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Nancy Pelosi has been San Francisco’s representative in the House since 1987 when San Francisco was far less dirty and…
The second Australian Indigenous woman to play Tests, Gardner said the arrival of the first fleet in Australia in 1788…
When I was a nipper our neighbour had a contraption like that on his 1930 something Oldsmobile. I didn’t know…
Daytime Sky doesn’t have to be just another lefty MSM clique, but it is. We don’t need more of that.…
“I am trying to buy your vote. I’ll be honest about that!” – DJT now.
I Would prefer to call a Trial on charges of Premeditated Murder
Trials and executions. Starting at the top and working all the way down until the message is unequivocally clear.
Trump Honors Firefighter Corey Comperatore Killed During Assassination Attempt In Remarks To RNC
Well this happened
He must be like 1000 years old now.
https://x.com/i/status/1814123184964227253
President Trump on the bullet that scaped him…..
“I had God on my side”.
Yes President Trump, you did.
Yet now everyone is expected to be able to use MyGov to interact with the government.
So that the minions of government can hide from the people they are meant to serve. The banks have gone the same way.
Weak kneed cowards one and all. Not worth their salt .
Actually, quite a few government departments with high rates of public contact (or sections thereof) have been outsourced to Serco. It saves the government money and, to add insult to injury, the public gets even worse service.
including that the state government should establish a network of centres outside Brisbane, with the Queensland children’s hospital serving as a referral hospital. About 40% of patients come from regional areas, the inquiry found. It also recommended an increase in staff.
WTF Regional Queensland has the basics as it is. I’ve been travelling to Melbourne to a neurosurgeons for my back issues or otherwise it was still travelling to Brisbane.
Also the last people I’d take any advise on this subject from is the Poms!
I hope any kiddie abuse centres that turn up this way have good insurance.
Trump & Co want to bring down everyday grocery prices… by cutting the cost of energy.
Will cut taxes again, hoping for growth that will pay off national debt.
No more funding of “meaningless green scam ideas”.
Wait for the screams now about the failure to try for Net Zero.
This is the beginning of the end of the climate scam, I say joyfully.
Provided Trump wins, says Hairy.
But he will win, he will win big, and all of those people at the RNC will be shown to be on the right side of history. Has to happen. History will move on with the US not in the failed EU States and the UK, let alone us here in Bowen delusionland.
Hizbies killing civilians? Screeches of horror from the usual suspects will not be heard.
Trump Laces Into Biden Over Inflation In RNC Remarks As Reports Indicate POTUS May Soon Drop Out
Israel quietly going about dismantling the Hezzie leadership …?
Awaiting confirmation from that, noted, bastion of “truth” .. the Gaza Ministry of Health …….
https://youtu.be/BYq–F9R84A
So hows that “Unity” working out for you Elbow the incontinent?
“Intifada” call – violence…
Target marking triangle apparently used by hamarse.
As you sow…
After watching Trump still pumped up and cogent an hour into his speech a thought occurs to me… Biden is lucky to last 15 minutes before it’s time for a top up of zombie drugs, an ice cream, and a nap.
President Donald Trump…
‘I will end inflation, we will drill, baby, drill’.
I love President Donald Trump.
CNN reporter Jake Tapper: “What theme are we seeing at the convention tonight?”
Journalist Chris Wallace: “Is that a trick question? Testosterone.”
Reporter? Journalist? In which universe?
Donald Trump Recounts Assassination Attempt At RNC, Vows To ‘Never Talk About It Again’
Trump Cracks ‘Late, Great Hannibal Lecter’ Joke When Bemoaning Illegal Immigration In RNC Speech
Bring back the Hostages!!!
Yep, Americans are still there in the hands of Hamas, but I think too he is referring to all of the hostages still held. No doubt as to who ‘holding the hostages’ refers to either.
ALP ALP ALP what have you done
Steve Witkoff—Close Friend Of Trump—Details Deeply Personal Stories Of ‘Empathy’ By Ex-Pres. At RNC
ALP ALP ALP what have you done
The result of appeasement, of cuddling up to evil.
You reap what you sow.
appeasement? they saw a like minded ideology
We are the ones to be reaped.
