Open Thread – Thurs 27 June 2024


St Louis, St George, and the Princess, Tintoretto, 1553

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Pogria
Pogria
June 27, 2024 12:39 am

mornin’ Dover.

JC
JC
June 27, 2024 1:43 am

It’s a trick question Dover. Assangetrov would’ve been deadsky long ago. 🙂

shatterzzz
June 27, 2024 3:07 am

Couldn’t sleep .. soooo 4th it is ..!

Tom
Tom
June 27, 2024 4:01 am
Tom
Tom
June 27, 2024 4:02 am
Tom
Tom
June 27, 2024 4:03 am
Tom
Tom
June 27, 2024 4:04 am
Tom
Tom
June 27, 2024 4:04 am
Tom
Tom
June 27, 2024 4:05 am
Tom
Tom
June 27, 2024 4:06 am
Tom
Tom
June 27, 2024 4:07 am
Tom
Tom
June 27, 2024 4:08 am
Tom
Tom
June 27, 2024 4:08 am
Tom
Tom
June 27, 2024 4:09 am
Tom
Tom
June 27, 2024 4:10 am
Barking Toad
Barking Toad
June 27, 2024 5:38 am

And here’s me fart arseing around on the ole fred wondering where the fcuk is Tom!

Rosie
Rosie
June 27, 2024 6:11 am

Might say it,but will they mean it?
And does it mean river to the seaers will be deported?
https://x.com/VividProwess/status/1805973056390631447?t=fLRs1My8C70hDyb1K1x71g&s=19

Tintarella di Luna
Tintarella di Luna
June 27, 2024 6:11 am

Bettina Arndt needs support in highlighting the utter disgrace that is the feminocracy now strangling diversity equity and inclusion: This is Bettina’s latest from her blog

Women on top-Why so many prized jobs are now in female hands.

BETTINA ARNDT

JUN 26

(The picture is of the ACT Supreme Court – 5 women and one bloke)

A picture speaks a thousand words. Look at this line-up, showing all the ACT Supreme Court judges. This formidable female-dominated bench wouldn’t exactly inspire confidence if you were a poor sucker facing a last-ditch appeal of a guilty verdict following a false rape accusation. 

All the more so when the bench is led by Chief Justice Lucy McCallum who recently grumbled in a newspaper interview about the “intractable problem” of “ensuring an accused person has a fair trial.” Women’s groups are working hard to solve her problem, with all sorts of inventive solutions that do away with any notion of a fair trial – like an alternate court system with a lower standard of proof.

Whenever there’s a big job announced in Australia, you can bet your bottom dollar that the prize will fall to a woman – even when that means the newcomer is decades younger and less experienced than her predecessors.

Gender is the trump card wiping out all other merit-based considerations. It must be rather maddening to be a high achieving Australian man clawing your way up the ladder knowing that the top rung is no longer available.

Often the result is just absurd. Here are the governors of the six Australian states – once again, there’s just one token man.(Photo of the 5 women governors and the one token bloke – WA governor) The recent announcement of “equity advocate” Sam Mostyn as Governor General really took the cake, particularly when Albo announced this week he was proposing an astonishing $200,000 increase in her salary.

Perhaps none of this would matter if we could be assured that this new breed of female top dogs would simply do their jobs, without using their positions to constantly promote women at the expense of men. But across the board we see women in power misusing their positions to stitch men up or grind them down.

Queensland Chief of Police Katarina Carroll was forced out of her job when officers began to revolt. The police service had been found by the state’s anti-corruption watchdog to have engaged in “corrupt manipulation” to achieve a 50 per cent female hiring target. The report found 200 meritorious male applicants missed out on joining the force due to this corrupt practice. 

And it is hard to forget that Australia’s very first female top cop, Christine Nixon, also ended her career in 2009 thoroughly disgraced when it was found she spent the morning of Black Saturday, Australia’s worst bushfire, with a 90-minute appointment at the hairdresser followed by a 45-minute meeting with her biographer. In the evening, as the town of Marysville burned to the ground, she was having a leisurely meal in the pub.

And then there was NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb who desperately needed a reset after a series of unforced errors plagued her leadership. She was renowned for being an appalling communicator, failing to promptly address the media when police officer Jesse Baird was murdered, and following the tasering of a 95-year-old grandmother. Luckily, she was given a reprieve when she was able to bask in the glory of a female police officer’s heroics in the Bondi Junction attack.

Now she is making a name for herself tackling the scourge of domestic violence. She’s launched a series called Operation Amarok – where so far more than 3,500 domestic violence offenders have been rounded up and arrested. Nothing like scooping up thousands of wife batterers to win applause from the media. No one is going to bother to ask about the evidence supporting these arrests.

Clearly our female top cops haven’t exactly covered themselves in glory; and it is interesting that men have been slipped back into the job in Queensland and Victoria. Right now, Webb is the only remaining female chief. 

There are interesting questions to be asked about whether, generally, women do these jobs differently from men. “It’s only been in the last 30 years that we’ve had the opportunity to see what female dominated large institutions would look like – it’s historically unprecedented. We have no idea what pathologies or advantages those systems might have,” said Jordan Peterson.

How about we look at the federal regulatory and oversight agencies enforcing rules for business and the economy? Women now run 33 of these vital organisations.

(The photo is of

Here are the four women heading up Australia’s Digital Platform Regulators. The blond is eSafety Commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, who’s now hit the world stage taking on Elon Musk in increasingly outrageous attempts to control the world’s internet content, threatening to fine the billionaire owner of the social media platform X more than $700,000 a day for refusing to remove a video of a terror stabbing.

Her crazy overreach even prompted a song encouraging a fightback. Have a look here It’s pretty funny. 

I first wrote about Inman Grant two years ago, pointing out her eSafety team was systematically downplaying the risks to boys and men from online abuse, ignoring the sexploitation of boys which Federal police were naming as an alarming, growing problem. She’s still at it, endlessly banging on about gendered online abuse, claiming women have a unique perspective on online safety because of the “sexist, gendered vitriol levelled against us”, and rarely a word about protecting men and boys. 

It’s interesting how many of these regulatory bodies now being run by women are concerned with “safety”:

eSafety Commission

Civil Aviation Safety Authority

Aged Care Quality & Safety Commission

Safe Work Australia

Aust Radiation Protection & Nuclear Safety Agency

National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority

Aust Maritime Safety Authority

National Rail Safety Regulator

Janice Fiamengo – the excellent men’s rights advocate and fellow blogger – wrote recently about the risks of women, particularly feminist women, being in charge of our safety. Focusing on the Covid lockdowns, she pointed that it was feminists who pushed hardest for lockdowns and all the rest. “Covid mania was the definition of caring. Who screamed the loudest on Twitter about masking, hand-sanitizing, distancing, keeping children out of school, … who was most adamant about the need to shame, isolate, exclude and penalize the unvaccinated?”

Fiamengo suggests women are a population conditioned by fearmongering, with Covid providing a dramatic illustration of “the ease with which terrified and self-righteous women could be mobilized through irrational safetyism and scapegoating”.

Fiamengo’s warning that many women seem hard-wired to seek a “safe” rather than a “free world” surely has implications when it comes to putting women in charge of so many of our regulators.

But who are we to complain when the powers that be find new and exciting ways to celebrate our matriarchal society? Just look at the names of 10 most recent River Class ferries in Sydney:

Ethel Turner

Ruth Park

Cheryl Salisbury

Lauren Jackson

Liz Ellis

Kurt Fearnley

Olive Cotton

Margaret Olley

Esme Timbery

Ruby Langford Ginibi

Just one token male – Kurt Fearnley, the Paralympian. Oh well, presumably there have been hundreds of ferries named after men. It’s no big deal rectifying that particular imbalance.

Where I do object, is the recent proposal floated at the ANU, which currently has a female Chancellor and Acting Vice Chancellor, seeking suggestions for new names to replace the titles of the university buildings named after men. Men like my father, the eminent economist H.W Arndt. (Photo of the H W Arndt Building) Now that is surely going a step too far!

Even more concerning is the decision by another female Vice Chancellor, Queensland University of Technology’s Margaret Sheil, to remove merit as the principal consideration in hiring staff. Sheil argued it was appropriate to move towards “more inclusive suitability assessment” which would focus on gender and ethnic background.

Sheil is the highest paid Queensland Vice Chancellor, but has been under fire for attacking “freedom of speech, diversity of thought and empowerment of teams and individuals” and for “a toxic culture of bullying and intimidation” leading to a situation where “most staff have lost all faith in the university”.

And so it goes on. We have a situation where male university enrolments are plummeting across the country. Men are in the minority at all but two Australian universities and their share of enrolments has fallen to a record low. The latest 2022 data shows that for the first time male students made up less than 40 per cent of domestic enrolments. Even though male participation has been declining for years, the education department is now suggesting more men are actively choosing not to go to university – downplaying the fact that education is failing so many boys who don’t get the requisite school results or drop out of school.

The fact remains that our universities are making zero effort to determine why males may not be interested in a university education. They remain obsessed with getting more women into their top jobs and providing female only job positions and scholarships. Clearly feminist goals trump any concern about males feeling unwelcome in tertiary institutions. 

Then there’s the family court system which is currently grappling with the impact of the new family law legislation, which so clearly discriminates against fathers. You might have thought this isn’t exactly the best time to introduce a swag of female judges. But no. An astonishing 23 of the 28 newly appointed judges in Federal and Family Courts have been female.

Sure, many of these women may prove excellent judges, doing their jobs with scrupulous fairness. But the Family Court has an absolutely lousy reputation due to persistent bias against men – as evidenced by the dismal failure over the last half century to enforce orders enabling fathers to see their children, as a starter. 

For anyone with the slightest concern about cleaning up this toxic mess, merit-based promotion into top jobs should be an absolute no brainer. 

 

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Rosie
Rosie
June 27, 2024 6:15 am
Rosie
Rosie
June 27, 2024 6:19 am
shatterzzz
June 27, 2024 6:41 am

Notice Ben Garrison & Tina Norton “toons” both have uptix but on my browser (Brave) they come up as “error 1101 hot-linking not allowed” .. wierd!

Last edited 5 days ago by shatterzzz
Top Ender
Top Ender
June 27, 2024 6:42 am

Lotsa fun here – check out the heartless comments below:

North Sydney Council rangers target electric vehicle charging on public land in stoush with EV owners

A Sydney council is cracking down on residents charging their electric cars via power cords across public land – sparking backlash from climate conscious EV owners.

