Open Thread – Mon 21 Oct 2024


The Course of Empire, The Savage State, Thomas Cole, 1836

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Cassie of Sydney
October 21, 2024 7:37 pm

Farmer Gez
 October 21, 2024 7:10 pm

Thorpe has clearly broken her oath and should be removed from parliament.

If she isn’t then the is no reason that the people should abide by any laws passed by the house. You cannot have it both ways.

I can’t like your comment enough. I’m tired of the endless double standards, I’m tired of the endless hypocrisy, I’m just soooooooooo tired.

Indolent
Indolent
October 21, 2024 7:39 pm
Indolent
Indolent
October 21, 2024 7:41 pm

But they still overwhelmingly support them!
Jewish support for Democrats lowest since Reagan era: poll

Indolent
Indolent
October 21, 2024 7:49 pm

Elon Musk businesses are facing regulatory battles and federal investigations from ELEVEN different government agencies.

@MikeBenzCyber

Look at all this Blob lawfare against one man because he stands in their way

Indolent
Indolent
October 21, 2024 7:50 pm

@MikeBenzCyber

come with me on a journey into Arizona State University’s role in the censorship industry, and its millions in direct funding from the Pentagon and the US State Department to censor you on social media

from last night’s X subscriber stream

Cassie of Sydney
October 21, 2024 7:53 pm

Decades ago I read a wonderful trilogy by the Egyptian author, Naguib Mahfouz. The epic trilogy chronicled a Cairo family over several generations. The family were devout Muslims and whilst the story and family are fictional, Mahfouz, himself an observant Muslim, takes the reader into the mindset of the family and the stifling patriarchal Muslim culture. Reading the books, what stood out was the glaring hypocrisy of the father, the family patriarch, who ruled his wife and children with an iron fist, and who stifled and damaged the family with his hideous misogynism, bullying and despotic nature.

Naguib Mahfouz, openly critical of Muslim extremism, incurred the wrath of the Muslim Brotherhood. Because of his vocal criticisms, he required 24 hour police protection and in the early 1990s he was stabbed in the neck by a Muslim extremist.

I might re-read the books.

Steve trickler
Steve trickler
October 21, 2024 7:57 pm
Miltonf
Miltonf
October 21, 2024 7:59 pm

The disgusting antics of rubbish like Thorpe can only make more and more people realise what is going on re.marxist identity politics.

Rosie
Rosie
October 21, 2024 8:00 pm
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Cassie of Sydney
October 21, 2024 8:01 pm

I’m wondering, have the senate Liberals organised any senate motions to censure Hideous Thorpe or the Jew hater, Fatso Faruqi?

Oh wait, the stupid effing Liberals only join in motions to censure conservatives. Silly me.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
October 21, 2024 8:01 pm

JC
 October 21, 2024 5:12 pm

Go and live in a humpoy being beaten up by your menfolk, Linda, you slag.

Don’t wonder again what female mental illness looks like. We shouldn’t be angry with someone who appears to be very mentally ill and should be cared for in a humane mental institution.

So the Senate is the right place for her then?

Rosie
Rosie
October 21, 2024 8:11 pm

“UNIFIL denies Hezbollah terrorists paid members to use their bases”
https://m.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-825427

Dr Faustus
Dr Faustus
October 21, 2024 8:23 pm

Thorpe has clearly broken her oath and should be removed from parliament.

If she isn’t then the is no reason that the people should abide by any laws passed by the house. You cannot have it both ways.

Witness the awesome power of the magic Get Out of Jail Free card.

calli
calli
October 21, 2024 8:25 pm

Lidia accused the King of stealing her babies.

The big question remains…did Streep do it better?

Supplementary question…is she calling the King a dingo?

local oaf
October 21, 2024 8:27 pm

Andrew Lawrence: The Great British Exodus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qzih4vbtZJs

Winston Smith
Winston Smith
October 21, 2024 8:30 pm

How else can we explain the chutzpah of the haredim in demanding such a law, believing it’s acceptable to sit on the sidelines while men and women are being killed and injured almost daily?

Where do they get this gall? What gives them the sense that they can enjoy the benefits of the state while not playing an active role in its defense?

https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-825039
It looks like the Jewish people prosecuting this war are getting sick of the Haredi who demand the right to not serve because it is beneath them.

Miltonf
Miltonf
October 21, 2024 8:35 pm

Interesting and enjoyable but long drive up the Bruce hwy from Rockhampton to Bowen. Enjoying breeze off the Coral Sea now. Mangoes, pineapples and sugar cane plus tropical cattle. Love Queensland.

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will
will
October 21, 2024 8:36 pm

On August 28, 2024 a nine-month-old baby ended up in hospital following a horrific daylight attack which saw a man approach a family in a Brisbane park before pouring scalding liquid on the infant and fleeing the scene.

An interesting back story is here.

Explained! Why the Chinese man Poured Hot Coffee on a Baby

Rosie
Rosie
October 21, 2024 8:39 pm

“It looks like the Jewish people prosecuting this war are getting sick of the Haredi who demand the right to not serve because it is beneath them.”
Are you sure it’s ‘beneath them’?
There are quite a few Haredi in the IDF both as volunteers and draftees. I can’t see why it is a concern for anyone else other that Israelis.

Gabor
Gabor
October 21, 2024 8:42 pm

Top Ender
October 21, 2024 6:53 pm

Now reduced to four members in a 25 seat parliament, Labor fights back:

An Indigenous member of the Northern Territory parliament has urged remote community residents living in the long grass to return to country to escape “bad laws”.

Mulka MLA Yingiya Guyulu posted the warning on social media at the weekend advising countrymen sleeping rough or in town camps in the major centres to consider returning home.

“Please think about going back to your communities or even back to your homeland communities,” he wrote.

If only they would, the problems in Alice S and the NT in general would be at least halved.

Or is he implying that the 10-12 year olds stealing cars and committing burglaries, doing it out of political and philosophical motivations?

Chris
Chris
October 21, 2024 8:43 pm

Quadrant back up. Yay!

Wally Dalí
Wally Dalí
October 21, 2024 8:47 pm

Bree James has my full support. Indeed she looks like just my type of chick.
Big mistake apologising, tho, that just feeds the Konduct Karens.

Pogria
Pogria
October 21, 2024 8:54 pm

Sarah Conner?
Yes.
BOOM!!!
Terminator is on.

The new version.
Yahya Sinwar?
Fook off.
BOOM!!!
LOL!

Bourne1879
Bourne1879
October 21, 2024 8:55 pm

Mike Benz should be given an Intel role if Trump wins. Something exposing the censoring by Government bodies.

Pogria
Pogria
October 21, 2024 9:27 pm

No words I could add.
May the filth truly be obliterated.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/auhome/index.html

Muddy
Muddy
October 21, 2024 9:58 pm

My response to Pogria’s 9:30 p.m. link.

Note how the murderers are still described by the press as ‘Palestinian militants (only half a step from ‘freedom fighters).’ The Nova victims are casually described as ‘revellers’ rather than ‘unarmed civilians’ as G@z@ns would have been, who were ‘killed’ rather than ‘murdered’ or ‘butchered,’ both the latter being applicable.

Adam Goodes received more favourable (sycophantic) media coverage after his ‘a child called me a name’ trauma!

We should NEVER forget how actively the majority of western media have provided material support to unrepentant homicidal vermin. I mean every word of that previous sentence, and truly believe that the media have greatly enabled the success* of H@m@s/PIG’s diabolical urges (post 7 Oct, of course).

* It’s another topic completely, I know, but despite the grinding of h@m@s’ G@z@n manpower and resources, from a propaganda perspective, it has been a stunning gain for them. They have a page in history now, which is what they were desperate for; to prove their worth.

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Cassie of Sydney
October 21, 2024 10:02 pm

It looks like the Jewish people prosecuting this war are getting sick of the Haredi who demand the right to not serve because it is beneath them.

Whoa….firstly, there are many Haredim who do serve in the IDF, particularly in the medical corps.

Secondly, the word ‘Haredi’ is used ignorantly. I know something of the Haredim, more than most here, and I have some sympathy for them. There are Haredim sympathetic to Zionism and then there are the anti-Zionist sects, particularly those who reside in areas like Mea Shearim and Bnei Brak.

As for some of those Haredim who don’t fight, it isn’t because it is ‘beneath them’, in fact the Haredim provide a crucial spiritual role for the country. Even David Ben-Gurion, the first Prime Minister of Israel, acknowledged the importance of the Haredim to the psyche of Israel.

Cassie of Sydney
October 21, 2024 10:03 pm

Snap Rosie.

Colonel Crispin Berka
Colonel Crispin Berka
October 21, 2024 10:11 pm

Orange Man serving at the golden arches seems to have given him a boost,
now leading in the betting odds by 17%. He’ll need more good PR stunts like this to get a clear shot. Or, dare I say, articulate his Agenda 47 policy proposals more clearly and more often. In particular #19:

19 Secure our elections, including same day voting, voter identification, paper ballots, and proof of citizenship

He has to win against all odds in a rigged election before he can clean up elections. It’s a pipe dream isn’t it.

