Deeming tape exposes the Liberal divide, Pesutto should go west
Kevin Andrews, The Spectator (Oz ed), 28 September 2024
It is rare that ordinary Australians gain an insight into the inner workings of political parties. There is good reason for this: parties require a degree of confidentiality to have frank internal discussions free from media intrusion that would hinder rather than assist the resolution of many issues. Although there are leaks from party and caucus meetings, much of the discussion still remains confidential. Cabinet and shadow cabinet meetings and those of leadership groups generally remain confidential.
This past week, Australians have had a rare glimpse of an internal meeting between the leadership group of the Victorian parliamentary Liberal party and the novice MP, Moira Deeming. Ms Deeming had been summoned to meet opposition leader John Pesutto, deputy leader David Southwick and Upper House leaders Georgie Crozier and Matt Bach to discuss her participation in a pro-woman rally. Unknown – apparently to everyone else present – Mr Southwick surreptitiously recorded the conversation. Why he did this is not clear. It may become so when he is cross-examined by the formidable Sue Chrysanthou KC during the defamation proceedings Deeming has brought against Pesutto. The existence of the recording only became public in recent weeks, not having been disclosed earlier in the discovery process in the action. It is now available to all, having been released for publication by the court. Throughout, Mr Southwick sounds like the chief prosecutor.
Whatever his motives, Mr Southwick’s recording is an insight into how the current leadership of the Victorian parliamentary party operates. It is not pretty. My comments are not about the issues that the judge will determine in the defamation trial. Having studied defamation law and given advice about the subject when at the Bar, I am well aware of the intricacies of the subject, and the many twists and turns that are likely to come as various witnesses are cross-examined. Rather, it is the insights into the state of the party that are my focus.
Mr Pesutto’s opening comments are telling: ‘I’ve very much – and you would have heard this over interviews over recent weeks and the last few months – is to try to position the party so that whoever you are, whether you’re hetero, whether you’re same-sex attracted, whether you are trans, whoever you are the Liberal party can be a voice for you because the values of the party apply to anybody, no matter who you are because it’s about enterprise, it’s about the rule of law, strength of communities, personal effort, those sorts of things’.
Mr Pesutto is selective in his recitation of the values of the party. Compare his list with the values that are outlined in the model constitution recently released by the party. The first of these values is, ‘Freedom of conscience, freedom of religion, freedom of expression and freedom of association as the building blocks of a robust and fair society.’ These values are repeated in the objectives in the model constitution. The tenor of the 70-minute discussion is that Ms Deeming can hold her views about safe spaces for women, female-only facilities and female-only sporting competitions, but there is no place for her in the parliamentary Liberal party. It is suggested to her that she would be better being an independent. When she failed to embrace this proposal, she was informed that a motion to expel her will be moved unless she resigned in the meantime. The premise of the charge against her was that she associated with Nazis, despite her assertions that she did not know that a neo-Nazi group was planning to disrupt a rally supporting women, at which she spoke. It is understandable that Mr Southwick, who represents an electorate with a large Jewish population, is sensitive to any perceived or alleged connections to Nazism. But he seemed to entirely disregard the fact that the women’s rally itself was organised by, as it happens, a Jewish woman.
Towards the end of the discussion, one of the leadership group referred to the rally organisers as ‘your people’ implying that any association other speakers at the rally had with Nazis represented Deeming’s own position, despite her denials. It was unedifying.
My observation of Liberal party members is that their views about women’s issues are generally aligned to those of Ms Deeming. Indeed, they are the views of the majority of Australians.
If Mr Pesutto’s premise is accepted, the logical consequence is that Liberal MPs will not be able to speak about matters seen as unimportant or unacceptable to the leadership. That has never been the Liberal way.
The recording discloses a number of other worrying matters. The impression I gained was that the leading Liberals were totally cowered by then premier, Dan Andrews. The members of the leadership group repeatedly claimed that the premier would assert the Liberals were pro-Nazi. Instead of calling this the nonsense that it is, they were dancing to Mr Andrews’ claims. There was also undue deference to the left-wing Melbourne Age and to social media. Equally, there seemed to be a fear of the LGBTQIA+ community. While that community is entitled to put its views, it should not be dictating Liberal policy.
The claim that the opposition had the Labor government on the ropes at the time and that Ms Deeming’s participation in the rally was derailing their efforts, frankly seem delusional. There is an ongoing risk to members of parliament of becoming consumed by the media bubble in which they work. I recall phoning my wife from Canberra one afternoon, describing the great question time we (the opposition) had that day. ‘It must have been a different question time to what I was watching on TV,’ was her curt response!
The recording – and the case – reveal a clear division in priorities between the inner-suburban Liberals and the rest of the state. The leadership team represented inner and middle-suburban electorates.
Mr Pesutto is the member for the wealthy, leafy suburbs around Hawthorn. Mr Southwick holds the nearby electorate of Caulfield. Despite growing up at Traralgon in the Latrobe Valley – the son of hard-working Italian migrants – Mr Pesutto often appears to favour the Labor-lite concerns of the city elites.
In contrast, Ms Deeming is one of only two Liberal MPs from the western suburbs. The transport corridor stretching north of the Melbourne CBD along Royal Parade, Sydney Road and the Hume Highway is the dividing line between the east and west of the city.
The Liberal party holds none of the eleven suburban lower-house seats west of that line. For more than half a million electors, the Liberals have just two upper-house members. Despite being successful in a sea of red seats, it seems that it was anathema to the leadership group for Ms Deeming to present the views with which most Victorians associate.
With more members of the parliamentary Liberal party due to give evidence, these divisions are likely to be further exposed.
Equally, there seemed to be a fear of the LGBTQIA+ community. While that community is entitled to put its views, it should not be dictating Liberal policy.
Then again if your advisors and assistants are part of that community you are pretty well captured.
However, we shouldn’t tar all members of that “community” (broadly speaking) with the same brush. Prof David Flint, for example, is a stalwart conservative on the political front.
Just who was responsible for the well dressed Nazis appearing on the steps of parliament apparently supported by plod. It still smells of a setup by the Labor government to me
The Victorian liberals are dead a centre right party needs to gain traction in this communist state
AnotherRanga
September 27, 2024 8:08 am
Testing, testing, 123.
Wally Dalí
September 27, 2024 8:09 am
How to get cover for some instant arbritary action against your enemies?
..get Their ABC to explode an explosive exposay. New South Wales Premier Chris Minns has promised to “weed out” the “horrific behaviour” in the state’s police force following “harrowing” revelations from an ABC News investigation.
Note, they’re only “relevations”, not yet evidence or even testimony. ABC News has spoken to more than a dozen current and former officers who have made allegations of bullying, nepotism, sexism and a dangerous lack of support for officers suffering from PTSD.
Nothing to do with three years of N*zi Camp Giard activities under the aegis of the planned pandemic? They claim the toxic culture has led to a mass exodus from the police force, contributing to an almost 20 per cent shortfall in officers across the state.
Aha, a claim! Razors out, Minns, go git ’em!
Rosie
September 27, 2024 8:12 am
1400 years since mo slaughtered the Jews at Medina and the muslims started their attempts at world conquest (estimated that over a billion people have been murdered in their endless wars for el sham) but it’s still, somehow, the fault of Jews when muslims try to slaughter them.
You have Shiite imans in Lebanon putting fatwas on Hezbollah for the deaths of civilians they put in harm’s way but the armchair experts somewhere else know more about what’s happening.
Of course.
Indolent
September 27, 2024 8:27 am
I was listening to the Bret Weinstein chat when I posted it. His ability to explain complex things, which have a direct bearing on our lives, simply is quite extraordinary.
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will
September 27, 2024 8:28 am
Still snivelling, after all these years.
Quite amazing that a bitter and twisted old socialist, who wants more government, gets more government in the form of conscription, doesn’t like it at all.
Noted that conscription is a form of slavery, and if you want an army you need to pay a market rate for people willing to risk their life.
If he didn’t snivel he’d have absolutely nothing to talk about.
Makka
September 27, 2024 8:30 am
You have Shiite imans in Lebanon putting fatwas on Hezbollah for the deaths of civilians they put in harm’s way
IMO it’s come to this. I don’t care how many Mohammedans Israel kills. The less there are, the better we are off. The time for sensitivity is passed, we in the west have to accept that moslems intend to put the west under their sword. Fk em, fk em all.
You can’t understand Islam using western Christian values and metrics. Once in a position of power and commanding influence, moslems are ruthless. That’s how we must be if we are to retain our western way of life.
EVIDENCE OF CORRUPTION: Evidence of Obama, CIA Brennan, FBI Comey blackmailing Hillary Clinton with a bribe of $18 million dollars which she accepted. Garland and FBI Wray destroyed child porn evidence from Ukraine that was to be planted on Trump. Evidence Epstein was murdered.
Absolutely. I cannot imagine the desperation of some who were merely visiting a country, without local contacts to rely on. Another of the decisions for which ‘extraordinary’ doesn’t quite cut it.
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Eyrie
September 27, 2024 8:53 am
Noted that conscription is a form of slavery, and if you want an army you need to pay a market rate for people willing to risk their life.
Correct. Or at least have a cause/plan that convinces people to join. Those of us with more than half a brain figured out in 1964 that there wasn’t one as far as Vietnam was concerned and wanted no part of idiot plans to send Australian troops there. We were right. Not also that 20 year olds were legally not adults at the time. Conscripting children. Charming. Only one of my friends from school/university got conscripted and none joined the CMF or the military voluntarily. They either weren’t called up or got out on conscientious objection grounds. There was lawyer in Freo who specialised in this. Good for them. The guy who did get conscripted failed several goes at electrical engineering (hint – don’t make your kid do something he doesn’t want to do. The guy was a keen chemist). He found computers and in some kind of military miracle the Army actually gave him computers to run.
Country Women’s Association of Western Australia are alleged to have had a list of doctors, who would fail any reluctant conscripts doing their initial medical.
Makka
September 27, 2024 8:56 am
Makka, you’ve lowered yourself to the enemy’s level. Of Hell.
Get a grip.
I’ve lived over a decade in Islamic countries. STFU until you understand what you are talking about.
A new statue is in the works to honour former premier Daniel Andrews but the Allan government won’t say where it will be placed or how much it will cost taxpayers.
After all, those statues of Lenin all over eastern Europe went the same way.
Would love to see an unmanipulated survey of support on this. Already some great memes in circulation.
johanna
September 27, 2024 9:06 am
But she granted him bail saying she didn’t think he needed close supervision given he “seems motivated by a political conscience”. ———————————————————-
This is regarding the guy who vandalised the War Memorial with pro Palestinian slogans.
WTF? Does this idiot magistrate understand anything at all about politics and history?
Her revered ‘political conscience’ has been the motivation for many of the worst atrocities in history.
… but he has the correct flavour of political conscience.
Compare the pair with our intrepid correspondent who was arrested in Canberra on fictitious charges because the ACT Town Council did not agree with his political conscience.
Have him standing atop a Ford Territory with a head shaped dint in the windscreen. Rather like the statue of Peter Brock at Bathurst on a commodore.
1735099
September 27, 2024 9:18 am
Lizzie (Elizabeth) Beare @ 7:07pm
Why does he feel the need to come here? Why not look for some of his old mates and help out any who are in trouble? A good listening ear might be welcome there, if he could learn to do that.
Two reasons – learning and teaching.
If you read every post on this site, you’ll (very occasionally) find something that is closer to analysis than opinion.
It is always possible to learn something from those rare gems.
And I’m a teacher; have been since 1968. There are teaching moments, even here. I don’t waste them.
As for Why not look for some of his old mates and help out any who are in trouble?
Been doing that for fifty-four years. Of ten in my rifle section, five are now beyond help – Multiple myeloma; two suicides; pancreatic cancer; and one shot by police.
If in 54 years you did not learn how to make your message interesting and attractive, you are not going to succeed now in any attempt to ram it down our throats.
Go away and tend your garden, it might be useful in teaching you some humility, you pompous prat.
If you read every post on this site, you’ll (very occasionally) find something that is closer to analysis than opinion.
Could it also be that the left of centre sites are stiflingly conformist? While although you receive opprobrium here, you also are free to express yourself knowing that if you put a foot wrong, you won’t be cancelled?
No one here is going after you in real life, unlike the left.
The Misinformation Bill is upon us. This is about making the powerful the arbiter of truth: after all, misinformation is largely in the eye of the beholder. The Labor Government knows its bad. That’s why they are trying to sneak it through parliament at the last minute without anyone noticing — an effort which is so far failing. They hope no-one will understand its contents, or even how it works. They are attempting to deflect criticism by providing Potemkin safeguards, such as generalised references to freedom of speech.
The Bill creates a range of powers that are gifted to the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA). The first is to make ‘codes’ that regulate a range of online platforms, including social media platforms. At the same time, ACMA will also gain a suite of powers to obtain information from tech companies, as and when they see fit.
If online platforms don’t comply with ACMA’s diktats met, it has the power to issue enormous fines to the tech companies. Worse still, there is a power to fine individuals who advise others how to get around the codes. For example, if this bill passes, then individuals could be fined simply for suggesting the use of a Virtual Private Network (VPN) that makes the user appear to be accessing the internet from outside of Australia.
