difference probably thinks women breastfeeding their babies ‘in public!’ is on a par with masturbating in public.

Robert Sewell
May 15, 2023 8:43 am

Bruce O’Nuke:

I prefer the grungiest song in history.

I like that music – Good beat.

Boambee John
Boambee John
May 15, 2023 8:45 am

Zatarasays:
May 15, 2023 at 7:11 am
Khaki-clad Potemkin Patriots stage a March in DC to lend credence to Biden String-pullers assertion that white supremacy is the real threat.

– Heavily cops escorted/protected
– No visible tattoos or even skin in some cases (carefully covered via sleeves or strategically placed armbands)
– Not only Balaclava style face masks but huge sunglasses to defeat facial recognition software
– Nobody interested enough, or allowed to, follow them back to their transport and get pictures of license plates and un-masked faces.

Nah, nothing sus about that.

Much like our recent outbreaks of Grampians Nazis?

Farmer Gez
Farmer Gez
May 15, 2023 8:50 am

I’d never compare the report of a .17 HMR to a centrefire but I shoot out in the open.
My .243 makes a noise and I wear ear protection when I’m zeroing it and ear buds in the ute – tends to give you a Boom Box effect.

Crossie
Crossie
May 15, 2023 8:50 am

I had met him a couple of times years ago. Soft spoken, unfailingly polite. A good man.

Pogria which one, John Fahey or the beetrooter?

JC
JC
May 15, 2023 8:51 am

Duk

Joe V, really?

Crossie
Crossie
May 15, 2023 8:52 am

Indolent says:
May 15, 2023 at 8:37 am
Miranda Devine
@mirandadevine

This guy is a menace. He’s creating the greatest threat by facilitating an invasion at the southern border. And presides over a disinformation infrastructure that criminalizes dissent.

Miranda may find herself being deported back home to Australia if she continues with this.

GreyRanga
GreyRanga
May 15, 2023 8:52 am

I tried joining the Grampian Nasties but when I found out that there no lederhosen, Oompah bands, Hugo Boss outfits and Bratwurst that was me done with them. On the other hand they sais they wouldn’t have me coz I’d been saying mean things to Munty and Nut Case.

GreyRanga
GreyRanga
May 15, 2023 8:53 am

they said

JC
JC
May 15, 2023 8:53 am

And get a load of the turtlehead explaining to us the different contexts when using words. FMD.

Dot
Dot
May 15, 2023 8:54 am

– Trevor Chappell’s underarm vs NZ

Quite frankly, that was a good thing, if it is in the rules, so be it.

Like mankadding. If it’s bad, change the rules.

Then again, they could change the rules each year like the NRL, to please the League Tag Soccer Karen Mums, who think little Billy will be signed to the South Melbourne Cronulla Hawks as flanker (LOL) along with John Aloisi.

Pogria
Pogria
May 15, 2023 8:54 am

Crossie,
I realised what I had done when I re-read my comment. John Fahey of course.
Thanks for the heads up.

It is early and I have been watching fit young men armed with chainsaws cutting trees down on my place and feeding them into a mega-mulcher. My grammar is suffering because I have been a little distracted. 😀

lotocoti
lotocoti
May 15, 2023 8:54 am

Bringing back British Leyland.

Dot
Dot
May 15, 2023 8:57 am

In 1188 Alfonso IX, King of Leon (in current day Spain) convened the three states in the Cortes of León and according to UNESCO it was the first sample of modern parliamentarism in the history of Europe

You are scum, sir. And not truly elected scum at that.

Robert Sewell
May 15, 2023 8:58 am

Arky:

You idiot.
It’s the ugliest song in history.
It’s about the kid she conceived with that dickhead from The Eagles and subsequently aborted. After naming it “Sara”.
Who names a foetus and then aborts it?

My understanding was that she miscarried, which – emotionally – is a very different thing to aborting.
Does anyone know?

Dot
Dot
May 15, 2023 9:03 am

Crazy bullshit from Medium.

#1 Gay guy writes article about Meatball that Andrew Anglin would be proud of.

Ron DeSantis: The Fascist Weirdo Beast of Florida Politics Who Will Never Be President
DeSantis is trying to position himself as a cold-blooded culture warrior in the mold of Trump. But he’s just such a weird little guy

The political landscape in the United States is a murky cesspool of corruption, greed, and power.

And in the fever swamps of the conservative imagination — and in Florida — a man more beast than human has emerged. Ron DeSantis, Governor of the Disney state and potential presidential candidate has been called everything from “Trump with a brain” to “a strange no-eye-contact oddball.”

What we know at this point is that his teeth are sharp, his claws are lethal, and his skin is tough. He is shrewd, calculating, and probably soulless. Everything you need to run for president. Everything except Trump’s charisma.

#2 It’s okay to be supergay (or superstraight)

Confronting My Transphobia as a Gay Man

As a gay man, I always prided myself on being open-minded and accepting of all individuals, regardless of their race, gender identity, or sexual orientation. However, it wasn’t until recently that I realized that my beliefs were not as inclusive as I thought they were. In fact, I had been transphobic without even realizing it. But through education, self-reflection, and a desire to be a better ally, I was able to overcome my transphobia and become a better, more understanding person.

From the (very gullible) comments:

For me, the biggest eye opener was hearing about a transgender woman who used to be straight as a man, but now as a woman had become a lesbian.
It was a real eye opener for me, because it told me that gender identity and sexuality were not automatically linked; they were (or could be) independent of one another. The guy’s straightness did not disappear after he had become a woman, so she became gay.

Please stop enabling this mental illness stuff. Most trans people are deeply unahppy and only get worse after they transition. That’s just the cold hard facts. Homosexuality is observed in nature, self mutilation is incredibly rare.

calli
calli
May 15, 2023 9:04 am

Yes, Winston, I understood the use of “curious”, because that’s second nature to me too.

