“Keane also mentioned that Hegseth had extensive combat experience.” Deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan. He has two Bronze Stars.
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Like the Israelis, they are a Semitic people and entitled to control their ancestral land.” Crete?
Numbers Bob comment over at Michael Smith. The article about Penny Mong voting for Pally Statehood. Is he an early…
Similar to having a road network that doesn’t connect two towns A & B 200 km apart – meaning you…
Is that out of Beau Geste? Enemy at the Gates in this case. Best part of the whole movie with…
Our welcome back to Australia was to see on the big screen over the luggage carousel a picture of a beautiful bay labelled Gamay, Botany Bay, Australia.
Huh?
Botany Bay is an iconic name that for more than a century after first settlement actually signified Australia itself. Why confuse it with an aboriginal name? Especially at the site of arrival for international travellers.
Wikipedia informs that the name refers to the Botany Bay National Park of La Perouse and Kurnell. They spell it with a “K”.
As the whole of what is historically known as Botany Bay, with its suburb of Botany, is such a symbolic site for modern Australia I think we need to keep a very beady and post-Referendum eye on what various unelected bodies decide to do with it.
they own staffy crosses they got *after the first ultrasound
FIFY
FMD just watching Channel Stokes. Albo saying shit about AUKUS followed by the sniffer.
Albo certainly lapping up the attention.
I would bet good money, after his pro Palestinian rally, there would be one video of him denouncing America’s influence on world politics.
Bookmark it.
I’d have thought the market of people happy to gamble on ‘whether they’re going to get home or not’ would have been smallish.
Perhaps that’s just me.
“Morsie
Oct 26, 2023 12:21 PM
I do not remember blackouts in the 70s.
I reckon that is gaslighting.”
As a Westie, new houso area near Liverpool, I remember a lot of blackouts during the late sixties, early seventies.
Also train and bus strikes very common. Usually just before Christmas Holidays. Most westies didn’t have cars, so bus and train was the go. The Unions made sure that the hardest hit were the outer areas of Sydney. We used to take bets on how many days before Christmas the power would go out.
Yes Pogria with one RJL Hawke whipping it all up. Still makes me sick.that they made him PM after the damage he did thru the actu.
“Rescuing” “Australians” from Gaza, and giving Hamarse money.
‘Sponge bombs’ are Israel’s new secret weapon to block Hamas tunnels
The Israel Defense Forces’ novel chemical device produces a foam explosion that can seal off gaps and tunnel entrances
By Dominic Nicholls, ASSOCIATE EDITOR (DEFENCE)
Israel will use novel “sponge bombs” as it fights through the network of Hamas tunnels under Gaza.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has been testing the chemical bombs, which contain no explosives but are used to seal off gaps or tunnel entrances from which fighters may emerge.
The IDF has not commented on the use of the so-called “sponge bombs”, which create a sudden explosion of foam that rapidly expands and then hardens.
Its soldiers were seen deploying the devices during exercises in 2021. The army has set up a mock tunnel system at the Tze’Elim army base near the border with Gaza.
Troops are likely to face a bloody battle through the tunnels known as the “Gaza Metro” when they launch their expected ground invasion. The network is thought to be hundreds of miles long and dense with traps.
It is where Hamas has taken many of the 200 hostages and where its leaders will hope to survive the coming war.
Israeli soldiers blinded mishandling new “bomb”
The “sponge bomb” would prevent soldiers being ambushed as they move further into the network, sealing off gaps through which Hamas could attack.
Contained in a plastic container, the specialist devices have a metal partition separating two liquids. Once this barrier is extracted, the compounds mix as the soldier positions the “bomb” or throws it further ahead.
Specialised teams in the IDF’s engineering corps have been grouped into tunnel reconnaissance units and equipped with ground and aerial sensors, ground penetrating radar and special drilling systems to locate tunnels.
They have also been issued with special equipment to see when underground.
Standard issue night vision goggles need an element of ambient light to work effectively, but with all natural light blocked out when moving underground, troops will rely on thermal technology to see in the total darkness.
Novel radios, optimised for working in the extreme conditions experienced underground, have also been developed.
There are potential complications with the underground arsenal, however. The “sponge bomb” – technically a liquid emulsion – is hazardous to work with, and some Israeli soldiers have lost their sight through mishandling the mixture.
Israel may also use robots and drones to help when navigating the tunnels – but so far, there have been difficulties operating these underground.
Some of the robots will be controlled by wires spooling out of the rear of the device. Others will rely on standard radio waves, but will need a series of repeater nodes to be dropped off en route as radio signals degrade quickly underground.
Micro-drones for reconnaissance, capable of being held in the palm of a hand, may also be used but will similarly suffer as the radio signal weakens.
The Israel-based Roboteam technology company has developed IRIS, a small, throwable drone that can be driven on large wheels via remote control.
Known by special forces as a “throwbot”, it relays images back to a controller, operating the device from a position of safety.
Some devices can have weapons attached so that if enemy combatants are seen, the controller can detonate explosives.
Alongside the IRIS, it has developed the MTGR, a “micro tactical ground robot” that can climb stairs and is designed to be operated by soldiers in buildings and caves.
John Spencer, a former US major who chairs urban warfare studies at the Modern War Institute at West Point, says subterranean fighting is “more like fighting underwater than fighting in buildings”.
“Nothing that is used on the surface works in the same way or with the same efficiency underground.
“Specialised equipment is needed to see, to breathe, to navigate, to map the space, to communicate and to deploy lethal means.”
Targeting the tunnels risks civilian lives
Hamas has integrated underground warfare into its overall military strategy.
