Several people have commented on the UK’s hardened attitude toward Russia, attributing it to the Brits simply being Brits, regardless…
Open Thread – Mon 27 Nov 2023
- The more you gets the less you eats
- Open Thread – Weekend 23 Nov 2024
- Open Thread – Thurs 21 Nov 2024
- Open Thread – Mon 18 Nov 2024
- From darkness to the promise of light
Once Albo and his rabble are voted out can we simply refuse to bail them out?
Yes.
Blue Hills and Section 18C – Quadrant worth a read- my Nan was an avid listener
Thanks for that, Bruce. So many Mark Studdocks in the world, too few Puddleglums. Although Studdock saw sense in the…
love youse long time
Good moaning.
Ferd
/Shorten Off
I shall say zis only vunce.
As predicted at the Cat, the Incredible Luigi circus is now on the nose in the suburbs after the Voice fiasco (Paywallian):
6 and not out. Aussies may be though in T20
Hope Maxwelll can put an innings together.
Bowling has been shit. 2 overs, 38 runs.
Just got back from 12 hours around Saigon.
Unfortunately not much has changed in 15 years. Still swarms of motor scooters everywhere; toll roads for the tourists and big trucks, and sadly everywhere you look there is discarded rubbish by the sides of the road. Then again the Vietnamese are cheerful and get on with life – most of them seeking to make a buck and move ahead.
Abbott (who?) trying to outdo Maxwell.
3 overs, 56 runs.
Sensational bowling by Aussies.
Chasing 235 of 20 overs.
As much chance as a fart in a hurricane. I’m off to bed.
Just gave up on WWII TV series All the Light we Cannot See on Netflix.
So many cliches they fall over each other. All of the Nazis have German accents; none of the French have Froggie ones. The SS officers feature odd haircuts with long fringes that get in their eyes. There is a “good” SS trooper who is a radio genius. There is also a blind girl – metaphors fall over each other everywhere. Hugh Laurie features as a wise professor. If you’re wise you’ll give this a swerve.
Lightning and thunder over here. Now raining and I just hung up the washing 🙁
Optus down according to the missus.
Toad
Stop spamming the site.
Johannes Leak.
Mark Knight.
Peter Broelman.
Graeme Bandeira.
Michael Ramirez.
A.F. Branco.
Gary Varvel.
Al Goodwyn.
Tom Stiglich.
Thanks Tom.
1 Israeli hostage taken in helicopter to hospital as families await reunions
Dual US citizen Avigail Idan, 4, among 9 children freed * Israeli-Russian citizen released in gesture to Putin * Residents of Kfar Aza, Nahal Oz rejoice as their loved ones freed
Labor governments get support through virtue signalling when times are good and lose support gradually but more or less monotonically as their incompetence and economic vandalism makes lives tougher.
Albo is stuffed.
Walk the streets of London screeching, screaming and shouting jihad and genocide against Jews, and the London Plod will stand back and do nothing.
But when Tommy Robinson walks the streets of London, his own capital city, and attempts to join a march against Jew hatred, the London Plod will pepper spray you and swiftly drag you away.
Hmm, I just can’t help but notice some double standards here. Does anyone else also see it?
But you know, we shouldn’t cast stones, we’re no better here in Oz. On Friday afternoon we witnessed a “School Strike for Jew haters” here in Sydney, a protest populated by ugly adolescents and an even uglier fat Greens politician, a politician who should piss off back to that goat f*cking paradise she was born in, and they screamed, screeched and shouted genocide, and our NSWaffen Police stood back and simply “monitored the situation”…yet when a lonesome pesky Jew turned up carrying an Israeli flag, there was zero monitoring of him, he was quickly grabbed and dragged away by our NSWaffen Police.
Sydney Town Hall and the area around it is now Judenfrei on certain days!
I don’t think it has to do with any standards at all, single or double.
It is simply a policy decision by the people in power and that isn’t necessarily the government.
I know it sounds like… but they follow orders.
Tiny bit of spine from NSW plod.
Over 100 climate protesters arrested after 30-hour protest at Port of Newcastle (27 Nov)
Since they were committing a crime the companies should now sue them personally for damages. Start with Adam Bandt, since he was organizing it and was in his kayak.
Like the Whitlam government, the Elbow regime is chock full of radicals running amok with social and economic policy and, in less than two years has become hugely unpopular. It would probably be thrown out if an election were held now (see today’s Newspoll in The Australian).
The difference between Whitlam and Elbow is that the current clown isn’t a leader’s bottom. He’s a time-server who waited in line for the party leadership.
Whitlam was thrown out after one and a half terms. In the 21st century, the trade union party’s Faceless Men have no tolerance for leaders who can’t lead and – even though the party’s leadership cupboard is threadbare – have no option but to dump Elbow to try to stave off a crushing defeat.
Now that Dutton has drawn level, expect the lefty media to shortly start the gotchas against him – that he’s “unelectable” (because lefties would never vote for him, etc, etc, etc).
The next year and a half is going to be fun in Australian politics.
David Bernstein on Palestinian myths.
Not that they’ve done much (anything?) about it.
Thomas Massie
@RepThomasMassie
Were it not for Edward Snowden, the elected lawmaking body of the United States would not know about vast unconstitutional programs that were being run by the unelected government of the U.S.
I say this definitively as 1 of 535 elected lawmakers of the U.S. government.
Was John Senden’s Parkinson’s disease caused by the COVID vaccine?
Some good news at last.
CDC Issues Warning: Just 14 Percent Of US Adults Have Received An Updated COVID 19 Vaccine
“Litigation Floodgates are Now Open” for mRNA Vaccine Injured: Comprehensive List of 90 Attorneys Around the World Available for Lawsuits Against Vaccine Manufacturers
The Prime Minister of Qatar tells the FT:
There are about 40 women and children who are not being held by Hamas.
“We have no idea how much they can track down, but that’s exactly why we need the ceasefire”
He said: Israel wants to extend the ceasefire if proof is presented that Hamas has located more women and children.
The Biden Administration’s Electric Vehicle Subsidies Are Becoming Another Solyndra
However, when dozens of protesters refused to leave the port at the approved 4pm finish time, police started to make arrests.
