Oops, sorry. I should’ve checked, I’m always terrible with names.
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Sky Outsiders has just reminded me I forgot to post the latest Please Explain cartoon on Friday. It’s very good.…
… in support of a war which involves rockets bought from Iran. mUnty, with a trifecta of fallacies as usual…
Difficult lessons here. The Commander in Chief has checked out. He’s now in Aged Care under commissar nurse Jill at…
The departure of the repulsive Shorten is good news. Shorten with all the appeal of a turd in swimming will…
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Pipped at the post ?
BB, Mark Bolton doesn’t live in Australia, by the times of activity I would guess he lives in UK or somewhere in Europe.
Quadrate !
Hamas and Palestinians in Gaza.
Hamas supposedly planned their raid for a couple of years, while Palestinian civilians relished the opportunity, followed them in, and even without weapons used shovels and mattocks lying at hand in Israeli villages to behead Israelis, and used stolen vehicles to transport hostages to be bargained by Hamas.
Considering this, and more, in what way can anyone separate Hamas from Palestinians of Gaza.
It’s well acknowledged that many ‘Palestinians’ are against the ruthlessness of Hamas, but how can anyone ouside of their communities identify the inner most thoughts of the population when so many support Hamas and work hand in hand with Hamas.
Dover, you’re wrong in insisting there’s a any sort of obvios and clear separation between Gazan Palestinians and Hamas.
How am I ‘playing obvious games’? I’m simply pointing out that ‘Hamas is identical to Palestine’ is wrong and that trying to save the claim by saying, ‘well, maybe not identical but Palestinians approve of Hamas’ or some such doesn’t achieve the desired result.
Katzenjammer,
after seeing the footage of the phat phuck that was carrying the massive Scimitar as he waddled through the damaged fence, I have NO sympathy for “ordinary Palestinians”.
Dover, I have never said this to anyone, anywhere, “with all due respect”, you are sounding like Plastic Sorter, “I don’t see things the way others do”.
Fresh from the old open thread where she’s joining stoushes and making defamatory accusations of wife beating against me, the nasty, fat feral pig now takes a dive at the blog owner telling him what to think.
I’m not asking you to have sympathy for ‘ordinary Palestinians’ I’m drawing a difference between a national aspiration/ entity and a party-political entity. But on the bigger picture, the entire ME and beyond are under no illusions about Western sympathies, but they don’t care beyond prudential calculation.
The IDF have been very clear that their beef is with Hamas (and assorted other terror groups).
The problem is, on the ground, Hamas control UNRWA who control the school curriculum which is centred on hatred of Jews and Israel.
For there to be any hope for the future UNRWA, in its current form, also needs to go.
For a tiny principality that produces just a few agricultural goods for export, a significant part of the population have done very well out of perpetual refugee status, and of course billions have been diverted to terrorism infrastructure.
There’s some anger management issues in that one.
Western countries have sent millions upon millions to help the palis and in fact the place wouldn’t exist without Western largest (helping them build their terror infrastructure). In the past, Europe has shown itself to be very sympathetic to the Palis. This time it’s different after Oct 7.
Largesse
Rare earths which aren’t so rare. What’s rare is anyone wanting to refine that poisonous stuff. China does but this is changing quickly.
China is vulnerable with its food supply coming in over water and that’s not changing.
Oh brilliant. Nothing happening fir Australia Day at the goddamn Australian Open- but
Thursday night is Pride Round.
“Pride” meaning profanity, of course.
Oh FFS!
“We Are Not In Communist China” | Bizarre Viral Confrontation Of Musician Brendan Kavanagh
F*ck off back to China!
Police Called To Stop Filming During Piano Livestream
I’d punch the chicoms head in.
John Spooner.
Peter Broelman.
Brett Lethbridge.
Morten Morland.
Michael Ramirez.
A.F. Branco.
Matt Margolis.
Steve Kelley.
Gary Varvel.
Tom Stiglich.
Al Goodwyn.
Bob Gorrell.
Henry Payne.
Ben Garrison.
Onya Tom
Will “Ceasfire Now” beat Biden in NH?
The write-in campaign is strong.
Robert Sewell
Jan 24, 2024 6:00 AM
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
So I don’t understand why the government is surprised at the demands for interest free loans/no increases for inflation – it fits in with what Islam does historically.
Recheck on the forecast record breaking temperatures for the Pilbara.
Did they reach 50?
No they did not.
Low to mid forties which is about usual.
https://www.metaltechnews.com/story/2022/09/12/critical-minerals-alliances-2022/antimony-at-top-of-strategic-concerns/1083.html
Perhaps it’s not quite as bleak as it looks, DB – at $12 -13k/ ton, and with some substantial deposits in the US, Antimony which has dropped in price by two thirds in the last six months, looks like it could use more sales,
My main concern would be the inventory of most of the Strategic Defence Stockpile which appears to have been plundered by the Biden government for its social programs.
BB, Mark Bolton doesn’t live in Australia, by the times of activity I would guess he lives in UK or somewhere in Europe.
Oh no, he resides here in Oz.
Dover, my two bobs worth is hamas and the pali’s are as different as the Liars and the SFL.
The party-political entity was set in place to achieve their asprations, with membership drawn from the same general population.
Not sure what this means. Is it a way of saying the distinction is a just a mask.
I have been to every single rally for Israel and the hostages here in NSW. At every rally we are told that this war is not against the Palestinian people, it is a war against Hamas.
Alas, Hamas does not differentiate. On 7 October 2023 the terrorist organisations targeted civilians along with soldiers, and it specifically and deliberately targeted women, children and babies to butcher.
The group Hamas, and what happened on 7 October 2023 are very popular among Palestinian Muslims, and that includes the use of rape, murder and kidnapping. Israel is not not dealing with a mindset that respects human life and it has no respect for Jewish life.
Further, almost all Palestinians and now leftists want to destroy Israel and the Jews. They are at war against Israel. When they speak “from the River to the Sea, Palestine will be Free”…..they mean….
Palestine will be Judenfrei
I now believe that they (and their fellow progressive leftist muck) want a world that is Judenfrei.
Corey Gil-Shuster has a Youtube channel called “Ask an Israeli/Ask a Palestinian”. With a translator, he goes into the West Bank, into Bethlehem, Ramallah, Nablus and Hebron. I recommend his videos. Gil-Shuster is a secular Israeli. I find viewing many of his videos unsettling and upsetting because here’s the crux of the issue…..ninety-five percent of Palestinians want Israel and the Jews gone.
Palestinians: Do you want to expel the Jews?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BsdOGJp9to&t=535s
Whilst we might say that we’re not at war against Palestinians, Palestinians make it clear, very clear, that they are at war against we Jews. They want Israel gone.
The Muslim mindset is completely different to the Western mindset.
