Coming prediction.
Open Thread – Wed 28 Feb 2024
And in other bird news, the storks are nesting. All along the motorway, perched atop electricity stanchions, great flat nests…
Second! And greetings from San Sebastian. So far we have driven from the Balearic Sea to the Bay of Biscay.…
Subtle: Ukrainian officials say they’ve intercepted a plot to assassinate Volodymyr Zelenskyy. What happens if the country lost the ‘public…
First! Epic art, Dover. Lovin AppCat for that alone.
✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
The grass median strip between UWA and the residential colleges has been known to be the final resting place for more than a few over the years. It happens.
Memories of misspent years at Tommy More.
Morning other siders.
Suzie Quattro!
Reputed to have never worn a dress.
I’ve no idea if that’s true, & care even less. However it made a fantastic conversation piece (“Didja know that … blah blah blah?”) when we were younger.
Suzie can still fit into the gear she wore on stage in the seventies. sigh… 😀
Added to things I’ll never do again.
Foolishly imagined that the stairs that go down from Taormina to the station were civilized with proper steps and railings.
At the top they were but things got rougher and rougher as you descended until it became a fairly wide goat track, no railings, with a sheer drop at the side, then there were two options, a narrow goat track leading right and a narrow goat track with a rickety wooden rail leading left.
I baulked and decided discretion was the better part of valour and started to reascend. Fortunately i ran into two sweet American girls doing a gap year who offered to walk down with me and chatting away at a mile a minute I survived.
I am absolutely terrified of heights.
Never doing that again.
Ferkin insomnia. It’s like that burning, itchy rash you just can’t … ummm, yeah. How’s that weather, huh?
Interesting development with Craig Kelly switching from UAP to One Nation to be campaign manager.
No idea what this means for UAP.
dover0beach
Feb 28, 2024 12:42 AM
Baron of the Taiga
@baronitaigas
NATO countries that have said they won’t fight alongside France in Ukraine: 7
NATO countries that have said they will fight alongside France in Ukraine: 0
Wasn’t there a previous attempt by the French to invade and fight the Russians?
Rosie
Are you crazy going down that way?
There’s a cable car going down to the beach. Is that closed?
I think it is closed at the moment JC, it’s goes down to a town on the other side, I’d have to bus or train around.
Tomorrow l’ll bus down, there aren’t footpaths on the roads, too dangerous to walk.
I could probably do it now I know what to expect, didn’t help that I was startled by something in the bushes, which turned out to be a lizard, not a snake.
It’s actually quite busy as people use it to get to and from the railway station. I think in part it might be an old quarry.
Still not going to, not on my own.
So much for inhumane Israeli prisons, you can go to university and write novels.
seems like going to prison was the best thing that ever happened to this man
Sardinia, not just sardines in the water.
It seems to me the Lamarre case is indicative. First NSW Police have a recruitment problem. At the same time they need to keep the gays happy. So they lower the standards and get our ‘man’.
He already knows the stars and have been banging with the usual mass numbers . ( rabbits don’t come anywhere near the number of poofter hits).
He wants to look important, carry a Glock, with a future as security for the stars. Macho man… Next he has no ethics except the ego ethics of the gays and godless. He shoots a couple of anal mates. So what? …. oh who cares? Then he is arrested. Next the dick wiggles he has ‘satisfied’ in the NSW Pol senior ranks get worried. So we Machiavelli it all and blame the boss.
Everyone in the palace brings out the knives for the palace coup. “FIND A SCAPEGOAT”
King Lear has nothing on this. Maybe Othello. Welcome to the gay world.
Suzie can still fit into the gear she wore on stage in the seventies. sigh…
I’m 76 and still the same size I was at 20 .. waist/chest/weight .. sadly … the 70s shoulder length hair is no more ………
Ferkin insomnia. It’s like that burning, itchy rash you just can’t … ummm, yeah. How’s that weather, huh?
I’m having one of those night’s too .. wide awake .. building a 1300 piece micro block model of the Titanic but parts started to blur into each other so time to try bed .. again .. or switch the telly on ..
Still, being an OAP I don’t have to worry about getting up in the morning if I drop off .. LOL!
if only hamas had planes and tanks
Melbourne muslim reaches great heights
testimony from a Jew and an Arab about the 1929 Hebron massacre
freedom to do whatever you like
John Spooner.
Mark Knight.
Peter Broelman.
Brett Lethbridge.
Michael Ramirez.
A.F. Branco.
Matt Margolis.
Chip Bok.
Michael Ramirez #2.
Tom Stiglich.
Henry Payne.
Gary Varvel.
Thanks Tom.
Plus lots.