We know state courts will just slap them on the wrist so if they were within port boundaries be interesting to see if any Federal charges apply. Including Brandt, love to see him in the Federal Court explaining himself
Bidenomics Fails Again! Inflation Reduction Act May Actually Increase Insurance Premiums For Retired Americans Increase By 42-57% In 2024 (Household Insurance Rises By Most Since Pre-Covid)
So much for “innocent” Gazans.
Faruqi said she wouldn’t shut up about “freeing” Palestine ten days ago. She seems awfully quiet about it now. Can’t imagine why. Another Marcia.
WATCH: Palestinians in Gaza City Taunt Red Cross Van Carrying Israeli Hostages
So Liugi & “plenty wrong” claim all the “terrorists” they’ve allowed in from Gaza have been thoroughly vetted ……. so how come NONE of them had paperwork but came in on Gummint script ….. they aren’t, classified, “refugees” so they should have had proper documentation … if they’d been approved in the normal way …… Oops! .. “normal” would have meant 2027 at the earliest ……….!
Two thoughts from the Weekend Thread.
Don’t say “Anti-Semitism”, say “Anti-Jew Hate speech”.
Refer to the Arab/Muslim conquests of the Levant, North Africa, Spain and India as “settler colonialism”. Same for the current migration of large numbers of Muslims to the nations of the west. All “settler colonialism”.
Use the language of the leftards against them.
True to their nature.
What’s the ransom?
apparently the two workers, who didn’t lock the door behind them, smart, hit in the fridge for several hours.
hostages being held in a part of Gaza City not yet overrun by the IDF?
And as they leave being harassed by innocent civilians.
Benny Johnson
@bennyjohnson
Right on schedule, Conor McGregor is now under investigation by Irish Police for ‘Online Hate Speech’ after he spoke out against children being stabbed by a migrant in Dublin.
Insanity
Don’t say “Anti-Semitism”, say “Anti-Jew Hate speech”.”
Yep.
Marshal Ney, formerly one of Napoleon’s loyalists, swore to the restored Bourbon king that he would arrest Napoleon and bring him before the king in an iron cage.
The magic of Napoleon dissuaded Ney, who swapped sides, and led Napoleon’s cavalry at Waterloo.
The again restored Bourbon king ordered Ney’s execution. When ordered to kneel before the firing squad, Ney is said to have responded “One such as I does not kneel”, and stood facing the firing squad to be shot.
Don’t say “Anti-Semitism”, say “Anti-Jew Hate speech”.”
Nope, the “hate speech” thought crime is a false friend.
Let’s say “anti-Jew incitement to genocide”. Go medieval on the death cult.
Yemenis have commandeered a tanker overnight.
Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
– George Washington
Brexit was a waste of time; without a Constitutional Restoration! David Starkey
Incredible.
He lived a tortured life though. He supposedly one of the worst cases of haemorrhoids.
Yemenis have commandeered a tanker overnight.
They are starting to be more than an irritation, wonder if there will be some airstrikes anytime soon.
That “thought crime”, and all the others, will be abolished only when leftards have been burned by them.
calli
Nov 26, 2023 5:09 PM
Also, Casablanca runs 1hr 43 minutes. Average movie length in 2023 2hrs 23 minutes.
Bladder bursting boring.
calli,
purchased Sondheim last night on Prime – Seems a bit Bit slow, as you said re tight editing of Casablanca – Only 146 Mins to go
Dr. John Campbell has a long form interview with pathologist Dr Clare Craig who has written a book called Expired.
Expired with Dr. Clare Craig
I don’t believe Albo the Trot was ever really ‘popular’, he rode high in the opinion polls for two reasons, firstly he was treated with kid gloves by a partisan MSM, and secondly he wasn’t Scumbag.
There is no where for him to hide any more, his nastiness is on full display.
Yemenis have commandeered a tanker overnight.
This is what happens when you don’t react to the opening hi-jacking .. they get emboldened and “easy peasy let’s do that again” .. terror handbook #101
I don’t believe Albo the Trot was ever really ‘popular
Labor was alwayz gonna win cos “not BRADBURY” .. Luigi got lucky, he was PM designate at the ‘right” time …………
pete of perth
Nov 27, 2023 2:55 AM
Okay for me now, but seemed to be flakey for a large chunk of yesterday. Web pages half loading, texts and WhatsApp messages getting delayed or lost. Then it came good…
I don’t think this was posted. It was aired when it happened.
“An Open Declaration Of Defeat And Purposelessness!” | Peter Hitchens Blasts David Cameron’s Return
All true.
However the polling numbers don’t point to a radical-free future; in fact quite the reverse.
On a uniform swing against the Handsome Boy Government, Labor would lose 5 to 7 Lower House seats – probably going to the Coalition although possibly one additional Green and maybe a Teal.
Which sets Bandt up as a weird little kingmaker, with his four, or five MHR’s propping up an ALP minority government (maybe with a bribable Independent as Speaker) with intermittent Teal support – and retaining control of the Senate.
The damage done to Australia in terms of scale and speed would be unimaginable.
The only Christmas Joy is the image of Albanese, alone in the library with a bottle of brandy, shaking with rage and contemplating the Webley.
And even that will be as short-lived as a Christmas puppy; Plibersek or Shorten rallying the troops for 2025.
This is what happens when you don’t react to the opening hi-jacking .. they get emboldened and “easy peasy let’s do that again” .. terror handbook #101
Pretty well fits modern day state piracy and they aren’t even hiding behind letters of marque.
Over the weekend, someone mentioned the positioning of the Australian, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Flags in the Cabinet Room.
The described position, with the Aboriginal flag in the centre, flanked by the National and TSI flags, both breaches protocol (the National Flag should be in the centre) and denigrates the TSI flag by making it appear less important that the Aboriginal one. I suspect that it is also a breach of the Flags Act, as well as the formal protocol.
While I am certain that such details as the law and protocol would be ignored by leftards when there is virtue signaling to be done, I am a bit surprised by the open downgrading of the TSI flag.
Not all migrants are good for Britain. We should only let in the ones who are
Immigration is a numbers game, but some groups also contribute more to the country than others
NICK TIMOTHY
Advocates of mass immigration often argue that we should accept the huge changes it brings to our country because such immigration brings unalloyed benefits.
“If it wasn’t for immigration,” the argument often goes, “there would be no NHS.”
