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JC
JC
December 28, 2023 8:38 pm

It’s not the quantity but the quality of the calories.

If you eat a lot of calories you’re going to become fat and exercise isn’t going to compensate because big eaters will never do enough exercise. Except you of course.

Dairy gets a bad reputation because of the lactose intolerant limp wristers who suffer chronic flatulence.

That’s a unique perspective.

When I want to bulk up to 120kgs I always include some dairy in the diet.

No wonder you go for the muscled up “cute owls”. You’re a lawyer. No lawyer is ever bulked up unless their looking in a zoom mirror, in which case your head would look like 3 times the size. Does it?

Cassie of Sydney
December 28, 2023 8:39 pm

and wifey doesn’t either since she thinks it’s sinful to eat more than 20 calories a day.

She’s right.

Katzenjammer
Katzenjammer
December 28, 2023 8:41 pm

NO, never. Eating bugs is forbidden in the Torah, from Leviticus.

Apart from specific locusts/ And naturally a few rabbis can’t agree about which species they are.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosher_locust

Wally Dalí
Wally Dalí
December 28, 2023 8:42 pm

You’ve got spuds.
You’ve got a deep fryer.
You’ve got a knife.
I know WA has buggered its spud supply, but at least we never fumbled the obvious method to make the ultimate fried potato treat, the chip.

Johnny Rotten
December 28, 2023 8:43 pm

And Dusty with Dame Edna –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QnVA-Wwx7k

Lee
Lee
December 28, 2023 8:44 pm

That’s extraordinary: obuma is a poofta and Gay is as gay as goldfish; both are complete frauds and elitist dickheads. They could be brothers; or sisters.

One of the scholars plagiarized by Gay, like Gay is a middle-aged black woman.

And she is not happy about what Gay has done at all.

Roger
Roger
December 28, 2023 8:44 pm

and wifey doesn’t either since she thinks it’s sinful to eat more than 20 calories a day.

She’s right.

Pfft…people making up sins.

As if there aren’t enough actual ones to avoid.

cohenite
December 28, 2023 8:44 pm

No lawyer is ever bulked up unless their looking in a zoom mirror, in which case your head would look like 3 times the size. Does it?

A select band of lawyers take a muscled approach to their briefs; literally. You’d be surprised at the effect of a flexing of the pecs and the popping of a couple of buttons can have on a Judge; especially a lady one.

3 times the size of what?

JC
JC
December 28, 2023 8:46 pm

lol

Louis Litt
Louis Litt
December 28, 2023 8:47 pm

Salvatore 26/12 @ 6:47pm
Salvatore agree with all you said except laying the blame for the decline of manufacturing on management.
Do you know how hard it is to run a business with what you described and then have union labour.
There is violence, or when you are going to work in your uniform you are physically attacked or if you are recognised as working in that business you have to have eyes in the back of your head as you will be attacked or intimidated at the shops.
Management allways get it, but you have people against a large number of people emotionally fuelled by a hate filled union rep who can’t wait to make a name for themselves.
The meeja and entertainment industry degrade manufacturing as a dirty and mind numbing boring job.
Manufacturing is the base for the IT industry, from Joseph Cartwrights spinning Jenny to Facebook which was set up to grade chicks.
Manufacturing is creative, muscular mathematical, scientific.
None of those words could describe Hawke or Keating,
On a talent show a few yrs ago, a male contestant said he worked in a call centre which he said was demeaning.
Good on him, just like ndis and working for charities is demeaning.these are familial or social functions.
The Whyalla Steel mills, the entitlements would have bankrupted the entire group.
And now set up a business don’t bother.

cohenite
December 28, 2023 8:48 pm

Here’s a cute owl lady lawyer in her heels before putting on her suit to go to court.

Digger
Digger
December 28, 2023 8:50 pm

Try eating them raw, out of high longitude fjord deltas, Scotland, Norway. Oh my lord, they even pulse as you go nom nom nom….

When I was training the tuna industry divers in Port Lincoln in the mid ’90’s they brought as many scallops to the surface as they could stick up their wetsuits during most dives. I had never tried them raw before but saw them doing it and decided to give them a try… Absolutely magnificent. The best of the best. Not sure I would eat them raw out of a shop, but straight out of the ocean – every time…

JC
JC
December 28, 2023 8:50 pm

Nope. Not opening the link.

Roger
Roger
December 28, 2023 8:51 pm

Nope. Not opening the link.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Roger
Roger
December 28, 2023 8:53 pm

I know WA has buggered its spud supply, but at least we never fumbled the obvious method to make the ultimate fried potato treat, the chip.

So you’ve never battered a fish fillet?

Wally Dalí
Wally Dalí
December 28, 2023 8:57 pm

There’s a very narrow, but very deep, audience for She-Hulk, Attorney-At-Law.
…now I realize, for the fans of Owls, watching with the mute button on.

Crossie
Crossie
December 28, 2023 8:59 pm

Elizabeth (Lizzie) Beare
Dec 28, 2023 5:02 PM
The good thing about holidaying at home is you’ve got all your books, including the new ones from Christmas. Even your Kindle if you wish, ‘tho I’ve gone off online reading. I’m in favour of the real thing, the book in hand, and turning paper pages.

With my eyesight slowly deteriorating I prefer the Kindle on my iPad where I can make the text as large as I like. I still buy a hard copy of a book I have on Kindle as I like to have both.

I am in the same position as many other Cats with bulging bookshelves. For some time now I have weeded the less treasured books and stored them in plastic boxes in the garage and shed. At some point I will have to look though these again and discard what I can do without.

Louis Litt
Louis Litt
December 28, 2023 9:00 pm

BTW
Howard and Corrigans taking on the wharfie was one of the greatest efforts in Australian economic history.
You saw what happened.Compare that to the pilots strike – everyone was against the pilots and on the street the pilots job was easy, it was a joke really.
Ok smart arse you try to do that job, that includes you Hawke Keating and the entire labor party.
Great become a bank employee or join the entertainment reality bending industry.
You have just been Litt Up

Perfidious Albino
Perfidious Albino
December 28, 2023 9:01 pm

Cohenite – she seems to be wearing her briefs…

Wally Dalí
Wally Dalí
December 28, 2023 9:01 pm

Nope, I’ve never battered a fish fillet. Or a spud fillet either, for that matter…
Oily fish, mackerel, swordfish, herring, definite no-no.
Drier white fish and flake, or to make whiting go further, maybe.

Steve trickler
Steve trickler
December 28, 2023 9:03 pm

Making home made chips. Sea salts and pepper rule the roost. Anyone with variant recipes, feel free to chime in. I’ve got 50kg to get through.

Pogria
Pogria
December 28, 2023 9:04 pm

Salvo,
thank you for the support. It seems I am this evening’s winner of the JC Tombola. It’s been a while. I’ll get a book. I’ll need something to keep me occupied during the boring bits.

Johnny Rotten
December 28, 2023 9:08 pm

Fish and chips tomorrow as it’s FRY Day……………..lol

I will get down to Half Circular Quay and have a pint or two at the Paragon and then fish and chips. Luverleeeeee.

Pogria
Pogria
December 28, 2023 9:08 pm

Steve,
re your chip making, use animal fat. You can’t get the flavour or the crunch, any other way. And, make sure you use old crop, floury potatoes.

Megan
Megan
December 28, 2023 9:10 pm

I’ve taken delivery of the account, by the judge who headed the Royal Commission into the disaster.

Justice Peter Mahon. His big mistake was including the phrase ‘an orchestrated litany of lies’ in reference to AirNZ’s blatant cover up.

It seriously upset Piggy Muldoon and spelt the end of Mahon’s illustrious career. Shunned by colleagues. Long term friendships blown away. He was, it’s certain, a man of much honour.

There is a very interesting doco (Impact Erebus Two) of the work of Captain Gordon Vette who assisted Mahon. He refused to toe the company line and went deeply into the phenomenon of white-out that obscured Erebus even on a clear day and his work on psychological factors in the develop if cockpit management training.. Well worth a watch.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
December 28, 2023 9:11 pm

During Covid, the owners of a small supermarket near us in the Central Tablelands were more direct – their sign said “We do not serve anyone from Sydney” – or words to that effect.

There was an ugly side to it though.
We went over to a nearby town one day and witnessed a local moron abusing some old bloke sitting in the passenger seat of a car. “We don’t want no people from Shelbyville here!”. The old bloke obviously had dementia. I had a crack at this dickhead and he started having a go back at me.
Nek minnit, another very, very large bloke (who I assumed to be the old bloke’s son) turned up and enquired what this idiot’s problem was.
Things quietened down at that point.
Another day I heard some goose from our town ringing Nanny Neil Mitchell declaring that he knew people from Melbourne were in town.
“How do you know?” says Neil.
“By their numberplates” says dickhead.
“Huh?” says Neil.
“They have those things around their numberplates from Melbourne car dealers”.
Oh, right.
People like me who lived there and bought their car in Melbourne were furriners.
I took the dealer stickers off the car straight away. This moron sounded like he might key furriner cars or deflate tyres.
It was a variation on “Queensssland hostibals are for Queenssslanders”.

