The interactions he has with these animals just spins me out!

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Kevin Richardson:

LION REUNION – Kevin Richardson’s Unique Bond | The Lion Whisperer

You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to build a canoe.

Maybe the same way monkeys got to the Americas?

John H.
Jan 21, 2024 3:12 AM
Study shows existence of early humans in Philippines 700,000 years ago

And, England became inhabited more than 800,000 years ago, as the discovery of stone tools and footprints at Happisburgh in Norfolk have indicated.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_England

There must have been humans in lots of places before they first got to the continent of Australia. Whoever the first were that is………………………………..

It doesn’t bode well if the Secret Service is as compromised as every other institution.

Michael Shellenberger
@shellenberger

A bomb nearly killed Vice President @KamalaHarris on January 6, 2021, said the FBI. But now the former FBI official who oversaw the investigation said it couldn’t have. In fact, the “bomb” appears to have been a hoax created by and covered up by the FBI and the Secret Service.

Liz Wheeler
@Liz_Wheeler

This is a man.
He won a women’s golf event.
Because he’s pretending to be a woman.
But he’s a man.
Period.

Piers Akerman on the ‘Environmantal Defenders’ theme Vikki Campion touched on yesterday:

Smug do-gooders have been firmly smacked by the federal court but more must be done to stop unconscionable environmentalists halting critical national development.

Only the most thorough scrutiny by Justice Natalie Charlesworth of an action brought against Santos by the Environmental Defenders Office acting on behalf of the traditional owners thwarted a bid by green activists to block the $5.3 billion Barossa LNG project in the Timor Sea.

The EDO received $10 million of taxpayers’ money as part of the Albanese Government’s $1.8 billion funding for Green-Left environmental bodies in the budget.

What should shock all taxpayers is the manner in which the EDO, a registered charity, based its case on distorted information and an unreliable witness, which threatened to derail our trade relations with two major international partners, Japan and South Korea. Other actions by Green-Left activists still threaten more than $16 billion of projects but all previous suits brought by the EDO must now be examined.

It wasn’t just the EDO driving the matter, as Judge Charlesworth noted in the final paragraph of her 246-page judgement before issuing orders: “I make it clear that I have not entertained any submission that EDO lawyers was the principal proponent of this action pursuing an ideological agenda. The substantive issues have been determined without reference to any such allegation”.

Reading her exhaustive judgement should be compulsory for all those who sought to change the Constitution as promised by Prime Minister Albanese’s Yes campaign in last year’s failed referendum.

The judge found that a cultural mapping exercised used in the proceedings and the related opinions expressed about it was confected and constructed such that “the related opinions expressed about it are so lacking in integrity that no weight can be placed on them”. The EDO’s expert witness, WA university anthropologist Dr Mick O’Leary, had also lied to Tiwi witnesses, she said.

O’Leary, who constructed a map and video purporting to show what the land looked like during the last Ice age, came in for strident criticism.

“Dr O’Leary’s independence and credibility are such that I would not accept his evidence as sufficient to establish any scientific proposition at all, even if his evidence had gone unchallenged and even if he possessed the appropriate skills, qualification and experience to express them,” the judge wrote.

“My conclusions about Dr O’Leary’s lack of regard for the truth, lack of independence and lack of scientific rigour are sufficient to discount or dismiss all of his reports for all purposes.”

Part of EDO’s case rested on a claim that oral history related to a sole witness indicated sacred sites along the proposed route of the submerged pipeline, but Judge Charlesworth expressed scepticism that any of the details presented could have conceivably been transmitted over 600 generations, let alone be held exclusively by a single Tiwi Islander and not by the other 23 Tiwi Islanders who gave evidence.

Tony Abbott, when prime minister, cut federal funding of the EDO with good reason but it also receives tax-deductible donations.

Federal funding should be stopped based on this case alone and the question of its charitable status examined with a view to cancellation.

Taxpayers should not be bankrolling organisations that rely on environmental activists in the bureaucracy and judiciary to accept faked evidence to underpin its claims.

The reliance on so-called Dreamtime evidence and Songlines for land claims and suits of this sort also needs to be examined.

It’s a nice sack tap he gives ‘Dr’ O’Leary. Shut them down.

Tucker Carlson
@TuckerCarlson

Ep. 66 A spirit of sadness has descended on the country. You see it everywhere. That’s not surprising, says Tony Robbins, and it’s not forever.

PA Increases the Number of ‘Pay-For-Slay’ Beneficiaries, While Crying for More Aid

They’re pushing them here too, of course. I’ve mentioned before that I got a letter from my provider last year advising they would be installing a smart meter at my home on such and such day and the power would be turned off for a couple of hours. No asking if I wanted one, just a simple statement of intent. I rang them up and said I most certainly didn’t want one and only then did they admit that it wasn’t compulsory!