But I refuse to assuage my curiosity by accepting the theories of a Mossad Stole My Shoes type. There are plenty of other sources to garner information.

I found Digger’s comment interesting too. A trained person can assess a situation much faster than a room full of average citizens out for an early cuppa. Take the NYC subway incident for example. The marine knew how to respond to the threat…and now he’s being punished.

Dot
Dot
May 15, 2023 9:04 am

LOL, blockquote fail!

johanna
johanna
May 15, 2023 9:07 am

I met Johm Fahey a few times when he was Premier and I was working in The Cabinet Office.

He was very personable, unaffected and charming. Unfortunately, he wasn’t very bright, and the senior public servants ran rings around him.

GreyRanga
GreyRanga
May 15, 2023 9:09 am

Signed the petition Rosie.

calli
calli
May 15, 2023 9:09 am

The Grampian Nazis won’t have me either. Too right wing for them, being Socialists and all.

As for the Potemkin Patriots, I’d have to get an ESTA first. Except I could pretend I’m Mexican and cross that way.

The uniforms are a bit daggy though.

Rockdoctor
Rockdoctor
May 15, 2023 9:09 am

Morn all.

What cracking, news looks still as vacuous as ever, sleazy still sleazing and seems like interest rate hikes aren’t finished. Go figure…

My 2 weeks of fun. Had a vehicle completely stuck 40 deg angle leaning against a creek wall that the recovery guys after WTF took 4 hours to extract. Entered despite the crossing point clearly marked 20m upstream, realised the far bank was insurmountable then tried to turn to straddle a V shaped channel to get to said crossing point when he came unstuck with RHS wheels off ground.

Had a case of hypothermia, yup actual case that was backloaded out by QAS. Temps dropping into single figures inland now and said casualty had no warm clothing.

Fun & games. Enjoy your Monday all. Think I might have a counter lunch fore my first day in.

Rafiki
Rafiki
May 15, 2023 9:10 am

This week at the Sofronoff Inquiry sees Steve Whybrow in the box. It’s not clear – apart from Tedeschi – who will try to eviscerate him. He will probably be a vehicle to batter hapless Drumgold. (BTW, I thought Drumgold dealt with the Wilkinson bleating quite well. She had a lawyer sitting beside her as she pressed Drumgold to clear her Lergie’s speech. Her lawyer is surely responsible for what Wilkinson did.)
Back to my point. Whybrow’s statement contains material that raises a question about whether rulings by McCallum CJ prejudiced a fair trial. Such as: why was Whybrow not able to cross-examine Higgins about her evidence of what Reynolds and Cash said to her?

Farmer Gez
Farmer Gez
May 15, 2023 9:10 am

Really good hotdogs at Hall’s Gap.
Known to some as Frankfurts.
Frankfurts – mountains – Nasties.

the Eagle has built a Nest…repeat….the Eagle has built a Nest.

calli
calli
May 15, 2023 9:12 am

I scroll back and see I’ve suffered mild dyslexia over Fahey. Coffee deficit.

Boambee John
Boambee John
May 15, 2023 9:16 am

Stupid question, I know, but were there any repercussions for the TV station that put out the “This is how you acquire your illegal weapons and ammunition for your mass murder project” show?

GreyRanga
GreyRanga
May 15, 2023 9:17 am

Dot, “homosexuality is observed in nature”, nature observes homos don’t preserve the species. I’m pretty sure homosexuality in nature is practice for the real thing, not a conga-line in a bathhouse.

mem
mem
May 15, 2023 9:20 am

Don’t you just love the Labor Pardy’s approach to lessening the road toll! A grants program to improve data collection. More snouts in more troughs. Oh and its target of zero deaths by 2050. Sort of like no child shall live in poverty target. From the ABC Pravda daily bulletin:
Senator Brown said $43.6 million had been committed in last week’s federal budget, over four years, to establish a grants program for road safety, including data collection.

“The Albanese Government remains committed to Vision Zero — zero deaths and serious injuries on our roads by 2050,” Senator Brown said.

“We are determined to succeed — Australian lives depend on it.”

The National Farmers Federation also warned last week that funding for rural roads in the federal budget was “dismal”, and that the government had ignored its calls for an emergency funding package to repair rural roads damaged by flooding.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-14/road-toll-rises-in-almost-every-state-and-territory/102338652

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
May 15, 2023 9:22 am

So if one is investigating/looking at evidence, it is ‘curious’.
“1. deviating from what is standard, normal, or expected.”

Then why choose an anti-Semitic nut-job as your source to demonstrate your (ahem) “sciency curiosity”?

GreyRanga
GreyRanga
May 15, 2023 9:24 am

calli I didn’t know countries were ruled by trees

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
May 15, 2023 9:28 am

the Eagle has built a Nest…repeat….the Eagle has built a Nest.

Ja!
Achtung!

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
May 15, 2023 9:32 am

The Krauts always shouted “Achtung!” at each other in the war comics I read as a kid.
Dunno what it means.
Presumably it is complimenting another on the cut of his lederhosen or something.
Which got me thinking about WW2.
Did it really happen?
How can we know?
I’m curious.

Jorge
Jorge
May 15, 2023 9:34 am

Local library yesterday with a trolley of books awaiting reshelving. Mein Kampf in big red letters stood out.

Brought down from the Grampians and smuggled through the police checkpoint in Melton, I suppose.

Dot
Dot
May 15, 2023 9:35 am

???

As someone who only realized they were transgender in the last couple of years and still struggles occasionally with internalized transphobia, I have to admit I thought it would be nearly impossible for a cis gender person to make that mental journey. This has given me hope. Thanks Nathan!

cohenite
May 15, 2023 9:38 am

Ramirez’s TDS looks to be terminal.