Salvatore, Iron Publican
December 28, 2023 9:11 pm

Louis Litt Dec 28, 2023 8:47 PM

Salvatore 26/12 @ 6:47pm

Salvatore agree with all you said except laying the blame for the decline of manufacturing on management.

I don’t disagree with you Louis, however that was not written by me.

You will note that at the top I state that I’m posting a comment that was written on Catallaxy about Eight years ago, to my embarrassment I’m unable to recall who is the author.

Katzenjammer
Katzenjammer
December 28, 2023 9:11 pm

pogria

By the way, I went to the old Jewish cemetery at Goulburn today that Katzenjammer had mentioned.

It’s deceptive. “Beautification” work in the 1980s totally altered the landscape. About a third of the names on the cairn are incorrect, and the flawed research in the 1980s didn’t discover others of the 32 burials known from later research. The trees planted in that 1980s project have all died from being waterlogged in the heavy rain year. A conservation management plan is currently being prepared to determine how to handle the cemetery for the future.

It’s one of only two exclusive historic Jewish cemeteries in NSW, Goulburn (burials 1844 to 1943) and Maitland (burials 1849 to 1934), both listed as state heritage sites.

Pogria
Pogria
December 28, 2023 9:12 pm
JC
JC
December 28, 2023 9:17 pm

Pogria, I didn’t believe your initial comment that the town was closed down and people needed permission to access their own homes -at least from an official point. I also found it irritating that you believe people with money should be so audacious as the want to spend it in anyway they wanted.

I don’t understand why you would take this so personally and then having to thank Driller out of spite.

Blogs are places were views and ideas are contested. If you don’t like that, then shove it.

JC
JC
December 28, 2023 9:18 pm

where..

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
December 28, 2023 9:20 pm

A select band of lawyers take a muscled approach to their briefs; literally. You’d be surprised at the effect of a flexing of the pecs and the popping of a couple of buttons can have on a Judge; especially a lady one.

Clearly you aren’t up with the latest in Court power dressing.
It’s the pantsuit, as worn by the Toad.

Johnny Rotten
December 28, 2023 9:21 pm

Blogs are places were views and ideas are contested. If you don’t like that, then shove it.

And as Mrs Stencho Pantyhose always says –

Sure.

Salvatore, Iron Publican
December 28, 2023 9:22 pm

Blogs are places were views and ideas are contested.

It would be of invaluable assistance to that philosophy were you to ever have an idea.

Pogria
Pogria
December 28, 2023 9:23 pm

Katzenjammer,
thankyou for telling me that. Obviously, I would have no way of knowing that. I saw the dead trees. I was thinking to myself that, if they can be removed, perhaps replaced a few with some trees or bushes from Israel.
A little foxy greeted me when I stepped out of my car. He was a very practised greeter. After I had made much of him, I looked at the tag on his collar. It stated, as much as I can recall, “please do not worry about me, I am not lost, I know my way home”.

Will the mistakes be rectified?

JC
JC
December 28, 2023 9:25 pm

It would be an invaluable assistance, if you STFU and stopped trolling around making pointless comments in an attempt to sound smart and sexy. You haven’t in the 15 years or so, you’ve trolled various blogs.

Wally Dalí
Wally Dalí
December 28, 2023 9:26 pm

Bill Grainger- “My Dhal”, one of the things I do which gets repeat requests
-2 tblspoons ghee, medium heat, small pan
Add-
-1 red onion, slcied fine but long bits
-big thumb of ginger, grated
-2 garlic cloves, grated
-1 large green chili, fine dice
-1 tsp sea salt
-1 tsp cumin, toasted and crushed a bit
Stir for 10 min, until onion is soft -add
-1 cup red lentils
-3 cups water- lower heat a bit, 20 min, until thick
Fold in 1 tbsp lime juice and chopped coriander stem
-bowl it up, olive oil on top and garnish w coriander leaves
Handle gently, magically textural, always delicious.

calli
calli
December 28, 2023 9:27 pm

Blogs are places were views and ideas are contested.

With what? An idle, lazy flick of the finger or with…you know..those things called arguments?

Winston Smith
December 28, 2023 9:29 pm

Louis Litt
Dec 28, 2023 9:00 PM
BTW

Howard and Corrigans taking on the wharfie was one of the greatest efforts in Australian economic history.
You saw what happened. Compare that to the pilots strike – everyone was against the pilots and on the street the pilots job was easy, it was a joke really.
Ok smart arse you try to do that job, that includes you Hawke Keating and the entire labor party.

I wouldn’t be a pilot for all the tea in China.
The shift work, the bureaucracy, the endless boring detail of keeping up with the endless frigging boring demands of the arseholes on a 9 – 5 job mentality, sod that for a lark.

Johnny Rotten
December 28, 2023 9:30 pm

Blogs are places were views

More poor Engrish. The word is ‘where’ not ‘were’. Back to school in February 2024 it seems.

All those billions of dollars spent on ‘Ejucashion’ and where is this country? Farked it would seem. LOL.

Cassie of Sydney
December 28, 2023 9:33 pm

“Apart from specific locusts/ And naturally a few rabbis can’t agree about which species they are.”

Katz, my understanding is that there is no rabbi alive today that would know.

Luzu
Luzu
December 28, 2023 9:34 pm

Diet – be it kosher or halal – does not confer spiritual grace. For food simply goes into and passes out of the body.

But it is what comes out of the heart and mouth that matters.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
December 28, 2023 9:35 pm

I wouldn’t be a pilot for all the tea in China.
The shift work,

Shift work?
Should planes only fly from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm and set down for lunch and morning tea.

the bureaucracy,

You mean, like following ATC directions?

the endless boring detail of keeping up with the endless frigging boring demands of the arseholes on a 9 – 5 job mentality, sod that for a lark.

Can you define what sort of demands you are talking about?

JC
JC
December 28, 2023 9:35 pm

With what? An idle, lazy flick of the finger or with…you know..those things called arguments?

This now counts as an argument nowadays too.

Johnny Rotten
Dec 28, 2023 9:30 PM

Blogs are places were views

More poor Engrish. The word is ‘where’ not ‘were’. Back to school in February 2024 it seems.

All those billions of dollars spent on ‘Ejucashion’ and where is this country? Farked it would seem. LOL.

Incredible contributions. And the upfingered salute went up even before the comment was posted. 🙂

Petros
Petros
December 28, 2023 9:37 pm

My grandmother lived in Rainbow St, Randwick. George Miller’s mum was a friend and they would catch up there. We visited as children. My mind’s eye has snapshots of her house and walking to Coogee beach. Australia was a good place in the seventies. Crikey it’s changed. Bloody depressing thinking about it.

Winston Smith
December 28, 2023 9:39 pm

JC:

Blogs are places were views and ideas are contested. If you don’t like that, then shove it.

Pardon me for thinking that this one was a place where you could scream abuse at people who disagreed with you, while sheltering behind the fact that no one was able to give you the hiding you obviously never got from your dad for being a prick.

Black Ball
Black Ball
December 28, 2023 9:40 pm

SFLs alert. Daily Telegraph:

The Kiama branch of the NSW Liberals has copped a jab in the party’s review of the failed 2023 state election with it branded as “deliberately non functional”.

The assessment comes after Liberal-turned-independent Gareth Ward won the seat for the fourth time, beating Labor opponent Katelin McInerney by fewer than 700 votes.

In 2019, Mr Ward polled a high watermark result of 62 per cent, however, the government minister moved to the crossbench after allegations of sexual misconduct arose.

Two days after the 2023 election, Mr Ward pleaded not guilty to sexual intercourse without consent, three counts of indecent assault and one of common assault, and he will face a trial in 2024.

Mr Ward’s situation left the party in a quandary as to whether they would run and candidate, and if so who, given the sitting MP retained strong support from the electorate’s Liberal members.

“In Kiama, a local independent member (a former Liberal) has been charged with offences yet to be heard in court,” the review states.

“Many local Liberals (including members of the state executive) strongly supported this person.”

The review notes five people nominated to replace Mr Ward – including Gail Morgan and former United Australia Party federal candidate Benjamin Britton – but the Kiama state executive committee did not convene to consider them.

“Secretariat attempts to have the SEC select a new Liberal candidate were delayed by a “deliberately non-functional” SEC. Five people nominated, but the Kiama SEC did not meet,” the review states.

Former Liberal Member for Holsworthy Melanie Gibbons was parachuted into Kiama less than three weeks prior to the election at the behest of Premier Dominic Perrottet.

Ms Gibbons finished with 12 per cent of the vote and told this publication her late inclusion made it difficult for Kiama’s blue core given the party prohibits members campaigning against their candidates.

“Putting me in as a candidate with 17 days to go would have made it hard for people already in [Mr Ward’s] campaign,” she said.