By the same logic, we might also argue that the prison population would be considerably smaller.
It is patently absurd to treat all immigration as though all immigrants are uniformly good or bad.
Yet that is how the debate proceeds. Immigration, we are told, brings growth and dynamism, it is fiscally positive and helps to avert the demographic crisis we face thanks to an ageing population and falling birth rate.
Yet none of this is really true. Immigration increases the size of the economy by increasing the size of the population, but does nothing in itself to increase our prosperity on a per capita basis.
Immigration does not magically increase productivity: low-paid migrant workers kill incentives to train resident workers and invest in labour-saving technology.
Fiscally, immigration is broadly neutral, although there is a lag effect as infrastructure and services take time to recognise and meet rising demand.
The idea that immigration can fix demographics is a widely debunked myth.
If piles of academic research and evidence do not persuade you, consider this.
Last year, net migration totalled an unprecedented 745,000.
We still had no growth, flatlining productivity, a fiscal squeeze, struggling infrastructure and services, and a difficult old age dependency ratio.
With net migration running at many multiples of the levels promised by successive governments, it is right to focus on the overall numbers.
With consequences for housing, roads, schools and much else besides, immigration is a numbers game, and the current inflow is a disgrace.
But the focus on numbers should not cause us to neglect the profile of immigration.
A brain surgeon, quite obviously, brings benefits an unskilled labourer does not.
A foreign criminal brings costs a law-abiding migrant does not.
In such individual and clear-cut examples, the point is self-evident.
But in large numbers and in more subtle ways, the argument still holds.
Making it is fraught with danger – for the most zealous of immigration advocates are quick to make accusations of bigotry and racism – but that only means that it is more important that we do not flinch from doing so.
The post-Brexit points-based system claims to be highly selective.
Taken at face value, it appears that only skilled people with the right number of points can come. But the reassuring language is made meaningless by official definitions.
The salary threshold, used as a proxy to determine high-skilled migration, is only £26,200 and for some £20,960.
The shortage occupation list includes welders, bricklayers and “arts officers”. For many jobs, migrants can be brought to Britain on “skilled worker” visas for salaries as low as the National Minimum Wage.
Our universities finance themselves by selling long-term immigration to Britain.
Foreign students – whatever the institution, whatever their qualification – are automatically allowed to stay to live and work in Britain after study.
At some universities, a majority of students is now foreign. Several have now established satellite campuses in East London, where it is easier to attract international students keen to work.
Then there are dependants, for whom the rules have been radically relaxed since Brexit.
Forty per cent of work visas – 218,000 – are given to dependants.
About a quarter of student visas – 154,000 – are for dependants.
With the health and care visa, which was introduced in 2020 as a supposedly temporary measure to bring in tens of thousands of workers, more dependants arrive than workers.
Last year, 121,000 brought 138,000 family members.
These migrants have the unfettered right to work here, and there are no conditions based on skill or qualification.
There are other costs to our lack of selectivity.
As the Tory MP Neil O’Brien has demonstrated, repeat academic studies show that non-European migrants to Britain are overall net recipients of public spending, not contributors.
Yet the post-Brexit immigration system has deliberately shifted the profile of migration, causing the Office for Budget Responsibility to change its models, explaining “the participation rate of migrants under the post-Brexit regime will be lower.”
Britain does not publish data as the Danish government does.
There, official figures show that Danes and European migrants are net contributors to the public purse, but at no point in their life cycle are migrants and their descendants from the Middle East, North Africa, Pakistan and Turkey.
Income tax data we do publish suggest a similar story would apply here.
Bangladeshis receive more in child benefit and tax credits than they pay in income tax and National Insurance, for example, and that is before we get into the cost of education, housing, healthcare, pensions and so on.
Seventy-two per cent of Somalis here live in social housing.
Fifty-seven per cent of Bangladeshi and Pakistani women are economically inactive.
Forty-six per cent of Pakistani-heritage babies born in Bradford have parents who are cousins.
Proportionately, Albanians are 10 times more likely than the public as a whole to be in prison.
The number of people unable to speak English well or at all has increased in the past 10 years by more than 20 per cent to more than a million.
Academic research shows, in the words of Robert Putnam, that “immigration and ethnic diversity challenge social solidarity and inhibit social capital”.
Other studies show that cultural attitudes – from family roles to trust in others – survive several generations after migration.
And we know that mass immigration brings significant cultural change and that social integration is more likely for some than others.
The ability to speak English, attitudes to women and minority rights, and familiarity with the norms and laws of open and democratic societies all matter.
Here, the behaviour we have seen at the rolling anti-Israel protests in London is a case in point.
So the profile of immigration matters as much as the numbers.
Yet we act as though it does not. For economic and social reasons, we need to become radically selective.
Migrants, as one author puts it, can make their new countries a lot like those they left.
Lee Fang: Moderna is SPYING ON YOU
How did I not know you had returned!? Warms the cockles of my heart…
Seems Pfizer is sueing Poland for beach of contract. Poland does not want to pay for all the jabs they had signed a contract to buy. Over $1 billion involved.
Going to be an interesting court case.
Gabor
Nov 27, 2023 7:36 AM
The banality of it all!
The again restored Bourbon king ordered Ney’s execution
Ist arraigned before the *Council of War (fellow marshals) he demanded to be tried by the Council of Peers …..
Ney was then tried by the Council of Peers and found guilty 107-47 votes and then by sentencing vote, rising to 109, sentenced to death …..
5, former, marshalate colleagues voted for the death penalty …
Kellermann, Perignon, Serurier, Victor & Marmont .. He never got on with either Victor or Marmont so no surprise there but the other three .. who knows …..!
* if he’d left his fate to the Council of War there is little chance a majority of his fellow marshals would have returned a guilty verdict ………
On Saturday in Danisbad we had a 4 hour Optus outage.
Migrants, as one author puts it, can make their new countries a lot like those they left.
Fact check: TRUE …….
Black Friday Sale in the US. 100% off!
https://twitter.com/RadioGenoa/status/1728872521796325848
Dutch elections: ‘Europe has entered pre-revolutionary territory’ | Ralph Schoellhammer
shatterzzz
Extremely brave, but not very smart.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/11/22/readout-of-president-bidens-call-with-president-abdel-fattah-al-sisi-of-egypt-2/
This is a readout of Prof Biden’s phone call with the Egyptian President El-Sisi.