Republicans Concerned It’s Going To Be Harder Than Usual To Blow This Election – The Bee
(Note: Since they booted Mitt Romney’s RINO niece from the Chair of the GOP things have gone nowhere but up, including this excellent convention. Another sign of the change will be when they actually win the races they are supposed to win this cycle.)
Closing with Nessun Dorma by opera singer.
Classy.
Nessun Dorma or “None shall sleep” was also the background music at the end of the movie The Sum of All Fears when the deep state actors are all executed for their plot to start WW-III.
Just sayin.
Great music and stunning ladies. Perfect.
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Fool (If You Think It’s Over) ? CHRIS REA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCd88ub_Tc8
I’ve been playing him for the last few weeks.
Eric Trump talks ‘the American dream’ at 2024 RNC | FOX 5 News
A terrific Trump ad, unlike any other.
https://x.com/mkhammer/status/1814059284231061521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1814059284231061521%7Ctwgr%5E232fc21bb15d143c618990953033c7aafe12ce83%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Face.mu.nu%2F
A very different Trump than in 2020. Dare I say he has matured into the office?
I really like it, very “arty”.
Interesting about the IDF bombing of the hezbollocks headlessquarters. I think they said its reported 5 dead, 7 wounded from a large explosion that destroyed a 3 story building and damaged an area 500 metres around it. Managed to kill the top brass but the bwave freedom fighters survived. This program brought to you by Comical Ali. No doubt the 7 survivor’s whereabouts have been checked by the ABC factchecking branch at Monash. Ah yes, here’s one of them now and over here we have another bit, looks like a head. Wonder if it gives their Iranian backers pause for thought. I couldn’t be more pleased with the IDF if I were Israeli myself. Nobody can’t be got to. Then again not everyone is D J Trump.
“We will work together, and continue to work together, to address these issues…and to work together as we continue to work, operating from the new norms, rules, and agreements, that we will convene to work together…we will work on this together.”
Is her time now?
I’ve been listening to an audio of Trump speaking whilst simultaneously monitoring the ABC (Aus) live updates of key points.The statement he made regarding green scams has seemingly been completely left out of the ABC updates ie “No more funding of meaningless green scam ideas”.Funny that!
LOL!!!
It gets better!
https://x.com/desalgmailegn/status/1813868972628168834?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1813868972628168834%7Ctwgr%5E9240801c2c7fddbb782d119ed77d7367b3b3758f%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Face.mu.nu%2F410672
Trump’s Wife Melania And Family Join Him Onstage At The RNC After He Wraps Up
It’s annoying that all the major new networks only send these to youtube
FULL SPEECH: Trump addresses the RNC, formally accepts GOP nomination
cant image cackles or the corpse competing with this
SpaceX Performs Insane Starship Booster 12 Static Fire! Did It Work?
this is how you perform a static fire. Obviously you dont use chinese bolts
Division | Pauline Hanson’s Please Explain
Maybe it is partly fondness, maybe not, but among all of Trumps mountain goat-like rhetoric – capering, impossibly nimble, yet sure-footed – he has pearls like what the ad has him say about ‘impossible’ and about ‘outsiders’ (a subtle reference to himself politically but also a reference to so many of his base who have been pushed to the outside – and likely outnumber the insiders). I won’t post the quotes because they are so much more vivid in their context.
But anyway, it may be mere fondness on my part, to me those nuggets of profundity from Trump are far more resonant than those from Obama – the Obama whose reputedly mellifluous delivery sent tingles down Andrew Sullivan’s leg (not a smart thing for someone whose job has him standing around electrical cables).
Obama’s rhetoric, to me, always seemed contrived. Like someone who had been shown a list of inspirational phrases, determined what they looked like, but had never been inspired themselves, so when they go to create them they are stillborn: fully formed but lifeless. “The day the seas ceased to rise and the planet begin to heal.” A lofty enough turn of phrase but unanchored to the Earth where people live. And sure enough the people who heard this came out believing Obama was going to put free petrol in their cars. Even his audience listened without the words speaking to them.
Trump, on the other hand, does his rallies by the seat of his pants. They are actually a dialogue between him and an audience of tens of thousands of people. No, not even a dialogue. Something more intimate, filled with in-jokes, comical mimicry, rib-nudging, and serious exposition.