“He wasn’t running against a Liberal until near the end of the campaign. They weren’t just supporting him during the campaign, they were supporting him for 12 years – that’s tough.”

The review also claims the Kiama SEC raised zero funds post the 2019 election and it had “no mechanism to manage conflicts of interest in the SEC”.

A Liberal member told this publication they agreed there were not “mechanisms in place to deal with conflicts of interest” adding it was “something the party needs to sort out”.

The member said the party’s sole aim in Kiama was to prevent a Labor win and they knew Mr Ward was the man to deliver such an outcome.

“The strategy was to deprive Labor of the seat,” they said.

“We knew Gareth Ward was the person to do that, but the way it was done could have gone in different ways.”

Mr Ward said he had not read the review as it was “a matter for the Liberal Party”.

Kiama SEC president Mark Croxford also declined to comment.

A dog’s breakfast. FMD

Johnny Rotten
December 28, 2023 9:40 pm

Incredible contributions. And the upfingered salute went up even before the comment was posted. ?

LOL. Not only should you get to SpecSavers but you should see a Doctor of some sort.

You have paranoia written all over your Fat Face. Not a good look at all.

Johnny Rotten
December 28, 2023 9:43 pm

Pardon me for thinking that this one was a place where you could scream abuse at people who disagreed with you, while sheltering behind the fact that no one was able to give you the hiding you obviously never got from your dad for being a prick.

And so very well said Sir. But then again, did Junior Cretin ever know his/her/its/whatever Dad?

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
December 28, 2023 9:43 pm

Reference earlier today to Warner and his sandpaper antics.
Truth is, ball tampering was invented by Poms going back as far as Trueman, mainly because they couldn’t get the Kooka to swing in Australia.
The thing is, the Aussies refused to jack up about it because Bradman and his pals didn’t want to make a fuss with the egg and bacon tie chaps at Lords.
This persisted with the ACB long after Bradman shuffled off.

Winston Smith
December 28, 2023 9:45 pm

Sancho – deliberately misreading what I wrote is standard for you.
No reasonable person would assume what you said is what I meant.
Don’t you have any better tricks?

Salvatore, Iron Publican
December 28, 2023 9:45 pm

JC Dec 28, 2023 9:25 PM
It would be an invaluable assistance, if you STFU …

I see the ‘ideas man’ isn’t exactly getting his material from meetings of clandestine philosophy clubs in Paris.

JC
JC
December 28, 2023 9:48 pm

Am I a prick, Turtehead or just a simple soul that doesn’t tolerate stupid people, outright frauds, or crooks? Now that you’re engaging me again. Your most recent comment is really stupid.

I understand that piloting may not suit you, but “perhaps” not for the reason you suggested. Did you consider the fact that a commercial pilot (of a heavy jet) requires a minimum IQ level, which you’ve never exhibited? I presume you’re referring to commercial airline pilots?

Also

I wouldn’t be a pilot for all the tea in China.
The shift work, the bureaucracy, the endless boring detail of keeping up with the endless frigging boring demands of the arseholes on a 9 – 5 job mentality, sod that for a lark.

Forgive me for asking, but doesn’t the above exactly describe (male) nursing?

bons
bons
December 28, 2023 9:49 pm

Christmas this year was our Darby and Joan event as the kids all reported to the in-laws.

It was actually lovely. Oysters mid afternoon, seafood later. and a planned flight up to the farm in the evening transporting Madam’s production line output of magnifjicant summer fruit pies.

An embarrassed pilot called to announce that he was a touch, a-hum, please blow in the bag sir, and couldn’ take us.

No problem The pies were for our district Boxing Day get together which we have come to treasure.

A fantastic day with bush families. It wasn’t a case of banning woke rubbish, it simply did not exist within the paradigm. Real world matters predominated. (Psst – don’t mention Bowen).

Salvatore, Iron Publican
December 28, 2023 9:50 pm

Am I a prick, Turtehead

You are a prick.

JC
JC
December 28, 2023 9:50 pm

I see the ‘ideas man’ isn’t exactly getting his material from meetings of clandestine philosophy clubs in Paris.

Nor from a broken down motel on Mud Island.

Salvatore, Iron Publican
December 28, 2023 9:52 pm

Did you consider the fact that a commercial pilot (of a heavy jet) requires a minimum IQ level

Wow. Commercial pilots have to sit an IQ test to get their flying licence.

Not many people know that.

Cassie of Sydney
December 28, 2023 9:55 pm

The NSW Liberal Party shamefully judged Gareth Ward guilty before any trial had taken place, and tossed him out of the party.

The electors of Kiama judged Gareth Ward innocent until proven guilty, and accordingly they reelected him.

I was not surprised Ward won the seat again. Apparently he is a popular and well liked member. His treatment by Parrothead/Kean and others, in the dying days of the NSW Liberal government, was shameful.

Methinks the voters of Kiama got it right in March 2023.

JC
JC
December 28, 2023 9:55 pm

Salvatore, Iron Publican
Dec 28, 2023 9:52 PM

Another pointless comment.

Wally Dalí
Wally Dalí
December 28, 2023 9:58 pm

I wouldn’t be a pilot for all the tea in China.
I’d put up with it, for the amount of bonking which apparently comes with the epaulettes.

Salvatore, Iron Publican
December 28, 2023 9:59 pm

JC Dec 28, 2023 9:55 PM
Another pointless comment.

Translation: You’re red faced from having posted something you now suspect you’ll not be able to provide a source.

You’re judging by your own standards. You may have a tendency to latch onto a peripheral aspect & badger it to death believing you’re proving something.

Actually: There’s a widespread contumelious disregard for your commentary.
Nobody is much interested in dissecting your poorly thought out drivel looking for a peripheral gotcha.

JC
JC
December 28, 2023 10:01 pm

Salvatore, Iron Publican
Dec 28, 2023 9:59 PM

Mind reading in combo with another pointless, useless comment.

Johnny Rotten
December 28, 2023 10:03 pm

Sancho Panzer
Dec 28, 2023 9:43 PM

Mrs Stencho Pantyhose. Even if that was true. Why did the dickhead Aussies cheat when there were so many cameras around the Ground? Are some Aussie cricket players thick these daze? Or greedy? Or stupid? Or dumb?

Please get back to me in due course with your considered response. And please don’t blame it on those old excuses………………

Katzenjammer
Katzenjammer
December 28, 2023 10:05 pm

pogria – re the Jewish cemetery at Goulburn

Future ideas include interpretive info panels about the congregation and the cemetery, and a memorial for the unmarked graves. Heritage issues often needs to consider reasons for significance and against that what should and can be preserved. The 1980s “overlay” of the landscaping enters a lot of complications where it’s unrelated to the usage of the site in the time of the congregation. The trees all need to be removed, and the whole surrounding valley is earmarked by the council for industrial development. Landscaping will need to take into consideration how the cemetery sits in that changed environment.

Because you’re in the district and maybe interested in local history, please make contact if you want to be kept informed about it. A website for a few pioneer period cemeteries was established recently for the Friends of Goulburn Historic Cemeteries by a volunteer, funded by a funeral company. of Goulburn
https://www.goulburnhistoriccemeteries.org/

JC
JC
December 28, 2023 10:05 pm

Actually: There’s a widespread contumelious disregard for your commentary.

You’ve most certainly never shown a “contumelious disregard” and neither are your two amigos.

Have you ever had an original thought, Driller? Juan Peron started that nonsense and you’ve quickly latched on like the unoriginal bullshit artist you’ve always been.

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
December 28, 2023 10:06 pm

There is a very interesting doco (Impact Erebus Two) of the work of Captain Gordon Vette who assisted Mahon.

Thank you very much, indeed, Megan. I’m bookmarking that doco, to watch later.

Pogria
Pogria
December 28, 2023 10:08 pm

Salvo,
“contumelious”, what an absolutely cromulent word!
Seriously, I have never seen or heard that word before.
Will definitely add it to my conversations. 😀

Salvatore, Iron Publican
December 28, 2023 10:08 pm

We’re swamped in “ideas” by the soul who suggested we all swap ideas.
He’s real jet-pilot level IQ so far. Impressive.

Rabz
December 28, 2023 10:08 pm

Cass – so you’re saying Garth* Ward got “me-too’d”?

And no Cats – I have no o’pinion on the matter, except that he’s a gliberal member.

Sky certainly didn’t take long to unceremoniously punt him once the allegedlee alleged allegations became public.

But, yeah – Teats Peanuthead.

*Deliberate

Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
December 28, 2023 10:09 pm

If I was a pilot, I wouldn’t even bother with flight plans.

I’d fly under bridges, take detours en route to destinations to look at things I wanted to look at and fly as high or as low as I liked.

I bet I wouldn’t get into trouble either. Everyone would applaud me, especially the hundreds of other pilots taking off from or landing at the places I was supposed to go.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
December 28, 2023 10:11 pm

Winston Smith

Dec 28, 2023 9:45 PM

Sancho – deliberately misreading what I wrote is standard for you

I quoted your own words back at you.
Verbatim.
I think when the words were pulled apart and questioned it illustrated that the original statement was really quite silly.