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
October 21, 2024 10:15 pm

Blayde Merson: Navy veteran with diagnosed PTSD made to wait 48 hours for hospital bed at Peel Health CampusJessica PageThe West Australian
Mon, 21 October 2024 12:40PM

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A navy veteran battling PTSD was left waiting in a bed in the middle of a busy emergency department for at least 48 hours because no mental health beds were available.
Blayde Merson was rushed to Peel Health Campus last Monday after dialling triple-0. He arrived at the campus just after 7pm.
The 26-year-old said that he then spent two hours “ramped” in the ambulance waiting area before he was wheeled to an open space in the middle of the busy ED for observation — and left there until 8pm on Wednesday.
Dubbed “flight deck one”, the area has no curtains and no call bells — just beds placed in the middle of a busy ED.
Speaking to The West Australian from Peel Health Campus on Wednesday, Mr Merson said that he felt abandoned.

We didn’t learn much from the Royal Commission, did we?

Cassie of Sydney
October 21, 2024 10:17 pm

This is from 10 years ago, I love this youtube video of some Haredim welcoming soldiers home from fighting in Gaza…..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yU78yC39OUM&t=84s

Nelson_Kidd-Players
October 21, 2024 10:26 pm

Crossie October 21, 2024 10:55 am

Calli, if you are still reading, I have been wondering about your screen name.

Super Calli.

She’s quite precocious…

Cassie of Sydney
October 21, 2024 10:28 pm

Remember how last year Hideous Thorpe made an allegation that she’d been sexually harassed by a Liberal senator? Now, did the Liberal party stand with the Liberal senator? No, it sided with Hideous Thorpe.

Dunny Brush
Dunny Brush
October 21, 2024 10:36 pm

Australia Catholic University undergrads storm out of graduating ceremony because someone pointed out Catholic orthodoxy about killing and marriage. Get educated elsewhere kiddies.

Gabor
Gabor
October 21, 2024 10:44 pm

Absolutely tragic

The trauma, survivor’s guilt … never ending nightmare. Poor girl and her family.
Let us always remember her, all of them and stay with our people. They are going through a living nightmare.

Nova survivor, Shiral Golan, ended her life today, on her 22nd birthday. The family asked for this to be published. May her memory be a blessing. Heartbreaking.

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Lysander
Lysander
October 21, 2024 10:47 pm

Serious question Cats:

What does one do with a teenage daughter who is 17 (18yrs in 2 months) who screams, swears, is sometimes violent? And when you “lay down the law,” walks out the door with a backpack? The neighbours must hate us!

The wife says daughter is scarred by my absence when I used to travel a lot for work. I haven’t always been the greatest father but it’s almost like she’s possessed.

Our three boys (not far behind her) are normal. I just can’t handle her language and abuse anymore but she’s only 17.

She’s kept the whole house awake for days on end and this evening
she was screaming profanities from her bedroom. I gave the door a pretty minor kick (IMHO) and it broke the lock… she says her privacy is “f*+*ing violated.”

We are at wits end. I’m of the opinion she wants to be an adult: Ok. But I’m reluctant; she’s still a girl…

mizaris
mizaris
October 21, 2024 10:50 pm

A teenager with suspected autism has denied being transphobic as she faces a potential ban from football matches after asking a gender-confused man if they were a man.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2024/10/18/girl-autism-faces-ban-asking-transgender-player-are-you-man/

Madness rules…sheer bloody madness.

Discrimination against the intellectually, differently abled – SHAME ON THEM

DrBeauGan
DrBeauGan
October 21, 2024 11:09 pm

Madness rules…sheer bloody madness.

I’m prepared to tolerate whackos and perverts, but I’m not going to revere them. The girl asked a perfectly reasonable question. There was no implication of disparagement at all.

Steve trickler
Steve trickler
October 21, 2024 11:23 pm
Steve trickler
Steve trickler
October 21, 2024 11:54 pm

Those noisy bastards need to be chucked into the water one by one. They are a joke.

It’s not music, it is sh*t!

I’d would walk straight up to them and tell them to f*ck off.

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Cash and Stevo:

Cash 2.0 Great Dane meeting new people in Santa Monica 132

Dr Faustus
Dr Faustus
October 22, 2024 12:27 am

In Genocide news:
Germany calls for Israel to ‘clarify every incident’ involving Unifil in Lebanon

Germany on Monday demanded Israel “clarify every incident” involving the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Lebanon (Unifil), including the reported destruction of a Unifil observation tower and fence.

UN peacekeepers on Sunday said an Israeli “army bulldozer deliberately demolished” a UN observation tower and fence in southern Lebanon.

The German government expects “the Israeli side to clarify every incident” and to release “the results of the investigations into this specific incident”, said foreign ministry spokesperson

Kathrin Deschauer. “The safety of an operation mandated by the UN security council and its personnel must not be endangered,” she added.

Terror bulldozers in action again, endangering the safety of slow-moving UNIFIL/Hezbollah units which must not be endangered.

While preserving the safety of Israeli civilians who can be endangered by UN sponsored Hezbollah free fire.

Far cough.

Bourne1879
Bourne1879
October 22, 2024 12:51 am

What is going on with the comments on the two Lidia Thorpe articles at the Australian?
One shows comments open but not one comment. The other had two comments showing and both have hundreds of likes. A clear sign they are restricting comments.
However the Courier Mail/Sun/Tele article shows 1800 + comments.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
October 22, 2024 2:08 am

It’s fairly clear that Lidia Thorpe has played the mental elf card in the background in Parliament and they are all too shit-scared to get stuck into her.

Rosie
Rosie
October 22, 2024 3:23 am
Rosie
Rosie
October 22, 2024 3:25 am
Tom
Tom
October 22, 2024 4:00 am
Tom
Tom
October 22, 2024 4:01 am
Tom
Tom
October 22, 2024 4:01 am
Tom
Tom
October 22, 2024 4:02 am
Tom
Tom
October 22, 2024 4:03 am
Tom
Tom
October 22, 2024 4:04 am
Tom
Tom
October 22, 2024 4:05 am
Tom
Tom
October 22, 2024 4:05 am
Tom
Tom
October 22, 2024 4:06 am
Tom
Tom
October 22, 2024 4:07 am
Tom
Tom
October 22, 2024 4:08 am
Top Ender
Top Ender
October 22, 2024 4:20 am

Thanks Tom!

Top Ender
Top Ender
October 22, 2024 4:24 am

London Metropolitan police “marksman who shot dead Chris Kaba is found NOT GUILTY of murder as video shows moment he opened fire to stop him running over colleagues”
Interesting article basically showing a bleeding heart mentality preferring crooks “rights” over their own officers.

Surprise surprise:

The controversial case has sparked a Home Office review about how firearms officers are held accountable and the length of time officers remain under investigation.

Last September hundreds of Metropolitan Police firearms officers handed in their weapons following the decision to charge one of their colleagues with murder.

In the wake of the mass revolt, Scotland Yard was forced to put the Army on standby amid concern that there would not be enough armed officers to keep the public safe.

Most returned to their roles, but there was widespread concern among firearms officers nationally when Blake was named ahead of trial.
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The case has already had a catastrophic impact on recruitment of officers.
In February it emerged that just six people applied to be a firearms officer in Britain’s biggest force.

Black Ball
Black Ball
October 22, 2024 4:43 am

Tim Blair:

Pre-election polls are shaping up nicely in the US. As a result, anti-Trumpers are becoming terrified of a possible Donald victory.

And when that crew panics, their biologically programmed self-defence mechanisms automatically deploy. In this way, leftists are kind of like certain species of apprehensive insects.

For example, education site ThoughtCo reports that “bombardier beetles famously spray predators with a mixture of chemicals and can do so with impressive force. The beetle stores the ingredients for this caustic compound separately in special abdominal chambers”.

Among humans, those toxin-filled “special abdominal chambers” are represented by left-wing activists and their media enablers.

“When threatened,” ThoughtCo further explains about the bombardier and its defensive double-goo payload, “it quickly mixes them together and shoots a jet of irritants in the direction of the perceived predator.”

Yep. That sounds pretty much the same as leftist reactions to “perceived predator” Donald Trump. But the irritants they’re shooting aren’t chemical. Or precisely targeted. For that matter, they’re not even real.

Rather, our frightened beetle people simply spray wild fantasies all over the place. Popular online leftist and failed state Democrat candidate Will Stancil recently did exactly that, posting an elaborate, fact-depleted re-imagining of Trump’s first term.

“The thing that so many people have forgotten is how they spent the entire Trump presidency on their last raw nerve,” Stancil wrote, “waiting for the horror of the day to descend.”

Hmm. They’ve probably forgotten those daily horrors because they never happened.

“The anxiety of having someone so morally, intellectually, and socially defective leading the country,” Stancil went on. “You couldn’t trust that the government would solve any problem.”

The Trump government did actually solve a problem or two, about which more in a moment. Stancil is still crying – and crying on behalf of his similarly-stricken fellow anti-Trump frightboys.