Obama gave progressive beatitudes from the mount. It was no accident that photographers made a point of framing photos so blurred lighting or images of official seals would look like halos.
But when Trump goes for inspiring messages, like that ad, it reverberates. Everyone can take those messages – about impossibility and the feeling of being an outsider, and work it into their lives, to see themselves in a new light.
Good shit.
But that is the thing: Trump is the real deal. The Dims are all show. Explains why they are so keen to recruit the company of Hollywood.
No politician has spoken to me like DJ Trump, and he doesn’t even know me.
I didn’t see Barron on the stage. Did he duck out?
Dolly Downer has an op ed in today’s Paywallian. Yet another road to Damascus moment from an ex politician.
Saw that.
John Howard also had an op ed on climate change agnosticism in The Speccie. Pass.
Pathetic.
None shall sleep…esp. at Democratic HQ after this! LOL.
One of the most rational people around. He’s always a pleasure to listen to.
UP FROM APPALACHIA Dinesh D’Souza Podcast
Until the teleprompter went on the fritz, then he sounded like Biden.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BKsFKTU6SAI
Hey – Sky and the ABC radio down & other companies (I cant operate Google). Any idea?
Trump stock shorted heavily day before assassination attempt
Was Bill Gates so pissed off that Trump wasn’t killed that he brought down computers around the world? If he didn’t then his operating systems are rubbish.
ABC is out due to the software outage. How would anyone notice?
“If he didn’t then his operating systems are rubbish.”
They ARE rubbish!
Alas, modern desktop distros of Linux are infected with systemd, which is rubbish also. Not as bad as Windblows, but getting closer with every release.
Sad.
I just told mum to get on the phone and tell a close friend of the family to get on Nicotine patches, NOW!
Multiple Sclerosis is hitting her hard.
Another clip from Dr Ardis lays out the details.
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The Shocking Truth About Nicotine and Its Bizarre NWO Connection w/ Dr. Ardis
https://rumble.com/v4g9qef-the-shocking-truth-about-nicotine-and-its-bizarre-nwo-connection-w-dr.-ardi.html
Some of today’s BS:
Taliban Blame Afghanistan’s Problems on Global Warming | Frontpage Mag
Joy Reid suggests assassination attempt against Trump could have been staged
Doug in Exile BANNED and Channel DELETED! Why?
There are people in high positions now who would not accept this, because it would hurt someone’s feelings.
Just another example of people deny the indescribably sublime because it would imply white people have anything worthwhile to offer.
Their ABC’s Leigh Sales sums up the zeitgeist for Nice People:
Because it’s Literally Hitler and burning Reichstags from here on in:
The Gates of Hell have opened, and Leigh will never smile again…
Good.
How fkn dare they use our resources to undermine an allie’s political process based upon their personal extremist ideologies.
Come on Dutton it is your job to expose this criminal breach of the Charter, or, do you also suffer from TDS like almost all of the elite?
She is pathetic. Get some cats, darling.
Says the cheerleader for the green left culture war and its corrupt and contemptible Stalinist political prosecution of Cardinal Pell run but eh Andrews/Setka/Patten Stalininst pervert thuggocracy in the Soviet Socialist Toilet of Yarragrad.
By way of contrast a summary of the demorats current plight ( perhaps overly optimistic):
Karma, Bitches. – Declassified with Julie Kelly
Probably late to the party but it was a little ladder.
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1813595907042210115?t=TwY5Qby1QYX2HujUfijeYg&s=19
a little ladder
While it is true he bought a five foot ladder, another site I visited in the past few days discarded that shed to use as a point of access as it is non weight bearing according to its manufacturer. Like 8 kg.
They had some pretty good sleuthing on there, don’t know which one, now , so cant link.
And Saddam was there to lend a hand (look closely).
Yes, did see that.
Have a Bex, a cuppa and a good lie down, Leigh.
Or maybe an oestrogen patch. She’s at that certain age, like so many of them. You can tell their hormones are playing up.
I dare not go there.
Dom gone
https://x.com/Dom_Perrottet/status/1814118006940983521?t=JduzXQmvKPOoiNUKIusrwA&s=19
Will anyone notice?