MatrixTransform
May 15, 2023 9:41 am

Then why choose an anti-Semitic nut-job as your source to demonstrate your …

sancho … you using a new ventriloquist doll today?

seriously though,
did it just use the exact same form of argument … an anti-Semitic nut-job…to make what it thinks is a logical point?

if it did, you better get rid of it because it’s a pretty stupid doll

Dot
Dot
May 15, 2023 9:43 am

The idea that a politician if they join the WEF they’re suddenly and irrevocably in the cult is a really trash fire level of idea; shoot, did Nixon become a Maoist after he visited China?

Many Western politicians despise the UN and the EU, does it mean Carl Benjamin and Daniel Hannan really were for the EU to remain?

Dot
Dot
May 15, 2023 9:44 am

an anti-Semitic nut-job…to make what it thinks is a logical point?

I’d like to see any logical points Joe Vialls ever made.

Black Ball
Black Ball
May 15, 2023 9:46 am

The shitshow continues, Hun:

The Victorian Liberal Party is again split, this time over who will pay leader John Pesutto’s looming legal bills.

As expelled MP Moira Deeming prepares to drag the Opposition Leader into a defamation battle, party members are arguing about who should foot the bill.

Mr Pesutto on Friday said he had engaged lawyers but was unsure whether his ­defence would be funded privately or by the party.

One senior Liberal told the Herald Sun the Opposition Leader was privately asking the party to pay.

“It’s a bit rich for John to ­expect the party and therefore its members to pay his legal fees for a situation he largely created,” he said.

“John might have a better reception asking the Labor Party to pay his legal bills as the best thing for them is for this to continue to play out for as long as possible.”

Another senior Liberal said the party should pay the legal costs seeing as it had “$35 to $40m” in the bank after selling its Melbourne headquarters for $37.1m in 2019.

Victorian party president Greg Mirabella refused to ­answer questions about whether it would cover Mr Pesutto’s legal bills.

The Liberal leader would need approval from the party’s administrative committee, headed by Mr Mirabella.

Following the parliamentary party’s ousting of Ms Deeming on Friday, he sought to clear up talk that moves were being made behind closed doors to boot her from the party altogether.

Speculation that the party was “actively considering ­expelling Moira … is not correct,” Mr Mirabella wrote. “The basis and processes for suspension or expulsion of a member are spelled out in the constitution, but ultimately it would be a matter for the State Assembly, and a vote by members of that body.”

Two thirds of members would have to vote to expel Ms Deeming – a majority both Liberal sources said the party would be unable to muster.

“If he (Mr Pesutto) believes he is acting in the best interest of the membership then he should bring an expulsion ­motion to see whether that is really the case,” one source said. “I doubt he will.”

The other agreed such a motion was unlikely, saying: “They won’t even try”.

Robert Sewell
May 15, 2023 9:46 am

Enough of the depressing stuff – Wookada widdle faces!

MatrixTransform
May 15, 2023 9:48 am

I dunno who Joe Vialls even is.

MatrixTransform
May 15, 2023 9:50 am

oops … was

Dot
Dot
May 15, 2023 9:51 am

Signed, passed on Save Calvary petition to the usual suspects & correspondents.

https://www.catholicvoice.org.au/petition-to-save-calvary-hospital-bruce/

Dot
Dot
May 15, 2023 9:53 am

I dunno who Joe Vialls even was.

I wish I didn’t either.

H B Bear
H B Bear
May 15, 2023 9:54 am

If you’re after a bratwurst the QV markets are the go. Although they don’t heat the sauerkraut. You do get sauerkraut don’t you?

cohenite
May 15, 2023 9:54 am

The idea that a politician if they join the WEF they’re suddenly and irrevocably in the cult is a really trash fire level of idea; shoot, did Nixon become a Maoist after he visited China?

No dot, I think the analogy breaks down. Anyone who is in the WEF is a lost cause.

Pogria
Pogria
May 15, 2023 9:56 am

Robert Sewellsays:
May 15, 2023 at 9:46 am
Enough of the depressing stuff – Wookada widdle faces!

Robert,
Ship’s Cat. 😀

Robert Sewell
May 15, 2023 9:57 am

Indolent:

Kid mess of Joe Biden’s making at border

This is turning into a humanitarian crisis as we’ve not seen before. The cartels are moving into the lower US and undermining the legal system with the model that has made Mexico a shithole – “The silver or the lead”.

But the Democrats don’t care – as long as the graft continues.

Mother Lode
Mother Lode
May 15, 2023 9:57 am

I note on the petition they assert:

The actions by the ACT government are an abuse of property rights and religious freedom.

You can just imagine how the ACT government (most government in Australia, probably) would defend themselves.

“Of course you must have freedom of religion. As long as you do it in the privacy of your home. With the lights off. Perhaps in a closet. Whispering the words into a shoe box which you must keep the lid on when not using it. But within those socially reasonable confines your freedom is absolute!”

shatterzzz
May 15, 2023 9:59 am

I’m all for “happy” stories but gotta wonder at what is missing fom this one? ..
Save $50 000 by the time your 20 and then buy a house .. what sort of money can you borrow with only $50 000 as a deposit and, more importantly, what sort of security are you putting up? ..
read lotza tales of folks with twice that amount being knocked back for loans quite often ..!
Or are some financial institutions lending money on the “feel-good” where-you-came-from vibe for the sake of good publicity? ..
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12082951/Peri-Ndakize-Son-buys-single-mum-house-Mothers-Day.html

Steve trickler
Steve trickler
May 15, 2023 10:01 am

Piers Morgan: “America has some of the fairest elections in the world” HA! Absolute BS!

He’s a dead set lying douchebag to be saying that and he does so deliberately. He’s not stupid, just another MSM agenda driven BS artist … as we all know.

Kari Lake handled him well.

