Saw the Carl Vinson up close in Gage Roads off Perth. 87 I think. Impressive. The pilots off her were the ones in Top Gun.

Now this, I never knew, I simply let auto correct to correct me even if it makes no sense. Lets face it a lot of comments on the net make no sense anyway.

Sorry it’s a long article with great detail in the types of creatures that Minister Giles’ directive has permitted to remain in Australia and the Tribunal’ reasons as to why they are deemed fit to remain in Australia.

Trio of rapists on the Andrew Giles visa leniency list
EXCLUSIVE
By PAUL GARVEY. SENIOR REPORTER. and RHIANNON DOWN. REPORTER
8:59PM MAY 27, 2024
A trio of child rapists are among the growing list of pedophiles and sex offenders allowed to remain in the country under Andrew Giles’s call for greater tolerance for foreign offenders with ties to Australia, as the Immigration Minister refuses to say if he will intervene in any of the visa approvals.

Abdul Wahab Trad, a 45-year-old Lebanese citizen who permanently relocated to Australia in 2013 escaped deportation in March over his 2020 rape of a 13-year-old girl after the Administrative Appeals Tribunal found that the man’s ties to Australia weighed heavily in favour of revoking the cancellation of his visa.

His case is one of dozens identified by The Australian in which the AAT’s decision has been shaped by Mr Giles’s Direction 99. The direction’s biggest change was to make the “strength, nature and duration of an individual’s ties to Australia” a primary consideration for the tribunal when considering appeals against the cancellation of visas.

Since the direction was handed down in January 2023, dozens of convicted non-citizens – including rapists, drug traffickers, pedophiles and repeat domestic violence perpetrators – have avoided being kicked out of the country after successfully arguing to the AAT that they had ties to Australia. That cohort includes Sudan-born Emmanuel Saki, who was charged over a stabbing murder in Queensland weeks after the AAT agreed to revoke the cancellation of his visa.

In addition to the Trad case, The Australian has identified two more cases of convicted child rapists allowed to remain in Australia at least in part due to the Direction 99 guidance.

One of those cases, referred to only as ZJFQ, involved an Afghan citizen who raped a 16-year-old girl and a 14-year-old girl in separate incidents in the space of six months in 2020 and who the AAT found was a “moderate to high risk” of committing further sexual offences.

In the other case, dubbed XLFM, a Kenyan-born man who raped the 17-year-old younger sister of the mother of his child and who also robbed a female service station attendant using a meat cleaver was also spared deportation.

Those three cases are in addition to the recent decision in CHCY, in which a New Zealand-born man who raped his stepdaughter while his wife was giving birth also successfully argued that his ties to Australia meant he should be issued a new visa.

DETAINEE CASES THAT TURNED ON GILES’S DETERMINATION

What the tribunal said in each case:
CHCY
Rape, domestic violence, indecent treatment of children under 16 lineal descendent/guardian/carer

‘The tribunal finds CHCY has lived for the majority of his life in Australia, working full time, making a contribution to the taxation system, the community and his family. The tribunal places weight on this consideration, noting the direction clearly articulates tolerance should be given to non-citizens in CHCY’s circumstances’

LMFV
Sexual intercourse with a 23-year-old woman, taking advantage of her cognitive impairment, recklessly causing grievous bodily harm by infecting the victim with HIV

‘By contrast in Sierra Leone mental health care, and the availability of health care for persons with HIV, who are stigmatised, and whose mortality rates in hospitals is very elevated by Australian standards, shows that the applicant, if returned to Sierra Leone, would be at very great risk … Health is a matter expressly to be taken into account under this provision of the Direction: cl 9.2(1)(a)’

Abdul Wahab Trad
Sexual intercourse with child between 10 and 14 years, intentionally sexually touching a child between 10 and under 16 years, and intentionally inciting a child between 10 and 16 to sexually touch

‘The applicant has resided in Australia for a period of more than 10 years. Accordingly, the factors in principle 5.2(4) of the direction, particularly the length of time the applicant has been in Australia, support a finding that there would be higher level of tolerance by the Australian community for his criminal conduct than there would be for a non-citizen who has not lived in the community for an extended period.