If this computer outage is global then why Channel 9 is screening in Sydney the newscast from Melbourne? They seem to be presenting normal news though still coving the outage while Seven and Sky in Sydney are just talking about the outage.
If Channel 9 can do normal programming why can’t the other channels? What am I missing?
PA Town Manager Gives ALARMING New Details About The Trump Assassination Attempt
Dinesh D’Souza
I understand the outage is software related.
No problem if you don’t run that software.
I’ll believe it when I see it.
Add to the whole power / favours political machine thing, the trying to get granddad into the nursing home thing, and I still believe there is a chance he’s going nowhere.
Yeah…they’ve got a surfeit of talent.
No doubt about it.
Roger is surfeit a synonym for no?
No; the use was ironic.
Dementia Joe says he won’t quit unless The Almighty tells him to.
The Dimocrats are installing speakers in the air-con ducts in the ceiling of his nursery today.
Wouldn’t think too many people here watch The Chase, whoever is on now is Albo’s son. Prove me wrong
I see what you mean though doesn’t spit when he speaks.
Not related to a cyber security Albo assures us. It definitely is then.
Watched Trump’s speech in full. Impressive, articulate, fearless, hopeful.
He mentioned Biden’s name once. He sheeted the woes back to the Administration…smart because Biden most likely won’t be running. Everyone is thus tarred with failure.
He touched on the election rigging, the lawfare, the utter incompetence coupled with malice against the American people. No one was spared. No shoutyness, but plenty of emotion, especially as he spoke about the men killed and injured on Saturday.
In many ways it was a different Trump – still boastful and bombastic, but tempered with maturity. Understandable given the circumstances.
He’ll do.
Wouldn’t it be great to have your whole life controlled by remote computer algorithms.
Blackout Bowen’s vision is coming true.
Anyone for cash?
Which principles would you like me to betray, sir?
We at the Liberal Party are a broad tent.
IT outrage.
Testi g mu Aeye
Time for another ride? 😀
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Danger Dan Reviews:
The second best video ever made.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwGI9PObg2s
Bloody hilarious.
Ta Steve 🙂
Windows dialog box …
please stand bye while we look for Dan Andrews phone records
Microsoft’s cloud (azure) is/was down. It represents @ 25% of the cloud market. Anybody using Azure was affected.
That’s funny, I heard another software company mentioned.
It’s not like the media to get these things wrong.
[sarc] 😀
Smartarse.
Trump’s fireside chat style speech took a bit of adjusting to, but overall I thought that it was clever.
I do believe he missed an opportunity to completely wedge the Dems by not acknowledging the obvious anguish that the shooter’s family must be suffering (even if they are not).
I have forwarded Sale’s TDS comments to my local member. We all need to bombard our reps with constant complaints about ABC behaviour. Cats may recall that when ‘the Turd’ was minister for Communicaions he became so fed up with constant complaints about the ABC he actually called them out. Constant complaint is our only weapon with any chance of success.
One of the mUntser’s more laughable contributions.
I feel for travellers unable to check in for their domestic and international flights in Australia because of the IT outage. Especially around weekends, flights are operating 90%+ full, so the backlog will take days or weeks to clear.
I’ve just heard on Sky that Rex flights are NOT affected by the IT outages as they don’t depend on Microsoft or the Crowdstrike IT security company.
(Crowdstrike sounds like a bunch of malicious computer hackers like Julian Assange).
They were linked to the Russian Collusion hoax and refused to hand over their servers to the FBI.
Fake Economic Growth, The Self-Harm of Decadence, a US President Fit For Office | Konstantin Kisin
John Anderson
An ex of mine have reconnected since 7 October. He’s now retired but as he’s grown older he’s become more leftwing, ridiculously so. He was never like that when we were in a relationship a long time ago. People are supposed to become more conservative as they get older….but not him! He admitted to me he voted for a Teal in his very well off seat. As you can imagine, I was very unimpressed by this revelation and I said to him that he was lucky, unlike most ordinary Australians, that he can afford the folly of voting for a Teal! I’ve asked him why the so called ‘climate crisis’ hasn’t stopped his overseas skiing trips. I’ve told him to stop watching their ABC, he only watches and listens to the ABC! He’s always bewildered and I suspect rather charmed by my frankness….LOL.