A few months ago Gad Saad interviewed Cynthia Farahat. Farahat has written a book on the Muslim Brotherhood. She is an indigenous Egyptian Copt who now lives in exile in the USA. As she says, the Muslim Brotherhood and its child, Hamas, are death cults that exist to spill the blood of the kaffirs, they celebrate rape and murder. It is a cult of gruesome murder, and allowing Hamas to continue operating in Gaza or anywhere for that matter is equivalent to giving Ivan Milat the keys to Belanglo State Forest.
I’m amused the Paywallian is dismayed their girl is faceplanting in the primaries. Some of the headlines:
+ We can still win in New Hampshire, insists Nikki Haley
+ Trump’s legal woes could yet derail bid
+ Can you be impartial about Donald Trump?
+ Haley taking a note out of Thatcher’s book
+ Hamlet notches landslide for Nikki
The last two are the funniest. Haley as Thatcher? ROFL! And the landslide was six (6) voters in a tiny village.
It’s not working Murdoch strategy guys: the dogs don’t like the dog food you are offering.
It’s not working Murdoch strategy guys: the dogs don’t like the dog food you are offering.
Hold on a minute, do you subscribe to News Corp?
Because I do, and I don’t mind it.
I saw some indignation last night over the SCOTUS ruling in favour of the Federal government with regards to what is happening at the border in Texas.
Some see this as the perfidy of the SCOTUS (I am so glad it is not called the ‘Supreme Court Ruling Over Totes United ‘Murica’).
Wouldn’t this simply be them ruling that the border is a Federal responsibility? I wouls assume that was the point put to them to be adjudicated upon just as I assume it was the Federal government that submitted it, not Texans. It would be beyond the power of the SCOTUS to decide that power ought to be transferred to Texas since Biden’s mob are so derelict.
That is what Congress is for.
Oh dear. The Patriarchy are in for a smashing by all the feminist writers:
Quite sure I don’t give a fat rat’s clacker.
I am shocked The Killers of Flower Moon didn’t get more nominations.
And that it hasn’t cleaned up during the awards season so far.
Double oh dear. You helped the government win power darling. It’s on you too. Daily Telegraph:
Again you are not independent candidates. Go away.
Sorry for another column but Ms Buttrose is actually doing something.
Of course the statement about ABC reporters’ independence is laughable but she has finally said something. About time.
Via Ace Of Spades. Gee whiz
dover, you are wading into the murkiest of murky waters trying to argue some kind of separation to differentiate between Palestinians and Hamas. Let me assure you, IF there is one it is not discernible to the human eye. Any waverers of Hamas support will only be temporary, until they fall back into line with their community. That is how Palestinians roll. Inside Gaza and outside. There are only some degrees of support. But, support they all must.
For many Pallies the David (Pali) vs Goliath(Israel) story is their inspiration. Inflicting any harm no matter how barbaric on Israel is a cause to celebrate. To them it’s deserved many times over.
So you can argue from over here that Hamas is not all Palestinians but over there Hamas is in fact all Palestinians in one way or another.
The West needs more men and women like Brendan Kavanagh.
Rather presumptuous, I would have thought.
I mean, I wouldn’t object to the ABC becoming a workers’ cooperative, but I wouldn’t expect to still be paying for it in that instance.
Inflicting any harm no matter how barbaric on Israel is a cause to celebrate.
Yep.
I tell you what boy…
The losers on Reddit in the r/Australia sub love the idea of stealing people’s property if it is unoccupied or “unearnt”.
Leftism is a disease and it is built on immorality and greed.
On the lapel pins and subjective vs objective differences.
The whole “it’s the same when an airline steward does it as it is for a Colesworth check out chick” falls flat on its face when it comes to real life.
If I get to the checkout and find the droob behind the register wearing a lapel pin, I can leave my trolley and go down the road to the IGA. Being served drinks just after take-off? Not so much.
As if property owners haven’t already or aren’t paying enough taxes.
Income taxes (and general consumption taxes)
DA fees
Stamp duties
Land rates
Land taxes
Now these pathetic losers want them to pay an “empty home tax”.
Sure buddy, this will really incentivise people to build homes who don’t want to live in them.
If the Saudi, Egyptian, Lebanese, or Jordanian governments had to choose between accepting one million Israelis vs 1 million Gazans all governments would choose the former in a heartbeat.
Hamas doesn’t exist in a vacuum. They are there because they fully represent a culture that is completely toxic.
Pre-WWII Japan is about the only culture I can think of that was similarly deranged in its obsession with external foes (and the fact that post-WWII Japan is one of the best cultures should prove that you can indeed bomb your way to friendship).
Also, I wasn’t arguing that the customer is always right and throwing employees under the bus is part of business ownership.
Why does a simple life example have to take on hyperbolic meaning when that was clearly not intended? It’s a childish way of arguing, another “So what you’re saying is…” gotcha attempt.
Good heavens, how dare they give awards to a film about the architect of the atom bomb that ended WWII? Don’t they know that generations of post-WWII girls loved playing with Barbie and therefore a film about her deserves all the accolades?
The whole “it’s the same when an airline steward does it as it is for a Colesworth check out chick” falls flat on its face when it comes to real life.
Big, big difference! .. when the “check-out chick” wears a pin you can walk away, change tills ect, ect …
When an airline “chick” does it your a captive audience ….. no walk away, changelflights options …… FFS!
Albo on the television waxing lyrical about the ABC. “A pillar of our democracy” he sayeth.
It’s Buttrose passing the baton onto Kim Williams.
What plans would that be, Allegra? Buying a new Tesla? Spending the summer on the French Riviera?
Don’t believe the lies: The UN is paying illegals using US taxpayer cash
new journalism and new world order
Albo isn’t scrapping the Stage 3 tax cuts. He’s scrapping his election promise not to alter them. They are already legislated so this means new legislation for the changes.
Black Ball,
did you notice at the start of that clip, Biden had his fingers crossed when being asked the question.
“if I answer really really good, Jill will buy me an ice cream!”
Fairly sad! .. made the error of keeping the bod alert enuf to watch Oz v the U-stan last night..! How on earth we expect to win this tournament playing like drongoes is beyond me .. leading 1-0 (penalty) and trying to defend rather than extend just ain’t gonna win anything …! duuuuuuuuuh!
And what is this “Arnie” speciality with substitutions ..? You getz 5 per game but “our” Arnie, fo rreasons known only to him, tends to wait until the death, when they are gonna be no help, making them after 80 out of 90 minutes .. just a, bloody, waste .. may as well leave ’em on the bench … FFS!
Thru to the last 16 but my confidence level is 3/10 …….!
It gets even funnier…
Barbie fans fume Oscars ‘missed the point’ as Ryan Gosling nominated over Margot Robbie (23 Jan)
Yep Ken got nominated but Barbie didn’t. Head explosions!
Woollies’ protestations that their decisions re stock are based purely on financial realities are a lot of crock. Many years ago they stocked a far wider choice of goods and brands than they do now, I didn’t need to go elsewhere to get what they no longer have and previously used to stock.
