Exactly. How different would it be if we had an enemy choose our system of power generation?
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Why are we fixing something that isn’t broken? And then why are we choosing the least effective and the costliest…
Now that’s a pantry I like, not a carrot in sight. And no refrigeration in those days either!
Real love and devotion to each other. We hear about the divorces and cheating of celebrities but hardly ever of…
Ants know what’s healthy and good for them.
The howling will start when there are media reports of fair skinned, blonde haired, blue eyed “Aborigines” collecting the ‘rent.”
Watching the Open on Kayo.Cameramen have no idea just pointing in the general direction.
The fact that Lame Stream Media is working against the movie ‘Sound of Freedom’ speaks volumes about where their morals are. You can be certain that they want to legalise pedo’s. These bags of shit need to be appropriately dealt with.
Neil Oliver: ‘…lies, lies, lies!’
I wonder if further cases under that Act will be avoided because they know that Act is a wonderful advertisement for the NO case. However, if the YES vote wins, because of a flood of actions under that Act, the WA govt could face annihilation at the next election.
Dr. John Campbell
Adverse reactions and under reporting
He was facing a twenty thousand dollar fine, and nine months in tronk. The case won’t have a final hearing until November/December.
BoN
I’m waiting for the “ man devoured by pack of hungry birds/possums story.
The look in the young lads eye is particularly predatory
Lysander
Jul 20, 2023 4:07 PM
Am eagerly awaiting the OzTam ratings for tonight’s women’s soccer versus the Ashes (versus the usuals that rate the highest like A Current Affair….ugh).
My prediction: Australians are a bunch of misogynists lol!!!
Meanwhile over in Un Zud, this in today’s Tele:
KIWIS TOLD TO GET BEHIND THE
CUP AS TICKET SALES LAG
FIFA president Gianni Infantino has urged Kiwi fans to “seize the
moment” and snap up Women’s World Cup tickets, with the opening
match in New Zealand still not sold out.
There have long been concerns about sales in New Zealand, which will
stage the opening game on Thursday in Auckland when the co-hosts face
Norway.
Tickets were still available yesterday for the match.
Australia, on the other hand, is expecting a crowd of around 80,000 after
all tickets were sold for its opening game against Ireland at Stadium
Australia tonight.
FIFA secretary-general Fatma Samoura said 1.375 million tickets have
been sold for the month-long tournament in total, surpassing the overall
figure for the 2019 Women’s World Cup in France.
That tournament however had 24 teams, compared with 32 for the
upcoming one.
“My only message that I want to get out here is seize the moment, be
proud of what you have been able to achieve here, in New Zealand, in
Australia,” Infantino said in Auckland.
“Be proud of what will be the biggest event — not just sports event — that
has been organised here so far,” he added at a press conference that was
far more low key than his interventions at last year’s men’s World Cup in
Qatar.
An official FIFA ticket sales website showed places still available for most
matches in Australia and New Zealand, including the semi-finals.
New Zealand, which will stage 29 matches, has had more sluggish sales.
Jane Patterson, the World Cup’s chief operating officer in New Zealand,
said earlier this week the total number of tickets sold for games in the
country stood at just over 320,000.
“The number of tickets sold already a month ago exceeded the number of
tickets sold in total in France,” said Samoura, sitting next to Infantino,
who was more reserved than usual.
“Our expectation in terms of numbers is reached.
“However, we still have tickets available for some matches so my only plea
is don’t wait until the last moment.
Oh, and he’s absolutely blown away at the level of community support that he’s getting.
Razey hoists the Jolly Roger:
The fact that Lame Stream Media is working against the movie ‘Sound of Freedom’ speaks volumes about where their morals are. You can be certain that they want to legalise pedo’s. These bags of shit need to be appropriately dealt with.
What do you propose, Wildman?
But nearly all those who are shot are completely innocent, not the crooks, who don’t give a fig about firearm possession being illegal.
Owww. Cleaning the BBQ, I tried to move it out on its wheels to get the drip tray and the domed lid which was up crashed down on my hand which was guiding the thing. Muchos pain, even through thick rubber glove, and a bleeding cut. Put pad on it topped with Attapuss’s frozen meat sachet (very nice and flat) until swelling subsided. Hairy had to assist with the Thursday job of renewing Attapuss’s litter tray. Before that I stood on the stepladder and cleaned our bedroom fan. Sick of looking at it with fur on its edges. Usually I put the ladder so if I’m wobbling I can gracefully fall onto the bed, but forgot this time. Hairy made to stand by with the basin of water for the washing of it. This time, being on the top step (very stable stepladder) the falling on mattress option not being available, I began to feel a little unsteady. Last time I’m doing this, I decided and he agreed. We’ll get the cleaners to do it. By this sort of thing do we count down our remaining days.
Now having a well-earned Aperol with Bolt on before we head out to my birthday dinner.
Where does he plan to house the competitors? If the GC has hundreds of rooms empty, why aren’t they being released as emergency housing?
Happy Birthday Lizzie . . . enjoy your birthday dinner.
Tucker’s Move To Twitter PAYS OFF w/ Million-Dollar Ad Deal
Covid era propaganda being used to push extreme climate change narrative
But nearly all those who are shot are completely innocent, not the crooks, who don’t give a fig about firearm possession being illegal.