But his biggest fault is that he suffers from serious deranged and unhinged Trump Derangement Syndrome. On Sunday he visited my mother, I was there, and he was gobsmacked by our love for the Donald. I could see him wincing. As I said to him on Sunday, ‘you have Trump Derangement Syndrome whereas I have Trump Delirious Syndrome’. He laughed. My mother adores him, despite his faults, always has.
Anyway, he rang me today to wish me a Shabbat Shalom and I told him about the drone attack in Israel, which is very worrying, it’s clear Iran is revving up attacks on Israel (and Jews) prior to the US election and a probable Trump win. We talked about Israel and I then told him about how wonderful Donald Trump is, and how inspiring the RNC has been, particularly seeing Omer Neutra’ parents speak at the convention. Well, he clearly didn’t like what he was hearing and he said…’gotta go’ and he then abruptly hung up on me!
Dickhead.
Two hours later he texted me to say…’I can’t stand the GOP, let’s not talk about American politics’.
I will not respond.
Cassie,
when I went to the Domain “Never again is Now”, gathering, I had a gift for you. It is a shame we didn’t catch up.
Reading your comment, I believe you may be in need of the gift I have for you. I still have it, as I believe we will catch up eventually.
It would give your ex a buzz (zap) 😀
Forgot to add, perfectly legal.
I had a gift for you.
A slab of Tooheys Old or Tooheys New Pogria?
Nothing but the best Matey… 😉
One good aspect of AI is that it will destroy the internet and computers. You will never trust anything digital. Everything, including this, can be faked. It’s back to the 1970s. You heard it first here. Regards Claude
Are you suggesting I should have kept my vinyl collection?
Shades of Reagan succeeding Carter.
“What’s black and charred and glows in the dark?
Tehran, the day after Ronald Regan is sworn in as President of the United States!”
The Iranian regime are very dangerous sons of bitches.
Their national attitude is more obdurate than the Russians. And they have been recycling the hatred of Jews everyday since their Islamic Revolution.
Im sure the parallels have not gone unnoticed.
I’ve been trying to isolate the song @4:17. It’s a beautiful song. No luck so far. The song that follows rings a bell too, but I can not remember the title.
As for the subject matter of the clip, it’s a head spinner.
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Biblical Tree Remains Manitou Springs Cliff Dwellings, Cedar Remains
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH4BtZn8ut0
Tom, there was some connection between Hillary and Crowdstrike over the Russia hoax from vague memory.
Crowdstrike investigated the hack. Don’t believe they had any software in place or even available back in 2016.
Correct. The Russian Collusion hoax. They refused to hand over their servers to the FBI.
Paywallian:
Just in time for Sunday’s Outsiders on Sky News.
https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/bears-midst-intrusion-democratic-national-committee/
Don’t ever allow 3rd party vendors to release updates directly onto critical systems powered by Microsoft Windows software.
//Sarc … everyone knows this except for highly paid IT idiots running critical stuff in Qantas, CBA, Woolworths, Coles …
I hope he means all hostages taken from civilised lands, not just the Americans.
Of course he does.
I imagine they’d be collateral in the context of the demand.
Meaning, yes.
Fair enough
Hopefully now the idiot politicians and civil servants realise that they must keep cash
How else can bribes be collected?
Useless government appratchicks in meetings now, which achieve nothing of use since the preparations and defences against a failure like this should have been in place long ago.
No single point of failure is the golden rule – with formal tests and audits, removing any managers that fail the standard.
Sadly we accept mediocrity and allow incompetent buffoons to pretend they can deliver on service quality and availability standards they don’t understand anything about.
Only those familiar with proverbs will get this.
“The National Coordination Mechanism has been activated and is meeting now.”
Rest easy, everyone…the government’s on the case.
Turn it off and on?
Where’s the Gimp today?
I expected a running commentary about Orange Man Bad whilst the RNC was being delivered to the comfort of our lounge rooms.