Tunnels, some started decades ago, are no longer just places of refuge or concealment, but are integral parts of a wider plan to prepare the ground for ambushing Israeli forces above.
Many stretch under civilian structures, with entry and exit points in dwellings and other non-military buildings, making it extremely difficult for Israel to attack them without inviting international condemnation.
A “standard” tunnel is about 2m high and 1m wide, which enables them to be built quickly. They are sometimes reinforced with concrete and metal but are not especially sophisticated.
Others however, have power, water and ventilation and are used for command centres and rest stations, weapons storage, infiltration into Israel and routes to secret rocket launching sites.
In some parts there is even thought to be a small rail system for the transportation of weapons and building equipment.
The last major attempt to destroy the system was in 2014’s Operation Protective Edge, but the network has been rebuilt since.
Military commanders in the IDF must decide if they want to render the structures useless, by pouring in concrete for example, as they did with the tunnels dug by Hezbollah in the north of the country.
Alternatively, they may need to keep the structures intact, clearing out Hamas fighters as they move through the system searching for the estimated hostages.
The “normal” military responses to tunnels, of using explosives to destroy them or flooding to render them useless, is probably not practical.
I used to have my train set transformer turned on so when power was restored my model train would start moving. Def in the mid 70s.
Also remember packing boys cranking the cash registers at Coles new world.
Also train and bus strikes very common. Usually just before Christmas Holidays.
Add to that the, annual, just before Chrissie brewery strike .. LOL!
“Add to that the, annual, just before Chrissie brewery strike .. LOL!”
Oh yeah, forgot about that!
Gen Z are going viral for exposing how unfair life is after university
Gen Zers are yelling and crying over how difficult and unfair life is after you graduate and need to navigate work.
Young influencers are losing it over the harsh realities of everyday working life once you finish your degree.
A college graduate, Alison, has caused a stir online by complaining that she earns more now at her waitressing job than she will when she takes an entry-level position in her chosen career.
She explained while drinking a coffee in her car that she hated her waitressing job and thought it was insane she earned more serving sushi rolls.
“I’ve been applying for marketing jobs for weeks now, and the pay cut is insane,” she vented.
The 24-year-old recent graduate moaned that all the $100,000 yearly salary jobs were for those with experience.
“People say get your degree, but they don’t talk about how you need experience. The degree was the experience,” she yelled.
The waitress complained that her business marketing degree put her in a huge amount of debt, and even with all that investment, it didn’t set her up to immediately secure a high-paying job.
“I have a business marketing degree that put me in a cute $80,000 worth of debt and I make more serving sushi rolls,” she complained.
The comment section sparked a debate about whether seeking higher education was just a scam.
“She’s low-key right,” someone argued.
“These rich girls,” another moaned.
“It is a scam if you get a degree that doesn’t pay for itself in 2 years,” another theorised.
“If this is how you market yourself with your marketing degree looking for a marketing career, you should ask for a refund,” someone advised.
Simultaneously, another young woman is going viral for tearfully explaining how difficult she finds working 9-5 for the first time since completing her degree.
The younger worker, Brielle, acknowledged that she was probably being “dramatic” and “annoying” but was having difficulty adjusting to how much time work takes.
“This is my first job after college, and it takes me forever to get there,” she vented.
Brielle explained that she couldn’t afford to live in the city, so she was stuck commuting for her job, and therefore, she didn’t get home until it was dark outside and the reality was tipping her over the edge.
“I don’t have time to do anything. I don’t have time or energy to workout or cook my dinner,” she said through tears.
Brielle explained she was so upset, and while she liked her job, she found the 9-5 schedule crazy.
“How do you have friends? How do you have time to meet a guy? I don’t have time for anything, and I’m so stressed out,” she ranted.
I’m remembering one Pre Christmas where they were bringing in beer from Queensland – a truck and trailer rig was supposed to have been delivered from Queensland, had gone missing, and foul play was suspected. One trailer was found behind a pub in Northern New South Wales, another onside a pub in central western New South Wales, and the diver, rotten drunk, under a pub table in Bourke. He’d sold off his cargo in installments, and was headed to Western Australia with the profits.
Also blackouts in NSW in early 80s. Prior to Eraring coming on line I imagine. They had to install gas turbines at Bunnerong. Molly Meldrum and Helen Wellings exporting us to save power. 3 minute showers.
Exorting
Exhorting. There you go Milton, third time’s the charm. 😀
Thanks Pogria!
Milton,
aw, shucks. 😀
Ah yes there were insulation failures on alternators at Liddell so Wran blamed Askin and co. Wran got Sydney Uni electrical engineering to produce a report to back him up.
Circa 1982 this was
There were blackouts in the 70s. Liddell, the first of the big power stations, didn’t come online until 1973, Bayswater 1984. Before then only small power stations like Wangi, at 330 MW, operated.
Right through the 1960s and 70s I can remember blackouts nearly every evening at peak demand.
Guardian
Biden said on Wednesday he had “no confidence in the number that the Palestinians are using” for the death toll, but he did not say why he was skeptical. The United Nations relies on the Gaza ministry for death toll figures.
Welp
Voting should be voluntary on principle. Others have pointed out it is a good proxy for a civics test; overall multi member electorates are more representative. There is an effect of making third party or independent candidates safer in this system; perhaps people are more willing to vote for third party candidates knowing if they come 2nd or 3rd … even 6th or 7th, they still have a good chance of being elected. It seems a better deal to me say over 10 electorates being split along the ALP and LNP when counting informal and did not votes, they struggle to get 60% to 70% of the votes but get 100% of the seats.