Waverton resident John Slaytor is among residents who have received warning letters from North Sydney Council after rangers spotted a charging cable connecting from his home to his street-parked car.

Mr Slaytor – who does not have a driveway and is unable to park his car directly on his property – said he used a plastic covering over the charging cord at 10pm night to mitigate the risk of any potential tripping hazard for pedestrians.

But the council warning letter stated the “practice must cease immediately” and warned that a repeat offence could result in a fine of $330.

Mr Slaytor said he was “stunned” to cop the warning.

“I was astonished – we were only charging at night and we live on a very quiet street with barely any pedestrian traffic after 6pm,” he said.

“We also used a black covering on the cord so it wasn’t a trip hazard.

“A lot of homes in Sydney don’t have driveways and it’s a huge issue for electric vehicle owners because there’s no other way of being able to charge cars from home.

“We have a climate emergency but the council is instead more worried about public liability and being sued.”

Other Sydney councils have taken a similar no-nonsense approach to cables crossing public land including Mosman which has urged locals to use publicly available electric vehicle fast charging stations.

A North Sydney Council spokeswoman said electrical cables that run across footpaths are a hazard and the council “has a responsibility to ensure public safety”.

“Electrical cables that run across footpaths are unlawful (and) we encourage residents who are not able to charge electric vehicles on their own properties to make use of the charging facilities available at five council car parks,” she said.

“Warnings are issued for first offences where possible and over the past year council has issued fewer than ten warnings and no fines.”

In NSW, an estimated 30 per cent of drivers do not have access to private off-street parking to charge an EV.

The lack of kerbside charging infrastructure has been consistently cited by electric vehicle advocates as a major barrier for the uptake in low emissions vehicles.

Mr Slaytor – who spent more than $1000 on his charging equipment – said charging his car at home was cheaper than using publicly available facilities – costing about 8c per kilowatt compared to around 50c at public charging points.

“Even with a reasonably fast public charger it takes at least an hour to charge an EV and it’s not something you want to be doing every day,” he said.

“I have solar panels and if I was able to charge from home during the day it would be a lot better for the planet.”

North Sydney Council says it has five public charging stations including at the Alexander Street and Holtermann Street car parks in Crows Nest, and the Ridge Street car park in North Sydney

NSW Environment Minister Penny Sharpe said the NSW Government was investing more than $4 million in grants to bankroll public kerbside electric vehicle chargers at 391 sites across the state.

Comments:

Jethro
31 minutes ago
The EV world sounds great, but it’s not .

The local Council area has 5 public chargers . gee what happens when say 100 cars wanna charge every night 

Craig
41 minutes ago
Dont buy a ev if you cant charge it properly . Of course you cant take a live power cord over a footpath 

Andy
4 minutes ago
@Craig ….. anyone tripping over the charging cord will automatically include council in any legal claim.

Neil D
44 minutes ago
I believe the inner west council allows this as long as you take out $20 million public liability insurance.

Gary
21 minutes ago
“We have a climate emergency but the council is instead more worried about public liability and being sued.”

We don’t have a climate emergency.

We do have an emerging trip hazard crisis though.

James
26 minutes ago
First world problems for our yuppie EV owners.

Steve
27 minutes ago
Well if they had no where to park it on their property they should have bought a hybrid that does not need plugging in

Daily Tele

Gabor
Gabor
June 27, 2024 7:00 am

shatterzzz
June 27, 2024 6:41 am

Notice Ben Garrison & Tina Norton “toons” both have uptix but on my browser (Brave) they come up as “error 1101 hot-linking not allowed” .. wierd!

Right click-Copy the link and paste it in a new tab,.enter, it works that way.

BobtheBoozer
BobtheBoozer
June 27, 2024 7:11 am

Earlier today, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) announced that she would be holding a press conference to address the statement she made last week about holding Merrick Garland accountable after he was found in contempt of Congress. “We will hold Merrick Garland in inherent contempt of Congress. No one is above the law. Tune in!”

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/06/just-rep-anna-paulina-luna-lowers-boom-merrick/

GreyRanga
GreyRanga
June 27, 2024 7:14 am

TE how does the eco-warrior saving the planet pay 8 cents a kwh to charge his chariot? This moron is setting himself up for a scammer to trip on his cable crossing public land. Please let this happen. Oh the ironing.

BobtheBoozer
BobtheBoozer
June 27, 2024 7:17 am

Masked Anti-Israel Protester Who Took Over NY Subway Car and Demanded Jews Identify Themselves and Warned ‘This is Your Chance to Get Out’ Turns Himself In After Manhunt

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/06/masked-anti-israel-protester-who-took-ny-subway/

Cassie of Sydney
June 27, 2024 7:31 am

In the UK a very smug, leftwing, mediocre actor by the name of David Tennant (David Who?) attended a ‘LGBTQI awards ceremony’ and said the following about a black woman by the name of Kemi Badenoch (who happens to be a Conservative Minister), to …

‘I wish you didn’t exist anymore and you should shut up’

You have to love the stinking rancid hypocrisy from the left! Now, just imagine, for a nano second if a rightwing celebrity (I know, I know, such species are thin on the ground) said about a black or Brown female Labor/Greens MP that….’I wish you didn’t exist anymore and you should shut up’.

The howling would be deafening and that rightwing celebrity would have his/her career cancelled, in fact he/she would have had visits from the UK Plod.

The good news is that Ms Badenoch has responded to the mediocrity called Tennant by saying that she will not ‘shut up’ and she has fired back at the actor, calling him a ‘rich, lefty, white male’.

You don’t turn timidly the other cheek to this garbage, NO, you pick up the slop thrown at you and you throw it back.

Pogria
Pogria
June 27, 2024 7:33 am

A civil servant robot working for a council in South Korea was found unresponsive after apparently throwing itself down a flight of stairs, with locals now mourning the country’s first robot suicide.”

I would be quite happy to replace all our Pubic Serpents with robots. The Dalek Suicide would be an added Bonus!

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13571283/South-Korean-civil-servant-robot-commits-suicide-mysteriously-circling-one-spot-there.html

johanna
johanna
June 27, 2024 7:37 am

TheirABC continues to describe mainstream views as ‘far right’:

Earlier this month, Guenaël Brohan walked into his local polling place and did something he’s never done before.
Slouched against his tractor, he rattles off his political views, which are so uncontroversial they don’t bear mentioning.
“But I voted for Jordan Bardella, and for the Rassemblement National,” he says.
“I wanted to send a message to our current government: it has to change. We are in a country that is going to sink.”
Guenaël is not alone. Indeed, his ballot was part of a far-right tsunami that has turned French politics on its head.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-27/support-for-far-right-in-france-growing-ahead-of-election/104017004

A ‘far right tsunami’, a destructive natural disaster, costing lives and property.

One that is based on traditional French values. ‘Far right’ at TheirABC is now anyone fully signed up the the Left.

Pogria
Pogria
June 27, 2024 7:50 am

Remember when a couple of salami sandwiches were thrown at Gillard when she was annoying high school kids with her vuvuzela drone?

I believe every time Elbow is out in the open shitting from his mouth, lettuces should be dropped ceremoniously at his feet.
No, not thrown at him, he is such a delicate petal, an errant leaf could break an arm. No, Render unto Caesar, what belongs to Caesar.

Johannes Leak has been inspirational in this regard. 😀

“Lettuces for Elbow”, NOW!

Black Ball
Black Ball
June 27, 2024 7:50 am

Get a load of Danny Pearson in this piece by Shannon Deery:

There are two things certain in life: death and taxes.

We don’t have a death tax in Victoria, yet, but it’s about to become more expensive to die.

That’s because the cost of enacting the wills of loved ones is set to soar by up to 650 per cent in some cases.

Under a model being considered by the government the Supreme Court’s probate office will rake in more than 1000 per cent more in fees than it costs to operate.

The rest of the money will be used to fund other activities of the court.

All this, remember, after the government cut funding to Court Services Victoria over the next 12 months by almost $20m in last month’s budget.

But that’s OK, because the jacked-up probate fees will rake in an extra $33m, more than enough to cover the cuts.

So not only are Victorians paying more in property, schools, business, fire services and waste taxes (to name a few), we’re copping it in death, too.

It’s the unavoidable effect of the government’s budget woes, as it struggles to rein in spending and reverse the state’s debt trajectory.

As revealed in last week’s NSW state budget, we have become the economic laughing stock of the country.

Handing down its second budget with its own debt levels blowing out by billions, the Minns government joked that at least they weren’t as bad as us.

Its own budget papers specifically singled out Victoria as the worst case scenario.

Net debt will grow to an estimated $17,000 for every person in NSW by 2028; here it will grow to about $27,000 for every Victorian, or $188bn in total.

And there are only three quick-fix ways to lower our debt: cut spending, raise taxes or sell assets.

With little left to sell, spending cuts are politically problematic, it’s hardly surprising our government will look anywhere to find a buck.

And why not in death?

A review into the probate fees wasn’t due until 2027, but was fast-tracked by assistant treasurer Danny Pearson.

Pearson is an MP who has made his views on death taxes very clear.

If he had it his way, and he may be given he’s a hot favourite to take over from treasurer Tim Pallas when he retires, Victoria would introduce the measure.

“My personal view is that death duties should be instituted,” he told parliament in 2017.

“I think it would be reasonable that if a person passed on and their estate was worth $1m, for argument’s sake, we would say, ‘We will allocate 5 per cent of your estate to the state to ensure that your children and your grandchildren can live in a progressive, harmonious and safe community’. That is just a private view, and many others would violently disagree with it, as is their right.”

A glimpse into our future, perhaps, with a hike in probate fees akin to a death tax by stealth.

At the very same time right now across the state hospital bosses are working out how to slash millions of dollars from their budgets.

They have until the end of the week to submit budget action plans to the state government, who will in turn decide their final budgets.

Already Ambulance Victoria has started axing executive positions and has started consulting on broader redundancies.

The Alfred hospital, too, has started cutting roles.

Other hospitals are considering selling off assets, and some regional services have cut back on cleaning with nursing staff picking up the slack.

Health is not the only area where service delivery is suffering.

But it is both pertinent given the ongoing budget negotiations, and critical given the nature of its work.