Rakesh Razwantee
Use of electronic communication with intent to expose a person under the age of 16 years, to indecent matter

‘Overall, the consideration of the applicant’s links to the Australian community, primarily because of the impact on his immediate family, his wife and two minor daughters, that an adverse decision would have, weighs heavily in favour of revocation of the cancellation of the decision to cancel the applicant’s visa’

Kristian Kalinov
Sold or supplied or offered to sell or supply a trafficable quantity of methylamphetamine, assault occasioning bodily harm, possession of unlawfully obtained property (two counts), money laundering (two counts),possess false travel documents, common assault in circumstances of aggravation or racial aggravation

‘I find that the impact on the applicant’s mother, stepfather and brother if he were to be deported would be significant. Overall, the consideration of the applicant’s links to the Australian community, primarily because of the impact on his immediate family of an adverse decision, weighs in favour of revocation of the cancellation of the decision to cancel the applicant’s visa’

Frank Fetelika
Assault occasioning actual bodily harm, aggravated breaking and entering

‘As the minister rightly noted, while the applicant arrived in Australia after his formative years, the applicant has been in Australia for over 13 years and has contributed to the Australian community through his regular employment. Overall, the consideration of the applicant’s links to the Australian community, primarily because of the impact on his immediate family of an adverse decision, in particular the impact on his two minor children, weighs in favour of revocation of the cancellation of the decision to cancel the applicant’s visa’

JGNS
76 convictions over 22 years, including armed assault with intent to rob and home burglary

‘The Applicant’s ties to the Australian community are long-standing and deep … He has contributed significantly and positively to the community, in particular to the Noongar community … The minister is correct to agree that this consideration strongly favours revocation of the cancellation of the applicant’s visa’

XRGY
Suspected people smuggler

‘The strength, nature and duration of ties to Australia, weighs against refusal of the visa and that moderate weight should be given to it’

KQHR
Convicted of more than 150 offences over 40 years, including multiple counts of armed robbery

‘I place significant weight on the fact that the applicant has spent the majority of his life in Australia … This is a factor that weighs very heavily in favour of revocation of the cancellation decision’

ZHRS
Multiple charges including acts of family violence, driving a stolen vehicle at speed into a police garage

‘The strength nature and duration of ties to Australia consideration weighs in favour of a finding that there is another reason for revocation of the visa cancellation decision’

Brett Terry Manuel
Violence offences related to four incidents in which he assaulted a person with whom he was then in, or had been in, an intimate personal relationship

“The applicant has been in Australia since he was a young child, has strong links to the Australian community and would appear to have made some positive contributions to the community’

Farhan Ahmed Farah
Armed robbery, multiple robbery and theft-related offences

‘The tribunal also notes that two of the factors in favour of revocation, the best interests of children and the applicant’s ties to Australia are primary considerations attracting moderate weight’

WCHR
Multiple charges including kidnapping

‘The principal factor favouring revocation is the strength, nature and duration of the applicant’s ties to Australia. It is a primary consideration’

Ashley Thompson
Convictions included unlawful assault, theft, dangerous driving while pursued by police, trafficking methamphetamine, make threat to kill and resist emergency worker on duty

‘I place significant weight on the fact that the applicant has spent the majority of his life in Australia including those formative years which he spent with the Yorta Yorta people. His ties to the Yorta Yorta country and community add significant weight to this primary consideration. This is a factor that weighs very heavily in favour of revocation of the cancellation decision.’