So the macaroon mediocrity, that effete waste of space, is trying to give WWIII as push along. Why not use French to troops to defend France from the invasion from the south?
href=”https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2024/02/27/wwiii-watch-macron-floats-troops-in-ukraine-for-first-time-moscow-warns-of-inevitable-war-with-nato/”> Discussion of sending NATO troops into Ukraine itself has suddenly broken into the open for the first time, prompting Russia to warn that “a direct military conflict between NATO and Russia will be inevitable” if Western troops became engaged.
Discussion of sending NATO troops into Ukraine itself has suddenly broken into the open for the first time, prompting Russia to warn that “a direct military conflict between NATO and Russia will be inevitable” if Western troops became engaged.
Another thing we have to thank Trump for is making the western political establishment expose itself as treacherous, despicable and venal. From King Tampon to John Howard.
miracle
Jeremy Gans on the Judds complaints
Yea, yes it was. It has been a blast knowing all of you.
I got Gemini AI to confess that John Allen Mohammed was African American, but it took some Gracie Bros level arm twisting and Tyson Fury tier face punching.
Grain prices also.
Getting to be a stampede. Someone should ask Bowen what the problem is. Aren’t they trying to save the planet anymore?
Apple Cancels Work on EV, Moves Staff to AI (27 Feb)
I hope Apple’s AI doesn’t have the same problems as Google’s one does, which cost them $70 billion in share market value yesterday.
The sad state that is the ADF.
Campbell would have been more use as a forward scout with a bloody claymore strapped and taped to his fvking head:
TEACHING ARMY DOGS NEW TRICKS
CHARLES MIRANDA
28 Feb 2024
Military dog handlers will be retrained to limit “cultural sensitivity risks” when confronting enemy fighters or terrorists, in a woke extension of the ADF’s Special Forces overhaul.
The bizarre edict from Chief of the Defence Force, Angus Campbell, is among 48 newly completed culture directives stemming from the damming Afghanistan Inquiry.
The updated directives list also includes strategies to address “exceptionalism” and “ethical drift” among elite soldiers and tighter accountability laws.
The ADF Military Working Dogs (MWD) edict mandates they must only be used now in “reasonable circumstances” and not as a tool to elicit information from a captured person or under control during tactical questioning.
“Handlers are expected to ensure their use of ADF military working dogs (MWD) is reasonable and necessary in the circumstances,” Defence policy notes.
“Those directing or employing ADF MWD teams are expected to be cognisant of any cultural sensitivities in relation to the use of ADF MWD and, where circumstances allow, take active steps to minimise cultural sensitivity risks associated with such use.”
Exercise scenarios are now assessing the new “appropriate use” of the dogs’ capability.
Special Forces used dogs extensively in the Middle East and regionally to sniff out weapons and explosives or on patrol about our military bases but in some Islamic cultures the animals are deemed impure and offensive.
SAS Association chairman Martin Hamilton-Smith branded the dog directive another woke initiative.
“Of all the problems facing Defence, they’ve spent a lot of time on the Afghan allegations and in the meantime recruitment and retention is dire, there is problems with procurement and sustainment of capital equipment, there is evidence of serious mismanagement in Defence and a disproportionate time spent dealing with things that happened 15 years ago and second order issues like dog culture,” he said.
“I think the Australian people would welcome leadership and the ADF getting back to
capability rather than second-order issues.”
Three years since the war crimes inquiry sparked reforms and a criminal investigation, Defence has revealed 200 former soldiers have now been specifically affected and seeking mental health and welfare help.
The new figure comes after confirmation Gen. Campbell and the chiefs of Army, Navy and the RAAF will appear before the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide with public hearings to begin again in Sydney next week.
Curses and bugger…forgot to say that TEACHING ARMY DOGS NEW TRICKS is in today’s Daily Tele.
Of course, blame the cartoon pig for your kids’ rotten behaviour.
Artificial Idiocy. Artificial Ideologies. Ardent Indoctrination.
Mmmyes a real problem is identified by Michelle Bowes in the Hun:
So from what I gather, the women are only there to clean up after the shitshow and the ‘glass cliff’s awaits if they aren’t successful. The author no doubt bemoans a pay gap between the sexes and seems annoyed that these women have become top dog, just to fix shit.
Who is Michelle Bowes?
Michelle Bowes is a finance journalist at news.com.au and the author of Money Queens: Rule Your Money, a financial guidebook for teenage girls that explains gender financial inequalities, as well as how to earn, manage and grow their money.
Ah. So almost a self serving piece from Ms Bowes. Good Lord.
Broelman really is daft.
Taking his cartoon, can we also assume that his cartoons are ones he is commanded to do by the paper? I mean, they pay him.
TEACHING ARMY DOGS NEW TRICKS
Angus Campbell is the most pathetic, insipid person to be “leading” the ADF.
And Marles is such a wimp for letting it happen.
No wonder warriors are getting out of the SAS.