It is also a core Labor value that it can no longer afford to properly fund, despite creative accounting that will tell you the government is delivering all hospitals an extra $1.5 billion this financial year alone.

The workers on the ground are telling a very different story: they say there isn’t enough money to properly fund public hospitals, ambulances, community and mental health services, and health infrastructure — all state responsibilities.

It’s been almost six years since Daniel Andrews announced the Suburban Rail Loop — the largest and most expensive transport project in Victorian history.

And still there is contention about whether the project is a winner or a stinker.

It’s become almost trite to argue it is holding Victoria back.

But the $200bn albatross around the Allan government’s neck is hard to ignore considered against the state’s unenviable economic position.

When Andrews announced the rail line it came with a $50bn price tag — that was for the whole 90km loop around Melbourne.

Today the cost has blown out to at least $125bn, with the government committed only to the first stage at an estimated cost of $30-34bn.

Analysis by the independent Parliamentary Budget Office shows Victoria will get no change out of $200bn if the whole thing were to be built.

Six years and two thumping election wins since the SRL was announced, it shouldn’t remain such a political hot potato.

But while debt is high and services suffer, Victorians will continue to ask themselves whether the Allan government has its priorities wrong.

All that on an announcement that has the Allan government are in the infancy of beginning the Victorian part of the Melbourne-Brisbane line. Why that’s needed perhaps more sage commenters than I can answer.
Yet people still vote for these months. FMD

Black Ball
Black Ball
June 27, 2024 7:51 am

These mongs ffs

Black Ball
Black Ball
June 27, 2024 7:57 am

Via Ace Of Spades, one of monty’s lot

Pogria
Pogria
June 27, 2024 8:01 am

Another one bites the dust. Boo yah!

https://x.com/OliLondonTV/status/1806057940207669583

Pogria
Pogria
June 27, 2024 8:02 am

SNAP! Black Ball.

Rosie
Rosie
June 27, 2024 8:08 am

I’m very sad that young female ambos won’t be spending so many hours hanging around public hospitals waiting to hand over patients to emergency staff.
Oh wait, they’ll be spending twice as many hours doing that.
Every ambulance I see is covered in anti government graffiti and the union sign warning motorists of a speed camera ahead has been there for months.
But don’t worry they’ll still all vote Labor.
And where are the electric emergency vehicles Jacinta of the three eyed fish?
You said it was a climate emergency that takes precedence over all other human concerns.

Rosie
Rosie
June 27, 2024 8:10 am

In today’s extra good news.
Mr Bandt is very unhappy
https://x.com/AdamBandt/status/1805749151575195694?t=PSr6APcHbuK7HUneJ8uPcA&s=19

GreyRanga
GreyRanga
June 27, 2024 8:12 am

I love how the ABCESS decribe the far right (which is anything to the right of their position) as Nazi’s. The capitulation of conservatives everywhere to allow the left to commandeer the English language to their own ends gives me the shiites. Wife had to do an indoctrination into the wonderful world of woke for the consultants she works for. They have to do this to get government contracts. They think they are the bees knees for embracing everything woke. I said I’d have nothing to do with them and tell them why. Oh, you have to do it to get the job. I wouldn’t and couldn’t do it. Its not as if we need the money but she she tells me its so she doesn’t have to put up with me grumbling about how useless the numpties running the country are. I countered with, I’ll never treat a cock in a frock as normal person when they are patently mentally deranged. I for one refuse to engage with such people and the left generally. None of the indoctrination has anything to doing the job. It is a three day course. No wonder it costs a motza to get anything done these days.

Rosie
Rosie
June 27, 2024 8:12 am
Roger
Roger
June 27, 2024 8:14 am

Mr Bandt is very unhappy.

No new gas, eh?

One suspects he’s more interested in Year Zero than Net Zero.

132andBush
132andBush
June 27, 2024 8:16 am

Should we run a book on the debate?

$50 on Biden short circuiting and freezing up.

Rosie
Rosie
June 27, 2024 8:17 am

A 28.4% parish for the only hard-working people in Victoria.
https://x.com/JacintaAllanMP/status/1805859529932030402?t=sQt3R92z2TE053Qim5m_qA&s=19

Roger
Roger
June 27, 2024 8:17 am

They have to do this to get government contracts.

Private business has to toe an ideological line to get government work.

Just who are the Fascists here?

Last edited 5 days ago by Roger
132andBush
132andBush
June 27, 2024 8:21 am

If Biden does short out the switcheroo will be on.

Rosie
Rosie
June 27, 2024 8:22 am
Rosie
Rosie
June 27, 2024 8:30 am
Bourne1879
Bourne1879
June 27, 2024 8:32 am

Great Bettina Arndt article posted by Tinta.
I remember the Qld Police recruiting policy of 50% women well. They were turning away top quality makes and accepting low quality females. It lasted for 4 years. Combine with fast tracking of females for promotion and you have a morale problem.
The problems with such a policy were obvious but overlooked in order for somebody to be able to say the %age of women was rising.
I trace it back to reports by former Sex Discrimination Commissioner Liz Broderick into VIC POL and AFP. All designed to make police work easier for women but at the expense of the men.
See also Defence Force.

Rosie
Rosie
June 27, 2024 8:38 am
Roger
Roger
June 27, 2024 8:41 am

Spooner nails it today.

Alboflation (rising power prices and rents) is pushing the RBA towards another rate hike.

Black Ball
Black Ball
June 27, 2024 8:42 am

Here’s the opening parts of the Melbourne-Brisbane line:

All Victorian contracts for a 1700km national freight rail line have been inked, with the state’s portion of the mega project set to be finished within three years.

The $31 billion Inland Rail project would allow for double-stacked freight trains to move goods from Brisbane to Melbourne, getting products onto shelves quicker and more reliably.

Construction giant John Holland has been awarded the $470 million contract for the remaining eight project sites in Victoria, including to build rail bridges and lower existing tracks under roads.

Nah bugger it I will do the whole article

It includes sites in Benalla and Euroa where railway station precincts will get major upgrades and new carparking, as well as in Wandong, Broadford, and near Tallarook and Seymour.

John Holland, which is part of the group building the $14bn Metro Tunnel rail line under the CBD, has also worked on other sections of Inland Rail in Victoria.

The announcement is significant for the project, which was reviewed last year amid a budget blowout worth about $15bn and was described by former Energy Security Board chair Dr Kerry Schott as being in a “regrettable situation”.

Amid uncertainty around the construction schedule, the Albanese Government said it would prioritise delivery of the link between Beveridge and Parkes in NSW, which would boost supply chain “resilience” between Melbourne, Perth, Sydney, Newcastle, the Illawarra and Adelaide.

Inland Rail chief executive, Nick Miller, said the new contract was “a major step forward” and that ongoing works at Glenrowan, Wangaratta, and Seymour were progressing well, with Barnawartha North completed.

He said the works on the final eight Victorian sites would begin in 2025.

“John Holland is currently carrying out early works and site investigations before kicking off Tranche 2 construction early in the new year,” he said.

“Inland Rail is keen to involve local people and businesses in the project and to maximise the economic and social benefits for communities along the route,” he said.

Executive general manager of rail and transport at John Holland, Steve Butcher, said the new project builds on Inland Rail work already done, “allowing us to leverage our skills and experience in providing end-to-end rail solutions”.

“We want to prioritise local jobs and industry when construction kicks off next year to ensure we’ve got the best possible representation of the regional communities we’re building in,” he said.

“We look forward to working closely with these local communities to deliver this transformational project, which will support the future reliability of Australia’s freight network.”

Hold in your laughter kind reader.
Local jobs eh? Considering its wall to wall Labor along the coast, expect many of da bruvvers to be swanned in.
Kerry Schott, where has that name surfaced before?

Black Ball
Black Ball
June 27, 2024 8:49 am

Before I away, please seat yourself, lest you keel over from laughter.
Hahahahahaha! Look at this dickhead, Daily Telegraph:

Kevin 747 is back!

Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd chose to accompany Julian Assange on his trip home yesterday despite no legal requirement to do so.

Those familiar with the Rudd administration said Mr Assange was nowhere on the agenda for the government of the day, but Mr Rudd became a passionate advocate once he took on the role of US ambassador.

Mr Assange was accompanied by Mr Rudd on his trip home on a private jet paid for by Assange’s supporters. But he was not required to be there in an official capacity.

Bob Carr, who served as Foreign Minister under Mr Rudd, has been lauded as a true advocate for Mr Assange’s release.

Mr Carr told The Daily Telegraph Mr Rudd “threw himself” into the issue of Mr Assange’s release with “strenuous energetic determination to get the job done”.

“Kevin revels in his task at defending Australia’s interests in the tough competitive climate that Washington presents and he would have gone about it with a swath of energy and concentration and persuasion,” an enthusiastic Mr Carr said.

Greens Senator Peter Whish Wilson said he could not comment on Mr Rudd’s interest in the case during his Prime Ministership but he was “genuine in his capacity as ambassador”.

But the White House hosed down suggestions Mr Assange’s release was a result of diplomatic efforts, saying in a statement:

“This was an independent decision made by the Department of Justice, and there was no White House involvement in the plea deal decision.”

So no diplomacy on the part of Rudd released Assange sayeth the White House.
Mr Carr, it would seem Rudd made it all about himself.
Hahahahahaha!
And now I see myself out.

Rabz
June 27, 2024 8:52 am

Alboflation (rising power prices and rents)

Latest electrickery bill up 18.3% from last quarter (and this is the autumn quarter bill).

As for the difference between year zero and net zero, there isn’t any.

cohenite
June 27, 2024 8:52 am

Branco best of today’s toons:

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Roger
Roger
June 27, 2024 8:53 am

The $31 billion Inland Rail project would allow for double-stacked freight trains to move goods from Brisbane to Melbourne, getting products onto shelves quicker and more reliably.

Except the VIC terminal won’t be in Melbourne and the QLD terminal won’t be in Brisbane.

Chuckle.

JC
JC
June 27, 2024 8:54 am

If the Western elite are so evil, so murderous, then why is Assange still alive?

Does anyone have a plausible answer for that?

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Rabz
June 27, 2024 8:56 am

Boob Carr told The Daily Telegraph Mr Ruff “threw himself” into the issue of Assange’s release with “strenuous energetic determination to get the job done”

No doubt much poring over maps of New Guinea took place during this arduous quest.