Nigel Farage: ‘DON’T get a smart meter!’

Oh a titbit from x. The son of the Hamas founder iirc.
Apparently west bank Arabs are mostly Bedouin and Arabs in Gaza are ‘gypsy’ which I assume is a reference to them being from all over the muslim world, Bosnia Syria, Egypt etc and where they to be one they would be the cats of Kilkenny.

‘Is the TRUTH only what those with the most money say it is?’: Neil Oliver FEARS Davos destruction

They’re pushing them here too, of course. I’ve mentioned before that I got a letter from my provider last year advising they would be installing a smart meter at my home on such and such day and the power would be turned off for a couple of hours. No asking if I wanted one, just a simple statement of intent. I rang them up and said I most certainly didn’t want one and only then did they admit that it wasn’t compulsory!

What dummies husband and I are! We have had smart meters installed at both city and farm abodes. The electricity authorities informed us of their intention with such aplomb that we thought it was compulsory! Since then, we have been plagued with abnormalities in our bills on both properties! When we complain and want investigations, they just metaphorically shake their heads!

This is really upsetting.

Indolent
Jan 21, 2024 7:26 AM
James Woods
@RealJamesWoods

In case you missed the time line of the “settled science” of the COVID shot…

And at Davos he insisted that he and the WHO are the humanity’s only chance of survival. Humanity would have had a better chance with The Who during their guitar and hotel rooms smashing phase.

Is this bloke alright?

When Brendan Crabb finally caught COVID for the first time late last year, it was because he’d broken his own rule — he took a risk he says he shouldn’t have. Since 2020 Professor Crabb, director and chief executive of the Burnet Institute, had been sticking to a rigorous anti-COVID routine, effectively using layers of protections to avoid getting the virus.

And then in a moment of lapsed judgement, he joined a crowd of hundreds of people at an awards event in a small room in Sydney, without his portable air purifier and N95 mask.

– ABC News

He survived.

feelthebern
Jan 21, 2024 7:33 AM
Thought I’d watch the Journal report on fox to see their take on Iowa & NH.
They are allllllll in on Haley.

Same as at all Fox News programs where only Gutfeld refuses to comply.

Maybe a dummy but it seemed economics is financial politics.

Yep! .. I remember ye olde dayz .. way back around 2019 when balancing budgets/surpluses ect were considered a big, deal then came BAT FLU and printing money to suit political agendas became the norm …..!

Indolent
Jan 21, 2024 7:36 AM
Gorgeous.

I stayed in a 3-bedroom suite at Trump’s Ireland hotel that costs over $1,300 a night. It felt straight out of a fairytale.

I have stayed at the Trump hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC. As the Orange Man was want to say, it was the most luxurious hotel, well at least at which I stayed. Though never worked out how to use the coffee maker so just went to the hotel restaurant instead.

PS, I souvenired a face washer from the Trump hotel. Pity it has since been sold and is called something else now. Even a billionaire couldn’t keep a money losing asset that was being boycotted by anyone who wanted to do business in DC. I’m comforted by the fact that it was where Mitch McConnell fell down the stairs, the old swamp creature would only go there once it no longer belonged to Trump.

Maybe a dummy but it seemed economics is financial politics.

I wouldn’t say that but when so much politics is about changing the effect of markets it might appear so.

Tennis is the most gay and shit sport.

No, that would be cricket or golf.

Then again, imho, all sport is gay and shit.

“Australia is a melting pot of cultures and peoples, and Melbourne is a shining example of this.”

Mmm…shining isn’t the adjective that springs to my mind.

Be that as it may, is Melbourne Lord Mayor Sally Capp aware she’s used a monocultural metaphor to describe Australia?

Freudian slip?

Most activities carried out as recreation make relatively little sense when carried out professionally. I played a round of golf with a mate of a mate who did a couple of years on the PGA and several years on the European tour. He had a pretty interesting view on the whole thing. Just hard work.

How to End the Suffering of the Palestinians

West Australian:

The wealthy political backer who sent teal-tinged shockwaves through the 2022 Federal election is already ramping up for next year’s national ballot as he invites any independent wanting to take on those in power — including Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

In an exclusive interview with The Sunday Times, Climate 200 founder Simon Holmes a Court — who donated to several campaigns through his organisation at the 2022 Federal election, including Kate Chaney in Curtin — said the group was interested in supporting “community-backed independents” for 2025.

And in a warning to the current Federal government, he warned no political party was safe from a possible Teal challenge.