Kasun Gayathra Wickramakarulu Arachchi
Demanding property by oral threats

‘The primary considerations of the protection and expectations of the Australian community weigh in favour of not revoking the cancellation decision, but in my view they are outweighed significantly by the countervailing considerations, namely, the primary considerations of the strength, nature and duration of ties to Australia and the best interests of minor children, together with the other considerations of the extent of impediments if removed and the impact on Australian business interests’

Foster Moli
Possessed a trafficable quantity of methylamphetamine with intent to sell or supply it to another

‘The tribunal finds that the strength, nature and duration of the applicant’s ties to Australia weigh moderately in favour of revocation of the cancellation decision’

Troy Olaman
“Substantial” criminal record including assault occasioning actual bodily harm (DV)

‘Having carefully considered all the circumstances, the Tribunal has decided to give greatest weight to the primary considerations of the best interest of the applicant’s child and the strength of the applicant’s ties to Australia and to the other consideration of extent of impediment if removed’

HWGF
Multiple domestic violence offences

‘The tribunal considers that although there are strong countervailing considerations weigh against revoking the cancellation decision, including the protection of the Australian community, family violence and the expectations of the Australian community, these are outweighed in the applicant’s case by the primary and other relevant considerations weighing in favour of revoking the cancellation decision, namely the best interests of minor children impacted by the decision, the strength, nature and duration of the applicant’s ties to the Australian community, the legal consequences of the decision, the extent of impediments if removed to the DRC and impact of the decision on victims of his offending’

Samuel Brock Saunders
Domestic violence offences

‘The applicant has strong ties to the community noting he came to Australia as a young child and spent his formative years here and has significant family ties to this country through his 10 children and their extended families and through his stepmother and sister. Those ties are strengthened by the fact his children identify as Indigenous Australians’

Pera Henare Wihongi-Lim
Multiple drug and stealing offences

‘In assessing the various competing arguments, the tribunal considers that the applicant does have strong ties to Australia, and certainly far stronger ties to Australia than are any ties to New Zealand. The Tribunal assesses this primary consideration as now weighing ‘heavily’ in favour of revocation of the mandatory cancellation decision’

TJHG
Various serious federal drug crimes, including importation of a commercial quantity of a border-controlled drug

‘I do not accept that his ties are superficial. This is not borne out by the strength of support for him from his local parish … This primary consideration weighs in favour of cancellation of the revocation decision’

YVBM
Extensive criminal history in Australia involving crimes of violence and family violence

‘The tribunal has formed the view that the primary consideration 3, the strength, nature and duration of ties to Australia, weighs heavily in favour of the revocation of the cancellation of the applicant’s visa’

Aloisio Epifania Michael Muller
Reckless grievous bodily harm – in company

‘He came to Australia as a child and feels connected to the country, including because his mother is buried here. While the Applicant has family in New Zealand the tribunal accepts he sees his future in Australia where he has the support of family and community networks. Having regard to all the circumstances, including the other considerations, the Tribunal places strong weight on this consideration in favour of revocation of the cancellation of the Applicant’s visa’

Peter Dobrosavljevic
45 property offences, assaulting a public officer, obstructing police

‘It must be recognised that the applicant has been in Australia most of his life and considers himself to be Australian. Many in the community would share this view. He has no noted family ties outside Australia and his elderly parents testified they need his assistance with their care to remain in their home’

Mark Anthony Ibardaloza
Caused grievous bodily harm in the course of an aggravated home burglary, criminal damage or destruction of property, aggravated home burglary

‘I find that the third primary consideration, being the strength nature and duration of ties to Australia, weighs in favour of revoking the cancellation decision. I further find that this consideration should be heavily weighted’

Dawson Rawiri
Multiple DV convictions

‘The applicant’s extended family in Australia include a brother, 13 aunts and uncles, more than 30 cousins and 30 nieces and nephews. Though there is little information about the applicant’s relationship with them, I accept that a decision not to revoke the mandatory cancellation decision would have an emotional impact on them … Having particular regard to the impact of the decision on Ms Bailey and the applicant’s five adult sons, I find this consideration weighs in favour of revoking the mandatory cancellation decision’