Kari Lake and Piers Morgan Square Off Again

flyingduk
flyingduk
May 15, 2023 10:05 am

I’m watching as Duk uses a word – ‘curious’ – in a way that he (and any other investigator) would use in a forensic investigation, and gets piled on by people who use the word ‘curious’ in a totally different context.

Ahoy Robert, I enjoy your well considered inputs and sense we have much in common … are you ever in the Adelaide Hills or Western Vic for a latte?

Incidentally, my recent use of the word ‘curious’ stems from the judge’s summing up after finding me not guilty on 4 fabricated charges laid at the Canberra protests. She labelled of the contrast between the 3 tightly correlated eye witness accounts told by the AFP of my ‘assault’ in Canberra, and my video evidence of said AFP admitting to me at the time that I had done no such thing – they ‘lost’ their body cam evidence of my innocence, allowing them to collude to ‘remember’ something different. Lucky for me I had my own cameras rolling.

Once a few more people here have gone through a similar experience, they may begin to join me in questioning some of the things our wise rulers say, particuarly where there are ‘curiosities’ about the evidence.

Dot
Dot
May 15, 2023 10:12 am

I assume the home was 500k and the deposit was 10%.

Good luck working 13 hour days for at least the next 28 years to afford that 450k mortgage at 6% interest (the same $641 saved/paid off per week).

Robert Sewell
May 15, 2023 10:12 am

Cassie:

But I refuse to assuage my curiosity by accepting the theories of a Mossad Stole My Shoes type. There are plenty of other sources to garner information.

So where did the Mossad theory come from? And who made the first reference to the peripheral theories?

Black Ball
Black Ball
May 15, 2023 10:12 am

FMD. Courier Mail:

The future of a $5.35 million boardwalk being built along treacherous but scenic coastline on Minjerribah North Stradbroke Island hangs in the balance after claims construction has destroyed culturally significant sites.

Eight Quandamooka elders have called on federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek to invoke her powers and immediately stop the 350m walkway, being built above Frenchman’s Beach.

The group claimed the boardwalk, due to open next month, was “nothing short of a disaster”.

They said it had encroached on the Point Lookout Foreshore Public Reserve, which was heritage listed.

The works traversed an area where a man became a paraplegic in 2010 after falling 20m to the beach below.

“There has also been excessive vegetation removal, which has caused topsoil and drainage issues that is causing damage to intangible cultural heritage areas that hold great significance to Quandamooka peoples,” the group said.

“The application to the minister calls for an urgent decision to halt the works currently under way in order to protect the site from further destruction until a decision on our Section 10 application is made.”

The group, including some who are not part of the island’s indigenous governing body the Quandamooka Yoolooburrabee Aboriginal Corporation, applied for an emergency ministerial declaration to stop construction.

Under sections 9, 10 and 18 of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act, the minister has the power to protect culturally significant areas for up to 30 years, or to temporarily stop construction work.

The Environment Department said the request would be assessed under section 9 of the Act, which allowed the minister the right to call for works to stop for 30 days.

Redland City Council, which is constructing the pathway, launched an investigation into the claims about the land but work continued at the site last week.

The council said it was not aware of any damage to artefacts and had consulted with the land owner, Quandamooka Yoolooburrabee Aboriginal Corporation, before construction.

It said the boardwalk would provide environmental and cultural heritage protection to the area and also help to ensure walkers did not harm the site.

“The works are largely contained within an existing, disturbed area of land and involve the replacement of beach access stairs and track,” the council said.

The council used on-site cultural heritage experts, known as spotters, to monitor works under an Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Survey and Management Plan.

Councillor for the island, Peter Mitchell, said the council had been “pristine” in handling the cultural heritage matters at the site.

“We engaged with QYAC at every step of the way and had spotters on site looking for artefacts of cultural significance, which is part of the process and a legal obligation,” Mr Mitchell said.

“The most recent claims that came through were a surprise but will be taken seriously.

“They triggered another series of assessments and both a legal and operational process … and there is a really involved process now which (could) interrupt works, but so be it.

“If the council becomes aware that there are matters of cultural heritage significance, there are some very serious penalties if you ignore or even inadvertently disturb a site.”

Mr Mitchell said he was unsure if there had been a stop work order, but said if the site was found to have significant cultural heritage works would have to stop “while matters were properly investigated from a legal and cultural heritage perspective”.

Island businessman and Chamber of Commerce president, Colin Battersby, said the boardwalk would be a major boon for tourism.

He said the boardwalk would connect Frenchman’s Beach to the Point Lookout village, with plans to eventually extend the pathway to Cylinder Beach and the pub.

“It will really connect people to the existing gorge walks and shops at Point Lookout and mean many more people will be able to enjoy the magnificent scenery,” he said.

“When the boardwalk project is fully completed, people will be able to safely walk from the pub and Cylinder Beach all the way to Point Lookout.

“The project was signed off by the indigenous group QYAC, who own the land, so the claims that it would damage cultural heritage were unexpected.

“This stretch of boardwalk is so close to being finished it would be a waste of money if it did not open, or had to be removed.”

Mr Battersby said the cantilevered walkway would also make it safer for people to walk along the scenic beachfront cliff where the man fell and became a paraplegic.

The plea to the minister was the second from the eight elders, who called for Ms Plibersek to step in and stop a whale watching centre being built on the Point Lookout Headland in 2021.

The whale watching centre was shelved last year, with the money allocation rolled into a cultural and arts centre to be built on the island at Dunwich.

Roger
Roger
May 15, 2023 10:15 am

I’m beginning to think this Pesutto chap doesn’t think things through.

flyingduk
flyingduk
May 15, 2023 10:15 am

Duk ….. Joe V, really?

JC: Ad hominem? really?

Then why choose an anti-Semitic nut-job as your source to demonstrate your (ahem) “sciency curiosity”

Sancho: ditto …

I started this whole thread by noting that labelling something a ‘conspiracy theory’ is not an argument … its been interesting to see all the usual suspects miss the point – reflective of our wider citizenry also.