This Orwellian attack on companies and individuals come straight from the playbook of the Brazilian ‘jurist’ Alexandre de Moraes, who recently imposed fines on Elon Musk’s X Corp (aka Twitter). In response, Musk dubbed de Moraes the “the Darth Vader of Brazil”.
Much of the criticism of the legislation has focussed on its definition of misinformation but that’s a sideshow. The real threat comes because ACMA’s new powers work coercively, rather than directly. ACMA can design codes to favour providers that do its bidding. They can also selectively prosecute breaches of their codes, wherein their true power lies. For example, they can reward social media companies who censor more than is required in line with the dominant ideological emphasis, an issue that has already arisen with respect to the European Union. They can do what the eSafety Commissioner has already done and issue abusive requests for information, followed up with fines when the requests are rejected. The true model is one of collateral censorship, via a quid pro quo model, since any attempt to regulate ‘misinformation’, no matter how narrowly defined, will result in a wide form of censorship.
If you don’t believe this, look at how the eSafety Commissioner — Julie Inman Grant — already operates. Under Statute, the eSafety Commissioner actually has very limited formal powers to take down content. She is required to comply with the ‘implied freedom of political community’. Her powers are officially used rarely, maybe a few dozen each year, according to her own annual reports. Most of the time she instead issues ‘informal notices’ which, according to her, cannot be appealed, even if one is fortunate to find out about them. This approach subverts the rule of law, but also illustrates the risk of creating any body on this topic.
After all, why wouldn’t ACMA do what Ms Inman Grant already does.
As it happens, we have a test case about this in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, namely that of Baumgarten v eSafety Commissioner, where this issue will be determined after a November hearing.
The reality is that companies (other than X), comply with her ‘informal’ requests all the time. This even includes GoDaddy, a web hosting platform that sells domains and takes down websites at her request. So the existing practice already circumvents all the extensive statutory safeguards. The Mis/Dis/Info Bill has the potential to make this even worse. Remember that the eSafety Commissioner is a part of ACMA and all her staff are on its payroll.
But wait, there are some other nasties.
Labor has also launched two other bills that have attracted less attention. The first concerns ‘Doxxing’, but goes well beyond this legitimate concern. If the Bill passes, saying that ‘Roxanne Tickle is a biological man who was originally called Jason’ could potentially land you in prison for up to seven years. The same would go for telling people where Dan Andrews plays golf. Such lengthy custodial sentences would be grossly disproportionate and the effect would be to bring any form of trans rights into disrepute, injuring those the legislation was apparently designed to protect. It is the opposite of progressive.
Then there is the Hate Speech Bill, which will make it even easier to imprison someone for incitement. This works by making modifications to existing offences, lowering the threshold for conviction, and expanding the coverage to a wider range of groups. This is another hidden nasty that it risks being used to imprison people for social media posts, in a similarly draconian manner to what is happening in the UK. Of course, these bills are given no prominence by the government because they don’t want you to know what they are up to.
We’ve got a fight on our hands! The Free Speech Union will be hard at work challenging these Bills. We’ve made a tool that helps you very quickly write a submission to the Senate in a matter of minutes. But please do hurry, you’ve only got until the September 30 to lodge a submission!
Laura Jayes and Fluffy Annaliese almost choke at having to report about Melania having an interview with Fox News, and speaking at an event for Gay & Lesbian Republicans.
They manage to infer that Melania blaming the media and the democrats for the two (so far) attempted assassinations of her husband is a bit of a stretch!
What’s more, her being paid to do that public engagement is almost distasteful to the Daytime Sky crew, something never inferred if it’s Michelle or Hillary.
Just noticed the Burgatory in Surrey Hills has closed down. Good.
Bungonia Bee
September 27, 2024 9:39 am
Only four days to comment on Albo’s Ministry of Truth legislation.
More power to the UN? No thanks.
Global Government? The UN doing the Devil’s work.
Rockdoctor
September 27, 2024 9:39 am
Roger
Wouldn’t surprise me in the least and been a bit of military traffic in and out of RAAF Garbutt lately and normally I’d think nothing other than a tad more than usual but for the escalation in southern Lebanon. Lets hope it doesn’t reach into the northern areas around Tripoli.
It would be a thankless task for our troops dealing with these low-lives and how many would be Hezbollah/terror organisation combatant fleeing back to the safety of Oz.
As you know, I come from a dog loving family. Any canine lucky enough to find a home in my family is one fortunate canine. They become part of the family. We adore them.
I wish dogs lived for ever, it’s unfair we outlive them. I believe dogs are angels sent by Hashem, to provide us humans with eternal comfort, loyalty and love. I know the more rational here might think I’m ‘barking’ mad (pardon the pun) but it’s something I believe.
The Hebrew word for dog is ‘Caleb’ or ‘Calev’. Caleb means ‘wholehearted and dog-like’. The boy’s name, Caleb’, means ‘loyalty and devotion’, traits which our canine friends possess in abundance. The word and the name ‘celebrates the faithful human companion’s most beloved qualities‘.
The Midrash tells us that when we left Egypt, whilst we packed and prepared to flee, the dogs of Egypt didn’t bark so as to protect the Hebrews fleeing. And last year, the dogs across the kibbutzim, moshavs and towns of Southern Israel alerted Jews by barking ferociously. Many lives were saved because of our canine friends. Many dogs paid a heavy price for their loyalty and love, many were slaughtered by Hamas Nazi scum.
It’s no accident that Jews love dogs whilst Muslims don’t.
I write this because yesterday my sister had to put down her Australian terrier. It was not an easy decision for her, over the last two years this little canine treasure had succumbed to diabetes (some breeds are more prone to this than others). Despite morning and evening insulin injections, she went blind, and over the last few weeks she was knocking into walls and weeing everywhere. She had become reed thin, what kept her alive was love.
I cried last night when I heard the news.
I know her soul has returned to Hashem. There is no dog heaven, there’s just one heaven, a place called ‘Shamayim’ where our souls return to Hashem. I can think of no greater privilege than sharing Shamayim with our canine friends.
But because my servant Caleb is led by a different spirit and follows me wholeheartedly, he will enter into the land he went to and his descendants will inherit it.
I wish dogs lived for ever, it’s unfair we outlive them. I believe dogs are angels sent by Hashem, to provide us humans with eternal comfort, loyalty and love. I know the more rational here might think I’m ‘barking’ mad (pardon the pun) but it’s something I believe.
“If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.”- Will Rogers
Pure luck Delta. You could have chosen different letters or there could have been no other choice. I gave up on wordle ages ago as it wasn’t hard enough. I like the 9 letter word using the centre letter as the start of the 9 letter word. I’ve got the 9 letter word more times than the high number to be excellent.
Sancho Panzer
September 27, 2024 10:15 am
Having trouble posting overnight.
Am I in some sort of moderation?
I do Wordle every day, along with my sister and two nephews. We have a competition and we text each other our scores.
Today I was 3/6.
Lucky.
Mrs P and I do it over coffee every day.
It oscillates between a game of skill and a game of chance, depending on who wins.
Kids now play it in Primary School which I think is a fun way to build literacy skills.
I also do Quordle, Octordle and Strands.
Jock
September 27, 2024 10:25 am
Roger. I have asked this question in comments in the Oz but never a response. Who were the “nazis” who turned up at the deeming rally? The msm have been unusually uninterested in who they were. It’s almost like they know but don’t want to say. Normally they try to dox such people. But in this circumstance we get crickets.
Who was their leader? What parts of fascist ideology attracts them? Do they belief in the final solution? You know stuff like that. But the press were uninterested.
Jock, they were out of work actors. Also, one of them was the son of a high ranking Vic Copper. It was a definite set up planned in advance.
Vicpol walked the group over to where the Ladies were having their meet, then when all the media had done there job, the same coppers walked them to their bus.
A lot of this came out immediately after, but was quickly scrubbed from the airwaves.
And those who can’t teach, teach sport!
That’s been around forever.
I have a friend who is a sports teacher and I tease him with that every now and then.
When the 3,600-year-old coffin of a young woman was excavated in northwestern China two decades ago, archeologists discovered a mysterious substance laid out along her neck like a piece of jewelry.
It was made of cheese, and scientists now say it’s the oldest cheese ever found. … This mummy was excavated in 2003 and the researchers always thought this was a bit of jewelry. Only recently did they discover it was cheese.
When forgotten in the fridge I know that cheese can turn into an indefatigable rock-hard substance. But surviving intact for 3,600 years is something else.
Roger
September 27, 2024 10:54 am
In the words of John “Sammy” Newman, I couldn’t be less interested in tomorrow’s AFL grand final.
Overpaid, fit young men who are good at ball sports and willing mouth post match platitudes and cliches; and produce enough safe, soap opera drama to feed the media machine.
Democrats are only left with illegal paths to success.
So the outcome is unpredictable.
The Harris candidacy – a panicked last-minute reaction by the DNC to the American public finding out in the presidential debate that Biden is in fact senile and no longer fit for purpose – is now entirely a creation of the American news media, who protected Biden for four years when they knew he wasn’t up to it.
The only way Trump can win is in a landslide which makes it impossible to hide Harris’s unpopularity.
But the Dems are addicted to power and they’ll do anything to hold onto it so the outcome is indeed unpredictable.
Boambee John
September 27, 2024 11:02 am
Re the bleat by Numbers about the DVA research ethics committee, I’ve had direct experience with that committee. They are reasonable if you are.
They are very firm on preventing any disruption to the lives of veterans. That is why they wanted to hear what Numbers was up to. He had better hope that there are no complaints after he told them to “go to buggery”. He could have a rude awakening.
That’s what Attorney General Merrick Garland’s Department of Justice (DOJ) is doing in their over-zealous prosecution of January 6 defendants. In June, the Supreme Court in United States v. Fischer effectively nuked hundreds of “obstruction” of Congress charges against January 6 defendants, ruling that a post-Enron statute, 18 U.S.C. §1512, designed to punish document destruction, did not apply to a Capitol Hill protest “gone wild.”
Nonetheless, obsessed with targeting Trump supporters, the DOJ is now charging multiple defendants with a Civil War-era statute—18 U.S.C. § 372—which punishes (up to 6 years in prison) those who intimidate “officers of the United States” from their posts. The DOJ charges that J6ers conspired to chase Members of Congress from Capitol Hill in violation of Section 372. Once again, the DOJ is unfairly prosecuting J6ers under a statute that does not apply to their conduct.
Title 18 U.S.C. § 372 punishes conspiracies “to prevent, by force, intimidation, or threat, any person from accepting or holding any office, trust, or place of confidence under the United States, or from discharging any duties thereof, or to induce by like means any officer of the United States to leave the place, where his duties as an officer are required to be performed[.]”
The DOJ’s position is that Members of Congress hold the “offices” and are the “officers of the United States” that are covered by Section 372 and, accordingly, that J6ers can be prosecuted for allegedly causing their evacuation from Capitol Hill. The DOJ is obviously wrong from both a historical and statutory construction standpoint.
All this is happening while the DOJ refuses to release the IG’s report on Jan 6 which supposedly has miles of exculpatory video of the nanas and pops strolling around the Capital at the invitation of the cops.
Wally Dali
September 27, 2024 11:17 am
Makka, you stated that you don’t care how many innocents have to die in exterminating Islamists. “F*ck em. F*uck em all.”
“Get a grip” might have been provocative, but you’ve gone too far. That’s the sentiment of inhumanity, and you’re feeding the beast.
Far too many of you are literally whistling past the graveyard.
Islam has shown – repeatedly and bloodily – what it does to people who refuse to bend the knee.
I’m sure there’s a nice comfy spot for you all in the next mass grave Islam makes.
The kelpie. He was just a beautiful, wonderful bloke. Lived to 18. Not a mean bone in his body. Unbelievable intelligence.
The border collie/ kelpie cross. Another intelligent, beautiful boy. Only ranks below the kelpie because he did have a bit of mean in him early on, but as an older gentlemen just as gentle and wonderful as the kelp. Gone too soon.
The Boxer cross. Dumb as a box of rocks. I mean, really stupid. So she can’t rank with the other two. But what a brave girl she was. Brave and tough and willing. Another wonderful dog who I was lucky to have in my life for 16 years.
I am such a sook Arky – your descriptions of your pals made me teary.
My standout dog was a cross Foxhound who adopted me and my horse when I was a teenager. He just had to be around horses & changed owners when the girl who owned him sold hers. He got old & stayed with my folks when I retired my horse and went to university. Years later he somehow knew when my husband came to take him to the vet for the last time – & hid somewhere in mum’s garden. When husband left he came to the back door to come in, despite being an outside dog. She let him in and he lay down and died by dad’s chair.
Me too. Just like I still often have when we draw up outside our front gate in our street and I always recall Attapuss’ little face, home in a bed on my knee in the car after days in a vet emergency hospital while we returned from overseas to pick him up, for a last visit home before doom had to be delivered, for his stroke meant he had no working back legs.