Pogria
Pogria
December 28, 2023 10:13 pm

Katzenjammer,
I was planning to email tomorrow. Am genuinely interested in seeing how it goes. I have a nursery background, one of my many former lives, and may be of help if you need volunteers on the gardening part.

JC
JC
December 28, 2023 10:14 pm

Will definitely add it to my conversations.

Bookmmark it. You might forget. He uses it every day.

——-

We’re swamped in “ideas” by the soul who suggested we all swap ideas.
He’s real jet-pilot level IQ so far. Impressive.

Appreciate the kind words, Driller.

Wally Dalí
Wally Dalí
December 28, 2023 10:16 pm

If I was a pilot
Ahem, if I were a pilot
Ground crew for you. Low IQ bad grammer folk don’t get a look in the cockpit.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
December 28, 2023 10:16 pm

Knuckle Dragger

Dec 28, 2023 10:09 PM

If I was a pilot, I wouldn’t even bother with flight plans.

I’d fly under bridges, take detours en route to destinations to look at things I wanted to look at and fly as high or as low as I liked.

Golly gosh!
You’d be a free-range Biggles if it wasn’t for all this blasted red-tape!

Katzenjammer
Katzenjammer
December 28, 2023 10:17 pm

Cassie

Katz, my understanding is that there is no rabbi alive today that would know.

At least we have a valid objection to not eating fried spiders and cockroach laksa. But a dragonfy on a slice of cucumber and a petunia petal on a jatz bikkie could look quite appertising.

JC
JC
December 28, 2023 10:17 pm

I quoted your own words back at you.
Verbatim.


If you do that, then it’s obviously a lie, according to our Caribbean turtle.

Rabz
December 28, 2023 10:20 pm

I bet I wouldn’t get into trouble either

Until the eschewing of the knives and forks …

One can only fly so close the Sun, KD, or in your case, too low to the groond … 😕

Johnny Rotten
December 28, 2023 10:20 pm

JC
Dec 28, 2023 9:48 PM
Am I a prick, Turtehead or just a simple soul that doesn’t tolerate stupid people, outright frauds, or crooks? Now that you’re engaging me again. Your most recent comment is really stupid.

You are the farking crook on this website. So crooked that you could not lay down straight in bed.

Every time it is you who starts the ‘Argy Bargy’ and NEVER owns up to it. Maybe because you have a mental problem of some sort. Who knows?

Anyway, you should STFU and let others have their say here.

“Blogs are places were views and ideas are contested”

Did you really post that with the wrong ‘were’ instead of ‘where’? And you are supposed to be Edjucated in Sictoria.? Good grief. This country is farked if that is the case with Dick heads like you running around the place.

Well, what are you going to do when a load of Posters contest you? Abuse them as usual? You T.W.A.T.

Well, we don’t tolerate simple people like you. So Fark off now and don’t come back.

.

Wally Dalí
Wally Dalí
December 28, 2023 10:22 pm

Nikki, Tulsi, Candace- on yer bikes.
Trump’s running mate will be Ivanka Trump.
You know I’m right.

JC
JC
December 28, 2023 10:22 pm

Wally Dalí
Dec 28, 2023 10:16 PM

If I was a pilot
Ahem, if I were a pilot
Ground crew for you. Low IQ bad grammer folk don’t get a look in the cockpit.

Was, were, where. How does good grammar help when someone is posting random paras?

Salvatore, Iron Publican
December 28, 2023 10:23 pm

Every time it is you who starts the ‘Argy Bargy’ and NEVER owns up to it.

To own up to something, a male first has to be a man.
That is sufficient information to work out why “prick” doesn’t own up.

Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
December 28, 2023 10:24 pm

Ahem, if I were a pilot

That sounds like some sorta fancy book larnin’ thing.

It’s only flying a plane packed with fuel and people. Free speech! Murica! Straya! Army tanks!

Rabz
December 28, 2023 10:25 pm
Rabz
December 28, 2023 10:30 pm

When brunette womanages are just the best – Gold they, are …

Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
December 28, 2023 10:31 pm

Well, we don’t tolerate simple people like you

Who is ‘we’?

Also, what does T.W.A.T. stand for? It’s an abbreviation, Dr Grammarly.

JC
JC
December 28, 2023 10:35 pm

Johnny Rotten
Dec 28, 2023 10:20 PM

Woddenhead.

You’re self describing. You become introspective like this when you’re drunk, which appears to be most of the day now.

Frank
Frank
December 28, 2023 10:36 pm

The reforms have been criticised by business and religious groups for creating a lopsided litigation environment that will invite a wave of unmeritorious lawsuits by saddling employers with the burden of paying an applicant’s costs if just a single aspect of the claim is upheld.

Doesn’t make a lot of sense to hire a woman all of a sudden.

Salvatore, Iron Publican
December 28, 2023 10:37 pm

You become introspective like this when you’re drunk, which appears to be most of the day now.

Accusing others of what you’re doing yourself is a quaint attempt at deflection.

JC
JC
December 28, 2023 10:37 pm

To own up to something, a male first has to be a man.
That is sufficient information to work out why “prick” doesn’t own up.

As a pub owner?

Rabz
December 28, 2023 10:38 pm

brunette womanages are just the best

Except when there’s a bit o’ li’l Miss Vlaardingerbroekage goin’ on, Cats! 🙂

JC
JC
December 28, 2023 10:39 pm

Accusing others of what you’re doing yourself is a quaint attempt at deflection.

Dual introspection now.

Perfidious Albino
Perfidious Albino
December 28, 2023 10:45 pm

I think the Don is intentionally keeping Ivanka out of the picture as much as possible now to keep her physically safe and as an option for a future candidacy. Don Jnr not so much, I hope they travel separately.

Salvatore, Iron Publican
December 28, 2023 10:45 pm

Frank Dec 28, 2023 10:36 PM

Frank, that was in the paper on Boxing Day.
It defies belief that the ALP could be that ruddy stupid.

Johnny Rotten
December 28, 2023 10:46 pm

JC
Dec 28, 2023 10:35 PM

You do need to try harder. You Mafioso bully and crook.

And BTW my English is way better than yours. Lucky that they let me in the country to help teach the locals.

Pogria
Pogria
December 28, 2023 10:48 pm

Upthread there was talk about bolognese with milk added. Traditional bolognese has no milk. It actually has very few ingredients. Bolognese has been around since before tomatoes came to Italy. It is, at its most basic, minced or finely chopped meat, can be a combination of meats, browned, with onion, garlic was optional, stock if available, salt and pepper. Onions sauteed, meat browned, stock, water if needed, perhaps a splash of wine, then very slowly simmered, often overnight. A modern modification is a spoon or two of tomato paste.

Milk in bolognese is a relatively recent concept. It does add a silky smoothness to the sauce and made it more palatable for children. Milk is also used to soak stale bread that is then used in meatballs.

I had been trying to replicate a smooth, creamy tomato soup I had enjoyed, for ages. Tried all sorts of recipes, but none were quite what I wanted. Finally chanced across the ONE! Once you have made your basic soup of onions, sugo, stock and seasonings, you simmer a couple of potatoes in the soup. Then blitz it ’til smooth. That was it! The spuds gave it the creamy smoothness I had never been able to replicate.
I experimented further one day and used Kumara instead of spuds. Added a splash of Balsamic, and a new star was born. Use whatever seasonings you enjoy, add anchovies, mmmmmmm. If you want to add dairy, but keep kosher/pareve, use veg stock instead of beef etc.

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
December 28, 2023 10:49 pm

Ground crew for you. Low IQ bad grammer folk don’t get a look in the cockpit.

Supposed to have been a Lufthansa pilot, way back when, who lost his temper about having to speak English to the control tower at Frankfurt.

“I an a German national, flying an aircraft registered to a German airline, over German territory. Why should I have to speak English, to the tower?”

A veddy, veddy pukka, cut glass English accent cut in

“Because, my deah fellow, your side lost the fooking war!”

JC
JC
December 28, 2023 10:51 pm

Let’s summarize

1. Pogria threw a hissyfit when questioned about the outlandish claim Byron Bay was closed down in the 90s

2, Driller checked the syns page for “scorn” (on Google) and came up with a new word. Pogs was thrilled. There’s love in the air.

3. Turtlehead calls me a prick for some reason

4. Waffle finds a gram error.

5. The limey crook wants to remain relevant and is therefore very critical of a mispelled word.

6. Turtlehead reckons piloting is for losers.

Indolent
Indolent
December 28, 2023 10:52 pm

If Viktorgrad peasants tolerate this anti-gas crap, then they are dumber than I thought.

What about a whole industry – manufactured stone – being destroyed by the stroke of a pen. Has there been any pushback about that?

Johnny Rotten
December 28, 2023 10:53 pm

You become introspective like this when you’re drunk, which appears to be most of the day now.