These days I also have to go to Cole’s and IGA to get everything on my shopping list. I doubt they would stock products that don’t sell. There must be some other reason why Woollies. Could it be that producers and suppliers cannot accept Woolies’ terms and make enough money to stay in business?
Arizona Republican Party Chair, Jeff de Witt, caught on tape trying to bribe Kari Lake not to run.
Bloody hell! Well worth the listen. Kari Lake stays true.
“The customer is always right, kill the Jews, PEACE!”
More birdshit from last night.
Time to fry that chook!
Or set two rates, the current rate and the “interest free” rate, set at a suitably higher level. Each rate to be open to all.
He is Kenough, laydees.
Shes finally found a socialist policy she won’t support.
More on Fani Willis from that great orator, Ace.
“(Fani Willis just emailed me to say, “I’d rather be laid on than laid off.” She included a picture of Darrius “Sweetdick” Honeycum, Esq.’s shlong, for some reason. First time a woman sent me a dicpic. She then appended a postscript: “PS I know nothing at all about why the guy who I’m riding like I’m Luke Perry in 8 Seconds ended his marriage. Stop being so racist, Racist.”)“
Sunrise host Nat Barr loses it at Woolworths boss on live TV as she confronts him about major Australia Day backdown – and he makes a shock revelation
Sunrise host Nat Barr has accused the boss of Woolworths of trying to making a political statement about Australia Day, sparking a surprise admission about the retailer’s controversial move to not to stock merchandise.
The supermarket giant shocked customers earlier this month when it stripped store shelves of Australia Day merchandise due to a declining demand and ongoing sensitivities around the day, sparking a massive nationwide uproar.
In response to the public backlash, the retailer has since taken out full page newspaper ads, with a public letter from boss insisting the supermarket giant is not anti Australia Day.
However he dodged a key question from Karl Stefanovic.
‘So you’re not anti Australia today as a company?’ Stefanovic asked.
‘Karl, we are a very proud Australian company. We’ve been around for 100 years. We have 178,000 hard working team members who are going to be in store doing the right thing for our customers on Australia Day, and we’re passionate about this country,’ Mr Banducci said.
‘But you’re not anti Australia Day?’ Stefanovic asked again.
Banducci hit back saying it ‘means different things to everyone’ and the supermarket leadership support Australians to commemorate the day in whatever way they wish.
‘You must have serious regrets about this?’ Karl drilled in.
‘I think we could clearly have done a better job of explaining our decision, that’s why I’m here,’ he said.
‘I do feel anxious about the impact that this is having on our team. They are proud, hard working Australians, and for them to be seen as anti-Australian or woke is fundamentally unfair.’
Liberal senator Matt Canavan spoke out in response to the Woolworths CEO’s comments later on in the show.
‘Brad is a man under pressure, Woolworths is under pressure and thank you to all Australians for standing up against these unelected corporate elites who think they can dictate at what should happen in this country,’ he said.
He said the retail giant is “clearly trying to make a political statement” about Australia Day.
The hype surrounding the hideous Barbie movie reaches its inevitable cul de sac.
The Academy Awards – where no amount of Dads and Daughters wearing pink frou frou will sway the nominators to put forward a lightweight piece of meringue ahead of a meaty, well written and acted docu-drama.
No you don’t. That’s a lie right there.
If you were at all worried bout your staff, you wouldn’t politicise the company you manage on behalf of shareholders.
Grow up and take a good hard look at yourself.
I wish we were.
The UK is Unlawfully in The WHO!
Federal Court Rules Trudeau’s Response to Truckers was Illegal…
More Stories on “Fun with Plane Travel.”
Nolte: Despair Settles into the Never Trump World
Perhaps they could start with the extensive property portfolios of AnAl and his Liars mates, Commonwealth, state and local.
Damn straight. It was ridiculous that it got this far in the first place.
The same people squealing with rage that a cinematic equivalent of Vengaboys didn’t win the industry’s highest honour would, had they thought of it, tried their level best to nominate Frozen for an Oscar as well.
Ricky Gervais would be pissing himself laughing.
May the WEF Plot Suffer the People’s Resistance
Dr. Death – who’s not actually a doctor.
Bill Gates peddles ineffective malaria vaccines to poorer nations
And now for a classic MG with mod cons, the $200k MGA restomod
Authenticity with modern conveniences and bespoke touches comes at a price. But MG aficionados will doubtless think it’s one worth paying.
From a link only just a teensy bit upthread:
Authored by ‘The Peoples Lawyers’.
You just know this will be about REAL JURDGES and REAL EVIDENCES.
While planning to crack down on alternative media.
A shameless liar.
BIRM.
Albanese poised to break stage three tax cut promise
The Albanese government is set to gut the stage three tax cuts for high-income earners and use the revenue to help those on middle and low incomes, including people earning less than $45,000, the level at which the tax cuts begin.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who promised multiple times before and after the last election to not touch the tax cuts, believing it was a matter of integrity, presided over the changes at a meeting of cabinet on Tuesday.
The changes, which involve retaining the 37 per cent tax rate that was earmarked for abolition, will be rubber-stamped, along with other cost of living assistance, at a snap meeting of the caucus on Wednesday, and Mr Albanese will plead his case at the National Press Club on Thursday.
It will be the second clear broken promise affecting high-income earners after the government last year announced tax increases on the earnings from super funds valued over $3 million, despite Mr Albanese promising before the election no changes to super taxes.
Mr Albanese hinted at the stage three U-turn before cabinet when he said: “I support tax cuts and everyone will be getting a tax cut”.
It is understood that the changes, which Treasury has advised will be budget and inflation neutral, will result in the tax breaks for those at the top end being slashed, and the revenue redirected right down the income chain.
The already legislated stage three tax cuts – the culmination of a three-step process that has already benefited low and middle income earners – would abolish the 37 per cent bracket that applies to income between $120,000 and $180,000, and apply a 30 per cent rate to all earnings between $45,000 and $200,000.
Not Babylon Bee: Jerusalem Post Agonizes Over the ‘Climate Crisis’ of Israel’s War Against Hamas
Dr Tess Lawrie has many strings to her bow:
Brilliant.
Nikki Haley Projects Path Beyond New Hampshire Before Results Are Even In, Relies on Non-Conservative Voters
Not Just America, Canada is Being Demographically Transformed
The AFR View
A political sugar hit is not a reform
Cost-of-living tweaks to taxation will do nothing to fix the deep flaws in the system.
Yes, I predicted staff would wear the brunt of this decision when it was first announced.
You can’t tell me it wasn’t discussed at the highest levels in the company, yet they decided to signal their virtue anyway.
Much of the merchandise removed bore the Australian flag or in some other way celebrated Australia, but beyond that, had no connection to Jan 26 in particular.
This move was not just Anti-Jan26, it was anti Australian.
Tucker Carlson
@TuckerCarlson
Rand Paul is one of the few Republicans in the Senate who understands the threat of Nikki Haley. He may be the only one who cares where COVID came from. “Anthony Fauci should be in jail,” he says.