I still maintain the fatty o’barrell – parrot abomination has been the worst NSW government in my lifetime.
For the first time in weeks, Sharri Markson has made it through her four-day work week at Sky News without taking days off to care for her newborn son.
Being a super mum is expensive – for the employer. Nevertheless, Markson’s 5pm hour was Sky’s No.3 program in the ratings yesterday.
Footnote: Sunday morning’s Outsiders on Sky has lost its crown as the network’s most popular weekly show, which is now being won regularly by Paul Murray at 9pm on weeknights.
I remember blackouts to the late 1980s. Might have been the unions and dodgy county councils though. Power was cheap. I think if you look at real (constant dollar) prices, the mid 1990s to early 2000s was the cheapest of all.
Was just talking to a guy whose wife did some work in an Aboriginal community of 100 familes. She said the money only went to five particular familes. Also mentioned deliveries of new road equipment which usually disappeared in a couple of days.
If the US has moral authority; then the implications are massive: they have no right to police the oceans and ensure free sea lanes. This is a massive positive externality for the world. I would accept the loss of this for economic reasons but it may not be a popular idea.
We could assert our EEZ further out, earn economic rent on the fishing and sea bed rights and allow merchant ships to be armed, we’d also likely have to beef up our Navy which would mean we become less reliant on the US and therefore would not be bound to follow them into wars, regardless of how token an effort we make relative to their commitment.
Decentralising public sector agencies has several downsides, which is why it rarely happens.
One is that it significantly decreases mobility between jobs – if somebody is working in Sydney, Melbourne or Canberra, it is a very big step to move the family to Wagga, Bendigo or Lismore. Movement the other way around is even harder, given the disparity in housing costs. What happens in practice is that the regional people stay where they are until retirement, even though promotion prospects are poor – because everyone stays where they are.
Because there is rarely any fresh blood, and not much effective oversight, regional offices over time become petty fiefdoms. Look what happened when somebody moved a bunch of scientists to Armidale. The toxic workplace fallout was epic.
The agencies that on paper would be most easily decentralised are stand alone ones. But, they usually involve expertise in specific areas like science or agriculture. Getting people with those skill sets to move from the cities or large towns to a random location in the bush is far from easy.
Then, there is self-preservation. The further away from the centre they are, the less attention is paid to them and the easier it is to cut their budgets. No wonder they fight it tooth and nail.
Finally, Ministers want their agencies to be available 24/7 in case they are needed if something blows up. There is no upside for them.
There is a lot of (justifiable) anger here about TheirABC being in Ultimo, and the bureaucracy in Canberra. Notably, bureaucrats in State governments follow exactly the same pattern, but are rarely mentioned here.
The point is, there are huge barriers to decentralising the important bits of the bureaucracy. No Cabinet portfolio is ever going anywhere – in fact, Departments strive to be as close to Parliament House as possible. It’s like a huge magnet. And, their Ministers prefer it.
I think it is partly a subset of the animus towards cities generally. The animus is real, but the tide of history is unmistakably against it.
Very illuminating comment, johanna.
BREAKING: Judge Engoron Puts Trump on Witness Stand, Fines Him $10,000 For ‘Violating’ Gag Order – Then Warns, “Don’t Do It Again Or It’ll be Worse”
That this snivelling, arrogant, useless POS can do this to the best POTUS the US has had shows definitively that the US is fuked.
The US Speaker thing is quite interesting.
I’ve seen Benny Johnson say he’s more based than you think and others here are saying he’s a BLM loon.
Here’s the thing. Name a politician who has lived up to your expectations.
Trump exceeded my expectations of him. In hindsight he screwed himself by not hitting the deep state which he correctly identified as his enemy.
We’ve known about the deep state since 1974 (the Church Committee).
Decentralising public sector agencies has several downsides, which is why it rarely happens.
I agree. My solution is that once a month one PS should be taken out and shot.
Bruce Lehrmann has just been named.
Bruce Lehrmann named as man charged with alleged rape of woman in Toowoomba
AOTY?
The man identified as a person of interest in the Maine mass killing is a firearms instructor trained by the military and was recently committed to a mental health facility, according to a state police bulletin.
The bulletin says the man, Robert Card, had been trained as a firearms instructor at a US Army Reserve training facility in Maine.
The document says Card had been committed to a mental health facility for two weeks in the summer of 2023.
This will make it hard to defend an unfettered 2nd amendment right.
Too quick on the trigger.
REALLY? WTF?
I pine for the days when, after the Federal Budget, the headline would be “Beer, Ciggies Up”. Simpler times, and better governance.
I just mistyped that as “givernance”… which strikes me as a not-entirely accurate assessment of how things now are, when you think about it.
Now there’s a shock. Who thought talking over each other and waving your hands around would be a viewer loser strategy? Rowan – take a bow!
Brilliant!
FSO – Man of Steel – “Suite” (Hans Zimmer)
Dot
Except for wind generators, Australia is in the process of banning via Green, Red and Black Tape, any sea bed development rights and any fishing.
Join the real world.
Can someone please tell me when the Glowball Boiling is going to start? I’m in a woolly jumper and bedsocks and would like to try some spring wardrobe soon.
Exciting isn’t it?
Here too. Fond memory of apocalyptic September global boiling has gone. In ugg boots and trackidacks all day. The Cafe is besieged by cold wet birds. It’s fun, but the rations have had to be cut. There’s privation! We all have to hold out until tomorrow, when I’ll go for resupply from Coles.
Come on down brittenee.
Similar fact and propensity evidence (tendency and coincidence) are going to hit bruce hard.