The third sentence may be of interest, to the hawks like Lizzie, Katz, Dot et al, who think that the Israeli operation in Gaza, is in Israel’s best interest.
No doubt, you will all recall my position that it was NOT in Israel’s best interest.
Naturally, that makes me anti Jewish, ….., right?
Does that sentence look like a reversal of the initial position to you?
Note also, he does not call for the elimination of Hamas, but merely a curtailment.
Of course, Prof Biden has made many statements that he has no intention of following through:
“We will support Ukraine for as long as it takes”, springs to mind.
What this shows is the massive pressure, at home and abroad, that his pathetic administration is subjected to.
He has no interest whatever in the middle east of course, it is simply by mis-handling the situation from day one, his numbers at this point in the election cycle are devastating. He has managed to piss off both sides and in states like Michigan, (large Arab vote), his numbers have fallen through the floor.
Incredibly, he has also lost a significant portion of the Jewish vote in NY, by pushing for a cease fire. It takes a special politician to achieve that outcome.
The overview in the middle east has turned disastrously against the US and Israel.
For the first time, ALL of Israel’s neighbours are on the same side, because of Bibi’s ill conceived action. This has never occurred before.
The result will inevitably be, the reduction of US influence in the region.
Is that good for Israel?
Though FAR from being instigated, BRICS have put forward a plan, to provide a peacekeeping force, to work with the UN, to be deployed to Gaza.
This is far from where the US and Israel want to be.
The US has lost control of the narrative and of the voting in the UN.
So, are you all still happy with the incursion so far? Just asking for a friend.
Figures
Nov 27, 2023 6:20 AM
Conservative governments end in apathy and disappointment.
Labour governments end in tears and bare larders.
The magic of Napoleon dissuaded Ney, who swapped sides, and led Napoleon’s cavalry at Waterloo.
In reality, it was the realization that the troops he was leading to capture Napoleon began cheering Napoleon ,,,,,, Discretion outweighed valour and instead of imprisoning the Emperor he re-joined with him ….
The current UK shortage occupation list also includes “artists – all jobs”, musicians, dancers, and archaeologists.
Not at all sneering at those occupations, but it’s emblematic of where the UK currently sits that the country needs to import them as a matter of policy priority.
Probably more worrying is that the top of the list (ranked by salary) is “Health services and public health managers and directors – all jobs” and “Residential, day and domiciliary care managers and proprietors – all jobs”.
The apparent economic value of these apex service occupations comfortably beats out scientists, engineers, and technicians – who might make a contribution to the productive economy.
Yet not grown locally.
How very fallen.
Has Argentina finally elected a president who can sort out their economy?
This is a very good start
https://twitter.com/TheAtlasSociety/status/1726766353388843232
I read a few articles about this one, and it seems a bit unclear what the situation is. The USN says there’s a ship of theirs doing unspecified stuff, which makes me think there could be some more muscular action this time.
The other interesting thing is hijackers seem to be from the south as the attack was by a couple of small speed boats and was near Aden. Not altogether surprising if the Sunnis are going after Israeli linked vessels, since they dislike Israel just as much as the Shi’a do.
One of the problems with the Houthi hijacking last week is they tend to scoot the ship into a harbour they control, which makes it difficult to mount a recovery action. This one may not have had that happen if the USN has arrived on scene quickly.
Israeli-Linked Oil Tanker Seized off the Coast of Aden, Yemen, Private Intelligence Firm Says (Newsmax, 26 Nov)
You are over egging this. Israel has been in far deeper sh*t than it finds itself now and still managed to manage. It will do so now after Hamas has been exterminated and the Gaza operation concluded.
You cannot sit idly by contemplating the voices and opinions of those who will only ever at best tolerate your existence under sufferance, when your sworn enemy has invaded and slaughtered your babies, toddlers and women. It’s time then to raise the flag and slit throats.
Stop sooking McFly!.
Why, Sirul looks like a model citizen.
Australia doesn’t seem to be managed quite as one might hope.
Extremely brave, but not very smart.
Definitely ..! the Council of War consisted of, fellow, Marshals ..
The House of Peers was a majority of “nobles” restored to their former titles following the re-investure of the Bourborn throne ……….
Yep, Newspoll isn’t good news for Albo going into killing season.
Ok , Mr oh so clever, what were the alternatives, that would be palatable to everybody or even anybody?
Israel had only bad choices, they chose what they considered the least bad.
Something to do with cattle cars I’m sure.
Didn’t they send Ney’s family the bill for the “gratuity” for the firing squad?
Ok , Mr oh so clever, what were the alternatives, that would be palatable to everybody or even anybody?
When I read it my impression was someone else’s ideal is your supposed to roll over and have your tummy tickled rather than bark and bite back ……..
They talk among us .. FFS!
DrF this is what happens when sitdown money is paid to the non productive. The desire to improve your lot is removed. The truth of immigrants improving the economy was once right as they worked their collective arses off after being given a chance. The sugar on the table was ‘opportunity’. Today importing bum wipers are given housing, free medical, spending money and still don’t wipe bums. How this is improving the economy is a fallacy promoted by grifters based on taxpayers funds. The taxpayers see nothing for their exorbitant tax paid.
Have any of the hostages taken at the Nova music festival been released? The estimates I’ve seen are that there were about 180 of them.
Pogria
Bespoke
Bespoke that’s a lie of magnificent proportions – I haven’t used my 6″ telescope for non astronomical purposes for years.
Well, not since I got my drone that does 4K stereo video, that is.
Except when It happened continuously since 1947.
Study the history, then get back to us.
That’s funny. My wife tells me that all the time.
How is this any different to US sanctions?
A dreich prospect indeed.
PHOTOS: Christmas celebrations canceled in Bethlehem in the midst of war
CNA – By Marinella Bandini – Jerusalem, Nov 26, 2023
For one thing, sanctions aren’t acts of war. Attacking a flagged ship of another country is.
Whataboutery.
Daily Mail.
High contrast between the (Instapundit republished) London Telegraph review of Napoleon (Epic) and the rest of the reviews we have seen (tedious point-missing relationship pron).
