Khelif was abruptly disqualified from the 2023 IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships. IBA president Umar Kremlev said the DNA test results of Khelif “proved they had XY chromosomes.” Khelif tried to appeal these findings but later withdrew it.
Kelif has male chromosomes.
Testosterone levels can be artificially fiddled with, chromosomes can’t.
However, the International Olympic Committee uses a different rule set and cleared Khelif to compete at the Paris Olympics.
Obviously a rule set that doesn’t take chromosomes, the single most determinative factor, into account.
m0nty
August 2, 2024 10:19 am
So it turns out that Khelif might not even have high testosterone levels. That claim and the XY chromosome claim were made by the discredited and disgraced head of the IBA, a Russian stooge who DQed Khalifa after she defeated a Russian fighter, and has called the head of the IOC a “sodomite”. The IOC has decertified the IBA after a string of corruption scandals.
Yet another non-story where you lot are on the side of the worst people.
PARIS — An outcry erupted at the Paris Olympics around the presence of two female boxers who were disqualified by the International Boxing Association at last year’s world championships in New Delhi for what the organization said at the time was a failure “to meet eligibility rules.”
IBA President Umar Kremlev told the Russian news agency Tass last year the disqualifications were because “it was proven they have XY chromosomes.”
The issue, which had been simmering for a few days around the Games, blew up Thursday after one of the two women, Algeria’s Imane Khelif, won her opening bout in Villepinte. Her opponent, Angela Carini, quit less than a minute into the 66-kg (145.5-pound) round-of-16 bout following a powerful punch to her nose.
It remains unclear what standards Khelif and Lin Yu Ting of Taiwan failed last year to lead to the disqualifications.
The IOC, which is overseeing the boxing competition in Paris, does not test for gender, and there never has been evidence that either Khelif or Lin had XY chromosomes or elevated levels of testosterone. They have competed for years, including at the Tokyo Olympics and several world championships.
In his comments to Tass in 2023, Kremlev said two boxers were given DNA tests. In the minutes of the IBA’s board of director’s meeting held two days after the women were disqualified, George A. Yerolimpos, the organization’s CEO and secretary general at the time, told the attendees the women had failed tests conducted by an independent laboratory. He also told the meeting’s attendees that both women had failed a different test, conducted by a different laboratory, at the previous year’s world championships in Istanbul, but that the results had come too late for the fighters to be disqualified.
The meeting’s minutes do not say what kind of test had been administered or the name of the laboratory. Yerolimpos told the meeting that he “closely followed” the women’s testing as soon as they arrived in India.
In a statement this week, the IBA said the women did not “undergo a testosterone examination” but “a separate and recognized test.” The statement added that the test and results are “confidential.”
In a statement issued Thursday evening, the IOC said: “The current aggression against these two athletes is based entirely on this arbitrary decision, which was taken without any proper procedure — especially considering that these athletes had been competing in top-level competition for many years. Such an approach is contrary to good governance.”
Throughout the week, IOC officials have said they had no reason to keep either boxer from the Olympics. Several times, IOC spokesman Mark Adams has cautioned that the controversy involves “real people” and stressed that “this is not a transgender issue” in the face of attacks from critics of transgender athletes.
A person with knowledge of last year’s disqualifications from worlds but not authorized to speak publicly called Khelif and Lin’s banishments “classic IBA disinformation.”
Three people familiar with the details of the women’s case pointed out that the disqualifications came three days after Khelif defeated Russian Azalia Amineva and a day after she won her semifinal bout in the 63-66-kg (139-145.5-pound) category.
Fed up by a history of judging and bribery scandals involving the IBA even before Kremlev was first elected as the organization’s president in 2020, the IOC took control of Olympic boxing at the Tokyo Games. It became suspiciouswhen Kremlev spent heavily on marketing himself, lined up only one sponsor — Russian energy company Gazprom — and battled with Olympic leaders. The IOC took control of the boxing competition at the Paris Games as well, and it left the sport off the program for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
Three months after Lin and Khelif were disqualified, the IOC decertified the IBA. Another organization, World Boxing, supported by the United States, the Netherlands and several other Western countries, has emerged as a potential replacement for the IBA. In the 14 months since, relations between the IOC and IBA have deteriorated further.
On Wednesday, Kremlev posted a video on X, criticizing the Paris Games Opening Ceremonies and calling IOC President Thomas Bach “a chief sodomite.”
Every four years, athletes gather at the Olympics to test the limits of human potential. But those limits might be closer than you think. Host Ava Wallace is joined in Paris by two Post reporters who analyzed the past, present and future of world records.
Despite the suspect credibility of last year’s disqualifications and the fact that neither boxer is transgender, several high-profile critics of transgender athlete issues seized on the results of the fight as well as comments made by Carini, who told reporters: “It could be the match of my life, but in that moment, I had to safeguard my life, too.”
Within an hour of the fight, social media was alive with posts blasting Khelif and Lin as well as the IOC. In comments to La Gazzetta dello Sport, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said the fight was unfair, baselessly citing Khelif’s testosterone levels.
Tennis legend Martina Navratilova said on X: “This is all on [the] IOC and those in power who make the rules. It’s a travesty and makes a mockery of all Olympic sports.”
Algerian boxer Imane Khelif’s win in the women’s boxing has sparked a furious row about gender eligibility rules, with public figures from around the world weighing in on the controversy.
Huang Yiping, a member of the PBoC’s monetary policy committee, just made a bold statement. Although this committee is an advisory and not a decision-making body, his comment was still significant:
“If the Chinese economy falls into the trap of low inflation, the consequences will be severe. Therefore, we should set a hard target of 2-3% CPI growth and shift our policy preference from investment to consumption. We should confidently adopt fiscal measures to support consumption, such as allowing migrant workers to settle in cities (get Hukou) and directly sending money to households.”
Despite the growing support in China for bold fiscal measures to boost consumption, those with real decision-making power have clearly remained hesitant to embrace unconventional measures.
The suspect in the Southport stabbing attack can been named for the first time.
And what is starmer’s and the left’s concern after letting these grubs in?
PM Sir Keir Starmer denounces the actions of “a gang of thugs” who took part in a riot in Southport and says a new “national capability” will be established to tackle violent disorder
Tuesday’s riot followed a vigil for the victims Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Alice Dasilva Aguiar, nine.
These are the same creeps who have terrorised Tommy Robinson and allowed the muzze/palli riots to go unchecked.
The fact is the Western elites are intent on destroying Western democracy. If cackles gets in we are fuked.
Bourne1879
August 2, 2024 10:36 am
Firstly well done to the Italian boxer lady for bringing worldwide attention to the male in women’s sports issue.
I note The Australian and Courier Mail not allowing comments under their articles on this. A clear sign too sensitive and not willing to allow readers a say.
It seems the IOC criteria for being able participate in Olympic women’s boxing is having a passport that says your are female.
Qld recently decided to allow people to identify how they like and even have a new birth certificate issued. No doubt same applies to their passports. So I guess that means eligible to participate in women’s boxing. Oh wait, Brisbane holding Olympics in 8 years. Could be interesting.
This has all come about due to a small vocal minority and pathetically weak and gutless politicians who gave into wokeness.
What a mess.
Wait for the racial stereotyping. When Franca Arena started campaigning about the rampant pederasty in gay circles in Sydney, she not only lost her Labor preselection (no surprise) but attracted a sneering campaign from the gay lobby: ‘just an emotional big-breasted Italian mamma’. If you want to get away with racism and misogyny, identify as a queer.
Chris
August 2, 2024 10:36 am
I think we are seeing a strong case for banning womens boxing itself.
Jesus took on the sins of the world, collective guilt, so we wouldn’t have to. We are responsible for our own sins.
Makka
August 2, 2024 10:46 am
The fact is the Western elites are intent on destroying …
Traditional Western civil values. Undermining and wrecking our communities which will destroy our standard of living.
Through the migrant vote herds, these elitist deviant scum have found a formula to stay in power while fking our lives.
FIFY.
Tintarella di Luna
August 2, 2024 10:47 am
Just contacted Wesfarmers head office in Perth in relation to the disgraceful attitude of Officeworks to antisemitism and discrimination against fellow citizens of the Jewish faith.
Wesfarmers Limited
Level 14, Brookfield Place Tower 2
123 St Georges Terrace
Perth 6000, Western Australia
T (61 8) 9327 4211
F (61 8) 9327 4216
To contact us, please email us at [email protected]
I made a phone call – the person who took the call said they had had a “number” of calls on the issue.
Zatara
August 2, 2024 10:48 am
It’s dead simple to clear up the question of Kelif’s sex. Release the test results.
Privacy concerns? Test results have been released to prove qualifications on many occasions (dopers/sex determination) in the past. He should have worried about that before he walked onto the international stage claiming he was something he quite obviously is not.
But the Olympic Committee hasn’t/won’t release the results.
Why? How about because they will show Y chromosomes?
Top Ender
August 2, 2024 10:49 am
Mrs TE writes:
It is amazing how the geography of Switzerland can change in just two hours.
We went from the rugged, rocky Matterhorn region (29 over 4000ft that you can eyeball there) – pine trees, beautiful tiny wildflowers, scree, waterfalls – to the productive orchard/grape/crop farming valleys which have the most powerful tumultuous rivers I’ve ever seen.
Then onto the lakes (now at Montreux on Lake Lucern again – opposite end to Geneva) with a warm “sub-tropical” climate zone growing small banana palms, hibiscus and I even saw a frangipani.
Bruce of Newcastle
August 2, 2024 10:50 am
I’m amused that Monty appears to subscribe to WaPo.
Democracy dies in darkness is their motto.
Which they’re working on.
Unquestionably. But there is support, and then there is Support.
Bringing in foreign armed stooges to enforce your “victory” outweighs money and social media efforts to swing voters.
If the voters (and your own police and military) thought they had a fair election the stooges wouldn’t be needed and it didn’t take outside influence for them to know they got screwed, again.
Not at all. This is the Russians saying to Maduro, we got your back. We aren’t going to let you get rolled by having a few generals and police chiefs getting wobbly or paid off.
With the ascension of Saint Kamala, we are now watching the Mean Girl rebranding of the Democratic Party. It has to be the biggest miscalculation in political history. As polls show America’s young men are lurching rightward at a rapid pace, the Democratic brand has finally evolved into the party of scolding shrews, nagging Karens and “preachy females,” as Dem dinosaur James Carville calls them. Its image is tied to a type of unserious, self-involved, neurotic, dogmatic Dem-fem who insists on telling you her pronouns and whose highest goal is abortion on demand right up until the moment of birth.
You’re a journalist Monty. Maybe you could ask Bad Penny and Plibs about the ‘Mean Girls’ quip. The response might be fun.
Zatara
August 2, 2024 11:29 am
“While she (Harris) is slightly favored in the national popular vote, she is not favored in the Electoral College. “Instead … drumroll … she has a 38 percent chance, compared to 61 percent for Trump”.
“I know people don’t like to talk about that [the Electoral College], because there’s nothing that Democrats can do about it. But the election is likely to be close, and it’s a big disadvantage when the ties go to Republicans,” Silver explained.”
Silver is on the money here, though it’s no great insight given recent history when the Democrat has had to win by more than three points to overcome gerrymanders built into the electoral college.
Yes there is. States with smaller populations tend to get way more votes than average, with Wyoming three times the average. Republicans tend to own these states, due to appealing to rural white folk.
States with smaller populations tend to get way more votes than average
WTF are you talking about? States get allotted electors in direct proportion to their members of Congress, who are allotted in direct proportion to the population of a state.