OldOzzie
Jan 24, 2024 9:00 AM
And now for a classic MG with mod cons, the $200k MGA restomod
Thanks for the post OldOzzie. Many Up Thumbs to you.
Now, I will just check my bank balance…………………………
Calli was saying not that the customer is always right, Calli was actually saying; “A business doesn’t wins in an argument with a customer”
The other way of looking at it is that Margot Robbie didn’t get the nod from her peers – the actors branch of the Academy – who actually do the nominations.
It may be a snub, it may be just that working actors weren’t as impressed with Barbie as were breathless reporters and Jane Doe (aged 9). Who knows?
U.K.
A Labour Government Likely to BAN Criticism of MOHAMMED & ISLAM: Blasphemy Code Free Speech Threat
Real Clear Polling
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“The Treason of the Intellectuals,” with Niall Ferguson | Uncommon Knowledge
The simple unassailable FACT about Australia Day is that this nation’s amazing progress, such as it is and with all it’s wonderful achievements and imperfections was not because of a stone age indigenous culture. It was because of British rule and the Europeans who came after. That’s what and why we celebrate on Australia Day.
Any turd company shrinking mealy mouthed from that is shown up as anti- Australian.
On the fillum peers – it all boils down to “what movie would I want to be associated with” given the field as presented for awards.
That’s why in 1993, despite some very strong contenders, Schindler’s List was a shoo in.
‘Egregious betrayal of trust with the Australian people’: Albanese called out over expected tax changes
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been blasted by the Coalition ahead of his urgent meeting with ministers in Canberra on Wednesday to discuss cost of living relief to help struggling Australians, which is set to also include an overhaul to the stage three tax cuts.
Coalition accuses Anthony Albanese of declaring ‘war on aspiration’ ahead of looming changes to stage three tax cuts
But under Labor’s expected change, the 37 per cent bracket is set to stay for those making between $135,000 and $190,000, with the highest 45 per cent rate applied after the latter.
The Albanese government’s changes would see Australians on an income up to $150,000 better off, while those on $200,000 will pay about $1,5000 more tax.
That money would be redirected to low and middle income earners to help with the cost of living, which Mr Albanese on Tuesday stressed is who the government wants to help.
This would mean the PM is breaking his second election promise, after multiple times vowing he would keep the former Coalition government’s stage 3 tax cuts.
“The Prime Minister and Treasurer (Jim Chalmers) lied over 100 times to the Australian people about these stage three tax cuts,” he said to First Edition host Peter Stefanovic.
“They said they were committed to them, they said they were going to stick to them… they’ve been to two elections and of course both the Prime Minister and Treasurer voted for them. So, if there was ever a breach of promise… this is it.
“And the truth is, this Prime Minister and Treasurer’s word means absolutely nothing.”
Obviously a Democratic Peoples Republic type “democracy”.
‘Stabbing Australians in the back’: Taxpayers group warns Anthony Albanese not to break stage three tax cut promise amid increasing speculation
The Albanese government has been warned not to “stab hard working Australians in the back” as speculation increases the government will break its promise to proceed with the Coalition-era stage three tax cuts.
The threshold for the top 45 per cent marginal tax rate is also set to increase from $180,000 to $200,000.
It is these changes to the top income tax threshold which have been at the centre of speculation, with 2GB’s Chris O’Keefe claiming on Monday that the government would abandon the change.
According to the Australian Taxpayers’ Alliance (ATA), this would send a clear signal to voters that Labor “cannot be trusted”.
“If the reports are true, then this is a clear signal to millions of Australian voters that Labor cannot be trusted,” ATA executive director Brian Marlow said in a statement.
“They promised over and over again not to touch stage 3 tax cuts, yet here we are just moments away from parliament resuming and massive tax changes appear to be on the cards.
“This isn’t just about the numbers – it’s about trust. Voters need to ask themselves, can you trust a government that promises for years to do one thing, only to stab hard working Australian voters in the back at the last minute?”
Mr Marlow cited modelling by the ATA’s chief economist Dr John Humphreys which found the government would raise “no extra revenue” by abandoning the stage three changes, arguing it would in fact harm the economy.
“Raising the top threshold from $180k to $200k is expected to boost reported GDP by $3.3 billion/year. That’s obviously a good thing – especially in the current stagnant economy – and if Labor backtracks on that policy then Australia will lose that benefit,” Dr Humphreys said.
The ATA chief economist – who has previously worked at Treasury, the World Bank, and ASEAN – was highly critical of Australia’s tax debate.
“Our tax debate is a fraud. By ignoring how people respond to taxes, the government is being fundamentally dishonest in how they consider tax changes,” Dr Humphreys said.
“Most tax discussion is focused on who benefits today. There is nearly no serious consideration of productivity. Australia’s productivity is going backwards and we are in a per-capita recession.
“The economic reason for tax cuts (beyond the direct benefit received by taxpayers) is that it helps drive productivity and economic growth, which is the only sustainable way to raise wages and lower the cost of living.”
I was the one who tossed the “customer is always right” into the old thread.
TBH, I prefer your phrasing. If a business allows actions that upset customers, there will be reactions, which, to paraphrase Emperor Hirohito on 15 August 1945, might “not proceed in ways necessarily favourable to the business”.
Going to Sydney to drop off wife on her way to celebrate her mothers 87th birthday. I’m going to see the Kandinsky exhibition at the NSW Art Gallery. Can someone advise good place for breakfast near the gallery. I’ll have a bit of time to fill in so don’t mind a walk. I used to go to the French place on the cnr of Goulburn and William Street but after the chinese took over it went downhill.
This is a horrifying thought but I suspect that Schindler’s List would not be made in today’s Hollywood.
Something that bureaucrats and politicians strenuously ignore, lest the immigration Ponzi come under voter scrutiny.
So many lies in public life these days.
The moral corruption runs deep.
New deniers eh? One third of UK teenagers think climate change is deliberately exaggerated
By Jo Nova
There is hope: Thirty years of namecalling, propaganda and censorship still isn’t enough
‘The 26 January Holiday’. As weak as water – trying to be all things to all people.
I wish the tax-free threshold was removed. Time people faced up to nothing is free. I still don’t understand how just because someone earns a lot they have to pay a higher rate. My kids soon had a change of heart as soon as they got their first job working nights at fast food and restaurants. They all wanted the government to stop wasting money. They became political overnight.
Sictoria is Screwed!
7NEWS Melbourne
@7NewsMelbourne
The state’s treasurer has warned Victorians to brace for major cuts ahead of this year’s budget.
Tim Pallas says the Allan government will be clawing back money that was spent during covid. http://7NEWS.com.au #7NEWS
I trust the author of that piece is “paying the rent” to the Yuggera people.