His little eyes widened and his sad ears pricked up immediately as he recognised the gate. He was going home!! Home where we would fix him up, get his back legs working, for he trusted us to work miracles in all things; where he could pounce around the corners and bother the birdies, home where he could rest on my chest purring, which he did, while the three of us, me, Hairy and him, all watched TV together that last night as usual. He started to eat again from my hand and was glad to lick water from a pipette. We had a special time with him being normal, giving him hope while we had none. We went back to the hospital with him the next morning and he was calm, because as we waited once the death line was in place I told him close to his face that he was all finished here and he was now going ‘home’, and he trusted me in that while he instantly died.
The Beer whisperer
September 27, 2024 11:21 am
1400 years since mo slaughtered the Jews at Medina and the muslims started their attempts at world conquest (estimated that over a billion people have been murdered in their endless wars for el sham) but it’s still, somehow, the fault of Jews when muslims try to slaughter them.
I mean, it’s quite simple, really. If you want war, you’re in no position to complain about losing loved ones.
If you want your family to live, you don’t want war. No sooky sooky when you lose when you wanted the risk in the first place.
Makka, you stated that you don’t care how many innocents have to die in exterminating Islamists. “F*ck em. F*uck em all.”
That begs the questions: are there any innocents in islam. Can you be an muzzie and not support the spread of sharia to replace Western democracy. You may nominally disagree with some of the methods used by the active muzzie terrorist scum but not their goals. That would make you just as guilty as the terrorists.
Broadly in agreement, BW. I take people as I find them.
Muslims as individuals can be quite reasonable.
[Caveat: mass immigration of Muslims to the West was a grave mistake.]
It’s the group dynamic that concerns me. They don’t think as individuals when their fervour is aroused but an ethno-religious tribalism takes hold.
And, as Brigitte Gabriel warned, the moderate majority are not the problem.
The problem with muzzies is fundamentally scalability. Individually they can be fine but at some point collectively they are ALWAYS a problem. This is true throughout history. The Spanish solution seems to be the only one that works.
Can you be an muzzie and not support the spread of sharia to replace Western democracy.
They are indoctrinated. The problem isn’t the person, it’s the indoctrination. Same with the loopy lefties. Until the West gets to grip with that and deals with the root cause, then we will sadly continue to have the killing and dying.
Makka
September 27, 2024 11:28 am
Wally,
Don’t lecture me on inhumanity. You’re deluded and also clueless about what Islam is perpetrating in and and on the west. I want the beast dead and gone or at a minimum securely it a cage.Because that is the only real protection that works for us. Israel is doing God’s work as far as I’m concerned. And more power to their arm.
Wot Makka said.
You put a mad dog down, you don’t let it play with the kids.
Islam is a collective of mad dogs. Get enough of them together, and they kill. You can learn from history, or you can pay the price of stupidity and wishful thinking.
Tehran’s Costly Gambit: How Iran is Empowering Israel
The Middle East is fast approaching its breaking point, teetering on the edge of a regional war that could embroil the United States.
? When Hamas leader Ismael Haniyeh was killed in Tehran during the Iranian presidential inauguration ceremonies, Iran vowed to retaliate strongly against Israel. Two months on, that response has still not arrived, and as @BarakRavid rightly reports in @axios, Tehran has been “reluctant” to join the fight in Lebanon. Why?
Here are some brief observations to help unpack the Iranian calculus with regard to ??????:
1) Iran’s failure to respond to the Haniyeh assassination promptly was a huge strategic mistake. The delay/inaction invited more emboldened action by Israel against Iranian assets and proxies in the region, further eroding Tehran’s deterrence against Israel.
2) This so-called “strategic patience” has also diminished Iran’s strategic posture and symbolic power across the region while undermining its reputation and reliability in the eyes of its allies & partners.
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3) Israel has pushed its advantage and capitalized on this critical error, allowing it to project escalation dominance, especially in and around neighboring territories.
4) It’s an open secret among the Iranian political establishment that the Israeli policy (pushed especially by the Israeli political class rather than its military) is to broaden the Gaza war to include Iran and foment a direct military confrontation between the U.S. and the Islamic Republic. This is what IR president Pezeshkian referred to as the “trap” during his UN visit this week.
5) Iranian foreign policy—in contradistinction to its more emotive and ideological domestic policy—is historically based on realism and a rational cost-benefit analysis. Iran believes that it can relatively easily match and eventually overcome Israel in a protracted military conflict, but it also knows that it can hardly withstand U.S. military power absent a total war and the sort of national mobilization that it can ill afford.
6) With its hands full in Ukraine already and with more than 40000 troops spread thin across West Asia, the Biden administration cannot afford entanglement in yet another Middle Eastern war either (especially in an election year). So Washington and Tehran have seen a convergence of interests and repeatedly worked together to coordinate their mutual response in order to avoid a scenario of a U.S.-Iranian war.
7) After the Haniyeh killing, Iran knew that it had to act to reestablish deterrence. Having had its sovereignty violated, Tehran also had the right international pretext for a direct large-scale assualt on Israel upping the ante from its unprecedented yet largely orchestrated April attacks. It could activate Hezbollah, its most important deterrent against Israel, or engage in coordinated targeted operations in tandem with the Hezbollah and its other proxies.
8) Yet it held back after much backchanneling with the Biden administration, which convinced Tehran that the specter of Iranian escalation could be leveraged by the U.S. to push Netanyahu into a ceasefire deal in Gaza. This would’ve been interpreted as a symbolic victory for the Islamic Republic (and for the Biden diplomacy) since both sides had prioritized ceasefire as their key agenda item. So the Iranian leadership decided on restraint.
9) Compounding this latest development is the long-standing belief among Iranian geopolitical analysts that as a securitized state, Israel is its own worst enemy. In taking the longer view and refusing a proper and proportionate response to Israeli provocations, Iran would simply give the Israelis a false sense of superiority handing them the rope with which to hang themselves, so this argument goes. Israel would continue to escalate and court endless military commitments — undermining its own position both regionally and internationally in the process.
10) But as weeks passed and no Gaza ceasefire materialized, it became clear that Iran had made the wrong bet by trusting the Biden administration. Iran is now paying the cost of its blind faith by being squeezed further by Israel.
11) Yet even as Israel engages in more open provocations — conducting the mass pager “terror” attack (to use former U.S. Defense Secretary and CIA director Leon Panetta’s characterization), launching a ‘preemptive’ aerial campaign against alleged Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon, and now threatening imminent ground offensive into Lebanon — Iran continues to exercise restraint and doesn’t seem to want a part of it.
12) Academically, this is where things get interesting: ostensibly, Iranian and Lebanese sources can claim that their own entrapment strategy of trying to goad Israel into a ground invasion of Lebanon to get it bogged down in an attritional war is bearing fruit.
Just as Russia knew that it would eventually win a war of attrition against a US-backed Ukraine, so do the Resistence forces think that Israel will eventually falter in the course of a long war as its patron loses resolve and domestic support for such unconditional backing of Israel. Yet given that much of the Washington Blob is entirely beholden to Israel, effectively mortgaging American interests to satiate the incessant Israeli security dilemma, this belief seems especially misplaced.
13) In reality, the strange and uncharacteristically naive Iranian behavior is a textbook case of how domestic considerations can impact and distort foreign policy decision-making. Behind Iran’s dithering (and some would argue Israel’s escalations) lies the large shadow of the U.S. presidential elections.
14) Iran’s inaction is less motivated by its attempt to avoid a regional war with Israel (though that’s an added benefit) but by its fear about a second Trump administration and how an all-out war in the Middle East would practically guarantee that outcome. Israel’s ramped up attacks, meanwhile, are as much about creating a rallying effect for Netanyahu, boosting his public support in Israel, as they are about using the impotence of the current U.S. administration to achieve the longtime state objective of neutralizing adversaries in Gaza, the West Bank, and Lebanon with minimal pushback.
15) From the Iranian perspective, the matter is further complicated by the internal political rifts within the Islamic Republic between a political establishment loyal to the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and his Office and the younger hardliners coalescing around Saeed Jalili. The latter faction — fueled by Shia exceptionalist fervor — is incensed by Khamenei’s backing of moderate Pezashkian as president and what this signals about Iran’s more conciliatory grand strategy and the country’s general direction.
Despite Mossad’s prowess, the massive intelligence failure that resulted in the assassination of sunni Haniyeh would have required inside assistance, and the ultra-revolutionaries close to Jalili staff Iran’s security and intelligence agencies as mid-level bureacrats. After Israel, the Iranian hardliners had the most to gain from Haniyeh’s death on the eve of Pezeshkian’s inauguration: derailing the Gaza ceasefire talks, obstructing Iran’s reset with the West, and justifying Iranian intervention against Israel which put the country back on a collision course with both Israel and the West.
16) As such, Iran can argue that Its reluctance to join the fight is warranted not only because it denies its enemy, Israel, what it clearly wants, but also because it prevents the subversive hardliners from dictating their will and substituting their militant agenda as the state’s policy.
17) On the Israeli side, ramping up its military aggression now and broadening the war onto Lebanon around the anniversary of October 7th not only is intended to signal resolve, but also has the added benefit of amounting to an October surprise impacting the U.S. election against the Democrats.
18) Ultimately, decades of U.S. primacy and military interventionism in the Middle East has informed the current decision-making in Tehran and Jerusalem. Both Iran and Israel are linking the timing and intended effect of their operations to US domestic politics (and their preferred choice of candidate) rather than actual geopolitical imperatives.
19) This is dangerous as Iran’s temporary suspension of realist principles, combined with the absence of U.S. leadership, has given Netanyahu the carte blanche to escalate as he sees fit. The lack of a proportional Iranian or Turkish response to Israeli provocations does not mean that tensions are not simmering under the surface. In fact, the very absence of effective deterrence and step-by-step balancing against Israel makes internecine regional war involving U.S. forces more likely.
20) The Iranian policy of betting it all on a future Harris victory is also profoundly unwise. The ebb and flow of Iranian grand strategy should not depend on who the American people decide to put in the White House. Regardless of the fact that the Islamic Republic might actually have better chances of finding a grand bargain (if it so chooses) with a more transactional Donald Trump instead of the Democrats, Iranian strategy should always be derived from its concrete national interest.
For now, however, and possibly until November 6th, Iran will likely sit back and absorb the losses to its major ally and the blows to its reputation in the region. But this all means that it will have to respond even more aggressively once it decides that its timing matches the U.S. presidential calender. If an all-out war breaks out involving the United States, Tehran may live to rue its current idleness and miscalculation of allowing ancillary considerations to impair its judgment.
‘Getting nukes’ makes no difference in that analysis with the current leadership. Would be different with or without nukes if the younger cadre take over.
Depends on whether they want the 12th Imam to manifest himself, or whether they want to feather their own nests. It’s an interesting equation of personal priorities.
Israel has no choice but to demonstrate resolve and a will to confront. To not do so is the path to their ruin and demise. No matter who is in charge in Tehran, Israel has to make the costs a deterrent. That alone should garner support from the west.
Resolve and will that isn’t matched by an effective strategy gets you no where or worse. Going by this analysis, they are ahead but the passage of events can change because the other actors can demonstrate resolve and will themselves in the implantation of their own strategies.
Interesting analysis. Adds more questions in my mind though.
How do you think the US would get involved? I can’t see them having too many boots if any on the ground, especially Iranian territory or even Lebanon. Like stirring up an Asian Hornets nest.
Staging areas? Apart from the present Emirates bases which would be useless when the straights of Hormuz close and would be in missile range of the Houthi’s. Israel or the Med is too far. Supply would be perilous also.
Given the diminished state of the US Armed Forces, the worry that China would use the distraction in the Mediterranean to settle the Taiwan score and would Turkey make moves in Syria? The perilous state of European forces as well, would we see an air superiority campaign and the Arabs doing the heavy lifting?
Lastly what about the rats in our own ranks from the unfetted immigration program over decades, all western countries are susceptible to sleeper cells or even garden variety civil disobedience agitated from the Mosques.
All I have to say if it goes off it is going to be an absolute mess let alone the deluge of foreign fighters it would attract from East Asia, subcontinent and Africa on a jihad to protect the Holy Land.
This piece seeks to provide cover for Iran’s failure to respond following its initial bluster.
The scenario not entertained is that Iran’s leaders recognise that they would lose a direct confrontation with Israel, risk being overthrown by a domestic uprising and have come to realise how vulnerable they are personally.
Dogs. Of the between 100 – 200 dogs I’ve had in my life, Four have lived long enough to die of old age.
Dogs can be great, trouble with ’em is; They don’t live long enough.
Working dogs.
Breeder in as much as occasionally coordinating with someone in the district to share a batch of pups from joining one of theirs with one of mine.
GreyRanga
September 27, 2024 12:15 pm
Makka is correct. Anyone that thinks different needs to explain face to face with muzzies where they are wrong. You may be right but you’ll be dead. The Christian belief in turning the other cheek doesn’t work, neither does believing anything muzzies say except they are going to kill you as soon as they can. You are part of the problem.
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Bill From the Bush
September 27, 2024 12:20 pm
Jacinta Price visited our little town in the Northern Goldfields a couple of days ago.