Perhaps he is in the throes of trying to process the six year sentence delivered to one of his “Decapitate a Terf”, heroes.
https://www.spiked-online.com/2024/07/18/the-violent-misogyny-of-the-trans-movement/
No talking points today. Barry and the rest of them looking for the panic button.
Bear, I meant our home grown Gimp.
The one who looks after the milko’s kiddies. 😀
Cash only at Coles.
Are they seriously using Microsoft? Even worse, Microsoft cloud services???
Vodafone.ie haven’t been able to take card payments since yesterday and unlike Italy which was cash only for tourist sims, they were card only. Sent me next door to 3 which was cash or card but their card machine was working anyhow.
Looks like I missed the check-in fiasco by a whisker.
And unlike Italy I had internet immediately with no fussing or provision of ID.
Now I need to buy an April 25th.
The moment we announce we are supporting Taiwan via the US, we’ll lose water, electricity and banking, at least the stupid ones.
Like the submarines, perhaps we can ask the Chinese to hold off attacking us until 2041, October 7th.
Better than bullshitting that your opponent is literally Hitler and will destroy your democracy.
nice idea but reality has a way of biting you in the arse
Which is why you need multiple points of failure. Oh, hi, Boeing.
Adversarial testing is the way to find 99.99% of points of failure i.e. pay people to break the system. The Crowdstrike fail shows that a lot of companies && Govt are just relying on checkllsts prepared by friendly consultants, not actual tests.
Like the former Optus CEO, a lot of people running this stuff have no idea what they are doing.
Albanese said something interesting about the Trade Union Royal Commission:
“a fun fact for you is that John Setka, who was (Victorian) secretary of the CFMEU, was not called to give one minute’s evidence before that royal commission. It shows what a farce it was”.
Surprising when you think about it.
Unsurprising when you think about it.
The only lesson the slow ever learn is the hard one, and never the first time. Reality, good and hard.
It’s just not fair. All I ask is that people who are paid better than me be better than me. Yet the more people are paid in government, the less competent they are.
The golden rule of WHS is that people are the weakest link. That they are even meeting is admission that they have failed. They won’t succeed, but they ll take credit for its resolution regardless. Anyone who innovates should quietly sell it, other wise your boss or their boss or their boss will take credit for it.
Never reward bad behaviour.
Five & a half days since the assassination attempt & I’ve had the first comment made by a patron:
By a Grey Nomad frightbat.
Triggered by Trump’s image on the TV, she commented that she wished he’d been shot & killed.
This was at lunch today. She must be still around town, as she came back for dinner tonight. (My tucker is pretty good)
Tonight she needed no picture to prompt her, & launched into an unsolicited rant to the kitchen staff (who were quite shocked, politics rarely gets a mention in a pub).
Uninvited, she continued in a most unwelcome manner to regale the chefs in graphic detail on how wonderful it would have been had his skull been blown apart by the bullet, in the manner of a watermelon hit by a high velocity projectile.
(This is not normal speech, let alone in a country pub – in fact it is downright disturbing)
She looks the part, hawk faced, likely never smiled, part of a larger group who’re all from Canberra. Her husband looked like a retired mid-to-senior public servant, actually the whole group had that useless look some public servants have. (For those who don’t know what I mean, picture Kevin Rudd & Gillian Triggs)
ah, I get it
so murdering political opposition is OK now?
how did you vote in the last state election ya silly mole?
She’s from Canberra, Matrix.
That’s just asking for chefs to spit on their food.
Er.. yeah.. if the chefs were politically engaged (they’re not) & if they cared what some old white woman says (they don’t) & if they didn’t consider their professionalism to be paramount (they do), they’re proud of their record for top class tucker.
Besides, it’d be difficult to pull off in a self-serve buffet.
Not one local or regular has mentioned the attempt on Trump’s life – though some must know of it.
Likewise nobody has mentioned the CFMEU fiasco – this would be a combination of (a) not yet having heard of it, (b) not understanding what the problem is supposed to be, & (c) doesn’t affect the footy results or this week’s discretionary spending in their pay packet – thus have no interest in it.
They might not know about it but they will be paying for it.