Why should a WA copper be treated less equally to a WA civil servant? There will always be a corps of civil servants in the capitals. Now admittedly some of the decentralisation is just silly but it is not part of a serious effort to do so and politicised. Last time I called the NSW weapons registry it was in Murwillumbah!
The NSW Supreme Court only started routine civil hearings in country areas in the 1980s and 1990s. The value of agribusinesses pretty much demands it. If you have a $5 mn dispute with Narrenderrs based trucking firm that only carts wheat and canola from Barellan/Griffith to Geelong and your trading and warehousing business is based at Howlong, it doesn’t make sense to move all the parties to Sydney. True, some of the top barristers might be accessed there, but really you only have to move six or so people for a hearing. I can see sometimes it would be easier to be heard in Sydney. There’s also usual State provisions to defer powers to District/County Court jurisdiction, sometimes by the consent of the parties…
Once a year, abolish 10% of jobs. Noi new jobs to be approved, if urgent (real) needs arise, re-align existing jobs to the task.
You’re joking! Bruce Lehrmanm named? I bet this is just a revolting attempt to hitch a ride on the #metoo bandwagon by some forgettable bimbo wanting 15 seconds of fame. FFS.
I’m not sure many Cats will have been following the saga of the new Canadian TV show Robyn Hood. A remake of the classic set in a Canadian city (Nottingham, natch) with more woke, new age, gender politics and open racism than you can shake a stick at and production values and acting to die at. Not for, at.
It’s far, far worse than it sounds, in fact hilariously so.
I’ll just say that the branding of a recently paralysed person as a “flight risk” is a major plot point, and that is one of the more sensible bits. If you don’t get what “I’ve upped the condom jar” might mean, or in what possible context these words could be uttered, this is for you!
Any and all of the widely available reviews are recommended for brightening one’s day.
Blackouts and a recession will remind people what reality really is.
No new jobs …
From over on Bolt.
The lady made her police report 6 weeks later once she realised the guy was Bruce Lehman. That would suggest she would have made no report if not known was Bruce.
Going to be another interesting case to say the least.
Who is finding his lawyers as he has been racking up fees in this case already.
What facts and what propensity?
JMH,
from the little bit that was relayed on SKY, said bint is claiming rape because Bruce didn’t wear a condom when she asked him to. Shades of Julian Assange, no?
(1). Is is possible that some of the Israeli and international hostages still alive have been moved out of G3z3 as extra insurance? Is this practical?
(2). Is it possible to differentiate, from a distance (still having access to aerial photography), the difference between a building demolished by an aerial missile and a building intentionally demolished by pre-laid explosives? (How likely is it, for example, that in a built-up area, a missile will hit and demolish a substantial building from the base upwards?).
(3). When the subterranean hunt begins, how will homo h@m@s reptilius use the media? These willing (as against manipulated) enablers are a pre-requisite for the subhuman cause and however they define a victory state.*
(4). What do we think constitutes a victory state for the reptiles of G3z3?
Correct me if I am wrong but hasn’t Bruce Lehrmann living in Tasmania for some time? When was he hanging around Toowoomba? Before or after the Higgins b/shit?
As with the Australian left’s pogrom against Jews, the latest pogrom against one of the Australian left’s most hated domestic enemies, Bruce Lehrmann, needs to be analysed in minute forensic detail.
It will have been meticulously constructed to finish the job Brittany Higgins started to destroy an ideological enemy.
Needless to say, Lehrmann’s latest accuser is in Queensland so he will be tried by a second anti-conservative legal system corrupted by the ALP’s continuous appointment of social justice warriors to the judiciary — as in Victoria.
At boarding school we used to pay day rats to get their older brothers to buy us flagons.
Never liked Penfolds Royal Reserve ever since.
Here’s the thing. If you’re an America First guy, it makes no sense as you’re an Aussie.
China has been aggressive and is not wanted. Other than Iran, who wants China in the ME? What Asian countries want Chinese interference? I can think of any either. I’m
If America is going to be called out as an unreliable ally, then criticising her for holding up their end of a bargain is hardly fair.
What facts and what propensity?
The guy has been charged with rape twice. If this second accuser had no undies and was pissed in a government building he’s in trouble.
Or McWilliams Cream Sherry.
One of the ouens up here was a police officer in several of those communities – he said the same thing. The “big man” syndrome is alive and well – they see themselves as being entitled to first pick of everything, including the young girls, and any money that comes into that community. New Toyota’s, abandoned by the side of the road, when they run out of fuel….
This is hysterical.
The civil unrest or open rebellion in its rival States is many magnitudes more threatening to regime stability.
When is the last time an armed military force marched towards D.C.?
Is this true? Only one port in the whole of WA can handle containers? Bit of a worry.
The article is about how the WA gubmint is toying with the idea of setting up a State shipping line. No doubt the unions are slavering at the prospect.
Pogria
Oct 26, 2023 5:31 PM
Yes and I hope his legal team slam dunk the slut. I hate women who go after a large comp. payout by making spurious allegations about somebody already in the public eye.
The CCTV and Moller memo totally destroyed the narrative.
rabz brought up political dynasties.
Unfortunately, they’re real here too.
Beazley, Court, Baird, Howard-Turnbull, Crean, Street…
I know it is getting predictable but sortition and term limits would end the idea of political dynasties forever.
I’m presuming there will be no jokes about knickers told in front of the court?
It’s bemusing to see a supporter of USSR and Russian foreign policy and a critic of everything the US has done come out and cheer for the last British Prince Consort who sat on the throne with his reigning wife for 69+ years. The UK and US establishment have been sympatico since Churchill and FDR met.