“If the community has what it takes to achieve genuine local representation, we’re keen to talk regardless of whether the seat is currently held by the Libs, Nats, Labor or the Greens,” Mr Holmes a Court said.

“The main focus for us is the Federal election — but we are certainly not ruling out helping campaigns of independents (at the State election).

“We are not ruling out helping communities that want to contest state elections — including Queensland, Northern Territory and WA over the next 12 months.

“We would be excited to help (independents in WA at the election).”

The son of Australia’s first billionaire Robert Holmes a Court and businesswoman and arts patron Janet Holmes a Court, Simon became a political kingmaker at the 2022 federal election when Climate 200 donated to 23 campaigns.

Six new independents, the Teals, including Kate Chaney, were elected to the Federal Parliament’s House of Representatives.

Ms Chaney achieved what was once the unthinkable — taking the prized Liberal fortress of Curtin off of the conservatives.

She raised $973,000 in donations, half of which came from Climate 200.

Mr Holmes a Court said he expects the Liberals to throw everything at winning Curtin back in 2025.

“Curtin will be a fight to the death,” he said.

Climate 200 supports political candidates it believes align with its values, including “restoring integrity in politics”.

Mr Holmes a Court said Climate 200 would once again be willing to contribute to Ms Chaney’s campaign leading up to the 2025 poll, if she asked for financial help.

“It’s definitely a priority for Climate 200 to provide assistance where it’s wanted to all the independents to retain their seats,” Mr Holmes a Court said.

“Kate is an outstanding MP. She is a huge asset to Curtin, WA and the independents movement.

“We would very much like to see Kate elected (in 2025), but that will be up to the good voters of Curtin to make that decision.

“It would be totally her decision what level of support she would like — the door is definitely open (for Climate 200 to help).”

Next year will be a massive year for WA politics.

A State election will be held in March, and the Federal election is due in May.

Climate 200 has already helped fund the campaigns of 10 independents who ran in the NSW and Victorian elections in 2023 and 2022, respectively.

Two seats became independent in NSW, and six became marginal across NSW and Victoria.

As WA’s poll approaches, speculation is rife that Climate 200 will also help fund the campaigns of Teals in WA at the March vote.

“We are not coming to WA to start campaigns,” Mr Holmes a Court said.

“But if there are great campaigns in WA — we would love to talk to them.”

With the Liberals already starting to preselect candidates for State and Federal seats and Labor expected to start preselection soon, Mr Holmes a Court forecast that any community wanting to run an independent in WA in 2025 would probably show their hand in the second half of this year.

“We have a bunch of donors in Western Australia,” he said.

“We had 11,200 donors spanning every electorate in the country at the federal election, so we still have a fairly engaged group of donors from Western Australia.

“We would help connect people who supported Climate 200 at the last federal election with (anyone wanting to run as an independent at the 2025 State election).”

He also said there was significant interest in the “independent movement” across several communities when he attended the Margaret River Writers Festival last May.

“We are at the very early stages of getting our head around how elections work in Western Australia, and we will rapidly get up to speed if we are contacted (by groups interested in running independents in WA),” Mr Holmes a Court said.

“There are also a bunch of people who came down from Perth (to the festival) — areas from Fremantle up to Hillarys and everywhere in between — who are interested in the community independents model.”

Piss off. They are not independent candidates, they are another arm of the Greens who have no interest in anything but themselves.

It comes from the Russian, meaning “birthplace” or “motherland”.

And the people thereof are the narod (pl. narodi).

Piss off. They are not independent candidates, they are another arm of the Greens who have no interest in anything but themselves.

Agreed.

I am sick of rich people telling me how to live!

Once the Lieborals lost Churchlands to an independent at State level it took them 20 years to get it back. The situation was not quite analogous as it was seen as Canberra Lieborals trying to dictate to the locals which never goes down well in WA.

Doc

I checked out AI suggesting “time” has a looser definition than just relarivity.
Here:

This is a fascinating question that touches on philosophical and physical interpretations of time and its relationship to simultaneity.

Here are some possible ways to consider the question:

Relativity: As mentioned before, Einstein’s theory of relativity tells us that simultaneity is relative. What happens “at the same time” for one observer might not be simultaneous for another observer in a different frame of reference due to factors like relative motion and the curvature of spacetime. So, in this sense, a single event cannot be objectively at the same time everywhere in the universe because “everywhere” might have different temporal references.
Quantum entanglement: In the realm of quantum mechanics, there’s the phenomenon of entanglement where two particles can be linked in a way that their fates are intertwined, even at great distances. If one particle’s state changes, the other’s state instantaneously reflects that change, seemingly defying the constraints of space and time. This could be interpreted as suggesting that at a fundamental level, events that affect entangled particles might have a non-local, “simultaneous” aspect, transcending the limitations of conventional spacetime.
Spacetime block theory: This philosophical position suggests that the entire history of the universe, past, present, and future, already exists as a fixed, four-dimensional block. From this perspective, any event is already “fixed” at its specific point in the spacetime block, regardless of our perception of its timing from different vantage points. So, in this sense, the event could be said to “occur” at its specific spacetime coordinate for all eternity.