Indolent
Indolent
June 27, 2024 9:01 am
Rufus T Firefly
Rufus T Firefly
June 27, 2024 9:05 am

“‘Deployed’, to me at least, means going outside the wire and hunting down enemy regardless of season, weather or terrain.”
Knuckle Dragger – Monday 24th June 2024

Just want to thank you for your “informative” posts over the last few days KD, you always put a smile on my dial first thing.

wrt your quote from above then, HQ Companies, Medical/Dental personnel, Catering, Transport, Comm’s Ops etc, are NOT “deployed.”
I wonder where that leaves our friends in the Senior Service.
Interesting perspective on Operations. I was not aware of that “fact”, thanks.

I actually printed out your last few “pearls of wisdom” and showed them to a couple of friends at the pub last night.
One was a Vietnam Vet who drove APC’s, the other was ex RAAF, “deployed” to Somalia, Iraq and East Timor.

They were both very, ……, “interested” in your comments. Two new members for the Cat!

“Tell ‘your ‘nobody went outside the wire’ horseshit to 1RAR and the reinforced 2/4RAR company supporting it, you mincing light blue poodle.”
Knuckle Dragger – Wednesday 26th June.

Just curious, have you bothered to look up where the Battalion Group were stationed? It would appear to be, ……., somewhat relevant.
They were part of UNOSOM I.
They were stationed at B A I D O A. (About 120 miles NW of Mogadishu).
How the f*ck you did not know that, is quite a stunning effort, well done!

My Team were part of UNOSOM II.
We were stationed at M O G A D I S H U.
Do you see the slight difference there KD? The giveaway is, the first letters are different.
Despite what ‘you’ may think, they are different places.

(I know they patrolled their area, because we saw footage on pre-deployment training. They unfortunately had one death, due to an UD.)

They probably transferred through Mog, I don’t know, because we got there after their tour was complete and they were back in Oz.
In our time in Mog, NOBODY patrolled the city, except by air.

The UN/US controlled only the Old Port, New Port, Airport and Uni complex.
Everything else, was controlled by the war lords.
So, going by your definition of “deployed”, apart from the yanks and Malaysians who were involved in BlackHawk down, no-one was “deployed”.
Fair enough! There did seem to be lots of troops about the place though.

Please keep posting.
I will continue to send your work far and wide. You will be famous!
Everyone deserves a laugh, first thing in the morning.
Have a great day Wannabe!

Zippster
Zippster
June 27, 2024 9:08 am

Secret CDC Meeting About the Rise of Autism From Vaccinations

not just autism, the incredible rise of allergies especially for nuts

wivenhoe
wivenhoe
June 27, 2024 9:10 am

Does anyone have a plausible answer for that?

The Arcancide crew were not available?

Indolent
Indolent
June 27, 2024 9:11 am

murthy v missouri ruling
a bad day for SCOTUS, a worse day for the rest of us

Jay Bhattacharya

@DrJBhattacharya

The court ruled that the plaintiffs (Missouri and Louisiana, as well as me and other blacklisted individuals) lacked standing to sue. This means that the Administration can censor ideas & no person will have standing to enforce the 1st Amendment. Free speech in America, for the moment, is dead.

Interesting time for the Supreme Court to rule that the government can pressure social media companies to censor “misinformation” to it’s heart’s content.

Rufus T Firefly
Rufus T Firefly
June 27, 2024 9:12 am

Oh, forgot to say KD.
If you would like me to buy you a “Dick and Dora” reader, to assist your comprehension, I’ll gladly send you money.

Cheers.

Indolent
Indolent
June 27, 2024 9:12 am
Indolent
Indolent
June 27, 2024 9:13 am

Also censored. Not that I blame Assange at this point.
All Wikileaks’ DNC Emails Were Deleted to Free Assange

Indolent
Indolent
June 27, 2024 9:14 am
Indolent
Indolent
June 27, 2024 9:16 am

Hardly surprising. This mob could teach the mafia a few things.
Soros-Backed L.A. County D.A. Official Arrested on 11 Felony Charges

Roger
Roger
June 27, 2024 9:17 am

This beautiful headline got lost in translation for a while:

‘Six lame ducks and a swan’

The Frankfurter Allgemeine describing the G7 Summit earlier this month.

Dr Faustus
Dr Faustus
June 27, 2024 9:21 am

Per Black Ball:

Mr Assange was accompanied by Mr Rudd on his trip home on a private jet paid for by Assange’s supporters. But he was not required to be there in an official capacity.

Bob Carr, who served as Foreign Minister under Mr Rudd, has been lauded as a true advocate for Mr Assange’s release.

Mr Carr told The Daily Telegraph Mr Rudd “threw himself” into the issue of Mr Assange’s release with “strenuous energetic determination to get the job done”.

Per Unlinkable OZ:

Anthony Albanese first on the phone as convicted felon Julian Assange tastes freedom at last

Moments after his arrival, ­Anthony Albanese declared: “We have got this done.” The Prime Minister revealed he was the first person Assange spoke to after he touched down. According to one of the WikiLeaks founder’s lawyers, Assange told Mr Albanese he had “saved his life”.

Mr Albanese claimed credit for Assange’s release, saying his government was focused on “making a difference”.

I’m not sure whether any of these people realise how revolting they appear.

thefrollickingmole
thefrollickingmole
June 27, 2024 9:23 am

Tucker having fun with the media.
I never like his presentation style, but seeing journos, especially Australian ones mocked to their faces is a beautiful thing.
https://x.com/i/status/1806034521369776406

Roger
Roger
June 27, 2024 9:39 am

I’m not sure whether any of these people realise how revolting they appear.

That would require listening to people outside the bubble.

I note the press reported Albanese “billed” Assange $700K for the flights.

I reckon they’d be having a laugh about him not having to pay it.

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GreyRanga
GreyRanga
June 27, 2024 9:41 am

I’ve heard it say, Rudd doesn’t have mirrors near him lest there be another narcissist in the same room of equal importance in his own mind.

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
June 27, 2024 9:42 am

AustraliaVIC News

Southbank whisky theft: Man ‘just keeps walking’ away with $62,000 bottle of Johnnie Walker Masters of Flavour

A brazen thief with a taste for the finer things in life has left Melbourne East police in pursuit after a limited-edition bottle of whiskey, worth a jaw-dropping $62,000, was allegedly pilfered.
The daring heist unfolded on May 22 at a boutique liquor merchant within an entertainment complex off Whiteman Street in Southbank.
Around 5.20 PM, a man entered the store and struck up a conversation with a female staff member, inquiring about various bottles of high-end alcohol.
In a scene straight out of a Hollywood heist movie, as soon as the staff member’s back was turned, the man allegedly snatched a prized bottle of Johnnie Walker Masters of Flavour and tucked it down the front of his shorts.

All right, which one of you lot was it?

thefrollickingmole
thefrollickingmole
June 27, 2024 9:45 am

ABCcess, totally unbiased and straight down the line…

Now, Rassemblement National (RN), or National Rally, is eyeing a much bigger prize: forming France’s most far-right government since the Nazi occupation in World War II.

?

duncanm
duncanm
June 27, 2024 9:48 am

No doubt numpty John Slaytor has an RCD and appropriate safety devices on his little flying cord in the damp grass and potentially flooded gutter.

What a doofus.

cohenite
June 27, 2024 9:48 am

More white supremacy:

Fox & Friends Host Ainsley Earhardt Breaks Down While Interviewing Pregnant Wife Of Murdered MI Sheriff Bradley Reckling [VIDEO] | The Gateway Pundit | by Patty McMurray

From the Gateway Pundit– According to Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard, Deputy Bradley Reckling was in pursuit of a stolen vehicle with assistance from two detectives.
The vehicle, a stolen 2022 Chevrolet Equinox, stopped unexpectedly. The suspects exited the vehicle and started shooting at Deputy Reckling, who was shot in the chest and head. The detectives were in their own separate vehicles and were not struck.
“The sheriff said Detroit police and Michigan State Police quickly responded to the area and set up a perimeter. Three suspects were taken into custody,” Fox 2 Detroit reported.

Sherriff Deputy Reckling leaves behind his pregnant wife of 8 years, 30-year-old Jacqueline, and 3 young daughters. Jacqueline and Bradley were living on a farm they had recently purchased where they planned to raise their 4 children.

No further mention of suspects except to say they were all out on bail or had priors. Of course.

Roger
Roger
June 27, 2024 9:55 am

ABCcess, totally unbiased and straight down the line…

Do you suppose they’ll ever join the dots between their egregious political bias and their dwindling audience?

Gabor
Gabor
June 27, 2024 9:56 am

thefrollickingmole
June 27, 2024 9:23 am

Tucker having fun with the media.

Having a day off, that was worth every minute.

thefrollickingmole
thefrollickingmole
June 27, 2024 9:58 am

I hate to throw fuel onto the inter services love fest…

But is this accurate??

https://x.com/i/status/1805986496895225876

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
June 27, 2024 10:11 am

Adam Creighton is annoying his boss…

The ‘greenlash’ is coming – just look at Europe (Paywallian)

Voters throughout the developed world are beginning to realise how duped they’ve been by years of unscientific, uneconomic nonsense spouted by much of the media and the so-called ‘experts’.

Nice to see some reality being reported in the Oz. Maybe some nice journo or backbencher could ask Albo and Bowen about Mr Creighton’s coumn.

Crossie
Crossie
June 27, 2024 10:11 am

Black Ball

 June 27, 2024 8:42 am

Here’s the opening parts of the Melbourne-Brisbane line:

All Victorian contracts for a 1700km national freight rail line have been inked, with the state’s portion of the mega project set to be finished within three years.

The $31 billion Inland Rail project would allow for double-stacked freight trains to move goods from Brisbane to Melbourne, getting products onto shelves quicker and more reliably.

Where to start with this? If the estimated cost is $31 billion we can take it for granted that using the Snowy 2.0 as a guide the final cost will be ten times that amount.

Seeing the fate of Commonwealth Games under Jacinta’s leadership is the same waiting for Inland Rail?

Why emphasise moving goods from Brisbane to stock shelves in Melbourne? Is this because Victoria doesn’t produce anything? Is it because companies have fled due to Victorian over-regulation? Is it because electricity for manufacturing is too expensive or simply not available?

Victoria used to put on their car number plates “Victoria – Garden State” but all anyone can see now is State of Despair.