The worst Australian article is below. Also attached is a pic of some of the people she spoke with. All of these people are local and are feeling the effects of Elbow’s insanity as well as the Native title rorts that are enriching lawyers (spit) and out of town activists who make up the boards of most Aboriginal corporations. L to R Publican,senior elder, JP, another elder, Community health boss.
We haven’t seen any of Elbow’s mob out here as they probably would get laughed, or perhaps run, out of town.
Northern Goldfields community leaders and members have told Liberal Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price about their challenges since the cashless debit card was abolished, as well as problems with native title.
Speaking to media on Wednesday after trips to Leonora and Laverton, Senator Price said she would be back to the region again soon after a “raft” of issues were raised with her from locals.
“The leaders from the communities that we visited today said there was absolute destruction when the cashless debit card was removed,” she said. “They saw the trail of evidence of access to alcohol in that there were empty bottles of rum littering their communities, literally the day that people were able to come off the cashless debit card. “We know that when the cashless debit card was introduced, those that were being incarcerated, the rates of domestic and family violence appeared to be halved. “They could see the difference on the ground as to how positive the cashless debit card was, and why (the Albanese) Government has decided to remove that from our most vulnerable community members is beyond me.”
Senator Price was joined on her trip by senator Matt O’Sullivan, member for O’Connor Rick Wilson. member for Mining and Pastoral Region Neil Thomson and Liberal candidate for the seat of Kalgoorlie Rowena Olsen. Senator Price said the concerns raised with her further supported her calls for an inquiry into land councils, statutory authorities and Aboriginal organisations funded to close the gap in areas such as the Goldfields, as well as an inquiry into native title legislation. “(The inquiry is to) help us understand where the billions of dollars have been spent and why they have been failing locals here,” she said. “There are so many issues with native title where there are traditional owners who are being completely overlooked, shut out, from the opportunity of negotiations, from the opportunity to be able to better their communities, whether it’s through royalties, whether it’s through employment opportunities . . . and something desperately needs to be done to look into how native title can better the lives of our most marginalised.
“The cost of living is a huge issue for people throughout the Goldfields, whether it is the Indigenous community or the non-Indigenous community . . . there’s a raft of issues, and quite frankly, it’s appalling that Anthony Albanese and his Government continue to ignore what the needs are on the ground here. “But I’m very glad to have had the opportunity to get around to these communities and I will absolutely be back again . . . because there’s a lot more conversations to be had.”
This week on The Dr. Ardis Show, Dr. Bryan Ardis is joined by a very special guest—his daughter, Sierra. Together, they explore the powerful themes from the book Outwitting the Devil by Napoleon Hill. This book, written in the early 1900s, takes the form of an interview between Napoleon Hill and Satan, revealing the ways in which the devil influences our lives, minds, and even our health.
In this episode, Dr. Ardis and Sierra dive deep into how the devil uses food to control our health, decisions, and overall well-being. Sierra, having recently read the book, shares her insights on how its themes are eerily relevant today, particularly in how the devil manipulates our beliefs about food and nutrition to gain control over us. Dr. Ardis highlights how food plays a critical role in our physical, mental, and spiritual health, and how Satan’s tactics to exploit this can affect every aspect of our lives.
As Sierra and Dr. Ardis discuss, Outwitting the Devil touches on broader issues like identity, self-control, and personal health, all of which are being challenged in modern society. Through this candid father-daughter conversation, you’ll gain fresh insights into how food, and the beliefs we hold about it, are used as tools of manipulation and control—and how we can break free from these destructive patterns.
About to consume two Avocados. After that it will be ham on toast.
Barry
September 27, 2024 12:44 pm
If you plan on battle you have to be prepared to destroy your adversary completely. Kill them all, destroy their line and salt the earth. Anything less and you end up fighting the same battle in a generations time. We’re still fighting the Crusades for this very reason.
My heaven, that is LOVELY, Calli! What a sweetheart she is!
AnotherRanga
September 27, 2024 1:07 pm
Hello everyone.
Please allow myself to introduce…..myself ?
Long time lurker, former occasional poster on Sinc’s under a different nom de plume, I have finally figured out the new and improved blog.
Full disclosure, I once up ticked JC and took Cassie of Sydney’s advice and became a subscriber to The Australian.
I spent 19 years living in England and have also spent time in Hong Kong, USA, New Zealand. I don’t follow a particular political philosophy, but would be branded far right or a red neck by the msn.
Military service wise I am a former Royal Marine (PO41973D) and also spent time in the Australian Army (329979). These experiences colour my opinions somewhat but I definitely do not live in the past.
My position on Gaza/Lebanon is quite simple. Follow the Sidious doctrine. Wipe them out, all of them. (Hopefully I don’t have to clarify which side on that.)
Russia/Ukraine? Stop the killing. I don’t much care who is right or wrong, but the families on both sides are losing loved ones every day. Let Putin and The Comedian fight it out in a ring.
Dogs? Love em.
Pineapple on Pizza? JUST DON’T!
Thanks for reading.
calli
September 27, 2024 1:07 pm
I still snarl at people and want to bite them, so I’ll probably live to be 100.
‘War has rules. Even when confronting terrorists’, Wong tells U.N
theaustralian.com.au09:28
Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong has continued to sharpen her language on Israel, saying “war has rules … even when confronting terrorists”.
In an address to the UN Security Council, Senator Wong also called for “greater permanent and non-permanent representation for Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Asia-Pacific” and spruiked Australia’s bid for a non-permanent seat in 2029-30.
“The world agreed to international humanitarian law to limit suffering in conflict,” she said.
“War has rules. Even when confronting terrorists. Even when defending borders.
“Civilians need to be protected. But in conflicts around the world, this is not happening.
“Nearly a year ago, Hamas killed 1,200 Israelis – the worst loss of Jewish life in a single day since the Holocaust – and Hamas terrorists continue to hold hostages.
“In Israel’s response, over 40,000 Palestinians have been killed.
“More than 11,000 children.
“And more than 300 aid workers since this war began. Gaza is the deadliest place on earth to be an aid worker.”
I’m sure the Israeli Defence Force will be so grateful for the words of wisdom.
Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong has continued to sharpen her language on Israel, saying “war has rules … even when confronting terrorists”.
That sounds horribly like the advice given by the boss in the Man Monis Seige – and just as deadly to the innocent.
Vicki
September 27, 2024 1:28 pm
Through this candid father-daughter conversation, you’ll gain fresh insights into how food, and the beliefs we hold about it, are used as tools of manipulation and control—and how we can break free from these destructive pattern
I am still out to lunch (pardon the pun!) on the implication of government and other sinister forces (aka Big Pharma) on the planning of our actual destruction.
BUT – and it is a big “but” – the Covid years convinced us to completely change our diet. Unvaccinated or not, it seemed like a good opportunity to “get healthy”. So – I revamped our diet – cut out biscuits and the folksy (but unwise) farm cakes, restricted the carbs, and ensured we had fish (kept in freezer) at least twice a week. Every morning we have a blender concoction of water/blueberries/green apples/carrots & celery. Then out come the vitamens so derided by the medical profession – VitC, VitD3, Magnesium, Coq10, Zinc, and a bifidobacterium longus probiotic (Meta Align). And for good measure, we add a low dose aspirin (Cartia).
Our cholesterol has dropped dramatically – not that I take the cholesterol stuff that seriously – but it is instructive to note the influence of diet.
As for the other half of the equation – exercise – well folks, husband and I get PLENTY of that on the farm. Even so, I have persuaded a reluctant husband to accompany me on at least half of my roughly 3km walk around the farm on most mornings. I still believe that the humble rambling walk is one of the best cardio assistance measures you can adopt.
I don’t reject all that the medical brotherhood propagate. Indeed, I regularly scan the latest research on topics of interest – with the full knowledge that much is funded by Big Pharma and some of it is manufactured.Nonetheless, I am impressed with the latest belief in the interaction of the gut/brain/nervous system axis, for example, particularly for post viral symptoms. Hence the probiotic. And the one I use is specifically chosen.
I am reading “Outlive” by Dr Peter Attia. Recommended. Metabolism and the endocrine system seem to be a huge part of understanding human health. Wish I had read it 20 or 30 years ago. Nevermind.
His book is excellent, Bear. His emphasis on the critical nature of exercise to longevity is very instructive. Also like his respect for the Mediterranean diet.
Steve trickler
September 27, 2024 1:39 pm
Vicki September 27, 2024 1:28 pm
I walk 5 km a day and pig out on veggies and fruit. I’ve cut back on meat consumption … with that said, I’ve got a giant T-bone for tonight. It’s currently being infused with 6 garlic cloves.
I’m having beer.
XXXX Bitter to be precise.
…because I can.
I may just add some corn chips if I get the munchies…
Sancho Panzer
September 27, 2024 1:39 pm
calli
September 27, 2024 1:05 pm
On saying goodbye to dergs, here’s some wisdom.
We just gave one of ours the big blue a couple of weeks ago.
Poor little bugger had a seizure and the vets said he wasn’t going to last long, so make it quick please.
He was nearly 16 and we got him as a rescue aged 5.
And he knew he had hit the jackpot.
As did we.
Militant Islam was largely consigned to the periphery of politics of Muslim nations prior to and including WW2. It was boosted among others things in the post-WW2 era by Westerners seeking to counter secular nationalists in the MENA. Who armed and funded jihadis in Afghanistan, Bosnia, the Caucasus, Syria, Libya, etc.? Their postal address is Langely, Virginia.
Who armed and funded jihadis in Afghanistan, Bosnia, the Caucasus, Syria, Libya, etc.? Their postal address is Langely, Virginia.
Let’s take Afghanistan where the Reagan administration armed mujihadeen forcescountering the Soviet puppet regime. Pity, at the time, the Americans didn’t have a time machine to figure what would occur 20 years plus later. And in any event, not all mujihadeen were fierce islamists.
The Soviets first destabilized Afghanistan by running a coup and installing a communist puppet regime. Perhaps the address is the Kremlin.
‘War has rules. Even when confronting terrorists’, Wong tells U.N
Terrorists obviously don’t follow any rules yet Senator Wong is still taking their side and making excuses for them. She has obviously never heard of the proverb that when you are kind to the cruel you are cruel to the kind.
Let’s take Afghanistan where the Reagan administration armed mujihadeen forces countering the Soviet puppet regime. Pity, at the time, the Americans didn’t have a time machine to figure what would occur 20 years plus later. And in any event, not all mujihadeen were fierce islamists.
They couldn’t be so stupid as to not think of the consequences of their current policy. What did they believe would happen if they were successful? They accepted the risk. Moreover, they continued with the policy and exported it to Yugoslavia, etc. It continues even now.
And their invasion of Iraq only empowered Iran – which the Israelis foresaw. Contrary to anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, the Israeli government was not keen on Bush Jr’s Iraq escapade for that very reason. Saddam’s regime was nasty but nothing like the threat Tehran poses.
TRUMP ON NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS: “I watched about a year ago when he talked about how the illegal migrants are hurting our city…and I said, ‘you know what, he’ll be indicted within a year.’ And I was exactly right.”
“That’s what they do. These are dirty players.”
Kneel
September 27, 2024 2:27 pm
‘War has rules. Even when confronting terrorists’, Wong tells U.N
An enemy that deliberately and with intent disobeys those very rules in order to cause maximum impact upon the other side deserves no mercy.
Gazans are lucky the place isn’t glass with a green glow.
Indolent
September 27, 2024 2:31 pm
Now we know why they choose now to go after Eric Adams. Not that he probably isn’t guilty of what he’s been accused of, just that guilt was never a problem for the left, so long as they remained completely loyal. Andrew Cuomo Wants to Be Mayor of New York City
First Lady Melania Trump on the election: “How I see it is, the records speak for themselves. The country is suffering. People are not able to buy usual necessities for their families. We have wars going on around the world. Soldiers are dying… The border is open and dangerous — a lot of fentanyl is coming over, killing our youth… If we compare the four years under this administration, compared to the four years under my husband as Commander-In-Chief, he was leading this country through peace through strength.”
Dr Faustus
September 27, 2024 2:41 pm
At Helsinki Airport with a couple of hours to kill, I spot a ‘FIZZA’ pizza vending machine.
Why not?
Swipe card, €14 for a ‘Mexicana’, 3 minutes later the (fairly small) pizza emerges in its box.
Amazingly, although the base is a bit soft, it’s hot and not disgusting.
Hand every Hamarse and Lessbollocks member captured in violation of the four conditions in the Geneva Conventions for the conduct of irregular warfare and protection of civilians and critical infrastructure over to the ICC for trial, with photographic evidence.
Some of the best memories of my life occured around that pool. I understand why Wilson Tuckey drained the pool,. We hit that joint with gusto. All ten of us.
If anyone was to crack their head or drown, it would have been a legal nightmare.
Some of my last memories of Carnarvon is the Port Hotel.
DOJ now applying a rarely used Civil War era statute against J6ers after SCOTUS reversed obstruction felony.
This charge—like 1512(c)(2)—violates the intent and language and history of the law.