Very few people were ever shot during the commission of a crime.
The reality is most people who were shot were shot by a hothead who went home and got a gun following a punch on at the pub.
Bjørn Lomborg: How rising temperatures will save lives
My electrickery bill looks like its going up about 25%, gas probably more.
An excerpt from the good news email:
Why are my electrickery bills increasing?
There has been an overall increase in the cost of supplying electrickery to our customers over the past year, largely due to the rising costs of wholesale electrickery. There have also been some increases in network costs, market charges, and increases to our own retail costs primarily due to inflation. Government green scheme costs have decreased.
Note the last sentence in bold. A blatant lie.
And this assumption is based on???
I can only guess you’re bitter about having your arse handed to you a few too many times after mouthing off at your local…
Razey
Jul 20, 2023 6:48 PM
The fact that Lame Stream Media is working against the movie ‘Sound of Freedom’ speaks volumes about where their morals are. You can be certain that they want to legalise pedo’s. These bags of shit need to be appropriately dealt with.
Check this out.
Sabotage, Sabotage, & More Sabotage – at “Sound of Freedom” Movie
Factlets extracted from his house sized backside.
And this assumption is based on???
Anecdotal, plus being able to read a newspaper helps.
How many people have you ever met who had shot someone?
[I’m thinkin’ big fat Zero]
Well batted Captain Phuckwit
Ceiling fans: get a telescopic fan brush from Amazon. Life changing.
Very few people were ever shot during the commission of a crime.
The reality is most people who were shot were shot by a hothead who went home and got a gun following a punch on at the pub.
STFU crotchless: Tables 12 – 14:
https://bjs.ojp.gov/content/pub/pdf/cv18.pdf
Laughably, Australian commentators refer to him as an all rounder. FMD
A gentleman never asks.
Perhaps they mean his score? 0. Not Captain Carbon’s finest hour. Wonder how Mike Baird is going replacing Alinta as major sponsor?
I heard the movie is about to crack $100 million. On a production budget of $14 million.
That paltry band who invested in that movie at the raggedy edge of the industry have received better returns than those who invested in Indiana Jones or the latest The Flash – or whatever else. If for no other reason than they actually got a return.
Okay, so I am probably being a little simplistic here. The strange convoluted, tangled entrails of movie accounting will make sure that certain preferred entities make a profit on the loss, and most of the others can claim against tax to come out ahead.
And I believe Disney is selling off a lot of their assets, and are near the point of sending Mickey, Minnie, Goofey and Donald out to the backlot to degrade themselves for $5 joeblobs to generate any income.
10 Paradigm Shifts That Are SHATTERING the Woke Establishment!!!
“And I believe Disney is selling off a lot of their assets, and are near the point of sending Mickey, Minnie, Goofey and Donald out to the backlot to degrade themselves for $5 joeblobs to generate any income.”
Woke destroys everything, everything, even Mickey, Minnie, Goofey and Donald.
I am going to go and watch Oppenheimer at the movies and I’m looking forward to seeing Napoleon when it’s showing.
the SMH called Sound of Freedman ‘Qanon Adjacent’ yet it’s based on a true story.
Oh the article is from Japan Today
LOL, All will be done this weekend, Sanchez. Haven’t had time.
I too am looking forward to Napoleon.
Goolies the size of grapefruits.
And done well should make really great cinema.
As usual, the SMH is taking their cue from overseas. It is an accusation already being run on the left in the US.
Fauxfacts have pernicious and original ideas – unfortunately for them their pernicious ideas are not original, and their original ideas…
If they were not able to mainline the idiocy of the left in the US they would be running columns on how Alan Jones’ socks are Trotskyite reactions to the Leninist proletarian Revolution.
Wifey says the same. She wants to see both.
There’s one issue with the Napster though, or at least to me. I think Joachim Phoenix wasn’t the right dude for the job. He just isn’t that forceful enough. He plays sneaky little dweebs reasonably well, but one of the most famous commanders in history/ Not sure.
This guy just hot footed it across the DMZ to North Korea.
First since 1982 and first ever Dindu Defector.
He better be hopin’ there were no My Lais during the Korean War?
Great Prediction:
Two quick wickets when the kipper-ingesting soap dodgers go out to bat. Duckett is a midget left hander, although to be fair the houso, cheating and ranga aspects have yet to be proved.
Chill, JC they ruffly the same height. I’m Jackolin will pull it off.
Weather prediction:
Unless on team can win the test in the next day and a half it’s a draw. The forecast is bad.
Bunnings sell them, as well.
I used to always go for The Daily Mainichi (‘The Daily Daily) but they went exclusively online.
The Daily Yomiuri (read-sell: apparently referring to an old practice of sellers loudly proclaiming headlines in public to entice customers) had a good crossword.
But the Japan Times had the true broad-but-bland character of a western tabloid. Although it always seemed to have an awful ‘Kanto’ bent that alienated goodly Kansaijin like me.
Government orders review to safeguard ABC, SBS funding
SMH – Story by Calum Jaspan • 1h ago
Communications Minister Michelle Rowland said the review was part of the government’s election commitment to better fund national broadcasters.