“There was no sense that smart, hard-working people were trying to keep dangerous stuff at bay. We were just on our own, hoping nothing truly disastrous happened.”

Most people of Stancil’s age – he’s almost 40 – have worked out that the US isn’t entirely ruled by a single elected entity. States have their own governments. Counties and cities can enforce their own regulations. Opponents of US federal law may be limited in their legislative options, but they are never “just on their own”.

“Next time it would be far, far, far worse,” Stancil warned, referring to a potential second Trump term. “There would be many fewer institutions checking him. He might actually end up launching nuclear weapons at Iran or invading Mexico, he might actually goad the Department of Justice into jailing his enemies.”

Trump recently ended up serving customers at a McDonald’s drive-through, in mocking response to Vice President Kamala Harris’s claim to have once been a McDonald’s staffer.

Or maybe a little more. As Harris put it earlier this year, in exactly these ill-chosen words: “I did fries. And then I did the cashier.”

Lucky bloke.

And then there’s the likes of Stancil, whose anti-Trump allies are legion, including in Australia. Recall that following the 2016 election, Mamamia founder Mia Freedman posted the Lifeline contact number – for fear that Aussies would top themselves rather than suffer a Trump presidency.

Other local commentators blamed Trump for the media’s self-generated meltdowns. But as a sometimes-correct columnist pointed out four years ago: “The emotional indulgences of hysterical leftists are not Trump’s fault. He isn’t responsible for the behaviour of the psychologically immature.”

Mentally intact Trump foes are at least capable of realising he isn’t all bad. The UK Spectator decried in January the ex-president’s “outlandish character and conduct”, “reprehensible” language and “many mad remarks”, but also accurately observed that “the American economy had thrived under his leadership … median household income hit a record high”.

As well, the Spectator wrote, “poverty rates for black and Hispanic Americans reached record lows, as did unemployment … (Trump) made a better effort to control the US’s borders than either his predecessor or successor did …

“He launched Operation Warp Speed, the public-private partnership which resulted in (Covid) vaccines being developed in only a few months … With hindsight his foreign policy record looks impressive … there were no major new conflicts.”

All from a journal you’d never describe as pro-Trump. If the 45th President becomes the 47th – still a big if – his enemies should put their special abdominal chambers on hold.

Monty you arsehole. Get in here and explain how a Trump presidency will plunge the world into darkness.
He’s had one go at it, and things were excellent. So the challenge is on dickhead. Go!

KevinM
KevinM
October 22, 2024 4:45 am

There is a reward for doing good, whether is good health or other, we sometimes don’t even realise.
Faith helps and he had it.

I’m sure a lot of people didn’t know this about John D. Rockefeller, including me.
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John D. Rockefeller (July 8, 1839–May 23, 1937), the founder of Standard Oil, was once the richest man in the world. He was the world’s first billionaire. He amassed a net worth of at least $1 billion in 1916. When Rockefeller died in 1937, his net worth was estimated to be approximately $340 billion in today’s dollars.

By the age of 25, he had one of the largest oil refineries in the United States. He was 31 when he became the world’s largest oil refiner. At 38, he controlled 90% of the oil refined in the United States. At fifty, John was America’s richest man. As a young man, every action, attitude, and connection was crafted to establish his wealth.

But at the age of 53, he fell unwell. His entire body became wracked with pain, and he lost all his hair. In total anguish, the world’s lone millionaire could buy anything he wanted but could only eat soup and crackers.
According to an associate, “He couldn’t sleep, wouldn’t smile, and nothing in life meant anything to him”.

His personal, highly trained physicians indicated that he would die within the year. That year passed painfully slowly. As he approached death, he awoke one morning with the faint understanding that he would not be able to bring any of his fortune with him to the next world.

The man who could dominate the commercial world suddenly realised he had no control over his personal life. He informed his solicitors, accountants, and management that he intended to devote his assets to hospitals, research, and charity work. John D. Rockefeller started his foundation.

The Rockefeller Foundation financed Howard Florey and his colleague Norman Heatley’s penicillin research in 1941. But arguably the most astounding aspect of Rockefeller’s narrative is that when he began to give back a fraction of all he had gained, his body’s chemistry changed dramatically, and he recovered.

He was expected to die at the age of 53, but he survived to reach 98 years old. Rockefeller learnt gratitude and returned the great bulk of his money. This made him whole. It’s one thing to be healed. It is another to become fit. He was a devout Baptist who attended the Euclid Avenue Baptist Church in Cleveland, Ohio.

Before he died, he wrote in his diary: “God taught me that everything belongs to Him, and I am merely a conduit to carry out His will. My life has been one long, happy holiday since then; full of work and play, I let go of my worries along the road, and God was wonderful to me every day.

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KevinM
KevinM
October 22, 2024 4:49 am

No man’s land.
There was a fence between part of NSW and Queensland till 1957.
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This fence separated the two states – Queensland and New South Wales at the area known today as the Gold Coast, where Coolangatta (Qld) meets Tweed Heads (NSW).

There were actually 2 fences running parallel and the land between the two was known as ‘No Man’s Land’.
Initially, the border was marked with a fence extending from Point Danger through the twin towns with border gates for access across the border and a customs house established in the early 1870s to administer cross border trade.

Thomas Carrick was the first New South Wales Customs officer.
In 1904, a double border fence was erected and encompassed a buffer strip of land known as ‘no man’s land’ that ran from Point Danger on the coast to Cobaki, which is about 13 klms inland.

The intention of the fence was to keep out the cattle tick which was infesting Queensland cattle herds. A turnstile which allowed people through was erected at Coolangatta and by 1914, the turnstile was replaced with an overbridge.

This wide area of separation between the towns became particularly important during the Influenza epidemic of 1919 (Spanish flu), when the border was closed to aid in the prevention of the spread of the disease.

The fences no longer exist…they were removed in 1957.

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Rockdoctor
Rockdoctor
October 22, 2024 4:49 am
KevinM
KevinM
October 22, 2024 4:50 am

Taxiing for a takeoff?

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KevinM
KevinM
October 22, 2024 4:53 am

I think at this stage I’d opt for a car, however small.

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Rockdoctor
Rockdoctor
October 22, 2024 5:18 am

On Lydia and mental health. She can’t be sacked, that I know I researched it after old Parliament House fire. If she can’t be removed from her appointment maybe they need to be more creative, so can she be put off on sick leave on OH&S grounds.

The Townsville City Council council did same to our charlatan mayor recently, literally locked him out of the council building.

At bare minimum she is a stain on the Parliament and shouldn’t have been there to begin at the welcome for the King. Blind Freddy could see she’d pull a stunt. This should attract censure but bet you it doesn’t.

Rockdoctor
Rockdoctor
October 22, 2024 5:51 am

How does a guy like this get a pass to be air side? Headline to an article in the Oz (Not linked as I can’t get past the paywall):

Sinwar fan revealed as aviation worker who praised ­Palestinian hijacker

At best his pass should be removed ASAP.

calli
calli
October 22, 2024 7:10 am

Apparently, according to Sky “News” Thorpe “called for greater recognition of indigenous issues” in Parliament yesterday.

That’s odd. I heard her shrieking like a banshee and making threatening gestures while tottering ridiculously on a pair of stilettos. She might have been drunk. Next time, Lidia, be authentic and go barefoot.

The attention seeking frump, once she sobers up, should have a look at King George I’s instructions to Arthur Philip regarding the indigenous. Her accusations against the royal family are totally unfounded.

lotocoti
lotocoti
October 22, 2024 7:13 am

If she can’t be removed from her appointment maybe they need to be more creative…

Perhaps a fact finding trip to Gaza.
With no requirement for the helicopter to land.

Rosie
Rosie
October 22, 2024 7:16 am
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Miltonf
Miltonf
October 22, 2024 7:17 am

Everyday the legacy meja proves it deserves to die. So many obnoxious, ignorant and entitled twats.

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
October 22, 2024 7:17 am

The fries with that episode Sunday has caused an explosion of memes!

Mid-Week in Pictures: Special Emergency Big Mac Edition | Power Line

Miltonf
Miltonf
October 22, 2024 7:19 am

Thorpe is also proof that drug and alcohol testing is needed for pollimuppets.

Steve trickler
Steve trickler
October 22, 2024 7:23 am
Nelson_Kidd-Players
October 22, 2024 7:29 am

Rafiki October 21, 2024 9:50 pm

[Thorpe] can’t be removed from Parliament, except at an election for Semators where she is one such whose 6 term is expiring

What would happen if a senator was elected and refused to take the oath? She’s should be told that she has to reaffirm her oath to regain the confidence of the senate. I’m not sure if, at that stage, she refuses that there is a precedent but if there isn’t, it’s time to create one.

If she’s prepared to reaffirm her oath it should be as humiliating as possible and it should be clear it’s a last chance.

Rosie
Rosie
October 22, 2024 7:34 am

Someone in the comments reckons hezbos were just scamming Iran.
This is why regular, rigorous audits are so important when you are running an Evil Empire.
https://x.com/VerminusM/status/1848403818465181771?t=EOFUg2PNyG4qvP6A1Iv5tg&s=19

GreyRanga
GreyRanga
October 22, 2024 7:39 am

MWIP, loved the stolen valor one and the ” would you like lies with that”. The rest were great as well.