Jayne Hrdlicka famously booed for pumping up the Vic Stasi regime and lauding Covid injections.
A real woman of the people – if those people are in crowd at Davos.
Here’s my recommendation:
If you don’t intend on winning a war, do not deploy.
Seen the NRL ad for Las Vegas such irony. “No Pads” No Helmets”….we’re ready for law suits.
In the most letigious country in the world and with concussion concerns in the game , you get dumb.
Broelman is syndicated to a large range of regional dailies, from the woke Canberra Times to the downmarket Geelong Advertiser.
He occasionally does requests for papers like the Geelong Addy — usually about the local Cats AFL team.
They don’t have to direct him to do political cartoons as his woke politics are the same as 99% of journalists.
Needless to say, Broelman (who lives in suburban Adelaide) loathes the politicians that his regional readers vote for, like Pauline Hanson and Bananaby Joyce.
FMD. “I have to holiday!” Daily Telegraph:
Wowee what a shitshow.
The idea that we can get “people and culture” “experts” to teach us to become our better angels and this will stop bank mismanagement or military failure is the greatest con of the late 20th century and early 21st century.
“I’m going to stop a bank from having counterparty risk and a poor quality loan book by having maternity leave”
“I will fight the Taliban to submission or death by emasculating our overused, misdeployed elite reconnaissance forces, which are treated as video game shock troop NPCs with infinite stamina and HP”
“I will teach baseload and peaking power station workers about the five love languages and it will stop random blackouts so we can kick the can a little further down the road”
What a steaming load of horse sh*t.
NSW & VIC peak Muslim bodies reject invitations to premiers’ Iftar dinners:
““There is a level of frustration with Labor in the community at the moment, at every level, in relation to Israel and the war in Gaza. What we want to see from the state government is clear statements of solidarity with the Palestinian people”, said the VIC Muslim rep.
“There is an outright refusal from any imam or community leader to attend the event. I’ve never seen the level of anger in the community as high as it is right now. There is zero appetite from the community to meet with the premier or his ministers”, said the NSW Muslim rep.
– The Guardian
Happy Iftar, Labor!
Likely it’s all safe as houses.
I have not seen an NRL playing contract.
I bet it declares to be governed under NSW law and that civil liability is contracted away as much as possible, with risk mitigating procedures, medical checks, acceptance of the assumption of voluntary risk & contributory negligence (within reasonable limits that do not breach unfair contract rules.
Obviously the NRL, refs, coaches & medical staff have a duty of care and all of the above has been discussed with the insurers, likely the NRL and clubs pay a marked up premium.
TBI / CTE is an emerging issue but the use of helmets in the NFL actually contributes to this.
It’s like how bare knuckle boxing has less TBI cases per capita than modern sanctioned Queensbury rules.
Evil masterminds take note – this is how it’s done (the Hun):
Brilliant. Someone else’s fault, your Honour. A perfectly constructed defence.
From what I can ascertain, this dude had been treated like a Melbourne Cup favourite the entire time. I understand that cop homos are absolutely unbulliable, while inside their own little cliques they make Mean Girls look like a bunch of accountants.
Bullying in these instances amounts to ‘my individual brilliance in all things has not been recognised, and despite my short time in and lack of ability I really should be four ranks higher’.
Please, please let ‘someone bullied me at work’ be part of his defence.
The Glass Cliff, huh?
I wish The Patriarchy (upper case P because it’s a real thing, you know) would simplify the number and type of oppressive tactics deployed against women (whatever they are), as it’s becoming too complex for this simple mind to recall & apply. Are they listed & described in the Patriarchy Manual, because I never received a copy of the latter? Is The Manual illustrated, because I’m a visual learner?
Yet more quality j’ism. Imbeciles covering for incompetents.
I think there was a SOO match in LBC, CA, USA in the mid to late 1980s?
No one was sued. Not even in California!
Yet there’s an ever growing litany of evidence that screams otherwise, Minns, you appalling incompetent collectivist cockhead.
I hate using the term “gaslighting”, but here we are. Again.
Get in loser, we’re going to a secluded farm near Bungonia!
Correct.
Musk nominated for Nobel Peace Prize.
He’s a deserving winner – which is why the left will pile on and he won’t get anywhere.
Tin eared, tone deaf waffling ol’ windbag, Paul “is wrong, again” Kelly on Goose Morristeen:
Yeah, no.
You have to wonder who’s actually running it.
US’ ‘Disruptive’ LongShot 6th-Gen Drone Equivalent Blinds Russia; Could Be Behind A-50 AWACS Shootdown: Ex-IAF Pilot
The Dead-End Left
Never Trump ‘Principles First’ Summit Was a Parade of Lying Charlatans Who Have No Principles
Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok
UNBELIEVABLE. Meta’s AI says Joe Biden was the 45th President and completely leaves out Donald Trump!