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
May 15, 2023 10:18 am

High schools told to go back to basics

By NATASHA BITA
Education Editor
@natasha_bita
Updated 6:40AM May 15, 2023, First published at 12:00AM May 15, 2023
106 Comments

Illiterate teenagers who copy and paste Wikipedia for assignments and maths teachers who can’t teach children to count show the need for universal testing and a “back to basics” approach in classrooms, according to new government research that exposes systemic failings in Australia’s school system.

The taxpayer-funded Australian Educational Research Organisation (AERO) is warning that one in five students are struggling at a Year 4 level of English and maths when they start high school.
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Its research shows that too many high school teachers lack the training, time or teaching skill to help students with the basics of English and maths that are meant to be mastered in primary school.

AERO chief executive Dr Jenny Donovan said one in five students starting high school at the age of 12 or 13 have the maths and English ability of children three years younger.

“You’ve got students who just can’t read and write, so they can’t engage in lessons at school and it translates into behavioural problems or leaving school early,’’ she said.

“It is a problem that high schools don’t necessarily see it as their task to teach literacy and numeracy, even though the ability to read is necessary for students to access the rest of the curriculum.

Bet all the children are full bottle on gender issues and the “Voice.”

C.L.
C.L.
May 15, 2023 10:20 am

People have often asked how the “nazis” who are suddenly turning up at rallies across the Western world disappear without trace.

Now we know:

https://twitter.com/Mellecon/status/1657523791021449216

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
May 15, 2023 10:29 am

Hey, Titsoff!
Don’t tell me you’re a Joe Vialls fanboi too!
So.
Joe Vialls attributed all of the following to Mossad/CIA:-
– Port Arthur massacre;
– 2004 Boxing Day tsunami (yes, really);
– the murder of WPC Yvonne Fletcher outside the Libyan embassy in London;
– the Pan-Am Lockerbie bombing;
– the Australian Embassy and Marriott Hotel bombings in Jakarta;
– the death of Princess Diana;
– Prince Harry dressing as a Nazee;
What is the correct term for someone who assigns responsibility for all of those events to “Mossad/CIA”?
Yeah, I think “anti-Semitic nut-job” seems to be a pretty apt description.

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
May 15, 2023 10:30 am

Not much news that is interesting this morning. About the only story worth linking is Bowen being even stupider than usual.

‘Dumb idea’: Energy minister fires at Peter Dutton’s nuclear power plan, urging him to ‘come clean’ about the facts (Sky News, 14 May)

He is so Dunning-Kruger it’s hard to grasp. Almost everything he says is pretty much scientific and engineering rubbish.

MatrixTransform
May 15, 2023 10:30 am

CL,
I was gonna suggest they were using time-machines
but your video link makes more sense

MatrixTransform
May 15, 2023 10:32 am

Don’t tell me you’re a Joe Vialls fanboi too!

try to stop being a wanker sancho

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
May 15, 2023 10:36 am

I started this whole thread by noting that labelling something a ‘conspiracy theory’ is not an argument …

You don’t get to just dismiss it so easily by declaring “conspiracy theorist” a verboten term.
The seven events listed by me at 10:29 have all been cited by Vialls as the work of Mossad/CIA, which is clearly lunacy.
The 2004 tsunami?
Really?
If “conspiracy theory” is not an argument, where does “the government always lies” and “they’re coming for your super” and “only trust bitcoin, gold and guns” sit?

flyingduk
flyingduk
May 15, 2023 10:36 am

an anti-Semitic nut-job…to make what it thinks is a logical point? …. I’d like to see any logical points Joe Vialls ever made.

Well done Dot, breaking out of the matrix and asking to see the evidence! I would be happy to re-engage when you have done so. In particular, I await your (ad hominem free) refutation of Vialls’ concerns about:

– the unusually high kill to wound ratio (1.6:1)- at the level of a highly experienced operator, not a novice, both at close range inside the cafe, and at longer ranges outside it.
– the extremely high head/neck shot rate (19/20 of the victims in the cafe)
– the extremely high shot rate (the official timeline states 90 seconds to fire 29 rounds, killing 20 and wound 12, all the while ‘firing from the hip’
– the likelihood that an autistic imbecile who had never previously fired anything bigger than an airgun could expertly manage 2 different semi automatic weapons, including chosing the ideal platform (the AR) for the ‘inside work’ and the longer legged FN for the outside work.
– how said untrained imbecile managed to count to 29 with his first mag, then changed it before going on, ensuring no stoppage
– how *both* guns ended up not only burned (including the one not found in the burned out Seascape) but also blown up making forensic matching of those particular weapons to the recovered projectiles and casings impossible

Linky

http://www.whale.to/b/viallspam.html

H B Bear
H B Bear
May 15, 2023 10:36 am

I’m disappointed no one his given my theory on the death of Princess Diana the status of a conspiracy theory.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
May 15, 2023 10:38 am

H B Bearsays:

May 15, 2023 at 10:36 am

I’m disappointed no one his given my theory on the death of Princess Diana the status of a conspiracy theory.

Try me.
It can’t be any sillier than “Tsunamis by Mossad”.

H B Bear
H B Bear
May 15, 2023 10:40 am

It has Prince Edward driving the white Renault. The rest is subscriber only.

Muddy
Muddy
May 15, 2023 10:43 am

Rumour has it (from a peckable source) that based on last night’s Cat debate, VicPol is to order another two light armoured vehicles.

Robert Sewell
May 15, 2023 10:47 am

Flyingduk:

Incidentally, my recent use of the word ‘curious’ stems from the judge’s summing up after finding me not guilty on 4 fabricated charges laid at the Canberra protests.