President Trump Holds Impromptu Presser During Surprise Visit to New Hampshire Polling Place
January 23, 2024 – Sundance
President Trump showed up unexpectedly at a polling site in New Hampshire for today’s primary. As he greeted and thanked the voters, President Trump paused to deliver impromptu remarks to the traveling press pool. President Trump was asked about Nikki Haley, who is his last remaining competitor in the race, and whether he would consider Desantis as his vice president.
It is refreshing to see plain, simple and honest off-the-cuff answers to questions. “The rino Republicans are the stupid people“… lol.
So true. We need this common plain talk again. WATCH:
Stabbing Australians in the back’: Taxpayers group warns Anthony Albanese not to break stage three tax cut promise amid increasing speculation.
No, this is stabbing people in the front. To be honest I never believed the Feds would deliver on this. They could never be trusted to deliver on lower taxes 3+ years out. It was either going to happen straight away or not at all.
Someone arguing for more taxation at the Cat!
😀
Reduce government spending and reduce taxes for everyone with a low flat rate.
Spent by whom?
Oh, yes….by Tim!
War in Ukraine
Ukraine war is ‘battle for ammunition’, says Nato chief
Kyiv’s troops forced to ration artillery rounds as Russia launches latest barrage
Russia’s war in Ukraine has turned into “a battle of ammunition”, Nato’s head has warned, as supply shortages have forced Kyiv’s military to ration artillery rounds.
“Increased production of ammunition is an absolute necessity to enable us to continue to provide support to Ukraine,” Nato secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday, as the alliance signed a €1.1bn deal to procure more ammunition its members can use to arm Ukrainian forces or to replenish their own stocks.
“With the consumption of ammunition we see in Ukraine, with the needs we see?.?.?.?we need to ramp up production,” Stoltenberg added.
His comments came hours after Ukraine was hit by another Russian barrage, with officials in Kyiv growing increasingly concerned their forces could run out of munitions by the time allies in the US and EU finally agree on further military assistance for this year.
Faced with dwindling supplies, Ukrainian soldiers on the front line have told the Financial Times in recent days that they are forced to ration munitions while Russian troops step up their attacks.
“Indeed there is really not enough ammunition,” said a senior Ukrainian artillery brigade officer.
Ukraine went from firing 8,000 shells per day during its counteroffensive in the summer to just 2,000 in recent weeks, according to a platoon commander.
Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, Ukraine’s commander of operations in the south-east, told reporters in December that his forces faced a shortage of artillery shells due to the lack of western military assistance, forcing troops to scale back some operations along the 1,000km front line.
EU partners last spring vowed to send Ukraine 1mn artillery rounds, which are crucial to the country’s frontline defence. But as of late December, Ukrainian officials said that only about 300,000 shells had been provided.
Nato on Tuesday signed a contract for “hundreds of thousands of rounds” of 155mm artillery ammunition, which allies will be able to send on to Ukraine or replenish their own inventories.
Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has repeatedly urged western allies whose support has been critical to repelling Russia’s invasion to step up supplies of air defence systems as well as offensive capabilities.
White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said on Monday that the next few months would be “critical for Ukraine”, whose commanders are faced with “difficult decisions” about what weaponry to deploy “because they don’t know when the next shipment is going to come”.
“That’s a horrible place to put the Ukrainian military in,” Kirby warned, “as the Russians certainly aren’t suffering under that same uncertainty, as they reach out to North Korea for ballistic missiles?.?.?.?and drones from Iran and [continue] producing on their own.”
Posting a video on X of residential buildings in the northeastern city of Kharkiv that were bombed by Russia’s overnight missile attacks, Zelenskyy’s chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, stressed the urgency for Kyiv’s backers to swiftly approve more military assistance.
“The world must understand that this terror can only be stopped by force,” Yermak wrote.
Zelenskyy in his evening video address on Tuesday said that at least 18 people had been killed and 130 injured in the latest barrage, with air strikes damaging 139 buildings. In some, rescue workers were still searching for people trapped under the rubble.
Only half of Russia’s 41 missiles fired overnight were intercepted, according to Ukrainian army officials.
Vitaly Klitschko, the mayor of Kyiv, said a residential building was being evacuated after an undetonated warhead was found in one of the apartments.
Russia’s defence ministry confirmed the attacks on Tuesday but denied targeting civilians.
Happened to watch it last night.
From IMDB:
Nice neighbourhood we live in.
Gee, really?
Was watching some Tucker videos last night and he featured footage of that Haley woman claiming that Vlad the Pute gave the go ahead for the hamarse terrorist “rape rape” rampage through southern Israel, because, wait for it, October 7 is Vlad’s birthday, among other bizarre non-sequiturs.
The woman is too stupid for words. Entirely unsurprising she’s being supported and bankrolled by dumbocrats.
Unanimous, you say?
Doesn’t the ABC board have a member voted on by employees?
Don’t tell me the employee rep has broken ranks!
Kimeee Williams new ABC chairman.
Despite being poached from the ABC by Rupert to be CEO of News Ltd/News Corp for two years about 10 years ago he is your typical leftie.
Concientious objector against Vietnam war, saved from court by Gough and Labor getting in.
Second marriage was to Gough’s daughter who apparently was best friend of his first wife.
I Went Undercover to the World Economic Forum
The Canadian Federal Court has ruled that Trudeau’s use of the Emergencies Act to shut down the Freedom Convoy vaccine mandate protests in Ottawa two years ago was unlawful.
The upper caste.
Yep it’s Gonna Happen!
Report: Michelle Obama’s Secret Plan to Replace Joe Biden for President Emerges
The Gateway Pundit’s Kristinn Taylor shared an explosive story last week that Barack and Michelle Obama are angling to replace decrepit, unpopular Joe Biden with the younger and more popular Michelle as the Democrats’ presidential nominee. Michelle has reportedly already surveyed major Democrat donors about her potential candidacy and in 2022 allegedly told a gathering of CEOs in New York City she was running.
Now, the New York Post’s Cindy Adams reveals that a secret plan has emerged to throw Old Joe under the bus. She claims it comes from “credible sources few have access to and usually not meant for the noses of the media.”
Barack has reportedly polled donors and put together a plan for Michelle, which is still being tweaked, according to Adams.
Per Adams, here is how the plot will work:
Around May, Biden announces he’s not running (even mentally). The so-called plot is that come the August convention, Michelle gets nominated.
Next step, Hunter’s father — the temp — drops out just before that convention.
For now, he still play-acts like he’s a real candidate.
One may wonder why Biden does not drop out now and let Michelle get a head start. Adams argues that he must pretend he’s running because “our dodo-in-chief would have to stop quacking and become a lame duck.”
Before The Next Crisis Hits – Prepare With A Medical Emergency Kit (Includes Ivermectin and Z-Pak)
As the Gateway Pundit reported earlier this month, Michelle set off a firestorm with her comments regarding the potential of another Trump Presidency. This only fueled speculation that she was gearing up for a run to save the Democrats.
Here is what she said to Jay Shetty on his podcast “On Purpose”:
Things that keep me up because you, you don’t have control over them. And you wonder, where are people that, where are we in this? You know, where are our hearts? What’s gonna happen in this next election?