Hit over the head by reality.
Disclose.tv
@disclosetv
NEW – Google parent loses $70 billion in market value in a single trading day after “woke” AI chatbot disaster — NY Post
FBI Chooses Stock Image of Well Dressed White Women to Depict Organized Retail Crime
Josh Feldman
@joshrfeldman
This is absolutely bonkers. Melbourne anti-Israel activist Laura Allam has been arrested for organising the kidnapping and torture of a man because he worked for a Jew.
Police say the man required extensive treatment in hospital for his injuries.
One of the comments –
Salvatore:
He should have used a Glock gun.*
*There’s a chance this phrase of journalistic inarticulation may get forgotten. I hope not.
Google parent loses $70B in market value after ‘woke’ AI chatbot disaster
Lady Gabriella Windsor’s financier husband Thomas Kingston dies aged 45: King Charles and Queen Camilla are informed of death of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent’s son-in-law
Middle America Is Dying Hard
Meanwhile in the Top End:
A man has been killed after he was struck by a car at 100km/h in Darwin.
On Tuesday about 8pm, emergency services responded to reports that a vehicle struck a man along Tiger Brennan Drive.
According to police there was “tension” at the scene with multiple bystanders on-site.
The struck pedestrian died at the scene and the driver was taken to Royal Darwin Hospital with minor injuries.
from the same front page of the Nt News:
Police are “monitoring the situation” after members of a group gathered outside court on Monday threatened to kill former cop Zach Rolfe, a court has heard.
Mr Rolfe is in his second day of giving evidence at an inquest into the death of Kumanjayi Walker, who he fatally shot while on duty in Yuendumu in 2019 before being acquitted on all charges in 2022.
On Tuesday, his barrister Michael Abbott KC told Coroner Elisabeth Armitage about the “disturbing incident” that happened as Mr Rolfe, his partner and his legal team boarded a taxi the previous afternoon.
“As we walked across the road outside the court, the taxi was parked adjacent to the lawn on the other side, a large group of Aborigines began yelling out obscenities and worse still, threats to kill my client,” he said.
“This group became more threatening as we approached them and they tried to block our access to the taxi.
“Moreover, your honour, the obscenities, abuse and threats became louder and the actions of some of those persons constituted assaults on us – one woman attempted to strike me with a sandal as I was trying to get into the taxi.”
“…an extraordinary suppression order relating to her case prevents the Herald Sun from running Ms Allam’s image, referencing some ethnic groups or providing certain detail about her advocacy activities.”
– Herald Sun
More here.
Apparently inflation in Argentina is 254%, was that expected?
Nikki Haley is off her trolley.
Nikki Haley Claims Nominating Trump ‘Is Like Suicide for Our Country’
Transgender Virginia state senator Danica Roem storms out of chamber after she was called SIR by state lieutenant Winsom Sears, who’s up-and-coming GOP star
That it is. I watched the Police Commissioner in interviews and press conferences and she is incapable to present appropriate facial expressions. The male police officers around her answering questions from journalists had suitable sombre faces, she cycled from an uneasy smile to a confused expression to what she imagines is a serious face. It was awkward watching her struggle in full glare of publicity. Get her out of there though I don’t suppose that will happen until this case is out of the news.
That’s annual; the monthly rate has decreased since Milei took office.
The Grim Business of the War in Ukraine: Making Profits on Human Despair
Five years to go to retirement.
She’s a Perrottet appointment, btw.
Pauline Hanson
COVID Jab Mandates Exposed as Unlawful in Queensalnd
Over 2 million Brazilians standing with Israel.
It’s not only the NSW Police Commissioner who can’t read the room, the premiers thought surely there must be more people they could insult. With the Hamas atrocities in southern Israel still very fresh in people’s memories they could give it a miss this year just to show that they are not taking sides. It serves them right their invitations have been rejected.
The other humiliation for NSW government is the disinvitation for police to take part in the gay Mardi Gras parade. If anyone in government had a grain of sense they would have withdrawn this year and simply said that it’s inappropriate at this time while investigations are in progress.
Perhaps they’re worried about their future.
Gen Z Loves Donald Trump More Than Any Other Age Group
Pretty good comparatively…
How Poor Can Venezuela Get? | Power Line (26 Feb)
And that my friends is what Milei is trying to avoid.
Dr. John Campbell with Ros Nealon-Cook
The 4 lighthouse declarations
…they wouldn’t buy into identity politics.
It only exposes them to being wedged by minority groups.
Glass Cliff, Glass Ceiling, Glass Slipper? Surely there is a Fairy Godmother in there somewhere as these corporate Cinderellas always expect to be rescued. Ah yes, the evil stepsisters are all the other aspirants for the top job who are probably more competent and don’t need excuses.