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
June 27, 2024 10:21 am

Well well well.

Anti-Semitic manifesto: Terror charge teen’s chilling GoPro video (Tele, paywalled)

Chilling Go-Pro footage has emerged of a teen charged with terror offences armed with knives and tactical equipment before allegedly walking into a Labor MP’s office.

Hey AFP and NSW plod, how’s your persecution of Christians and right-wingers going? Maybe the Labor Party would like you to put in some resources against leftwing antisemitic terrorists before, like, someone assassinates an ALP pollie. Just saying.

damon
damon
June 27, 2024 10:22 am

“$50 on Biden short circuiting and freezing up”.

I would bet the same amount that whatever they give him will keep him upright and blinking for the entire 90 minutes,

Miltonf
Miltonf
June 27, 2024 10:22 am

Had never heard of Kerry Schott until Trumble wheeled her out. Seems to have been a bit of a man hater back in her youth.

Roger
Roger
June 27, 2024 10:24 am

Why emphasise moving goods from Brisbane to stock shelves in Melbourne? Is this because Victoria doesn’t produce anything?

This is particularly interesting, because when the “father” of Inland Rail (in its present iteration), Everald Compton, first raised it a couple of decades ago, the rationale was to get primary produce and manufactured goods from the south to Gladstone (his proposed QLD terminus) for export more efficiently than by then current road/rail means.

Now the focus seems to be on getting domestic freight (imported goods?) off the roads and “climate change” even gets a mention.

John Brumble
John Brumble
June 27, 2024 10:24 am

An idea for Trump in the coming debate.

1) Negotiate a camera, operated by one of his staff to be focused on both podiums. The camera may not be interfered with or turned off (make sure it has a back-up battery but don’t tell anyone).

2) During the debate, say that his team has discussed with some chemists and have come up with a way to detect [whatever it is likely that Biden will be on to keep him upright], that it’s on a cloth, and that he’ll wipe Biden’s lectern with it after Biden has left.

3) Watch the shenanigans unfold as they tie themselves into knots trying to B-S their way into some excuse for why Trump can’t go to the other lectern after the debate.

4) Watch the media excuse the excuses and repeat the lies.

Dr Faustus
Dr Faustus
June 27, 2024 10:29 am

Aside from Dr Rude, Carnt, and Handsome Boy, the list of Saviours of Assange continues to grow.

Last September, a multi-party posse of parrot cage sweepings – Whish-Wilson, ShoeBridge, Ryan, Zappia, Antic, and Joyce – turned up mob-handed at the DoJ offices:

“They were surprised, I would say blindsided by our delegation,” Greens senator Peter Whish-Wilson told the ABC.

Delegates told the room that not only had the government changed in Australia, but public sentiment had as well, with the vast majority of Australians now wanting Assange to return home.

Amazingly, the DoJ was unmoved:

“They were not particularly warm,” Dr Ryan said.

“There was a real sense of opposition to our involvement, as in, ‘Why are you here? You know you cannot influence this process. It’s really got nothing to do with politicians,’” she said.

“There was an attempt to sort of brush us away, and we weren’t interested in that.”

Luckily, the Beetrooter was there to play the trump card:

It was then that Mr Joyce brought Johnny Depp’s dogs into it, raising the infamous case in 2015 when the then-minister for agriculture threatened to euthanise the Hollywood star’s pooches — Pistol and Boo — due to quarantine breaches.

Dr Ryan said Mr Joyce suggested to the meeting that political considerations inevitably played a role in these sorts of matters.

“Basically, he said there had been pressure placed on him at the time and if it had been left to him, Pistol, Boo, Johnny, and Amber would be behind bars in Australia.”

So, although Johnny and Amber are gracefully silent, add Pistol and Boo to the list.

cohenite
June 27, 2024 10:31 am

Lot of hysteria currently in the US about global farting after a few hot days: hottest evah! Humans did it! Graph of US maximum temps from 1895 to 2024:

https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/national/time-series/110/tmax/1/5/1895-2024?base_prd=true&begbaseyear=1901&endbaseyear=2000

Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
June 27, 2024 10:31 am

In Sydney. Postcard to follow, but early assessment is meh.

I see Ronnie RAAF, stung by anyone daring to question his Marlborough-esque military genius, and its translation into current events has gone and showed some of said commentary to his alleged ‘mates’ (suuure you did) to establish legimitacy.

It didn’t work for Liability Bob, and it won’t work for a light blue pampered poser either.

And yes I remain content that Israel is still flogging up what’s left of Gaza.

Tintarella di Luna
Tintarella di Luna
June 27, 2024 10:33 am

Could a kind kat please put up the Daily Tele story on the Terror Teen Go-Pro — thank you

Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
June 27, 2024 10:34 am

I will shortly adjourn to a number of locales within Darling Harbour with an associate.

It’s not pissing down in Sydney, so that’s a start.

JC
JC
June 27, 2024 10:40 am

Why scary?

cohenite
June 27, 2024 10:40 am

Biden will be full of Cholinesterase inhibitors. One of the side effects is hypermotility and general predisposition to shitting your self. Collectively the side effects of Cholinesterase inhibitors is known as SLUDGE:

Cholinesterase Inhibitors – StatPearls – NCBI Bookshelf (nih.gov)

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
June 27, 2024 10:41 am

Lot of hysteria currently in the US about global farting after a few hot days: hottest evah! Humans did it!

Yes, yes they did…

UK High Temperature At Chertsey–Amid A Field Of Solar Panels! (26 Jun)

The aerial photo of this “high quality meteorological station” is amusing.

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cohenite
June 27, 2024 10:46 am

Former Dr Who and all round wanker, David Tennant, has made a very personal attack on senior Tory and the party’s possible post-election leader, Kemi Badenoch, who offended him by stating her very mainstream views on the gender wars and cocks in frocks. Here’s how Kemi got her revenge:

Jessica Jones S01E13 – Killgrave Death (youtube.com) 

Natural Instinct
Natural Instinct
June 27, 2024 10:52 am

Watched some of JA’s live show business last night where the star did not make an entrance.
So which TV network will get the 1 hour exclusive and how much will they pay for it. Let the auction begin.
And will the US networks come in over the top and go for world wide rights?

Bungonia Bee
Bungonia Bee
June 27, 2024 10:54 am

Albo and the media mates are going to milk the Assange assuagement for all it’s worth, since Albo doesn’t have a policy achievement to point to.
As for Assange – his wife said he was the “most principled man she knows” which is nice. Much nicer than another acquaintance from years ago whose assessment was that he “seemed like someone who had been brought up by wolves”. Perhaps she was Swedish.
If he wants a principled pursuit to go on with, perhaps he could use his “journalistic skills” to uncover the crookedness of the climate scam and the scandalously integrated flow-on program to harm this and other countries by shafting their formerly affordable and reliable energy systems and replacement it with dodgy “renewables”.

Bungonia Bee
Bungonia Bee
June 27, 2024 10:58 am

Fair go Mole!
Tucker having fun with the media.
I never like his presentation style …
Tucker was essential viewing for as long as he was on Fox News. He was their biggest star, hence the compulsory takedown when he mentioned the “unmentionables”.

Roger
Roger
June 27, 2024 11:00 am

Albo and the media mates are going to milk the Assange assuagement for all it’s worth, since Albo doesn’t have a policy achievement to point to.

If Albanese thinks this will distract attention from the daily impact of Alboflation on people’s budgets you’d have to question who’s advising him these days…is it Jodie?

Indolent
Indolent
June 27, 2024 11:02 am
Dr Faustus
Dr Faustus
June 27, 2024 11:03 am

Norwegian pension fund dumps Caterpillar over Gaza war risks

Norwegian pension fund KLP has divested its stake of close to $70m in US industrial group Caterpillar due to the risk that its equipment is being used to violate human rights in occupied Palestine.

Norway’s largest private pension manager said in a statement released on Wednesday that the manufacturer of bulldozers and other heavy machinery could be “contributing to human rights abuses and violation of international law in the West Bank and Gaza”.

Caterpillar Inc’s market capitalisation is $160bn.

will
will
June 27, 2024 11:05 am

Chilling GoPro footage has emerged of a teen charged with terror offences armed with knives and tactical equipment before allegedly walking into a Labor MP’s office.

Jordan Patten, 19, from Raymond Terrace, was arrested after midday Wednesday and charged under the terrorism act. A live video understood to be taken by the teen around the time of the alleged offending, shows him appearing to get prepared in a public bathroom. He is wearing a helmet with a GoPro style video recorder mounted on it, as well as a face mask.

A teenager who allegedly walked into a Labor MP’s office rather with knives and a ballistic vest has been charged with terrorism offences.

Police will allege the man allegedly commenced livestreaming his preparation through the video website Twitch. He also donned a ballistics vest which has a knife and a saw wedged in the pockets. The seven-minute live video shows him walking around inner-city Newcastle – including briefly into Newcastle MP Tim Crakanthorp’s office – before he walks into a museum on Workshop Way.

An image, taken before the video, shows the ballistics vest, knife, hammer and a saw laid out on a bed. video The video, taken from the alleged offender’s point-of-view from his helmet mounted cam, shows a family with a small child quickly get out of his way, as staff at the museum stand their ground. “You can’t walk around like that,” one staff member says.
“You need to leave (because you’re) dressed like that sir.
“Get outside for us please.”

The man leaves the museum where he films a large kitchen-style knife in his possession, before the live stream ends. Another image, taken before the video, shows the ballistics vest, knife, hammer and a saw laid out on a bed.

Mother Lode
Mother Lode
June 27, 2024 11:05 am

In the UK a very smug, leftwing, mediocre actor by the name of David Tennant (David Who?) attended a ‘LGBTQI awards ceremony’…

David Tennant/Dr Who, actually.

He played Dr Who from, I think, 2005 to 2010 (or thereabouts). This was before all the woke BS, and he was fondly remembered as a classic Doctor – brilliant, enigmatic, endearingly eccentric, energetic, a knight errant roving the universe righting wrongs, and always accompanied by trusting and pretty companions to whose physical appeal he remained impervious.

Last year they bought him back for the Christmas Special, which was taken as a sort of apology for the dismal tenure of Jodi Whittaker’s Doctor, and a promise of a reset. Let us just say that it was a false hope, and through wokification Tennant collaborated in the trashing of his own legacy.