Bendigo RSL has gone into “damage control” regarding the rainbow poppy. No one is falling for it.
Michael Smith has the story.
McWilliams Royal Reserve sherry — or Macka’s R and R, as we used to call it. Great memories of being irresponsible youths.
My first impression is are you kidding but perhaps she does less damage this way. Heyden was a harmless GG and it is presumed he was “robbed” of the Lodge. We don’t know how bad he could have been. The hypocrisy is deeper than this conflict between a vi e regal appointment and brave decolonisers. We have fake Aboriginal ebonics changing the spelling of tribal names using Latin script, changing words transliterated into English for 150+ years.
Movie stars dancing to…’I’m So Excited!’
I agree.
My experience of this was in the microsphere of university amalgamations. Faculties on far-flung campuses quickly manoeuvred to have a foothold in the central campus, sometimes even achieving a location shift there, for all of the reasons Johanna listed concerning preservation of interests and being part of the dominant culture. A universal tendency, often ignored by planners, sometimes called metropolitan core vs the satellite areas.
If that’s true, then Gaza should annexed and Gazans given a choice to stay as Israelis or move to the West Bank. If the West Bank threatens Israel, then continue the process, threaten to deport them to Jordan. If Israeli formally incorporates Palestine, Golan Heights and Southern Lebanon, then the bases where terrorist attacks come from end. If Jordan, Syria or Egypt want to be beaten again and lose territory, that can happen again too.
I fear that in the long term, that might be the only way Israel secures peace – it forces rivals to accept its security or they face ending as political entities.
Drunk accuser is OMG! embarrassed to have shagged Bruce Lehrmann. All her friends know. She decides she too must have been ‘raped.’
Just a theory at this stage.
Weeks ago, Lehrmann’s legal team was after her phone records – which is interesting.
Well, that explains the change in the law in Queensland.
Poor young woman from St Andrew’s school. Now that’s </em a victim.
Bloody lunatic.
According to Gutfeld 3 out of every 4 Jewish Americans voted demorat.
Queers for Palestine.
The ‘Palestinian people’ fully support Hamas.
At least 72% do.
JMH,
I have a great fear that the accusations will not stop until Bruce Lerhman is rotting in prison.
3 minute showers might have been OK for a guy who kept his mop under a hat – like Pirate Pete.
In the early 80’s I sported a luxurious mane that deserved better than that.
Via the Bongino Report:
[‘@’ edits are mine. Sooner or later, keyword monitoring will ping D’Over Cat. Mostly for dangerous renegades like calli, I suspect].
At least 72% do.
Let’s say she’s on 30k base and earns 20k tips.
She wants a 90k graduate job on that basis.
That’s a 142k AUD salary right now. That’s not realistic until at least 3-5 years work experience for most jobs and being promoted where you’re possibly not doing that job per se. You could be managing a team with those responsibilities but personally might be put in charge of business improvement, procurement etc.
The thing is, 50k USD is 79k AUD and doing that by waitressing might be stress free compared to almost doubling that.
These kiddos haven’t had a shit blue or white collar job yet with the ritual flogging of graduate salarymen.
Looxury. They don’t know how good they’ve got it.
[Foundation for the Defense of Democracies].
He can throw a punch. He doesn’t eff around
Old Man vs Whippersnapper Gang
The law changed when they had the “right” suspect.
How is this not corruption?
Yeah, this is going to be difficult for him. But seriously, wouldn’t a regular dude at least take some precautions after the first incident? Wouldn’t he have asked for advice from his lawyer to avoid #Metoo issues in the future like proving consent?
Old age and cunning will always overcome youth and enthusiasm.
Sounds pretty dodgy to me … the alleged “rape” I mean.
I’ll have what he’s having …
But seriously, wouldn’t a regular dude at least take some precautions after the first incident?
Did this one happen before or after brittenee?
It certainly is corrupt, just not illegal.
Australia may not have a lot of legal corruption but we certainly have ethical corruption; legalising corruption otherwise.
Wild times in the Woomba. Don’t forget to RSVP for the AGM if you haven’t.
Besides Iran — which provides funding, weapons, training, coordination, direction, and more to support Hamas terror activities — Qatar is one of Hamas’ largest political and financial patrons. Qatar’s publicly reported annual support to Hamas ranges from $120 million to $480 million depending on the year and information source. [3] These funds benefit Hamas leaders directly through payroll and kickback schemes and indirectly through social services and government operations that help Hamas maintain political control over Gaza. All the while, Qatar’s state-sponsored media channel, Al-Jazeera, spreads antisemitism, anti-Americanism, and incitement to violence throughout the Arab world.
For years now, in spite of criticism from many of us in the policy community, the United States and Israel allowed Qatar to operate in this fashion — having been deluded by the Qataris that such financial and political support would moderate Hamas and turn them into a responsible governing partner. Qatar’s thesis that the United States and Israel needed Qatar’s support for Hamas to keep Hamas in line was completely disproven by the events of October 7. We need to put maximum pressure on Qatar to terminate its support to Hamas without delay. And if Doha wants to avoid permanent damage to the U.S.-Qatari relationship, it needs to deliver the unconditional release of every hostage — not only foreign nationals — held by Hamas by a date certain.
[Foundation for the Defense of Democracies].
I don’t understand what is meant by “propensity evidence.”
Lehrmann has no convictions for raping anyone, nor will claims to the contrary be admissible in Toowoomba.
[Same articles continued]:
More at the link above.
Love the phrasing:
Squeezing the Head of the Terror Octopus: Iran
[Same link as above].
He copped a flogging. Well deserved.