Can’t help wondering if the Tele writer got a weekend on Fantasy Island as payoff!
Zafiro
A lot of memories there, Zafiro.
The truth of immigrants improving the economy was once right as they worked their collective arses off after being given a chance. The sugar on the table was ‘opportunity’.
The change came about when the hordes of Vietcong boat folk invaded .. prior to that “immigrants” mostly came from Europe “for a better life” and were prepared to work for it! .. but with the Vietcong it was immediate housing, health cover and welfare with NO obligation ..
Most SE Asian “housos” around me arrived circa 1987 thru 1992 and the majority have never had a job and quite a few still don’t speak English ..
I haven’t had an English speaking “neighbour” in the past 25 years ………
Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty.
– Ronald Reagan
The Shift to the Middle is Coming
All the media is so anti-common sense that anyone who dares to take any contrary view is called “FAR RIGHT” as if they are Nazis. Never in all my years have I ever witnessed the mainstream media so FAR LEFT that they are destroying the very foundation of civilization, and they do not care. The position MUST be their view, and anything to the contrary is evil. This is NOT a free society, nor is this how civilizations are maintained. When you divide the nation in such a manner and impose your will by sheer dictatorship, the end is near.
TIME Magazine characterized the Dutch election as a “FAR RIGHT” victory. They want to exit the EU and retake their sovereignty. They are flooded with immigrants, and crime has soared all because Merkel opened the borders unilaterally. The EU was never asked to vote on this policy – NEVER. But if you dare object, you are the dangerous and evil FAR RIGHT. Friends there will not allow their daughter to walk to the bus station for fear she will be raped.
What the EU has done to the Dutch farmers is insane, and they are so braindead they fail to understand that the planet goes through cycles and reducing food production as we head into solar minimum risks food shortages and rising disease as well as starvation. But if you oppose that, you are now the evil FAR RIGHT. As they told the people, and they agreed, the Netherlands “has been seriously weakened due the ongoing asylum tsunami and mass immigration.” They also pledged to stop sending aid to Ukraine. Their country is being transformed into an Islamic State, and they called for a ban on the Quran and for shutting down mosques. France is generally projected to be an Islamic nation within 40 years. Our computer shows that can happen as soon as 2032, thanks to an 8:1 birth rate in favor of Muslims. But if you want to retain Europe as a Christian continent, you are the dangerous evil FAR RIGHT.
The violence has already begun, from attempts to burn down Christian churches in Southern Europe to killing a 16-year-old boy, stabbing him to death, and injuring 17 others. The assailants declared, “We are here to stab white people’ before the rampage, according to a report. ” Mobs in Eastern Pakistan target Christian churches. In Jerusalem, extremist Jews were chanting, “Death to Arabs … Death to Christians.” Then, in Europe, there has been a surge in Quran burning in response to the influx of Muslims. We are looking at the beginning of a religious war brewing everywhere. This contributes to our Civil Unrest Model, which turned up here in 2023.
CNN also called Javier Milei the “FAR RIGHT” who won Argentina’s presidential elections. They reported that was “wrenching his country to the right with a bombastic anti-establishment campaign” and said that he was comparable to Donald Trump. They admitted that this was against the backdrop of one of the “world’s highest inflation rates.” Argentina once was the economic star until it turned left. But if it tries to improve the economy, it is the dangerous evil FAR RIGHT.
In Bavaria, the press also reported that “FAR-RIGHT” Afd won back in June. So, unless you are for lockdowns, the war against Russia, high inflation, and the lowering of our living standards, then you are one of those loathful, FAR-RIGHT, dangerous people who must be eradicated and suppressed.
Anyone who wants to return just to normal life is now disgusting FAR-RIGHT. You have to support World War III, high taxes, end of lifestyle for climate change, and if you do not tell your son in 1st grade that maybe he is really a girl then you are guilty of child abuse, and your children should be taken from you by force.
Any suggestion that we should return to when there was an immigration requirement and when transgender was a private decision not celebrated on a beer can, and we understood that Mother Nature had cycles all by herself and warming periods marked the rise in civilization and cold periods population declines and nations contracted, that is no longer middle ground; it is FAR RIGHT.
During the Panic of 1869, when they were dragging the bankers out and hanging them, which was the first BLACK FRIDAY, I fear when this all starts to come unglued after 2024, this time they will be dragging journalists out to the streets and hanging them for destroying civilization where both sides are supposed to co-exist.
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/politics/shift-to-the-middle-is-coming/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=RSS
Well, you could argue that neither is this. They are just seizing the private property of a country’s nationals. The US sanctions dozens of countries unilaterally, seizing their
assets or freezing their accounts. Whether a policy of doing so constitutes an act of war is an interesting question.
Which sets Bandt up as a weird little kingmaker, with his four, or five MHR’s propping up an ALP minority government (maybe with a bribable Independent as Speaker) with intermittent Teal support – and retaining control of the Senate.
How depressing can it get .. Luigi and the “pardy” are proving themselves useless at governance for the people but the reality that Dudzy & co are sooooooo pointless they aren’t the answer makes for at least one, possibly two more terms, of Labor incompetence and the real horror .. the “globe-trotter & occasional Oz visitor” is only the 1st of several, guaranteed, failures at the “pardy’s” hem ……..
Ya noze we is in trouble when Chloe still has the curtain measurements ..!
just…?
Not at all. I’m just pointing out that the US does something like this too.
Yes it is.
Well, you could argue that neither is this. They are just seizing the private property of a country’s nationals.
Careful, DOVER, this is the sort of idea that’ll get you “head-hunted” for a “top men” UN position .. LOL!
Houthi insurgents aren’t the official government.
Go ahead then, attack the US.
They are seizing the private property of a country’s nationals.
Fixed.
That is precisely whataboutery.
I’ve expressed reservations about state imposed sanctions and particularly the targeting of individuals before, but to equate that with acts of piracy is morally obtuse.
(Adopting a headmasterly tone & looking down nose over spectacles)
I expect better of you, young man.
Maybe on especially good behaviour since the CNN guy is looking to buy the bankrupt UK Telegraph and Spectator.
Which means you probably can add them to the do not read list.
