Tom Stiglich.
Open Thread – Weekend 16 Dec 2023
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Matt Margolis.
Brett Lethbridge.
Peter Broelman.
Mark Knight.
I once recall .. was it a decade ago ? or two? When I needed a counterfatual .. and I trusted you people to help with a piece of the jig saw…
And I got good information and more …
What has happened to you ?
Who now purport to be nations with borders that can be drawn on a map.
Winston if your lucky you might get some storms tonight. Band to the S and SW of Barcy & Longreach, slowly moving north east.
ex-Jasper has stalled over the Cape and spreading convection everywhere. Feeding some moist tropical air into the central and southern areas of the state…
Bloody annoying after whinging about no rain I have amassed a bunch of items from Bunnings only to be stalled for 2 days now due to persistent waves of showers. Can’t win eh?
Blackadder did at least establish the proper procedure to follow when stepping on a mine.
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Bruce of Newcastle
Dec 16, 2023 5:49 PM
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I have worn Rossi boots for decades. Won’t be changing now! 🙂
The pricing on RMs has been a bit steep for years. I expect my pair will see me out from here.
there is an investigation into the death of Yuval Castleman
Winston: An update on aref’s Elsie, please. Are you going to keep her inside or do you have an outside enclosure hat would be suitable. Just a query from a cat lover, that’s all.
Steven Pinker vs John Mearsheimer debate the enlightenment | Part 1 of FULL DEBATE
@ JMH
I loved the shearers boots .. the ones with the laces on the sides so as not to snare anything. Now I go Mongrel Boots … I never once sheared a sheep but loved the comfort.
Twitter tells me that the three hostages killed by the IDF were being used as human shields by Hamas and were trying to escape.
Hamas morons are trying to claim they were shot by Hamas using IDF guns because something something.
It’s tragic for everyone on the side of good.
The lady with the gazan hijabi in the house, I think there was a story about them a few weeks ago, the safe room wasn’t found because the husband pulled a cabinet in front of the door as he entered the room so it wasn’t found.
Maybe the hijabi thief who bothered to turn off the electricity to the safe room was content not to have her peace disturbed by having her pals burn the family out, or perhaps jihabis took over more than one house.
Australia second innings just starting … caption on Kayo showed “Opening Batsmen”, not “batters” (what you make pancakes out of). Is some sanity returning?
Calli
Ours is an adversarial system, in which it is for the parties, acting through their lawyers, to determine the ultimate issues for decision bt the judge, and what facts they will adduce. On many occasions neither lawyer wants some issue of fact explored. Lawyers expect the judge to respect their choices, except where some particular matter requires clarification.
Lee J went (in my view of course) much further. Having asked Wilkinson a couple of “gate closing” questions he popped the zinger “do you think you should have used more caution in dealing with Higgins through Shiraz”? (Or something like that.) If Wilkinson admitted that she should have, that would have weakened her public interest defence. But she was smart enough to say using Shiraz was not her decision and would have preferred that Shiraz be avoided. This answer undermines Ten’s public interest defence.
Both Chrysanthou and Hill were silent. I can’t speculate why.
Perhaps we will hear no more publicly about Lee J’s intervention.
My main beef is that Sharaz, who will not be a witness, and has no lawyer in court looking after his interests, has his reputation called into question. This happens frequently (in other cases), and the poor bugger has no redress.
Can you point to the ridicule in question?
Apart from quoting accurately the Toad’s own words?
How is a direct quote of someone’s own stupidity contempt.
Given the issues of contempt which Lee has already touched on (the Loggies) I doubt there will be any smacks issued by the bench on Monday.
…..
Good luck with that.
I think Lee would enjoy having Sharaz appear before a judicial tribunal.
It is likely to shake loose a lot of unfavourable stuff for Sharaz and Britnah.
Mark, we changed and got hairer.
I’m an ape man, I’m an ape ape man! – The Kinks (1970)
Don’t need another reason to buy Rossi Boots but it’s good Gina owns it now.
Perhaps our present Australian government doesn’t believe in democracy?
They did attempt to foist the divisive Voice upon us and even though it was overwhelmingly rejected they are now proceeding with that project in a form which doesn’t require constitutional amendment.
Shearers boots don’t actually have laces – they use straps instead…
Steven Pinker vs John Mearsheimer debate the enlightenment | Part 2 of FULL DEBATE
I have Redbackboots. Almost 3 years old and going well. I stand all day at work. They have good cushioning.
@ Bruce of Newcastle
I try so hard to keep an open mind and not to become a pathetic fossil imbued with breath … I wont pretend I get it right, even sometimes. .. but at least I try …
Peace.
Dunster was said to be the model for Stalky in Kipling’s Stalky and Co.
An Australian Captain, Stan Savige, was a member of Dunster Force. He served again in the Second World War, and ended up as a LTGEN, commanding Australian forces in Bougainville.
I want to see Sharaz have his day in court also.
I’ve a great desire to see him “exude power” as he is questioned.
Hope you noted that I said I didn’t agree with it either, Vicki.
Yes, Lizzie!
Like these Mark?
No for me though.
@ Zafiro I still have the fire fighting boots from 10 years ago … I was given them and I fought the fire …
Kinda rhetorical ? .. we have the boots we were given but can we step back into them ?
They are lovely boots gotta tell ya …
Ben Zussman , RIP, a true hero.
@ Bespoke Most definitely … but when I rock up to work so glamorous as that … not sure I will get ticked “good” on the .. Job Safety Analysis form .. or what ever… 😉
From Zulu’s post above (Excellent. Thank you for posting):
This (above) deserves to be chiselled in stone.