—
Steveinman:
Human Pinata
Surely, the Wong chap, as one of Elbow’s radical Cabinet Jew-hating activists, is now a figure of fun for anyone who has been paying attention to politics for the past year.
In fact, on the wake of the referendum, Elbow’s government has become a giant up-yours to the Australian public.
PS: I’m laughing out loud at Kevin707’s relevance deprivation antics on our dime in the Biden regime’s Washington DC circus.
Oh, I see.
My fan thinks the murder of a young woman at St Andrew’s Cathedral School is just peachy.
You pervert.
Brittany got three million quid…
Calli,
your fanboi has shares in Kleenex.
Pogs!!!!!!
Noooooo!!!!!
Why do you think Dumgold forfeited the second trial last December? It was quite obvious, and it had nothing to do with Knickerless’ mental state. No, no, no, I reckon Dumgold received info, conveyed by ALP/Green sources, that QLD police were about to charge Lehrmann.
It’s like a jigsaw puzzle.
Very heartening to read that Independent Film Makers stand by Israel.
. I have a bottle of Passion Pop as a keepsake
If anyone’s interested, I wrote a two-part anticipatory backgrounder to the Labor-feminist war on the rule of law in Queensland earlier this month:
1. Mrs McMurdo’s Marauders.
2. Mrs McMurdo’s Marauders Return.
“calli
Oct 26, 2023 6:26 PM
Pogs!!!!!!
Noooooo!!!!!”
Sorry Calli.
You had to find out sometime. giggle, snort. 😀
From memory, it was after the Higgins case.
Reviewing my support for Qatar Airlines in the light of all of this.
You want to run a civilized airline then run a civilized country and kick out terrorists.
Possibly already posted?
‘Just as Cruel as the Terrorists’: Many Ordinary P@lestini@ns Joined in H@m@s’s Atrocities Against Israel.
[Again: edits are mine].
“But seriously, wouldn’t a regular dude at least take some precautions after the first incident?”
Well yes, good point, however in my experience men hate wearing condoms.
Here’s a thought, why not confine sex to marriage? I know, I know, I’m old-fashioned, becoming more old-fashioned as I get older. I think our grandparents and their parents and grandparents and so on had it right. As Louise Perry writes, the sexual revolution has not made men or women happy, in fact it can be argued that it’s led to these situations.
Pogria
Oct 26, 2023 6:06 PM
I think this shit will be enough to drive Bruce to top himself. I can’t begin to understand what he’s going though. Bullshit from whoa to go – and he has to live it.
The timeline:
– Lehrmann trial dropped in the ACT on 2 December 2022
– ‘High profile’ Toowoomba man charged in January of this year
– Palaszczuk government introduces a bill to allow identification of defendants prior to committal on 25 May
– Parliament enacted that bill on the 3rd of this month
– Lehrmann named today
“From memory, it was after the Higgins case.”
Correct.
And Lehrmann’s situation of two rape accusations was replicated almost exactly where a young ALP staffer faced two rape accusations. I can’t recall his name, you won’t know because his cases weren’t weaponised politically.
now that made me chuckle
I have one of them in the shed-fridge that came form a 18th birthday party … 10 years ago
That would be P J O’Rourke. Credit where credit is due.
Oh, and calli, suggest that you stop acknowledging the existence of the bedbug. You are just providing attention to an attention-seeker.
There is nothing more annoying to attention-seekers than to be ignored. 🙂
Macron is on the front foot against Islamic terror abroad, on the back foot at home:
One commentator remarked, ‘Public authorities are admitting that they are powerless…It means that, in fact, what the State was invented for – the protection of citizens – no longer exists.’
I know, Joh. The murder was just a bridge too far. Poor girl.
Just talking to the Beloved now…when each of our daughters met their spouses, immediate thought…they’re safe. Even when the New Broom brought home his vision of loveliness…she’s safe.
This woman was not.
Gays Attacked & Chased Out of Pro Palestine Rally
I’m going to Mars.
“The timeline:
Interesting timeline, isn’t it?
I hope Bruce is strong, with strong people around him.
Know of 2 or 3 cases in the last 5 years where Prosecutors have jumped the line and accused acquitted or investigation closed without recriminations.
One of them a false rape allegation involving 2 teenagers, parents spent $20K in lawyers fees for her to admit she made it up on the stand. No consequences for her, young fella completely different as mud sticks.
Other the arrested the guy at his workplace FFS, name plastered all over media till suppression orders came down but damage done. Held in remand for over a year only to be let off at the trial as the other party was lying. Again mud sticks.
3rd, Tinder again, 9 month investigation before it got real and she admitted she made it up just before charges laid. No mud stuck here but the guy was lucky.
Too much of this going on. Once upon a time I wouldn’t have known anyone to have Police interaction over casual sex. Usually the worst it got was an aggrieved/nutter girl sending brothers around or bad mouthing the guys sexual prowess.
Clearly the facts are yet to be tested.
However, advice for young men; ‘If they’re drunk, just don’t. Whatever you thought they said they wanted‘.
Oh, yes it is Cassie. I did wonder.
Esther McVey MP speaks in a debate on the Vaccine Damage Payments Bill on the 20 October 2023
“Oh, yes it is Cassie. I did wonder.”
The stench just gets worse.
Forget the “drunk”. Just don’t.
The oldest profession in the world has just become ethical.
However, advice for young men; ‘If they’re drunk, just don’t. Whatever you thought they said they wanted‘.
Yep.
And by that I mean – they put a price on their wares.
Cops got involved over a post nightclub (relatively notorious) with a not particularly close mate when we were around 18. Didn’t go anywhere. The law (and prosecution practices) have changed a lot since those days. As noted, caution required.