But Garland/Monaco/Graves DGAF
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
September 27, 2024 2:47 pm
Mona’s ‘Ladies Lounge’ wins court battle to exclude men from art-filled spaceBy Gabriella CoslovichSeptember 27, 2024 — 10.10am
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The controversial Ladies Lounge at Tasmania’s Museum of Old and New Art will be permitted to reopen and continue to refuse entry to men following a decision by the state’s Supreme Court that found it was not in breach of anti-discrimination law.
On Friday morning, Acting Justice Shane Marshall overturned an April decision by the Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, which had found the Ladies Lounge in breach of Tasmania’s Anti-Discrimination Act 1998.
I’ve had direct experience with that committee. They are reasonable if you are. They are very firm on preventing any disruption to the lives of veterans.
Is it reasonable to demand that prior to interview the researcher must ask the participant if he has a diagnosis of PTSD, and if the answer is in the affirmative, then the veteran’s counsellor must sit in on the interview?
That was where we parted company.
In my view (and that of my supervisor) it wasn’t, and I wasn’t prepared to budge on that. Asking a veteran if he has a diagnosis is a breach of privacy, and unacceptable.
The university designed a process which preserved both he dignity and the privacy of the participants.
DVA apparently has not heard of post-traumatic growth.
This phenomena was a feature of the lives of most interviewed.
Hence the title – A Sweet Use of Adversity. (William Shakespeare, As you Like It).
Full extract – Sweet are the uses of adversity,Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous,Wears yet a precious jewel in his head;And this our life, exempt from public haunt,Find tongues in trees, books in the running brooks,Sermons in stones, and good in everything.
I am particularly fond of the last line, especially as it applies to this site.
They couldn’t be so stupid as to not think of the consequences of their current policy. What did they believe would happen if they were successful?
Why? First off, the real fight at the time was the Soviet Union. Secondly, there wasn’t a threat from militant Islam then and wasn’t even talked about. Lastly, the Americans were arming the same groups they armed at the start of the Afghan war.
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Mak Siccar
September 27, 2024 3:08 pm
For Sydney Cats and Kittens. Apology if already posted/alerted.
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They rushed the bill into Parliament without debate, hoping you wouldn’t notice, just like they did with the Digital ID Bill.
This bill will let the government decide what’s true, but you and I know that’s authoritarianism, and we cannot allow it to pass.
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Why? First off, the real fight at the time was the Soviet Union. Secondly, there wasn’t a threat from militant Islam then and wasn’t even talked about. Lastly, the Americans were arming the same groups they armed at the start of the Afghan war.
Firstly, that just proves my point that militant Islam is a recent manifestation distinguishable from political Islam as it existed prior to the post-WW2 period.
Secondly, the US deferring the possibility of an ascendent militant Islam emerging doesn’t absolve them of a role in its emergence whether or not they factored the Soviets as the more immediate threat.
Thirdly, yes, jihadis.
Gabor
September 27, 2024 3:28 pm
Pogria
September 27, 2024 8:31 am
Harking back to a post I made on the previous page, China is so great at building and engineering, it is a total surprise that the Sub sank. Lol!
I think we will never learn the real reason for the mishap, but it reminds me of the sinking of a German sub due to toilet malfunction. (know it all officer not following complex procedures)
The Germans were a slight better engineers than the Chinese, BTW.
That’s funny!. I hadn’t heard of it, but hardly surprising an officer would believe that he knew instinctively what to do. Procedures are for the rank and file. 😀
Wally Dali
September 27, 2024 3:51 pm
Makkah
*We* don’t preach for the massacre of the innocents.
That’s what makes us better than them.
JC
September 27, 2024 3:57 pm
Firstly, that just proves my point that militant Islam is a recent manifestation distinguishable from political Islam as it existed prior to the post-WW2 period.
I’m not arguing that. Islam has had its ups and downs over the centuries. But let’s be real—before oil turned Saudi Arabia into a cash cow, nobody cared about the Middle East. It was like the universe’s least interesting side quest, barely worth colonizing!
Secondly, the US deferring the possibility of an ascendent militant Islam emerging doesn’t absolve them of a role in its emergence whether or not they factored the Soviets as the more immediate threat.
Alright, let’s not go off on a tangent here. The U.S. backed people like Massoud’s dad—a pro-American warlord. His son, Massoud, was taken out by a suicide bomber right at the start of the Afghan war. It was these groups that the Reagan Administration supported.
But who really kicked off the chaos in Afghanistan? The Soviets, of course, by staging a coup and trying to set up a puppet regime. They left with their tails between their legs.
And for the ‘Jihadists doing Jihadist things’ file: The U.S. Navy was basically born because of jihadi pirates along the North African coast. Americans got tired of their ships being hijacked, so they pooled some cash to build a navy just to go wipe those guys out. Turns out, it worked! It was even called a jihad against infidels—guess the tables turned on that one too.
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JC
September 27, 2024 4:04 pm
And the Sovs were always screwing around in the MidEast and causing chaos. So Dover, don’t go blaming just the Americans for an unstable MidEast. The disgusting Sovs were in it up to their necks.
Kneel
September 27, 2024 4:10 pm
“It was even called a jihad against infidels…”
Well, there’s your problem!
Should have called it a Crusade against heathens.
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Boambee John
September 27, 2024 4:12 pm
Re Numbers at 1456.
Did you challenge that decision to the senior staff processes of DVA, then go to the AAT, and the Federal Court, as others are required to do if they don’t accept administrative decisions? Or are you so arrogant as to reject the constraints of administrative law?
Still, the good news is that the university (Which one?) will be beside you should you be challenged. You might even be able to leech off their lawyers.
Normal citizens are required to go through this process, why should you be exempt?
PS, I suspect that DVA could have found a work around, had you asked.
The stated purpose of DVA is to support the wellbeing of veterans.
The conditions they demanded would have had precisely the opposite result.
In addition, they are struggling to manage the claims being submitted by veterans despite the current government attempts to restore their staffing base.
Every dollar spent on the maintenance of the DVAHREC is a dollar not spent on addressing veterans’ claims.
@LauraLoomer
President Trump posted this on Truth Social before his press conference in New York City.
It’s a message from Ukraine’s President Zelensky.
Trump is meeting Zelenski tomorrow.
Bret Weinstein and Ivor Get to the Bottom of Things!
The Lieborals. Not what it says on the box.
Equally, there seemed to be a fear of the LGBTQIA+ community. While that community is entitled to put its views, it should not be dictating Liberal policy.
Then again if your advisors and assistants are part of that community you are pretty well captured.
Good point.
However, we shouldn’t tar all members of that “community” (broadly speaking) with the same brush. Prof David Flint, for example, is a stalwart conservative on the political front.
Just who was responsible for the well dressed Nazis appearing on the steps of parliament apparently supported by plod. It still smells of a setup by the Labor government to me
The Victorian liberals are dead a centre right party needs to gain traction in this communist state
Testing, testing, 123.
How to get cover for some instant arbritary action against your enemies?
..get Their ABC to explode an explosive exposay.
New South Wales Premier Chris Minns has promised to “weed out” the “horrific behaviour” in the state’s police force following “harrowing” revelations from an ABC News investigation.
Note, they’re only “relevations”, not yet evidence or even testimony.
ABC News has spoken to more than a dozen current and former officers who have made allegations of bullying, nepotism, sexism and a dangerous lack of support for officers suffering from PTSD.
Nothing to do with three years of N*zi Camp Giard activities under the aegis of the planned pandemic?
They claim the toxic culture has led to a mass exodus from the police force, contributing to an almost 20 per cent shortfall in officers across the state.
Aha, a claim! Razors out, Minns, go git ’em!
1400 years since mo slaughtered the Jews at Medina and the muslims started their attempts at world conquest (estimated that over a billion people have been murdered in their endless wars for el sham) but it’s still, somehow, the fault of Jews when muslims try to slaughter them.
You have Shiite imans in Lebanon putting fatwas on Hezbollah for the deaths of civilians they put in harm’s way but the armchair experts somewhere else know more about what’s happening.
Of course.
I was listening to the Bret Weinstein chat when I posted it. His ability to explain complex things, which have a direct bearing on our lives, simply is quite extraordinary.
Quite amazing that a bitter and twisted old socialist, who wants more government, gets more government in the form of conscription, doesn’t like it at all.
Noted that conscription is a form of slavery, and if you want an army you need to pay a market rate for people willing to risk their life.
Or have a significant cause, like national survival. See Curtin’s Labor government sending conscripts outside Australian territory.
If he didn’t snivel he’d have absolutely nothing to talk about.
IMO it’s come to this. I don’t care how many Mohammedans Israel kills. The less there are, the better we are off. The time for sensitivity is passed, we in the west have to accept that moslems intend to put the west under their sword. Fk em, fk em all.
It is the western ego that will be the death of us; the belief that we can influence the thoughts and actions of all others.
You can’t understand Islam using western Christian values and metrics. Once in a position of power and commanding influence, moslems are ruthless. That’s how we must be if we are to retain our western way of life.
I support Israel and their quest for peace.
Pong is a traitor to Australia .
Harking back to a post I made on the previous page, China is so great at building and engineering, it is a total surprise that the Sub sank. Lol!
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13895821/poo-cano-erupts-shooting-human-excrement-33ft-air-cars.html
Has it been said yet?
Shit happens.
HAW! 😀
This link was sent to me by a mate who works at the War Memorial.
TheirTealsGreensALPBC linky:
Man arrested for allegedly spray-painting pro-Palestinian slogans on War Memorial and ABC buildings in Canberra
Magistrate Alexandra Burt warned Evans “If you wish to part take in civil conversation you should do that in a lawful manner”.
But she granted him bail saying she didn’t think he needed close supervision given he “seems motivated by a political conscience”.
Mr Evans will have to obey conditions to stay away from the War Memorial, the ABC and other landmarks, unless he is in transit.
Of course he got bail.
Retarded.
Governments and shadowy organisations secretly collaborate to silence dissent
Gender Confusion | Pauline Hanson’s Please Explain
Oh Wow!, I feel so different.
Bazinga!!!
Argentina – President Addresses United Nations General Debate, 79th Session | #UNGA
Makka, you’ve lowered yourself to the enemy’s level. Of Hell.
Get a grip.
Makka has it right.
Read some history and see him proven.
Patrick Byrne of the FBI.
@SpartaJustice
EVIDENCE OF CORRUPTION: Evidence of Obama, CIA Brennan, FBI Comey blackmailing Hillary Clinton with a bribe of $18 million dollars which she accepted. Garland and FBI Wray destroyed child porn evidence from Ukraine that was to be planted on Trump. Evidence Epstein was murdered.
Testing …
Vietnam Vietnam Vietnam Vietnam
End test
Testing…
Gaza Gaza Gaza
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Testing…
GazaBOOM!!! GazaBOOM!!! GazaBOOM!!!
End test
It would have been nice to have had this sort of dedication to bringing Australians home from overseas before the COVID lockdowns in 2020.
Absolutely. I cannot imagine the desperation of some who were merely visiting a country, without local contacts to rely on. Another of the decisions for which ‘extraordinary’ doesn’t quite cut it.
All passengers please sign pre-completed vote card before exiting the aircraft. Thank you for your assistance.
Noted that conscription is a form of slavery, and if you want an army you need to pay a market rate for people willing to risk their life.
Correct. Or at least have a cause/plan that convinces people to join. Those of us with more than half a brain figured out in 1964 that there wasn’t one as far as Vietnam was concerned and wanted no part of idiot plans to send Australian troops there. We were right.
Not also that 20 year olds were legally not adults at the time. Conscripting children. Charming.
Only one of my friends from school/university got conscripted and none joined the CMF or the military voluntarily. They either weren’t called up or got out on conscientious objection grounds. There was lawyer in Freo who specialised in this. Good for them.
The guy who did get conscripted failed several goes at electrical engineering (hint – don’t make your kid do something he doesn’t want to do. The guy was a keen chemist). He found computers and in some kind of military miracle the Army actually gave him computers to run.
Country Women’s Association of Western Australia are alleged to have had a list of doctors, who would fail any reluctant conscripts doing their initial medical.
I’ve lived over a decade in Islamic countries. STFU until you understand what you are talking about.
aka ‘if you weren’t there, you don’t get an opinion 😉
people who haven’t experienced Islam and have an opinion are like virgins discussing sex, and demanding a say in the matter.
They were advised to leave in July.
Commercial flights were still operating this week.
I just checked: Beirut international airport is still open and fully operational.
I wonder how long it will last before someone pulls it down, chops it up and sells it to a scrap merchant?
Dan statue confirmed: Ex-premier to be immortalised in bronze (Tele, paywalled)
After all, those statues of Lenin all over eastern Europe went the same way.
Cool, where’s the cordless angle grinder…
Inside a secure foyer in ALP HQs, like the statue of Flash Al Grassby in Canberra.
Can’t have it vandalised by disgruntled peasants, can they?
Hmmm…
Q: is this a 3m brass penis, or a 3m brass anus?
In either case, where to put it?
Either way, it seems there will be plenty of Viccos who would like to kiss it.
it’s Gunnar need a 24/7 guard
Would love to see an unmanipulated survey of support on this. Already some great memes in circulation.