Brussels under ATTACK!
Which makes them look weak and uninterested in governing for the majority.
Indolent
Feb 28, 2024 8:59 AM
FBI Chooses Stock Image of Well Dressed White Women to Depict Organized Retail Crime
This is an attempt to demonise White people that wouldn’t be tolerated if ANY other race was depicted.
Trudeau’s Dystopia: How the Woke Conquered Canada. (Prof. Eric Kaufmann)
With Nikki Haley attacking Trump the Democrats don’t need to do anything but sit and laugh. Even Newsom has described Nikki in an interview as the best surrogate Democrats have. You would think that somebody on her staff who had seen the interview and told her to cool it. On the other hand she probably knows she is finished with Republicans and is now auditioning for the other side.
Ben Carson Warns Of ‘An Entirely New Threat To Our Country’
For decades nobody cared about Argentina and suddenly everything out of there is making news.
Matt Kean appointee more likely.
The guy who won a Darwin Award outside of the Israeli Embassy the other day was a weirdo, but does appear to be hetero. Daniel Greenfield has a bit more on who he was:
The “Airman” Who Set Himself on Fire for Hamas was Antifa Ex-Cult Member (27 Feb)
I expect the MSM will now go quiet on the subject and he and the stories written about him will’ve never been.
Apparently the ‘tension’ was because the bloke was pushed into the road, immediately prior to splat.
Paging Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Walter Duranty! Please come to nice Mr Lucifer’s office, he wants you to meet someone.
New York Times ‘Journalist’ Accused of Participating in Oct. 7 Jihad Attacks Wins Journalism Award (27 Feb)
Keeping up the great tradition!
My guess is that would be due to the influence of rappers many of whom have come out for Trump.
Leftists can’t stop lying.
He’s a libertarian and wants minimal government.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/the-free-market-fundamentalism-of-argentinas-javier-milei
Actually champ, his views are normal and correct.
I am warming to this Justin Beiberlake, whom I have never heard of.
Milei was sworn in on 10 Dec, 2023.
Here’s a surprisingly well informed, factual article:
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/argentina-president-push-bill-penalizing-cenbank-financing-treasury-2024-02-23/
Bruce O’Nuke:
Why is it that the Middle Class in just about every society in the world is suffering?
Fairly simple.
The Wukkas will only displace the Ruling Class if there is an economic disaster of overwhelming proportions.
The Ruling Classes are only ever threatened by the Middle Classes. That is why they are being disempowered. If the Middle Class can be destroyed, the Rulers can sit back and continue to bleed the wukkas dry.
Classic Marxist Class warfare. Read his books.
right-wing
populist
authoritarian
I say, Milei just scored a trifecta!
Aren’t populist and authoritarian paradoxical? If what you are doing is approved by the majority then you not using unearned or illegitimate power.
A story I doubt you’ll see on the ABC, of for that matter just about any MSM site.
Israel Heritage Foundation presents Trump with an award for the Abraham Accords (27 Feb)
Highly deserved. What’s the chance the Nobel Committee will give this year’s Peace Prize to a Hamas guy? Cynical, who me?
A right-wing populist elitist libertarian authoritarian, apparently.
I expect a Hitler reference any day now, despite Milei’s fascination with Judaism.
From Da Hun:
We’re not in the club…
Someone is getting rich and it ain’t us.
Well that’s right, we’re not in the club!
Watpac is the principal contractor; presently under Belgian ownership.
LOL!
Luxury new EV fleet for ASEAN leaders’ travel (Paywallian)
No one in ASEAN believes in climate fairies except us. So as a way for Albo and Bowen to look like international morons this is just perfect.
Base model $140+K.
Sport model $185+K.
Luxury model $233+K.
Which model do you suppose they went with?
Pretty in pink…
Independent MP’s Bob Katter and Andrew Wilkie don inflatable pig costumes to slam supermarket giant powers (28 Feb)
Do I detect a tad of irony in Katter and Wilkie complaining about troughers? Nah, just my imagination.
Dot
Feb 28, 2024 10:19 AM
A right-wing populist elitist libertarian authoritarian, apparently.
worse!
A right-wing populist elitist free market libertarian authoritarian, who forces people to earn their own money rather than steal it (via governments) from the productive.
Even as a first draft of history, Snoozer Kelly is pretty ordinary.
Something went terribly wrong between 1994 and 2024.
Saying the departure of the Virgin CEO was an example of the glass cliff is a bit rich. Virgin was being fattened up by its private equity owners ahead of an expected IPO. Plenty of room for disagreement in that environment.
Are those things eyes? BMW appears to’ve been taken over by Martians.
U.S. Government is Funding Gain-of-Function Research in China to Make Bird Flu More Infectious
Renters in Victoria are being hit hard by investors heading for the exits.