Courage involves risk; personal risk. Hence the boom and emotional flush of ‘like’ activism, where one can ‘change the world’ (a world one is largely unaware of) from the comfort of home.
We used to publicly admire individuals who risked their own safety to perform feats of endurance or speed or yes, self-sacrifice. Now we (apparently – I’m not part of this world) worship well-resourced, protected by legislation or social acceptance, ‘rebels’ whose intent is to corrode all that they stand upon.
The older I become, the more I feel that Darth Vader in the Star Wars (original) trilogy had the right attitude: No mercy. Destroy the planet upon which they exist. Problem solved. Move on to the next planet.
IDF discovers Hamas trove of rigged dolls, children’s backpacks, explosives
I have mainly seen shearers wearing Moccos. Even wetsuit booties. Boots not as much.
Well played Mark.
Moccasins are best for shearing in.
Was when i was shearing anyway.
In my shed-handing days never saw shearers in boots. They usually wore moccasins of some kind – some hand-made and some like these
Reports talk about Hamas and Palestinians as though they’re two different peoples, broadcasting an image as though Hamas arrived from somewhere else as invaders and has subjected the downtrodden Gazan population against their will.
Cassie’s video link
Women marry Hamas, have children who become Hamas. Grandparents have Hamas grandchildren. Hamas are Palestinians. Palestinisn are Hamas.
And, yes, there’s exceptions, but as Brigitte Gabriel says “the peaceful majority are irrelevant”.
@ Zafiro .. they were very fashionable in Tasmania in the early 80s …
Last time I saw shearers … I wanna say about 3 years ago … compare and contrast ..when I saw first time shearers .. back in the 60s… sure some tar was required…
But last time it was a blood bath … Meridden WA about three years ago …
It was a mess.
Then Major General Stan Savige commanded the Third Australian Division during a chunk of the Wau-Salamaua campaign in New Guinea, which I wrote about several months ago.
His most recent biography is The Right Man for the Right Job by Gavin Keating. It’s an interesting read. Savige was criticised (a little too unfairly, I think) in Gen. John Wilton’s biography, but I recall also that Savige was a guiding light of Legacy post The Great War.
But I am not trying to generate some controversy … about wool gathering… what would I know ? I just didnt like the looks of it..
Might get to see Sheraz in court next year anyway.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/breaking-news/senator-linda-reynolds-defamation-case-against-brittany-higgins-fiance-to-end-in-tears-financially-court-told/news-story/aec3cd3837b3d356ca32b28b93e17b48
Senator Linda Reynolds’ defamation case against Brittany Higgins’ fiance to ‘end in tears financially’, court told
You’ll be hearing from the AFL, BoN.
Katz, I know what it’s like to have lunatics rioting outside my home. They would have ransacked it had we not been there.
They were primitives from the Highlands, rioting over a perceived black magic curse from the white man.
The creatures in Gaza are so much lower on the evolutionary tree than a people who had only seen their first aeroplane 90 years ago. They took delight in their crime. That poor woman, strong, courageous, explaining what had happened to her.
Dismissed by inarticulate numbskulls because reasons.
Off to see the Cruel Sea shortly, Cats.
Yee-hah!
This mob of lawters seem to imply the toad is toast..
Toad in the hole, if you will.
https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/higgins-wilkinson-lehrmann-heroes-or-victims/
Ah geez.
I was talking to some associates downstairs in the lobby and missed Warner’s duck.
Gutted.
My solution to the Palestinian problem?
Evacuate the Gaz Strip and demolish what’s left.
Evacuate the West bank and all of the inhabitants go to the East bank of the Jordan River.
Don’t like it?
Tough titties, Arabs. This is what it is to be conquered – the very same fate you were offering the Israelis, but without the mass rapes, murders, and kidnappings.
Count your blessings and this time elect a government and not a criminal gang.
One set of work boots I wore lasted six weeks then fell apart. What happens when you wade around in copper sulfate solution alternatively with slaked lime slurry. I cou’d’ve done with something a bit tougher, but they were work issue so it didn’t cost me anything, except that my feet turned black from fine copper sulfide concentrate dust.
Heavy Metal – Don Feder (1981)
Where’s Meridden?
thefrollickingmole
Dec 16, 2023 6:46 PM
Might get to see Sheraz in court next year anyway.
Let’s bloody hope so.
Labbashagnee gorn.
Gunshy of the cracks in the deck, and having almost had his finger broken the over before, skies an extremely poor hook shot right up the chimney to the keeper.
Straya 2/5.
@ Bruce of Newcastle . I once got assigned to a little hill to help out with an IPO ..out back of Mount Augustus .. I wanna say it was called ?? ..well I cant remember .. but the Hill ? It was green … copper does that …
http://marksfieldnotes.blogspot.com/2012/12/once-upon-time-in-land-far-away.html
Pineapple on pizza?
The frolicking moll:
thefrollickingmole
There’s no reason why we couldn’t have done so. Strip the turret and upper hull, fit a casemate and add a 120mm main gun to it.
Issue it to the anti tank battalion in a Brigade.
This sort of stop gap measure kept the Eastern Front semi stable at minimal industrial cost for a couple of years.
Neil Oliver: ‘Democracy is dead!
State of Emergency: 10 Steps to Save Britain. Our New Book is Available Now – New Culture Forum
Goat stranded on 499. Do please get your 500th sir.