Blue California gets 55 electors, 18 times more electoral firepower than Red Wyoming, which gets 3.
Wyoming’s voters enjoy three times the electoral college vote power of Californians, Zatara, If you don’t understand that, that is your fault not mine.
Our litigation just exposed that Biden’s FDA recommended approving puberty blockers to minors despite noting that these drugs are associated with an “increased risk of depression and suicidality.”
Is he that dumb or does he just think the public is dumb?
Mem, all leftists think ordinary people are stupid and will believe anything that comes out of the media or a leftist thinktank like the Grattan Institute, which was set up and financed by the ALP.
The lefty idiot who trolls the Cat thinks ordinary people are stupid, which is why he keeps vomiting talking points for dumb people.
There are no KPIs for being a troll. They do it for free because they think ordinary people are stupid and need to be subjected to an endless avalanche of talking points for dumb people.
Michael Phelps is literally referred to as a freak of nature because of his disproportionate wingspan, double jointed ankles, lung capacity twice that of an average human, body that produces half the lactic acid of a typical athlete, and he is rightly celebrated for being the greatest male swimmer in history. Meanwhile, female athletes with genetic differences are legally discriminated against and harassed to no end. This is not about “protecting women in sports” – this is about protecting a very specific idea of what a woman is.
That is totally irrelevant. The specific idea about women being protected is that they should actually be female, you dolt.
Pogria
August 2, 2024 12:00 pm
After the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, I paraphrased an Obama comment and attributed it to Muntsac. I wrote, “if I had a son, he would look like Thomas Crooks”.
Lo and behold, the Gimp bit, he ordered me to never mention his son as, apparently he has one. Poor little boy.
Upthread, Lizzie had mildly chided Muntsac about the treatment of women and girls and stated she hoped, if he had a girl child, that he would treat her better than they way women and girls have been treated collectively in the media, and politically. Treatment which the Gimp whole heartedly subscribes to, I will add.
Now we know the Gimp has two children. Has stated one is male, so one would naturally assume the other is female. He did not answer Lizzie’s plea for understanding and better treatment of the female sex. Not a peep.
This leads one down the path of realising what most of us here have long suspected/believed, the Gimp really does despise female humans. Even his own.
Sheilas everywhere were entirely ok whilst the Crocodile Feminism was eating everybody else.
now that it’s morphed into an even more retarded post-everything, intersectional monster
… sheilas are apparently not that happy
Zatara
August 2, 2024 12:08 pm
“this is about protecting a very specific idea of what a woman is.”
Indeed. The specific idea called ‘reality’.
Lack of a Y chromosome physically defines a woman more accurately than any other metric.
Certainly more than metrics which can be fiddled with via chemistry.
Diogenes
August 2, 2024 12:09 pm
Obviously a rule set that doesn’t take chromosomes, the single most determinative factor, into account.
There are rare cases of an xxy chromosome. I remember reading of a Spanish athlete who had this and had been disqualified from races post facto. They had to restore her record when she gave birth
I just hope that the Olympics die of shame after this shambles.
Boambee John
August 2, 2024 12:32 pm
It seems quite clear that mUnty doesn’t have any friends. Why else would he come here so frequently, where he is regarded as, at best, stupid, but more generally is held in open contempt.
What a sad life he must have. Obsessed with politics in a country where he can’t vote, and deliberately annoying people who ignore his opinions, which will never change their minds.
Lefties are like vegans… they have a self righteous urge to preach to those they deem to be in the wrong. My former office mate was like this. Lives in a wealthier Perth suburb yet constantly would spit venom when talking about his suburb’s demographic – miners, FIFOs etc. This office mate and his missus will be getting a defined benefits pension each when they both retire. Started working on the public teat before they canned DB.
Pogria
August 2, 2024 12:36 pm
Gimps need not apply.
Zatara
August 2, 2024 12:39 pm
“this is about protecting a very specific idea of what a woman is.”
I’d also note that it was the very specific truth which humanity has held for all 200,000 years of its existence.
… until it became politically fashionable to think otherwise about 10 minutes ago.
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Mother Lode
August 2, 2024 12:41 pm
There are rare cases of an xxy chromosome.
I am curious to try XXO – it is a quite recent gradation (14 yrs+ in oak barrels).
Mind you, the best cognacs already beggar the VS->XXO grading thing.
Inflation is insidious. Real per capita anything would be news to Treasury.
Kneel
August 2, 2024 12:56 pm
“m0nty August 2, 2024 11:57 am
@carolinekwan Michael Phelps is literally referred to as a freak of nature because of his disproportionate wingspan, double jointed ankles, lung capacity twice that of an average human, body that produces half the lactic acid of a typical athlete, and he is rightly celebrated for being the greatest male swimmer in history.”
None of which changes the fact that an XY has higher bone density, more muscle mass, more fast-twitch muscle fibre, a higher centre of gravity and higher grip stregth than an XX, to name a few.
These are not just “edge cases” – in statistical terms, the highest grip strength of an XX is about the average grip strength of an XY, for example.
XX an XY have different bodies – one is better at some things, the other is better at others. I am NOT saying one is superior to the other, except in certain specific areas where they have a clear physical advantage. For instance, an XY can jump higher than an XX can because of the physical higher centre of gravity. Of course, the XY is more stable because of the lower centre of gravity.
I find it interesting that at least in terms of sporting competitions, it is the XY imitating the XX that wins more often than not, while the XX that imitates the XY rarely does so. That tells you a lot right there.
I am happy to call you by your preferred pronouns if you ask nicely, but am unlikely to if you should be so crass as to think you can “demand” it. And just because you decide to wear a dress, have surgery and take drugs to change your appearance, it doesn’t mean you are “fairly” competing again those you are trying to imitate.
There is no credible evidence that Khelif has XY chromosomes. There is only the word of a disgraced and corrupt Russian stooge who refuses to release results, or even confirm the nature of the tests.
“Evidence” appears to be of no concern to you when it comes to, for example, the cognitive abilities of Joe Biden. As with this person, the evidence is right before your eyes, and you refuse to see.
Trump must surely be among the most vilified of contemporary political figures. James Allan has written a fair defence of him in this week’s Australian Spectator. Whatever one thinks of Trump, one should ponder the remark of Albert Einstein:
“ Those who have the privilege to know, have the duty to act”.
I think many of us may perceive the significance of current events, but rarely put those evaluations on the line. Trump has done this in spades.
Pogria
August 2, 2024 1:01 pm
Excellent piece from Kurt Shlichter at Town Hall.
His amusing rebuttal to the “White Dudes for Kamala”.
I hope you’re not making fun of one of cohenite’s cute owls. Thats JC’s job.
KevinM
August 2, 2024 1:04 pm
Pogria
August 2, 2024 12:36 pm
Gimps need not apply.
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Endurance, originally named Polaris, was built in 1912 in Norway for Arctic tourist cruises.
It was a wooden three-masted barquentine with a coal-fired steam engine of 350 horsepower, capable of speeds up to 10.2 knots.
The ship was 144 feet long and 25 feet wide, with a tonnage of 300 tons.
The foremast was square-rigged while the mainmast and mizzenmast were fore-and-aft rigged.
Endurance was one of the strongest wooden ships ever built, designed to withstand the harsh conditions of polar regions.
Ernest Shackleton purchased the ship in 1914 for his Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition and renamed it Endurance after his family motto, “By endurance we conquer.” The ship set sail for Antarctica from Plymouth in August 1914.
Endurance became trapped in the Weddell Sea by dense pack ice in January 1915. The ship was beset by ice and drifted for months before the pressure of the ice began to crush it. In October 1915, the crew abandoned the ship, and by November, Endurance had sunk, leaving the crew stranded on the ice.
Shackleton and his men camped on the ice and later made an incredible journey in lifeboats to reach Elephant Island. Shackleton and a small party then sailed over 800 miles in a lifeboat to South Georgia to seek rescue. All members of the expedition were eventually rescued without loss of life.
The story of Endurance is one of the most remarkable tales of survival and endurance in the history of exploration.
Yes, one of the great stories of courage, endurance and leadership.
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
August 2, 2024 1:06 pm
Reynolds’ courtroom showdown with Higgins kicks offPaul Garvey
The courtroom showdown between Senator Linda Reynolds and her former staffer Brittany Higgins is finally here, despite the exhortations of multiple Supreme Court justices who repeatedly urged the pair to resolve their issues without a trial.
Courtroom 42 of the David Malcolm Justice Centre in the Perth CBD will be the latest venue for a legal examination stemming from Bruce Lehrmann’s rape of Ms Higgins on a couch in Senator Reynolds’ Parliament House office.
While the previous courtroom battles – the criminal prosecution of Mr Lehrmann, which ended in a mistrial after juror misconduct, and the defamation action by Mr Lehrmann against Network 10, in which Federal Court Justice Michael Lee found that on the balance of probabilities Mr Lehrmann did rape Ms Higgins – have focused on whether the rape actually occurred, this trial will focus on the fallout.
In particular, Senator Reynolds is arguing that her former staffer and her now-husband David Shiraz defamed her in a series of social media posts made in the months and years after Ms Higgins’ rape.
Senator Reynolds’ statement of claim argues that the posts were published as part of a plan by Ms Higgins and Mr Sharaz to use the allegations that Senator Reynolds had been involved in a political cover-up as a weapon to inflict immediate political damage on her.
Anthony Albanese’s closest confidantes, Katy Gallagher and Penny Wong, were drip-fed false information by Ms Higgins and Mr Sharaz as part of a larger plan to destroy Senator Reynolds’ career and take down the Morrison government, the senator alleged.
Mr Sharaz also organised meetings between Ms Higgins and Labor MPs to discuss her rape allegations, the documents say, including then opposition leader Mr Albanese and Tanya Plibersek, as well as former Liberal prime minister Malcolm Turnbull and former Labor prime minister Kevin Rudd.
Ms Higgins in her filed defence “denies the allegations”, and claims in her amended defence that the senator “mishandled the aftermath of the incident” and failed to support her.
Senator Reynolds is also suing Mr Sharaz for defamation, although he has said he will not contest the matter due to a lack of resources.
Mr Lehrmann has always maintained his innocence and is appealing Justice Lee’s decision.
The start of today’s defamation trial comes despite repeated urgings for the parties to avoid having the case go to trial.
Justice Marcus Solomon, who was first assigned to the matter, had repeatedly warned Senator Reynolds, Ms Higgins and Mr Sharaz about the human and financial cost of taking the case to trial and personally led a lengthy and ultimately unsuccessful mediation session between the parties earlier this year.
And WA Chief Justice Peter Quinlan last month again called for the parties to avoid going for trial as he handed down a decision ordering Ms Higgins to hand over to Senator Reynolds’ legal team details about the trust set up to administer the $2.4 million settlement she secured from the Commonwealth.
The Blob rolls on. Might have to make a day of it next week if the weather is nice.
BobtheBoozer
August 2, 2024 1:07 pm
Crossie August 2, 2024 8:42 am:
At some point people will have enough and protests like this one will be considered small. What then?
Crossie:
Our rulers have two choices – double down, or accede to the majority wishes.
One leads to peace and the other leads to violence escalating to disorder and attempts at public control.
Which one do you think the Communists want?
Whether we like it or not, the Communists are now in a position to tighten the screws and they will do anything for the excuse to do so – even if it is to foment civil strife.
There were 214,256 abortions for women resident in England and Wales, the highest number since the Abortion Act was introduced.*
And when you can murder nearly a quarter of a million unborn children in one year, what do 3 born children matter? We are being ruled by monsters.