Imaginary pub comes to life again.
you and Joanna should get a room
Treaty call by First Peoples Assembly of Victoria to seek minister’s powersTricia Rivera
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The organisation tasked with negotiating a statewide treaty for Victoria wants the powers of the state’s First Peoples Minister to be handed to an elected Indigenous representative and key recommendations from a truth-telling body to be implemented.
First Peoples Assembly of Victoria co-chair Rueben Berg said some of the likely priorities of a treaty would be to ensure decisions impacting Indigenous people will be made by them, to expand the role and responsibility of the assembly to provide advice and hold government to account, to enact Yoorrook Justice Commission recommendations and to celebrate Aboriginal language and culture.
In a keynote speech to the Castan Centre Human Rights law conference, Mr Berg said treaty negotiations would begin in November and he hoped the first agreement would be struck by April.
He flagged that traditional owners will also negotiate local deals and that there was an intention to “have multiple treaties across a significant time period”.
“We think that when there are decisions being made by government that are directly about First Peoples, they shouldn’t be made by an elected group of non-Aboriginal people up in Spring Street. Those decisions should be made by an elected group of First Peoples chosen by their community,” Mr Berg said on Friday.
“We’re looking to see what those decision-making powers are and what is the structure that needs to exist to enable First Peoples to make decisions instead of the government.
“At the moment we do have a Minister for First Peoples (Natalie Hutchins) … she shouldn’t have that role, all her powers should come across to a future assembly, that’s what we’re striving for.”
Asked by an audience member why the state government had not implemented solutions to barriers faced by First Peoples, Mr Berg said red tape made it “almost impossible”.
“These local communities … know what the solutions are, know how to achieve it, but can’t disentangle that from the web of government,” he said.
“We see this process of treaty, through the establishment of this future assembly, to be able to short-circuit all of that and say we’ll take on the risk.
Why do I see a legal dogfight, of monumental proportions on the horizon. Is someone who may have had an Aboriginal great grandparent one of the “First Nations?”
Inevitably, they spill their guts that’s it’s about power and nothing more.
You aren’t allowed to ask if someone who has an Aboriginal great grandparent qualifies as one of the “First Nations” on the Oz. “Rejected.”
Vic can’t upkeep it roads, probably the smallest network per head in Oz.
From what I’v heard other Gov services aren’t much better.
Yet can afford this bs… Go figure.
Happened to me when young and innocent, such a simple innovation, I was wondering why nobody thought of it.
Unfortunately I was wondering aloud where my foreman could hear it, within two weeks and before I could propose it, not knowing the channels, it was implemented and he got a big bonus, saved about ten jobs for the company, no they were not sacked, just redeployed elsewhere.
Enjoy. Her – Ksenia and the band are dialed in.
Karen above approves.
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Superstar – Leonid & Friends (The Carpenters cover)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhWrggrJ20I
26 seconds to kill Crooks.
Not 4 as I first gleaned the day after.
The sniper team seen behind Trump had their view obscured by trees and the shot was taken by one of the other two teams, which is the one you hear just before the woman screaming.
And they knew in plenty of time he was up there.
I have absolutely zero sympathy for any organisation using Microsoft for their security.
One dead in rare drone strike on Israel claimed by Yemen’s Houthis • FRANCE 24 English
Rents apparently are falling in the US and have been for about a year. This was an important component of the CPI increases over the past few years when inflation picked up.
Think Your Rent Is Too High? Rents Have Actually Been Falling for Nearly a Year—See Where They Plunged the Most
Did the Covid inquiry just admit lockdown was a mistake?
To those of us who actually THOUGHT the problem through, the lockdown was nothing less than a panicked government edict that went against all planning, and satisfied just ONE criterion – that the government was seen to be doing something.
@GuntherEagleman
BREAKING: President Trump shooter Thomas Crooks had “3 encrypted overseas accounts” – Rep. Michael Waltz
He did not act alone
Defence Department compensation plan for Afghan killingsRhiannon Down
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Entire villages in Afghanistan could benefit from a scheme to compensate victims of unlawful killings and abuse by Australian special forces while on deployment, with the Chief of Defence granted decision-making power.
The day before they came into effect on Friday, Defence Minister Richard Marles quietly released the regulations, which provide a pathway for families of the 39 Afghans killed by Australian Defence Force personnel and other victims who suffered “unlawful assault or property damage” to receive financial payouts and other forms of compensation.