I am terrified about what could possibly happen. Because our leaders matter. Who we select. Who speaks for us. Who holds that bully pulpit. It affects us in ways that I sometimes think people take for granted
Michelle Obama says she is kept awake at night due to the upcoming election: “I am terrified about what could happen” pic.twitter.com/3kOCmJe9jB
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) January 8, 2024
Make no mistake: A Michelle Obama campaign would set a new low for media bias in America.
She would hailed as the conquering hero throughout and the only hope to “save” America from Donald Trump.
This truism and her media sensationalized charisma make her the most dangerous candidate the Democrats could nominate.
God help America if she were to succeed.
Pogria
Jan 24, 2024 8:57 AM
Then why have them?
When every penny counts.
WAYNE ROOT: I Say Out Loud What Others Only Whisper: Is There Any Patriot in America Who Isn’t Thinking Supreme Court Justices are Being Bribed, or Blackmailed?
What Would J Edgar Hoover say! – Hmmmm
Earlier.
“More than 100”? Their ABC, IIRC, has around 4000 staff. It seems that the support for Lattouf might not be particularly strong, possibly not even including the Staff Member of the Board.
How typically Labor/leftard, incestuous bed swapping.
That would be Laura Tingle.
Lattouf is a very polarising figure, even at the ABC apparently.
Germany’s $660m pitch for Australia’s green hydrogen
Germany’s minister for economic affairs and climate action, Robert Habeck, wrote to the Australian government late last year with the proposal, suggesting each nation pitches in €200 million of funding, according to H2Global, the German government-backed entity charged with developing the hydrogen market in that country.
The auction scheme would provide long-term sales agreements for fuels such as green ammonia and green methanol that will be critical for Germany to decarbonise its industrial, power and heavy transport sectors. For Australian producers, it would help close the gap between production costs and sales prices, reducing the need to find commercial customers for long-term contracts.
Australia has shown interest in exploring the subsidy system but has not yet accepted the funding proposal. The idea of hydrogen trading was included in a “hydrogen partnership” signed between the two nations in 2021.
Optus admits gross error on number of failed 000 calls during outage
Optus has revealed that 2697 customers tried to call 000 during its national outage of phone and internet services but could not connect to emergency services – more than 10 times the number it had previously disclosed to a senate inquiry.
Former Optus chief executive Kelly Bayer Rosmarin told a Senate hearing in November that 228 triple-zero calls by Optus customers failed during a 14-hour outage on November 8.
The “Palestinins” are a political fabrication.
Exhibit “A”: Yasmin Arafat. An EGYPTIAN Arab.
Can anyone PROVE to me that the name, or a precursor of its current name, was NOT bestowed by Roman Emperor Hadrian after the crushing of the “Jewish Revolt”, in Judea; the “Land of the Jews”? Being derived from the local name for a bunch of pirates, the new name was a calculated INSULT, NOT a veneration of specific historical ownership.
The “westernized” name stuck for want of proper scholarship. At the time, the nearest “Arabs” were a small nomadic culture of mostly pagan tribes, somewhere out in eastern “Arabia”. Islam did not exist; it was “discovered seven hundred years later. Arabic was the LAST of the “major” languages before the current era, to have a formalized written form.
The LSM, Academia and the pollie-muppets have ALL gleefully guzzled the Kultural Kool-Ade. This WILL get very messy, as was always intended.
https://www.ventusky.com/?p=-19.96;149.93;6&l=gust&t=20240124/0600
24 IDF soldiers killed in deadliest day since start of Gaza combat
Twenty-one troops died in a building collapse and three others in battle • Netanyahu: “I wish to strengthen the dear families of our heroic warriors.”
(January 23, 2024 / JNS)
Twenty-four Israel Defense Forces soldiers were killed in the Gaza Strip on Monday, the deadliest single day for the Israeli military since the start of its ground operation against Hamas on Oct. 27.
Twenty-one soldiers were killed in central Gaza when two buildings collapsed due to a blast, IDF Spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said on Tuesday morning.
Three other soldiers were killed in battle in the southern Gaza Strip.
The incident occurred 600 meters (2,000 feet) from the Israeli border, near the northwestern Negev community of Kibbutz Kissufim, as Israeli forces were working on clearing Hamas infrastructure and buildings to establish a buffer zone.
According to Hagari, around 4 p.m., terrorists fired a rocket-propelled grenade at a tank securing the forces.
At the same time, two two-story buildings collapsed as a result of an explosion while most of the troops were inside or near them.
The blast was apparently caused by explosives placed by the Israeli forces, intended to destroy the buildings in a controlled event.
Hagari emphasized that the incident is still under investigation, including the cause of the explosion.
“Virgin Missing Screws” would be a great headline for that story.
American Spectator
We Are at War With Iran’s Mullahs
Someone should tell Joe Biden.
Each morning for the last several days I’ve turned first for news concerning the two SEALs lost at sea off the coast of Somalia, hoping—by this moment, hoping against all hope—that they will somehow be found alive.
Every true American should be saddened at their probable fate, even as we pray for a miracle. And every true American should wish, passionately, that the authors of this fate are held to account.
We might start by honestly facing up to “an inconvenient truth” for the Biden administration, a truth far more inconvenient than anything Al Gore every imagined.
We are at war with the Iranian regime.
It’s about time we accepted this, drew the appropriate conclusions, and initiated the necessary actions to bring this war to a speedy and successful conclusion.
As we come to terms with this, we need to dispose of three false propositions.
First, this is not a war against the people of Iran. The war is a war initiated by the Shia theocratic dictatorship of the “Supreme Leader” Ali Khamenei, his tight little circle of fellow theocrats, and the larger cluster of Islamist fanatics centered around the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, the IRGC.
Second, this is not a “war of choice” on our part.
Third, this is not simply a war confined to the Middle East, nor is it just about Israel.
The dirty little secret of U.S. homeland security is that, with an absolutely wide-open southern border, we have absolutely no idea how many hard-core, well-trained Islamist terrorists have already infiltrated the U.S., particularly now, when they can mingle so freely among the haters already in our midst.
Perhaps the Chinese are better positioned to exploit our many vulnerabilities, but the Iranian regime, most certainly, runs a close second in that sweepstakes. And while Chairman Xi professes a timetable for war that starts in 2027, the Iranian regime has already declared war on us.
This, unquestionably, is the meaning behind Hamas’ October 7 atrocities, and also the meaning behind the ongoing wave of missile attacks on Red Sea shipping, attacks that lately have directly targeted U.S. vessels.
Unmistakably, and whatever its other motivations, the October 7 attack was meant to destroy any hope of an enduring rapprochement between Israel and the Saudis.
The “Abraham Accords” represented a direct challenge to the Iranian regime’s ambitions, and the most important step toward lasting peace in the region since the 1979 “Camp David Accords” between Israel and Egypt.