My goodness. Your powers of perception are amazing. Just by dribbling on your keyboard you are able to make such stupid comments.

Figures from a Fat Mafioso Bully and Pompous Windbag such as your self.

So, are you ready to be contested by loads of Posters on this Blog and to NOT abuse them?

No. I didn’t think so.

Frank
Frank
December 28, 2023 10:54 pm

Wonder why it came to be known as the cockpit.

Pogria
Pogria
December 28, 2023 10:56 pm

I’m reading my book.

Johnny Rotten
December 28, 2023 10:56 pm

JC
Dec 28, 2023 10:51 PM
Let’s summarize

As in. Let us summarise without a z –

You are a Pompous Windbag.

JC
JC
December 28, 2023 10:58 pm

You do need to try harder. You Mafioso bully and crook.

Funny that, I don’t continually post bilge from a convicted fraud and defend doing so as well as referring to the criminal as a “top bloke”.

And BTW my English is way better than yours. Lucky that they let me in the country to help teach the locals.

I left out the “h” in “where”, which was subsequently corrected a comment or two below and he’s been making hay out of it ever since.

The most insightful, thoughtful thinker here.

A privilege to have him.

Rabz
December 28, 2023 11:00 pm

Yet another contretemps, Cats! 🙁

Well sod that – let’s have some Pretenders:

Stop your Sobbin‘ …
Talk o’ the Town

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
December 28, 2023 11:03 pm

Daily Mail. I’d say the Israelis just about had this bloke..

Hamas military commander known as ‘The Shadow’ is pictured for the first time in years as IDF manhunt rages on: Terror suspect is ‘missing both legs, an arm and an eye’

Muhammad Deif, the commander of the Hamas military wing, the Qassam Brigades, has been on Israel’s most-wanted list since 1995
On Wednesday, Israel’s Channel 12 television station broadcast a new photo of Deif – the first new picture of him in years
The photo was found in Gaza, and it was unclear when it was taken: an IDF spokesman refused to say whether they believed they were close to finding him

Salvatore, Iron Publican
December 28, 2023 11:03 pm

1. Pogria threw a hissyfit when questioned about the outlandish claim Byron Bay was closed down in the 90s

No, you thundered that this is not possible & announced that hippies blocking roads is illegal & road users are entitled to plough straight on through.

We look forward to you demonstrating this “right to use the road” when hippies next block a road in Melbourne.
No need to tell us how is works out for you, Channel 9 News will do a more than adequate job of that.

Salvatore, Iron Publican
December 28, 2023 11:05 pm

2, Driller checked the syns page for “scorn” (on Google) and came up with a new word. Pogs was thrilled. There’s love in the air.

You learned a new word & assume, like a Downs Syndrome patient, that if you don’t know or use a word then nobody else does either.

Jet-pilot level IQ.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
December 28, 2023 11:06 pm

The most insightful, thoughtful thinker here.

A privilege to have him.

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… LOL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Salvatore, Iron Publican
December 28, 2023 11:08 pm

3. Turtlehead calls me a prick for some reason

Total mystery why anybody would call you that.

JC
JC
December 28, 2023 11:08 pm

1. Pogria threw a hissyfit when questioned about the outlandish claim Byron Bay was closed down in the 90s

No

Yes.

And you’re a dishonest fraud.

Salvatore, Iron Publican
December 28, 2023 11:09 pm

4. Waffle finds a gram error.

If you ceased making such errors, they wouldn’t be able to be found.

Rabz
December 28, 2023 11:10 pm
Salvatore, Iron Publican
December 28, 2023 11:10 pm

5. The limey crook wants to remain relevant and is therefore very critical of a mispelled word.

Translation: You’re smarting at being identified as this site’s worst speller.

JC
JC
December 28, 2023 11:11 pm

Salvatore, Iron Publican
Dec 28, 2023 11:09 PM

Another pointless comment.

Salvatore, Iron Publican
December 28, 2023 11:12 pm

6. Turtlehead reckons piloting is for losers.

At last, in idea to “discuss”.

JC
JC
December 28, 2023 11:13 pm

Sanchez

You missed a dot on that last comment. Careful, because someone will pick you up on it.

Salvatore, Iron Publican
December 28, 2023 11:15 pm

And you’re a dishonest fraud.

Oh dear, your tourettes has relapsed into another outburst.
Despite years of rattling on, you’ve never demonstrated either a fraud or dishonesty.
(a fancy way of saying you’ve proved to be full of shit)

This is tiresome. So unimaginative. You’ve no new material.
Just like Hamas, fire rocket, get belted by Israel, fire rocket, get belted harder by Israel, etc.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
December 28, 2023 11:16 pm

JC

Dec 28, 2023 11:13 PM

Sanchez

You missed a dot on that last comment. Careful, because someone will pick you up on it.

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… LOL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

JC
JC
December 28, 2023 11:18 pm

That’s better.

JC
JC
December 28, 2023 11:22 pm

Driller

Stop trying to sound intelligent. It doesn’t work and never has. It’s also really unpleasant to watch.

Salvatore, Iron Publican
December 28, 2023 11:30 pm

JC Dec 28, 2023 11:22 PM

Are you intelligent? I don’t mean super smart Jet-pilot level intelligent (of course) nobody would expect you to be that smart.

Intelligence manifesting itself as continual unhinged personal abuse…. mmm yeah, nah. Not doing much to help the outside observer believe there’s any intelligence there.

JC
JC
December 28, 2023 11:38 pm

Are you intelligent?

Unhinged is someone trolling into other people’s conversations, making pointless comments and then acting hurt because it’s shown to be so. Really unhinged is pretending to own a pub and lying about it for 20 years. That’s some levels even above obnoxious blowharding.

You’re boring now, so have to last word.
Go!

Wally Dalí
Wally Dalí
December 28, 2023 11:41 pm

Bologna is a good marker- south, milk appears in ragu, which is beef based- north, it’s pork n beans.
Ragu al’la Bolognese- literally, meat sauce as like the Bologna peeps- definitely milk in.
Italy’s not a real country, anyway.

Salvatore, Iron Publican
December 28, 2023 11:43 pm

Really unhinged is pretending to own a pub and lying about it for 20 years.

Has anybody ever done that? Do you know of anybody who’s ever done that?

You’re into hypotheticals? Do carry on, this can go wherever you want it to.
(As with anything that you makeup as you go)

Wally Dalí
Wally Dalí
December 28, 2023 11:48 pm

“That’s been our theory of the case throughout”
White House speak with forked tongue. I hope someone in the MSM has the humility to call them out.

JC
JC
December 28, 2023 11:51 pm

Wally

Every town or region has a unique method for preparing meat sauce. The catch-all for meat sauces with a tomato basis is bologna sauce. According to a recent article in the Oz, bologna sauce is the most popular home-cooked meal in Australia. Every household has their own unique recipe for creating it, which can even be made without milk! Would you believe that? No milk.

Italy’s not a real country, anyway.

Why, because you say so?

Wally Dalí
Wally Dalí
December 28, 2023 11:52 pm

Hey, I know what I can waffle about- Movies I’ve been forced to watch!

MatrixTransform
December 28, 2023 11:58 pm

a village in Tuscany called Pitigliano

ah … i missed my chance to visit with Mum and Aldo

trust me, there was little left of kosher in the old man

he’d eat the fat before he ate the bacon

H B Bear
H B Bear
December 29, 2023 12:01 am

Jamie Oliver. Are you serious? Wanker City. Every Chef reckons that..

Before becoming famous Oliver did time with an Italian guy and I think at River Cafe. The stuff he does now is just rubbish – ask Uncle Roger.

Wally Dalí
Wally Dalí
December 29, 2023 12:19 am

Barbie.
First up- if it weren’t for Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, it would be a lite ham baguette de merde. There is essentially no plot- i would bet that it was largely improvised, and cut down to scenes what got test audience titters.
The opening scene where young girls smash dolls after being mesmerised by yuge, camp Barbie apparition is totes satanic. Helen Mirren, who seeps in and out of narration in a way which I’m sure she’s embarrased about, seems oblivious that girls have merely swapped infantile dolls which they play with, feed, dress and dream about an incarnation of, with a sexually mature doll which they play with, feed, dress, and dream about an incarnation of. I wonder, the Lesbian lobby must be all for this, not to mention the depopulation mob.
(And now they shop for their dolls. Or, get their providers to shop for them. Endlessly. There’s a scene later where “iconic” outfits are displayed and named in a series, to all intents like pop-up ads on Ebay).
Ken wants Barbie, even though he doesn’t really know why. He wants her attention, her praise, her presence in for a sleepover. It’s not sexual per se, it’s really more the yearning of a boy for his mother. Is it meant to portray Ken, archetype male, as essentially immature? He’s definitely a figure of fun, I think the actors have fun with it. The Barbie population has triumphs of shafting the Kens straight after they’ve committed to monogamous relationships, and triumph again by having an engineered low-turnout vote for the Toyland constitution. More weird than profound. If it’s metaphorical, it’s too vague to “zing”.
Much is made of Barbie crying tears when she faces the real world, to her tender amazement. Whereas Ken cries in Toyland, constantly.
I think Margot Robbie does the real-world scenes sans make-up.
Ryan Gosling is too much of a character- ie, wrinkly- to pull off Ken. Next to asian ageless Ken Jong Un and some bloke called Alan who is plumply gay, he looks like suede next to silk. But, he has all the best lines, or, as I suspect the improv, he’s written himself into what should be top billing.
The day-noo-mont of the fillum has Margo Barbie rejecting the predestination of Man and Wife, espousing eternal singledom… and going to a gynaecologist.
Deeply weird.