“There’s one issue with the Napster though, or at least to me. I think Joachim Phoenix wasn’t the right dude for the job. He just isn’t that forceful enough. He plays sneaky little dweebs reasonably well, but one of the most famous commanders in history/ Not sure.”
I like Phoenix, he’s a good actor. We’ll see. He was exceptional in The Joker. He certainly has the dramatic depth to play Napoleon, I would just hope he doesn’t overdo it. Napoleon was a complex character.
One of my favourite films about the ‘Napster’ (I like the name), where Napster was actually not the chief subject, was a film made in the early 1950s called “Desiree”. Napoleon was played by Marlon Brando, who did a very good job, and Desiree was played by Jean Simmons. It’s a true story. Desiree Clary, the daughter of a Provencal merchant, was Napoleon’s first love, he proposed marriage, they were briefly engaged but being a bounder, a cad and all round prick, he dumped Desiree for Josephine when he started to climb the ladder in 1790s France. Desiree married one of Napoleon’s generals, a man named General Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, who later became King of Sweden and thus Desiree became Queen of Sweden. Interestingly, all the current Scandi monarchies, and the Belgian and Luxembourgian monarchies are descendants, not just of Desiree, but also of the Empress Josephine.
There’s one of the Predicted Wickets.
Midget cack-hander in the sheds where he belongs instead of in public.
Desiree was then G/Grandma of King Leopold?
“Desiree was then G/Grandma of King Leopold?”
No.
Caveman
Napster wasn’t really that short.
Why the misconception:
He was basically of Italian origin, which meant he wouldn’t have been a contender in American major league basketball. 🙂
JCs house, now
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QvEsCVw4nhA
News report tonight from Las Vegas barely able to contain the hysteria level over temperatures. This is why, says the reporter at the end, a surge in deaths has occurred. Sure, buddy. Who goes outside in air conditioned Vegas ? They’re dropping off their stools in front of the pokies. It’s the heat, nothing else.
Especially if he doesn’t want to risk adding to the tally.
“Napster wasn’t really that short.”
Correct. And yes, the family were Italian. The Bonapartes originally hailed from Florence, and Napster’s mother’s family came from Genoa.
Even some 200 years after his death, he remains an intriguing figure.
I read that the French inch was slightly longer than the English inch so his height given in French measurements translated into a shorter stature in English – but the temptation to describe Napoleon as comically diminutive.
I believe he was actually slightly above average in height.
And his bodyguard were chosen for their imposing physique and towered over everyone, but they only really stood near him, so he looked shorter.
I mean, I wish you luck.
But I’ve got a bad, bad feeling about this.
He was great in that, but the character was basically an unlikable, sneaky little incel.
The other movie I recall was the main character in “Her”. Again, he played the part of an incel, unable to grab a real girl and so he went for a computer generated woman.
He’s going from those plays to a famous military general? I’m not buying it as yet, but I’ll go see it and then decide.
That’s just the characters. He was excellent in Gladiator as the sometimes dominant, sometimes ineffectual Commodus. Not many guys get to play two actual Emperors in movies. Good on him, he’s becoming one of the great actors of our time.
Didn’t he play Commodus in gladiator?
He wasn’t bad as Johnny Cash.
I don’t like Napoleon.
Not after reading 1812 by Adam Zamoyski.
Naaa don’t. I’ll carefully read the label and if there’s any connection to Australia mentioning something like the importer etc., I’ll ditch the idea and go with what Mark of Melb suggested, which is to fess up and gift them the bottle. It’s all good and I don’t want you to worry one bit. 🙂
There’s another Napoleon Dynamite movie out?
Yep, and again a sneaky little shithead who cheated and tried to kill “our Russell”. Unforgivable.
Turd Case
“Anecdotal, plus being able to read a newspaper helps.”
Not sure which is more ludicrous, anecdotes or newspapers.
In all fairness it is a truism that
historyovertures are written by the victors.So many tiny hidden traps in wine labelling, which will be obvious to the practiced eye.
So many.
Still, I hope you pull it off.
I really do.
I do hope it doesn’t end up being called “Port-gate” in your friendship circle.
Once they add the “gate” suffix, there’s no coming back from that.
“KIWIS TOLD TO GET BEHIND THE CUP AS TICKET SALES LAG”
Leading to the entirely predictable conclusion that, because men are bigger, faster, and stronger, men’s sport is more exciting than women’s.
He’ll do a better job than River Phoenix.
He was banished to Elba. That’s a freaking holiday resort. Okay, he wasn’t emperor anymore, but I could think of harsher places to spend the rest of your life.
Elba
Get a load of the hardship he had to endure.
No.
Okay.
Was she any relation to Count Folke Bernadotte, assassinated by the Lehi on September 17, 1948, while on a Peace Mission from the U.N.?
That’s for certain.
How?
By the looks of Russ lately, it the plan was to bring on a coronary using pies.
And it looks to be working.
Yes Sancho.
It’s a Dr Who megaomnidimensional lark with our dorky protagonist suddenly time swapped with the Corsican genius.
There will be romps in the present day with Nappy, as the boys from the hood christen him, and our Napoleon will be busy fighting off the combined powers of reactionary Europe while laying down a few sick burns on the side.