Funny you should say that, because that was the usage – by the magistrate – that made me think of the differing meanings of the word you made when you used it!
Unfortunately, I live in the warm part of Australia Qld, Barcaldine. But I’m happy to converse via email – I’ll ask DB to send you mine.
There are several areas of military medicine/psychology I’d like to discuss with a doc.

Dot
Dot
May 15, 2023 10:48 am

Bryant’s victims were unarmed, in buildings with no viable escape, his victims were shot from close range and were often very young or elderly and he had hours to commit his crimes, he even set a diversion. Many laws were broken in his possession of those firearms (the NFA would not of stopped him if the pre existing laws were ignored anyway) and he was determined to be notorious.

If it took hours to receive medical care after being shot with a centre fire rifle at close range, I’m not surprised there was more dead than usual (the mass murder at Dunblane was committed with handguns, not centre fire rifles). If he shouldn’t be a in a nuthouse he is one of the very rare cases where he should have been hanged.

Mother Lode
Mother Lode
May 15, 2023 10:48 am

Bet all the children are full bottle on gender issues and the “Voice.”

Also a bit of a problem to demand kids get their mathematics questions right when they are being told mathematics is White Patriarchal, right and wrong are judgmental and exclusionary. Then the written word, with its rules of grammar and orthography, is the very purist distillation of oppression.

I have occasionally quipped that a Year 8 maths teacher only needs to know Year 9 level mathematics to do their job, but truly just teaching a kid to spell is going to put them ahead of their teachers.

cohenite
May 15, 2023 10:51 am

C.L.says:
May 15, 2023 at 10:20 am
People have often asked how the “nazis” who are suddenly turning up at rallies across the Western world disappear without trace.

Now we know:

https://twitter.com/Mellecon/status/1657523791021449216

FMD. I’m going to work. This country is cooked.

Bourne1879
Bourne1879
May 15, 2023 10:55 am

The Oz has two articles about treaties and reparations with Aboriginals. The comments are already several hundred and let’s say the subject is not helping the Voice campaign.

What is particularly annoying is that so called Opposition in Qld voted for the legislation last week and all in support.

Mother Lode
Mother Lode
May 15, 2023 10:58 am

The Oz has two articles about treaties and reparations with Aboriginals. The comments are already several hundred and let’s say the subject is not helping the Voice campaign.

I did not bother with a subscription because the paper has been moving to the left like a drunkard with only one shoe, but maybe the comments make it worth it.

Mother Lode
Mother Lode
May 15, 2023 11:00 am

The Oz has two articles about treaties and reparations with Aboriginals.

Surely such matters were settled at the end of the Frontier Wars we hear so much about.

Pogria
Pogria
May 15, 2023 11:10 am

Three hours in and the guys have taken down four trees, with the two largest to go. Lots of fire wood piling up and huge mounds of very useful mulch. I love modern machinery and the guys who wield it!

Lysander
Lysander
May 15, 2023 11:11 am

Whybrow says “I was getting pissed off that Drumgold suggested I was taking ‘coaching points’ from Senator Reynolds.”

https://www.cjsinquiry.act.gov.au/public-hearings/livestream

Robert Sewell
May 15, 2023 11:13 am

One of the Lefts more effective tactics used when awkward questions get asked, is the immediate dragging in of ludicrous conspiracy theories which they bundle together with the awkward questions in an effort to discredit them.
Which is precisely what Sancho Panzer has done here.
Is there some confession you want to make Sancho?

Robert Sewell
May 15, 2023 11:15 am

Muddy:

Rumour has it (from a peckable source) that based on last night’s Cat debate, VicPol is to order another two light armoured vehicles.

Didn’t you ‘sort out’ Simons loyalty issues?
How come the ASIO Work Experience lad is still breathing?

Bourne1879
Bourne1879
May 15, 2023 11:20 am

I thought it was a good question but rejected.

“Will those currently being arrested for home invasions and car jacking etc be included in the reparations?”.

C.L.
C.L.
May 15, 2023 11:21 am

What is particularly annoying is that so called Opposition in Qld voted for the legislation last week and all in support.

That’s because Crisafulli is a controlled opposition fag.

When the evil Chook passed her VAD laws, he was asked by Paul Murray (who was doing his usual, ‘I’m not judging, I only care about Da Kosta Living’) that he wouldn’t amend the legislation if elected to protect the conscientious rights of medicos in private hospitals. Leadership, he said, meant leaving such contentious matters rest. Murray was super-impressed.

Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
May 15, 2023 11:22 am

Things Mossad are responsible for, according to Joe Vialls:-

– The 2004 Boxing Day tsunami
– The Wayne Harmes “out of bounds” incident in the 1979 grand final

I knew it.

My curiosity paid off.

Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
May 15, 2023 11:26 am

One of the Lefts more effective tactics used when awkward questions get asked, is the immediate dragging in of ludicrous conspiracy theories which they bundle together with the awkward questions in an effort to discredit them

Oh. The traditional ‘you must be a Communist then’ chestnut.

If the same bloke peddling this nonsense apropos of Port Arthur is also on record as saying the 2004 tsunami was a joint CIA/Mossad project, it’s not an effort to discredit.

It actually discredits it.

Someone buy Joe V a coffee. Big Tech is bound to shut him down now he’s blown the lid on Big SecrETs.

Any day now.

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
May 15, 2023 11:28 am

Treaty settlements could cost hundreds of millions and depend on size of massacres

EXCLUSIVE
By Lydia Lynch
Queensland Political Reporter
@LydiaLynch101
and Sarah Ison
Political Reporter
@@sarsison
Updated 6:18AM May 15, 2023, First published at 10:30PM May 14, 2023
977 Comments

Treaty deals between Aboriginal Australians and state governments are likely to be worth hundreds of millions of dollars apiece and factor in the number of Indigenous people killed in historic local massacres, as Queensland looks to New Zealand and Canadian agreements to guide its new reconciliation laws.