JC
JC
December 29, 2023 12:19 am

Italy’s not a real country, anyway.

Of course it’s a country. It was a country at the time of Christ, actually even before. Italy, or Rome (as it was known) was a country, unified by the Romans 200 or 300 years before His birth. When the Roman empire fell it was broken up and took a long long to regroup.

MatrixTransform
December 29, 2023 12:20 am

Am I a prick

does a snake’s fart raise dust?

Wally Dalí
Wally Dalí
December 29, 2023 12:23 am

According to a recent article in the Oz
yeah… I win.

JC
JC
December 29, 2023 12:25 am

The originalist makes a dash from family stories and recipes to general trolling.

Fair Shake
Fair Shake
December 29, 2023 12:26 am

Fish and chips tomorrow as it’s FRY Day……………..lol

On our way to Yorke Peninsula SA for a holiday stay with friends. Decided to leave surf board behind this trip. The Oz reporting a teenager was taken at the surf beach I would normally go to. Taken by 4m Great White when he was with about 20 other surfers. Ouch! Thats a really downer for his festive season.

In his honour fish and chips tomorrow.

JC
JC
December 29, 2023 12:27 am

According to a recent article in the Oz
yeah… I win.

You win because you believe the story told Bolognese sauce is the most popular home dish in Australia is wrong? Why so?

MatrixTransform
December 29, 2023 12:39 am

hey JC … down-ticks are gamed right?

tosser

MatrixTransform
December 29, 2023 12:41 am

queue the spazz- chuck

MatrixTransform
December 29, 2023 12:42 am

that’s the way JC … backspace

JC
JC
December 29, 2023 12:43 am

Both are, Trans. Both those pointing up and down. What’s your pointless point anyway, genius?

MatrixTransform
December 29, 2023 12:43 am

try to think of something witty

MatrixTransform
December 29, 2023 12:44 am

c’mon … you can do it

JC
JC
December 29, 2023 12:45 am

Try? I’d sound like you crashing every time.

John H.
John H.
December 29, 2023 12:49 am

Here’s How Super Hornets Just Shot Down Houthi Drones

Who thought that the US Navy might able to stop those incredibly advanced Houthi Drones? One pilot took out 5 drones.

JC
JC
December 29, 2023 12:55 am

John H

There’s one thing about the US military that a lot of people don’t appear to understand. It’s remarkably adept at innovating on the go. Adapting to sudden need for change is something its mastered.

MatrixTransform
December 29, 2023 12:55 am

Both are

loL

g’night fnuckwit

JC
JC
December 29, 2023 1:00 am

More pity trolling tomorrow?

John H.
John H.
December 29, 2023 1:05 am

JC
Dec 29, 2023 12:55 AM
John H

There’s one thing about the US military that a lot of people don’t appear to understand. It’s remarkably adept at innovating on the go. Adapting to sudden need for change is something its mastered.

While people were fretting and dreaming up the worst we knew the USA
would find a solution. I’m tired of people arguing the US military is weak and ineffectual.

In the USA there are 3 projects to develop hypersonic recoverable aircraft flying. Prototypes with engines combing turbo fan, RAM, and SCRAM with continuous rotating combustion. Those engines will revolutionise military aircraft by combining incredible speed with much longer ranges at higher altitudes. The biggest problem with these aircraft will be the limited physiological ability of humans to cope with that level of performance.

JC
JC
December 29, 2023 1:09 am

John H

Do you think they would have reasonable imaging where the bulk of their missile assets are by now?

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
December 29, 2023 1:11 am

JC

Dec 29, 2023 12:25 AM

The originalist makes a dash from family stories and recipes to general trolling.

… lol.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
December 29, 2023 1:15 am

(Dover asked me to ease up on the dotting and LOLing. It is slowing the site down).

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
December 29, 2023 1:18 am

JC

Dec 29, 2023 1:00 AM

More pity trolling tomorrow?

Maybe we need a special “Woe is me Melancholia” thread?

Bourne1879
Bourne1879
December 29, 2023 1:18 am

An ace in one flight.

“One pilot took out 5 drones”

John H.
John H.
December 29, 2023 1:22 am

JC
Dec 29, 2023 1:09 AM
John H

Do you think they would have reasonable imaging where the bulk of their missile assets are by now?

Don’t know JC. Satellites are over-rated. The US probably has the assets but those little drones are easily hidden and can be launched from anywhere.

That doesn’t matter so much because modern radars are very capable of detecting small slow moving drones and drones are very easy targets. The biggest problem is the expense. They could be shot down with cannons on the F18s but they are using missiles, all of which are much more expensive than the drones, most US missiles in millions, sidewinders $400,000 each. However air to air missiles have a limited shelf life and the USA has thousands of missiles. It is estimated that USA has 14,000 AMRAAMS and those missiles have already been superseded by the meteor and AIM 260. It was laughable to read people arguing the USA was depleting its munition stocks. Ukraine’s HIMARS could go for years shooting AMRAAMS and probably will because the USA will now transition to the 260 and Peregrine missiles.

JC
JC
December 29, 2023 1:22 am

Sancho Panzer
Dec 29, 2023 1:15 AM

(Dover asked me to ease up on the dotting and LOLing. It is slowing the site down).

Doesn’t that mean that the Woddenhead would “suffer” that restriction too? The crook is blasting the site with (self-laughing) dots 23/7 (it appears sleeps for an hour a day).

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
December 29, 2023 1:25 am

Doesn’t that mean that the Woddenhead would “suffer” that restriction too? The crook is blasting the site with (self-laughing) dots 23/7 (it appears sleeps for an hour a day).

Look, it’s got to do with respect for the blog owner.
It’s an arrogant Pommy git thing, innit?

JC
JC
December 29, 2023 1:29 am

Don’t know JC. Satellites are over-rated. The US probably has the assets but those little drones are easily hidden and can be launched from anywhere.

Sure, but there is a radius from where they can be launched and the imaging wouldn’t be used to track down drones, but from the likely places where they’re launched. Eventually, they have to be taken out, I guess.

Should the US be arming the South to the teeth now?

Bourne1879
Bourne1879
December 29, 2023 1:33 am

Headline below from the Australian. Gee, I hope ASIO can redeploy some of their resources from the Melbourne Neo Nazis who like to play dress up. Looks like the Israeli Australians causing trouble again.

“Hezbollah and Israel: Security agencies on martyr alert at home”.

Oh wait. Could be those “religion of peace” types.

JC
JC
December 29, 2023 1:38 am

Look, it’s got to do with respect for the blog owner.

The limey crook shows an inordinate amount of respect to Marty-the-fraud though.

It’s an arrogant Pommy git thing, innit?

It’s the old limey chip on both shoulders showing through. He definitely has issues. He was proudly boasting about drinking at around 4 in the morning. Perfectly normal behavior. Shouldn’t turn heads at all.

John H.
John H.
December 29, 2023 1:49 am

JC
Dec 29, 2023 1:29 AM
Don’t know JC. Satellites are over-rated. The US probably has the assets but those little drones are easily hidden and can be launched from anywhere.

Sure, but there is a radius from where they can be launched and the imaging wouldn’t be used to track down drones, but from the likely places where they’re launched. Eventually, they have to be taken out, I guess.

Should the US be arming the South to the teeth now?

Drones can be launched from anywhere. The whole fracas about this was yet another example of people being sucked in by media reports declaring the end of life as we know it. Escitalopram might help.

Steve trickler
Steve trickler
December 29, 2023 2:03 am

JC
Dec 28, 2023 8:38 PM

If you eat a lot of calories you’re going to become fat and exercise isn’t going to compensate because big eaters will never do enough exercise. Except you of course.

—–

I can eat whatever I want and not put on a gram of fat. Weird.

My metabolic state is unusual.

John H.
John H.
December 29, 2023 2:24 am

Steve trickler
Dec 29, 2023 2:03 AM
JC
Dec 28, 2023 8:38 PM

If you eat a lot of calories you’re going to become fat and exercise isn’t going to compensate because big eaters will never do enough exercise. Except you of course.

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I can eat whatever I want and not put on a gram of fat. Weird.

My metabolic state is unusual.

I’ve known people like you. They shite me to tears because I can look at a cookie … . Perhaps you have a much higher percentage of brown fat than the rest of us, or a higher basal metabolic rate, or an APOE 2 genotype. I’m guessing, you are lucky.