It was not a step back from the Jodi Whittaker years, but another step on the way to the current Ncuti Gatwa Doctor, which I believe episode by episode sets new records for low viewership.

I doubt Tennant believed all this guff when he was Doctor during his 2005-2010 run. Actually, nobody thought about it because it had not been made up yet. He has merely followed the mob. Nailed his colours to someone else’s mast.

Not a significant moral person.

Bungonia Bee
Bungonia Bee
June 27, 2024 11:07 am

In Unsurprising News Today:

  1. Attempted coup in Bolivia
  2. Albo critical of Dutton
  3. Assange still media darling
  4. MSM uncritical of Biden regime
Bungonia Bee
Bungonia Bee
June 27, 2024 11:10 am

In Surprising News Today: Michael Ware correct about Assange.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
June 27, 2024 11:16 am

Bungonia Bee
 June 27, 2024 10:54 am

Albo and the media mates are going to milk the Assange assuagement for all it’s worth, since Albo doesn’t have a policy achievement to point to.

I’d be very wary of becoming too cosy with Assange.
He has a very strong contrarian streak and is highly likely to bite the hand that feeds.

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Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
June 27, 2024 11:20 am

I doubt Tennant believed all this guff when he was Doctor during his 2005-2010 run. 

Who cares what his beliefs were then, or what they are now?
He is a largely unemployed actor.
His opinions carry the same weight as the kid in the Maccas drive-through.

Eyrie
Eyrie
June 27, 2024 11:37 am

acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitors

If this is what they give Biden isn’t this similar to the actions of nerve gas?

Muddy
Muddy
June 27, 2024 11:46 am

Fright.
In order to do our bit and save the planet from the Evil C*, I propose we omit a number of letters from the now-popular label far-far-far-far-Right, and abbreviate it as simply The FRight, or the more visually pleasing The Fright.

I believe I’ve just eliminated 21,468 tons of Evil C emissions. (Please forward my Merit Certificate from Gaia via email).

The Fright it is.

* By their reckless use of extraneous adjectives – ‘the extreme, radical, conservative, far-far-far-far Right’ the media is contributing to the suffocation of Gaia. A monkey-pox upon them!

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
June 27, 2024 11:48 am

Ten, Lisa Wilkinson strike deal on $500,000 legal bill in Bruce Lehrmann caseEllie Dudley
4 minutes ago

Network 10 has struck a deal to pay just over half a million dollars of Lisa Wilkinson’s legal fees in the wake of their defamation win over Bruce Lehrmann, and will pursue the former Liberal staffer for $2m in legal costs.
The deal between Ten and its former star presenter comes despite Wilkinson initially asking to be reimbursed for $1.8m, after she defended the mammoth case with separate legal representation led by top defamation silk Sue Chrysanthou SC.
Ms Chrysanthou billed Wilkinson $8000 for each full day in court, along with charging her $800 an hour for preparation, conferences, advices and travelling time.
Ten’s legal costs amounted to more than $3m, but the network is only asking for a $2m lump sum payment from Mr Lehrmann.
Mr Lehrmann’s solicitor Paul Svilans said his client “neither consents nor opposes” the order.
Lawyers for the network on Thursday said it was willing to pay Wilkinson $558,548.30 on a without prejudice basis, but argued it should not have judgment entered against it for that amount.

The court heard Ten initially offered to pay $607,850 to Wilkinson, but later found it to be “over generous”.
Ten’s barrister Zoe Graus told Federal Court judge Michael Lee that if an external referee determined Wilkinson’s costs were less than $558,548.30, she should be required to pay the network back.
“Your Honour will see that the order below is that should the referee determine the amount is less, that Ms Wilkinson would repay it to us,” Ms Graus said.
She continued: “We’re not willing to commit to a judgment sum of that amount ($558,548.30) today.”
Mr Lehrmann is currently unemployed, and the court has previously heard it is highly unlikely he will be able to foot Ten’s legal bill.

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
June 27, 2024 12:01 pm

So terribly embarrassing that one of our special people just tried to assassinate one of our MPs.

Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil issues confusing statement on ‘an incident in NSW’, leaving residents unsure over what occured (Sky News, 27 Jun)

Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil has sown confusion, issuing a vague statement on social media which thanked law enforcement and intelligence agencies for their “tireless work” but provided no details about what had occurred. …

The post was greeted with scrutiny from commenters, with some taking guesses at what the “incident” could have been, while others questioned the point of Ms O’Neil’s comments given the lack of substance.

“Are you going to tell us what it was?” one person wrote.

“What happened? Is it public?” another asked.

“Oh I feel so much better that you’ve been briefed. Phew,” a third said.

Got to keep those Western Sydney voters happy.

Miltonf
Miltonf
June 27, 2024 12:18 pm

Can’t stand Starmer. Looks like a mouldy pudding and about as useful.

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
June 27, 2024 12:33 pm

She’s a psychologist so we should believe her/it/them.

How to decide how to vote—a psychologist’s advice (Phys.org, 26 Jun)

One of the things I often hear as an emotions researcher is that emotions should not “cloud” people’s decisions, that they get in the way, or that they are irrational.

But emotions are a critical part of the human experience, and indeed in making decisions. They help people to process information, form goals and guide behavior. So if you’re struggling to decide how to vote in the UK general election don’t ignore or discount your emotions. …

We feel angry when we think something is unjust, and can feel propelled to change it, often using force. …

A 2010 study of US national survey data found the extent to which Barack Obama made respondents feel hopeful served as a strong and reliable predictor that they voted for him.

Like fear, hope also involves a sense of uncertainty. But hope comes with a feeling of opportunity. A 2015 study found belief in a changing world increased participants’ support for concessions in the Israel-Palestine conflict

In short: unless you vote for lefties you are an angry clinically insane mad person.

Figures
Figures
June 27, 2024 12:35 pm

Yes but Zipster, the “scientists” have ran lots and lots of regressions against various sets of data and, on some of those occasions, have failed to find a correlation. They then publish these cherry-picked non-correlations as “peer-reviewed science” as definitive proof that autism has nothing to do with vaccines – never mind the thousands of regressions that can be done that *do* show a correlation.

It’s amazing that zero people who believe in vaccines know the first thing about how to obtain knowledge in medicine. When it comes to adverse events you always look for challenge, dechallenge, rechallenge. This is *always* considered proof of causation for absolutely every kind of medication adverse effects bar one (can you guess the one?)

There are thousands and thousands of challenge, dechallenge, rechallenge cases of vaccines and autism symptoms. Every last one is dismissed as being a “coincidence”. As I say, with literally every other medicine, you only need *one* such instance to confirm a causal relationship.

Rockdoctor
Rockdoctor
June 27, 2024 12:46 pm

Inland Rail chief executive, Nick Miller, said the new contract was “a major step forward” and that ongoing works at Glenrowan, Wangaratta, and Seymour were progressing well, with Barnawartha North completed.

Can comment on Seymour from a few months back. Car Park, if it is planned dunno where they are going to fit it unless the put it in the old rail yards or is it the recently tarred & kerbed empty block across from the station that’s been the car park for years without the sealing that already too small that that’s a bit rich accepting merit for a tarring that.

As for the Avenel – Seymour rd they ripped up the old railway bridge for raising it. 14months and all the abutments, foundations and approaches are already there. Plus it is cut into the Ordovician sandstones that are the bedrock of Victoria. WTF are they doing that takes that long, unless milking money from an incompetent government.

A mate used to geotech for John Holland on the Melbourne tunnel, he doesn’t have a good opinion of them. Biggest bunch of imbeciles was what I think I heard him say once.

Miltonf
Miltonf
June 27, 2024 12:49 pm

Iirc John Holland is now owned by the Chinese ie the CCP. What a joke public administration is here to allow such a thing to happen

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
June 27, 2024 12:49 pm

Rockdoctor earlier

As for the Avenel – Seymour rd they ripped up the old railway bridge for raising it. 

Mmmyes, that was one thing which jumped out at me. Why double decker container wagons?
Would seem it would require a lot of expensive bridge raising or cutting excavation.

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
June 27, 2024 12:50 pm

the “scientists” have ran lots and lots of regressions against various sets of data

Scientists?

Survey finds public perception of scientists’ credibility has slipped (Phys.org, 26 Jun)

I’m amused they don’t mention the difference between Republican and Democrat voters. But climate scientist do rate worse than other scientists.

Coal-free in 14 years as renewables rush in: New blueprint shows how to green the grid—without nuclear (TechXplore, 26 Jun)

Coal will no longer be burned for power in Australia within 14 years. To replace it will require faster deployment of solar and wind, storage, new transmission lines and some firming gas capacity.

Here’s who he/she/it is:

Dylan McConnell

Senior Research Associate, Renewable Energy & Energy Systems Analyst, UNSW Sydney

So so many drones.

Kneel
Kneel
June 27, 2024 12:56 pm

“Coal will no longer be burned for power in Australia within 14 years.”

Jolly good – we can sell all of it to China and India, instead of just 99%.
And for power, we can burn your PhD – should smolder slowly for several years.

Rabz
June 27, 2024 12:58 pm

seeing j’ismists, especially Australian ones mocked to their faces is a beautiful thing

Thanks Mole, that was a Tucker tour de force – highly recommended viewing.

“I don’t mean to imply you’re stupid, perhaps you’re just pretending to be.”

As it just so turns out, she wasn’t (pretending).

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
June 27, 2024 12:59 pm

Coal will no longer be burned for power in Australia within 14 years. To replace it will require faster deployment of solar and wind, storage, new transmission lines and some firming gas capacity.

Hmmm.
Some gobbledygook there.
How do transmission lines help generation except for minor accessibility advantages at the very margins?
And “firming gas capacity”?
What exactly is that and how does it work with exploration bans in place?

Rabz
June 27, 2024 1:01 pm

‘Six lame ducks and a swan’

The Frankfurter Allgemeine describing the G7 Summit earlier this month.

Zoom in on the picture, Cats and check out the soles of that illegitimate syphilitic ol’ geriatric’s shoes. Bloody hilarious.

Kneel
Kneel
June 27, 2024 1:02 pm

“Would seem it would require a lot of expensive bridge raising or cutting excavation.”