GreyRanga
August 2, 2024 1:08 pm
To be honest women in sport got everything they deserve by putting up with cocks in frocks from day one. I surmise they thought some uncoordinated effeminate nancyboi that they could coo over was going to make a fool themselves coz we’re all really so good though we can’t beat 15yo males at anything. Instead not good enough males charged through. Don’t expect others to stand up for you if you won’t stand up for yourself. Just about every governing body of sport is made up of never any goods, nothing to do with the sport or wannabes. Sport in general would be far better off without them. Especially now as it is another big business with salaries and perks to go with it.
Yep, not too much sympathy for”Go Grrrls” women’s sports and constant bleating for equality. Getting beaten up by a cock in a frock is going too far though.
Wyoming’s voters enjoy three times the electoral college vote power of Californians, Zatara, If you don’t understand that, that is your fault not mine.
That’s the American system, Fatboy. It was expressly created with the intention of not having the president elected by popular vote.The original intention of the framers was to create a republic, not a democracy. If you don’t like it, then don’t live there. That’s right, you don’t.
“I think many of us may perceive the significance of current events, but rarely put those evaluations on the line. Trump has done this in spades.”
Indeed. Despite the attempted assassination and the USSS telling him to no longer do outdoor rallies, he has defied them and said he will continue with the outdoor rallies he and his supporters adore. Coming on the heels of refusing to cower in fear minutes after a bullet took a chunk out of his ear, and instead standing fist raised shouting “Fight, fight, fight!”, this shows the mettle of the man. That he lost money both running for and being President, and that he is fighting every single fake “crime” he has been accused of, also says plenty.
He could have simply retired to play golf at Mar-a-Lago, but instead stood up to be counted – and continued standing up for what he believed in through the smears, the impeachments, the lies, and the attempt on his life. This is clearly a man who loves his country and wants to save it. Say what you will of his personality and politics, and even say he is wrong about everything, but his patriotism and courage is not in doubt.
Kneel, I think a lot of his bravado has to do with his strong narcissistic character. Nonetheless, it is part of that syndrome which produces extraordinary achievements.
Around 750mm oa long, about the same tall. Varying widths. Scales 1:25, 1:50, 1: 75, 1:100. Some of them are modern. Even making a longboat for one is exciting only 75-120mm long. Doing the rigging is as hard as the hull and as time consuming. I’ve started a Russian Battle cruiser 2.3 m long. A single masted fishing boat is a good place to start or a revenue cutter. Even just a dingy can be challenging depending on how accurate you want it to be. For me its the journey not the destination A brig, US Eagle has 2 masts and there is a practicum for it to help. Depends how brave you are. I work in wood that I cut myself, brass and tinplate. All scratchbuilt.
I have one, the Lettie G Howard, a Gloucester schooner from Massachusetts. The restored boat is at The South Street Seaport Museum NY. I don’t sell them.
GreyRanga, my husband has built quite a few from scratch, plank on plank, hand-knotted rigging, individual blocks etc, at those scales, his last was Charles W. Morgan. All sailing vessels, museum level, as I’m sure yours are. He is also a well-known maritime artist, and was foundation board member of Newcastle Maritime Museum (before it was killed off by silly sectional politics).
Wyoming’s voters enjoy three times the electoral college vote power of Californians, Zatara, If you don’t understand that, that is your fault not mine.
That’s nothing, whoever wrote that oughta see their respective Senate vote power.
Ceres
August 2, 2024 1:30 pm
If we could only clone Trump’s spine the world would be a much better place.
H B Bear
August 2, 2024 1:34 pm
Bennett and Reynolds haven’t briefed counsel. This should be good.
Is there a feed anywhere? Supreme Court not as well set up as Federal Court for this stuff. Half the time you got Max Headroom stuff in Federal Court anyway.
Kneel
August 2, 2024 1:42 pm
“Wyoming’s voters enjoy three times the electoral college vote power of Californians, Zatara, If you don’t understand that, that is your fault not mine.”
Wyoming has 3 electoral college votes. 3.
Cali has 54.
That means Wyoming has 1 house rep, while Cali has 52.
So California voters enjoy 52 times more house vote power than those in Wyoming.
If you don’t understand that, that is your fault not mine.
The point, my dear Humpy, is that you can “bend” such stats to say whatever suits your agenda. The system is what it is and for good reason – a “democracy” invokes the tyranny of the majority, while a Republic attempts to mitigate the worst of it. Splitting govco power over three branches adds more mitigation.
The democrats could undoubtedly get 50%+1 of the votes on something like third trimester abortion, but they are unlikely to to get 50%+1 of the house, 60% of the senate and the President to all agree to that.
Tyranny of the majority claim is bunkum. If democratic conventions are adhered to, there can’t be a tyranny.
Barking Toad
August 2, 2024 1:45 pm
There’s an article in the Oz claiming Khelif was born female.
I call bullshyte on this.
Just as a possibly unrelated aside, confirming birth anomalies, there was a story in the press yesterday about a lass born with two vaginas and the related plumbing for each.
She used one for business and one for personal use.
Would have been popular in the back row of the picture theatre back in the day.
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
August 2, 2024 1:53 pm
Higgins’ settlement based on ‘bare-faced falsity’Paul Garvey
The Commonwealth’s swift $2.475m settlement with Brittany Higgins was based on a “bare-faced falsity,” Senator Linda Reynolds’ lawyer says.
Martin Bennett, opening Senator Reynolds’ defamation case against her former staffer, said the outcome of the confidential mediation between Ms Higgins and the Commonwealth – which was leaked to the media “before the ink was dry” – would have caused the public to believe Ms Higgins’ claims that the senator had harassed her in the wake of her alleged rape.
“Any person in Australia reading this would automatically think the allegations made by Ms Higgins were so true, so damning, so correct in their allegations against Senator Reynolds, that the Commonwealth paid $2.5m on a single instance of mediation,” Mr Bennett said.
“The claims made by Ms Higgins were false, and Senator Reynolds was denied the appropriate venue, the appropriate time, the appropriate funding by the Commonwealth to defend the actions of herself and her staff.”
JC
August 2, 2024 1:57 pm
After 128 years of colour, controversy and bald-faced corruption, will this be the knockout blow for Olympic boxing?
The 46 seconds of mayhem that saw Italian fighter Angela Carini, two time world champion, abandon the bout against controversial Algerian boxer Imane Khelif may yet be the killer blow to boxing’s future as an Olympic sport.
You know what, I have zero sympathy for the Italian gal. She’s no novice and a twice-world champion, so she knew what she was getting herself into. And then the bawling, because it didn’t work out. She should never have gotten into the ring with a bloke, because she’s fully aware it would be a hiding to nothing.
I asked that question yesterday as I thought they threw gays and trannies off the top of buildings in that part of the world. Has me a little confused now.
Here’s more on the subject. In Algeria, they may not throw them over the side of buildings, but they are fined and sent to jail.
Algeria criminalises same-sex sexual activity between men and between women. Sentences include a maximum penalty of three years’ imprisonment and a fine. There is some evidence of the law being enforced in recent years, and LGBT people are vulnerable to discrimination and violence.
JC
August 2, 2024 2:06 pm
I have a hunch, Hiden and Kamal Toe did everything they could to get the WSJ reporter out of Russian prison because they feared Trump would trump them before or after the election and make them look bad. I wonder what they gave up?
“The claims made by Ms Higgins were false, and Senator Reynolds was denied the appropriate venue, the appropriate time, the appropriate funding by the Commonwealth to defend the actions of herself and her staff.”
One getz the feelin’ that both sides are gonna, to misquote, “Mandy Rice Davies” this ……. “Well, she would say that wouldn’t she” … LOL!
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Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
August 2, 2024 2:38 pm
Higgins’ texts ‘contradict’ claims when securing payoutPaul Garvey
Text messages sent by Brittany Higgins to her then-boyfriend contradicted the claim made by the political staffer when she secured a $2.475m payout from the Commonwealth, Senator Linda Reynolds’ lawyer has said.
Martin Bennett has been reading out messages sent by Ms Higgins to her then-boyfriend Ben Dillaway when she was in Perth working on Senator Reynolds’ re-election campaign, in which Higgins describes having a “fun” and “cool” time in the city.
The messages describe how she spent her time door knocking and attending campaign events, community forums and dinners during her weeks in the WA capital.
“Been out and about doing ground level campaigning. It’s been pretty fun actually,” she wrote in one of several messages to Mr Dillaway read out in court by Mr Bennett.
“My day has been awesome, mostly spent poolside,” read another.
The details contrast, he says, with what Ms Higgins told the Commonwealth when they negotiated her settlement. Mr Bennett said Ms Higgins told the Commonwealth that she had been “working alone in a hotel room for seven days a week, for six weeks” during her time in Perth.
Aaron
August 2, 2024 2:38 pm
Points to ponder.
What does this boxer have in its undies? Same as at birth?
If they can give kids puberty blockers, why can’t they give this something to lower testosterone levels?
Presuming it is naturally occurring and not some “transitioning” shite.
I seem to remember a South African runner with similar issues.
Gave up halfway through.
Mass illegal immigration will only be stopped by mass action.
Britain is not yet at that point so it must get much worse before it gets better.
And the mass action must target the perpetrators of this evil as well.
It now appears to be confirmed that Vadim Krasikov and a number of likely Russian intelligence assets were traded back to Russia. In exchange, Russia handed over Whelan, Gershkovich, the German idiot in Belarus, and some Russian traitors.
The Griner deal 2.0
Baron of the Taiga
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And a lot of Russia’s requests were pulled from foreign prisons. The US had to demand its satellites release Russians imprisoned in Slovenia, Germany, Poland and Norway in order to make the deal go through.
ASIC’s first greenwashing case leads to $11.3 million fineSo despite saying it was investing in “ethical” shares whatever that means, they were investing across a range including “non ethical” shares. Seems to me that this is madness as super funds should be held to one objective only and that is to maximise returns. “The corporate watchdog went after Mercer Superannuation (Australia) Limited over claims it was making about the sustainable nature and characteristics of some of its superannuation investment options.
The Federal Court ultimately found members who took up its Sustainable Plus options had investments in companies involved in industries the website statements said were excluded, such as:
15 companies involved in the extraction or sale of carbon intensive fossil fuels (including AGL Energy Ltd, BHP Group Ltd, Glencore PLC and Whitehaven Coal Ltd),
15 companies involved in the production of alcohol (including Budweiser Brewing Company APAC Ltd, Carlsberg AS, Heineken Holding NV and Treasury Wine Estates Ltd), and
19 companies involved in gambling (including Aristocrat Leisure Limited, Caesar’s Entertainment Inc, Crown Resorts Limited and Tabcorp Holdings Limited).
This is quite interesting. Is there a list of purely ethical companies somewhere? It’s like the doctors and medical professionals who sign the Stop Oil and Gas petitions, can they really envision a medical/hospital system entirely without any carbon intensive fuels>
Hypocrites !
Which will be paid by shareholders and not the individuals responsible.
Zippster
August 2, 2024 3:15 pm
The Biden administration has reached a plea deal with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, and two other terrorists, sparking widespread criticism and outrage. Critics argue that the plea deal is a betrayal of the victims and their families, and that it undermines the ongoing war on terror. The administration’s handling of the case, which has lingered for over two decades, has been seen as a sign of weakness and has raised concerns about the administration’s commitment to justice and national security. The White House has stated that it played no role in the plea deal process.
what.the.f*ck!!!!