Cassie of Sydney
October 22, 2024 7:39 am

At best his pass should be removed ASAP.

That ‘person’ is a she, and she should have been charged on Sunday with hate speech and incitement to violence.

I watched both James Macpherson and Sharri Markson last night. Both Macpherson and Markson are at the end of their tether with the NSW Police and the Minns government. I get the feeling that Markson is waking up to the reality that Minns spins a good yarn to the Jewish community and that’s it. I’ve called him out from day one. He is simply the pretty face of a far-left Labor government, full of Jew haters.

That ‘she’ in Hyde Park on Sunday also used a small girl (her daughter?), who is clearly no older than five or six years of age, to scream abuse at ‘Zionists”, screeching that Zionists are not welcome in this country. You read that right, that means me, my family, ninety-eight percent of other Jews and also non-Jews who support Jews and Israel (many here). Apparently we are no longer welcome in Australia in 2024. We should ‘rack’ off. Stripped bare, of course, ‘she’ and the little girl’s screeching about cleansing Australia of Zionists is an obvious code, when they use the word ‘Zionist’ they mean…’JEWS’.

Australia 2024, courtesy of multiculturalism and inept governance. The whole disgraceful scene on Sunday was a direct replica from Nazi Germany in the 1930s.

That speech, by the ‘she’ and her daughter (?) was direct incitement against Jews. But the NSWaffen Police, like they did on Monday night 9 October 2023, stood back and did nothing.

On Sunday I fled the CBD because I could see keffiyeh draped people walking to Hyde Park. You can feel the menace that overtakes the CBD Sitting at the bus stop, waiting for the 333 bus, I heard horrible shouts and screeches. These ‘rallies’ aren’t peaceful gatherings to mourn the dead, no, no, no, they are festivals to exhibit and celebrate Jew hatred. I saw how The Great Synagogue had numerous police standing in front of it, presumably to protect it from elderly Five Dock women…..that’s a joke!

Further to the ‘she’ in Hyde Park, I think it isn’t just her ‘pass’ that should be removed, her citizenship/residency should be revoked.

As far as I am concerned the real outrage lies at the feet of the supine, dhimmitude NSWaffen Police. Don’t forget, the NSWaffen Police will act when pushed, the NSWaffen recently tracked down an 82 year old Five Dock woman and charged her with hate speech. Her crime? She had telephoned a mosque and told them ‘go back to where you’ve come from’.

But the society we live in is now one of two tier everything. So, according to the likes of ‘authorities’ (cough) like Mike Burgess the ‘she’ in Hyde Park is simply letting off steam whereas the elderly woman from Five Dock is a menace and the real threat to our soshul coheshun.

Oh well, you see I happen to agree with the elderly woman from Five Dock. I would like the ‘she’ in Hyde Park, whose real name is Jana Fayyad, and her daughter(?), to go back to where they came from because I don’t believe either belong in this country. And if that’s hate speech and gets me charged, so be it.

Meanwhile, Jewish suburbs are targeted with Hamas symbols, Jewish businesses are daubed with Hamas symbols, a Jewish business on Sunday morning goes up in flames and on and on it goes. And the day draws near when it won’t be just bricks and mortar that incur the ire of leftist and Muslim Nazi scum, it will be human beings, Jewish human beings. And I must sincerely ask, when that happens will the NSWaffen Police stand by and do nothing? Because, given their recent unsavoury record, the NSWaffen could even provide the Jew hunters with a personal police escort.

GreyRanga
GreyRanga
October 22, 2024 7:44 am

Why isn’t the APH an alcohol free zone? How many workplaces are allowed to serve alcohol to the employees then allow them to go back to work? I suppose most of them are looney tunes anyway so it’s hard to tell if they’re pissed or not.

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Steve trickler
Steve trickler
October 22, 2024 7:50 am

Credit has to be given to Steven Crowder for these table talks – Change My Mind series made a dent. Good to see others follow suit.

It’s not a competition.

As for the bloke in the Kirk / Tulsi clip above @18:16 saying the election was not rigged!

My God!

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lotocoti
lotocoti
October 22, 2024 7:56 am

I don’t know, but I’ve been told phrases like direct action set off all sorts of alarms.

Min
Min
October 22, 2024 7:56 am

I was at meeting with James Paterson last night so asked Question re Lidia Can only be dismissed if found guilty of crime that gets a 1 year sentence But does swearing falsely allegiance to crown not important ? I did not query this with him

Rosie
Rosie
October 22, 2024 8:02 am
Cassie of Sydney
October 22, 2024 8:04 am

‘Can we stop having weekend protests at empty consulates and embassies, and focus on strategic actions instead? It’s been a year now. We need to shift strategy.

Hmm, what does she mean by ‘direct actions’ and ‘shifting strategy’? Does she mean…

Blowing up Jewish communal centres?

Murdering Jewish children on their way to school?

Setting fire to Jewish businesses with lots of Jews in them?

Vandalising and setting fire to synagogues?

Don’t worry, I’m sure whatever ‘direct actions’ and ‘shift in strategy’ they decide upon, here in NSW their ‘direct actions’ and ‘strategic shift’ will get NSWaffen approval….and protection.

hzhousewife
hzhousewife
October 22, 2024 8:10 am

Lysander, I sympathise. There will be a hormonal component no doubt, she may not understand why she does what she does either. Hopefully she is not on the pill, it can upset a girls hormones badly. Food intake is important, red meat and fat for the brain. For you and your wife too. And you and your wife must be on the same page, we had troubles with two against one for a while, one parent or the other was made the baddie. Negotiate when things are calmer, all good luck, remember she loves you !

shatterzzz
October 22, 2024 8:13 am

Grandson turned 15 last week & now old enuf to work .. 1st application & interview Maccas, yesterday .. got the job …….!

Rosie
Rosie
October 22, 2024 8:17 am

“I’m of the opinion she wants to be an adult”
Her behaviour wouldn’t be tolerated anywhere else.
I have no solutions other than to seek professional help.
Maybe her school could point you somewhere.

Cassie of Sydney
October 22, 2024 8:22 am

From The Oz….

The iconic statue of Queen Victoria outside Sydney’s Queen Victoria Building in the CBD has been vandalised with red paint overnight. 

Authorities quickly set up a crime scene around the monument and investigations are underway. 

No arrests have been made yet but police are expected to review extensive CCTV footage from the heavily monitored area. 

Authorities are working to restore the monument.

Rosie
Rosie
October 22, 2024 8:24 am
Black Ball
Black Ball
October 22, 2024 8:28 am

As for the idiot Thorpe, of course she can be thrown out. O’Farrell was forced over a bottle of wine fer phuck sake.

Miltonf
Miltonf
October 22, 2024 8:33 am

You notice how the Marxist- ‘indigenous’ – Islamic axis has been activated over the last 12 months and it’s been festering for many years. This is being driven from overseas imo with local mentally ill treacherous scum happy to oblige. Brexit, Trump and the rejection of anals divisive voice has galvanised the international left. Cassie is right that this a war.

Bourne1879
Bourne1879
October 22, 2024 8:33 am

Seems the comments at the Oz on Lidia Thorpe came back.
Meanwhile over 2300 at Courier Mail online. Somebody halted the flow of comments on the Oz late last night.

m0nty
October 22, 2024 8:35 am

Monty you arsehole. Get in here and explain how a Trump presidency will plunge the world into darkness.

He’s had one go at it, and things were excellent. So the challenge is on dickhead. Go!

Things were not excellent. He coasted on Obama’s economy until COVID hit, which he mismanaged terribly. His jobs record ended up terrible. His only legislative achievement was upper class tax cuts. He blew out the deficit.

Trump 47 would be a disaster due primarily to his insane tariff policy, which would start a worldwide recession. I am not sure how much of his deportation plan would actually be implemented, but to the extent that it would be, it would combine with tariffs to cause a price/wage inflation spiral. American’s economy is built on the backs of undocumented immigrant workers. Take them away, and inflation goes haywire.

Trump would cut aid to Ukraine as repayment for Putin’s support. Europe would step up to some extent, which may end up empowering them to take more responsibility, but a more likely outcome would be that Ukraine would lose the war. This would be a huge victory for the Axis in the New Cold War, benefiting our enemies and putting a big smile on Xi’s dial.

Thankfully none of that is going to happen, because Trump isn’t going to win.

Miltonf
Miltonf
October 22, 2024 8:37 am

The rancid turd has arrived.

Miltonf
Miltonf
October 22, 2024 8:39 am

Looks like we have neo con montypox today

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Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
October 22, 2024 8:44 am

Pop goes the green energy bubble.

“Energy Transition Failing”: Hedge Funds Mount Climate Short Bets On Green Tech Stocks (21 Oct)

“The energy transition is failing, and will fail,” Barry Norris, the founder and chief investment officer of UK hedge fund Argonaut Capital Partners LLP, told Bloomberg, adding fossil fuel will remain the top energy source for years to come.