High interest rates, insurance , rates, maintenance were high enough but the straw that broke the camel’s back is … land tax.
Ostensibly put in to help pay off the $31 billion debt the new rates came in on Jan 1 .
The equity in the investment property can now earn 5.5 % and sometimes higher.
Hassle free.
On a personal note I know of a renter in north-west Melbourne whose landlord has sent an eviction notice because they want to do up their property and sell .
And there are no alternative rentals to be had
1984 – up is down, white is black.
CBS News boss who signed off on firing Catherine Herridge to get free speech award
Yes!
Those three weeks of December 2023 when he was sworn in as President, the inflation is all his fault now, which suddenly matters all of the sudden.
However, only fascist lunatics actively campaign against high inflation.
More women are psychopaths than previously thought, expert claims – these are the 7 key signs to look out for
There is something comically elegant in these two twatting around in the Unserious House of Trough.
Rep. Jim Jordan
@Jim_Jordan
It’s a tale as old as time. A government official takes action. That action benefits his family. And then, when questions are asked, there’s a cover-up. For President Joe Biden, it’s a story about money, influence, and protecting the Biden family brand.
There’s a lot more.
Me thinks the award winning journalist from the NYT who is accused of participating in the October 7th hamarse attacks will likely wake up in Israel to face court or not wake up at all. I prefer the second option. Curious to know how many of the hamarse have been identified and dealt with. Not enough, but I have faith (unusual for me) in Mossad. The Jews are very patient people.
Unusual for me to have faith not in Mossad.
Filled up with 91 fuel at Costco yesterday, 35 cents a litre cheaper than the Caltex near me.
I would have thought everyone should be heading for the exits in Victoriastan?
Costco in Canberra $1.78 a litre yesterday
Nice business model. One bloke running around filling paper towel dispensers etc. The rest of the place – about 20 pumps – all automated and working flat-out.
(No ‘leccy cars anywhere – strange)
I do remember the aftermath of the Munich massacre. Operation “Wrath of God?”
“Filled up with 91 fuel at Costco yesterday, …”
Looksherry.
Thorpe in a grab for publicity again:
Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe says police are not welcome to “wave our flags or march in our parades” as she backed the decision from Mardi Gras organisers to disinvite NSW police following the alleged murders of Sydney couple Luke Davies and Jesse Baird.
“I welcome the decision to keep police out of Mardi Gras, which comes after years of campaigning by the community,” she said in a statement on Wednesday.
“Until police are subjected to real scrutiny and accountability, they won’t be welcome to wave our flags or march in our parades and rallies.
“We need accountability and justice, not more empty apologies and hollow gestures.”
She said there is a “serious problem” with police departments nationwide as she called on Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus to convene his state and territory counterparts to review and strengthen police accountability.
“Far too often we’ve seen cops get off with less than a slap on the wrist for discrimination, brutal acts of violence or even murder,” Senator Thorpe said.
“I extend my condolences and solidarity to those grieving loved ones at this time – I’m fighting with you for justice.”
Oz
BMW styling has always been … um … polarising. A few hits, plenty of misses. Perhaps JC could ask his dealer over a free cappuccino about the thinking.
Curious to know how many of the hamarse have been identified and dealt with.
Forget where I read it but about 3 weeks ago the identified number (still living) was close to 300 and over 200 of those were in Israeli custody .. Trials have/were suspended until after the invasion is completed ..
Haha, California passed a law to remove dams to help the poor widdle salmon…
Klamath Dam Removal: ‘It’s an Environmental Disaster.’ (27 Feb)
Lefties…
“Until police are subjected to real scrutiny and accountability, they won’t be welcome to wave our flags or march in our parades and rallies.
Chlamydia changed sides ..? Haven’t heard of any Lesbian bikie gangs ……..
I’ve been married for 48 years to awoman who still loves me when I’m at my worst. I stated recently that I still don’t know what makes her tick and still surprised by her. I’ve never heard her swear once in all that time. Each week she has a cuppa with an ex-colleague aged 76. The woman was complaining everyone hates her and don’t see her very often. Why? After putting up with her being a pain in the arse off and on for ages. Wifes response, “maybe you shouldn’t be a lady’s front botty”. You could have knocked me down with a feather.
LOL
Bear & 11:37
Why would JCs dealer know anything about cars?
Shatterzzz your granddaughter wants a guitar. If you can afford it offer her a term of lessons when she gets one. Much better value for her and the results come much quicker.
Greens voters must be SO proud…
Those imbeciles running the EU:
Von der Crazy, Borrell, Michel, Kaja-(if I had F-16’s I would give ten to Ukraine)-Kallas, Rutte and all the other authoritarian dross, have a great idea.