Jamaal Jama
Armed robbery

‘The tribunal gives this consideration strong weight towards setting aside the delegate’s decision on the basis that Mr Jama’s evidenced ties to Australia involve people who are either Australian citizens, Australian permanent residents or have a right to remain in Australia indefinitel’

Jordan Paul Mitchell
Assault occasioning bodily harm, possessing a prohibited weapon, assaulting a public officer

‘The applicant has close ties to the Australian community because his partner, child and other family members reside in the Australian community. Further, the applicant has been in Australia since he was a child and spent his formative years here. He has a wide circle of family and friends who will be impacted by his removal. Overall, the tribunal finds that the strength, nature and duration of the Applicant’s ties to Australia weigh strongly in favour of revocation of the cancellation decision’

Denley Rawiri-Pukeroa
Use carriage service to menace/harass/offend, domestic violence offences, destroy or damage property

‘The tribunal considers that primary consideration 3 now weighs ‘heavily’ in favour of revocation of the visa cancellation decision’

BNPB
Multiple counts of aggravated armed robbery

‘The applicant has lived in Australia for almost the entirety of his life, including during his formative years, from when he was a three-year-old child. He has not travelled outside of Australia since his arrival. I therefore find that he has very strong ties to Australia, and that considerable weight should be given’

Thi Tuyet Anh Nguyen
Money laundering

‘The applicant’s ties to her husband, adult daughter J, children and stepchildren in Australia can be regarded as strong and they would be negatively impacted if she was removed to Vietnam … On balance, I find that the strength, nature and duration of the applicant’s ties to Australia weighs moderately in favour of revocation of the cancellation decision’

Sefanaia Mitiani Tavola
Larceny, common assault, domestic violence, recklessly causing grievous bodily harm

‘The tribunal concludes that, taking into account that the applicant has resided in Australia since he was five years of age, was educated in Australia, has never returned to Fiji, has worked in employment in Australia, and has provided some positive contribution to his community in Australia, it would be contrary to the requirements of paragraphs 8.3(4)(a)(i) and (ii) of the Direction not to revoke the decision under review, irrespective of the Applicant’s criminal offending. But for paragraph 8.3 of the direction (strength, nature and duration of ties to Australia), the Tribunal would have come to a different conclusion’

Sophia Reo Brown
Domestic violence and drug offences

‘The tribunal has formed the view that the primary consideration 3, the strength, nature and duration of ties to Australia, weighs very heavily in favour of the revocation of the cancellation of the applicant’s visa’

Blair Kenneth Burrows
Sexually touching another person without consent, common assault

‘His ties to Australia through his daughter and his younger sisters are very significant …

In conclusion with respect to ties to Australia, I place significant weight on the fact that the applicant has spent the majority of his life in Australia including his formative years. The respondent accepts that this consideration weighs strongly in favour of revocation’

ZJFQ
Sexual intercourse with a child under 16 years, sexual intercourse without consent, committing an act of indecency without consent

‘Primary consideration 3 weighs in favour of revocation of the mandatory visa cancellation decision as the applicant has lived in Australia for six and a half years and members of his immediate family members reside in Australia and will suffer emotional distress if he is removed to Afghanistan’

Glenn Taylor
Over 35 offences including domestic violence, stalking, assaulting a police officer

‘The applicant has two adult sons in Australia, who are Australian citizens. He has no contact with the two sons due to the AVO. He states that he intends to recommence his relationship with the sons. The applicant believes he has an adult daughter who is an Australian citizen but he has never had a relationship with the daughter … The tribunal gives this consideration (strength, nature and duration of ties to Australia) some weight in favour of revocation’