We’re back!

Since we are on the CIA’s radar I suppose we should expect this.

This one’s for Cassie. One of the mighty warriors of Islam, a devout follower of the Prophet, cops a 5.56mm bullet between the eyes, fired by a Jewish woman….

Israeli women on front lines in Gaza, for first time
Agency writers
Agency writers

Marom sprinted towards a post perched in the mountains above Israel’s border with Egypt, slamming her M16 rifle onto a defensive position as part of a training exercise.

The 21-year-old soldier became one of the first Israeli women to fight in a combat role in Gaza, where she recently spent two weeks.

Israel’s ground offensive in the Palestinian territory, which came in response to unprecedented attacks by Hamas militants on October 7 against southern Israel, has shifted military attitudes towards women.

“In Gaza, it was the first time for all women,” said Marom, who like other soldiers interviewed declined to give her second name, under military rules.

“We can see the change, we can see the acceptance of the girls going into combat,” she said.

Since the early stages of the war, there has been outrage over media reports that military leaders ignored warnings from young women assigned as lookouts along Gaza’s militarised border, in the months leading up to the Hamas attacks.

“It’s a big mistake and I don’t know how it happened,” Eliora, 20, said. But now, months into the Gaza war, women say they have found acceptance. Shana, a 23-year-old battalion commander, said the war has shown that women fighters can take on a bigger role.

“At first, with the ponytail coming out from the helmet, they (male soldiers) look at it a little strange, but at the end of the day, we’re ready, we’ve trained for it,” she said.

Vowing to destroy Hamas, Israel has been conducting a relentless air and ground offensive in Gaza.

“The civilians in Gaza — we want to keep their safety as much as we can but it’s a war,” said Marom.

“It’s all destroyed,” she added after her deployment to Gaza’s main southern city of Khan Yunis, where the women soldiers said they uncovered a Hamas tunnel.

The Israeli army has reported 194 troop deaths since the beginning of ground operations in Gaza in late October.

According to the Israeli army, one woman soldier, Noa Marciano, 19, has died in Gaza. She had been taken hostage on October 7, according to the army. Hamas said she was killed in an Israeli strike.

Even before the state of Israel was created in 1948, women played an important role in the Haganah militia that fought for the state’s establishment.

The majority of Israeli men are now required to serve two years and eight months after they turn 18, while women serve two years.

Women’s roles had historically been confined to positions such as nurses or radio operators, but now they are allowed to serve in nearly every unit, including some combat units.

Before the outbreak of fighting in Gaza, a rising number of women recruits were assuming combat roles.

The number of women combat soldiers jumped 350 percent between 2013 and 2017, according to data compiled by the Israel Democracy Institute think tank.

In 2022, women made up 17 percent of the fighting force, according to the Institute for National Security Studies, an Israeli think tank.

Marom, who serves in the Bardelas battalion, said more of her friends and their sisters are asking her about serving in the army.

“I can see more women, when they get to 18, want to serve in combat,” she said. Marom refused to speculate about what she would do after the war.

“When we win this war — and we will win this war — then we get to the time for plans for life.”

Melbournibad is a Treasury driven Ponzi dumping ground. The treatment of certain groups during Covid was barely removed from China.

I see Trump’s dementia is accelerating.

Biden supporter concerned that Trump may have early signs of dementia.

What’s the acronym? Oh, yes… ROTFLMAO.

m0nty
Jan 21, 2024 12:45 PM
I see Trump’s dementia is accelerating. History of it in his family.

Another stupid post from that imposter Monty Pox Virus. The first of 2024. Many more to come I am sure.

Queen Máxima, a longtime social justice campaigner

She wouldn’t know “social justice” if she tripped over it. I wish she’d trip over a cliff. Someone who lives at the utmost level of luxury pontificating on how to handle and control the rest of us. What a bitch!

Can you throw in a link please, monty?

Rather than vomit up a random comment without context.

Zatara Jan 21, 2024 12:50 PM

livestock boat loaded with cattle and sheep to Jordan via the red sea advised to turn back to Freo.

Advised by whom?

The Commonwealth Dept of Agriculture Forestry & Fisheries.

Dickless has slimed back in. Is there a pattern to this, like automatic toilet flushings.