They are going to impose an “EU Tax”, on top of the national taxes, that the plebs have to endure. Great idea! They could then form an EU Army, not to compete with NATO, ……., oh no, this will be like the CIA/FBI, harassing and arresting the poor bastards who live in the EU fiefedom.
Oh to be a European!
First though, they need to fix the utter debacle, that they cemented into place in 2020.
War Bonds, ……., way to go!
Golly gosh, with such genius involved, who would have thought that the 2020 financial brain fart, would be an epic disaster of Bowen/Albanese proportions.
https://tomluongo.me/2024/02/20/why-war-bonds-are-making-their-return-in-europe/
Cappuccinos?
It’s a start, let’s see who replaces him.
Ooh, that smarts!
‘Gutless’: Nationals MP launches into expletive-filled tirade at mining magnate Andrew Forrest as pair become embroiled in fiery row over renewables (Sky, 28 Feb)
My general impression is Twiggy lives in his own private echo chamber, so getting a few home truths from a Nat may well be somewhat of a shock.
Twiggy might have been better off having morning tea in the Lieboral party room. Even now Lord Waffleworth is no longer there.
You suspect being aligned with the CCP and the Liars isn’t going to play out well over the medium to long term.
How dare you question my awesomeness!
Bureau of Meteorology grilled by Senate over accuracy of weather predictions (Sky News, 28 Feb)
Fantastic forecasting guys! Maybe choose a different word next time but.
Bruce of Newk, I have no doubt whatsoever that the recipient will be that old Pali woman who used to hijack planes in the 70s and who has been invited by our elite idiots to some literary festival where they present books that nobody buys or reads.
What Russia & Others Think of Biden’s America – the Culture War
“Some people just cannot fathom that the fake news spear-headed by Victoria Nuland’s sister-in-law at the Institute for the Study of War and never peace; they demonize Putin as they routinely do to anyone they oppose. My father taught me a lesson that you MUST always listen to your opponent because it is a window into his thinking process. I have read Marx not because I believed in what he was saying but to comprehend his thinking process and what led him to the conclusion that he killed more than 200 million people and still counting.
When you listen to Putin’s speech, he focuses on what many perceive as American culture. When we look deeper into American politics, the stats are revealing. They explain why many view the United States as out of control because of these extremely progressive ideas of attributing even pronouns, etc. Indeed, 93% of college professors gave to Biden. Just 7% gave to former President Donald Trump. That explains why we all know that a college education today may not be so desirable. The goal seems to indoctrinate our children to accept the political philosophies being taught in schools even though they have a proven track record of failure – consistently.”
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/politics/what-russia-others-think-of-bidens-america-the-culture-war/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=RSS
Why are the best scenes behind closed doors? It would have been excellent to have seen some reaction at last to the subsidies gobbling pig.
I think he may have meant that his staff are fantasists.
Blue jeans are killing the planet.
New dyeing method could help jeans shrink toxic problem (Phys.org, 27 Feb)
Maybe we should just go back to wearing loin cloths.
After her podcast bombed with the kool kidz, Frank Elly returns to her roots (no pun intended) with a new podcast Queerly Yours on the ALPBC Listen app. Proving, yet again, no one really leaves the staff co-op.
Shatterzzz your granddaughter wants a guitar. If you can afford it offer her a term of lessons when she gets one. Much better value for her and the results come much quicker.
Being 5 and her burfday not until July I’m guessin’ she’ll have moved on by then .. LOL!
And grass skirts and coconut shell bras for the ladies?
Had to look that up Bear since it sounded like Bee-grade satire. Ain’t! But it’s called Yours Queerly not vice um versa. Frank is living up to they/them’s name it seems.
The Twigster is informed by the same motley of consultants, gurus, spivs, and experts that inspire Australian government to lay out bins of OPM to welcome in the glorious world-class Green Hydrogen powerhouse sustainable future strategy.
With wings lifted by praise-singers, he brooks no opposition from stupid little people standing in the way of the river of subsidy.
A young lieutenant was passed by a private, who failed to salute. The lieutenant called him back, and said sternly: “You did not salute me. For this you will immediately salute two hundred times.”
At this moment the General came up. “What’s all this?” he exclaimed, seeing the poor private about to begin. The lieutenant explained. “This ignoramus failed to salute me, and as a punishment, I am making him salute two hundred times.” “Quite right,” replied the General, smiling. “But do not forget, sir, that upon each occasion you are to salute in return.”
Indolent:
Oh, yes.
GreyRanga
Diesel;
$2.35.7 at the Indian place.
$2.09.7 at the Puma place.
Forget which masthead, prolly the SMH, in an early report had Mr. Beau Lolly-Condom dispatching the “couple” with his police-issue Glock revolver.
Strange, the recent new policy of Nats to embrace rooftop solar in the regions with taxpayer subsidies (like in the inner cities) should have been an idea both could agree & work together on. No green hydrogen, tho.