Bungonia Bee
August 2, 2024 3:25 pm
The IOC has self-immolated and taken the Olympics down with it as a consequence of its stupid boxing decision.
Why should we care about the Olympics any more?
Why should media pay for rights to this farce any more?
We won’t be watching.
Pogria
August 2, 2024 3:28 pm
Bung,
I have not watched a single second of the Olympics.
I used to stay up into the wee hours to watch all the Equestrian, especially the Three Day Eventing.
Even then, I would watch a little of other sports as I was waiting for the Horses.
Now, couldn’t care less. I feel for the mounted teams, but still can’t bring myself to watch.
I got up to watch some swimming finals, Thurday morning (couldn’t sleep) the commentary was abysmal some Yank with an atrocious accent waffling on .. Fortunately, swimming is easily followed with the “mute” button activated .. LOL!
Why would 9 have a USA commentator, anywayz ..? .. duuuuh!
Bungonia Bee
August 2, 2024 3:28 pm
Let’s face it. The whole transgender imbroglio has been stage managed as another wedge to disintegrate western christian society.
Stop asking why they do stupid stuff.
It’s all about the disintegrating.
If your into no-hold-barred, nitty gritty blood-letting without remorse the this Italian series (4 seasons) fits the bill .. No sentimentality, whether civilian or foe in the fight for/to control the drug trade in Naples .. also a distinct lack of plod …….! Gomorrah … there is also a 2008 movie, different characters but sets the scene for the 2014 start of the series …… both 10/10
Who is representing Higgins? Zwier an onlooker once again. Keep an eye on him at lunch.
Dr Faustus
August 2, 2024 4:04 pm
Two things stand out like dogs balls in the XY Chromosome Imbroglio:
Firstly, the general argument that Khelif does not benefit unfairly from XY-power, but is a plucky 100% free range female, being monstered by unhinged heteronormatives (or something), turns on the IBA being discredited as notoriously corrupt by the notoriously corrupt IOC.
The IBA may well be thoroughly corrupt. But, interestingly, Khelif’s 2023 IBA expulsion on chromosomic grounds has not found its way to the Court for Arbitration in Sport.
Thus, we segue effortlessly, with pike and evidence-free double somersault, from any prospect of reasoned discussion on fair play in sport to the woke agendas.
Secondly, Jessica Fox seems to be XX positive and doesn’t appear to be either a transsexual or a Drag Queen.
All very well from a DEI perspective I suppose, but it’s not immediately clear what sort of role model she’s supposed to be…
The case relates to events in 2001. This alone makes it a nightmare on terms of evidence and prosecution. I have no idea what the actual evidence might be but any admission in a trial by the scumbag would have to be doubtful as no doubt would have been obtained by coercion. No problem for gaining intelligence but not much help if trying to use confession on basis it was voluntary.
Taking the life sentence plea deal avoids a very messy trial.
“plea deal with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, and two other terrorists, sparking widespread criticism and outrage”
Rosie
August 2, 2024 4:23 pm
“Khelif might not even have high testosterone levels. That claim and the XY chromosome claim were made by the discredited and disgraced head of the IBA”.
As usual Monty on team try hard.
In simple terms the money is on Khelif having a condition that although he is male his body failed to produce male genitalia and gives him softer skin, he went through normal male puberty and has the testerone of a male.
Why would the Russians go after him?
The Oz has a very detailed article about all the dealings behind the US Russia prisoner swap.
Seems Putin was very keen to get the convicted hitman out of German prison and article suggests Putin knows him personally. Might have been one of his bodyguards at one stage.
Article author clearly had access to a lot of the background and obviously designed to make Biden admin look good.
Tuesday I went out in the morning, there were two brown objects on my front lawn.
Looked closer: a pair of Pacific Black Ducks.
That was fun since I’ve never had them come by before. They were fairly okay with me, and saw me handing out food to other Cafe clientelle. So I tried tossing them some small bits of bread.
Ooh, we like bread!
Someone has been feeding them. Anyway I made an impression since the next morning the male was hopefully lurking at the bottom of my front stairs. He got some bread then also, but they haven’t fronted since.
When I worked at an animal sanctuary (Qlds most loved if you believe their publicity) there was an emu that that wanted to make babies with my bag ( I was waiting in the kangaroo/ emu paddock for my passengers( train driver).
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
August 2, 2024 5:22 pm
Albanese spruiking the nonsense about “The oldest continuous culture on Earth..”
That’s the San people right?
At least he didn’t use the ‘oldest civilisation on Earth’.
I remember one of the Aboriginal kids in my class about Grade 4 (mid-1960s) telling the class his objection to the portrayal of aborigines in the social studies book, obviously the old-fashioned wanderers with spears and coolamons and mia mias picture. Not very realistic to him, and very patronising!
They had just had the first state houses built in our little town. Even the humpies were now the past.
Maria del Carmen Garcia was handed a 9.5 year prison sentence after she set her daughter’s rapist Antonio Cosme alight at a bus stop near her home in 2005
Know of a teenage girl who was raped not long after I left school, her dad was ex-armoured corps unsure but maybe Viet Vet as well.
As soon as he heard what had happened he zoned out and vanished, the rest of the family were searching frantically for him.
Cops picked him up on one of the main streets down to where the perps lived with a loaded shotgun. He went quietly and no charges were laid.
The blokes were promptly arrested and were told if they make bail leave town. Her dad wasn’t the only one angry. Last I ever heard of them they were doing time.
This was in the Victoria before Hulls stacking of the judiciary and when Vic Pol were made of sterner stuff.
Media Mourns ‘Moderate,’ ‘Pragmatic’ Hamas Leader Who Wanted to Kill All the Jews“We love death like our enemies love life.” Kamala is Anti-Israel. Her Husband’s Law Firm Repped the PLOThe PLO’s money arm was the largest foreign principal for his law firm. After Immigrant Stabbed Kids, UK Gov Cracks Down on ProtestersCensorship, violent crackdowns, and political repression by the leftist regime. FrontPage Magazine | Inside Every Progressive Is A Totalitarian Screaming To Get Out
Our ageing coal power stations are increasingly unreliable & outages are putting upward pressure on electricity prices. We need to do more to accelerate the shift to cleaner, cheaper, & reliable renewables. Not wait another decade or more for nuclear.
Go on, do what South Australia did, knock out all its coal and be reliant on imported brown coal generated power from vic or gas, because wind and solar isn’t doing the trick.
johanna
August 2, 2024 6:09 pm
In the category of the brothers who murdered thir parents and then demanded sympathy because they were orphans:
In the email to Trump’s campaign, Snapchat said, “I hope you had a nice weekend. I spoke with our Policy team and to provide a bit more context, they made the difficult decision to terminate President Trump’s Public Profile in 2021 after multiple policy violations.”“Unfortunately, our Terms of Service do not allow for reinstatement or for terminated users to create new accounts,”
Snapchat continued. “Reinstating the profile would involve reassessing and implementing entirely new Terms of Service, and we are unable to give preferential treatment to any creator on the platform.” The social media platform went on to ask the Trump campaign for money via advertisement on Snapchat.
“I genuinely believe that Snapchatters are a key audience that can be persuaded to turn out for Trump — we reach over 96M users 18+, allow for the upload of first party lists, and have highly competitive CMPs ranging from $3-$6,” Snapchat said.
“I would love to explore alternative paths forward for our partnership, even given the current state of the profile,” the social media platform added. “If the team is skeptical about launching paid media without an organic presence, we highly recommend using the RNC’s profile or creating a new Vance profile.” “Eager to hear your thoughts. Thank you for your understanding and visibility,” Snapchat concluded in its email
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AI plus never-Trumpism at work.
What a faceplant for the technology!
Miltonf
August 2, 2024 6:10 pm
It’s just outright lies.
Miltonf
August 2, 2024 6:17 pm
I loathe that pair of parasitic lawyers Starmer and Blair. There are many thing to despise about them for example their contempt for ordinary working men. What stands out for me though is their viciousness combined with their soft hands. Lord I hate lawyers.
Watch this (whole thread), then explain why you’re OK with a man beating a woman in public for your entertainment. This isn’t sport. From the bullying cheat in red all the way up to the organisers who allowed this to happen, this is men revelling in their power over women. https://x.com/fairplaywomen/
Always the feminist. Such an arsehole blaming men. Men hate this stuff.
Agree. This was about woke culture and those that should have stopped it not having the courage or principles to do so.Same as with the opening ceremony, it should have been pulled into line from the first concept But it wasn’t because no one cared or those that did were cowards.
Knuckle Dragger
August 2, 2024 6:31 pm
Lord I hate lawyers
You just going to sit back and take this, cohenite?
Barking Toad
August 2, 2024 6:33 pm
Browsing the commentary in the Oz On-line today it seems that in the Reynolds v Higgins defamation hearing their Britneeee is going to cop a bit.
Linda’s lawyer Bennett seems to have her fitted out with some hobnailed boots so she can go for the “world kicking in the cnut record” (h/t Derek & Clive).
Karma & schadenfreude abound with glee.
Miltonf
August 2, 2024 6:35 pm
OK that wasn’t really fair- Lord I hate left wing lawyers
Lefties tell us they respect women, but in fact they love them in chains bowing to the effeminate men of the tribe.
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
August 2, 2024 6:41 pm
“Lying cow’ comment unfortunate but defensible: lawyer
Linda Reynolds’ lawyer has described the moment the senator described her former staffer Brittany Higgins as a “lying cow” as an unfortunate but defensible incident.
Barrister Martin Bennett told the WA Supreme Court was horrified at the falsity of what was being said about her when Ms Higgins appeared on The Project to detail her alleged rape inside Parliament House and her belief that Senator Reynolds had engaged in a political cover-up of the incident.
Mr Bennett has spent the afternoon detailing what he referred to as “bare-faced lies”, “nonsense” and “fabricated fictions” put forth by Ms Higgins when describing Senator Reynolds’ handling of her rape allegation.
The Australian revealed soon after The Project aired that Senator Reynolds had described Ms Higgins as a “lying cow” when watching the interview. Ms Higgins threatened defamation against the senator, who settled the matter through a $10,000 donation to a Canberra rape crisis centre.
Mr Bennett said Senator Reynolds’ use of the word “lying” to describe Ms Higgins was appropriate, while the word “cow” was unfortunate but reflected the senator’s “intense anger” about the claims being made about her by her former staffer.
“When you’re watching someone lie about you, ‘lying cow” is an entirely defensible thing to do,” Mr Bennett said.
He said the senator had swiftly settled the defamation claim and apologised as she did not want to interfere with the police investigation and potential prosecution.
“The reason she did that is because people might have interpreted her comment as casting doubt on the veracity of the rape allegation,” Mr Bennett said.
“Senator Reynolds apologised and entered into a non-disparagement clause that Ms Higgins forgot about immediately.”
Our Britt is in more trouble than the early settlers here I suspect. Not sure who would be advising her, not the Liars I suspect. They will be lucky not to go down with the Britt.
Roger
August 2, 2024 6:41 pm
OK that wasn’t really fair- Lord I hate left wing lawyers
So only about 90% then.
😀
Miltonf
August 2, 2024 6:55 pm
Just unfair on cows to compare them to Higgins. Cows are wonderful, lovely creatures.
As usual, TheirABC is chockers with reports of alleged IGF breaches, but rare and muted reports about the atrocities committed in the initial assualt and subsequently.
Senator Linda Reynolds will spend all next week giving evidence in her defamation battle against Brittany Higgins, with former prime minister Scott Morrison set to follow her on the stand.