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All those industry superfunds investing in green unicorns look to’ve done their dough.

Miltonf
Miltonf
October 22, 2024 8:46 am

As I’ve said before I don’t like Chilla or any of the windsors but I dislike them a lot less than the filthy trash dissing him ATM.

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Steve trickler
Steve trickler
October 22, 2024 8:51 am

Stein and Dinesh:

Dinesh D’Souza RUINED Indians for Ann Coulter

lotocoti
lotocoti
October 22, 2024 8:52 am

Hmm, what does she mean by ‘direct actions’ and ‘shifting strategy’? 

One light note in that thread was some dummy calling for a general strike.
While “long covid” may have stopped Ellie from working, it didn’t stop her from running for parliament.

calli
calli
October 22, 2024 8:54 am

Lysander, I don’t have a “fix” for your difficulties. Every family is different.

Just one piece of advice – do not take on blame because you were away working. You were putting food on the table and a roof over your family’s head at great personal cost to yourself. Like so many loving, decent, dependable fathers.

Many girls (and boys) go through this repulsive stage. At one point I was within a breath of removing a bedroom door until the behaviour improved! Ha! So much for “privacy”. And I had a son who grunted at me for nearly a decade. But that’s my story, not yours.

Things might improve, they might get a whole lot worse. Just remember to model that other dad who, while his returning, rebellious child was still a long way off, ran down the road to meet him. That child knew deep down that they could always go back, which tells you all you need to know about the father’s character.

Bourne1879
Bourne1879
October 22, 2024 8:55 am

The McDonalds edition of Week in Pictures is fun. My favourite is Stolen Valor with pic of Kamala working there.

Miltonf
Miltonf
October 22, 2024 8:57 am

‘Correctly understand tariffs’ well you can’t incorrectly understand them.

Roger
Roger
October 22, 2024 8:57 am

“The energy transition is failing, and will fail,” Barry Norris, the founder and chief investment officer of UK hedge fund Argonaut Capital Partners LLP, told Bloomberg, adding fossil fuel will remain the top energy source for years to come.

What…throwing tomato soup on Van Gogh paintings didn’t work?

Miltonf
Miltonf
October 22, 2024 9:00 am

The modern left really are like obnoxious infants.

Indolent
Indolent
October 22, 2024 9:01 am
Miltonf
Miltonf
October 22, 2024 9:01 am

Only 8 o’clock in Queensland but feels like 9!

calli
calli
October 22, 2024 9:02 am

Sorry about that sermon, Lysander.

I had a horrible time with my teenagers. They all turned out well in the end. If only they’d used their wretched big brains for good and not evil a whole lot earlier! 🙂

Indolent
Indolent
October 22, 2024 9:03 am
lotocoti
lotocoti
October 22, 2024 9:05 am

The architect of the Fourth Reich has a bit of a laugh.

Top Ender
Top Ender
October 22, 2024 9:16 am

Grandson turned 15 last week & now old enuf to work .. 1st application & interview Maccas, yesterday .. got the job …….!

Check the first payslip.

Our youngest got her first job at Maccas. Turned out she was automatically enrolled in a union at $7 a week. At $364 for a year for a 14 year old.

Took three weeks to get it changed.

Cassie of Sydney
October 22, 2024 9:21 am

My mother has long said that having teenage girls was a nightmare compared to teenage boys.

My brother was quiet and placid whereas my sister and I were moody, rude, sullen and bitchy plus my sister was openly rebellious. We were particularly nasty to Mum however I was more scared of my mother whereas my sister was not. As for broken locks on bedroom doors, there is no way, no way in the world my mother would have tolerated us having locks on our bedroom doors.

I remember my mother once saying to her bitchy teenage daughters that she wished she’d stuck to just having dogs as they were much easier and much nicer. I think Mum had a point.

Wally Dalí
Wally Dalí
October 22, 2024 9:26 am

My firstborn heir has just started working at a Vietnamese hole-in-wall. (not 100% into her working off-property when there’s so much on-farm to git amongst, but anyway) The ethnic owners saw at first sight that she’s high in trait conscientiousness, and heard on word of mouth that she’s top of her class, so they’ve got her doing an extra hour, off the books, tutoring their son, before her mandated maximum 3.5h shift. I’m totes stoked she’s straight into the cash economy!
Now word is out that she’s working and every second servo and cafe is hassling mine wifey to put youngster on. Can’t work retail until 15 though.

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Roger
Roger
October 22, 2024 9:40 am

Grandson turned 15 last week & now old enuf to work .. 1st application & interview Maccas, yesterday .. got the job …….!

Advise him to keep all the related documentation on file in case he contemplates running for high office one day.

For some strange reason people don’t take politicians at their word.

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Eyrie
Eyrie
October 22, 2024 9:42 am
132andBush
132andBush
October 22, 2024 9:45 am

Things were not excellent. He coasted on Obama’s economy until COVID hit, which he mismanaged terribly. His jobs record ended up terrible. His only legislative achievement was upper class tax cuts. He blew out the deficit.

Trump 47 would be a disaster due primarily to his insane tariff policy, which would start a worldwide recession. I am not sure how much of his deportation plan would actually be implemented, but to the extent that it would be, it would combine with tariffs to cause a price/wage inflation spiral. American’s economy is built on the backs of undocumented immigrant workers. Take them away, and inflation goes haywire.

Trump would cut aid to Ukraine as repayment for Putin’s support. Europe would step up to some extent, which may end up empowering them to take more responsibility, but a more likely outcome would be that Ukraine would lose the war. This would be a huge victory for the Axis in the New Cold War, benefiting our enemies and putting a big smile on Xi’s dial.

Thankfully none of that is going to happen, because Trump isn’t going to win.

For the casual visitor to this site: The above gibberish can be taken to be completely false and any predictions made are guaranteed to eventuate to the complete opposite.
Smart people are making fortunes on betting markets using this rule of thumb.

cohenite
October 22, 2024 9:46 am

What is it with these fat, black bitch AGs prosecuting Trump. Letitia ran for office on a sue Trump platform. Now we find fuking fanny fani did the same:

Nathan Wade: Fani Willis Planned Trump Prosecution Before She Took Office

Cassie of Sydney
October 22, 2024 9:52 am

I see the Nazi is defecating here again. He needs to go play with his Hamas buddies.

By the way Nazi, unlike you I don’t advocate violence against those whose opinions I don’t like.

Cassie of Sydney
October 22, 2024 9:58 am

Teenage girls are a nightmare which is why, in traditional cultures, they were and are married off early. It makes sense.

alwaysright
alwaysright
October 22, 2024 10:08 am

Hey munts, let us know when you figure out how to push both buttons on the pager.

[snork]

shatterzzz
October 22, 2024 10:09 am

What does one do with a teenage daughter who is 17 (18yrs in 2 months) who screams, swears, is sometimes violent? And when you “lay down the law,” walks out the door with a backpack? The neighbours must hate us!

I’ve got 4 kids .. 3 were normal but my middle daughter was a terror .. ran her own gang at 14 and ruled the local HS until she left .. Most kids chose to cross the road rather than pass her .. Didn’t do drugs but often ended up at the local plod shop for vocally abusing plod …
Then turned 20 met the “right” bloke and turned it all around took to motherhood & settled into baby raising .. now mid 30s .. 3 kids and a thriving photography business …..

Wally Dali
Wally Dali
October 22, 2024 10:12 am

I think that’s the origin of “you broke it, you bought it”, Cassie. Should remain as a reminder to the young bucks also, and justifies reticence from the dreaded mothers-in-law too…

Chris
Chris
October 22, 2024 10:17 am

Quadrant down again. Is this a DDOS attack?

thefrollickingmole
October 22, 2024 10:20 am

Interesting.

I wonder if they have been rounded up to “clear the decks” for action against iran or as normal procedure??

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/21/israeli-citizens-arrested-spying-for-iran-police-say

Israeli police and the Shin Bet domestic intelligence agency say they have arrested a network of Israeli citizens spying for Iran who allegedly provided information on military bases and conducted surveillance of individuals.
The investigators claimed the network had been active for about two years. According to reports in the Israeli press, the suspects are accused of photographing and collecting information about Israeli bases and facilities, including the defence headquarters in Tel Aviv, known as the Kirya, and the Nevatim and Ramat David airbases.

The Nevatim base was targeted by Iran’s two missile attacks this year, and Ramat David has been targeted by Hezbollah.
“This is one of the most serious security cases investigated in recent years,” state prosecutors said. Police said the group had carried out 600 missions over two years.

Roger
Roger
October 22, 2024 10:31 am

On the alleged Israeli spies…

According to Haaretz, the suspects allegedly received hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash transfers from Russian intermediaries, as well as in cryptocurrencies.

JC
JC
October 22, 2024 10:32 am

Sina Toossi

@SinaToossi

?A very important piece: an Israeli outlet reports severe morale loss and exhaustion among soldiers, with many now refusing to serve.

Based on interviews with soldiers and families across units, it’s described as a “suppressed but growing phenomenon.”