Steve trickler
Steve trickler
December 29, 2023 3:03 am

John H.
Dec 29, 2023 2:24 AM

____

Lucky?

Psoriasis is giving me grief at the moment. The new wonder drugs from Big-Pharma have about two pages of side effects … f*ck that.

It’s a battle.

John H.
John H.
December 29, 2023 3:42 am

Steve trickler
Dec 29, 2023 3:03 AM
John H.
Dec 29, 2023 2:24 AM

____

Lucky?

Psoriasis is giving me grief at the moment. The new wonder drugs from Big-Pharma have about two pages of side effects … f*ck that.

It’s a battle.

I stand corrected. That’s a bummer Steve.

At least think about trying the drugs. Side effect listings include everything, even ones that occur in a very few people. Experiment, see what happens.

Steve trickler
Steve trickler
December 29, 2023 3:56 am

John H.
Dec 29, 2023 3:42 AM

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I’ll go back to the topical steroids.

Tom
Tom
December 29, 2023 4:00 am
Tom
Tom
December 29, 2023 4:01 am
Tom
Tom
December 29, 2023 4:03 am
Tom
Tom
December 29, 2023 4:05 am
Tom
Tom
December 29, 2023 4:06 am
Tom
Tom
December 29, 2023 4:08 am
Tom
Tom
December 29, 2023 4:10 am
Tom
Tom
December 29, 2023 4:11 am
rosie
rosie
December 29, 2023 5:55 am
johanna
johanna
December 29, 2023 6:05 am

Been watching some Classic Countdown, with mixed results. This edition was about the 80s.

It became very clear that Generation Me! Me! Me! edited this episode when The Church got 20 seconds and ‘What About Me’ got played in full, followed by a dance number about ‘Mickey’ that I’ve never heard of. What About Me is the siren song of the brats.

TheirABC’s commitment to rewriting history is unabashed. There was a longish tribute to No Fixed Address, who were pretty awful. There have been and are several good Aboriginal bands, but NFA are not on that list. OTOH, they bleated incoherently about ‘justice’ and all that … nuff said.

Reading back about recipies, spag bol is one of the world’s great dishes because everyone has their own version, and many of them are very good.

Mine is not kosher, because frying meat in butter makes for magnificent flavour. Any pasta will do, but spaghetti and macaroni are best. No cheese.

250g quality beef, finely minced, no big lumps of fat
1 large onion, preferably brown, diced about 1 cm
Butter (see below)
Salt and pepper
Maggi seasoning
Can of top quality tomato puree (e.g. Leggo’s)
Tablespoon of tomato paste, as above
Pinch of chilli flakes
Chopped sour gherkins, preferably Nova or Polskie Ogorskie
Sliced fresh tomatoes

Method:

Season mince with plenty of salt, pepper and Maggi seasoning, mix thoroughly and roll into small balls if you have the time and energy.

In a heavy based pan, drop in a slice of butter from the paper pack at least 2cm thick on high heat. The base must be thoroughly covered, not just coated – don’t be stingy. When it hits mid brown, drop in the meat, and using a wooden spoon, break it up as it fries – obviously doesn’t apply to meatballs.

Keep frying and breaking up on high/medium heat until you end up with pieces about the size of small meatballs colored medium and dark brown.

Add your chopped onion, stir frequently, add more butter if needed. When the onion is transluscent going brown, add the tomato puree, tomato paste, a tiny pinch of chili flakes, another round of salt, pepper, Maggi seasoning and a can of water.

Simmer for at least 20 minutes, stir now and then. Cook pasta to suit – it can’t be simmered too long.

Mix pasta and sauce together before serving, topped with chopped gherkins and slices of fresh tomato. A sprinkle of Maggi seasoning is good.

The acid on top is much better than sludgy cheese.

It’s almost my mother’s Dutch recipe, with tweaks. The Maggi seasoning (comes in a shaker bottle) comes from the Indonesian colonial connection, and it makes a big difference. It’s an umami product which you also see in Vietnamese cuisine.

All hail spag bol, probably the most unifying dish in human history! 🙂

Bungonia Bee
Bungonia Bee
December 29, 2023 6:21 am

(Agree Johanna above.)
Trump has lifted the lid on how corrupt the USA institutions have become. Even if he doesn’t get that second term, he has done extremely valuable work.

johanna
johanna
December 29, 2023 6:30 am

Steve trickler
Dec 29, 2023 2:03 AM

JC
Dec 28, 2023 8:38 PM

If you eat a lot of calories you’re going to become fat and exercise isn’t going to compensate because big eaters will never do enough exercise. Except you of course.

—–

I can eat whatever I want and not put on a gram of fat. Weird.

Steve, as I’ve been saying for a while, those 20 year old mountains of fat (usually female) cannot just be because of junk food. I and my contemporaries at that age could not have got that big no matter how hard we tried,

There is something else happening here, may be medical, may be environmental or something else.

Bungonia Bee
Bungonia Bee
December 29, 2023 6:37 am

Media bleating again about “uninvolved civilian casualties” in Gaza.
Most of them were/are Hamas supporters. Their children are brought up to hate the Israelis.
How quickly they forget the uninvolved civilians murdered most brutally in person by Hamas fighters in October, and the hostages taken, which is also an act of unforgiveable barbarity.
The Gazans have for far too long sown the wind, and now they are reaping the whirlwind.

Black Ball
Black Ball
December 29, 2023 6:53 am

Academia news. Hun:

A petition calling on RMIT to support academic freedom has been launched after a professor claimed he was “unlawfully dismissed” by the university.

Professor Andrew Timming, who was sacked by RMIT University last week, said he would take the university to the Fair Work Commission, claiming he was bullied and unlawfully dismissed by the institution.

Prof Timming said his sacking came after a social media post he made in December 2022 weighing in on an exchange between controversial influencer Andrew Tate and climate activist Greta Thunberg

Tate posted a tweet taunting Thunberg with a picture of himself in front of his Bugatti vehicle, boasting about his 33 cars and asking for her email address so he could send “a complete list of … their respective enormous emissions.”

Thunberg responded: “Yes, please do enlighten me. email me at smalld–[email protected]”.

Prof Timming questioned why Thunberg had received praise for the remark.

“Demeaning sexual jokes when directed from a woman to a man – smiley face, wink face. Demeaning sexual jokes when directed from a man to a woman – bomb emoji, skull and crossbones emoji,” Prof Timming tweeted.

Prof Timming alleges he was reprimand over the tweet, then suffered “vicious bullying” at the university, leading him to lodge a grievance complaint in May.

A month later, RMIT allegedly placed him on extended leave and tried to terminate his contract on the grounds of ill health.

Prof Timming said his doctor and an independent medical expert appointed by the university said he was fit to return to work and he did so immediately.

He claims he was later stood down for not undertaking extra teaching, which he claims he never agreed to do.

Prof Timming told the Herald Sun he hoped the university would ensure “procedural fairness” during the Fair Work Commission appeal process so he could “put all this nonsense behind (him)”.

The former Human Resource Management professor said he was terminated from his job three days before Christmas.

“I was called into a meeting and I was informed I would be dismissed that same day,” he said.

“I was given the opportunity to comment … but after 15 minutes of deliberation they said I was dismissed immediately.”

Prof Timming said while the decision was a difficult one to hear, he had spent the previous six months preparing for it.

“It has been extremely stressful, but I knew it was coming,” he said, noting previous issues he had with the university.

“Ultimately my message to the university is that the rule of law must prevail and procedural fairness must prevail and I have a right to appeal.”

RMIT declined to comment on Mr Timming’s case as it doesn’t respond to individual staff matters.

The petition on website ActionButton is calling on RMIT’s vice chancellor to uphold Prof Timming’s appeal against his dismissal, restore academic freedom and respect workplace rights.

“Prof Timming’s tweet was a commentary on the double standard when it comes to men sexually harassing women versus women sexually harassing men,” the petition said.

“After being threatened with disciplinary action over the tweet and bullied, he lodged a grievance alleging the RMIT violated his rights to academic free speech.

“Following his complaint, he was subjected to intense bullying and adverse action aimed at constructive dismissal,” the petition states.

The petition added: “When it became clear that he was not resigning, RMIT dismissed him for, according to the university, not carrying out additional teaching that had never been agreed upon and that he was in the process of disputing in the Fair Work Commission”.

How dare you? Going after the sacred Greta?
Looks like not a lot of academic freedom going on as Prof Timming says. Definitely not like James Cook University where people get canned for releasing papers showing climate change is largely not happening.
Believe there is one Marcia Langton on RMITs books who should be shown the door for her racism. Or is that academic freedom?

johanna
johanna
December 29, 2023 6:55 am

I notice that TheirABC online is dripping with stories about suffering in Gaza.

Just imagine what their covereage of WWII would have been if they had modern technology.

Perhaps we should have taken the hint about media covereage in Vietnam.

calli
calli
December 29, 2023 7:03 am

Leak again! What a champion.