BJKY
Cultivating cannabis, blackmail

‘The evidence before the tribunal was whilst BJKY, his mother and sisters love their country of birth, they have no desire to ever live there permanently again. The evidence indicated that removing BJKY from his immediate family would leave him without the prosocial factors he needs to keep to the path he has embarked upon and would put significant pressure on his family who remained in Australia. Accordingly, the Tribunal found this consideration weighs strongly in favour of revocation of the cancellation’

DLZZ
Kidnapping, assault

‘I accept that the applicant has meaningful links to the Australian community in addition to the familial ties through his mother. I also accept that the applicant has been ordinarily resident in Australia since his formative years and that he contributed to the Australian community through his work and payment of taxes and through his involvement with his church and the Persian Fair … I find that this third primary consideration, the strength, nature and duration of ties to Australia, weighs heavily against refusal of the visa’

Himi Mau Rewiri
Supply and possess prohibited drugs

‘The tribunal accepts that the applicant has strong family ties in Australia and that he would have also formed strong social links during his 20 years of residence in this country. The tribunal has formed the view that this consideration weighs heavily in favour of revocation’

XLFM
Sexual intercourse without consent, robbery armed with an offensive weapon.

‘The applicant’s ties to Australia are very strong. He has no comparable ties anywhere else in the world. This factor weighs very heavily in favour of the applicant’

Byram Murat
Burglary, trespassing, break, enter and steal, receiving stolen property, various minor drug offences

‘The applicant has also now lived in Australia for a long time. There have also been some periods of positive contribution to the Australian community by the applicant in the form of both paid employment, and periods of study. In the final assessment, the tribunal considers that primary consideration 3 weighs reasonably strongly in favour of revocation of the visa cancellation decision’

The latest examples emerged as opposition immigration spokesman Dan Tehan vowed to scrap Direction 99 if the Coalition were returned to power at the next election. Mr Tehan called on Mr Giles to reveal if he planned to rescind the order that contributed to CHCY having his visa restored.

“We will on day one, as a ­priority, rescind that Andrew Giles ministerial direction if we are ­elected at the next election,” Mr Tehan said.

“And the fact that this child rapist, the most heinous of crimes to rape a stepdaughter while your partner is giving birth in hospital, what it shows is that ministerial ­direction is clearly failing.

“I don’t think that you could get a worse example that the ministerial direction is clearly failing, and that is why it needs to be rescinded. And it’s why Andrew Giles needs to come out today and explain why he won’t rescind it.

“We raised this last week; he did nothing.”

The growing number of cases of convicted foreign criminals allowed to remain in Australia in the wake of Direction 99 will add to pressure on the Albanese government over its handling of immigration matters.

The Trad decision describes how the man was driving along a road in Bankstown, in Sydney’s southwest, when he encountered the victim who got into his van. He then drove the girl to a park, where he touched her breast and digitally penetrated her vagina.

Trad’s case was decided by ­former Labor senator Linda Kirk, who found that primary ­consideration 3 – the strength, ­nature and duration of ties provision introduced under Direction 99 – weighed heavily in favour of revoking the cancellation of Trad’s visa.

“The applicant’s immediate family members provided statements in which they state the love and support for their husband and brother, and their desire for him to return to live with them in the community,” Dr Kirk’s decision said.

“The evidence is that the applicant’s wife, children, sister and brother will be highly distressed if he is returned to Lebanon.

“(Trad’s wife) and the two children will be emotionally devastated and financially disadvantaged if the applicant is unable to return home and resume employment as the family’s primary breadwinner.

“The tribunal finds that if the applicant’s visa is not reinstated, his immediate family will suffer considerable emotional and ­practical hardship due to the ­absence of their husband and ­father, and financial distress as a consequence of him not being able to contribute to the family’s ­finances.”

Dr Kirk also found Trad had made a “positive contribution” to the economy during his time in Australia, through his employment as an installer of wardrobes, kitchens and shower screens.