Documents outlining the long-anticipated response to the inquiry into Australian Defence Force war crimes in Afghanistan, released almost four years ago, say individuals who are “reasonably likely” to be the relatives of wrongfully killed Afghans and other victims would be eligible for a payout, but did not specify a dollar figure. Those seeking compensation would also have to be “reasonably likely” not to be a member of a terrorist organisation or subject to sanctions.
In documents outlining the functioning of the scheme, the Albanese government acknowledged the precarious security situation in Afghanistan, complexities arising from the “broad” definition of family, and risk that victims receiving financial compensation could become “targets for criminal organisations or the Taliban”. Security experts and the Greens have raised conflict-of-interest concerns about placing the nation’s highest-ranking military figure in a decision-making position on compensation claims for misconduct committed by his own personnel, rather than an independent arbitrator.
Under the regulations, Chief of Defence Force Admiral David Johnston would refer individuals to a newly created Afghanistan Inquiry Compensation Advocate, who would then make their recommendation on the outcome to the top-ranked military official.
Documents explaining the functions of the scheme said that the CDF, who would also be responsible for deciding if he will accept the advice concerning the claim or reject it, would be “best placed to source and verify information”.
The scheme brings the government closer to responding to the 15 recommendations set out in former judge Paul Brereton’s November 2020 report into ADF war crimes committed after the US-led invasion of Afghanistan, with a spokeswoman for Mr Marles saying the government was committed to implementing the Defence-designed compensation scheme.
“The Deputy Prime Minister has been clear about the Albanese government’s commitment to implement the recommendations of the Brereton Report to the fullest possible extent, including establishing a pathway for compensation,” she said.
“The Deputy Prime Minister, in his capacity as Minister for Defence, directed Defence to design a scheme in consultation with relevant agencies. The establishment of the Afghanistan inquiry compensation scheme represents a significant step forward in closing out these recommendations.”
“reasonably likely” Words fail me, they honestly vooking do.
Marles sure loves letting everyone know he is the Deputy Prime Minister (and Minister for Defence in his spare time).
My goodness.
I wandered up to do the Guinness tour, finishing off with lunch in one of their restaurant.
It’s just barley, hops, water, yeast so there you go.
I’m actually drinking a Hop House Lager. It’s not bad, the first beer I’ve had in about seven years.
I’m now a bit tired from eye rolling at Guinness woke though.
Nor do I understand how it got voted the world’s best tourist attraction of 2023.
We must be the only foreigners NOT to do the Guinness experience in all of 2023 when we were in Ireland last year.
Don’t like Guinness, so why bother.
Hairy loves Guinness but we also didn’t bother.
Too many other lovely things to do in Ireland.
Including drinking it.
Guinness give carbon ratings to their meals A to a big red E for the worst offenders.
You can guess what I chose. ;(
Paywallian Margin Call column details the UniParty at work. Sneakers bobs up at Joe Hockey’s Bondi Partners.
Maaate.
Always worthy of a repeat.
Delta A. Fasten the belts and strap yourself in.
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Binary Finary – 1999 (epic version)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Fb4Vg48edU
I have seen much worse than this at Bunnings, bloke tied the front part of his long timber load securely to his roof rack on his SUV and the rest to to the rack on his trailer.
At least he listened when it was pointed out to him.
My daughters both suggested the tour. I’m not a beer drinker, obviously, but the lunch was pretty nice, seafood pie with green salad.
I walked back home through the Liberties and along the canal. Some pretty streets of row houses, seedy in spots.
Peeked at the prices for rentals around here, nothing under €2500 per month, a big place was €8000 a month. Worse than Melbourne.
It was a bit too warm when the sun came out, possibly shouldn’t have walked home from the brewery.
Iowahawk bringing his A game..
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I honestly would be more receptive to the notion that Trump is an eerie harbinger of 1933 Germany if the people making that analogy weren’t hunky-dory with Jew checkpoints at UCLA and Columbia
Never mind the diversity is our strength riots, the UK has treasure to promise..
https://x.com/i/status/1814334049676361953
“I have in my streets a bunch of rioters, promising diversity in our time”..