Note to self… have been slack in perusing CL’s site. Do better.
Those pieces give a wonderful/ghastly preview. And much insight.
” Palaszczuk government introduces a bill to allow identification of defendants prior to committal on 25 May”
A bill supported by the always supine, the always craven and the always cowardly LNP.
There’s a ***kin’ epidemic of gold digging whores right now.
Something else for the FBI to ignore, while persecuting people for questioning the 2020 election result.
Direct Evidence of Joe Biden Money Laundering
Richard Vobes
Don’t let them take our Sovereignty
Most Australian states have similar legislation to the Qld law.i.e. you can be named once charged
Lucky Bruce doesn’t play rugby league.
And if that became a common “solution” for men then it would be made a criminal offence if the “vibe” was not good for the lady involved.
My worst memory of the pre Christmas beer strikes in Melbourne is that usually the only “beer” available was Southwark. Quelle horreur.
Correct, but it is interesting that – & I say this in impolite disagreement with Yvette D’Ath’s – this development comes at a time when there is empirical evidence that vexatious claims of sexual assault are more common than previously thought.
I believe Bettina Arndt addressed this recently, although I can’t recall where that was.
Andrew Bolt can’t help himself: JUST SHUT UP, YOU CLOWN!
He keeps talking over his guests because he thinks his ignorant opinions are more important than theirs.
Just f*cking shut up!
Ford USA have caved in big time to the unions:
The question is, why?
One of the main reasons for the strike was that the proposed increase in EV production would reduce jobs for workers making conventional cars, and cut wages for the rest.
It turns out that projected EV sales are falling, one (heavily and financially supported by government) EV company has gone bust, and investors are starting to realise that they have sunk their hard-earned into Betamax.
As Tim rightly says, nothing green ever works. 🙂
…Yvette D’Ath’s rationale for the change in legislation
Absolutely true
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Jurisdictions have moved to allow charged men in rape cases to be named pre-committal as a punitive measure – in case they end up ‘getting away with it.’
No other reason.
Proponents are quite open about this. D’Ath and Fentiman in Queensland have repeatedly asserted that men accused of rape are always guilty; suggestions to the contrary have been dismissed by them as “rape myths.”
Tucker Carlson: ‘Abrupt Change Is Coming’
Miltonf wasn’t the insulation problem caused by the rotating field connections being unsupported and the windings vibrated causing the insulation to crack and fail. I recall seeing an article about it but can’t remember if that was the one. Pretty sure it was.
This is as off the wall, and as dangerous, as the suggested memory cult.
Possibly Ranga- all I can recall right now is Wran quoting Sydney Uni with words to the effect that the alternators were destined to fail from the start. English electric or GEC.
Hear this, Yvette D’Ath’s rationale for the change in legislation was to get Bruce Lehrmann.
Def insulation
It’s weird being back and catching up in the copies of the Speccie and other stuff here on news that’s already happened. Like returning to a time warp.
I’m wondering whether to do a dance to the music of it, i.e. attempt a dance class tomorrow. Last nite’s sleep was rather broken by a police helicopter up at the Gap (Tinta’s comment earlier explains why), so a dance class depends on getting a good sleep tonight. We didn’t get home till midnite and stayed up reading till nearly 2am, getting our time bearings again.
Attapuss also made sleep difficult. He was overjoyed to see us back and was very demanding for loves not food at 6am. Love him to bits though. Missed him a lot.
we should ALL get stars on our bellies until absence of stars becomes the desired state.
Certainly sexual assault laws have been moving in one direction only for many years now. Long held common law protections have been eroded by design. That said, it is an area of law fraught with difficulties and human frailties.
So many “truisms” but so rarely the Truth … But one that circulates amongst Us Wukkas. There are some that call people like me Lefties.
“My Men go Home Safe…. ” Not because I was some obstructive and objectionable “doing very nicely … Union Shop Steward…” as you all surmised .. No, I was a Fire Fighter and before that part of a Powder Crew…
But ..that isnt what I was going to say ..
“We Learn something every day untill we “know it all” then we F@@cking well die .. ” Bollocks !!
Well I dont hold with Truisms … Me ? I learn Everyday that everything is far more complex..and In The Final Analysis … I know that I know Nothing..
I kinda like it like that ..
Peace.
Evil wimmin. Odd that a party founded to advance the interests of working men and their families has been colonized by such people. Dregs of the middle class indeed.
Apparently quite a popular reason – in some circles:
The cynical might think there is an ulterior motive blowing around in this particular case, given that Bruce’s involvement in other circumstances has been a proven generator of golden eggs. Commonwealth largesse is a step too far, but publishing deals, brave but teary interviews, and so forth.
A standard has been set.
As Santamaria said ‘school teachers and left wing lawyers’
Sharri is certainly doing a memorable job on the ABC conspirators but,………….who is listening.
Actually, it was eleven when we got in, I was confused re the daylight saving hour (don’t ask, I never know whether it is forward or back). As I said, it all seems a time warp as we’ve had a few different time changes during our 5 weeks away.
Hairy unpacked immediately. I never do. It’s still in the case looking at me.
It’s been in the works for some years.
I haven’t read CL’s piece yet, but I would expect that he covers this.
This “allegation” is going to be proven beyond any reasonable doubt in a criminal court, how exactly?
#zeroevidenceagain
#processisthepunishment
I wouldn’t like to be in her shoes, someone who’s done a year in stir because of a lie, they may be inclined toward revenge.
access to the court of common opinionz is now a right to be called on.
@H B Bear … maybe you are onto something.. ?