Dr Kirk was also responsible for an AAT decision revoking the cancellation of the visa of a 29-year-old Afghanistan citizen who had arrived in Australia in May 2017.

The man, ZJFQ, had twice been convicted of sexual offences against teenage girls, had been found to lack empathy for his ­victims, had not engaged in any sex-offender rehabilitation programs, had not demonstrated that he understood the concept of ­consent or that sex with underage girls is unlawful, and did not take responsibility for his actions.

“The tribunal finds that the likelihood that the applicant will engage in further criminal or other serious conduct, specifically sexual offences, is moderate to high,” Dr Kirk wrote.

The AAT found that the “strength of ties” consideration in ZJFQ’s case weighed in favour of revoking the cancellation of his visa, noting that separating him from his siblings and parents in Australia would cause them emotional distress.

The decision in the man’s case was, however, more heavily influenced by the lack of mental health services and treatment in Afghanistan, with Dr Kirk noting he would likely become homeless and destitute if he was sent there.

A spokeswoman for Mr Giles did not address questions about whether the minister would rescind any of the latest decisions. Instead, she said that while the rulings had been guided by Direction 99, AAT members ultimately exercised their own discretion.

“The ministerial direction places a significant emphasis on serious offending and family violence – which need to be considered in all matters,” Mr Giles’s spokeswoman said.

Any politician still bleating about a “two state solution” is merely displaying their ignorance. Gaza, handed back by Sharon twenty years ago, was the golden opportunity for the so called Palis to show that a contiguous state could work. They failed big time, even before the latest horrendous incursion into Israel, which has unlocked the whirlwind they richly deserve.
Similarly, those who refer to the “occupied West Bank” demonstrate ignorance of the history of that part of Israel. If Jordan, substantially Pali in makeup, can’t be the second state, and that’s a most unlikely outcome, then there is nowhere else to fill that empty dream.

Monty carefully ignores the ‘trans activists’ who would assault women at these events without the muscle provided.
It’s trans nazi meets new nazi and I don’t care.
https://x.com/Nic3218/status/1771404776791810054?t=3h37zpoMK9_jgKbmyU5ZrQ&s=19

Random observations after a week in the Lombardy countryside:

Italian plumbing has improved out of sight. Italian house lighting on the other hand…*peers at screen through gloom*…saves electricity, I guess.

Chestnut trees are a magnificent and ubiquitous street and park tree.

The roads are in a similar condition to ours minus any sign of roadworks.

There is sense that things are changing for the worse and the country is weak militarily. There is talk of reintroducing military service.

There are enough contrails to satisfy the most ardent conspiracy theorist.

Cash is still a common form of payment.

Train timetables are still only a vague guide to departure and arrival times.

All phone calls require minimum of 15 ‘Ciaos’ before ending the call.

Italians of my generation see a similar deterioration in the education of their children and grandchildren.

They also hold most politicians in contempt.

Home cooked Italian food is to die for. And I very well might given the pressure my heart is under after a 3 course lunch and even more gelato. Or pizza. Or risotto. Or, as the local hot eating spot succinctly announces on its outside wall, Food and Booze.

Recycling requires sorting in the kitchen – paper, plastic, general and wet. What happens to glass I have no idea. *insert Italian shrug here*

Massive supermarkets have replaced local markets and smaller specialist shops. There are five supermarkets within 1 minute’s drive from our apartment.

Gelato cosumption is compulsory every single day. Followed immediately by coffee.

History is around every corner. But you all knew that.

Amazon delivers, even though the postal service does not, can not or will not depending on the day and the wind direction.

Smoking is still in common practice and ciggies are displayed on an open shelf. If the Tabac is closed, there is a convenient vending machine for 24/7 feeding of your habit.

Helmets whilst riding bikes, ebikes and escooters are a matter of personal choice

Gym gear is rarely seen as an acceptable fashion choice in the public square.

There is much less overt use of mobile phones in cafes, shops or in the streets.