Days after passing a treaty process touted as “setting the standard” in Indigenous-government relations, Queensland cabinet minister Craig Crawford told The Australian the amount of land taken by British colonial forces and the impact of massacres could be key considerations in formulating the value of each deal made with local Aboriginal groups.

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnership Minister’s comments come as Victoria and NSW pursue their own treaties with local Indigenous groups, while the federal government has committed to enacting the Uluru Statement of the Heart in full – from enshrining an Indigenous voice to parliament to pursuing treaty-making and truth-telling.

While it was “very hard” to give an exact estimation of the cost of future treaties, Mr Crawford said about 80 of the treaty settlements that had been finalised in New Zealand “nearly all cost tens or hundreds of millions of dollars” and the cost varied depending on the number of people killed and the amount of land taken by colonial forces in each area.

“So I think that will give us a bit of a guide to get an idea as to what that looks like in a Queensland context,” he told The Australian.

“But it depends on things like the level of impact that occurred in that particular part of New Zealand, what the history record shows, the level of massacres, the amount of land that they’ve lost.

“So it’s really going to vary (in Queensland) and is really going to have to be informed by the truth-telling inquiry that will run alongside (treaty).”

The exact number of Queensland treaties, which could take years to finalise, will depend on community consultation but there are about 150 Indigenous nations in the state. Financial payments would also vary depending on “impacts of colonisation” and it will be up to individual First Nations groups to decide how to spend settlement money.

Mr Crawford noted a number of Maori tribes had invested settlement funds to deliver long-term dividends rather than breaking it “into small chunks and handing it out to individual people”.

“They’ve worked with the government and learned how to do things like buy large industries, build corporate towers and partner with other organisations,” he said. “The New Zealand Maori economy right now, is worth about $68bn.”

Queensland’s traditional owners will lead negotiations on what they want in their treaties, but may ask for repatriations, joint management of national parks, renaming of places, changes to school curriculums and reforms introduced in health, criminal justice and child protection.

Mr Crawford said First Nations groups could put “anything on the table”.

“We would then, like any negotiation, start working through that process,” he said.

“There may be some things there that we say ‘no you can’t have that’, and sovereignty might be one.”

Across the world, countries are paying out hundreds of millions of dollars to cement reconciliation and reparation with Indigenous groups, including the historic $800m settlement between British Columbia in Canada and five First Nations groups agreed to last month.

Former Indigenous Australians minister Ken Wyatt said he expected more states to move towards making their own treaty or agreement, pointing to Western Australia’s $1.3bn offer to settle the native title claim over Perth and the South West more than a decade ago.

Dot
Dot
May 15, 2023 11:30 am

Well done Dot, breaking out of the matrix and asking to see the evidence!

Err duk, my beliefs are out there for a standard conservative blog, let alone some of the LDP voters. I’m not trapped by the blue pill, I walked off the reservation a long time ago and now I languish in the jungles of Kampuchea where I am perpetually offended by the level of excise paid on cigarillos and pipe tobacco.

Viz my views on what sort of republic we ought to have. My perspective is alien to the mainstream debate.

Like people shitting their pants over 31 million paid for the third runway land in Sydney let alone the (frankly absurd) 11% payrise for all ABC staff when there is a public debt of 1360 bn AUD and taxes on housing are almost half of the price of a new home.

I just don’t get what these hairless apes are arguing over. Mainstream political debate is so superficial to me now, the only solace is listening to King Missile’s Sensitive Artist.

C.L.
C.L.
May 15, 2023 11:31 am

Treaty settlements could cost hundreds of millions and depend on size of massacres

Sounds like an old pelt bounty.

flyingduk
flyingduk
May 15, 2023 11:31 am

Bryant’s victims were unarmed, in buildings with no viable escape, his victims were shot from close range and were often very young or elderly and he had hours to commit his crimes

wow Dot, I must congratulate you, you are one fast reader!! – but you missed the following:

1) According to the forensic experts, Bryant reportedly killed 20 and wounded 12 in the first *90 seconds* in the Broad arrow, almost all with head shots whilst firing from the hip. – he killed more than 1/2 the victims within less than 2 minutes – not hours, and the official record shows most were killed with single head shots – he *did not* corral them all, and spend his time popping them off at leisure, including those only wounded by the first shot.

2) The cafe was not a particularly small building… http://www.whale.to/b/images/broadarrow2.jpg are we to believe all these victims simply sat at one long table whilst he walked along it pulling the trigger (the link, btw shows he did not). There were multiple other rooms, doors and windows to flee to.

3) There were only 2 small children amongst the Port Arthur victims (the Mikacs, ages 3 and 6) and they were shout outside, not in the cafe there were also 2 teenagers amongst victims. The oldest was 72 and most were in their 30s, 40s, 50s or 60s: the victims were not ‘often very young or elderly’.

I started this thread by stating that labelling something a ‘conspiracy’ rather than examining the evidence (and conspiracies do exist btw – if they didnt, we would have no word for them) is not an arguement.

I pointed readers to a place where they could go down that ‘rabbit hole’ if they wished.

The last nearly 24 hours has been a cavalcade of the usual suspects instead arguing that they already know and don’t need to examine the contrary evidence, based, as usual on ad hominems, straw men and labelling.

For those who are still unaware what actually constitutes an argument, here are a couple of links:

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2hwqn9

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/225402024318?chn=ps&_ul=AU&_trkparms=ispr%3D1&amdata=enc%3A1AL603-3qQZO4Iot-of-6nQ30&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=705-139619-5960-0&mkcid=2&mkscid=101&itemid=225402024318&targetid=&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=9071165&poi=&campaignid=15984321586&mkgroupid=&rlsatarget=&abcId=9300814&merchantid=522612189

Boambee John
Boambee John
May 15, 2023 11:34 am

causing damage to intangible cultural heritage areas that hold great significance to Quandamooka peoples,” the group said.