I understood that rape involved a bloke
grabbing a woman, ripping off her clothes while she screamed and fought, then forcing his penis into her.
Now it seems to mean having consensual sex while she’s drunk. He may be too.
These are different things.
Is it still breathing? How did you get it past customs?
It can’t be, Rabz. And Joh, your advice is noted and taken.
@Miltonf … Bob Santamaria ??? Hmmmnn I wonder Who might that be ? Scant mention of Him these days … do a search … But , Yup I have well and truly heard of the Bloke… Much and all as He is being “Memory Holed” ..
Ears. Ears, quite right.
One doesn’t want one to be put out of one’s castle by one’s own servants getting ideas above their station.
A Danish MP discussing the Danish experience.
64% of Palestinian refugees taken in by Denmark in 1992 now have criminal records | Peter Kofod MEP
Oh…and I got there first at 6:01. 😀
“and the crimes of Clapham, chaste in Martaban”
But some of Us did something about that sort of thing..
Roger
Yet even as the state loses the ability (or the will, or both) to protect its citizens, it takes steps to ensure that those citizens cannot protect themselves without a level of legal jeopardy much higher than is inflicted on those against whom the citizens need to be protected.
What’s the deal with the overuse of capital letters in sentences?
This has been exercising my mind too, BJ.
The Frenchman who went up against the latest jihadi was armed only with a chair.
Some things never change…… When out of your depth do what your Teech did in Primary School … slap your knuckles , with a rukler , over punctilious Gramatical and Spelling Errors … Gosh that Larned Us to Keeep Our Place ?
Well it didnt Me.
Germanophiles?
The long-term danger of not enforcing false (malicious?) claims of sexual assault – aside from the life-ruining effects on the male wrongly accused* – is that these will make it more difficult for genuine female victims of r@pe in the future.
This is why the extra-judicial trial by media/the public has nothing at all to do with ’empowering women.’
* The imbalances within our legal system are a perfect example why the myth that males are valued more than females is utter bollocks.
“Miss Miss …. MiSS… Miss ” Little Johnny just … well you know the rest.
We all know when you post under another alias you will be a complete arsehole and absolutely tear people down for very minor spelling, grammar or autocorrect errors. Now you’re intentionally writing in very obvious and artificial spelling errors.
On the other hand, if you are mimicking two or more other people, you’re a complete psychopath, whomever you really are.
Once again: you offer nothing of substance and you ought to be treated as persona non grata.
Now drop and give me 200 pushups.
Worse than that. Look up the affirmative consent doctrine. If you’re not getting explicit, positive confirmation like “yes, I want your penis inside me”, it’s rape.
Goes for lower level stuff too, like kissing or touching. Technically, I suspect many of the social dance scenes are effectively not having anyone do anything by the law in Victoria. A yes to “do you want to dance?” is not explicit consent to be touched for example.
That’s my layman’s understanding of how the law stands in Vic.
@ Boambee John .. Oh indeed … it is the Coppers ..and The Prison Guards …. the blokes and blokesses ..that live next door…
When thier mower is buggered I will stray off my own chores and mow theirs too…
As to Communism .. Visted Vietnam lately ? “BOOO”
You better support them and dont let the System (State) hammer them such that all of those that joined up for noble reasons dont bugger off.
Or else we will be left with something truly horrific.
@Bluey … evidence of “prior sexual History is inadmissible” …. which means that if you got a message to the effect of ” I am cumming up to your place this week end and I want it wild…. and such” ..
Cant be shown to the Jury … so when you say “Oh Well she was tottaly up for it…” in interview evidence …Then the Jury just hears the later and it makes the Defendant look like a sex Maniac….
GUILTY !!!
There are more useful items than chairs in the average house. If you have an attached garage with internal access, keep your garden tools there, alongside your golf clubs and your wife’s croquet mallet, just for a start. The more senior among us might feel the need for a walking stick, purely to assist with stability on any stairs in public places.
And work to prevent politicians and public officials from having armed security that is not available to ordinary citizens.
Mr Lehrmann allegedly had consensual sex with the woman that night but failed to wear a condom when they had sex twice the next morning. Failing to wear a condom without a partner’s permission is considered sexual assault under Queensland law. The Oz.
So what the alleged victim is saying is that they had sex 3 times overnight and in the morning – then 6 weeks later she googled the Higgins scandal, recognised Lehmann, and reported the two morning sex acts as rape (not wearing a condom).
Beggars belief.
Is this a response to something I wrote, if so, which one? Or are you drunk?
The article I saw were GEC alternators.
The chief beneficiaries of the sexual revolution were predatory males.
Now the feministas are weaponising the legal system against them and ruining the lives of not a few relative innocents in the process.
Yet Christian ethics get no respect.
it’s been spiraling towards this since the 90’s
the Rad Fems were never trying to convince you
they were collecting acolytes
marching, marching … always marching
they call it Progress
As with the Brittany case, best to wait for the sworn evidence at trial and, unless you are in the courtroom every day for the trial, recognise that media reports are 2nd hand accounts of what transpires.
Lately I’ve been developing an interest in baseball.
I’m so fascinated by the game that I keep a bat under the bed.
@Bombadee Mark Bolton
Oct 26, 2023 8:31 PM
@ Boambee John .. Oh indeed..
“Is this a response to something I wrote… ”
Well it kind would have to have been wouldn’t it ?
Consider the alternative proposition … ” I would have pick you out to have preemptively message you ?
Mate … first test of a proposition is ” Well does it make any sense ? ”
But Never mind I ain’t stalking you … just contributing to a conversation..
Peace Brother ..