Ex-CNN chief fronting Abu Dhabi’s Telegraph bid accuses critics of ‘slinging mud’ (25 Nov)
Zucker to fly into London as government probe into Telegraph deal looms (26 Nov)
This is something you refuse to understand. The guys with the biggest guns set the rules. If you don’t like that then declare war against the US.
I guess they swapped her in because of her untreated wound.
There is also a young man from Nova who had his forearm blown off by a grenade, surely he is no military threat (if still alive).
Not sure if the wounded Thai gentleman has been freed either.
Nor has the red headed baby and his family, who could not be that hard to find, considering there is footage of the family’s captors.
One girl who had been shot in the foot, and without her 18 yo brother who was eligible, in terms of the agreement.
Primary school teacher who took off deaf child’s socks and shoes reinstated after court appeal
A primary school teacher who was sacked for removing the socks and shoes of a deaf and developmentally-delayed child has won her career back after taking the Education Department to court.
The teacher, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, took the Department of Education to the Industrial Relations Commission to fight her dismissal after being fired over multiple allegations of mistreatment of students with special needs.
Her appeal was successful, with Commissioner Janine Webster finding three of the four claims – that the teacher dragged a deaf child out of a canteen line by the wrist, restrained the same child in a highchair unnecessarily, and left another outside a classroom in the cold as a punishment – could not be substantiated and that key witnesses to the alleged incidents were unreliable.
However the teacher did admit to removing the socks and shoes of a profoundly deaf, vision impaired Year 5 student with significant language and developmental delay and complex behavioural issues, which prevented him from joining other students on a break.
The boy, 10 years old at the time of his teacher’s sacking in 2020 and given the pseudonym ‘Jack Andrews’, was known to become aggressive at times and “work himself into a heightened emotional state”.
Both the teacher and a School Learning Support Officer regularly took his shoes off as a safety measure.
“[Jack’s] behaviour had been escalating and he would lash out at staff by kicking, screaming, and spitting,” the teacher submitted.
“To reduce the likelihood of injury to staff when [Jack] was in a heightened state, his shoes would be removed as he would kick staff in their shins … if he was heightened when the bell sounded for lunch, it was unsafe for [Jack] to enter into the playground as he was a risk to himself and others.
“Once [Jack] became calm his shoes were returned and staff assisted him with replacing and retying them. [Jack] was then able to participate in his outside play.”
The Department of Education argued the “unnecessary and inappropriate” strategy “could amount to misconduct” because it prevented Jack from taking designated breaks for students’ wellbeing, an allegation Commissioner Webster upheld.
“The appellant’s conduct was inappropriate and unfair to Jack and fell short of the standards expected of teachers,” she said.
In her decision, Commissioner Webster said disciplinary action was “warranted”, but described termination as an “excessive” punishment.
Instead, she ordered the teacher be rehired but transferred to a role not at the school, issued with a written warning and be placed on “a performance improvement plan”.
She also found “a systemic failure” in leadership and governance at the school “was a significant contributing factor in the conduct”.
Daily-Tele
Hmm, I just can’t help but notice some double standards here. Does anyone else also see it?
This is inevitable. The most brooding violent group with the greatest number will rule. Once the Police Force became a ‘service’ we were done for. Enforcing the law is long term peace and stability for the society. ‘Keeping the peace’ is immediate. This is what the coppers are now taught in the academies.
The change to a ‘service’ is because:
1. The Universities got their hands on police training.
2. Women are now in control – i.e. keeping the immediate peace is nesting.
3. Dramatic changes in society structure ( i.e. work) means long term ethical standards are gone. Combined with the death of Christianity as a guide for Australia.
Unless there is a dramatic change then the Muz will rule. Sorry end of story.
The only way it was stopped in history is to employ their techniques (Crusades, The Hammer and the Mongols) . And I am afraid Dave Sharma ain’t it.
Cassie of Sydney
The downside is that now him and his dreams to marxify Australia are falling into the turdpile, he’ll get nasty and do as much damage as he can. That’s the Trotskyist in him.
We’re going to see what a vicious little shit he is as he blames us for his failures.
The trouble with trying to do deals with an amoral, savage terrorist regime that has just slaughtered over 1,000 of your people, abducted over 200 to its underground hell, and is trying to destroy your country, is, well, precisely that you are dealing with an amoral, savage terrorist regime that has just slaughtered over 1,000 of your people, abducted over 200 to its underground hell, and is trying to destroy your country.
The Liars will have to move soon if they want to be competitive by 2025. KRudd 2.0 didn’t for that reason (among plenty of others).
*didn’t work
‘Dillo!
I can see it now – the released terrorists line up for the run across no mans land and shelter in the ruins, while the entire IDF stands by their artillery tubes.
Go!
Indeed.
The vessel owner will almost certainly be covered for piracy under the standard conditions of its hull insurance. The freight presumably under cargo insurance.
However the international crew on board are in actual peril. Aside from their wages they probably have no interest in the voyage – other than not dying as a demonstration of someone else’s religious and political zeal.
half of australians are either leeches or morons or both
I think we’re about to get a bit of rain.
No dodging this lot.
I watched an address by the IDF’s Arabic speaking spokesman (with subtitles) reminding Gazans not to return north (too late) not to go to sea and not to approach within one kilometre of the border with Israel.
It’s going to be difficult but if Gazans are so willing to die in order to kill Jews.
Death cult.
cnn article
Look, there are two options here. Either, you oppose the seizing of the property of foreign nationals in the pursuit of policy in general, or, you accept the prudence of the policy but you are unhappy it is being applied to a friendly power’s nationals in this instance.
Just watching the grilling of Bruce in Federal Court.
Bloody hell, the line up of silks gouging thousands by the hour is incredible.
Hammering Bruce on the most innocuous discrepancies to build a case of him as a liar. Seems to be holding his own.
Can’t wait for knickerless thunder thighs to put the hand on the bible in the box.
Alma Avraham 84, released yesterday is in now in an Israeli hospital in a critical condition.
Say no to islam.
Tom:
2024 will be the year of decision for the Democracies.
There’s too much shit coming to fruition for it not to happen.
Enough about Joe Biden!
That’s the whole idea of this mess, giving the Biden Administration no reason to get nasty – which his staffers want in the worst way. There’s also a secondary political aim of preventing the Israeli Left and deep state from causing mischief during the middle of an existential war. They want to do that in the worst way also, but Netanyahu is carefully making sure they don’t dare.