The Biden administration’s renewed—and profoundly wrongheaded—pursuit of the Iranian nuclear deal pulled the rug out from under the Saudis, and the Hamas attacks have made a deal, for now, impossible.
Similarly, Iran’s role in the Houthi missile attacks should be obvious to anyone with eyes to see.
The bottom line is that, while the war has started, it remains containable, if only we make the effort to contain it.
We don’t have to invade Iran, but we do have to start fighting back. We have to defend ourselves. And, having done that, perhaps we can start thinking about how we might actually win.
Perhaps someone should wake up Joe Biden and tell him that.
Well…yes.
It was used by Herodotus to designate a province in Syria.
This is what happens when you have the whole of Parliament squidging, extemporizing, committed to nothing, and trying to satisfice everyone. They want the money to spend – but know that the punters are shitted to tears with providing it.
Eventually, the inevitable winner is More Spending.
Hateful people living in a bubble of self-interest.
Exceptionally great.
Re posted from the old thread.
Sure, but that still means that the two are not identical. Israelis or an Israeli flag lapel are not Likudniks or symbolize Likud, respectively, even though they may in large numbers support the current governments response to Oct 7.
The phrase used has nothing to do with the above distinction but more broadly
addresses the place of ‘Western sympathies’ in the ME and beyond; namely, that they are under no illusions post-Iraq, Libya, Syria, Yemen, and the like about genuine Western sympathies.
In Nira illim bulluk man of the Taungurung Nation news:
‘Apologise or go’: Indigenous leader could run against Victorian Liberals’ John Pesutto in his Hawthorn seat after Coalition’s U-turn on Treaty
He said Mr Pesutto’s standing in his inner-city seat of Hawthorn could be threatened by the change of policy, citing inner-city voters in an area which voted more than 60 percent in favour of the failed Voice referendum.
Oddly, Mr Pesutto is apparently also representing people outside of the inner-city seat of Hawthorne. Strange concept, to be sure.
Which has nothing to do with the claims of the present day “Palestinian” people, I should add.
That argument would be a form of the genetic fallacy.
When did spoken and written Arabic become one of the dominant languages there? Not certain, but I suspect common languages two millennia ago would have been Latin, Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic.
Aussie shotfirers tend not to have RPGs fired at them. That’s what set the charges off unfortunately.
Some Palis apparently infiltrated from a nearby orchard and fired the RPG and another AT round of some kind.
The IDF engineers having to set the demolition charges for so many buildings are heroes. Not only doing demolitions but also dealing with zillions of IEDs and boobytraps. This is the second time the charge went off prematurely, the first time was when a nearby tank fired their main gun, which caused an electrical short.
Hamas is a Palestinian weapon. Israel’s insistence on retaining security within Gaza after demolishing Hamas is because they know it won’t change Palestinians, it will only make their genocidal efforts ineffective. Like taking a gun from someone who won’t change their murderous mindset.
feelthebern
The worst part about GW games is the “don’t pick a powerful army” BS and “winning convincingly is bad sportsmanship you will lose points over at a tournament”.
It’s toxic, autistic, hug boxing nonsense!
Where’s the skill in picking an army?
Whaddya gonna do? Ban internet access for WH players?
I am so sick of the neckbeards on Reddit.
If I wanted to play a non competitive game, I’d be playing the Babylon 5 RPG.
Gabor,
funny that, “if the missing screws had no impact on the safety of the plane”, then why did the they disembark and place all the passengers on another flight?
The airlines are seriously fooling with people’s lives.
Certainly not prior to the conquest by the Rashidun caliphate in the mid 7th C.
Whilst brewing Vittoria ittoria Mountain Grown high-altitude 100% Arabica beans Nespesso Capsule
Looking at 30 year old Clark Stainless Steel Double Bowl with Draining both sides which is as when intalled – still looking brand new, it is good to see an Australian Company still going since 1941 & manufacturing in Australia
– though how long that can last under Albosleexy & The Australian Labor Party/Greens/TEALS – the future looks bleak
Let’s be clear, I waded into this by differentiating between a Palestinian lapel and support for Hamas, and arguing further that legitimizing an anodyne approach to political or religious symbols on the grounds of ‘subjective feelings’ will rebound far more on the Right in the current circumstances than on the Left.
On the face of it not objectionable. But you would have said the same thing about Buttrose and it didn’t take long for her to become house trained. Truly the ALPBC is beyond reform. Give them 2 more funding cycles then just hand it lock, stock and barrel to staff with no ongoing funding or government guarantees.
Correct.
Through that looking glass is a parallel universe where a President Trump has his policies restricting illegal immigration frustrated by a progressive SCOTUS handing control of immigration to, say, a left-leaning Californian governor.
Mmmm, yes. Trust distributions are tricky at the best of times.
And how are you going to react if its another passenger and not an employee? There comes a point when you just roll your eyes and move on.
OMG!!!
Apparently the people in the black car all survived, but the silver car in front has had, I assume a person, that went through the back window, blurred.
Cripes, when your number’s up.
NH primaries.
LIVE RESULTS: Will the New Hampshire Primary Bring Us Any Surprises?
Only half a dozen or so counties so far:
Joe didn’t make it onto the ballot for an arcane reason so the Dem voters are having to write him in, hence the weird Dem results. Interestingly the counties recorded so far for the Republicans and the Democrats are different.
That’s not confirmed in the report.
No. If the shots were wired correctly then , no short would be possible. That’s how shots are supposed to work.
Of course they are true heroes Bruce. But I’m astounded that so many troops were allowed inside structures containing live shots.
Is This The Real Life? Or Just a Fantasy?
Thoughts on theology, survival, and The Simulation.
GLENN HARLAN REYNOLDS
“Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?” Those aren’t just lines from “Bohemian Rhapsody,” but a serious question for many.
And maybe they should be a bigger question for others.
The question is: Are we living in real life, or in a computer simulation?
Oxford philosopher Nick Bostrom has been raising that possibility for years.
In principle, you can simulate anything with a digital computer that’s powerful enough.
And, as Edward Frenkel wrote in The New York Times, “If such simulations are possible in theory, (Bostrom) reasons, then eventually humans will create them — presumably many of them.
If this is so, in time there will be many more simulated worlds than nonsimulated ones.
Statistically speaking, therefore, we are more likely to be living in a simulated world than the real one.”
And, as Frenkel also noted, scientists have detected small anomalies in some computer simulations, anomalies that if discovered in the real world, could indicate that we actually are living in a simulated world.
There are also aspects of the physical world – chiefly certain quantum effects – that have suggested to some that our universe is simulated. Digital, not analog.
Even Elon Musk has weighed in, saying that in his opinion, the odds that we’re not living in a simulated universe as opposed to a real one are “one in billions.”
Culturally, references to “the simulation,” which used to be limited to a tiny coterie of uber-geeks, have now entered into popular discourse.
I remember during Covid when people were saying that the “murder hornets” were a sign that the simulation’s controllers had relaxed the probability limits and the like, or wondering if simulations have the equivalent of “sweeps week.” (And maybe they do; more on that later.)