I have heard some naysayers claim “ all you did was stuff Dr who, Napoleon and the plot of bill and teds excellent adventure into AI for the story”
We reject that as at least unproven Le to an evidentiary standard!
Nevertheless I did visit his natal home in Corsica and touch the font in the Cathedral where he was baptised.
… ludicrous form of evidence …
I don’t think I am going to like that movie ‘mole.
hahahahaha, get a load of where the Brits sent him after Waterloo.
St Helena, slap bang in the middle of the Atlantic and in between Africa and South America. No wonder he died young.
Please Rosie.
Travelogues have to be contemporaneous.
No retrospective travelogues.
We have standards here.
Yep, pretty standard event at a pub.
Happens all the time.
Been a couple tonight already.
You’ve surfaced, Skidmark!
I was just about to ring the cops.
Speaking of housos – Quenthland news (the Courier-Mail):
Key words: ‘Logan’ and ‘Tristan’. And possibly ‘Creek’.
Dun dun DUNNNNNN.
Sniper. Rifle. Gel. Blaster.
Typical. Lots of mouthing off, plenty of threats (at volume), and when it looks like their arse is about to be handed to them they run to the jacks.
No winners here, except the millions of people that don’t live anywhere near these muppets.
Not on the same level as playing two emperors, but Bill Kerr played both Chauvel in The Lighthorsemen and Monash in Anzacs.
“but I could think of harsher places to spend the rest of your life.”
Which is why, after Napster escaped Elba, rallied his troops, then lost the Battle at Waterloo, then tried to escape, then surrendered to the British but this time the British weren’t going to make the same mistake as before, when they sent him to a nice little island sprinkled with lemon and olive trees in the Med, and so they chose a miserable island called Saint Helena, located in the middle of the southern Atlantic. There was no escaping from there.
Rosie, we stayed at Porto Cervo in Sardinia and you could easily see Corsica and the first town where the Napster was born or raised. There was a ferry service there, but I couldn’t be bothered as I just wanted to hang on the beach. I’m a yuge history buff. 🙂
“JC
Jul 20, 2023 9:27 PM”
Snap.
Been a couple tonight already.
Punch ons at your pub?
The Licensing Department might be giving you a visit shortly, then.
Snap Cassie.
Napoleon wouldn’t have done half as well, if it wasn’t for his Chief of Staff, one Louis Bertheir. He was Napoleons right hand man from the early days, until he died in mysterious circumstances shortly before Waterloo. Napoleon claimed that, had he had Bertheir by his side on that day, Waterloo would have had a much different ending.
Turd Case
Good to hear that you missed me (and at least one comment by me earlier today)
XXOO!
I’m not sure Napster was a nice person, but I find him quite attractive. I would have dated Napster!
“Key words: ‘Logan’ and ‘Tristan’. And possibly ‘Creek’.”
Got my hair cut once by a tattoed lass who cheerfully described herself as a “Bogan from Logan”.
Oh, great.
Another one.
Ewww.
What if he had a gerbil fascination or something similar?
No winners here, except the millions of people that don’t live anywhere near these muppets.
……
They are keeping local housing affordable to struggling battlers.
We should drop them in the joint next to the pyyyyrate and amphibian and see if they can work some affordability magic there.
Is this comparable to the Great Rosé Apocalypse?
(I will just mention that my local wine shop is getting proper Provençal Rosé in, which I expect will be Mourvèdre based, not the Pinot Noir or thick-skinned Shiraz we seem to do most in Australia.)
My lord, the house Napoleon was exiled to on Elba would compete with world’s harshest prisons of the time.
Napster, 43
3,890 km away
Likes: Travel, extravagance
Dislikes: Russia
Looking for a long-term companion to make me sandwiches while I conquer a country that isn’t mine, and then other countries.
NO ONS!!! No Cheaters! Long term only!!!!1!!
The sick bastards!
Was that the series featuring Paul Hogan?
Blot is such a Victorian.
He sometimes verges on logical, but tonight he did something I have never seen before.
He completely lost control on air.
The subject was the culling of crocs and dingos.
It would appear that crocs, dingos and cavoodles are all equivalent if you live in Brunswick.
No wonder they love Andrews.
Just go to NZ Victorians, you couldn’t do any more damage there.
Just like me JC.
My kids would complain I had to read every single thing in a museum when I took them overseas.
So much so they elected to sit in the garden instead when we visited St Paul’s cathedral in London.
One of them managed to get bitten by a squirrel.
No rabies though.
Lucky they weren’t with me at NB’s house.
I even read the big map of his family tree, went back to the 12th century iirc.
Oooooh.
I’ve been naughty!
Lock me up!
Is that where they’ll work in the black angle ?
Rosie
I was kidding about being a history buff. I reckon once you’ve seen one 500 year old churche, you’ve seen them all. There was no freaking way I was getting off the beach.
He’s from Adelaide.
Of Dutch heritage.
He’s a clog wearing barrel-stuffer.
church
“I’m not sure Napster was a nice person, but I find him quite attractive. I would have dated Napster!”