Very good thread.

Okay, We get that it’s been a long and hard slog, but everything is relative.

How does this compare to stats of soldier behaviour in previous wars?

If the Israeli side is exhausted and obviously winning, what does the other side look like?

Did you consider this, Dover?

Cassie of Sydney
October 22, 2024 10:47 am

?A very important piece: an Israeli outlet reports severe morale loss and exhaustion among soldiers, with many now refusing to serve.
?
I haven’t heard of ‘many’ refusing to serve in the IDF. There’s always been and always will be stories of a few but not ‘many’. Israeli men and women know that military service is a must, else Israel would not exist. As for ‘morale’, I think morale would have been boosted on hearing the news of of Sinwar’s death.

You know what, I’d like to see a genuine report of morale loss, exhaustion and refusal to serve among Russian soldiers. I suspect there’s a story there but of course we won’t hear those stories because, unlike Israel, Russia is not a democracy.

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Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
October 22, 2024 10:52 am

exclusive

Dennis McKenna: Victims breathe a sigh of relief as one of WA’s worst paedophiles denied paroleCaleb RuncimanThe West Australian
Tue, 22 October 2024 6:52A.M

The adult victims of one of the State’s most depraved paedophiles are celebrating after his bid for freedom was denied by the WA Prisoners Review board on Monday.
Dennis John McKenna was the hostel warden at the Katanning Residential College — known as St Andrews Hostel — in the 1970s and 80s.
It was there, over a 12-year period, that he sexually abused 28 boys.
McKenna was most recently sentenced in 2013 to nine years in prison, after he admitted to 34 counts of sexual offending against 17 young victims who resided at the college.
He was also jailed in 1991 and 2011 for old sex crimes against another 11.
One of those victims, Todd Jefferis told The West Australian that “common sense had prevailed” after the WA Prisoners Review board denied McKenna parole on Monday morning.
“They’ve denied him parole, which is bloody good, we’ve been campaigning pretty heavily for him to be denied,” he said hours after the decision.
“It’s a great result for us, as victims…. we were all high-fiving today when they knocked him back.”

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
October 22, 2024 11:06 am

Miltonf
 October 22, 2024 7:19 am

Thorpe is also proof that drug and alcohol testing is needed for pollimuppets.

Mmmyes.
After the Great Britnah Disaster there were suggestions that Parliament House should be a dry workplace.
Strangely, that suggestion sunk without trace in a few days.

Miltonf
Miltonf
October 22, 2024 11:08 am

Odious people

thefrollickingmole
October 22, 2024 11:09 am

Dover.
Its a “leak” where they posted it onto a restricted app that only a few 10’s of thousands of government employees could access.

Im almost certain any investigation will find nothing wrong with that, because if you cant trust 10’s of thousands of government employees, who can you trust?

Arky
October 22, 2024 11:10 am

My brother was quiet and placid whereas my sister and I were moody, rude, sullen and bitchy plus my sister was openly rebellious. 

There are so many different possible influences that it can be difficult to unravel, but in generalities: most girls are easier to manage than most boys.
But the social factor is much, much, much bigger with girls, and one rotten one can influence negatively a whole group.
Whereas with boys, once you are sorted you can get more work out of them, initially you get more push back. But once you are cool, you’re usually cool for the duration.
Girls (well all teenagers really) can do this thing where they seem to be cooperating with work requirements, but actually are very dismissive. Frankly, I’d prefer open rebellion to that situation, at least the rebel is being honest and the process of finding a solution can begin.
Then you have the difference between a co-ed situation vs a single sex setting. Which changes the dynamics again.
All of which is why I am against compulsory education completely.
And why we need to put more resources into an apprenticeship system, and into different settings.
The reality is all humans are difficult, deceptive (sometimes unwittingly) and manipulative.
It’s crucial that people aren’t put into situations they haven’t actively chosen for themselves, and the more options that are available, the better we’ll all be, but especially the kid who wants to be in an academic setting but is having it disrupted by someone who doesn’t want to be there, is getting nothing out of it, and who is showing their very human unpleasant side.

billie
billie
October 22, 2024 11:12 am

On Lydia and mental health.

Leave her there, she’s a lighthouse, a warning to others of the outcomes of DEI policies and promoting people, who are not at all representative of the community, into positions of power.

Same as what’s her name Aussie Voice girl in the west representing Afghanistan.

The Parliamentary system has failed in many ways because the people in there are barely representative of the people.

How do you expect ALP people who join at uni, never have a job in the outside world, become representative of anything but others of their kind?

(rhetorial question, of course)

Delta A
Delta A
October 22, 2024 11:15 am

Wally Dali @ 9.26 am.

Now word is out that she’s working and every second servo and cafe is hassling mine wifey to put youngster on.

Same happened to #1 Granddaughter. She began waitressing at the local pub at 143/4. Changed to weekend work when she began teaching quals at uni, but was forced to quit because she refused mandatory vaccinations.

Gained experience in a variety of hospitality settings until eventually, at 22 yo, being ‘head-hunted’ for restaurant/bar manager position. Two weeks ago, manager of local travel agency, having enjoyed often her sunny personality and her lattes, asked her to apply for permanent, full time position with the company.

“Will you be free to travel overseas?” he asked during her second interview.

Her head is still spinning. They’ve already booked an orientation cruise for her. The dream job for a young woman.

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
October 22, 2024 11:15 am

Troy Bramston is getting worse. Three recent articles of his:

Harris uninspiring, but Trump presidency a threat to America (today)

With Donald Trump a risk to democracy, trade and security, Kamala Harris is the superior candidate for US president.

‘It’s about your record’: Tony Blair’s winning formula for re-election

He arrived at Downing Street promising hope for a resurgent Britain as it entered the new millennium. Now, 17 years after he left office, what drives Sir Tony Blair?

Note to Kerr undermines Charles’ integrity as monarch

King Charles must address his youthful error of judgment in expressing support for John Kerr’s dismissal of Gough Whitlam in November 1975.

There you go:

Terminal TDS (tick)
Tongue bathes Tony Bliar (tick)
Resents Charles as monarch (tick)
Detests Sir John Kerr (tick)
Lurves Whitlam (tick)

I wonder when he will jump ship to the Grauniad?

Damon
Damon
October 22, 2024 11:46 am

The disgusting antics of rubbish like Thorpe”
She is free to make her point, but not to embarrass the institution that she serves.

Top Ender
Top Ender
October 22, 2024 12:01 pm

No-nonsense British journalist confronts Lidia Thorpe live on air
Daily Mail

bons
bons
October 22, 2024 12:05 pm

Teens – aliens

Our guys were too busy to turn into shites but they did try at times.

But a neice was exactly as described. Her desperate parents forced her back to pony club on one occasion. Her resentment eased dramatically when she met a whirlwind of a kid who dominated her and kept her so constantly on the move that she showed vague signs of becoming human. When she became grumpy the kid would scold her like a parent but, not being a parent, she got away with it. It took years but she did eventually came good.

But a pal’s rather smart grandson suddenly stopped going to school about eighteen months ago. No form of support or advice has overcome the problem. His poor parents have run out of walls to climb. Apparently it is not an uncommon syndrome for which there is no quick fix. They either snap out of it or head for the gutter. That is scary.

JC
JC
October 22, 2024 12:11 pm

He’s more black than KamalToe, but without DEI.

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calli
calli
October 22, 2024 12:28 pm

Thorpe is the Senate’s RayGun.

Without the graceful moves.

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
October 22, 2024 12:30 pm

BLM protesters greet King at National Centre for Indigenous Excellence

A handful of protestors yelled “black lives matter” and “no pride in genocide” as King Charles left the National Centre for Indigenous Excellence on Tuesday. 
The chanting of the protestors was soon drowned out by cheers from about 150 people who waited hours to get a glimpse of the King.

Next door to the “National Centre for Non- Indigenous Excellence,” I presume?

JC
JC
October 22, 2024 12:31 pm

Interesting factoid.

After the civil war, thousands of Americans established two cities in Brazil, one of which was named Americana

Here’s a vid.

They interview Laura Baird. She only speaks Portuguese.

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Salvatore - Iron Publican
October 22, 2024 12:33 pm

Reading the comments on the theme of the … unpredictable nature … of teenage girls;

I don’t hire females unless they’re at least 25yo, for very good reason.

GreyRanga
GreyRanga
October 22, 2024 12:34 pm

It is so nice to hear tales about our young people doing well for themselves. The attitudes instilled by conservative upbringing is in my view what has benefited them. That said my ex-business partner was an old type greenie. Still his children turned out conservative due to the family values instilled. One being a worldwide yacht delivery skipper who recently gave it away to spend time with his baby daughter. The other one being an accountant. Very staid according to father. My kids and their friends are very conservative and family oriented.

Miltonf
Miltonf
October 22, 2024 12:35 pm

BLM- more academic Marxist mental vomit imported from the Northern hemisphere

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Lawgi Dawes-Hall
Lawgi Dawes-Hall
October 22, 2024 12:39 pm

re girls…

My suggestion is you conduct the following experiment: Get her best friend’s family to hire a catamaran for a couple of weeks and invite your daughter along.