Doo doo doo doo doo (Goats Head Soup, 1973)
Been a pleasure to watch Mr Lyon bowl.
Biden administration snoops around big banks to assess climate risk plans for investments and loans
IDF discovers Hamas trove of rigged dolls, children’s backpacks, explosives
Knuckles, you may be pleased to know your canine namesake is now a scofflaw.
Removed from town to Kalgoorlie hes on the run and about to be declared a “dangerous dog”.
Ive signed more papers to facilitate his tracking down and …. purging.
Wash Post admits Hunter Biden’s Burisma board membership ‘should have been a scandal’ when his dad was VP
Contraceptives in the drinking water.
Non-reversible vasectomies or tubal ligations for before any prisoner/hostage exchanges.
Israel is being accused of genocide anyway. Might as well be hung for a sheep as for a lamb.
Carpe Jugulum:
Thanks for that, Carpe. But the issue here is that it’s going to be written off if I do that, and -apart from the ?stuffed engine – the car is in excellent condition. The paintwork is near new, the interior is similar, the suspension and everything else is well looked after.
The car has been garaged since new and while it has 110K on the clock it’s a great car.
The other aspect is what would I replace it with? Every car for the last decade is full of bing bongs and alarums and they drive me nuts.
Honestly I’d rather put a reconditioned motor in it and keep it on the road. All of that depends on cost and I’m not prepared to spend any more than $10k on it.
Cassie:
Yes. I may have made that point here previously.
IBM gets its pants sued off by MAGA lawyers for discriminating against white people…
Vivek says once you see the truth about January 6th, you can’t unsee it…
German public broadcaster airs report on vaccines “contaminated” with DNA on prime-time TV
Public comment to a NY Post article regarding surrendering h@m@s in northern Gaza:
thefrollickingmole at 6:46
Looks like Marty has declared total war. Seconds out.
@Bruce of Newcastle …. even when there wasn’t a “play” the evidence of the Earth being creative was always there for me… mica ….expressing on ground ….the places I went. Evidence of the planet being a bit hot and bothered … Loved it …
Cool photos Mark – the site looks not unlike where I was in Warrego, NT. A fun time!
The Blackleg Miner – Steeleye Span (1970)
Rockdoctor
I’m watching the storm just to the south of us, with a bit of wind and lightning. Still praying “Send ‘er down, Hughie!”
But no. It’s running into the rain barrier and heading south of us.
Just an inch would do a lot of good, but it’s not happening. At least the poor buggers to the south are getting a bit.
DavidH
Dec 16, 2023 6:18 PM
Australia second innings just starting … caption on Kayo showed “Opening Batsmen”, not “batters” (what you make pancakes out of). Is some sanity returning?
And are they still allowed to say ‘Bowling a Maiden over’? With the Women Cricketers, is the phrase ‘Bowling a Maiden Over’ allowed or even welcomed?
All very confusing. Batswomen. Batsmen. Batman. Batwoman. All very Batty?
And how about ‘Out for a Duck’. What about ‘Out for a Drake’ for the Women?
Even more Batty.
@ Bruce of Newcastle .. Lurrvee Steel Eye Span !! Not punk but I forgive Maddy for being amazing ..
Maher hits a high note, monologue on the Jewish/Hamarse situation.
https://twitter.com/billmaher/status/1735886698360586367
This week I was shafted with exactly the same trick. They accepted my claim, then told me they’ll class it as a write-off. I would receive about $12k market value, and need about double that to replace it and outfit it for 4×4 and towing, or cover the repair myself for $5k. I withdrew the claim. It was a polite conversation except for my part, but they’re probably well used to a particular style of language.
@ Bruce of Newcastle .. Right about now I have the shitest job that you can imagine .. Traffic Controller.. “stop slow ” ..but it is like working in a museum … I hear “bleeding Fattcher” There was plenty good coal .. which there is / was.. and all sorts of weirdness. all sorts of Other people’s memories…
But not mine.. what do I remember ? I forget…
He is not holding back, mole. Unlike other cowardly comedians.
@ Bruce of Newcastle …
there are some things that cannot simply be forgotten
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6qv4uswKDA
I had a few of their’s on vinyl, gave them to a flatmate with my turntable when I got my first job. Which was making zinc.
Oliwange – Zinc (2022)
Outstanding.
All those years wasted, Israel wanting to be treated like an ordinary western democratic country. They should have been promoting themselves as an ordinary Middle East country.
Mark – The art for Commoners Crown is one of the most breathtaking album covers ever. The songs ain’t bad either.
Long Lankin – Steeleye Span (1975)
I had a few of their’s on vinyl, gave them to a flatmate with my turntable
You zinc you did the right thing?
The bouncers were w*nkers.
—-
Steve Inman:
Austin TX: Weak Bouncers Instigate a Fight
@ Bruce of Newcastle .. indeed that one was a blinder… THX for reminding me of that one ..
JMH
I’m a firm believer in pets get the run of the house esppecially dogs. There’s no point in having a dog for protection then denying them the ability to be anywhere they need to be, even though I don’t have a dog. I’ve a cat door for when Elsie wants to go outside, then she can. (It will be blocked for the first couple of days until she works out where the food comes from), and I have cat litter left over from Fatso and Buddy – fresh, not used, of course.
A couple of little tricks I’ve found over the years is for when they first arrive in the house, smear a bit of butter on their feet. A cat will immediately start licking it off, and that will start the grooming process which settles them down considerably. Do it in a tiled area with a door, and after a couple of hours, a feed and a nap, just leave the door open after they wake up and ignore them as they explore.