Cassie,
from what I’ve read, he was a dreadful horseman, easily unseated. You might have killed him. 😀
A few years ago I read, I think it was in Quadrant, a delightful story about Napoleon’s friendship, whilst exiled on Saint Helena, with a young girl named Betsy Balcombe. Betsy’s father had worked for the East India Company and the family lived on Saint Helena whilst Napster was exiled there. There’s a delightful anecdote about Betsy and Napster. She formed a very close relationship with Napster, some have since speculated it was romantic. The French officers exiled with Napster were jealous of how Betsy addressed Napoleon as “Boney”, without ever being reprimanded by him. Apparently he adored her. Betsy later married and moved to the colony of NSW, I don’t know whether she has descendants here.
I thought that would have been through the first Mrs Bonaparte?
“from what I’ve read, he was a dreadful horseman, easily unseated. You might have killed him. ?”
LOL…I reckon I would have!
JC
He was watched day and night by a near psychotic governor, and curiously enough they continually swapped out his guards in case he befriended any of them.
And the joint is a New Zealand with even less nightlife and more sheep.
Harvard Scientist Says He’s Found a Cocktail That Can Reverse Aging in Human Cells
Won’t say what the compounds are. I don’t like the idea of restoring senescent cells into active cells. Cells become senescent because of DNA damage and that will not be reversed because repair enzymes aren’t that efficient; unless you’re a naked mole rat. Better that senescent cells are killed outright but recent research even qualifies that aim because senescent cells may serve to warn of impending danger in the surrounding tissue, hence the SASP phenomenon.
The Yamanaka factors approach is very interesting. Read the article to learn about that.
Mole
Which one Elba or St Helena?
Settle down ladies.
Napoleon was a flamer.
First paragraph should not be blockquoted.
“Blot is such a Victorian.”
I made the mistake of watching him tonight. At the end he spoke to an interesting man, an environmentalist from QLD, who’s trying to stop the complete destruction of environmentally fragile bush areas with dozens of poisonous wind turbines.
Anyway, Blot brough up the topic of nuclear and this environmentalist, to his credit, said that he’s changed over the last few years from being rabidly anti-nuclear to pro-nuclear, saying that he had been ignorant and fed lies. But then, Blot proceeded to talk over him. It was infuriating…and it makes it all pointless. What is the point of asking people onto a programme to talk, and then all Blot does is talk over them?
That’s a rumor until Eddleston confirms it as fact.
Well, Louise Berthier was a notorious lesbian.
St Helena
https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/the-man-who-keeps-napoleon-s-memory-alive-on-st-helena-1.38945?utm_source=paid+google&utm_medium=paidsearch&utm_campaign=us+uk+always+on&utm_term=&gclid=CjwKCAjwtuOlBhBREiwA7agf1rbqWHalNIDRfah5bG_T5zYBGUqUZ-ljgJLGxH7ND8BkflFhnm8qjxoCLhoQAvD_BwE
A fair step Down from the digs you showed
One half of Thelma and Louise?
If it includes Orange Bitters and Bourbon (like an Old Fashioned), then young me away – anything down to 18 years and a day.
I have certain dependent vices for whose welfare I am responsible.
Cassie, surely someone at Sky has given Blot the feedback that he is a shit interviewer.
If not, why not?
I am sure that viewers have called in with that complaint and, even if they haven’t, experienced media people should see it.
The very best interviewers (Michael Parkinson, Tucker Carlson) probably occupy 15-20% of the interview time with their questions.
And do not interrupt.
Poley certainly gave the Poms a fright, they took 200 years to get over it.
Last I read [in the newspapers] he might have been a genuine Intersex, though the Poms are always lying.
Didn’t they reckon Hitler was a Flamer too?
But every King of England since Richard I, definitely not a Flamer, oh no!
Eddles
No sitting on the fence with this one. A flamer or not? Place the bet!
Henry I, 150 years earlier. Massive, faaabulous flamer.
And spook.
Given that Napoleon was suffering dreadfully from very painful hemorrhoids at Waterloo, his instructions to his valet may have been more basic. “Get me a hot flannel, find me the whale oil ointment, and hurry up about it.”
Napster might have been bleeding from the stern, but it wasn’t hemorrhoids.
Ruptured from some rigorous action the night before.
In the absence of a Flamer or not Flamer website, i’ll go with
Not a Flamer
[probably]
We have our first Bud Lite moment.
Oz reporting that Big W have pulled Da Voice in-store P.A. adverts after “feedback from staff and customers”.
I was kidding too JC.
I thought Blot was from South Australia.
Idiocaracy
not commentary on the state of this joint
more of a movie recommendation
Matrix,
Idiocracy is one of my favourite movies. Although, in these times, it is more of a documentary than comedic fiction. sigh…
Sancho Panzer
Jul 20, 2023 10:12 PM
He is too up himself, to take any notice.
It must have been at least 10-20 years ago when he was a team with Steve Price on radio, and he also had his show on 10? I think?
Plenty of people called in then to complain to no effect.
Can’t remember I heard or watched him last, he is a waste of time in a live broadcast, used to like his written opinion pieces.
Looks like, that when he has time to reflect he is reasonable.
Phoenix has a broad acting range, and I enjoy his movies very much.
I loved his portrayal as the loyal, emotionally simple brother in “Signs”, an odd and complex movie about aliens, fate and unbearable grief.