But she granted him bail saying she didn’t think he needed close supervision given he “seems motivated by a political conscience”.
———————————————————-
This is regarding the guy who vandalised the War Memorial with pro Palestinian slogans.
WTF? Does this idiot magistrate understand anything at all about politics and history?
Her revered ‘political conscience’ has been the motivation for many of the worst atrocities in history.
What a dope.
… but he has the correct flavour of political conscience.
Compare the pair with our intrepid correspondent who was arrested in Canberra on fictitious charges because the ACT Town Council did not agree with his political conscience.
Born and bred in canbra with degrees from the ANU so of course.
Feels like she forgot about the deterrence aspect…
Pigeons of Melbourne, you know what to do.
Place it in the middle of Werribee Sewerage Works. Others may have a better location?
Have him standing atop a Ford Territory with a head shaped dint in the windscreen. Rather like the statue of Peter Brock at Bathurst on a commodore.
Lizzie (Elizabeth) Beare @ 7:07pm
Why does he feel the need to come here?
Why not look for some of his old mates and help out any who are in trouble? A good listening ear might be welcome there, if he could learn to do that.
Two reasons – learning and teaching.
If you read every post on this site, you’ll (very occasionally) find something that is closer to analysis than opinion.
It is always possible to learn something from those rare gems.
And I’m a teacher; have been since 1968. There are teaching moments, even here. I don’t waste them.
As for Why not look for some of his old mates and help out any who are in trouble?
Been doing that for fifty-four years. Of ten in my rifle section, five are now beyond help – Multiple myeloma; two suicides; pancreatic cancer; and one shot by police.
How fortunate we all are.
You are wasting your time.
If in 54 years you did not learn how to make your message interesting and attractive, you are not going to succeed now in any attempt to ram it down our throats.
Go away and tend your garden, it might be useful in teaching you some humility, you pompous prat.
Could it also be that the left of centre sites are stiflingly conformist? While although you receive opprobrium here, you also are free to express yourself knowing that if you put a foot wrong, you won’t be cancelled?
No one here is going after you in real life, unlike the left.
That last sentence is the real value of this place.
You can speak your mind and still live.
more wanking
and with extra sanctimony as well.
I can’t play the latest Pauline Hanson video.
It comes up ‘This video is unavailable.’
Censored by Youtube?
Johanna, it’s fine in my browser, so it must be something unique to your computer setup.
OK for me – Windows 10, Firefox browser.
I watched it on Chrome.
Another zinger.
Yep. Worked for me on Chrome. Albo’s whinge good as ever.
I may have missed it, but I don’t recall the SFL’s shouting out their criticism of this tyrannical proposal.
Dutton’s been inconsistent.
His latest position is that the bill needs “the right balance” to gain Liberal support.
Spud doing a Voice.
Not unless ACMA is made a judicial body. The High Court decided (Brandy’s Case, IIRC) that only judicial bodies can lawfully issue fines.
This is why HREOC complaints must go to the Federal Court to issue fines.
They’re trying to get around that.
If they can’t, the process will be the punishment.
They can only get around it by either persuading the High Court to give up some power (LOL) or making ACMA a judicial body.
But, yes, the process is the punishment.
Only short, but funny:
https://rumble.com/v5gf9ct-texas-gunsmith-trolls-lonestar-dems-hard-with-billboard-prank.html
Laura Jayes and Fluffy Annaliese almost choke at having to report about Melania having an interview with Fox News, and speaking at an event for Gay & Lesbian Republicans.
They manage to infer that Melania blaming the media and the democrats for the two (so far) attempted assassinations of her husband is a bit of a stretch!
What’s more, her being paid to do that public engagement is almost distasteful to the Daytime Sky crew, something never inferred if it’s Michelle or Hillary.
Jealousy writ large with those two twats.
Rescuing the sausages.
I regret to inform you that Kamala Harris attempted to pronounce the name of a book of the Bible (25 Sep, via Instapundit)
Just noticed the Burgatory in Surrey Hills has closed down. Good.
Only four days to comment on Albo’s Ministry of Truth legislation.
More power to the UN? No thanks.
Global Government? The UN doing the Devil’s work.
Roger
Wouldn’t surprise me in the least and been a bit of military traffic in and out of RAAF Garbutt lately and normally I’d think nothing other than a tad more than usual but for the escalation in southern Lebanon. Lets hope it doesn’t reach into the northern areas around Tripoli.
It would be a thankless task for our troops dealing with these low-lives and how many would be Hezbollah/terror organisation combatant fleeing back to the safety of Oz.
As you know, I come from a dog loving family. Any canine lucky enough to find a home in my family is one fortunate canine. They become part of the family. We adore them.
I wish dogs lived for ever, it’s unfair we outlive them. I believe dogs are angels sent by Hashem, to provide us humans with eternal comfort, loyalty and love. I know the more rational here might think I’m ‘barking’ mad (pardon the pun) but it’s something I believe.
The Hebrew word for dog is ‘Caleb’ or ‘Calev’. Caleb means ‘wholehearted and dog-like’. The boy’s name, Caleb’, means ‘loyalty and devotion’, traits which our canine friends possess in abundance. The word and the name ‘celebrates the faithful human companion’s most beloved qualities‘.
The Midrash tells us that when we left Egypt, whilst we packed and prepared to flee, the dogs of Egypt didn’t bark so as to protect the Hebrews fleeing. And last year, the dogs across the kibbutzim, moshavs and towns of Southern Israel alerted Jews by barking ferociously. Many lives were saved because of our canine friends. Many dogs paid a heavy price for their loyalty and love, many were slaughtered by Hamas Nazi scum.
It’s no accident that Jews love dogs whilst Muslims don’t.
I write this because yesterday my sister had to put down her Australian terrier. It was not an easy decision for her, over the last two years this little canine treasure had succumbed to diabetes (some breeds are more prone to this than others). Despite morning and evening insulin injections, she went blind, and over the last few weeks she was knocking into walls and weeing everywhere. She had become reed thin, what kept her alive was love.
I cried last night when I heard the news.
I know her soul has returned to Hashem. There is no dog heaven, there’s just one heaven, a place called ‘Shamayim’ where our souls return to Hashem. I can think of no greater privilege than sharing Shamayim with our canine friends.
I’ve had three great dogs in my life.
How the hell do men who have had three wives cope with ranking them.
Sharing Shamayim with them will do me.
Dogs that is. Not wives.
I’ve waved good bye to several four-legged mates as they crossed the Rainbow Bridge.
Sob.
But because my servant Caleb is led by a different spirit and follows me wholeheartedly, he will enter into the land he went to and his descendants will inherit it.
Numbers 14:24
Only censored for you Jo
Cassie of Sydney
September 27, 2024 9:51 am
I wish dogs lived for ever, it’s unfair we outlive them. I believe dogs are angels sent by Hashem, to provide us humans with eternal comfort, loyalty and love. I know the more rational here might think I’m ‘barking’ mad (pardon the pun) but it’s something I believe.
“If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.”- Will Rogers
Me too.
Some nice doggie vids at Ace just now.
Thank God It’s Friday Eve Cafe (27 Sep)
Wordle in two again!
How do ya like them Sapote, Panzer?
Pure luck Delta. You could have chosen different letters or there could have been no other choice. I gave up on wordle ages ago as it wasn’t hard enough. I like the 9 letter word using the centre letter as the start of the 9 letter word. I’ve got the 9 letter word more times than the high number to be excellent.
Having trouble posting overnight.
Am I in some sort of moderation?
Where in this society am I as a human being?
My mouth is gagged.
Who made me that way? The Government!
I have nothing to lose.
Why are you doing this to me Dover?
Why?
I’m the victim here!
I do Wordle every day, along with my sister and two nephews. We have a competition and we text each other our scores.
Today I was 3/6.
Oh.
Looks like I am not banned or in moderation.
As you were.
Cassie of Sydney
September 27, 2024 10:16 am
Lucky.
Mrs P and I do it over coffee every day.
It oscillates between a game of skill and a game of chance, depending on who wins.
Kids now play it in Primary School which I think is a fun way to build literacy skills.
I also do Quordle, Octordle and Strands.
Roger. I have asked this question in comments in the Oz but never a response. Who were the “nazis” who turned up at the deeming rally? The msm have been unusually uninterested in who they were. It’s almost like they know but don’t want to say. Normally they try to dox such people. But in this circumstance we get crickets.
Who was their leader? What parts of fascist ideology attracts them? Do they belief in the final solution? You know stuff like that. But the press were uninterested.
Zachary
It’s a mystery, Jock.
And the powers that be would like it to remain that way.
The press complies.
Jock, they were out of work actors. Also, one of them was the son of a high ranking Vic Copper. It was a definite set up planned in advance.
Vicpol walked the group over to where the Ladies were having their meet, then when all the media had done there job, the same coppers walked them to their bus.
A lot of this came out immediately after, but was quickly scrubbed from the airwaves.
ta. So pessutto was set up by Vicpol. Those who send 4 police to arrest a pregnant woman over a facebook like. Heroes all.
False-flag operation by the left facilitated and chaperoned by VicPlod?
And I’m a teacher; have been since 1968.
“Those who can, do; those who can’t, teach,”
GBS, Man and Superman.
And those who can’t teach, teach sport!
That’s been around forever.
I have a friend who is a sports teacher and I tease him with that every now and then.
The particularly boring as batshit teacher in question couldn’t teach his way out of a paper bag. A lifetime, pathetic loser.
In the words of John “Sammy” Newman, I couldn’t be less interested in tomorrow’s AFL grand final.
Peter Broelman perfectly captured the mood in Melbourne this week. (Both teams are transplanted Melbourne teams).
PS: I’m tipping South Melbourne — now a.k.a. the Bondi Millionaires.
Not that it matters but it looks like the Melbourne teams weren’t interested in the GF either.
Yep
Wordle 4/6.
Totally a game of chance.
Although I did a stupid thing.
Had a letter in the right spot but then chose a word with it in another spot.
Buy yourself a miata then bitch about how you were done over forever.
I like NYT spelling bee.
She obviously really liked cheese.
Scientists discover world’s oldest cheese buried with ancient Chinese mummy (26 Sep)
When forgotten in the fridge I know that cheese can turn into an indefatigable rock-hard substance. But surviving intact for 3,600 years is something else.
Who’s playing?
Overpaid, fit young men who are good at ball sports and willing mouth post match platitudes and cliches; and produce enough safe, soap opera drama to feed the media machine.
Yeah…nah.
Think I’ll give it a miss.
SYD v BNE.
Or on old terms Sth Melbourne v Fitzroy
I see that Fonda is a jew hater now.
She should be grateful to the Jews. She had run out of causes to misrepresent and bestow her hypocrisy upon. Israel popped up just in time.
Why iis it that r’soles live so long?
Billy Joel said it best.
The Harris candidacy – a panicked last-minute reaction by the DNC to the American public finding out in the presidential debate that Biden is in fact senile and no longer fit for purpose – is now entirely a creation of the American news media, who protected Biden for four years when they knew he wasn’t up to it.
The only way Trump can win is in a landslide which makes it impossible to hide Harris’s unpopularity.
But the Dems are addicted to power and they’ll do anything to hold onto it so the outcome is indeed unpredictable.
Re the bleat by Numbers about the DVA research ethics committee, I’ve had direct experience with that committee. They are reasonable if you are.
They are very firm on preventing any disruption to the lives of veterans. That is why they wanted to hear what Numbers was up to. He had better hope that there are no complaints after he told them to “go to buggery”. He could have a rude awakening.
She has all of the most fashionable beliefs.
Jane Fonda: Trump Will ‘Burn Up Planet’ (27 Sep)
Leftoids never give up:
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.
That’s what Attorney General Merrick Garland’s Department of Justice (DOJ) is doing in their over-zealous prosecution of January 6 defendants. In June, the Supreme Court in United States v. Fischer effectively nuked hundreds of “obstruction” of Congress charges against January 6 defendants, ruling that a post-Enron statute, 18 U.S.C. §1512, designed to punish document destruction, did not apply to a Capitol Hill protest “gone wild.”
Nonetheless, obsessed with targeting Trump supporters, the DOJ is now charging multiple defendants with a Civil War-era statute—18 U.S.C. § 372—which punishes (up to 6 years in prison) those who intimidate “officers of the United States” from their posts. The DOJ charges that J6ers conspired to chase Members of Congress from Capitol Hill in violation of Section 372. Once again, the DOJ is unfairly prosecuting J6ers under a statute that does not apply to their conduct.
Title 18 U.S.C. § 372 punishes conspiracies “to prevent, by force, intimidation, or threat, any person from accepting or holding any office, trust, or place of confidence under the United States, or from discharging any duties thereof, or to induce by like means any officer of the United States to leave the place, where his duties as an officer are required to be performed[.]”
The DOJ’s position is that Members of Congress hold the “offices” and are the “officers of the United States” that are covered by Section 372 and, accordingly, that J6ers can be prosecuted for allegedly causing their evacuation from Capitol Hill. The DOJ is obviously wrong from both a historical and statutory construction standpoint.