Leave the food bowl on a dirty/sweaty T shirt and they’ll quickly associate the dirty smelly human with food and accept you.
Also pretending to ignore them works like a charm. A cat is used to manipulating humans, sometimes by ignoring them. Pretending to be asleep on the couch is one way to get them to interact.
Of course cats are a little like chimpanzees – scientists built a cage to keep a chimp in but with only three ways to get out. The chimp figured out a fourth way.
Cats are similar and fun.
(YT irritates me. When you get a track that’s labeled “Remastered!!!” it sounds like they’ve been recorded underwater in a pond somewhere. A vinyl LP and a cheap turntable is so far beyond the quality of YouTube it ‘s amazing any of us can stand the 21st Century. Technology seems to be going backwards. /rant)
Henceforth the Boston Mayor should be known as “Tricky Wu”.
The FCC just ambushed Elon Musk’s Starlink service
The ones with a separate big toe give me the heebie-jeebies.
Little Johnny came home from school to see the families pet rooster dead in the front yard. Rigor mortis had set in and it was flat on its back with its legs in the air. When his Dad came home Johnny said, “Dad our roosters dead and his legs are sticking in the air. Why are his legs sticking in the air?” His father thinking quickly said, “Son, that’s so God can reach down from the clouds and lift the rooster straight up to heaven.” “Gee Dad that’s great,” said little Johnny.
A few days later, when Dad came home from work, Johnny rushed out to meet him yelling, “Dad, Dad we almost lost Mom today!” “What do you mean?” said Dad. “Well Dad, I got home from school early today and went up to your bedroom and there was Mom flat on her back with her legs in the air screaming, “Jesus I’m coming, I’m coming!” If it hadn’t of been for Uncle George holding her down we’d have lost her for sure!”
Arky, if you’re there, you asked me a long time ago about the origins of life.
The book ‘Science of the Discworld’ by Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen in chapter 24 does a good job of describing more or less current thinking.
It’s a fun book too.
ZK2A:
A million billion upticks for this brave man.
And may the eternal light shine upon him and all his comrades.
John Mearsheimer: There is no two-state solution
Secret to a good marriage.
Only ever used them on a couple of trips to Bali. Split toe was a big plus in the surf.
@ Bruce of Newcastle
I was there when the technology was getting invented … late 90s … none of us then saw any reason why we shouldn’t use our real names and we did…what have we to be ashamed of ? .. What we failed to realize was that we would be re corralled…like cattle .. we thought we had beaten the system … we thought we could never be constrained again … for one I chose not to comply …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LC9km8qnbOY
Roger
Dec 16, 2023 6:24 PM
As we predicted, ignoring the wishes freely expressed by the Australian people.
“They don’t matter”.
Rest in peace, soldier, you will never be forgotten.
Suck sh*t you bastards.
John Wick to the rescue
Rafiki at 6:20:-
So what # 1. Why should Lee desist from asking relevant questions because “it might weaken someone’s defence”? As you say, it is an adversarial system. By definition, if these awkward questions aren’t asked, it weakens Lehrmann’s case.
So what #2. See above. If exploring questions weakens someone’s defence, isn’t that a good thing? How can exposing facts to inform an adjudication be a bad thing?
I can. They know Lee is on the right track and they’d rather let it pass than extend the discussion.
Err, I beg to differ. I think it will get a run in his judgement addressing Ten’s facade of “duty of care to Britnah” but allowing someone who clearly had another agenda to filter communications.
So what #3. Scores of people are mentioned in legal proceedings they are not party to every day, and often in an uncomplimentary context.
Lee hasn’t just plucked Joe Bloggs off the street here. Sharaz features heavily in evidence already, both in his own words on discovered tapes and transcripts and in witness testimony, primarily from Britnah.
Some snippets:-
– “Scott Morrison? I still hate the c*nt!”
– Britnah observing in evidence that Sharaz held a long-standing grudge against the Liberals.
– Sharaz and Britnah telling Ten their objective was to ensure Lehrmann was rendered unemployable for life. (Incidentally, how would this be achieved if they were going to ensure he couldn’t be identified?).
This is material which is within evidence submitted and heard. Why shouldn’t Lee explore whether the pivotal person in this shit-show – Sharaz – may not have come to this with clean hands. In fact, I think he would be negligent not to explore this aspect.
In terms of “Justice for Dave” that is really quite simple to address.
Lee’s comments were made, I believe, around 2:45 pm Friday. It would be a simple matter for him to engage a lawyer to review the material and apply to be heard before Lee first thing Monday.
Copious amounts of time.
In fact precisely the amount of time Ten gave Lehrmann to respond to an accusation of rape.
Lieutenant General Sir Stanley George Savige – my father served under him in WW11 and admired him greatly. He founded Legacy.
Of course, we will see some snippy Twitter from him.
But court?
Justice Lee’s court?
He will avoid it like the plague.
He was skinter than I was, and I was just about to start my first real jerb.
Seemed a thing I could do, the path that I chose.
The Dissociatives – Young Man, Old Man (2004)
Saturday Night Music Time –
Riders on the Storm – The Doors
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7G2-FPlvY58
Wasn’t that long ago that some people here were rubishing early AI transformer architecture, well here we are a hair’s breadth from AI causing profound economy wide disruption.
People that will still be here over then 10-20 years will live through the most profound change to western civilisation since the industrial revolution.