It’s been an exceedingly wet spring, there’s a fair bit of standing water.

The poppies are flowering everywhere.
Wheat, corn and rice are at varying growth points in the fields.

Fuel is pricier than in Oz.

Most cars are late models and there are a lot more larger SUVs than I’ve ever seen in the past. The ancient Fiats or Lancias appear no more.

The Passigiata continues in the smaller towns and villages. Festivals are everywhere at the weekend.

Even though there is general sense of the place being a bit run down, it’s still spectacular to look at and a great place to spend time with old, and new, friends.

Ciao, ciao, ciao x 15. 

Shame about the shops Megan- do the “Coop”s still exist?

“when Zionism is used by fanatics to implement massacres of civilians.”
There has not been a single deliberate massacre of civilians in Gaza, not one.
Gaza has the lowest proportion of civilian casualties in war ever.
It’s a testament to Israeli belief in the sanctity of human life.
A value that is absent from hamas, and anyone who supports abortion.

The comment also implies that every IDF soldier, Jew, Christian, Druze, Muslim is a willing participant in massacres.
Nothing is too hard for a Monty to swallow.

He loves those trans activists who assault women. Recall his glee on these pages at the infamy that ensued in the park in Auckland in March 2023. He celebrated it.

After all, remember his line, ‘I wanna punch a Nazi’, that includes ‘punching terfs’.

We threatened to sue an employee of a well-known green NGO/ pressure group on behalf of our client, an ostensible ally of the employee’s organisation, for calling our client a Nazi because she spoke at a women’s rights rally. They settled pretty damn fast. It was fun.

Subsequent events have proven that the neo-Nazis are on the side of the terfs, they are not hiding it at all. You can continue to deny it, Cranky, but the video evidence is plain to see upthread.

These fedneo-Nazis that have emerged over the last couple of years sure have some strange causes. They don’t seem to show up for things that you’d ordinarily expect Nazis to show up for. However, if it is some culture war issue, they’ll be there, marching against the dominant progressive narrative. They are very useful for the regime in this regard. So useful, in fact, that if they didn’t exist, the regime might have to create them…oh.

I can see why Trump addressed the Libertarian confabulapolooza. He’s about to bring over half of them.

‘Mises Caucus Just Exploded’: Libertarian Party Nominates Left-Winger Chase Oliver (27 May)

After seven rounds of balloting stretching over seven hours — and coming close to nominating nobody — the Libertarian Party gave its presidential nomination to the decidedly left-leaning Chase Oliver on Sunday night in Washington DC. 

The result was a devastating upset loss for the Mises Caucus. The Rothbardian, self-described “radical libertarian” group seized control of the party in 2020, but failed to push its favored but flawed candidate — Michael Rectenwald — across the goal line. 

Conquest’s second law in action, the Libertarian Party is now just another progressive astroturf outfit, one of a panoply. The righty libertarians are going to go to Trump en-mass.

The so-called moderate Palis are now actively recruiting baby-cooking homicidal rapists.

Fatah to Hamas and Islamic Jihad: Join the PLO (28 May)

Fatah movement calls on all Palestinian Arab organizations, meaning also Hamas and Islamic Jihad, to join the PLO to realize the return of the refugees and the establishment of “Palestine”.

We all know what that means. Meanwhile the military wing of Fatah and the PLO, the al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, said they participated in Oct 7 alongside Hamas.

Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, a wing of Fatah: We participated in the October 7 attack (14 May)

Come in here Monty and tell us why Israel should not declare war on the Palestinian Authority, conquer the Palestinian Territories and occupy the whole place.

Yesterday was just perfect here on the Gold Coast, a litany of Sunny Australia with the sky and sea contrasting blue as blue, the sand golden yellow, the ocean trout pink and the smashed avo green at lunch on trendy Main Beach’s Tedder Avenue. We had once considered buying a sub- penthouse on the (scary for me) 37th floor as an investment in Main Beach, but decided against it. Hairy still looks wistfully up, not usually a reverse shopper, but he’s always regretted not taking that and opting for the low-rise apartment at Broadbeach instead. We’ve always both had a soft spot for the Gold Coast.