Wev can’t show you any evidence, but trust us.

PS, lotsa munni can solve the problem, Swiss banks only.

Dot
Dot
May 15, 2023 11:36 am

I don’t think it is hard to do what Bryant did. You don’t need to be ex military to have an opinion on this. Guns are not that hard to use. They’re a simple yet refined tool.

It is literally harder to learn how to drive a manual car than to use a firearm, ditto for a crash box truck.

No one needs a Cert IV or a B Eng to use a gun.

You don’t need a scope or a sharpshooter’s badge to hit human sized targets at short range.

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
May 15, 2023 11:37 am

Shane Drumgold ‘read Brittany Higgins’ counselling notes’

By Remy Varga
NSW Reporter
@RemyVarga
11:26AM May 15, 2023
No Comments

Steven Whybrow SC, who defended Bruce Lehrmann against allegations of rape made by former colleague Brittany Higgins, says he was flabbergasted when he learnt ACT chief prosecutor Shane Drumgold SC had read the former ministerial staffer’s confidential counselling notes.

Mr Whybrow told the sixth day of the Sofronoff inquiry he started taking contemporaneous notes upon learning Mr Drumgold had read records from Ms Higgins sessions at the Canberra Rape Crisis Centre because it was out of the ordinary and “inconsistent with previous experience”.

“Frankly I was flabbergasted to be told this information that he/they were entitled to read them to know whether disclosable,” said Mr Whybrow.

Mr Whybrow said he asked the prosecution whether they had access to the counselling notes after Ms Higgins complained publicly that the defence had access to the counselling notes and said said he assumed he’d been sent them accidentally.

“I wanted to ask the DPP if they had also got them accidentally,” he said.

Mr Whybrow said he was concerned the prosecution had read the material because they could contain evidence of inconsistent statements or “I made it all up disclosures” or material going to the credibility of Ms Higgins.

“I was not expecting to be told the DPP had read these and read them to an extent to ensure they were not disclosable,” he said.

Mr Whybrow said laws protecting confidential counselling records intended to ensure alleged victims could access help without fear their disclosures would later be used against them.

flyingduk
flyingduk
May 15, 2023 11:41 am

If “conspiracy theory” is not an argument, where does “the government always lies” and “they’re coming for your super” and “only trust bitcoin, gold and guns” sit?

1) regarding ‘the government always lies’ … I take the Crowder defence: ‘Change my mind’

2) regarding ‘coming for your super’ … I refer you to the existing taxes on super and the increases announced at the last budget

3) Regarding BTC… I would cite the relentless loss of value of the AUD since my childhood (a 17c icecream now costs $3.50 for the exact same thing) and the history of ALL FIAT currencies going to zero over time as a reason to look at BTC, which is the only sound money since gold and silver and is deflationary, uncensorable and non seizeable to boot.

4) As for guns – history has shown that tyrants *always* disarm their people to enable their tyranny (the US constitution itself recognised this, when written by the people right after defeating their tyrannical rulers, the British). Given the obvious march of tyranny around the world for decades, and especially in recent years, I expect increasing efforts by our government to continue disarming the people, and note that ‘high profile events’ (the Port Arthur shootings, 911, the NZ Mosque shootings) are often used to ram through ‘safety’ laws that increase the power of governments over the people.

Dot
Dot
May 15, 2023 11:43 am

intangible cultural heritage areas

Dr BeauGan

Is this a practical application of transforming integrals with awkward boundaries from the x,y,z planes to the p,q,r vector space?

“intangible areas”

Reminds me of the old video game villain, Giygas.

“You cannot grasp the true form of Giygas’ attack!”

“intangible areas”

Dot is feeling a little strange…

Boambee John
Boambee John
May 15, 2023 11:44 am

Pogriasays:
May 15, 2023 at 11:10 am
Three hours in and the guys have taken down four trees

Unless it is the 5th of November, that’s “blokes”.

Lysander
Lysander
May 15, 2023 11:44 am

Don’t understand why Drumgold was so worried Ms Reynold’s hubbie was in the gallery… its a fricking public place…

Pogria
Pogria
May 15, 2023 11:57 am

Boambee Johnsays:
May 15, 2023 at 11:44 am
Pogriasays:
May 15, 2023 at 11:10 am
Three hours in and the guys have taken down four trees

Unless it is the 5th of November, that’s “blokes”.

Oops, my bad.
Scuttles back out to watch the blokes!

Plasmamortar
Plasmamortar
May 15, 2023 11:59 am

I don’t think it is hard to do what Bryant did. You don’t need to be ex military to have an opinion on this. Guns are not that hard to use. They’re a simple yet refined tool.

It is literally harder to learn how to drive a manual car than to use a firearm, ditto for a crash box truck.

No one needs a Cert IV or a B Eng to use a gun.

You don’t need a scope or a sharpshooter’s badge to hit human sized targets at short range.

Shooting is not an easy skill to learn…
It is also something that requires constant practice to maintain ability.

Also, trying to panicking moving targets (I.e. unarmed civilians in a Cafe after you shoot the first one) is incredibly difficult.

It’s hard enough to hit moving targets with a shotgun, let alone a centre fire rifle…

Dot
Dot
May 15, 2023 12:02 pm

To wit;

If your culture is intangible, you probably don’t belong in this four dimensional reality we inhabit.

You can’t physically relate to your culture and you have no system of writing. It’s arguable you cannot even have knowledge of it.

Some of these NT claims are word salad.

Dot
Dot
May 15, 2023 12:05 pm

Comparing what Bryant did to a real combat situation requiring proper military training is absurd.

Roger
Roger
May 15, 2023 12:07 pm

Being a member has its upside, apparently.

For the time being…”reforms” in the offing.

The membership is “unrepresentative” of the wider community, apparently.

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