My prediction is her friend’s family will return lamenting that they have been lumbered with a brat… while you on the other hand, have been gifted the most charming thing afloat*.

*based on direct observation but not immediate familial experience.

Roger
Roger
October 22, 2024 12:42 pm

My kids and their friends are very conservative and family oriented.

Ditto.

Quite a few even support Trump, as I’ve mentioned before.

Not uncritically, but as a disruptor of a corrupt system.

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Long Time Lurker
Long Time Lurker
October 22, 2024 12:47 pm

On teenage children. The phrase ‘it takes a village’ is true. Boys need mentors from about 11 or 12. Team sport is the best place to have them being kept honest by their mates and having other men to guide them. I would suggest coahing or managing a team in the club but not one your own children are in. Manual labour from 14 on is also great for concentrating the mind on their studies. As a father of three boys, the eldest of four and the son of a man who had 7 brothers I know absolutely nothing of raising girls.

cohenite
October 22, 2024 12:51 pm

The fuking abc and leftoids are coming after Lia Finocchiaro, the fantastic new NT Chief Minister and her tough, really sensible, approach to crime. In this hard hitting lick spittle expose the abc wheel out a drug skank who was on meth while preggers and involved with a drug syndicate. The sympathy for the skank and outrage at her unjust treatment seeps from their shit about how the skank was separated from her poor sprog and was in jail in sweltering conditions. The LNP deserve all they get for not closing this commie bastard outfit down when they could:

‘The system is at breaking point’: People on remand in NT prisons endure record wait times

P
P
October 22, 2024 12:54 pm

JD Vance at Wisconsin faith rally says Catholics ‘feel abandoned’ by Biden, Harris

“Whether you’re a person of [the] Christian faith or not, Donald Trump and I are going to fight for your right to live your values because that’s what the First Amendment protects,” Vance said.

According to a polling average from RealClearPolling, Trump and Harris are virtually tied in Wisconsin, a state with 10 Electoral College votes. In all seven battleground states with the tightest races, polls show Trump with very narrow leads, with Harris less than two percentage points behind in each — well within the margin of error.

Some recent polls show that Catholic voters are nearly evenly divided on the 2024 presidential election. According to a September Pew Research Center survey, about 52% of Catholics support Trump and 47% support Harris. A poll conducted by the National Catholic Reporter found that Catholics in the seven most tightly contested swing states preferred Trump 50% to Harris’ 45%.

Lysander
Lysander
October 22, 2024 12:55 pm

Thanks for all the helpful comments Cats.

For what it’s worth, our three boys are very level headed, studious and perfectly fine. The daughter, whilst probably needing an exorcist, can also be quite nice and loving but consistency’s not her strong suit…

Rosie
Rosie
October 22, 2024 12:56 pm

What is the point of sharing these battle fatigue stories from Israel.
Has this never happened in war before?
At least we aren’t hearing stories about fragging.
It’s been a year of hell fighting against terrorists disguised as, and hiding amongst civilians.
Of course the most fanatical are going to pop their nasty heads up again
Sinwar is dead, Deif is dead, Nasrallah is dead.
Jabalia appears to be surrendering, Hezbollah is decimated.
Pray God that soon the remaining hostages are released,or their bodies repatriated, Hamas and Hezbollah diminished enough to longer represent an existential threat to Israel and people can return to their homes in northern Israel.

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
October 22, 2024 12:56 pm

A handful of protestors yelled “black lives matter” and “no pride in genocide” as King Charles left the National Centre for Indigenous Excellence on Tuesday. 

The Left hates him. The mystifying thing is why he sucks up to them.

King weighs in on ‘unmistakeable’ climate change (Paywallian)

The King has intervened in Australia’s climate change debate, saying the nation was ‘particularly vulnerable’ from rising temperatures and backing the Albanese government’s rollout of renewables.

No, Chuck, it isn’t actually happening. And all you are doing is pissing off your last remaining supporters in this country.

Rosie
Rosie
October 22, 2024 12:58 pm
JC
JC
October 22, 2024 1:03 pm

I witnessed an interesting contrast between teenage boys and gals the other after coming back from a walk down the beach.

A group of about 10 boys was huddled, walking down the street on the way to the beach. They were calm, barely making a peep, exchanging the occasional chuckle carrying paddle boards and balls.

Then there’s gals – a gaggle of them when you see them. They’re all “talking” past each other to get the attention of the group. It becomes something like a synchronized scream-fest. It’s like they think the only way to be heard is by out-yelling the next one. “Serenity now”

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Lysander
Lysander
October 22, 2024 1:10 pm
Rosie
Rosie
October 22, 2024 1:10 pm

It’s funny Emily Zanotti is notafan of the Republican presidential hopeful but the Dem reactions to MacTrump are providing her with endless opportunities to slam idiocy.
https://x.com/emzanotti/status/1848419513013866748?t=QV4jJSk-4Xev3G9v7fG15A&s=19

cohenite
October 22, 2024 1:14 pm

Some talk of errant young lasses and what approach should be taken. It reminded me of a description from Tom Jones by Henry Fielding, the second best novelist in the English language after our Jane. Here Squire Western has just been disobeyed by his daughter Sophia after he has arranged for her to marry the odious Blifil instead of gallant but disinherited Tom:

Mr Western, having finished his holla, and taken a little breath, began to lament, in very pathetic terms, the unfortunate condition of men, who are, says he, ‘always whipt in by humours of some d-n’d b- or other. I think I was hard run enough by your mother for one man; but after giving her a dodge, here’s another b- follows me upon the foil; but curse my jacket if I will be run down in this manner by any o’um.’

Sophia never had a single dispute with her father, till this unlucky affair with Blifil, on any account, except in defence of her mother, whom she had loved most tenderly, though she lost her in her seventh year of her age. The squire, to whom that poor woman had been a faithful upper servant all the time of their marriage, had returned that behaviour by making what the world calls a good husband. He very seldom swore at her (perhaps not above once a week) and never beat her; she had not the least occasion for jealousy, and was perfect mistress of her time; for she was never interrupted by her husband, who was engaged all the morning in his field exercises, and all the evening with bottle companions. She scarce indeed ever saw him but at meals; where she had the pleasure of carving those dishes which she had before attended at the dressing. From those meals she retired about five minutes after the other servants, having only stayed to drink ‘the king over the water’. Such were, it seems, Mr Western’s orders; for it was a maxim with him, that women should come in with the first dish, and go out after the first glass. Obedience to those orders was perhaps no difficult task; for the conversation (if it may be called so) was seldom such as could entertain a lady. It consisted chiefly of hallowing, singing, relations of sporting incidents, b-d-y, and abuse of women, and of the government.

These, however were the only seasons when Mr Western saw his wife; for when he repaired to her bed, he was generally so drunk that he could not see; and in the sporting season he always rose from her before it was light.

JC
JC
October 22, 2024 1:15 pm

His ma was Scottish after all.

Donald McDonald and Harris at McDonald’s

JC
JC
October 22, 2024 1:29 pm

4 years of this?

KamalToe, Don’t confuse isolation with insulation as they aren’t the same thing”

And the uptalk is insufferable.

Rabz
October 22, 2024 1:41 pm

KamalToe, Don’t confuse isolation with insulation as they aren’t the same thing

Pondering the significance of the passage of time while unburdened by insulation.

Cassie of Sydney
October 22, 2024 1:54 pm

?A very important piece: an Israeli outlet reports severe morale loss and exhaustion among soldiers, with many now refusing to serve.

It is evident that the writer of the above words wants Israel and its army to suffer from a collapse of morale, battle exhaustion and to have many young men and women refuse to serve. But it is simply not true to say that morale loss and a refusal to serve is high. It is not. Since October 7 Israeli morale has been high, and whilst there are bitter political divisions, those divisions don’t extend to its army and to the current need to terminate the terrorist groups of Hamas and Hezbollah once and for all.

Yes, there’s exhaustion but Israel has suffered exhaustion from war since its first war in 1948, when Arab armies invaded the fledgling state. Israel has endured exhaustion after every war, 1948, 1956, 1967, 1973, 1982, the first Intifada, the second Intifada, the first Israel/Hezbollah war, the Gaza war of 2009 and so on.

Israel is tired of having to send off its young men and women to war, to fight an enemy that doesn’t want Israel to exist, to fight an enemy that doesn’t want Jews to exist. To this, Israel says NO, we will fight. As Bibi said a few months ago, Israelis will fight with their teeth if they have to.

On October 7 2023 Israel had a bitter taste of what would happen if they were to lay down their arms, and that hideous menu included mass rape, mass murder and mass kidnappings. So, whilst Israel and Israelis can tire of war, they will never tire of fighting for their survival because they know the alternative is simply too dreadful to contemplate.

calli
calli
October 22, 2024 2:08 pm

Anyone seen Joe Biden lately? Anyone?