We are now staying in an apartment in Surfer’s Paradise on the 16th floor where from our main balcony, drink in hand, we can look over from our glass eyrie into the evening lightshow of apartment towers coming up at dusk. Earlier we had enjoyed the snatched vistas of the ocean waves rolling in through openings between the high rise towers of this landscape. From our bedroom the mountains of the hinterland rise above the settlements on the wide lake of the Nerang River, and everywhere everything is interlaced with busy roadways, looking like Scalectrix below, thankfully silent this high up. Last night I cooked us a meal of the best steak and vegies, all provided pots and pans and cutlery just about up to the job, with breakfast on the large balcony a final touch for the goodies Hairy had got us from the local Coles,

This well-appointed spacious one-bedder is available for only $143 a nite including parking on a three nite mid-week stay and the bed is super-comfortable. I must say that is great value, just as was our small sojourn on Sydney’s south coast about a week ago. Coastal winters are the time for a quick and cheap getaway, Cats and Kittehs. Carpe diem.

Marching mushrooms.

Climate change is moving tree populations away from the soil fungi that sustain them (Phys.org, 27 May)
by SPUN (Society for the Protection of Underground Networks)

As our planet warms, many species are shifting to different locations as their historical habitats become inhospitable. Trees are no exception—many species’ normal ranges are no longer conducive to their health, but their shift to new areas that could better sustain them has been lagging behind those of other plants and animals.

Now, scientists show that the reason for this lag might be found belowground. A study published in PNAS shows that trees, especially those in the far north, may be relocating to soils that don’t have the fungal life to support them.

Oh noes, the mushrooms aren’t marching fast enough to keep up with the trees. Ok maybe the trees are Ents, they march pretty fast.

“Ectomycorrhizal fungi have a different relationship to climate than ectomycorrhizal trees do,” says co-author Clara Qin, a data scientist at SPUN. “We are finding evidence that the trees have to answer for these differences.”

Those naughty trees, how dare they move so fast!

(SPUN? So so many drones.)

Dover I hardly think it is racist to point out illegal immigration comes frome every shitehole in the world. Whatever race they happen to be has very little to do with the fact that these same people that continue to create havoc in their own countries now wish to do the same to other countries. Leaners vs lifters. Which ones do you want?. Do you seriously think we need more leaners when we are overrun with them now. They contribute nothing to society.

On the subject of La Tingle, whatever happened to the frequent cry from Their ABC that “Australia is the most successful multicultural society in the world”?

How can we claim to be multicultural when we ban FGM, child marriage etc?

They know their best card remaining is public opinion, and that public opinion is largely shaped by gullible left leaning media.

If the Israelis dropped the concern for public opinion and got on with it that card would be gone. It’s not like they get any credit for it anyway. It is asymmetric warfare and that is one of the main tactics used against them.

Do you know what’s actually the most outrageous part of the whole Gaza pier operation? In a week they’d only delivered a thousand tons of cargo with it!

Hamas then stole all of it. It was quite amusing. There’s total complete incompetence and then there’s the Biden Administration. I wonder if Buttigieg did the organization for it seeing he’s boss of the Department of Transport?

Fitzsimian making a point…
Just not the one he though he was.

Twitter being silly again – where have tweets from all the people I follow gone?
Bring back the bird!
…….
Peter FitzSimons
@Peter_Fitz

Yes. that is something I still don’t understand.
Pre-Musk, those we wanted to see would float to the top.
Post-Musk, they are buried.
Why is that?

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“Twitter being silly again – where have tweets from all the people I follow gone?
Bring back the bird!”
He needs to choose ‘following ‘ instead of ‘for you’?