Guest Column: DOJ Dusts Off Civil War-Era Statute to Replace 1512(c)(2) (declassified.live)
All this is happening while the DOJ refuses to release the IG’s report on Jan 6 which supposedly has miles of exculpatory video of the nanas and pops strolling around the Capital at the invitation of the cops.
Makka, you stated that you don’t care how many innocents have to die in exterminating Islamists. “F*ck em. F*uck em all.”
“Get a grip” might have been provocative, but you’ve gone too far. That’s the sentiment of inhumanity, and you’re feeding the beast.
Far too many of you are literally whistling past the graveyard.
Islam has shown – repeatedly and bloodily – what it does to people who refuse to bend the knee.
I’m sure there’s a nice comfy spot for you all in the next mass grave Islam makes.
Rosie
September 27, 2024 10:46 am
Eye dont lyke noo yawk thymes speling be at awl.
That’s easy:
I am such a sook Arky – your descriptions of your pals made me teary.
My standout dog was a cross Foxhound who adopted me and my horse when I was a teenager. He just had to be around horses & changed owners when the girl who owned him sold hers. He got old & stayed with my folks when I retired my horse and went to university. Years later he somehow knew when my husband came to take him to the vet for the last time – & hid somewhere in mum’s garden. When husband left he came to the back door to come in, despite being an outside dog. She let him in and he lay down and died by dad’s chair.
Think I have something in my eye.
They get to you alright.
Me too. Just like I still often have when we draw up outside our front gate in our street and I always recall Attapuss’ little face, home in a bed on my knee in the car after days in a vet emergency hospital while we returned from overseas to pick him up, for a last visit home before doom had to be delivered, for his stroke meant he had no working back legs.
His little eyes widened and his sad ears pricked up immediately as he recognised the gate. He was going home!! Home where we would fix him up, get his back legs working, for he trusted us to work miracles in all things; where he could pounce around the corners and bother the birdies, home where he could rest on my chest purring, which he did, while the three of us, me, Hairy and him, all watched TV together that last night as usual. He started to eat again from my hand and was glad to lick water from a pipette. We had a special time with him being normal, giving him hope while we had none. We went back to the hospital with him the next morning and he was calm, because as we waited once the death line was in place I told him close to his face that he was all finished here and he was now going ‘home’, and he trusted me in that while he instantly died.
I mean, it’s quite simple, really. If you want war, you’re in no position to complain about losing loved ones.
If you want your family to live, you don’t want war. No sooky sooky when you lose when you wanted the risk in the first place.
Makka, you stated that you don’t care how many innocents have to die in exterminating Islamists. “F*ck em. F*uck em all.”
That begs the questions: are there any innocents in islam. Can you be an muzzie and not support the spread of sharia to replace Western democracy. You may nominally disagree with some of the methods used by the active muzzie terrorist scum but not their goals. That would make you just as guilty as the terrorists.
The problem is, if all Muslims are the same, then all Christians are the same, all whites are the same, all women are the same, etc.
It’s collectivist nonsense and we shouldn’t play the socialists’ game.
Read this:
Deradicalisation of militant Muslims not a viable option (unsw.edu.au)
Broadly in agreement, BW. I take people as I find them.
Muslims as individuals can be quite reasonable.
[Caveat: mass immigration of Muslims to the West was a grave mistake.]
It’s the group dynamic that concerns me. They don’t think as individuals when their fervour is aroused but an ethno-religious tribalism takes hold.
And, as Brigitte Gabriel warned, the moderate majority are not the problem.
There is no moderate majority. Read my link to professor Clive Kessler’s analysis above.
The problem with muzzies is fundamentally scalability. Individually they can be fine but at some point collectively they are ALWAYS a problem. This is true throughout history. The Spanish solution seems to be the only one that works.
They are indoctrinated.
The problem isn’t the person, it’s the indoctrination.
Same with the loopy lefties.
Until the West gets to grip with that and deals with the root cause, then we will sadly continue to have the killing and dying.
Wally,
Don’t lecture me on inhumanity. You’re deluded and also clueless about what Islam is perpetrating in and and on the west. I want the beast dead and gone or at a minimum securely it a cage.Because that is the only real protection that works for us. Israel is doing God’s work as far as I’m concerned. And more power to their arm.
Wot Makka said.
You put a mad dog down, you don’t let it play with the kids.
Islam is a collective of mad dogs. Get enough of them together, and they kill. You can learn from history, or you can pay the price of stupidity and wishful thinking.
Even children are awake to Kackle’s platform.
https://x.com/theblaze/status/1839339100392055217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1839339100392055217%7Ctwgr%5E02639af5dbe2eb79843e2cda30b0f49662fed6f1%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fnotthebee.com%2Farticle%2Fkid-has-perfect-answer-loaded-when-cnn-asks-whats-the-first-word-that-pops-into-your-head-when-you-hear-the-name-kamala-harris
Excellent analysis:
Good grief Dover! Don’t jinx our luck so far!
He left out one crucial factor: iran getting the bomb.
‘Getting nukes’ makes no difference in that analysis with the current leadership. Would be different with or without nukes if the younger cadre take over.
Depends on whether they want the 12th Imam to manifest himself, or whether they want to feather their own nests. It’s an interesting equation of personal priorities.
Israel has no choice but to demonstrate resolve and a will to confront. To not do so is the path to their ruin and demise. No matter who is in charge in Tehran, Israel has to make the costs a deterrent. That alone should garner support from the west.
Resolve and will that isn’t matched by an effective strategy gets you no where or worse. Going by this analysis, they are ahead but the passage of events can change because the other actors can demonstrate resolve and will themselves in the implantation of their own strategies.
Interesting analysis. Adds more questions in my mind though.
How do you think the US would get involved? I can’t see them having too many boots if any on the ground, especially Iranian territory or even Lebanon. Like stirring up an Asian Hornets nest.
Staging areas? Apart from the present Emirates bases which would be useless when the straights of Hormuz close and would be in missile range of the Houthi’s. Israel or the Med is too far. Supply would be perilous also.
Given the diminished state of the US Armed Forces, the worry that China would use the distraction in the Mediterranean to settle the Taiwan score and would Turkey make moves in Syria? The perilous state of European forces as well, would we see an air superiority campaign and the Arabs doing the heavy lifting?
Lastly what about the rats in our own ranks from the unfetted immigration program over decades, all western countries are susceptible to sleeper cells or even garden variety civil disobedience agitated from the Mosques.
All I have to say if it goes off it is going to be an absolute mess let alone the deluge of foreign fighters it would attract from East Asia, subcontinent and Africa on a jihad to protect the Holy Land.
Stand-off weapons largely, Rockdoctor. I can’t see them getting into a ground invasion.
This piece seeks to provide cover for Iran’s failure to respond following its initial bluster.
The scenario not entertained is that Iran’s leaders recognise that they would lose a direct confrontation with Israel, risk being overthrown by a domestic uprising and have come to realise how vulnerable they are personally.
Dogs. Of the between 100 – 200 dogs I’ve had in my life, Four have lived long enough to die of old age.
Dogs can be great, trouble with ’em is; They don’t live long enough.
Why so many?
Are you an breeder or maybe a Greyhound racer?
Working dogs.
Breeder in as much as occasionally coordinating with someone in the district to share a batch of pups from joining one of theirs with one of mine.
Makka is correct. Anyone that thinks different needs to explain face to face with muzzies where they are wrong. You may be right but you’ll be dead. The Christian belief in turning the other cheek doesn’t work, neither does believing anything muzzies say except they are going to kill you as soon as they can. You are part of the problem.
Jacinta Price visited our little town in the Northern Goldfields a couple of days ago.
The worst Australian article is below. Also attached is a pic of some of the people she spoke with. All of these people are local and are feeling the effects of Elbow’s insanity as well as the Native title rorts that are enriching lawyers (spit) and out of town activists who make up the boards of most Aboriginal corporations. L to R Publican,senior elder, JP, another elder, Community health boss.
We haven’t seen any of Elbow’s mob out here as they probably would get laughed, or perhaps run, out of town.
Northern Goldfields community leaders and members have told Liberal Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price about their challenges since the cashless debit card was abolished, as well as problems with native title.
Speaking to media on Wednesday after trips to Leonora and Laverton, Senator Price said she would be back to the region again soon after a “raft” of issues were raised with her from locals.
“The leaders from the communities that we visited today said there was absolute destruction when the cashless debit card was removed,” she said.
“They saw the trail of evidence of access to alcohol in that there were empty bottles of rum littering their communities, literally the day that people were able to come off the cashless debit card.
“We know that when the cashless debit card was introduced, those that were being incarcerated, the rates of domestic and family violence appeared to be halved.
“They could see the difference on the ground as to how positive the cashless debit card was, and why (the Albanese) Government has decided to remove that from our most vulnerable community members is beyond me.”
Senator Price was joined on her trip by senator Matt O’Sullivan, member for O’Connor Rick Wilson. member for Mining and Pastoral Region Neil Thomson and Liberal candidate for the seat of Kalgoorlie Rowena Olsen.
Senator Price said the concerns raised with her further supported her calls for an inquiry into land councils, statutory authorities and Aboriginal organisations funded to close the gap in areas such as the Goldfields, as well as an inquiry into native title legislation.
“(The inquiry is to) help us understand where the billions of dollars have been spent and why they have been failing locals here,” she said.
“There are so many issues with native title where there are traditional owners who are being completely overlooked, shut out, from the opportunity of negotiations, from the opportunity to be able to better their communities, whether it’s through royalties, whether it’s through employment opportunities . . . and something desperately needs to be done to look into how native title can better the lives of our most marginalised.
“The cost of living is a huge issue for people throughout the Goldfields, whether it is the Indigenous community or the non-Indigenous community . . . there’s a raft of issues, and quite frankly, it’s appalling that Anthony Albanese and his Government continue to ignore what the needs are on the ground here.
“But I’m very glad to have had the opportunity to get around to these communities and I will absolutely be back again . . . because there’s a lot more conversations to be had.”
Thanks. Interesting article.
I must read this book.
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About to consume two Avocados. After that it will be ham on toast.
If you plan on battle you have to be prepared to destroy your adversary completely. Kill them all, destroy their line and salt the earth. Anything less and you end up fighting the same battle in a generations time. We’re still fighting the Crusades for this very reason.
Laughing my box off.
His acting saved his life
On saying goodbye to dergs, here’s some wisdom. Hopefully the link works.
sob…
My heaven, that is LOVELY, Calli! What a sweetheart she is!
Hello everyone.
Please allow myself to introduce…..myself ?
Long time lurker, former occasional poster on Sinc’s under a different nom de plume, I have finally figured out the new and improved blog.
Full disclosure, I once up ticked JC and took Cassie of Sydney’s advice and became a subscriber to The Australian.
I spent 19 years living in England and have also spent time in Hong Kong, USA, New Zealand. I don’t follow a particular political philosophy, but would be branded far right or a red neck by the msn.
Military service wise I am a former Royal Marine (PO41973D) and also spent time in the Australian Army (329979). These experiences colour my opinions somewhat but I definitely do not live in the past.
My position on Gaza/Lebanon is quite simple. Follow the Sidious doctrine. Wipe them out, all of them. (Hopefully I don’t have to clarify which side on that.)
Russia/Ukraine? Stop the killing. I don’t much care who is right or wrong, but the families on both sides are losing loved ones every day. Let Putin and The Comedian fight it out in a ring.
Dogs? Love em.
Pineapple on Pizza? JUST DON’T!
Thanks for reading.
I still snarl at people and want to bite them, so I’ll probably live to be 100.
Relatable, boy oh boy, can I relate.
Michael Smith is sharing the Joy.
Out-bloody-standing!!!
https://www.michaelsmithnews.com/2024/09/cheerio.html#comments
Sow the wind, reap the whirlwind
The box contained ACME products, for sure.
‘War has rules. Even when confronting terrorists’, Wong tells U.N
theaustralian.com.au09:28
Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong has continued to sharpen her language on Israel, saying “war has rules … even when confronting terrorists”.
In an address to the UN Security Council, Senator Wong also called for “greater permanent and non-permanent representation for Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Asia-Pacific” and spruiked Australia’s bid for a non-permanent seat in 2029-30.
“The world agreed to international humanitarian law to limit suffering in conflict,” she said.
“War has rules. Even when confronting terrorists. Even when defending borders.
“Civilians need to be protected. But in conflicts around the world, this is not happening.
“Nearly a year ago, Hamas killed 1,200 Israelis – the worst loss of Jewish life in a single day since the Holocaust – and Hamas terrorists continue to hold hostages.
“In Israel’s response, over 40,000 Palestinians have been killed.
“More than 11,000 children.
“And more than 300 aid workers since this war began. Gaza is the deadliest place on earth to be an aid worker.”
I’m sure the Israeli Defence Force will be so grateful for the words of wisdom.
That sounds horribly like the advice given by the boss in the Man Monis Seige – and just as deadly to the innocent.
Through this candid father-daughter conversation, you’ll gain fresh insights into how food, and the beliefs we hold about it, are used as tools of manipulation and control—and how we can break free from these destructive pattern
I am still out to lunch (pardon the pun!) on the implication of government and other sinister forces (aka Big Pharma) on the planning of our actual destruction.