I am not an anti vaxxer ..a viral hurt that actually exist .. hey jab me up.. No Probs …
But the coof .. ? I aint jabbed but I have had the coof.. it just stank … the social dislocation and the lives lost through businesses and livelyhoods destroyed ..
sure the coof was bit debilitating but I have had worse hangovers …. but look at the damage that got done to our Community with this nonsense?
Johnny English vs John Wick?
Oops, belay that last link. Here a vid which is actually visible with and with even better fidelity.
The Dissociatives – Young Man, Old Man (2004)
It has a grand total of 618 views but. I suppose that’s why it was so hard to find.
The animated vids for that album of Silverchair plus Paul Mac are very good.
A well respected Man – The Kinks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm0Xw7tIzqk
Indolent:
Neil Oliver:
Everything can be anxiety if you try hard enough.
Since it is music we are doing… I know this is kinda gay and would have been more justifiable about 40 years ago …
J R
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNw7i0rPqq8
IF ever… probably not …
Indolent:
Indolent
I am more and more impressed with Vivek – he seems to have grown into the race for the VP slot. He’s not sugar coating the media bullshit, and he’s not pulling punches with the other contenders.
“This is an actual exchange between amateur crime investigator/journalist Lisa Wilkinson, her own lawyer, (Sue Chrysanthou) and The Federal Court Judge today in the Bruce Lehmann defamation case.
Wilkinson: “Can I just add a significant fact”?
Sue Chrysanthou: “No!”
Lisa Wilkinson: “YES!”
Chrysanthou: “No!”
Wilkinson: “You’ll be happy with this!”
His Honour: “Miss Wilkinson, thank you so much for your assistance, you’re excused.”
Wilkinson: (interrupts Judge) “I’ve only ever met him once in my life”.
Chrysanthou : “Miss Wilkinson. NO”
His Honour: “Miss Wilk, Miss, Miss Wilkinson you’re excused”
Chrysanthou: “Thank you for excusing my client”
His Honour: “it’s ok. I’ve been in the same situation”
Brave Lisa:
– Won’t be told.
– Knows better than anyone else (even her own lawyer).
– Claims to not know the rules of contempt of court despite 40 prominent years in the news media …including two times as an editor of high circulation magazines, and hosting live to air national TV shows.
Brave Lisa did herself no favours.
Must be a heap of fun on the pirate ship.”
https://www.michaelsmithnews.com/2023/12/if-this-is-what-shes-like-in-court-you-can-only-imagine-lisa-wilkinson-in-real-life.html
I’m sure the Filth Filter (media) showed more interest in the Thai children missing in the cave a few years back, than it has about the Israeli (and foreign) hostages. The latter, of course, are of the wrong tribe, and thus …irrelevant. Non-existent even.
Atomic –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_WLw_0DFQQ
Got to put this one up since it is good solid Ncl music, and a YT version that is actually audible and legible (in the visual sense). With 121 views. Go figure.
The Dissociatives – Somewhere Down The Barrel (2004)
Obviously there are actual high fidelity music videos around but somehow YT never wants to cough them up without serious threats of mayhem.
From mole’s link to the Oz article about Linda Reynold’s defamation action against Sharaz.
Oh, I’m sure he’d like it heard in the ACT.
The initial hearing is trying to force Reynolds to lodge security for costs if she loses.
Sharaz’s lawyers are worried she won’t be good for the money.
One potential source might be Reynold’s defamation action against Britnah. She can’t have spent the whole $2.5m on Tim-Tams already.
Time for some Hot Chocolate –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_WLw_0DFQQ
On thing I know,the Toad and the Pirate deserve each other.
Wanna know something about Russians? They dont seem to think that thier entertainers need to flash thier twats..an “twerk’ and stuff In America you get no where without that part of the act…
No In Russia you dress as a rooster and sing an amusing song about the availability of eggs …
DAMN YOU PUTIN !!!
https://youtu.be/vwLuzqoAGNg
I see Bandana trying to split the finest Merino fibre today.
Khawaja protest good.
Folau protest bad.
Because peace vs gay hate.
As many pointed out, Khawaja’s “peace” protest glosses over the 4th October atrocity and others wonder what reaction Bandana would have if Khawaja took a traditional Moosley stance on QWERTY issues.
But we already know the answer to that. In the midst of the Folau bunfight, a Moosley AWFL player for GWS decided she couldn’t wear a gay pride jumper. She was quietly accommodated.
The Modern Lovers? That’s pretty hardcore. I can do hardcore.
The Supermen Lovers – Starlight (2001)
Further this lady has a special voice… I have never seen her perform in other than just a pair of working man;s denim pants … why would she have to … her job is to sing and she does it magnificently … why do American singers need to flash thier reproductive organs ? Is it possibly that the audience needs every “tap” to get some attention .?
Well stay true to healthful practices?
https://youtu.be/vxKO70PpnAo
Katzenjammer
That’s the shitty part – the 380 was insured for $4k – that’s all they would allow. The issue is that it will cost $25K to replace, or $10k for a new short motor.
Zippster
Didn’t they try a similar stunt with a few of his launches? Deny him the permission to launch on really odd grounds?
@ Bruce of Newcastle … Yes .. Jonathon Richman was far more a dissident voice than the yelly and drug addled Iggy … But He was a Conservative !! When did we ever require of our “entertainers” any sense of morality or rectitude.. … Banjo Paterson seem ed to hit it ?
https://youtu.be/Ci1Cor4VY_4
Winnie’s amputee mate is going halves with me on a pair of Redbacks.
That still makes me laugh.
Russian rockabilly!