Senator Reynolds’ lawyer Martin Bennett late on Friday confirmed that the senator’s evidence would be followed by that of her husband Robert Reid, with Mr Morrison, Senator Reynolds’ parents and brother, former Liberal candidate David Goode and former Liberal MP Steve Irons all to follow the following week.
Senator Reynolds’ former chief of staff Fiona Brown is also expected to be called, as is news.com.au journalist Samantha Maiden.
Ms Higgins will then have up to four days on the stand towards the end of August.
Ms Higgins has so far not been in court for the proceedings. She married David Sharaz earlier this year and has since revealed that she is pregnant.
Kelif has male chromosomes.
Testosterone levels can be artificially fiddled with, chromosomes can’t.
Obviously a rule set that doesn’t take chromosomes, the single most determinative factor, into account.
So it turns out that Khelif might not even have high testosterone levels. That claim and the XY chromosome claim were made by the discredited and disgraced head of the IBA, a Russian stooge who DQed Khalifa after she defeated a Russian fighter, and has called the head of the IOC a “sodomite”. The IOC has decertified the IBA after a string of corruption scandals.
Yet another non-story where you lot are on the side of the worst people.
LOL. Even the AFP which is green as grass is registering outrage.
Brutal bout sparks global outcry, gender debate (Paywallian)
by AFP
Cruelty to women is wrong Monty.
Educational.
Monts, thank you for yet again exposing Russian stooges.
Just in time for the third anniversary of Muellerween.
mUnturd is getting both the DNC and IOC talking points
The Nazi doubles down.
The Nazi doesn’t mind seeing women pummelled, punched, bludgeoned and assaulted.
I do hope his wife knows.
Putting money into 1.4 Billion Chinese pockets is gonna make inflation that much harder to tame for CB’s.
Top Ender
August 1, 2024 11:10 pm
The suspect in the Southport stabbing attack can been named for the first time.
And what is starmer’s and the left’s concern after letting these grubs in?
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cydvr9d0vd3t
These are the same creeps who have terrorised Tommy Robinson and allowed the muzze/palli riots to go unchecked.
The fact is the Western elites are intent on destroying Western democracy. If cackles gets in we are fuked.
Firstly well done to the Italian boxer lady for bringing worldwide attention to the male in women’s sports issue.
I note The Australian and Courier Mail not allowing comments under their articles on this. A clear sign too sensitive and not willing to allow readers a say.
It seems the IOC criteria for being able participate in Olympic women’s boxing is having a passport that says your are female.
Qld recently decided to allow people to identify how they like and even have a new birth certificate issued. No doubt same applies to their passports. So I guess that means eligible to participate in women’s boxing. Oh wait, Brisbane holding Olympics in 8 years. Could be interesting.
This has all come about due to a small vocal minority and pathetically weak and gutless politicians who gave into wokeness.
What a mess.
Wait for the racial stereotyping. When Franca Arena started campaigning about the rampant pederasty in gay circles in Sydney, she not only lost her Labor preselection (no surprise) but attracted a sneering campaign from the gay lobby: ‘just an emotional big-breasted Italian mamma’. If you want to get away with racism and misogyny, identify as a queer.
I think we are seeing a strong case for banning womens boxing itself.
Why does an image of a meeting of the aforementioned being held in a phone booth spring to mind?
It’s a mystery, Cats.
Won’t have trouble getting numbers after Friday prayers.
Fnar
BTW – I only just saw it this morning but, what is this Catholic Guilt thing about?
Jesus took on the sins of the world, collective guilt, so we wouldn’t have to. We are responsible for our own sins.
Traditional Western civil values. Undermining and wrecking our communities which will destroy our standard of living.
Through the migrant vote herds, these elitist deviant scum have found a formula to stay in power while fking our lives.
FIFY.
Just contacted Wesfarmers head office in Perth in relation to the disgraceful attitude of Officeworks to antisemitism and discrimination against fellow citizens of the Jewish faith.
Wesfarmers Limited
Level 14, Brookfield Place Tower 2
123 St Georges Terrace
Perth 6000, Western Australia
T (61 8) 9327 4211
F (61 8) 9327 4216
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I made a phone call – the person who took the call said they had had a “number” of calls on the issue.
It’s dead simple to clear up the question of Kelif’s sex.
Release the test results.
Privacy concerns? Test results have been released to prove qualifications on many occasions (dopers/sex determination) in the past. He should have worried about that before he walked onto the international stage claiming he was something he quite obviously is not.
But the Olympic Committee hasn’t/won’t release the results.
Why? How about because they will show Y chromosomes?
Mrs TE writes:
It is amazing how the geography of Switzerland can change in just two hours.
We went from the rugged, rocky Matterhorn region (29 over 4000ft that you can eyeball there) – pine trees, beautiful tiny wildflowers, scree, waterfalls – to the productive orchard/grape/crop farming valleys which have the most powerful tumultuous rivers I’ve ever seen.
Then onto the lakes (now at Montreux on Lake Lucern again – opposite end to Geneva) with a warm “sub-tropical” climate zone growing small banana palms, hibiscus and I even saw a frangipani.
I’m amused that Monty appears to subscribe to WaPo.
Democracy dies in darkness is their motto.
Which they’re working on.
I do not subscribe, but the text of that link appeared unpaywalled from a googling.
Fair enough.
In case you were unclear on who really won the Venezuelan election…
Russian Wagner ‘mercenaries’ and members of the Cuban military arrive in Caracas where they will ‘fortify’ the position of the dictator Maduro.
From the MSM – crickets.
I have no idea who won the election but its pretty clear that both sides were receiving support from overseas.
Unquestionably. But there is support, and then there is Support.
Bringing in foreign armed stooges to enforce your “victory” outweighs money and social media efforts to swing voters.
If the voters (and your own police and military) thought they had a fair election the stooges wouldn’t be needed and it didn’t take outside influence for them to know they got screwed, again.
Not at all. This is the Russians saying to Maduro, we got your back. We aren’t going to let you get rolled by having a few generals and police chiefs getting wobbly or paid off.
Haha, nice work Miranda!
Rise of Kamala Harris solidifies Dems’ full embrace as the party of ‘preachy females,’ scolding shrews (1 Aug)
New York Post, by Miranda Devine
Am I allowed to say “childless cat ladies”?
Miranda Devine talking about “scolding shrews”, LOL.
You’re a journalist Monty. Maybe you could ask Bad Penny and Plibs about the ‘Mean Girls’ quip. The response might be fun.
Nate Silver
Silver is on the money here, though it’s no great insight given recent history when the Democrat has had to win by more than three points to overcome gerrymanders built into the electoral college.
There is no such thing as a “gerrymander built into the electoral college”.
Yes there is. States with smaller populations tend to get way more votes than average, with Wyoming three times the average. Republicans tend to own these states, due to appealing to rural white folk.
WTF are you talking about? States get allotted electors in direct proportion to their members of Congress, who are allotted in direct proportion to the population of a state.
Blue California gets 55 electors, 18 times more electoral firepower than Red Wyoming, which gets 3.
Wyoming’s voters enjoy three times the electoral college vote power of Californians, Zatara, If you don’t understand that, that is your fault not mine.
imagine that, representative government, what a novel idea the left will never embrace
Then why don’t Democrats try to appeal to rural white folk also, and get the votes?
They do try, hz. Rural white folk do better economically under Democrats than they do under Republicans, as do city folk.
PM Sir Keir Starmer denounces the actions of “a gang of thugs”
One man’s thug is another man’s freedom fighter.
https://www.michaelsmithnews.com/2024/08/spot-on-from-the-bee.html
“Gold medal in freestyle domestic violence….” Snork, Snork..”
Deviants and perverts. m0ron’s lot.
this is a feature not a bug
Did mUnturd check inside his/her knickers as a test for femininity? Maybe the evidence was not visible.
Tony Woods from the Grattan Institute is quoted on the ABC as saying; “South Australia is getting to the point where on average it’s 100 per cent renewable.”
“But that means sometimes it’s 200 per cent and sometimes it’s almost nothing” he explained.
Is he that dumb or does he just think the public is dumb?
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-02/demand-for-sunlight-storage-surges-amid-transition-to-solar/104170720
Mem, all leftists think ordinary people are stupid and will believe anything that comes out of the media or a leftist thinktank like the Grattan Institute, which was set up and financed by the ALP.
The lefty idiot who trolls the Cat thinks ordinary people are stupid, which is why he keeps vomiting talking points for dumb people.
There are no KPIs for being a troll. They do it for free because they think ordinary people are stupid and need to be subjected to an endless avalanche of talking points for dumb people.
Speaking of such things.
Joe Biden blasted over ‘f***ing creepy’ comment to little girl in latest blunder (1 Aug)
He really can’t help himself.
Has anyone checked the Khelif tackle box?
Had a quick squiz online to see if Khelif was born a biological male, but of course most of the media is so woke it’s almost impossible to find.
There’s an article in the Oz claiming Khelif was born female.
Probably intersex, with external female but all chromosomal tests XY male and still has internal testes. Adolescence would be male.
if you ever find yourself in a clinch with Kelif
… lift your knee right into ‘her’ balls
No point in doing that to mutley, nothing there.
is monty married to a tranny? has anyone checked?
No, his wife sounds like a perfectly nice woman. However, she’s married to a trannie. Fatboy transitioned after the marriage and she’s stuck. 🙂
That is totally irrelevant. The specific idea about women being protected is that they should actually be female, you dolt.
After the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, I paraphrased an Obama comment and attributed it to Muntsac. I wrote, “if I had a son, he would look like Thomas Crooks”.
Lo and behold, the Gimp bit, he ordered me to never mention his son as, apparently he has one. Poor little boy.
Upthread, Lizzie had mildly chided Muntsac about the treatment of women and girls and stated she hoped, if he had a girl child, that he would treat her better than they way women and girls have been treated collectively in the media, and politically. Treatment which the Gimp whole heartedly subscribes to, I will add.
Now we know the Gimp has two children. Has stated one is male, so one would naturally assume the other is female. He did not answer Lizzie’s plea for understanding and better treatment of the female sex. Not a peep.
This leads one down the path of realising what most of us here have long suspected/believed, the Gimp really does despise female humans. Even his own.
Your obsession is extremely weird.
Genetic differences in this case meaning being equipped with XY chromosomes and a penis.
I see the pervert apologist and all round Nazi is doubling down.
I have long known this but it is safe to say that the Nazi heartily approves of violence against women.
He really is despicable.
Sheilas everywhere were entirely ok whilst the Crocodile Feminism was eating everybody else.
now that it’s morphed into an even more retarded post-everything, intersectional monster
… sheilas are apparently not that happy
Indeed. The specific idea called ‘reality’.
Lack of a Y chromosome physically defines a woman more accurately than any other metric.
Certainly more than metrics which can be fiddled with via chemistry.
There are rare cases of an xxy chromosome. I remember reading of a Spanish athlete who had this and had been disqualified from races post facto. They had to restore her record when she gave birth
Caster Semenya is a famous example. A hermaphrodite. Still should not be competing against women.
Well the second most determinative test would likely be the tackle check.
Had that been performed in a case such as this (the chromosome test not being clear) it would seem the question would have been resolved on the spot.
What does Zoe Brain have to say on this matter?
Death taxes from the Greens, eh.
That will get the doctors to exercise a degree of scrutiny over their wives’ voting habits.
Monty, you’re quoting an actress.
Go outside and kick yourself up the arse for rampant stupidity.
I hope not.
Can the Olympics survive the climate crisis? (Phys.org, 1 Aug)
This is what passes for science news these days.