BUT – and it is a big “but” – the Covid years convinced us to completely change our diet. Unvaccinated or not, it seemed like a good opportunity to “get healthy”. So – I revamped our diet – cut out biscuits and the folksy (but unwise) farm cakes, restricted the carbs, and ensured we had fish (kept in freezer) at least twice a week. Every morning we have a blender concoction of water/blueberries/green apples/carrots & celery. Then out come the vitamens so derided by the medical profession – VitC, VitD3, Magnesium, Coq10, Zinc, and a bifidobacterium longus probiotic (Meta Align). And for good measure, we add a low dose aspirin (Cartia).
Our cholesterol has dropped dramatically – not that I take the cholesterol stuff that seriously – but it is instructive to note the influence of diet.
As for the other half of the equation – exercise – well folks, husband and I get PLENTY of that on the farm. Even so, I have persuaded a reluctant husband to accompany me on at least half of my roughly 3km walk around the farm on most mornings. I still believe that the humble rambling walk is one of the best cardio assistance measures you can adopt.
I don’t reject all that the medical brotherhood propagate. Indeed, I regularly scan the latest research on topics of interest – with the full knowledge that much is funded by Big Pharma and some of it is manufactured.Nonetheless, I am impressed with the latest belief in the interaction of the gut/brain/nervous system axis, for example, particularly for post viral symptoms. Hence the probiotic. And the one I use is specifically chosen.
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I am reading “Outlive” by Dr Peter Attia. Recommended. Metabolism and the endocrine system seem to be a huge part of understanding human health. Wish I had read it 20 or 30 years ago. Nevermind.
His book is excellent, Bear. His emphasis on the critical nature of exercise to longevity is very instructive. Also like his respect for the Mediterranean diet.
Vicki
September 27, 2024 1:28 pm
I walk 5 km a day and pig out on veggies and fruit. I’ve cut back on meat consumption … with that said, I’ve got a giant T-bone for tonight. It’s currently being infused with 6 garlic cloves.
True story.
Good for you, Steve. I think the veto mob have a point – but I still like my veggies and fruit.
I’m having beer.
XXXX Bitter to be precise.
…because I can.
I may just add some corn chips if I get the munchies…
calli
September 27, 2024 1:05 pm
We just gave one of ours the big blue a couple of weeks ago.
Poor little bugger had a seizure and the vets said he wasn’t going to last long, so make it quick please.
He was nearly 16 and we got him as a rescue aged 5.
And he knew he had hit the jackpot.
As did we.
https://www.michaelsmithnews.com/2024/09/islamists-to-hold-7-october-massacre-anniversary-celebration-at-sydney-town-hall.html
Words fail me, they honestly do!
How is this legal?
Has anyone got a few spare handgrenades? I think I might need some.
GR – remember that our two snitches are watching and saving the comments.
I’m sending the link to my local MP, who will be oblivious, but he represents me in NSW so should be informed.
Militant Islam was largely consigned to the periphery of politics of Muslim nations prior to and including WW2. It was boosted among others things in the post-WW2 era by Westerners seeking to counter secular nationalists in the MENA. Who armed and funded jihadis in Afghanistan, Bosnia, the Caucasus, Syria, Libya, etc.? Their postal address is Langely, Virginia.
“War has rules. Even when confronting terrorists.
Who, except plenty wrong, knew that? .. The only “rule” involving terrorists is kill ’em, kill ’em all ……….!
Music.
REO Speedwagon – Keep on Loving You (Video Version)
Let’s take Afghanistan where the Reagan administration armed mujihadeen forces countering the Soviet puppet regime. Pity, at the time, the Americans didn’t have a time machine to figure what would occur 20 years plus later. And in any event, not all mujihadeen were fierce islamists.
The Soviets first destabilized Afghanistan by running a coup and installing a communist puppet regime. Perhaps the address is the Kremlin.
Ran from the south, thought they’d have a parade.
Oops.
https://x.com/hahussain/status/1839456331985829941?t=-iRoEBRvf2-TWgDNKkIR1A&s=19
Terrorists obviously don’t follow any rules yet Senator Wong is still taking their side and making excuses for them. She has obviously never heard of the proverb that when you are kind to the cruel you are cruel to the kind.
Anyone that speaks out against hamas in Gaza gets slaughtered.
At least Lebanon isnt quite there yet.
https://x.com/Osint613/status/1839391409016607216?t=ISGa5MPOBr-VV_HDUaEz1A&s=19
Nasrallah is the defacto ruler of Lebanon.
https://x.com/visegrad24/status/1839434298652504141?t=5jFza-ArW7H-C8BaUwQgAQ&s=19
They couldn’t be so stupid as to not think of the consequences of their current policy. What did they believe would happen if they were successful? They accepted the risk. Moreover, they continued with the policy and exported it to Yugoslavia, etc. It continues even now.
Unrelated. Two comments submitted today from AM to PM still awaiting approval. Are you trying to tell me something?
And their invasion of Iraq only empowered Iran – which the Israelis foresaw. Contrary to anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, the Israeli government was not keen on Bush Jr’s Iraq escapade for that very reason. Saddam’s regime was nasty but nothing like the threat Tehran poses.
Quite extraordinary how often he’s proven right.
@Breaking911
TRUMP ON NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS: “I watched about a year ago when he talked about how the illegal migrants are hurting our city…and I said, ‘you know what, he’ll be indicted within a year.’ And I was exactly right.”
“That’s what they do. These are dirty players.”
‘War has rules. Even when confronting terrorists’, Wong tells U.N
An enemy that deliberately and with intent disobeys those very rules in order to cause maximum impact upon the other side deserves no mercy.
Gazans are lucky the place isn’t glass with a green glow.
Now we know why they choose now to go after Eric Adams. Not that he probably isn’t guilty of what he’s been accused of, just that guilt was never a problem for the left, so long as they remained completely loyal.
Andrew Cuomo Wants to Be Mayor of New York City
She’s a moron.
Kamala’s Economic Message: The Biden Economy Sucks, But I Will Fix It
Continental Gaslighting: EU Releases Alarming Report – Europe Is Too ‘White’ and ‘European’
And is Africa too “black” and “African”?
The Middle East too “Brown” and “Muslim”?
OK, forget about the second question.
@TrumpDailyPosts
First Lady Melania Trump on the election: “How I see it is, the records speak for themselves. The country is suffering. People are not able to buy usual necessities for their families. We have wars going on around the world. Soldiers are dying… The border is open and dangerous — a lot of fentanyl is coming over, killing our youth… If we compare the four years under this administration, compared to the four years under my husband as Commander-In-Chief, he was leading this country through peace through strength.”
At Helsinki Airport with a couple of hours to kill, I spot a ‘FIZZA’ pizza vending machine.
Why not?
Swipe card, €14 for a ‘Mexicana’, 3 minutes later the (fairly small) pizza emerges in its box.
Amazingly, although the base is a bit soft, it’s hot and not disgusting.
€14!!!
War has rules, says Senator Wong. Even with terrorists.
I know about rules of law and Just War Theory. But how do you fight villians who don’t subscribe to either?
There is another way. The Chicago way:-
https://youtu.be/xPZ6eaL3S2E?si=sN4-rMvfamh1D1zU
Hand every Hamarse and Lessbollocks member captured in violation of the four conditions in the Geneva Conventions for the conduct of irregular warfare and protection of civilians and critical infrastructure over to the ICC for trial, with photographic evidence.
@libsoftiktok
Grocery store worker from Springfield, Ohio claims that Haitian migrants are using EBT cards with $13,000 for food and $29,000 for cash.
Meanwhile, Americans can’t afford rent and groceries.
Some of the best memories of my life occured around that pool. I understand why Wilson Tuckey drained the pool,. We hit that joint with gusto. All ten of us.
If anyone was to crack their head or drown, it would have been a legal nightmare.
Some of my last memories of Carnarvon is the Port Hotel.
@julie_kelly2
Mona’s ‘Ladies Lounge’ wins court battle to exclude men from art-filled spaceBy Gabriella CoslovichSeptember 27, 2024 — 10.10am
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The controversial Ladies Lounge at Tasmania’s Museum of Old and New Art will be permitted to reopen and continue to refuse entry to men following a decision by the state’s Supreme Court that found it was not in breach of anti-discrimination law.
On Friday morning, Acting Justice Shane Marshall overturned an April decision by the Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, which had found the Ladies Lounge in breach of Tasmania’s Anti-Discrimination Act 1998.
Ooh Roxanne Tickle will be booking a ticket toot sweet
I’ve Had ENOUGH Of This
Boambee John @ 11.02am
I’ve had direct experience with that committee. They are reasonable if you are.
They are very firm on preventing any disruption to the lives of veterans.
Is it reasonable to demand that prior to interview the researcher must ask the participant if he has a diagnosis of PTSD, and if the answer is in the affirmative, then the veteran’s counsellor must sit in on the interview?
That was where we parted company.
In my view (and that of my supervisor) it wasn’t, and I wasn’t prepared to budge on that. Asking a veteran if he has a diagnosis is a breach of privacy, and unacceptable.
The university designed a process which preserved both he dignity and the privacy of the participants.
DVA apparently has not heard of post-traumatic growth.
This phenomena was a feature of the lives of most interviewed.
Hence the title – A Sweet Use of Adversity. (William Shakespeare, As you Like It).
Full extract –
Sweet are the uses of adversity,Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous,Wears yet a precious jewel in his head;And this our life, exempt from public haunt,Find tongues in trees, books in the running brooks,Sermons in stones, and good in everything.
I am particularly fond of the last line, especially as it applies to this site.
You’re the one who keeps coming back for more…
Particularly when you spout your dribble. You projecting, self-referential mediocrity.
pfft … Shakespeare didn’t even have internet
Labor’s misinformation bill is ‘bonkers’
and finally the Coalition is taking a firm stand – This Bill belongs in the Bin”
‘Rotten to the core’: Labor’s ‘terrible’ misinformation bill slammed
Why? First off, the real fight at the time was the Soviet Union. Secondly, there wasn’t a threat from militant Islam then and wasn’t even talked about. Lastly, the Americans were arming the same groups they armed at the start of the Afghan war.
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Kittehs ! Damn autocorrect!
“War has rules. Even when confronting terrorists.
Try picturing a kidnapped Wong thumbing through the Rule Book while she awaits rescue.
No, I can’t either.
Firstly, that just proves my point that militant Islam is a recent manifestation distinguishable from political Islam as it existed prior to the post-WW2 period.
Secondly, the US deferring the possibility of an ascendent militant Islam emerging doesn’t absolve them of a role in its emergence whether or not they factored the Soviets as the more immediate threat.
Thirdly, yes, jihadis.
Pogria
September 27, 2024 8:31 am
I think we will never learn the real reason for the mishap, but it reminds me of the sinking of a German sub due to toilet malfunction. (know it all officer not following complex procedures)
The Germans were a slight better engineers than the Chinese, BTW.
In short, someone screwed up.
That’s funny!. I hadn’t heard of it, but hardly surprising an officer would believe that he knew instinctively what to do. Procedures are for the rank and file. 😀
Makkah
*We* don’t preach for the massacre of the innocents.
That’s what makes us better than them.
I’m not arguing that. Islam has had its ups and downs over the centuries. But let’s be real—before oil turned Saudi Arabia into a cash cow, nobody cared about the Middle East. It was like the universe’s least interesting side quest, barely worth colonizing!
Alright, let’s not go off on a tangent here. The U.S. backed people like Massoud’s dad—a pro-American warlord. His son, Massoud, was taken out by a suicide bomber right at the start of the Afghan war. It was these groups that the Reagan Administration supported.
But who really kicked off the chaos in Afghanistan? The Soviets, of course, by staging a coup and trying to set up a puppet regime. They left with their tails between their legs.
And for the ‘Jihadists doing Jihadist things’ file: The U.S. Navy was basically born because of jihadi pirates along the North African coast. Americans got tired of their ships being hijacked, so they pooled some cash to build a navy just to go wipe those guys out. Turns out, it worked! It was even called a jihad against infidels—guess the tables turned on that one too.
And the Sovs were always screwing around in the MidEast and causing chaos. So Dover, don’t go blaming just the Americans for an unstable MidEast. The disgusting Sovs were in it up to their necks.
“It was even called a jihad against infidels…”
Well, there’s your problem!
Should have called it a Crusade against heathens.
Re Numbers at 1456.
Did you challenge that decision to the senior staff processes of DVA, then go to the AAT, and the Federal Court, as others are required to do if they don’t accept administrative decisions? Or are you so arrogant as to reject the constraints of administrative law?
Still, the good news is that the university (Which one?) will be beside you should you be challenged. You might even be able to leech off their lawyers.
Normal citizens are required to go through this process, why should you be exempt?
PS, I suspect that DVA could have found a work around, had you asked.
The stated purpose of DVA is to support the wellbeing of veterans.
The conditions they demanded would have had precisely the opposite result.
In addition, they are struggling to manage the claims being submitted by veterans despite the current government attempts to restore their staffing base.
Every dollar spent on the maintenance of the DVAHREC is a dollar not spent on addressing veterans’ claims.