So, it’s a musical then?
I enjoyed his performance in Inherent Vice. An unusual movie with many big names. Plot is also odd and has been criticized for being too complex. Didn’t break even despite critics liking it or perhaps because critics liked it.
Also the size of his arse grapes, the one that disabled him from riding the periphery and calling the shots at Waterloo, causing the the loss. History rocks man!
Inherent Vice was a brilliant film. His preemptive cupping of the balls when he ran into the detective was pure art.
Josephine Baker’s bananas appear the be made from gold lamé. The chateau had a case full of other costumes as well.
She was tiny, probably a 4 or 6, and tallish at 5’7”. She lost all her money and had to return to the theatre to make ends meet. The forced sale of the chateau had her camped out on the kitchen step.
The other place, which I dubbed “the garden in suspenders”, was amazing, strung out along a ridgeline above the Dordogne. Very formal and monochrome, thousands of English box trimmed and shaped into hedges and cloud shapes.
Something I forgot to check before we left home – all of France is on school holidays.
Yes Cassie interesting story re Desiree Clary, although I disagree re the film, which I found rather plodding whilst Brando appeared to be disinterested in playing Napoleon – all IMHO.
My favourite performance of Napoleon was Rod Steiger’s in Waterloo, although we were probably denied the best film and performance about him in Stanley Kubrick’s unrealised Napoleon project which intended to cover his life story.
As I understand it Kubrick intended Jack Nicholson to play him (this was in the early 1970s).
Was in Big W this afternoon, at about 10 past 5.
While at the checkout a message played on the PA telling me to vote “Yes” to the Voice to Parliament.
Stood there for quite a while with the purchases bagged but not yet paid, while I decided if I should just walk out or say something.
It was sorta similar to the extended pause by Tony Abbott while he was (presumably) considering if he should flatten Mark Riley.
The register operator & the floor supervisor knew bloody well what had triggered the very extended pause on my part.
Johannes Leak.
The film Eyes Wide Shut by Stanley Kubrick was excellent. I have no idea why, but I love that one. Nicole’s wonderful arse is just one of many fantastic scenes. Call me Shallow Hal, but there was a scene where a female was going about in a topless. The gal had without a doubt the best rack I’ve ever seen in a movie! It happened when Cruise was pacing the expansive home where the orgy was being held. Magnificent rack and not too big but just right.
The movie’s claimed setting was in NYC, and Oyster Bay, a posh area on Long Island, was the only thing that let me down. It was clear that London, not New York City, was the real setting
Mark Knight.
Peter Brookes.
Morten Morland.
Michael Ramirez.
Matt Margolis.
Al Goodwyn.
Chip Bok.
Henry Payne.
Lisa Benson.
Ben Garrison.
Maybe, withe the inflation rate coming down so quickly, aggravated at precisely the wrong time by the the war, maybe those peddling the line that inflation was transitory had a point.
Thanks Tom. Leak nails it – again.
Like this isn’t on the cards now or in the not too distant future.
Yeah, he feels at home in the sub-Saharan because it’s his ancestral home. He’s such a meathead.
…they chose a miserable island called Saint Helena, located in the middle of the southern Atlantic. There was no escaping from there.
There’s a good Hornblower story – can’t recall the name – where The Big N is going to sprung from Saint Helena. A ship full of his Old Guard is making their way there to free him, when Hornblower gets involved.
I won’t spoil the ending, but worth reading.
Johannes has his own, cutting style now. What a talent, Bill would be proud.
But it’s the little details that count. The tawdry bangles contrasting with the wealthy bling on the ears, the black and red reminiscent of so many communist uprisings (including here in 1968). Fast forward to Antifa. Her orange “guru” garment.
Leak The Younger knows his stuff. Kudos.
Top Ender, also Dumas’ Count of Monte Christo.
One of my favourite stories.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12319741/Big-W-makes-major-backflip-Voice-blaring-support-Yes-campaign-stores.html
Still going to keep going with “acknowledgement of country” though. Maybe a good protest tactic would be to spend 20 minutes loading a trolley with random would-be purchases, then leave it at the checkout with a large note of protest.
I see Knight is still painting that grotty thing as a hapless Mr Bean. This has to stop. The guy is a serious menace, and when exactly are we going to see him presented as such?
Calli, I read Dumas’s The Man in the Iron Mask when I was lad – scared the hell out of me…
A great moment was being allowed to join the adult library at age 13. Headed straight for the Ian Flemings.
Lost a few hours last night.
Played two rounds of golf this week.
Last night, popped some anti inflammatories, had a couple of glasses of wine…then blank.
I suppose I’m lucky I didn’t wake up covered in peanut butter, leading the plod in a car chase.
Heh. You’re in Spain, and I’m in France and all les chats are curled up dreaming of mice.
Except the Tom Cat. He wakes in time to capture the worm even before the early bird emerges.
And so another day ends here in Sarlat. Wine on the warm terrace, the sounds of the town diminishing, a gentle breeze kicking up the leaves of the plane trees. And now the church bells sound nine o’clock.
Time in France is drawing to an end. Last days spent in Bordeaux – a short drive (by Aussie standards) tomorrow.