I just hope that the Olympics die of shame after this shambles.
It seems quite clear that mUnty doesn’t have any friends. Why else would he come here so frequently, where he is regarded as, at best, stupid, but more generally is held in open contempt.
What a sad life he must have. Obsessed with politics in a country where he can’t vote, and deliberately annoying people who ignore his opinions, which will never change their minds.
Lefties are like vegans… they have a self righteous urge to preach to those they deem to be in the wrong. My former office mate was like this. Lives in a wealthier Perth suburb yet constantly would spit venom when talking about his suburb’s demographic – miners, FIFOs etc. This office mate and his missus will be getting a defined benefits pension each when they both retire. Started working on the public teat before they canned DB.
Gimps need not apply.
I’d also note that it was the very specific truth which humanity has held for all 200,000 years of its existence.
… until it became politically fashionable to think otherwise about 10 minutes ago.
I am curious to try XXO – it is a quite recent gradation (14 yrs+ in oak barrels).
Mind you, the best cognacs already beggar the VS->XXO grading thing.
My favourite was Remy XO. When I started on it the cost was $85 dutyfree. Don’t even look now. Just did $476.
Someone has done some numbers on weak men creating hard times:
how bad is it?
Inflation is insidious. Real per capita anything would be news to Treasury.
“m0nty
August 2, 2024 11:57 am
@carolinekwan
Michael Phelps is literally referred to as a freak of nature because of his disproportionate wingspan, double jointed ankles, lung capacity twice that of an average human, body that produces half the lactic acid of a typical athlete, and he is rightly celebrated for being the greatest male swimmer in history.”
None of which changes the fact that an XY has higher bone density, more muscle mass, more fast-twitch muscle fibre, a higher centre of gravity and higher grip stregth than an XX, to name a few.
These are not just “edge cases” – in statistical terms, the highest grip strength of an XX is about the average grip strength of an XY, for example.
XX an XY have different bodies – one is better at some things, the other is better at others. I am NOT saying one is superior to the other, except in certain specific areas where they have a clear physical advantage. For instance, an XY can jump higher than an XX can because of the physical higher centre of gravity. Of course, the XY is more stable because of the lower centre of gravity.
I find it interesting that at least in terms of sporting competitions, it is the XY imitating the XX that wins more often than not, while the XX that imitates the XY rarely does so. That tells you a lot right there.
I am happy to call you by your preferred pronouns if you ask nicely, but am unlikely to if you should be so crass as to think you can “demand” it. And just because you decide to wear a dress, have surgery and take drugs to change your appearance, it doesn’t mean you are “fairly” competing again those you are trying to imitate.
There is no credible evidence that Khelif has XY chromosomes. There is only the word of a disgraced and corrupt Russian stooge who refuses to release results, or even confirm the nature of the tests.
“Evidence” appears to be of no concern to you when it comes to, for example, the cognitive abilities of Joe Biden. As with this person, the evidence is right before your eyes, and you refuse to see.
‘truth’ doesn’t have the same meaning for mUnty as it does for everybody else
the word-pirate seems to think he can parlay ‘truth’ any way he wants
Very well stated, Kneel.
Yes, very polite and clear.
Trump must surely be among the most vilified of contemporary political figures. James Allan has written a fair defence of him in this week’s Australian Spectator. Whatever one thinks of Trump, one should ponder the remark of Albert Einstein:
“ Those who have the privilege to know, have the duty to act”.
I think many of us may perceive the significance of current events, but rarely put those evaluations on the line. Trump has done this in spades.
Excellent piece from Kurt Shlichter at Town Hall.
His amusing rebuttal to the “White Dudes for Kamala”.
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2024/08/01/white-dudes-for-having-some-personal-dignity-and-self-respect-n2642761
I hope you’re not making fun of one of cohenite’s cute owls. Thats JC’s job.
Pogria
August 2, 2024 12:36 pm
————–
Endurance, originally named Polaris, was built in 1912 in Norway for Arctic tourist cruises.
It was a wooden three-masted barquentine with a coal-fired steam engine of 350 horsepower, capable of speeds up to 10.2 knots.
The ship was 144 feet long and 25 feet wide, with a tonnage of 300 tons.
The foremast was square-rigged while the mainmast and mizzenmast were fore-and-aft rigged.
Endurance was one of the strongest wooden ships ever built, designed to withstand the harsh conditions of polar regions.
Ernest Shackleton purchased the ship in 1914 for his Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition and renamed it Endurance after his family motto, “By endurance we conquer.” The ship set sail for Antarctica from Plymouth in August 1914.
Endurance became trapped in the Weddell Sea by dense pack ice in January 1915. The ship was beset by ice and drifted for months before the pressure of the ice began to crush it. In October 1915, the crew abandoned the ship, and by November, Endurance had sunk, leaving the crew stranded on the ice.
Shackleton and his men camped on the ice and later made an incredible journey in lifeboats to reach Elephant Island. Shackleton and a small party then sailed over 800 miles in a lifeboat to South Georgia to seek rescue. All members of the expedition were eventually rescued without loss of life.
The story of Endurance is one of the most remarkable tales of survival and endurance in the history of exploration.
Kevin,
thank you. The story of the Endurance and the men who sailed on her, can never be told often enough.
That age was known as :The Heroic Age” of Antarctic exploration, with very good reason.
Yes, one of the great stories of courage, endurance and leadership.
Reynolds’ courtroom showdown with Higgins kicks offPaul Garvey
The courtroom showdown between Senator Linda Reynolds and her former staffer Brittany Higgins is finally here, despite the exhortations of multiple Supreme Court justices who repeatedly urged the pair to resolve their issues without a trial.
Courtroom 42 of the David Malcolm Justice Centre in the Perth CBD will be the latest venue for a legal examination stemming from Bruce Lehrmann’s rape of Ms Higgins on a couch in Senator Reynolds’ Parliament House office.
While the previous courtroom battles – the criminal prosecution of Mr Lehrmann, which ended in a mistrial after juror misconduct, and the defamation action by Mr Lehrmann against Network 10, in which Federal Court Justice Michael Lee found that on the balance of probabilities Mr Lehrmann did rape Ms Higgins – have focused on whether the rape actually occurred, this trial will focus on the fallout.
In particular, Senator Reynolds is arguing that her former staffer and her now-husband David Shiraz defamed her in a series of social media posts made in the months and years after Ms Higgins’ rape.
Senator Reynolds’ statement of claim argues that the posts were published as part of a plan by Ms Higgins and Mr Sharaz to use the allegations that Senator Reynolds had been involved in a political cover-up as a weapon to inflict immediate political damage on her.
Anthony Albanese’s closest confidantes, Katy Gallagher and Penny Wong, were drip-fed false information by Ms Higgins and Mr Sharaz as part of a larger plan to destroy Senator Reynolds’ career and take down the Morrison government, the senator alleged.
Mr Sharaz also organised meetings between Ms Higgins and Labor MPs to discuss her rape allegations, the documents say, including then opposition leader Mr Albanese and Tanya Plibersek, as well as former Liberal prime minister Malcolm Turnbull and former Labor prime minister Kevin Rudd.
Ms Higgins in her filed defence “denies the allegations”, and claims in her amended defence that the senator “mishandled the aftermath of the incident” and failed to support her.
Senator Reynolds is also suing Mr Sharaz for defamation, although he has said he will not contest the matter due to a lack of resources.
Mr Lehrmann has always maintained his innocence and is appealing Justice Lee’s decision.
The start of today’s defamation trial comes despite repeated urgings for the parties to avoid having the case go to trial.
Justice Marcus Solomon, who was first assigned to the matter, had repeatedly warned Senator Reynolds, Ms Higgins and Mr Sharaz about the human and financial cost of taking the case to trial and personally led a lengthy and ultimately unsuccessful mediation session between the parties earlier this year.
And WA Chief Justice Peter Quinlan last month again called for the parties to avoid going for trial as he handed down a decision ordering Ms Higgins to hand over to Senator Reynolds’ legal team details about the trust set up to administer the $2.4 million settlement she secured from the Commonwealth.
The Blob rolls on. Might have to make a day of it next week if the weather is nice.
Crossie:
Our rulers have two choices – double down, or accede to the majority wishes.
One leads to peace and the other leads to violence escalating to disorder and attempts at public control.
Which one do you think the Communists want?
Take your time…
Whether we like it or not, the Communists are now in a position to tighten the screws and they will do anything for the excuse to do so – even if it is to foment civil strife.
And when you can murder nearly a quarter of a million unborn children in one year, what do 3 born children matter?
We are being ruled by monsters.
To be honest women in sport got everything they deserve by putting up with cocks in frocks from day one. I surmise they thought some uncoordinated effeminate nancyboi that they could coo over was going to make a fool themselves coz we’re all really so good though we can’t beat 15yo males at anything. Instead not good enough males charged through. Don’t expect others to stand up for you if you won’t stand up for yourself. Just about every governing body of sport is made up of never any goods, nothing to do with the sport or wannabes. Sport in general would be far better off without them. Especially now as it is another big business with salaries and perks to go with it.
Yep, not too much sympathy for”Go Grrrls” women’s sports and constant bleating for equality. Getting beaten up by a cock in a frock is going too far though.
They let them Bear. It was their own fault. Play stupid games!
Agreed ranga – commies in sport are incongruous to it. Sport requires effort. Commies loathe effort
Should we have special chairs for the Olympics where some drag-queen can declare of candidates “Duas habet et been pendentes”?
That’s the American system, Fatboy. It was expressly created with the intention of not having the president elected by popular vote.The original intention of the framers was to create a republic, not a democracy. If you don’t like it, then don’t live there. That’s right, you don’t.
Tasmanian Senators have done plenty of damage to the Australian democracy too over the years. NT and ACT too.
What is the rating of Delaware voters compared to Texas voters?
Good point JC. I doubt if many OS realise the implications of that intention.
Talk it over with Zatara.
“I think many of us may perceive the significance of current events, but rarely put those evaluations on the line. Trump has done this in spades.”
Indeed. Despite the attempted assassination and the USSS telling him to no longer do outdoor rallies, he has defied them and said he will continue with the outdoor rallies he and his supporters adore. Coming on the heels of refusing to cower in fear minutes after a bullet took a chunk out of his ear, and instead standing fist raised shouting “Fight, fight, fight!”, this shows the mettle of the man. That he lost money both running for and being President, and that he is fighting every single fake “crime” he has been accused of, also says plenty.
He could have simply retired to play golf at Mar-a-Lago, but instead stood up to be counted – and continued standing up for what he believed in through the smears, the impeachments, the lies, and the attempt on his life. This is clearly a man who loves his country and wants to save it. Say what you will of his personality and politics, and even say he is wrong about everything, but his patriotism and courage is not in doubt.
Kneel, I think a lot of his bravado has to do with his strong narcissistic character. Nonetheless, it is part of that syndrome which produces extraordinary achievements.
Hid decision to continue outdoor rallies despite the USSS requesting him not to, is a great big Fcuk you to the deep state.
Anyone care to imagine the legal dogfight that would ensure, if a biological woman was injured, or killed, at the hands of someone like Khelif?
Someone mentioned ships earlier. In my opinion, the old sailing ships are the most beautiful things humans have ever created/built. Just magnificent
Thats why I build models of them.
Do you? Are they miniature replicas? How big do you build them?