Steve trickler
Dec 16, 2023 8:13 PM
Suck sh*t you bastards.
John Wick to the rescue
All the rumble videos are playing for 3 seconds, stopping to download for 12 seconds then playing for 3 seconds.
Are you having this problem?
@ Bruce of Newcastle
I plead “guilty ” to any charge !!! What ever you think I did wrong .. Oh YES I did it what ever it was … I plead diminished responsibility but once a Russian Woman ~rolls her RRRS~ I am toast …
If you have Android phone Delta. Tell Google assistant to f### off. Funny as.
Mark, you clearly need a solid dose of The HU.
Sell the World – The HU (4 Oct)
Mongolian hard rock with throat music and electric morin khuurs.
Ridiculously good.
(Johanna is going to be furious with me if she hasn’t already seen this new single they’ve just put out.)
@ Bruce of Newcastle …
know it well and love it …
What ever happened to the baritone ?
With all due respeck, Nurse Betty, what did you expeck?
If the car has a market value of $4k and insurance companies allow you to insure it for $10k or $25k guess what happens?
Firstly, these cars start spontaneously combusting for no known reason. In fact, some poor souls might end up owning a string of cars which meet a sticky end (fully insured of course).
Secondly, in response to this, insurance companies would jack up premiums to account for this sudden outbreak of bad luck. Which you would no doubt complain about.
Why do you expect an insurer to pay 2.5 times, or even 6 times the contracted value?
Blogger ‘Kitten’ on Quora has just answered a question
Why is Israel so aggressive to Palestine?
England: Hey, I have a bunch of land I don’t want to bother with anymore. How about I give half back to Jews and half to Arabs?
Jews: Sure!
Arabs: No.
England: Okay, new plan. I gave over half to Arabs to make Jordan. Give rest back to Jews?
Jews: Sure.
Arabs: No.
England: Okay, new new plan. We split what is left, give land Jews already own to Jews for new country and worthless desert to Jews, and give rest, and good land, to Arabs to make own country. Cool?
Jews: Fine.
Arabs: Fcuk no!
England: Fine. I’m done. I wash hands.
Jews: Okay. We are now Israel! Mazel tov!
Arabs: Noooo! Attack attack attack!
Jews: Fcuk you. We don’t roll over and die this time. We win!
Arabs: Noooo! Give back land! 1947 borders!
Jews: Fcuk you. You lost war you start. Can’t demand 1947 partition plan now.
Arabs: Fcuk Jews. Kill all Jews. Drive back into sea! Attack!
Jews: Again? Do you not learn? Come at us same old way, we beat you same old way.
Arabs: Noo! Dirty Jews steal land! Give back!
Jews: Fcuk you. You lost war. Again. Go away.
Arabs: Please give back land? With cherry?
Jews: Promise not to attack anymore?
Arabs: Promise.
Jews: Okay fine. Have Sinai back. Okay?
Arabs: Attack!
Jews: Goddamnit.
Arabs: Noo! How do we lose? Inshallah!
Arabs: Israel is evil white European colonizer! Israel is illegal! Israel is Apartheid!
Jews: The fcuk?
Arabs: Israel is doing genocide to Palestinians!
Jews: Who are Palestinians? You mean Arabs?
Arabs: No! Palestinians who are native of Judea…I mean Palestine!
Jews: The fcuk? They were Jordanian, Syrian, Egyptian, yesterday.
Arabs: No no, always Palestinian! Give back country of Palestine! Attack!
Jews: Stop throwing rockets.
Arabs: No!
Jews: Fine. We shoot you.
Arabs: Genocide!
Jews: Ugh. Fine. We build Iron Dome.
Arabs: Not fair! Give us Iron Dome too! UN said so?
Jews: What? Why? Just stop throwing rockets.
Arabs: No!
Jews: Okay, fcuk this. You want own shit? Here. Have Gaza. We leave. Wait, why are you tearing up water pipes and shit?
Arabs: For rocket bodies.
Jews: Goddamnit.
Arabs: Waah! Israel won’t give us water!
Jews: Fcuk you. You are in charge of Gaza. You dug up pipes. Own problem now.
Arabs: Fcuk Jews! Attack!
Jews: Knock it off! Okay, fine, we blockade. Stop throwing rockets!
Arabs: No! Waah! Open air prison!
Jews: Just stop throwing rockets! Then all problems stop!
Arabs: No! Fcuk Jews! We throw more rockets! Resist occupation!
Jews: Jesus Christ. What occupation? We left!
Arabs: Apartheid! Genocide!
Jews: Whatever. Look, you are poor. Some of your people want to earn money in Israel. Promise not to make problems?
Arabs: Okay…
Jews: Cool.
Arabs: Attack! Murder! Rape! Hostages!
Jews: You motherfcukers! We kill you!
Arabs: Waah! Why Israel so aggressive? Waah!
Clear?
You can get a 2001 Prado for the same price!
@ Bruce of NC ..
I remain a Nina Hagen tragic … I have had to relinquish all control …
https://youtu.be/v-YzdvmD2aQ
But perhaps ? …
Pretty god nick. Fortitude Valley, 10.9k AUD 2001 Prado 50th Anniversary 296k km.
https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/details/2001-toyota-landcruiser-prado-50th-anniversary-gxl-auto-4×4/SSE-AD-14460592/?Cr=1
Bass is better.