In French, that’s known as “Pisse erffe”.
The tactic has merit.
Keep the travelogue going Cassi – loving it.
Calli – FFS. Need more drink.
Played two rounds of golf this week.
Haven’t swung a golfclub in anger since about 1999.
But it’s the little details that count. The tawdry bangles contrasting with the wealthy bling on the ears, the black and red reminiscent of so many communist uprisings (including here in 1968). Fast forward to Antifa. Her orange “guru” garment.
The young Leak has also nailed her skin colour.
Le Tan.
And that’s it from me. Au revoir. 🙂
From today at the Paywallion:
Bank licences at risk if UK customers dumped over views
By AFP
UPDATED 6:46PM JULY 20, 2023,
FIRST PUBLISHED AT 10:13AM JULY 20, 2023
British banks risk having their licences stripped from them if they dump customers because of their political views under a crackdown aimed at protecting freedom of speech.
The move by the British government to make the right to free speech a condition of banking permits follows a decision by Coutts – the bank of choice for the royal family – to close the accounts of Nigel Farage because his right-wing views did not “align with our values”.
In the wake of an uproar over Coutts’ treatment of the former leader of the UK Independence Party (Ukip), banks will also be required to give an “explicit” reason for closing accounts, and customers will have the right to appeal.
A government source told The Times that people’s right to express their views was sacrosanct. The source added that ministers believed “sunlight is the best disinfectant” and greater transparency would force banks to change their ways.
Coutts was condemned by ministers on Wednesday (Thursday AEST) for its decision to close Mr Farage’s accounts after an internal review referred to him as a “disingenuous grifter” whose views could be regarded as “xenophobic and racist”.
“This is wrong. No one should be barred from using basic services for their political views. Free speech is the cornerstone of our democracy,” Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said. Home Secretary Suella Braverman accused the banks of “politically biased dogma” bordering on “sinister”.
The BBC had reported Coutts closed Mr Farage’s accounts because he did not have enough money. However, a 40-page dossier obtained by Mr Farage from the bank states the decision was made because of his views.
The dossier included the minutes from a November 17, 2022, meeting when the Coutts wealth reputational committee settled on cancelling Mr Farage’s accounts.
“The committee did not think continuing to bank NF (Nigel Farage) was compatible with Coutts given his publicly stated views that were at odds with our position as an inclusive organisation,” the report says. “While it is accepted that no criminal convictions have resulted, commentary and behaviours that do not align to the bank’s purposes and values have been demonstrated.”
Andrew Griffith, the economic secretary to the Treasury, has asked officials for advice on legislation to protect free speech, with the focus now on inserting those protections into banking licences.
“It would be of serious concern if financial services were being denied to anyone exercising their right to lawful free speech,” he said. “Businesses have the right to protect against reputational risks, eg criminal activity, but the privilege of a banking licence in a democracy should imply a duty not to ‘debank’ because you disagree with someone’s views.”
Mr Farage is threatening to take legal action against Coutts over claims his accounts were closed for financial reasons. He did not dispute that his finances fell below the Coutts threshold of £3m ($5.68m) in savings or £1m in loans or investment, but said that had not been an issue in the past.
Mr Farage told The Times that he had been informed that an individual at NatWest, which owns Coutts, was behind the briefing to the BBC. He said Dame Alison Rose, the chief executive of NatWest, had “questions to answer”.
“I am told that the briefing given to the BBC about my personal finances – and I question whether it was ethical or legal to do so – was given by NatWest,” he told The Times.
“This is not just about Coutts, this is about the whole banking group. Ultimately in any organisation the fish rots from the head down. Alison Rose has questions to answer.”
Mr Farage was one of the leaders of the Brexit campaign and on Thursday it emerged that Coutts’ managing director and head of private clients, Camilla Stowell, had pushed for Britain to remain in the EU and believed Brexit had damaged the economy.
Ms Stowell was asked last year whether there needed to be a “conversation in respect of Brexit” and the economy. She replied: “Personally, I was a Remainer. So I fear that, yes, we know that Brexit is having an impact.”
Mr Farage told London’s Daily Telegraph that it was unwise for a banking executive to reveal how they had voted in the EU referendum and that he believed the opinions expressed by Ms Stowell were reflected in the bank’s report on him.
“That report had a special kind of prejudice that you could only get from upper middle-class white living in London,” he said.
“It’s a twisted sense of priorities, it is absolutely metropolitan elite prejudice.”
Conservative MP David Davis said NatWest’s conduct “ought to jeopardise” its banking license and worry its 19 million customers. He also asked Mr Sunak to force every British bank to inform the government of all accounts cancelled for non-commercial reasons.
NatWest and the BBC declined to comment. Coutts issued a statement saying: “It is not Coutts’ policy to close accounts solely on the basis of legally held views. Decisions are not taken lightly and involve a number of factors, including commercial viability, reputational considerations and legal requirement.”
It added Mr Farage had been offered a NatWest account.
AGENCIES
In the current climate, ‘xenophobic and racist’ could – by some – describe a thousand years of the Royal Family, who are apparently that bank’s preferred clients.
Feels like Woolies using the ginger step child in its family to road test it’s corporate virtue signalling before risking the main brand…
“Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear.”