Around 750mm oa long, about the same tall. Varying widths. Scales 1:25, 1:50, 1: 75, 1:100. Some of them are modern. Even making a longboat for one is exciting only 75-120mm long. Doing the rigging is as hard as the hull and as time consuming. I’ve started a Russian Battle cruiser 2.3 m long. A single masted fishing boat is a good place to start or a revenue cutter. Even just a dingy can be challenging depending on how accurate you want it to be. For me its the journey not the destination A brig, US Eagle has 2 masts and there is a practicum for it to help. Depends how brave you are. I work in wood that I cut myself, brass and tinplate. All scratchbuilt.
If it’s a Schooner model, do you sell them as I’d like to look at one.
I have one, the Lettie G Howard, a Gloucester schooner from Massachusetts. The restored boat is at The South Street Seaport Museum NY. I don’t sell them.
Photos, please.
GreyRanga, my husband has built quite a few from scratch, plank on plank, hand-knotted rigging, individual blocks etc, at those scales, his last was Charles W. Morgan. All sailing vessels, museum level, as I’m sure yours are. He is also a well-known maritime artist, and was foundation board member of Newcastle Maritime Museum (before it was killed off by silly sectional politics).
Yep buy em at the markets but have no space in our home
That’s nothing, whoever wrote that oughta see their respective Senate vote power.
If we could only clone Trump’s spine the world would be a much better place.
Bennett and Reynolds haven’t briefed counsel. This should be good.
Is there a feed anywhere? Supreme Court not as well set up as Federal Court for this stuff. Half the time you got Max Headroom stuff in Federal Court anyway.
“Wyoming’s voters enjoy three times the electoral college vote power of Californians, Zatara, If you don’t understand that, that is your fault not mine.”
Wyoming has 3 electoral college votes. 3.
Cali has 54.
That means Wyoming has 1 house rep, while Cali has 52.
So California voters enjoy 52 times more house vote power than those in Wyoming.
If you don’t understand that, that is your fault not mine.
At some point this is just taking the piss. This must be going close. Just give cows the vote.
The old girls in my herd are very good judges of human character. I would endorse any judgement they made!!!!
The point, my dear Humpy, is that you can “bend” such stats to say whatever suits your agenda. The system is what it is and for good reason – a “democracy” invokes the tyranny of the majority, while a Republic attempts to mitigate the worst of it. Splitting govco power over three branches adds more mitigation.
The democrats could undoubtedly get 50%+1 of the votes on something like third trimester abortion, but they are unlikely to to get 50%+1 of the house, 60% of the senate and the President to all agree to that.
I get it. Don’t have to agree with it.
Tyranny of the majority claim is bunkum. If democratic conventions are adhered to, there can’t be a tyranny.
There’s an article in the Oz claiming Khelif was born female.
I call bullshyte on this.
Just as a possibly unrelated aside, confirming birth anomalies, there was a story in the press yesterday about a lass born with two vaginas and the related plumbing for each.
She used one for business and one for personal use.
Would have been popular in the back row of the picture theatre back in the day.
Higgins’ settlement based on ‘bare-faced falsity’Paul Garvey
The Commonwealth’s swift $2.475m settlement with Brittany Higgins was based on a “bare-faced falsity,” Senator Linda Reynolds’ lawyer says.
Martin Bennett, opening Senator Reynolds’ defamation case against her former staffer, said the outcome of the confidential mediation between Ms Higgins and the Commonwealth – which was leaked to the media “before the ink was dry” – would have caused the public to believe Ms Higgins’ claims that the senator had harassed her in the wake of her alleged rape.
“Any person in Australia reading this would automatically think the allegations made by Ms Higgins were so true, so damning, so correct in their allegations against Senator Reynolds, that the Commonwealth paid $2.5m on a single instance of mediation,” Mr Bennett said.
“The claims made by Ms Higgins were false, and Senator Reynolds was denied the appropriate venue, the appropriate time, the appropriate funding by the Commonwealth to defend the actions of herself and her staff.”
You know what, I have zero sympathy for the Italian gal. She’s no novice and a twice-world champion, so she knew what she was getting herself into. And then the bawling, because it didn’t work out. She should never have gotten into the ring with a bloke, because she’s fully aware it would be a hiding to nothing.
It’s interesting that the tranny in this case is from a muslim country. DO they actually allow trannies in Algeria?
RL, good to see you back, boyo.
I asked that question yesterday as I thought they threw gays and trannies off the top of buildings in that part of the world. Has me a little confused now.
Here’s more on the subject. In Algeria, they may not throw them over the side of buildings, but they are fined and sent to jail.
Algeria criminalises same-sex sexual activity between men and between women. Sentences include a maximum penalty of three years’ imprisonment and a fine. There is some evidence of the law being enforced in recent years, and LGBT people are vulnerable to discrimination and violence.
I have a hunch, Hiden and Kamal Toe did everything they could to get the WSJ reporter out of Russian prison because they feared Trump would trump them before or after the election and make them look bad. I wonder what they gave up?
It is pretty easy to see that an election is on the horizon, after 3 1/2 years of inaction, suddenly Biden is getting some headline things done.
More uranium.
A Migrant A Minute ? | Pauline Hanson’s Please Explain
The latest Please Explain.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNBqU8AFRRg
Snap! Zippster!
“The claims made by Ms Higgins were false, and Senator Reynolds was denied the appropriate venue, the appropriate time, the appropriate funding by the Commonwealth to defend the actions of herself and her staff.”
One getz the feelin’ that both sides are gonna, to misquote, “Mandy Rice Davies” this ……. “Well, she would say that wouldn’t she” … LOL!
Higgins’ texts ‘contradict’ claims when securing payoutPaul Garvey
Text messages sent by Brittany Higgins to her then-boyfriend contradicted the claim made by the political staffer when she secured a $2.475m payout from the Commonwealth, Senator Linda Reynolds’ lawyer has said.
Martin Bennett has been reading out messages sent by Ms Higgins to her then-boyfriend Ben Dillaway when she was in Perth working on Senator Reynolds’ re-election campaign, in which Higgins describes having a “fun” and “cool” time in the city.
The messages describe how she spent her time door knocking and attending campaign events, community forums and dinners during her weeks in the WA capital.
“Been out and about doing ground level campaigning. It’s been pretty fun actually,” she wrote in one of several messages to Mr Dillaway read out in court by Mr Bennett.
“My day has been awesome, mostly spent poolside,” read another.
The details contrast, he says, with what Ms Higgins told the Commonwealth when they negotiated her settlement. Mr Bennett said Ms Higgins told the Commonwealth that she had been “working alone in a hotel room for seven days a week, for six weeks” during her time in Perth.
Points to ponder.
What does this boxer have in its undies? Same as at birth?
If they can give kids puberty blockers, why can’t they give this something to lower testosterone levels?
Presuming it is naturally occurring and not some “transitioning” shite.
I seem to remember a South African runner with similar issues.
Caster Semenya
Report: America Has Nearly 300,000 Double-Registered Voters
MATT GOODWIN: What The SOUTHPORT Riots Are REALLY About
I tried to reason with someone over the riots using exactly the same points raised by Goodwin.
Good luck with that.
Crickets, a shrug and a subject change. They just don’t care unless it fits the carefully crafted world view.
Very well said but,probably, only the like-minded will see/hear it ……!
Gave up halfway through.
Mass illegal immigration will only be stopped by mass action.
Britain is not yet at that point so it must get much worse before it gets better.
And the mass action must target the perpetrators of this evil as well.
Here:
Kamala’s Inappropriate Laughter Shows Her Sociopathy
LOL, who’s that Dover?
ASIC’s first greenwashing case leads to $11.3 million fineSo despite saying it was investing in “ethical” shares whatever that means, they were investing across a range including “non ethical” shares. Seems to me that this is madness as super funds should be held to one objective only and that is to maximise returns.
“The corporate watchdog went after Mercer Superannuation (Australia) Limited over claims it was making about the sustainable nature and characteristics of some of its superannuation investment options.
The Federal Court ultimately found members who took up its Sustainable Plus options had investments in companies involved in industries the website statements said were excluded, such as:
It’s now been hit with a $11.3 million fine.” https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-02/asx-markets-business-live-news/104173690
This is quite interesting. Is there a list of purely ethical companies somewhere? It’s like the doctors and medical professionals who sign the Stop Oil and Gas petitions, can they really envision a medical/hospital system entirely without any carbon intensive fuels>
Hypocrites !
looks like a list of “buy” recommendations to me
Which will be paid by shareholders and not the individuals responsible.
what.the.f*ck!!!!
The IOC has self-immolated and taken the Olympics down with it as a consequence of its stupid boxing decision.
Why should we care about the Olympics any more?
Why should media pay for rights to this farce any more?
We won’t be watching.
Bung,
I have not watched a single second of the Olympics.
I used to stay up into the wee hours to watch all the Equestrian, especially the Three Day Eventing.
Even then, I would watch a little of other sports as I was waiting for the Horses.
Now, couldn’t care less. I feel for the mounted teams, but still can’t bring myself to watch.
I got up to watch some swimming finals, Thurday morning (couldn’t sleep) the commentary was abysmal some Yank with an atrocious accent waffling on .. Fortunately, swimming is easily followed with the “mute” button activated .. LOL!
Why would 9 have a USA commentator, anywayz ..? .. duuuuh!
Let’s face it. The whole transgender imbroglio has been stage managed as another wedge to disintegrate western christian society.
Stop asking why they do stupid stuff.
It’s all about the disintegrating.
Now here is someone who really hates us.
Hillary Clinton-run group helps fund Just Stop Oil and Extinction Rebellion
Acting Secret Service Chief ‘Retaliated Against’ Agents Who Had Security Concerns At Trump Event, Whistleblower Claims
Archeologists Uncover 3,600-Year-Old Hoard Of Weapons, Other Items
US recognizes opposition’s Edmundo González as winner of Venezuela election instead of Maduro
Fair enuf..! After all USA is the paragon example of “free & fair” election process .. LOL!
The President in question was Trump. This is from 2020.
Why Is No One (Except the President) Calling Out Kamala Harris’ Communist Ties?
If your into no-hold-barred, nitty gritty blood-letting without remorse the this Italian series (4 seasons) fits the bill .. No sentimentality, whether civilian or foe in the fight for/to control the drug trade in Naples .. also a distinct lack of plod …….! Gomorrah … there is also a 2008 movie, different characters but sets the scene for the 2014 start of the series …… both 10/10
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2049116/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_gomorrah
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0929425/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_gomorra
Watched ages ago. 10/10.
This you’ve got to see.
@catturd2
JD Vance is weird.
Who is representing Higgins? Zwier an onlooker once again. Keep an eye on him at lunch.
Two things stand out like dogs balls in the XY Chromosome Imbroglio:
Firstly, the general argument that Khelif does not benefit unfairly from XY-power, but is a plucky 100% free range female, being monstered by unhinged heteronormatives (or something), turns on the IBA being discredited as notoriously corrupt by the notoriously corrupt IOC.
The IBA may well be thoroughly corrupt. But, interestingly, Khelif’s 2023 IBA expulsion on chromosomic grounds has not found its way to the Court for Arbitration in Sport.
Thus, we segue effortlessly, with pike and evidence-free double somersault, from any prospect of reasoned discussion on fair play in sport to the woke agendas.
Secondly, Jessica Fox seems to be XX positive and doesn’t appear to be either a transsexual or a Drag Queen.
All very well from a DEI perspective I suppose, but it’s not immediately clear what sort of role model she’s supposed to be…
Jessica Fox, Fanbloodytastic. The focus of her eyes for the next gate is what was used to turn the WTC steel support into dust.
She is, indeed, pretty impressive.