500 Biden Democrat Staffers Signed Anti-Israel Letter (23 Oct)
Lapid calls on Netanyahu to quit, says ‘government isn’t functioning’ during war (15 Nov)
The Left just never stops, not even a war will get them to behave. No wonder they love Hamas so much, they’re brothers under the skin.
So many stories
Brodutch’s husband, Avihai, found 4-year-old American Abigail Edan after she ran from her home, where her parents were killed in the attack by Hamas on Oct. 7. Unfortunately, the refuge he thought he was offering the small girl failed, as she, his wife and their three children were abducted and held hostage.
Shame. The book was quite lovely.
Far too complex though to translate to the Netflix screen.
Tim Blair:
Indolent
The issue here is that now a potential aggressor is aware of how successful or not a biowarfare immunisation measure would be.
And getting that information just may be why the Covid episode was run.
It isn’t. It’s only whataboutery if the argument is about whether X or Y is wrong. I didn’t argue that X is OK because B does it too.
They all agree with Netanyahu that neither Hamas or Abbas should rule Gaza
https://www.jwire.com.au/arab-countries-seek-post-war-gaza-that-is-neither-abbas-nor-hamas/
The man is very rapidly flaming out.
The sooner the better.
Not at all. This is precisely what is being contested in the ME right now.
https://twitter.com/MarioNawfal/status/1728926684387172703
WRONG! This poll shows nearly ALL Australians are either leeches, morons or both because Communist Labor and slightly less Communist LNP comprise nearly 100% of the electorate. The handful of freedom loving contributors on this blog don’t even register in the statistics.
Everyone just relax, the big issues are being dealt with:
Shifting the locus of power from the West Bank to Gaza didn’t make sense until the last para above. Not serious.
Lies as big as the great outdoors. No NYT, not only is that not occurring but the current US fire season is the weakest for about* century.
Lowest Burn Acreage Of The Century (24 Nov)
The evil of these propagandists knows no bounds these days. They should be bankrupted and the NYT building bulldozed.
(* I saw a longer timescale graph, not sure where, which shows one year lower than 2023, but that was getting on towards a century ago. It’s looking like 2023 will be the second lowest in the dataset.)
Three unenviable economic records broken in November
https://www.news.com.au/finance/economy/australian-economy/three-unenviable-economic-records-broken-in-november/news-story/d295ba29f91ff55c8c47564043f49bea
They don’t have long to wait. He’s 88 and in poor health.
I suspect his soon-to-be-reached discomfort zone will last for eternity.
The best of times.
Most heavily scrutinised Friday night in Australia’s history. Glad a few of mine aren’t under the microscope.
The mainstream media has hijacked (and is holding it hostage) the story again!
It’s now all about the hostages, not the awful actions of Hamas.
Good morning swim .. easiest 1500 mts in quite awhile .. good job I’m into 5.30am starts these dayz! .. pool closed at 8.30am/3.00pm for school “carnival” .. and so the summer joke begins Monday thru Friday becomes school priority until the holidays ….. duuuuuh!
The Adelaide scoreboard is the 2nd most iconic thing after a poofta in the Torrens.
I wasn’t sure that was a real story, but Reuters is now saying the ship has been recovered.
Tanker in Middle East safe from attackers after US Navy responds, officials say (27 Nov)
Which suggests the hijackers were bog standard Somali pirates rather than someone more sophisticated. Maybe they were #metooing after the Houthi hijack though.
Whoops (the Hun):
And:
I wonder what sort of cash Pezzullo was on?
Interesting development re the suspected commandeering of the ship overnight. US claim to have now captured the ship and arrested the Yemenis. What’s interesting though is that earlier, one of the Houthi leadership made the following remark, “It is well known that Americans excel at acting” along with no announcement of them seizing of the tanker. Couple this with the curiousness of this happening south of the ‘Door of Sorrow’ in waters the Houthis don’t control (kudos to Bruce for noting this earlier) indicates that this might be something of a US psyop intended to boost confidence in shipping through this region. Will be interesting to see how this plays out.
It’s now all about the hostages, not the awful actions of Hamas.
I’ve no doubt that HAMAS figured this into the negotiation “set-up .. they’re getting hammered on the ground so know & need they have to screw as much media attention as possible .. if you lose top billing with the media ………………..!
What is really needed, but ain’t gonna happen for whateve rreasons, is USA put some serious pressure on Qatar .. Iran is the hardware provider but Qatar is the terrorist money banker yet they are getting a free pass year in, year out ………!
Yes all. Since WW2 we’ve lived under the rules set by the guys with the biggest guns. It’s generally worked out well with respect the rules of the sea. There have been some inconsistencies such as seizing property owned by Russian oligarchs, which is obviously where you’re driving, but overall, it’s worked out well. If you don’t like the rules then set your own , which is what the Houthis have done and see how well it goes for you. You’re playing this whataboutism (and it is, no matter how much you protest and come up with excuses), but let’s see who far it gets you or the Houthis.
I wonder what sort of cash Pezzullo was on?
Just short of $940 000 a year …………!
Interesting combination of tactics you have RADM Dover.
Trying to Nudge the class into your way of thinking without clearly declaring your own. Like Leftist teachers do.
And
Tokyo rose announcement of shipping loses.
Pezzulo must be a graduate of the Godwin Gretch School of Public Administration. Too long in Canberra you suspect. Actually any day in Canberra is too long.
So the Taliban/Mudjahadeen had the biggest guns? Interesting.
Stanley Milgram – The Reality of Society -|
That’s a really stupid comment, Petros.
Another release of Marty gas by a crook for a crook.
Armstrong is a convicted fraud.
More here.
https://armstrongecmscam.blogspot.com/p/where-and-how-to-complain.html
The net time somebody declares Australia and and must “stand up to China,” send them this:
https://twitter.com/Doranimated/status/1728792538625040787
Tucker Carlson Interviews Argentinian Presidential Candidate Javier Milei Part 1 & 2
https://youtu.be/h0-8tAtJStM
https://youtu.be/_NQ_lVV7yQE
” Hmm, I just can’t help but notice some double standards here. Does anyone else also see it?
I don’t think it has to do with any standards at all, single or double.”