— Harry S. Truman
– Edward of Woodstock, The Black Prince
Censorship | Pauline Hanson’s Please Explain
Sad, having to call him Sir Nigel would’ve exploded so many heads.
Nigel Farage was recommended for a Brexit knighthood by Boris Johnson but was ‘blocked’ (20 Jul)
Ah the deep state, don’t you just love it. Pity. I’d also have loved to see Charles the Green King being forced to knight a climate dissident.
Katie Hopkins doing what our idiot media should be bloody doing:
Katie Hopkins WATCH: DAN ANDREWS caught in his own lies. Watch him CANCEL the Commonwealth Games
Ah the deep state, so terrified of Nigel but completely oblivious to the dangers of massive illegal immigrant invasion. As someone commented before, can’t remember if it was here or elsewhere, having run out of housing and hotels for the invaders they are now putting them up in residential barges. The joke is that soon they will be lined up end to end from Dover to Calais so the illegals can just walk over.
The mentally stunted limey wog puts up a quote supporting free speech when every other day he’s asking the blog own to ban people he doesn’t like because they mock him. His hypocrisy knows no bounds.
Re the referendum to make what would be an Aussie version of ‘The House of Lords’ with entry on the basis of who your parents were. The No side is calling for volunteers to help out before the vote and on the day.
Can you help? It’s easy to avoid doing anything except talk about it, here’s a chance to do something about it. If you have the time please help.
https://www.volunteerforno.com.au/
Staff and customers gave Big W adverse feedback about Communist style exhortations to vote ‘correctly’.
What they really want is two options
Yes
Or
Yes.
What’s next?
Big Brother Corp telling us how we should vote in elections?
Who the hell do they think they are.
Re the volunteering for No site. When you post it to facebook all it does is show the link, it won’t show the actual page, all you get is a blank screen with the link at the bottom.
In that latest One Nation video, they essentially present Zuckerberg as a defender of freedom of speech, nothing could be further from the truth. The writers of the otherwise excellent series seem to be losing the plot.
I note that in the first clip she shows (from before the election) Dan’s mans are talking about their going to Birmingham, putting their case to the committee, and being chosen.
In the second (on announcing they Melbourne would not be hosting the games) Dan talks about how the committee had come to him, asking him to help them which he had been prepared to do.
He wants to make it look like he had wanted to help out (a virtue) but that he was helpless to help (pragmatism).
This is a really bad look and bad form.
I expect in the next couple of weeks John Pesutto will sack a Liberal member for allegations of jelly wrestling with a bunch of Nazis.
It was a great video.
Maybe even Zuckerberg would object to being told by a tinpot government what he should allow on his site under threat of massive fines.
Irrespective, it was hardly evidence that one nation are losing the plot.
I thought the tik tok reference was masterful.
“Katie Hopkins doing what our idiot media should be bloody doing:”
Just to remind people that Katie Hopkins has been denied UK banking services for years.
First they came for Katie, and nobody gave a shit.
Then they came for Nigel, and suddenly everyone gives a shit.
Ace has an excellent round up of Bloomberg’s desperation to discredit “Sound of Freedom”.
Earlier in this thread, someone mentioned about “older women with nothing to do”, if you read Ace’s post, you will understand why Lynda Carter has been added to my “dead to me forever list”.
https://ace.mu.nu/archives/405392.php
I don’t suppose I can claim credit but I did write them a stern letter.
I suspect in Australia a bank providing details of a private bank account to the media would be in breach of privacy laws.
Don’t they have those in the UK?
Good for you Roger, I wasn’t aware til it was all over.
I actually visited their Woden store on the weekend, had I heard any announcements I would have exited sans purchases, post haste.
Marles adamant the Voice won’t have a say on defence.
So it will, then.
Communists have been agitating for this for years.
Big Corp got into this for ssm, was wrong then and is still wrong.
In the coming Oz Big Bank Purge, who will be first?
Avi
Monica
Craig
Topher
Rushkan
Fred
Moira
Katherine
Ange
Holly
Pauline
Gerard
George
Bettina
Andrew
Me
and all the ordinary men and women out there
One can only hope that when this happens (and it will happen), the FSU Oz is up and running, because I would not want to rely on the IPA or the Liberals to publicly protest and help anyone out.
And in good news, Kellie-Jay Keen is returning to Auckland. Her visa has been granted. The trannie pervert who assaulted her with tomato sauce, when she stepped up onto the park gazebo back in March, is to be tried on 20 September and Kellie-Jay will be in town for it, she is going to lead a Let Women Speak gathering outside the courtroom.
Fabbo, you go girl!
Oh and here’s a thought, perhaps Dan and Vic Plod can send over a dozen or so Grampian Nazis to help the NZ perverts out?
Of course it will.
Imagine the negotiations for any military exercises on Australian soil.
I Imagine substantial sums already change hands for cultural this and heritage that.
Maybe we should all go back to where we came from and let the Chinese take over.
They won’t give a monkey’s about a couple of fish traps, grinding stones and arrow flints.
By the way with such solid evidence of Aboriginal house building techniques why aren’t they building their own rather than waiting for the government?
I wasn’t aware of any concerted effort, I was just a ticked off customer.
Evidently one of many!