That child named “Failure” bears an uncanny resemblance. 😀

Bungonia Bee
Bungonia Bee
December 29, 2023 7:06 am

Sky is nearly as bad.

Beertruk
December 29, 2023 7:12 am

Today’s Tele:

ADULTS AND SCHOOLS ARE FAILING TO TEACH OUR
KIDS

KEVIN – DONNELLY
29 Dec 2023

A survey by the Australian Council for Educational Research showing students are suffering unacceptable levels of stress, anxiety, loneliness and being short tempered is a wakeup call for parents, schools and society in general.

The survey involves approximately 500,000 primary and secondary students and, between 2018 and 2023, shows there has been a significant decline in students’ wellbeing and the ability to overcome adversity.

Adults are failing in their responsibility to teach children optimism, resilience and the ability to deal with anxiety and stress.

According to the survey, 32 per cent of primary school children feel very bad for long periods of time,
up from 25 per cent in 2018, and 43 per cent agree their feelings are easily hurt, up from 38 per cent in 2018.

Equally as disturbing is 29 per cent of students feel they cannot control their temper, up from 23 per cent.

The responses for secondary school students also paint a bleak picture.

In relation to feeling stressed, 53 per cent say yes, up from 46 per cent, 25 per cent say they feel lonely, an increase of three per cent, while 25 per cent agree they can be anti-social.

The situation has become so bad, the adolescent psychologist Michael Carr-Gregg is quoted as saying: “In my 30 years in the field I’ve never seen anything like the level of stress and anxiety that today’s children and adolescents are going through.”

While there’s no doubt the years of Covid-19 induced lockdowns and school closures have had a negative impact on students’ emotional and psychological wellbeing, there’s also no doubt parents and schools are failing to teach young people how to be resilient and how to cope with setbacks and adversity.

Instead of closeting children in a protective cocoon, parents must allow their children to be free range and give them the opportunity to take risks and to stand on their own two feet.

An essential part of childhood is experiencing failure and pain and having the courage and conviction not to give in.

Get rid of the safety net around the trampoline, a child only needs to fall off once to realise the need to be careful.

Stop driving your child to school in the oversize SUV that takes up half the street — walking or riding a bike teaches independence.

Shut down the child’s mobile phone, get rid of screens and the computer before bed-time and read your child adventurous myths and fables like The Iliad and The Odyssey, Beowulf And The Grendel and Boudicca The Celtic Queen, who rebelled against the Romans.

Such stories teach courage and bravery and even though the odds are against the heroes and the end result might not be a good one, it’s more important to keep fighting and not to give up hope.

Aesop’s fables and children’s books like the Narnia trilogy are also vital as they instil emotional and psychological resilience.

Schools are also to blame for the high rates of young people suffering mental illness and emotional distress.

Today’s progressive approach to education puts students centre stage, bans failing anyone as it’s bad for their self-esteem and argues it’s wrong to be competitive and to strive for success.

In cushioning students from ever failing and reducing all to the same level of mediocrity, where near enough is good enough, schools fail to prepare young people for the harsh realities of the real world where they will be judged and made to realise there are winners and losers.

Society must also take responsibility. The all-pervasive Woke ideology based on victimhood and identity politics promotes the belief if you are one of the nominated groups, including women, migrants, working class, LGBTIQA+ and Aboriginal students, you are not responsible for underachieving or failing to cope.

Instead of taking personal responsibility and working hard to overcome disadvantage, so-called victim groups are given a free card and told society is inherently racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic and classist and that they have every right to feel anxious and depressed.

In banishing religion and any sense of the spiritual and transcendent, extreme secularism also adds to anxiety, depression and debilitating stress.

Religion offers direction and meaning and provides solace and reassurance in an uncertain, challenging and difficult world.

As argued by the psychiatrist Viktor E. Frankel, who survived being imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp, those prisoners who had the best chance of survival were those who drew on something profound and transcendent.

Frankel writes: “The consciousness of one’s inner value is anchored in higher, more spiritual things, it cannot be shaken by camp life.”

A society characterised by materialism, ego and self-interest where a person’s worth is measured by his or her celebratory status offers nothing of lasting value or worth.

Dr Kevin Donnelly is a senior fellow at the ACU’s PM Glynn Institute.

Only have to look at the leftard banning and/or rewriting of the Dr Seuss and Enid Blyton books, nursery rhymes and the old Walt Disney classic movies to name a few.
As well as the fvking ‘victim mentality.’
The list goes on.

Mother Lode
Mother Lode
December 29, 2023 7:12 am

Just catching up and see that “The Proceedings of the Australian Society of potato Preparation’ continued long after I fell drunken over the balcony railing while shouting at an aeroplane passing overhead and could only be retrieved by the efforts of a fire fighting crew and their equipment logged off.

Well, for those of you who have air fryers, my sister tried her hand at duck fat potatoes with hers, and they turned out pretty damn fine.

Parboiled, shaken about to burr the edges, tipped into a bowl to have melted duck fat poured over, shaken to coat the potatoes, and in they went. Taken out half way through to get re-coated in duck fat and put back in.

Lighter than cooking them in the oven. Delicious.

GreyRanga
GreyRanga
December 29, 2023 7:15 am

Johanna when we were young we walked more, we didn’t eat the volume they do today, there wasn’t the amount of sugar in food, the food wasn’t as processed as now and we were always doing stuff instead of watching someone else doing it. Whether that is reason is anyone’s guess but it certainly has to contribute. Went out for dinner recently, I congratulated the owner on the smaller servings. The quality and taste was what we went for not how much we could shove down our throats.

GreyRanga
GreyRanga
December 29, 2023 7:20 am

Beerie, the news is full of some wanker wanting his moment in the sun telling us we’re all gonna die* coz I said so. *add current reason till the next news cycle.

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
December 29, 2023 7:22 am

Wow, I hope the blades didn’t fall on anyone. They’re huge.

https://twitter.com/Dedicated_Being/status/1740329649492885551

Beertruk
December 29, 2023 7:23 am

Mother Lode
Dec 29, 2023 7:12 AM

‘…my sister tried her hand at duck fat potatoes with hers, and they turned out pretty damn fine.’

Same same with my little sister. She says that she only cooks duck fat potatoes at Christmas time because ‘bugger the expense…I don’t care how much duck fat costs, its once a year and we are having duck fat potatoes for Christmas lunch.’

Crossie
Crossie
December 29, 2023 7:36 am

The situation has become so bad, the adolescent psychologist Michael Carr-Gregg is quoted as saying: “In my 30 years in the field I’ve never seen anything like the level of stress and anxiety that today’s children and adolescents are going through.”

Telling them constantly that the world will end in a few years due to climate change will do that. They don’t have the capacity as adults do to ignore the hype so they succumb to the fear mongering. A psychologist who can’t figure that out should also be ignored.

Vicki
Vicki
December 29, 2023 7:38 am

A BOM representative on the ABC (female of course) just gave long excuse for getting their failure to predict the catastrophic rain event in QLD. No reference to the fact that the failure of BOM to give accurate forecasts is a common occurrence, as farmers know.

But it is good to see them getting a boot from the community. As I have said here before – we use YR – a Norwegian service of all places! It provides, of course, a global service.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
December 29, 2023 7:40 am

Given Luigi the Unbelievable’s own sketchy paternity, Leak’s cartoon of Luigi denying paternity of mini-me Luigi is hilarious.

Vicki
Vicki
December 29, 2023 7:42 am

And BTW the BOM bint insisted that big rain events occur during EL Nino events. Well that’s news to us in relation to the last one in the years of the big Drought.

Beertruk
December 29, 2023 7:46 am

Bruce of Newcastle
Dec 29, 2023 7:22 AM
Wow, I hope the blades didn’t fall on anyone. They’re huge.

Yes, but however there is something satisfying about seeing one of those things beating and/or burning itself to death.

Cassie of Sydney
December 29, 2023 7:48 am

GreyRanga
Dec 29, 2023 7:15 AM

Yep.

calli
calli
December 29, 2023 7:51 am

I’ve never seen anything like the level of stress and anxiety that today’s children and adolescents are going through.

Yapping, paranoid parents will transfer their own anxieties onto their children as well. There appears to be no filter on the types on conversations conducted in front of children anymore.

There was once “adult conversation”, usually politics or current affairs or religion, and “children conversation”, sports, hobbies, tv programs. It was a done thing in my parents’ home, repeated in my own. The children had to be out of the room before any of it started. At least home was carefree.

They, in their turn, try to protect the grandchildren. But the schoolyards are full of other children parroting unsuitable nonsense picked up from loose lips at home. You can’t protect them forever.

chrisl
chrisl
December 29, 2023 7:52 am

Just scanning the news about recent deaths…
Shark attack in SA
Kayaker drowned in Port Phillip Bay
Tree branch kills camper
Hang glider killed in NE Vic
Campers washed away at Buchan caves
People in storm drain washed away in QLD
Four drown on beaches in NSW
Lotsa things can kill ya in Australia !

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