Me either.
I think it is a “numbers game” – it’s just “easier” to arrest one counter-protester than 1,000 protesters.
Who is braking the law is irrelevant, it’s about how to keep the “clashes” from becoming violent, and that means take away the “weakest” (ie, side with the least numbers). That is all.
Pretty disgusting, but that is what we have come to. We don’t protect the “weak” (outnumbered) from the “strong” (the majority at that place and time), we don’t arrest those potentially breaking the law, we just keep the two sides apart, and if that means the law abiders are dragged away while the law breakers get to stay, that is what will happen.
That is, of course, assuming that there is no “political” interference from grubby politicians who want to get (re)elected – always a possibility.
Stay long i/o.
a direct threat to the production of Coca Cola.. therefore immediately actioned by the US.
CL
Seeing a bunch of guy riding bikes to work and from suggests relative poverty and low level technology with respect to transportation.
There’s this:
Which looks more advanced to you?
They forgot to mention that the wedding was Sudanese. I wonder why?
Funny that the most effective opposition politician is Jacqui Lambie.
Senator Jacqui Lambie unleashes on Albanese government after Newspoll reveals slump in Labor’s primary vote (Sky News, 27 Nov)
So far she doesn’t seem to have made the connection between Bowen’s giant green energy fiasco and those electricity bills, but she has oodles more cut through than any one in the Liberal Party. It’s almost as if the 50:50 Newspoll result is all about the punters being undecided which side is worse.
Sounds like a lot of people.
The society where thousands of men ride bikes to work without rioting to build aircraft carriers.
Rioting? Rioting at American naval shipyards?
“Shock” is a word these days which means “totally expected”.
‘A real privilege’: Dave Sharma reacts to shock Senate preselection win (Sky News mainpage headline, 27 Nov)
“Stunning” also now seems to mean “completely unsurprising”. Of course the soppy wet Photios/Textor Libs were always going to keep Zed out. He’s an actual conservative not a Teal. They would reflexively do the same to anyone backed by Dutton and Abbott. Even Constance wouldn’t be wet enough for them I suspect.
I like what Sharma is saying about the Gaza situation, credit where credit’s due.
Sadly though I can see I’m going to need my big black Artline texta again for the next Federal election.
It appears Tommy Robinson was arrested at a demo this morning – the police demanded his address in front of media. It’s quite obvious this was a threat to his family, and since he wouldn’t give his address live on air, he was arrested.
What a bloody disgrace.
You’re being obtuse, JC.
I’m talking about social stability.
The United States is no longer a stable society. It’s a toilet.
Ditto UK.
When attending a wedding, I too carry a sharpened screwdriver, for dealing with any other wedding guest who may displease me.
After stabbing that person, or anybody who happens to be handy, in the neck, I & my circle then threaten to kill the function centre staff.
Nope. What the heck have we imported into this country?
Crikey, civilised people leave their major feuds at home when attending a wedding. It’s the bride’s day & even the most veil sons of bitches I know, or families/neighbours who have long standing bitter hatreds, conduct themselves with decorum at a wedding, no matter the extent of the revelry or how free the bride’s father is with the wine jug.
I’m not being obtuse at all. I was trying to understand what you’re saying.
China isn’t as stable as you’re making out with millions of Uighurs living in slave like conditions. The only sense of stability that exists in China is because of the advent of the social credit system. Before that, China’s policies came under attack, actually through rioting. The stability we see now is bullshit and only because people are too frightened to express themselves.
The US may appear politically unstable but economically it’s in relatively good shape. This place has always gone through bouts of instability. It wasn’t exactly roses during the civil rights movement for instance. Let’s see what the 24 elections bring.
I dunno, I’m not witnessing any amount of social dysfunction in New York except for some homeless you occasionally see around. In fact, I was remarking to wifey today, how polite place this is. There’s always an “excuse me”, or “sorry if I’m in your way” from people of all colors and shapes. Maybe, what I’m seeing is all anecdotal, but perhaps it isn’t.
This is a place bordering on full employment and people’s main preoccupation is going to work and earning a paycheck. Social media tends to create an extreme view at times.
The “just stop oil” people should not be allowed to use products derived from oil, and the “just stop coal exports” people should not receive welfare, which this nation has to pay for by a mix of export types.
The “just stop using coal for electricity” people should be made to go off grid.
That’s the sort of social credit they all deserve.
Makka
Nov 27, 2023 12:42 PM
The United States is no longer a stable society. It’s a toilet.
Ditto UK.
All Western style countries are heading for the kazzi (the Bog) courtesy of Socialism and imported problems. That includes Australia.
That settles it, a 71 year old imported crook wearing an adult diaper and just after an “accident”, reckons we’re living in period of massive instability.
Of the Anglo nations, Australia and the UK have serious problems. Because unlike the US with the Trump option, we and the UK only have the dominating and disastrous UNiparty as our choice. Canada may be able to correct itself- maybe. NZ doesn’t really matter but they see some sense now.
Cafe Arroni. That’s the cafe near me that had a bunch of leftwing loons leave because the owner was pro-Israel.
I’d say that 50% of the time I’ve gone past or got a coffee, there’s a NYPD car sitting outside the premises with a couple of cops doing what they do best -sitting in cop cars.
Unlikely. Two thirds of the voters vote for left wing parties.
When the US revolution comes they can invite Alberta to join the victorious side. The rest of Canada can rot.
Quite so. I worked at a place in Anglesea ’18-’20 etc. Had a surfer/hippy/woke waitress on staff. She had, among other virtue signalling stickers on her car, one that proclaimed “BIG OIL DON’T SURF”
“I gather you ride a wooden surf board?”
Saskatchewan, New Brunswick & Manitoba ask to be also considered.
I wouldn’t worry about Canada. Castro’s son is basically done. The provinces are quite powerful and can tell the central government to get lost much more so than we can in Australia. The provinces have more power than US states in some ways.
Denied.
Ok, they’re better than the rest, but “better” in this respect is relative. Even Alberta has a distressing proclivity to vote for lefties from time to time.
This shouldn’t even be controversial.
If the Libs weren’t completely useless the first thing they would do in power is to have a referendum banning self-described commies from owning any property. It might not get up, but it would be completely humiliating for commies to be forced to extol the virtues of property.