Show me the place (2012)
@Winston, all we can do is grit our teeth, pay from our own pocket, and hedge it with shares in the profit making insurance company. It’s pointless tryint to shift their decision by telling them you’ll take your business elsewhere because they already showed they don’t want you. And other companies I wasted time with numerous online questions charge more for most likely the same polite shafting service.
N Lyon would be bowling for his 600th wicket if he:
1. had a silly mid off fielder more often
2. appealed his LBWs to third umpire – dudded so many times
Harlequin
That needs to be posted here.
This one’s for Civil War buffs.
John Reeve’s book “Soldier of Destiny” is a new look at Ulysses Simpson Grant. Makes the point that Grant always possessed the abilities of a commander, but was able to develop those abilities out West, without the pressures faced by more senior commanders in the East. He went from being ambivalent about slavery, to realizing that emancipation was the only way forward for the United States. (There’s much made about how, when Grant was farming in Missouri after he resigned from the U.S. Army over his drinking, he owned a slave, who he preferred to set free, rather then selling said slave, the proceeds of which would have paid most of his debts. Julia Grant, at the time owned four slaves..) Interesting reading – highly recommended.
Winston.
Should be able to find a short motor for less… Running not guaranteed for cheaper ones, did it once with a shitbox I drove after leaving school after burning the crankshaft of the old motor (Yes shenanigans). I re-ringed the new motor used old head & she was GTG.
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=mitsubishi+6g75+engine+for+sale
Some of the above google searches are tall motors, tested and hellava lot less than 10K.
For your perusal.
HAHAHAHAHA
The matter of a potential legal threat issued to controversial blogger Shane Dowling was also aired, amid revelations on Thursday morning that Senator Reynolds was considering defamation action against him.
Mr Bennett said Mr Dowling had published an article about Senator Reynolds on his website, Kangaroo Court of Australia, before contacting Mr Bennett earlier this week with a series of questions for the Senator.
“I wrote back to him and said, effectively, your article’s defamatory, you know it’s defamatory, if you’re going to publish your article, you do so at your own peril,” Mr Bennett said.
But he also indicated nothing would come of the threat.
“I can’t speak for Senator Reynolds,” he said, “but you can’t sue every fringe commentator,” noting Mr Dowling is in a “unique position” over his apparent willingness to go to jail.
Mr Dowling has been imprisoned a number of times for contempt of court, and was once described by NSW Supreme Court Justice Helen Wilson as a “zealot, and one who is legally uninformed and factually deluded.”
A f**king short motor? Are you serious? A speedway ready Mitsi 380?
Buy the f**king Prado and stop making terrible decisions.
No. This woman has done this many times over. He might be gaming the system too. Would you identify as a man with an openly hostile and misandric DPP and Asst Police Commish for sex crimes?
@ B of Nc … so you gonna Leonard me … yeah Mate I am done … like a bird on the wire .. I am tapped out …
LOOOL
Jog my memory. Who is the trier of facts in this case and are they entitled to have any evidence that is adduced clarified for the decision they make?
It does have a “good money after bad” feel.
I read Ben Zussman’s letter to family, encountering it in exactly the same way as Gemma. That his family released such an amazing statement of courage to the world is a wonderful testament to the values with which he has been raised.
It made me cry, for the life he will never have, and for the life he gave for the greater good. May he rest in peace. That letter ensures his memory will be a blessing.
Gemma has written a blinder. It’s a shame the useful idiots she excoriates will pay absolutely zero attention to her clear message.
skirts around the real change that is coming, vaguely alludes to it at the end of the interview and that is the replacement of white collar jobs by AGI. Robots that can replace blue collar jobs are also coming. It’s going to be a very different world
Gammon on US real estate prices in 2024. Pisses on Dave Ramsey and sticks up for Schiff. Also explains how supply, demand and inventories really work.
Also: the US yield curve informs us that we are entering hard times.
Ha ha ha…
Will Real Estate Crash In 2024? (Answer Will Surprise You)
@ B of NC .. I so love this song … I kinda liked it better when he was younger ..as do we all ..but being young was something that has just stopped happening…
https://youtu.be/BGvwvxA83Cs
But that said there was nothing wrong with being young in the 80s… writers could write, actors could act … and we knew what was good for us … I recommend an Old School Histrorical Drama Narrative .. “By the sword Divided ” .. if only to remind yourselves what made us who we are …
As in able to navigate complex Narratives and get the best out come given our circumstances … as distinct from screaming at each other to our own mutual annihalation …
Bespoke, just posted on the other thread. Seems to have gone into moderation for some reason.
..
Love George Gammon.
Really entertaining guy, great natural teacher.
I Can’t Overstate How Dire This Is | Bret Weinstein
The Rubin Report
0:00 Intro
1:37 The Future of Western Civilization
9:50 The Missteps of the New Atheists
13:55 The Arbitrary Nature of Our Education
18:24 Societal Consequences of Rapid Progressivism
32:29 The Most Important Lesson of COVID
39:10 Elon’s Role in Free Speech Battle
43:03 Bret’s Personal Meeting with Elon
49:59 Issues with Ineffectively Collaborating
Whoa!
I don’t want to step on Tom’s toes, but The Week in Pictures has a stunning visual at the end.
Reminds one of Fabrizio Quattrocchi
Dot
Lee J travelled beyond clarification. His cross-examination of Wilkinson opened up a new line of argument that her investigation was careless. Here, this waa damaging to Higgins, rather than to Lehrmann, but it undermined the quality of the Project episode that defamed Lehrmann.
https://www.instagram.com/girlsdefense/
It’s funny.