Nah. Nuthin.
Do it Albo. And get some nice pics with the gang at the gay indigenous float while at it. A real man of the people, is Handsome Boy.
Presumably oinking “four legs good, two legs bad” at deafening volume.
Someone send the pair of irredeemable idiots a copy of Animal Farm.
Katter & Wilkie’s message is being lost in the mockery of their fancy dress as piggies.
Were a referendum to be held on breaking up Big Supermarket into entities no larger than 20% of the current company, it may be very revealing to see how the vote panned out.
Hrdlicka, like the Optus CEO, failed under pressure to deliver the few, key things she was supposed to. She completely failed to get onside with Labor and was blindsided or worse on the QATAR route mess. She also failed to build the case for floating Virgin with investors and funds in Oz – not unlinked to the first failure as Gummint support in aviation biz is the cornerstone of survival & making profits.
I like the term “glass cliff” … its almost like every women in corporate life is entitled to a full explanation of why she failed and its 100% due to being female. And yet there are true female winners who don’t need this … like Gina.
Gaydar is beeping loudly on this one. How many pairs of assless chaps does a Labor leader own?
The guy is mad. Vernacular we’d use in Australia is he’s a good c*nt.
Whistlindiesel:
I found the nicest square body pickup on earth, and now I’m going to abuse it until it completely falls apart. Today I will be pulling millions of pounds and working on my tuck to… maintain it….
Squarebody Durability Test #1
Ho Chi Minns – very good!
How about calling Tay Tay’s boyfriend The Incredible Hulce?
How would they stand out from the crowd in these costumes.
It’s all an Albo squirrel, since he’s being roasted over the cost of living.
There’s a largish IGA in walking distance from the Cafe, they’re significantly pricier than Coles 5km down the road, which is where I mostly shop. I can easily save twenty bucks by driving there.
It’s all an Albo squirrel, since he’s being roasted over the cost of living.
Yep. Supermarkets aren’t a high margin business and what does Albo think his mate Bowen’s high energy prices have done to the cost of air con, lighting and refrigeration?
Total distraction. The things that have really gone up are anything to do with government, directly or indirectly.
I need to get me one of them “Glock revolvers”
Those giant pink fart-sacks that Katter & Wilkie are strolling around in: It really suits Wilkie, he should wear it often.
Katter is difficult to recognise (smart enough to keep his dial away from the camera)
They look like a pair of those large beach toys that stand up again when you knock them over.
Even with this I doubt we have yet to reach peak stupid
With a scope.
What is wrong with the NSW Police? A report in the SMH has Assistant Commissioner Michael Fitzgerald, when talking about the hunt for the bodies of the two blokes recently murdered by the odd cop, as saying ““He did take the bodies of the two young boys to the original site that we were searching on the Monday…”
They were not young boys FFS. They were grown men aged 26 and 29!
I want one of those revolver type glock guns. I’m told they break like a shot-rifle so you can’t shoot yourself when you fold it in half, and stick it down your pants.
“A 77-year-old man was shot inside a law firm building in Sydney’s city centre on Wednesday afternoon.
The man was shot in the groin by another man, who is also reportedly in his 70s. ”
Geezer Gunfight.
Any of our “older” Cats been in Sydney today? hmmmmm?
Pogria
Feb 28, 2024 2:33 PM
“A 77-year-old man was shot inside a law firm building in Sydney’s city centre on Wednesday afternoon.
The man was shot in the groin by another man, who is also reportedly in his 70s. ”
Both were Senior Partners in the Law Firm arguing over their partnership monies. Lol.
It was my local member, who I always considered to be a bit of a vacant space, who gave Forrest the serve yesterday.
Unfortunately having quit LNP over their refusal to oppose net zero he has no future. He is now a National. I have no idea how that works.
He is shaping up as a good operator despite not knowing how to spell Lew.
JR,
that is indeed funny!
From a post by Blackball way up fred…
“Can you imagine (Defence Force chief) Angus Campbell not attending an Anzac service?” Mr Roberts said.
Yes I can.
The insipid, woke, quisling (possibly gay), great streak of pelican shit would easily miss Anzac Day because it does not fit his agenda of appeasment and non-aggression because fighting a war from a desk is the way to do it. We shouldn’t honour those who have gone into battle representing their country, many never to return.
And the warriors who faced the enemy will be called to account by the insipid quislings because they didn’t say “can we have a chat about this?” as they faced the AK47.
Sending dog handlers to re-education camps so they can teach their dogs to be sensitive and not growl at the Taliban? FMD.
Dot summed it up way up fred….
If you don’t intend on winning a war, do not deploy.
Pogria, is that a glock in your pants or are you just pleased to see me.
Ding dong. Is that Angus Camp bell. Bending over for the enemy. How did this tosspot ever pass basic training?