Duh.
They can do 10% of this, then claim it is too expensive and stop.
Then, because we can’t have double decker freight trains, it won’t be “economic” to run all that freight on rail.
BUT, they will have had plenty of wurkas digging holes and filling them in again while the current incumbents are in office, thus creating jerbs, and “stimulating” the economy.
And, of course they have to DO SOMETHING, and this is something, therefore they must do it.

Tom
Tom
June 27, 2024 1:03 pm

Quadrant online editor Roger Franklin – back in the US (where he used to work and live) for the 2024 election – has a splendid essay on the financial crash of two big news organisations after they went woke.

Bazinga
Bazinga
June 27, 2024 1:05 pm

Quiz night questions the other day:
Q. What is the lowest tone of female singers?
A. The tone of disappointment

Q. How many vertebrae do humans have
A. X unless they are a politician in which case it is zero.

Rabz
June 27, 2024 1:31 pm

Lot of talk that US was behind attempted coup in Bolivia

One banana republic seeking to “export democracy” to another.

Hopefully Albansleazy will don that ridiculous hat and engage in some performative mouth frothing about “yankee imperialism”.

Rockdoctor
Rockdoctor
June 27, 2024 1:35 pm

Just to clarify, the Seymour – Avenel rd was the bridge that went over the railway. The height of the bridge wouldn’t have been enough. They need to raise it but 14 months seems excessive as all the trucks that once exited onto the GV Hwy now have to go through residential streets, also ads 5mins for local drivers to go round the detours.

However my experience a few months back questions the need for double deck container trains. The existing rail network doesn’t seem to be utilised in a way it once was or maybe it is we don’t manufacture as much as we once would have. A lot of empty cars that once would have been full. I don’t reckon the MEL – BNE will be any better.

Someone is making a killing then again a lot of these projects don’t make the projections. I’m waiting for the VFT drums to start beating again.

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
June 27, 2024 1:36 pm

Senator Penny Wong’s warning after Fatima Payman crosses floor over Palestine statehoodJessica WangNewsWire
Thu, 27 June 2024 10:56AM

The Albanese government’s senate leader has cautioned government members to follow caucus rules after Fatima Payman became the first Labor member to cross the floor in 18 years.
The first term Western Australian senator broke ranks and sided with the Greens on a motion to recognise the state of Palestine.
In doing so, she broke Labor’s requirement for caucus members to vote in line with the party’s stand on policy.
While Senator Payman has avoided potential expulsion, the government’s leader in the Senate Penny Wong said she understood why “caucus members are feeling upset”.

Senator Wong, who was Australia’s first openly gay cabinet minister, notably toed the party line against same-sex marriage before it was finally legislated in 2017.
She voted against Bills attempting to legalise it in 2008 and 2010, and sided with the ALP’s stance that marriage was an institution between a man and a woman.
Reflecting on the time, Senator Wong said it was important the Labor caucus stood together as a “collective”.
“There’s a lot of personal commitments that we bring as members of the Labor Party and as members and senators elected on the Labor ticket, a personal commitment to the collective,” she said, speaking to the ABC.
“We stand together, and that is why it’s not just a matter of rules. It’s a matter of what we believe, even when we disagree.”
Senator Wong said it was more appropriate for members to “have those arguments internally,” adding that was what happened “over many years” during the marriage equality debate.
“That’s what I did. And I think that’s the right way to go about it,” she said.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
June 27, 2024 1:41 pm

Kneel …

BUT, they will have had plenty of wurkas digging holes and filling them in again while the current incumbents are in office, thus creating jerbs, and “stimulating” the economy.

Interesting to hear Luigi the Unbelievable yesterday threatening to unleash the unions onto Dutton over noocular powah.
“It doesn’t create any jerbs” he cried.
I see one of those “two red button” memes here.
Button 1 : “Noocular is horrendously expensive.”
Button 2 : “Noocular requires bugger all labour to run”.

Zippster
Zippster
June 27, 2024 1:51 pm
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Rabz
June 27, 2024 1:57 pm

“stimulating” the economy

AKA, “the invisible hand job”.

Tintarella di Luna
Tintarella di Luna
June 27, 2024 2:04 pm

Just dropped in on Michael Smith’s blog and saw the video of 7:30’s SaraHarridan’s interview with US Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene –

– it is the second item down on Michael Smith’s blog — what a delicious takedown of the Harridan’s attempted gotcha — smug-faced SaraHarridan thought she’d get the better of and embarrass the US congresswoman, who is certainly smarter then Harridan gave her credit for. SaraHarridan made the mistake of thinking the Georgia drawl indicated dimwittedness — MTG takes no prisoners and has highly attuned bullshit detectors. Check it out

Tintarella di Luna
Tintarella di Luna
June 27, 2024 2:04 pm

Tucker having fun with the media.

I love how the bloke from the Silly Moaning Haemorrhoid says that it was uplifting to hear such positive comments about Australia from Tucker Carlson, he said we tend to forget that — no WE don’t forget that YOU effers in the media are always running it down and it is YOU effers in the media who forget what a lovely people there are in this wonderful country it is by sowing divisions and tribalising the nation.

thefrollickingmole
thefrollickingmole
June 27, 2024 2:40 pm

 It’s a matter of what we believe, even when we disagree.

Leon Trotsky couldn’t be reached for comment.

Ëven if you think/know you are right you will back my faction or we will set the dogs on you”..

Roger
Roger
June 27, 2024 2:43 pm

The Albanese government’s senate leader has cautioned government members to follow caucus rules after Fatima Payman became the first Labor member to cross the floor in 18 years.

Or what?

Albo will come at them with a wet lettuce leaf in hand?

Kneel
Kneel
June 27, 2024 3:01 pm

“Senator Wong said it was more appropriate for members to “have those arguments internally,” adding that was what happened “over many years” during the marriage equality debate.
“That’s what I did. And I think that’s the right way to go about it,” she said.”

No,it’s the WRONG way to go about it.
The right way would be to have parliament on a secret ballot, and each member votes what they see as the best interests of the voters in their electorate. If enough REPRESENTATIVES think it is in the best interests of their own electorate, it passes.
It’s called REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY.
It’s been destroyed by those who think their right to know how their representative votes and therefore hands the party itself power, over-rules the right to free and fair voting in parliament. They have handed enormous power to unelected party officials, ripping that same power away from voters.

GreyRanga
GreyRanga
June 27, 2024 3:05 pm

I’ve had a brilliant day, great sleep last night, neck not playing up, had an almost Eureka moment this morning. I haven’t been so excited since I discovered a hole in my pocket when I was a small boy. Checking on the interweb thingy only one of these things that is any good is manufactured at an exorbitant price. There is a need and cost is probably not an inhibitor to takeup, also is offset by not having to make other changes for the user. My design is far better and not so cumbersome and has features the other doesn’t. Why didn’t I think of this sooner. This afternoon I fixed the plug on the washing machine after it stopped mid cycle.

Old Lefty
Old Lefty
June 27, 2024 3:42 pm

I wonder if the ABC luvvies would be lionising Assange so fervently if, instead of leaking US diplomatic and intelligence material, he had leaked the super-secret details of their salaries or their ‘sources’. Hanging, drawing and quartering would be too good for him!

Rufus T Firefly
Rufus T Firefly
June 27, 2024 3:51 pm

“I see Ronnie RAAF, stung by anyone daring to question his Marlborough-esque military genius, and its translation into current events has gone and showed some of said commentary to his alleged ‘mates’ (suuure you did) to establish legimitacy.”

Time for a “Bex and a lie down” KD.

I didn’t make any current affairs comments today, only comments about the titanic incompetence you display, in your highly amusing posts.

Oh, by the way, have you found Baidoa on a map of Somalia yet?
NW of Mogadishu old man.
Make sure the blue bit is on the right, otherwise you are holding the map upside down.

Enjoy the evening Wannabe.

H B Bear
H B Bear
June 27, 2024 4:05 pm

UK Labour member arrested in Westminster gay honeypot scandal. Anyone seen mUnty in the last few days?

JC
JC
June 27, 2024 4:06 pm

Maybe it’s true.

There is growing speculation that Donald Trump has decided on Vivek Ramaswamy for Vice President, according to sources.

I prefer Vance, but perhaps he’s better off in the Senate.

Tom
Tom
June 27, 2024 4:20 pm

For Cats with Foxtel, an entry for your diary: an interview that won’t be broadcast anywhere else with Ruperdink Mudrock celebrating the sixtieth anniversary of his founding of Australia’s only national general news paper, the Paywallian, at 8pm on Monday, July 15, 2024 on the TV channel he bought in 2016, Sky News Australia (Foxtel channel 600).

Despite the fevered dreams of his haters, Mudrock remains the world’s most hands-off newspaper owner.

Kneel
Kneel
June 27, 2024 4:22 pm

There is growing speculation that Donald Trump has decided on Vivek Ramaswamy for Vice President,”

Vivek would make a fantastic successor to a Trump presidency, IMO.

But AG pick is pretty important too.
That should be Kash Patel.
Please, please let it be Kash!
He knows where the skeletons are, and he knows who to go after and how.
And he will do it all “by the book”.

JC
JC
June 27, 2024 4:26 pm

You’d have to say, Keel that the GOP side is brimming with talent. There’s an incredible array of talented people on the GOP side.

Vicki
June 27, 2024 4:31 pm

Today we visited the Small Arms Museum in Lithgow NSW for the first time. What a fine little museum. Fundamentally a tribute to the early ingenuity of this small community, it traces the construction and foundation of the first facility of its kind in this country in 1912. It was the first mass production facility in Oz and depended on American engineering experience and Aussie expertise to commission. Great industrial history that is very accessible.

It is famous primarily for its fascinating collection of small to medium arms from various countries. It was particularly interesting to see the Israeli Uz 9mm machine gun compared to the more cumbersome high grade weapons such as the famous AK47. Similarly the Tavor which is now apparently more favoured by the IDF. And of course all the famous gun makers’ weapons were all on display.

What was dismaying was to find out that although small arms were still being produced on site, they are produced by a French company which rents the premises and strictly refuses any access or information about their production! Worse still, the volunteer guides of the museum told us their French landlords are now refusing them access to the lift in the building which allows wheelchair visitors access to the top floor of the museum!

The latter is hearsay and I intend to ask a friend who writes for a military journal – what is happening there. But a French company manufacturing weapons in Oz for themselves or international clients – WTF?????

JC
JC
June 27, 2024 4:49 pm

Tom, the talent stack on the GOP is incredible.
The only thing the other said has is wacism accusations, lawfare and hoaxes. That’s it.