But so what? What difference, as Hillary Clinton might ask, does it make whether we’re in a “real” or a “simulated” universe?
In one sense, it doesn’t matter at all.
If you stub your simulated toe against a simulated end table, the simulated pain will seem quite real to you, as I can (simulatedly?) attest.
Don’t worry about her mouth.
Watch her feet.
If they aren’t walking to the other side of the chamber this is just a bit of minor brand differentiation to placate the restless natives.
Marcus Stewart – descended from Scottish nobility, and married to a Labor member of the upper house? Keep picking at the scabs, Marcus, the wounds will never heal.
[UPDATE: I had somehow managed to miss this interesting essay by Robin Hanson from 2001 — yes, that long ago — on How to Live in a Simulation.]
Not much to report other than the fact only about 50 passengers on my first leg so no shortage of complete rows to self.
Australian of the Year news (the NT News):
Pit Bull Super. Could have done with a more appropriate name, I would have thought, like ‘Mega Crazy Fat For Days’ or ‘Towering Tumescence’.
Or ‘Potential Greatness’.
Ah.
“He drove home in agony and he says that he had a towel but nothing could touch his penis, it felt like it was about to explode and he was concerned,” he said.
“He pulled into Hungry Jack’s, he’s purchased some food, there was a towel, he says he didn’t get out of the car, he was dreadfully embarrassed.”
Well, it is the Wet Season.
Nothing to see here.
And start charging them rent at commercial rates.
Blockquote fail.
I quite rightly blame longitudinal penii splitting.
Whopper or Junior Burger?
Correct.
Of course.
We were discussing displaying political and religious symbols in the workplace by employees.
I have no “contract” with fellow customers, only the service provider.
I have the same problem with sausages if the barbecue is too hot.
Actually that thing about write-in may be something completely different, since Dems were being encouraged to write-in vote for “Ceasefire Now”, in relation to the Gaza thing.
The problem was that the DNC told NH to move the Dem primary date to another day, but the local Dems said it was written into state law to be on this date. I don’t know what the outcome of the mess is, but it’s fun watching it unfold.
Humphrey, please, it’s not that kind of blog.
Bridge for sale, cheep!
funny that, “if the missing screws had no impact on the safety of the plane”, then why did the they disembark and place all the passengers on another flight?
PR.
There are two kinds of removable panels on aircraft. Load bearing and non load bearing. Non load bearing usually has some reinforcement around the edge of the aircraft structure if the loads in the area are high enough to require it. Leaving the panel off might have aerodynamic consequences but not structural ones.
Load bearing is more like a panel that is riveted in place but uses screws instead so it can be removed for maintenance to get at something it covers.
Fittings like this on aircraft have a fitting safety factor typically about twice expected maximum load so a few percent of fasteners missing isn’t a big deal. WHY they are missing is another matter.
Just remember, this is the same creep who verballed and ridiculed Cassie Jaye on Channel Seven back in 2017….
Andrew O’Keefe found guilty of ‘degrading’ attack on woman
Embattled television presenter Andrew O’Keefe has been found guilty of kicking and spitting at a woman during a violent domestic violence assault.
Embattled television presenter Andrew O’Keefe has been found guilty of kicking and spitting at a woman during a “frightening and degrading” domestic violence assault.
The 52-year-old faced Sydney Downing Centre Local Court on Wednesday over charges of common assault, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, resisting a police officer, possessing a prohibited drug, and contravening an apprehended violence order.
The former host of Channel Seven’s Deal or No Deal pleaded guilty to the AVO charge but fought the rest of the charges in a three day hearing.
The string of charges date back to September 2021, when O’Keefe allegedly violently assaulted a woman in a Sydney apartment before resisting police during his subsequent arrest.
Perhaps Mr O’Keefe could begin his mea culpa by saying sorry to Cassie Jaye? But no he won’t, because such self-reflection needs to come from a man.
Second marriage was to Gough’s daughter who apparently was best friend of his first wife.
When you look at him, with his arts community spectacles, he doesn’t seem the marrying kind.
He looks more like he listens to Judy Garland records, owns a couple of schnauzers and is renovating a cottage in Bowral into a fabulous
restored guest house.
This is rapidly becoming a thorny area.
If a Petstock employee wore an Australian flag lapel badge to work this week, in defiance of instructions not to display such symbolism in their workplace, could they be disciplined by the company?
And if the company did so, would that be an infringement of the employee’s constitutional right to free political speech? (the only free speech we’re guaranteed in this country, btw)
Life’s good as a Liar Brahmin but it’s a long time between drinks.
I didn’t expect a tip.
The former host of Channel Seven’s Deal or No Deal
Sounds like he is about to get a No Deal and time in the slammer.
Old Ozzie, for $200k, I think I would rather get a real sports car.
https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/details/1962-jaguar-e-type-manual/OAG-AD-22028711/?Cr=23
I know this is not a cabriolet, but after 2 miles, the Mazda powered MG-A, (or almost any other vehicle), would need a F-18F radar to see where it had gone.
I never had one, (I used to have a 1964 Mk II, 3.8 litre twin SU), but a chap I knew did.
The E Type had triple SU’s of course.
The performance of these beautiful machines was outstanding and when introduced in 1962, the cost was amazingly low. This is why they were so popular worldwide.
Roger at 11:46 – that is precisely where the US is heading. When everything is politicised nothing is left.
Quite a different matter.
Unless the passenger is seated right next you, the level of in-flight interaction is effectively zero. Even then, the pin is far less likely to be visible than on a staff member leaning over you and your neighbour to deliver drinks et al.
Let’s avoid a debate on angels on the head of a pin, his is about a public business allowing its staff to demonstrate potentially controversial positions. The businesses involved tend to show great sensitivity to the feelings of “protected” groups, much less so for the hoi polloi. Time they treated all equally.
Reminds me of landing at Gunnedah a couple of years ago. Looked like the opening scenes of “Twelve O’Clock High”. Tall grass out the front of the locked, abandoned terminal.
Merlin One looking rather forlorn sitting on right wingtip and nose and left main, nobody around.
Bonanza lands with a couple on board for potty stop. Bloke comes up after a while and asks if we have screwdriver. Of course we did. Seems an access panel in front of the tail on the fuselage side had a problem. Usually has 6 screws. Three were missing including the front two and the panel was kind of bent back. Borrowed a suitable one from the defunct Merlin, bent panel straight, put in 4 screws (two on front of panel), some 600mph tape and sent him on his way.
Pleading celebrity adjacent might not cut it this time.
Interesting – Thngs you do to while away time
Not Trusting BOM to completely disappear this data
http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/data/lists_by_element/stations.txt
http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/data/lists_by_element/alphaAUS_139.txt
Selected all and copied to iMac Notes, then exported as PDF
ends up 828 Page PDF – formatted as 2 lines per station number – so original 414 Pages
Safe from BOM losing!