Dr Faustus
Dr Faustus
October 22, 2024 2:11 pm

And there I was, thinking performative twaddle, while all the time she was engaged in gubba business:

Senator Thorpe said she had been attempting to hand King Charles a notice of complicity in genocide under the “Statute of the International Criminal Court 1998”.

The notice calls for King Charles to be “charged and prosecuted” for his role in the “crime of Aboriginal genocide” and “imposing conditions of life to destroy us and causing us serious mental and physical harm contrary to ­Article 5 of the court’s statute”.

She’ll probably have a declaration under the Warsaw Concerto and evidences too.

bons
bons
October 22, 2024 2:13 pm

Israeli society is full of interesting surprises all of which have a logical underpinning.

It is fascinating to see videos of young kids in their disco gear all with a rifle slung over their shoulders. I assume that they find national service to be burdensome but they appear to just get on with it.

cohenite
October 22, 2024 2:13 pm

In the US, and every other Western nation, apart from the msm, the most egregious groups are the rinos and faux conservatives. Case in point the Cheneys; what a ghastly bunch, father and bitch daughter:

The Cheney Family Rule of Lawlessness

Indolent
Indolent
October 22, 2024 2:14 pm
Cassie of Sydney
October 22, 2024 2:22 pm

I will also add that the left-wing protests in Israel against Bibi have subsided since the August discovery of the bodies of the six murdered young Jews, starved and shot at point blank range as the IDF closed in on their Nazi torturers.

Whilst I can’t speak for all Jewish women (or Jewish men)…hear this, I’d rather fight with my teeth and fingernails than be taken by homicidal genocidal Hamas Nazi scum who would rape me, starve me and shoot me dead.

Indolent
Indolent
October 22, 2024 2:27 pm

Dr. John Campbell

Ivermectin and Cancers

shatterzzz
October 22, 2024 2:32 pm

The Victorian premier, Jacinta Allan, says an overhaul of the state’s infrastructure contribution scheme will ensure communities that build more homes will receive funding for key amenities like schools and parks.

?And, of course, no developer would consider passing the extra costs onto the customer ..!
Gotta luv the way gummint passes the buck ……….!

Lee
Lee
October 22, 2024 2:33 pm

I am less confident about Trump winning after reading this:

Here We Go Again… :: SteynOnline

Extremely depressing.

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Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
October 22, 2024 2:35 pm

Chris
 October 22, 2024 10:17 am

Quadrant down again. Is this a DDOS attack?

Or blackmail from some crazy?

Indolent
Indolent
October 22, 2024 2:37 pm
shatterzzz
October 22, 2024 2:39 pm

Senator Thorpe said she had been attempting to hand King Charles a notice of complicity in genocide under the “Statute of the International Criminal Court 1998”.

Also notice none of the media outlets draw any attention to “Hideous” Thorpe being a 1024th 251, at best, so all her ranting & raving is really pantomime cos without lotza “whitie” invovement she wouldn’t have much of a claim to indig heritage …………

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Steve trickler
Steve trickler
October 22, 2024 2:41 pm

calli
 October 22, 2024 12:28 pm

Thorpe is the Senate’s RayGun.
Without the graceful moves.

——

What are these Graceful Moves You Speak Of!

( :

RUN DMC, Jason Nevins – It’s Like That (Official HD Video)

Bourne1879
Bourne1879
October 22, 2024 2:46 pm

For those who pop into Tim Pool podcast.
In his latest just dropped he is saying might be the end of his podcasts in current way of operating.
He explains reasons but basically he is carrying too heavy a load and business supports 30 people. Says it is not the money but works 16 hour days when others coasting or even leaking info or even stealing from him. Says on one occasion cut a cheque for $30,000 for something he did not do himself. No time for holidays or even to travel to go on other shows.
Says for 2 years trying to get a coffee shop going but never going to happen.
He could make far more money if he was a one man operation.
Not listened to it all yet but thought some might be interested.

Steve trickler
Steve trickler
October 22, 2024 2:47 pm

I remember the DMC track at the Leederville Hotel – Perth. Early 2000’s. Jugs of beer were 9 bucks.

Top Ender
Top Ender
October 22, 2024 2:50 pm

Quadrant is back up…

Winston Smith
Winston Smith
October 22, 2024 3:04 pm

Not sure if this works…
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TddY6NaymWQ
No record of her working at MacDonalds.
Not evidence, just a statement.

Rosie
Rosie
October 22, 2024 3:04 pm

Here’s one young man who is prepared to continue to fight the good fight.
https://x.com/HaimTraitel/status/1848439448612311389?t=bOzZmNvHML65CWwmWihCCg&s=19

Rosie
Rosie
October 22, 2024 3:06 pm
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Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
October 22, 2024 3:08 pm

KRISTINE

7 minutes ago
How much will be enough for indigenous leaders? They control more than 50% of the landmass, get $36B a year and the majority population must wear a sackcloth in perpetuity for the original sin of settlement. We’re not getting much in this reconciliation game.

H B Bear
H B Bear
October 22, 2024 3:18 pm

Cuddly Costello goes to town at the ARC conference. Another thing to thank Howard for.

Top Ender
Top Ender
October 22, 2024 3:21 pm

A devout Catholic former union chief has sparked a mass walkout from a university graduation ceremony as he spoke out against abortion and same-sex marriage.

Joe de Bruyn, who led the Shop, Distributive & Allied Employees Association (SDA) from 1978 to 2014, was giving the keynote speech at the Australian Catholic University graduation in Melbourne on Monday night.

Mr de Bruyn also used the address to speak about his opposition to gay marriage and IVF, prompting hundreds of students and staff to leave the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre.

He told the faculty of education and arts, law and commerce graduates he had opposed ‘the deliberate killing of unborn human beings’ for decades.

‘Today, over 80,000 unborn children are killed by abortion in Australia each year. Worldwide, the estimated number is 42 million each year,’ he said.

‘Abortion is the single biggest killer of human beings in the world, greater than the human toll of World War II. It is a tragedy that must be ended.’

Many attendees said the comments were not appropriate for a graduation and said the ACU should apologise.

But an ACU spokesperson told Daily Mail Australia that ‘Mr de Bruyn’s remarks at the ceremony were delivered in a personal capacity’.

The SDA is a major force in the right wing of the Labor Party and for years used its block any move towards legalising same-sex marriage off the agenda. 

On Monday night, Mr de Bruyn made it clear that he is still vehemently opposed to gay marriage. 

Daily Mail

JC
JC
October 22, 2024 3:25 pm

Bear

I ask this about twice a year. How are you traveling health wise?

thefrollickingmole
October 22, 2024 3:33 pm

Just for fun…

Trump
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
October 22, 2024 3:35 pm

Royalists drown out anti-monarchist protester outside Sydney Opera HouseAn anti-monarchist and Indigenous activist was moved on by police after shouting abuse towards crowds waiting at the Sydney Opera House for the arrival of the King and Queen.
‘You have blood on your hands!’ the protester, named Wayne Wharton and who was carrying an Aboriginal flag, shouted.
‘You have no receipt! You have no agreement on the occupation of this country!
‘You are thieves! You are no better than the Israelis in Palestine.
‘You are a nation of thieves!’
Mr Wharton was quickly drowned out by royal fans who started chanting ‘God save the King!’ as he gave them the finger.
Police officers then moved the man along.
At 1.20pm, a police van arrived and Mr Wharton was led to it, handcuffed and placed inside as the crowd opposite cheered and shouted: ‘Long Live the King’.
Mr Wharton is a member of the First Nations Resistance group and had earlier protested at St Thomas’ Anglican Church in North Sydney when the King and Queen arrived on Sunday.
‘To have this rubbed in our faces is an insult every day that we are alive,’ he told the ABC at the time.

cohenite
October 22, 2024 3:42 pm

I am less confident about Trump winning after reading this:
Here We Go Again… :: SteynOnline
Extremely depressing.

This should make you suicidal:

?BREAKING: Election Machines Flip Votes in 3 States! Red Alert Warns of Fraud Loopholes Exposed!?

cohenite
October 22, 2024 4:01 pm

For cackles to win she has to win ALL of WI, MI and PA. Good analysis here:

Kamala Harris Is in a Whole LOT of TROUBLE…

JC
JC
October 22, 2024 4:12 pm

Let’s say the orange man takes all those states with GOP lower houses and Kamaltoe takes the ones with demons.

According to my electoral map on RCP, Trump can win with 293 vs 245 for Kamaltoe.

Here’s a copy of the my map.

If anyone has any different opinion, let me know.

If Virginia is added to Trump, he gets 13 additional votes taking him to 306. I don’t think Penn is a must win for Trump, but more so for KamalToe.

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  1. Interesting rabbit hole tweet about who owns the companies that make the voting machines in the USA. https://nitter.poast.org/FFT1776/status/1846570820614709341#m

  2. The ‘macwin’ https://x.com/Shawn_Farash/status/1848362761299865765?t=aISMDzA_vSai86gWJqRXlQ&s=19

  3. 18 24 150 who to believe? https://x.com/manniefabian/status/1848677380295925904?t=AtBbb_5NMZfIweEQ4mjJeA&s=19

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