DrBeauGan
DrBeauGan
June 27, 2024 4:57 pm

Who gets their names circled and why?

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
June 27, 2024 5:03 pm

Rockdoctor upthread

However my experience a few months back questions the need for double deck container trains. 

It would seem the desire to create CFMEU jerbs would be key.
It doesn’t save on locos. They are still pulling the same weight (with less wind resistance for single decker).
It would require more wagons (but lower spec for single decker).
Jerbs fer maaates is the answer.

Roger
Roger
June 27, 2024 5:06 pm

However my experience a few months back questions the need for double deck container trains. 

Double decker containers have been envisioned from the beginning by the instigator, Everald Compton.

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
June 27, 2024 5:25 pm

Double decker containers have been envisioned from the beginning by the instigator, Everald Compton.

The real problem of course has been and still is the MUA. Otherwise we would be shipping in ships not farting around with ridiculously expensive railways. Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane are all on the coast…

2dogs
2dogs
June 27, 2024 5:48 pm

I remain a free speech bipartisan. Assange should only have been prosecuted if both sides of the fence agreed to it.

Muddy
Muddy
June 27, 2024 5:51 pm

What are the chances that an unspecified ‘security threat’ delays or postpones the first U.S. Pres. debate?

Pogria
Pogria
June 27, 2024 5:58 pm

Pay close attention to Biden’s hand in this video. He looks like a dog who is waiting for his treat because he’s been a good boy.
His hand is cupped, prepared for his ice cream.
The eyes though, effing insane!

https://x.com/moment_mirthful/status/1805756467347341628

Pogria
Pogria
June 27, 2024 6:01 pm
Indolent
Indolent
June 27, 2024 6:01 pm

Dr. John Campbell

Lack of trust increasing

Pogria
Pogria
June 27, 2024 6:02 pm

Snap! JC. 😀

JC
JC
June 27, 2024 6:03 pm

Yeah, despite the current administration, the US has all six companies with over a trillion dollars market cap valuation.
They are:
1. Nvidia (NVDA)
Semiconductor company Nvidia crossed the trillion dollar mark in May 2023, and quickly climbed to the top spot as investors bid up its shares in anticipation of a sustained boom in AI. Nvidia designs advanced chips that are used in AI systems and its shares are up more than 170 percent in 2024 as of June. It ended 2023 up a remarkable 246 percent from the start of the year. The company generated about $27 billion in revenue during its fiscal 2023.
Market cap: $3.34 trillion
Stock price: $135.58
2. Microsoft (MSFT)
Microsoft is best known for its suite of software offerings including Microsoft Office. The company generated nearly $212 billion in sales during its 2023 fiscal year. Microsoft closed its $69 billion acquisition of video game maker Activision Blizzard in October 2023.
Market cap: $3.32 trillion
Stock price: $446.34
3. Apple (AAPL)
Apple designs and makes a variety of consumer tech products and has one of the best known brands in the world. Apple generated more than $200 billion in iPhone sales during its fiscal 2023 and total sales reached $383 billion. Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway is one of the company’s largest shareholders and Buffett has repeatedly praised the tech giant’s business.
Market cap: $3.29 trillion
Stock price: $214.29
4. Alphabet (GOOG and GOOGL)
Alphabet is the parent company of search giant Google and generates the majority of its over $307 billion in revenue from online advertising. Google also has a cloud business, owns YouTube and has a variety of other ventures it classifies as “other bets.”
Market cap: $2.17 trillion
Stock price: $176.45
5. Amazon (AMZN)
Amazon is the largest online retailer in the world and has also built a sizable cloud business in Amazon Web Services. Amazon generated total sales of roughly $575 billion in 2023, including more than $90.8 billion from AWS. Amazon co-founder Jeff Bezos was the second-richest person in the world as of March 2024, according to Bloomberg.
Market cap: $1.90 trillion
Stock price: $182.81
6. Meta Platforms (META)
Social media giant Meta Platforms rejoined the trillion-dollar club in January 2024, but it’s no stranger to the list. Meta previously hit a $1 trillion market cap back in 2021, when it was still known as Facebook. Meta generated nearly $135 billion in total revenue in 2023 and its stock share price jumped nearly 189 percent that same year. In addition to being the parent company of Facebook, Meta also owns Instagram and WhatsUp, and is one of several tech giants betting big on artificial intelligence.
Market cap: $1.27 trillion
Stock price: $499.49
The rest of the world? ZERO.

mareeS
mareeS
June 27, 2024 6:04 pm

I read an interesting piece recently by a journalist who had interviewed Assange on several occasions during his sojourn in the Ecuadorian embassy.

The interviewer described him as someone who seemed to have been raised by wolves, rarely bathed, ate with his hands, licked his plates, left his and his cat’s faeces about the place,

I have lost the link, can anyone retrieve it. I believe it was by a journalist for The Times.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
June 27, 2024 6:25 pm

The interviewer described him as someone who seemed to have been raised by wolves, rarely bathed, ate with his hands, licked his plates, left his and his cat’s faeces about the place,

That reminds me.
Has anyone seen m0nster this afternoon?

Indolent
Indolent
June 27, 2024 6:29 pm

@SputnikInt

EXCLUSIVE: Criticize NATO, get couped?

Bolivian President Luis Arce sharply criticized the NATO military alliance in an exclusive interview with Sputnik just over two weeks ago, on June 7, on the sidelines of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum 2024.

“I believe that NATO’s actions are putting world peace at risk,” the leader insisted. “We have seen it not only here in Europe, but also in Latin America,” he noted, referring to the bloc’s attempts to form partnerships with the historical US ally Colombia and, more recently, with Javier Milei’s Argentina. “We see with great concern that NATO is acting in several countries in the region where it previously did not participate, where it did not exist.”

“We see how NATO acts in other places and where it has gone, there have been problems… We do not share the militarist, liberal objectives it proposes when what the planet needs today is peace,” the president emphasized.

Western countries have historically interfered throughout Latin America and in Bolivia in particular, where the CIA collaborated with the notorious Nazi torture chief Klaus Barbie to persecute leftists. The United States backed a coup in the Andean country in 2019, having long objected to former President Evo Morales’ anti-imperialist government. Observers suggest the US maintains a keen interest in the country’s lithium deposits, which are some of the largest in the world.

JC
JC
June 27, 2024 6:29 pm

vr

June 27, 2024 6:20 pm

Reply to  Pogria

I have been in that vicinity. It is stunning.

We once took a bunch of customers to a dude ranch in Montana. The scenery was amazing.

I always try to get a window seat on the LA to NY or reverse. It’s incredible country. There’s the desert, the Rockies and then the plains. I spend most of my time looking out the window trying to take it all in and never grow tired of it.

Miltonf
Miltonf
June 27, 2024 6:36 pm

Nobel Economists Bash Trump, Hail Biden in Pre-Debate Inflation Attack (breitbart.com)

Garbage people, garbage ‘profession’, garbage institutions

damon
damon
June 27, 2024 6:39 pm

If Trump wants to foster a Liberal revival, VR is the obvious choice. He’s the only worthwhile orator.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
June 27, 2024 6:54 pm

Where’s Wodney?

JC
JC
June 27, 2024 6:57 pm

Sanchez

Shoosh up.

Rosie
Rosie
June 27, 2024 6:59 pm

Seeing a few reports about members of Abu Amra clan taking revenge against hamas for the killing of their Muktar (leader) and another family member.
It might be comparatively easy to melt into the crowd after an exchange with the IDF but Gazan civilians not so much.

https://x.com/Israelkicksass/status/1805925379032465824?t=A29FTMkwqvkgEW3ASaaW2g&s=19

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
June 27, 2024 7:05 pm

From AEMO …

We’re aiming to enable 100% renewable energy at any point in time

Our goal is to co-design and co-engineer the NEM and the WEM to manage 100% instantaneous penetration of renewables at any moment on any day by 2025.

WTF?
I read that as them saying they want 100% Renewballs penetration at will.
What I think it really means is that, on a windy and sunny (but not too hot) spring Sunday, they might open the taps on every hydro and run every wind turbine flat out to get 100% Renewballs for 30 minutes

JC
JC
June 27, 2024 7:05 pm

I wonder, if part of Assange’s plea agreement, he undertook that he won’t reprise Wikileaks again? Have the terms of the agreement been made public?

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Eyrie
Eyrie
June 27, 2024 7:09 pm

We haven’t heard from Flying Duk for a while.

JC
JC
June 27, 2024 7:26 pm
Pogria
Pogria
June 27, 2024 7:30 pm

Dutch Government did a 180 after the massive protests by Dutch Farmers.
The Kiwis ditched the crap as soon as Horse-face left for the UN.
Denmark says, Hold my Beer.

https://slaynews.com/news/denmark-punish-farmers-cow-emissions-fight-global-warming/

Pogria
Pogria
June 27, 2024 7:34 pm
Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
June 27, 2024 7:35 pm

Eyrie
 June 27, 2024 7:09 pm

We haven’t heard from Flying Duk for a while.

Was he vaxxed?

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
June 27, 2024 7:35 pm

Eyrie
 June 27, 2024 7:09 pm

We haven’t heard from Flying Duk for a while.

Possibly wun off wiff Wodney.

Rockdoctor
Rockdoctor
June 27, 2024 7:38 pm

Have the terms of the agreement been made public?

Just did a quick dive through Conservative Treehouse, Ace of Spades, Small Dead Animals, Breitbart and then Goolag search. No particulars, nothing. CT has the letter up but nothing else.

Guess it may have no disclosure clauses.

Indolent
Indolent
June 27, 2024 7:38 pm
KevinM
KevinM
June 27, 2024 7:41 pm

Eyrie
 June 27, 2024 7:09 pm

We haven’t heard from Flying Duk for a while.

He commented yesterday on a different thread.

John Smith101
John Smith101
June 27, 2024 8:07 pm

Assange Plea Deal in full

John Smith101
John Smith101
June 27, 2024 8:09 pm
Ceres
Ceres
June 27, 2024 8:11 pm

Victoriastan at it again. Labor Victorian Death tax by stealth. You can submit a submission by July 19th.

Review of probate feesProvide your feedback on proposed changes to fees charged by the Probate Office that sits within the Supreme Court of Victoria.
https://engage.vic.gov.au/review-of-probate-fees

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