The case relates to events in 2001. This alone makes it a nightmare on terms of evidence and prosecution. I have no idea what the actual evidence might be but any admission in a trial by the scumbag would have to be doubtful as no doubt would have been obtained by coercion. No problem for gaining intelligence but not much help if trying to use confession on basis it was voluntary.
Taking the life sentence plea deal avoids a very messy trial.
“plea deal with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, and two other terrorists, sparking widespread criticism and outrage”
“Khelif might not even have high testosterone levels. That claim and the XY chromosome claim were made by the discredited and disgraced head of the IBA”.
As usual Monty on team try hard.
In simple terms the money is on Khelif having a condition that although he is male his body failed to produce male genitalia and gives him softer skin, he went through normal male puberty and has the testerone of a male.
Why would the Russians go after him?
https://www.mountsinai.org/health-library/diseases-conditions/androgen-insensitivity-syndrome#:~:text=Androgen%20insensitivity%20syndrome%20(AIS)%20is,genetic%20makeup%20of%20a%20male.
The Oz has a very detailed article about all the dealings behind the US Russia prisoner swap.
Seems Putin was very keen to get the convicted hitman out of German prison and article suggests Putin knows him personally. Might have been one of his bodyguards at one stage.
Article author clearly had access to a lot of the background and obviously designed to make Biden admin look good.
wonder if some money changed hands? the west confiscated Russia’s forex reserves.
Have we ever had a more dishonourable, unaccountable, and cowardly political class in this country?
This is a rhetorical question isn’t it.?
Uh-huh.
It’s not just our country, these seem to afflict the political class the world over.
A wood duck sitting on the road with four galahs and flies off in formation with them.
The end of days.
Albo’s cabinet reshuffle?
Tuesday I went out in the morning, there were two brown objects on my front lawn.
Looked closer: a pair of Pacific Black Ducks.
That was fun since I’ve never had them come by before. They were fairly okay with me, and saw me handing out food to other Cafe clientelle. So I tried tossing them some small bits of bread.
Ooh, we like bread!
Someone has been feeding them. Anyway I made an impression since the next morning the male was hopefully lurking at the bottom of my front stairs. He got some bread then also, but they haven’t fronted since.
is this a riddle?
was the wood-duck’s name mUnty?
Galahs flying in formation?????
Sheesh that’s terrifying
Daily Mail labels boxer as male:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13700783/Inside-tough-childhood-biologically-male-boxer-Imane-Khelif.html
The Olympics is toast. Hard luck Nine and anyone else.
It will be interesting to see how crispy the toast is in electron-free Brisbane 2032.
Like FTA TV, Fauxfacts and the ALPBC it might take a while. Wonder if some idiot like the Chook will step forward for 2036? Quelle embarrassment.
The wood duck now has five disciples.
Spring is coming, I hope this doesn’t get weird.
I had a rainbow lorikeet wanting to make love to my ugg boot a couple days ago, if that helps. Rainies are kinky.
When I worked at an animal sanctuary (Qlds most loved if you believe their publicity) there was an emu that that wanted to make babies with my bag ( I was waiting in the kangaroo/ emu paddock for my passengers( train driver).
Albanese spruiking the nonsense about “The oldest continuous culture on Earth..”
That’s the San people right?
At least he didn’t use the ‘oldest civilisation on Earth’.
I remember one of the Aboriginal kids in my class about Grade 4 (mid-1960s) telling the class his objection to the portrayal of aborigines in the social studies book, obviously the old-fashioned wanderers with spears and coolamons and mia mias picture. Not very realistic to him, and very patronising!
They had just had the first state houses built in our little town. Even the humpies were now the past.
Surprised the old carpetbagger got an invite. The Marxists must still be running the show.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1931106/mum-set-fire-daughters-rapist-taunted-attack?int_source=nba
Set her free.
What a great woman. Should happen more often.
Know of a teenage girl who was raped not long after I left school, her dad was ex-armoured corps unsure but maybe Viet Vet as well.
As soon as he heard what had happened he zoned out and vanished, the rest of the family were searching frantically for him.
Cops picked him up on one of the main streets down to where the perps lived with a loaded shotgun. He went quietly and no charges were laid.
The blokes were promptly arrested and were told if they make bail leave town. Her dad wasn’t the only one angry. Last I ever heard of them they were doing time.
This was in the Victoria before Hulls stacking of the judiciary and when Vic Pol were made of sterner stuff.
I’d rather the story was, “Police release father who killed daughters rapists, with no charges.”
The Gary Plauche – Father of the Year Award instead.
All the news fit to stick up your kyber:
Media Mourns ‘Moderate,’ ‘Pragmatic’ Hamas Leader Who Wanted to Kill All the Jews“We love death like our enemies love life.”
Kamala is Anti-Israel. Her Husband’s Law Firm Repped the PLOThe PLO’s money arm was the largest foreign principal for his law firm.
After Immigrant Stabbed Kids, UK Gov Cracks Down on ProtestersCensorship, violent crackdowns, and political repression by the leftist regime.
FrontPage Magazine | Inside Every Progressive Is A Totalitarian Screaming To Get Out
Cassie,
Can you respond to this with a decent rant.
Close down a couple of large coal fired stations, and watch her squeal.
Go on, do what South Australia did, knock out all its coal and be reliant on imported brown coal generated power from vic or gas, because wind and solar isn’t doing the trick.
In the category of the brothers who murdered thir parents and then demanded sympathy because they were orphans:
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2024/07/31/snapchat-refuses-to-reinstate-donald-trumps-account-shamelessly-asks-campaign-to-buy-advertising/
In the email to Trump’s campaign, Snapchat said, “I hope you had a nice weekend. I spoke with our Policy team and to provide a bit more context, they made the difficult decision to terminate President Trump’s Public Profile in 2021 after multiple policy violations.”“Unfortunately, our Terms of Service do not allow for reinstatement or for terminated users to create new accounts,”
Snapchat continued. “Reinstating the profile would involve reassessing and implementing entirely new Terms of Service, and we are unable to give preferential treatment to any creator on the platform.”
The social media platform went on to ask the Trump campaign for money via advertisement on Snapchat.
“I genuinely believe that Snapchatters are a key audience that can be persuaded to turn out for Trump — we reach over 96M users 18+, allow for the upload of first party lists, and have highly competitive CMPs ranging from $3-$6,” Snapchat said.
“I would love to explore alternative paths forward for our partnership, even given the current state of the profile,” the social media platform added. “If the team is skeptical about launching paid media without an organic presence, we highly recommend using the RNC’s profile or creating a new Vance profile.”
“Eager to hear your thoughts. Thank you for your understanding and visibility,” Snapchat concluded in its email
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AI plus never-Trumpism at work.
What a faceplant for the technology!
It’s just outright lies.
I loathe that pair of parasitic lawyers Starmer and Blair. There are many thing to despise about them for example their contempt for ordinary working men. What stands out for me though is their viciousness combined with their soft hands. Lord I hate lawyers.
You, me, and Mark Twain.
Always the feminist. Such an arsehole blaming men. Men hate this stuff.
Agree. This was about woke culture and those that should have stopped it not having the courage or principles to do so.Same as with the opening ceremony, it should have been pulled into line from the first concept But it wasn’t because no one cared or those that did were cowards.
You just going to sit back and take this, cohenite?
Browsing the commentary in the Oz On-line today it seems that in the Reynolds v Higgins defamation hearing their Britneeee is going to cop a bit.
Linda’s lawyer Bennett seems to have her fitted out with some hobnailed boots so she can go for the “world kicking in the cnut record” (h/t Derek & Clive).
Karma & schadenfreude abound with glee.
OK that wasn’t really fair- Lord I hate left wing lawyers
Which covers most of them.
To paraphrase Solzhenitsyn, the dividing line between good and evil does not run between the sexes.
Sounds like a misogynist Monty fantasy.
Lefties tell us they respect women, but in fact they love them in chains bowing to the effeminate men of the tribe.
“Lying cow’ comment unfortunate but defensible: lawyer
Linda Reynolds’ lawyer has described the moment the senator described her former staffer Brittany Higgins as a “lying cow” as an unfortunate but defensible incident.
Barrister Martin Bennett told the WA Supreme Court was horrified at the falsity of what was being said about her when Ms Higgins appeared on The Project to detail her alleged rape inside Parliament House and her belief that Senator Reynolds had engaged in a political cover-up of the incident.
Mr Bennett has spent the afternoon detailing what he referred to as “bare-faced lies”, “nonsense” and “fabricated fictions” put forth by Ms Higgins when describing Senator Reynolds’ handling of her rape allegation.
The Australian revealed soon after The Project aired that Senator Reynolds had described Ms Higgins as a “lying cow” when watching the interview. Ms Higgins threatened defamation against the senator, who settled the matter through a $10,000 donation to a Canberra rape crisis centre.
Mr Bennett said Senator Reynolds’ use of the word “lying” to describe Ms Higgins was appropriate, while the word “cow” was unfortunate but reflected the senator’s “intense anger” about the claims being made about her by her former staffer.
“When you’re watching someone lie about you, ‘lying cow” is an entirely defensible thing to do,” Mr Bennett said.
He said the senator had swiftly settled the defamation claim and apologised as she did not want to interfere with the police investigation and potential prosecution.
“The reason she did that is because people might have interpreted her comment as casting doubt on the veracity of the rape allegation,” Mr Bennett said.
“Senator Reynolds apologised and entered into a non-disparagement clause that Ms Higgins forgot about immediately.”
Our Britt is in more trouble than the early settlers here I suspect. Not sure who would be advising her, not the Liars I suspect. They will be lucky not to go down with the Britt.
So only about 90% then.
😀
Just unfair on cows to compare them to Higgins. Cows are wonderful, lovely creatures.
They’re pretty curious. Leave anything out in a paddock and you’re lucky if it doesn’t get destroyed overnight.
One only has a certain amount of opportunities to deliver elite-level Dad jokes:
‘Knock knock.’
‘Who’s there?’
‘Interrupting cow.’
‘Interrupting cow w – ‘
‘MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!’
That “woman” is more masculine than you’ll ever be.
Not a high bar to exceed.
You just going to sit back and take this, cohenite?
Of course not. My hourly rate is $500. Who do I send the account to?
I gave you an uptick. My hourly rate is 2 x XXXX Bitter slabs.
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No, I’m not in the mood for this.
Goodnight.
As always, very funny, Winnie.
As usual, TheirABC is chockers with reports of alleged IGF breaches, but rare and muted reports about the atrocities committed in the initial assualt and subsequently.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-02/australia-review-idf-world-central-kitchen-death/104175546
‘Serious IDF failures’ – WTF?
They never run that ruler over the other side.
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Quite…it’s a war, for heaven’s sake.
Why were the aid workers in the field of fire in the first place?
Senator Linda Reynolds will spend all next week giving evidence in her defamation battle against Brittany Higgins, with former prime minister Scott Morrison set to follow her on the stand.
Senator Reynolds’ lawyer Martin Bennett late on Friday confirmed that the senator’s evidence would be followed by that of her husband Robert Reid, with Mr Morrison, Senator Reynolds’ parents and brother, former Liberal candidate David Goode and former Liberal MP Steve Irons all to follow the following week.
Senator Reynolds’ former chief of staff Fiona Brown is also expected to be called, as is news.com.au journalist Samantha Maiden.
Ms Higgins will then have up to four days on the stand towards the end of August.
Ms Higgins has so far not been in court for the proceedings. She married David Sharaz earlier this year and has since revealed that she is pregnant.
Court has concluded for the day.
This should be funnier then the circus.