Wilkinson was evasive. The judge put her on the spot, so he’s a bit of a bastard, even though he also throughout the trial excused her for Chrysanthou, which he remarked that he’d been in a similar situation of a witness trying to volunteer unwanted evidence.
Reasonable people may conclude the problem is Lisa herself.
I find him unconvincing. He isn’t prepared to admit that Israel is acting well within its rights and he unrealistically diminishes the various threats that Israel faces; in fact, Israel has the military power which he extolls (but dislikes) entirely because they are aware of such threats and have sought to be ready for them. I don’t disagree with his view of a Greater Israel, which I too think may well eventuate, but he is unable to see that Palestinian ‘Provinces’ (as I envision them) within this Greater Israel would develop, rather than Israel becoming simply an ‘Apartheid State’; which is relying on tired old memes and tropes. A more positive vision is needed. A Greater Israel could become an economic powerhouse within the Middle East, thus a rising tide floating all boats. Israel has already shown that it can work democratically with and for the benefit of the Arab populations it inherited from 1948.
Summing up everything:
https://twitter.com/ULTRA_MAJESTY/status/1735483674336903373
Anyway, just popped in and out again now. Busy day tomorrow.
No-one has a crystal ball on real politik. Everyone is best-guessing.
Correct.
GPT-4 plays chess
She is drop dead gorgeous!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUABDC1B1_s
Steve trickler
Dec 17, 2023 12:33 AM
She is drop dead gorgeous!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUABDC1B1_s
This video is no longer available…………………………………….
A tiny skerrick of potential decent news from Gaza
https://www.foxnews.com/world/young-generation-anti-hamas-activists-gaza-step-up-to-serve-snubbed-un-aid-groups
Maybe because it has been posted already.
Try changing some words.
Johnny Rotten
Dec 17, 2023 1:24 AM
It’s hard to keep up with this copyright sh*t!
W*nkers!
Week In Pictures.
Who was Population Y? [expert interviews]
I thought this mystery had died away. It relates to a genetic linkage in South America to Australian aborigine and Asian populations.
Inbar Heyman, another murdered hostage. May her memory be a blessing.
Thanks Tom.
tragic circumstances of the shooting of the three hostages
WIP
So much mirth – where do you start?
-Beatles
– Jabba
– Viking Cruise
– Dementia Joe (again and again)
– “I Am Death”
If only there was a Lisa version.
Thanks Tom.
Steve trickler
Dec 17, 2023 3:16 AM
Johnny Rotten
Dec 17, 2023 1:24 AM
It’s hard to keep up with this copyright sh*t!
W*nkers!
LOL. At least you tried. 10 Up thumbs.
From Tom’s ‘The Week in Pictures’ –
“Ours may become the first Civilisation destroyed, not by the power of our enemies, but by the ignorance of our Teachers and the dangerous nonsense they are teaching our Children. In an age of artificial intelligence they are teaching artificial stupidity.
– Thomas Sowell
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Sowell
Sad that AC/DC lost their drummer overnight.
AC/DC drummer Colin Burgess dies aged 77 (16 Dec)
Another one bites the dust.
For Zippster.
AI finds a way to do math faster
reminds me of another I saw recently.
We used to think stupidity was due to lack of knowledge.. but now we have the entire human knowledge available readily online, and stupidity is at even greater heights
(or similar)
Update on the Old Man lost in the NSW health system.
Turns out he had a bit of heart attack in Deniliquin and got given some meds. As far as we can tell he then proceeded to drive himself to Wagga while having a series of micro stokes along the way.
The chopper then got him St Vinnies in Sydney where he’s at least stable. Enough to maybe get him back to Wagga tomorrow.
We caught up with brother and cousins last night in Darlinghurst and after a whole lot of reeling and coping, the work of working out what to do next. A few beers and pizza and all we could do was laugh at the absurdity of it all.
Daaahlinghurst is run by the queer mafia but what stood out most was the packs of big middle aged women in flouro taffeta. That was weird.
By chance, sticking with the Medea/ Jason theme, we are staying at a joint called Medusa. Centre of the wall in the lounge is a massive repro of Caravaggio’s decapitated gorgon done in a likeness of the proprietor and the entry foyer is baby pink with a deer antler chandelier. Wes Anderson eat yr heart out.
Of to visit the old bloke soon. We’ll see how he’s doing today
The West’s obsession with human rights is destroying it.
Karl Popper’s thesis that “unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance” is true. The West, in the name of human rights, is now not only tolerating but also encouraging and celebrating the intolerant, the obscene, the murderous, the dangerous, the sinister, the menacing and the threatening.
MatrixTransform
Dec 17, 2023 6:46 AM
For Zippster.
AI finds a way to do math faster
As it’s Matrix Multiplication, you should be able to do it with yer’ eyes closed. LOL.
Sancho:
Are you stupid? Go back and read and comprehend what I wrote.
I wanted the contracted value to reflect some of the replacement costs, but it wasn’t allowed.
Stop being so quick to piss on people and do a bit of thinking before you jump to conclusions about fraudulent claims.
If he’s in St Vincent’s, he’s in a good place. All the best, Matrix.
Stevie Stacks ????
@StevieStacks84
Another day another young athlete collapses! Can’t imagine why
Cari Kelemen
@KelemenCari
In case you missed it, Georgia has confirmed 17,852 INVALID votes for Election 2020 in Fulton County ALONE.
Joe’s margin of “victory” in Georgia: 11,779
Trump won Georgia.
Knickerless , the real story …!
https://ibb.co/jksPgmJ