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KL had similar warnings, on the old airport walls – the airport where Barlow and Chambers were arrested..
Ex Padu Prison
What stinks is that the ICC are aware of Hamas using civilians as shields And, presumably, of Hamas hoarding aid.
FFS in reply to Sancho’s post above. Won’t attach pic. Eggsactly. Smuggle drugs in Asia then you are a dickhead…
Boo! Again.
Up and at em…
9 days and counting…
*I’m NOT in favour of ANY compensation, but should such be necessary, it seems dishonest to apply to the valuation later improvements that the original inhabitants could not possibly have delivered.
?
We should be charging them for the myriad benefits we have so far given them gratis.
Not those who have joined us and are now just Australians, but those who are demanding reparations.They owe us a lot more than we owe them.
(From the old fred)
Good morning!
Henry Ford’s production line innovations allowed Ford factories to crank out an astounding number of cars. Between 1927 and 1932, for example, Ford produced 4.8 million Model A cars (the successor to the Model T).
Why did Arky chose the model A to restore?
Because it was available, or one of the most numerous?
Why not one of the rarest? (Edsel?)
A lot of people wonder why ancient cities were abandoned and have wild theories about it.
IMHO there a but a few reasons, invaded and inhabitants killed and dragged into slavery, climate change, the natural kind where you run out of water, trade routes change or a plague.
Any of our intrepid travelers been to this city?
Just an explain from wiki;
(“After the Vandal invasion of 430, Timgad was destroyed at the end of the 5th century by montagnards of the Aurès. The Byzantine Reconquest revived some activities in the city, defended by a fortress built to the south, in 539, reusing blocks removed from Roman monuments.”)
Many good links and pictures if interested.
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The Abandoned City of Thamugadi: A Roman Mystery
Thamugadi, also known as Timgad, stands as one of the most well-preserved Roman cities in North Africa.
Founded by Emperor Trajan around 100 AD in modern-day Algeria, it was built with the precision typical of Roman town planning, featuring straight streets, arches, public baths, and a theater capable of seating thousands. Today, however, Thamugadi is a ghost town—its ruins largely untouched by the passage of time.
What makes Thamugadi particularly intriguing is its gradual abandonment. Unlike many ancient cities, it did not fall due to war, plague, or a natural disaster. Instead, the city seems to have quietly slipped into decline, eventually buried beneath the desert sands. This slow fading from history raises compelling questions about what led a bustling Roman settlement to disappear so completely.
Adding to the mystery is the fact that ancient sources provide little information on the city’s decline. For a city of its size and importance, the lack of records is unusual. Thamugadi’s nearly perfect state of preservation offers a glimpse into life during the Roman Empire, but its silence on why it was abandoned leaves historians and archaeologists with an enduring puzzle.
I keep saying, I may miss out on a lot by having a taste for only classical music, but still wonder how many of you who profess a wider range of interest remember this lady?
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Alma Cogan
Today we remember Alma Angela Cohen Cogan (19/5/1932 – 26/10/1966) was an iconic English singer dubbed “the Girl with the Giggle in Her Voice.” She became the highest-paid British female entertainer during the 1950s and early 1960s, profoundly influencing traditional pop music with her distinctive style and cheerful persona.
Born in Whitechapel, London, to a Jewish family, Cogan’s early life was filled with artistic encouragement, particularly from her parents and singer Vera Lynn. Despite an early setback with bandleader Ted Heath, she soon found success as a singer at the Cumberland Hotel, which led to a recording contract with HMV Records.
Cogan’s career took off with hits like ‘Dreamboat’ and ‘Bell Bottom Blues,’ making her a fixture in UK pop charts with 18 chart appearances in the 1950s. Her giggle, first heard in ‘If I Had a Golden Umbrella,’ became a trademark, endearing her to fans and boosting her media presence. Beyond music, her fashion sense made her a trendsetter, and she hosted her own TV series, “The Alma Cogan Show,” which showcased her vibrant personality.
Cogan’s influence extended beyond music; she was a central figure in London’s social scene, forming close relationships with stars like Cliff Richard, Lonnie Donegan, and The Beatles. However, the 1960s brought changes in music trends, and despite adapting her style to cover contemporary hits, including those of The Beatles, she only saw moderate success. Her career was abruptly halted by her untimely death from ovarian cancer at age 34.
Her legacy endures through various commemorations that celebrate her as a beacon of post-war British pop, embodying joy, glamour, and hope. Alma Cogan remains a significant figure in the history of British pop music, influencing generations of female artists in integrating music, fashion, and public image.
Yup, works like a charm.
Opps, Alma Cogan
Johannes Leak.
Mark Knight.
Mark Knight #2.
Brett Lethbridge.
Michael Ramirez.
A.F. Branco.
Al Goodwyn.
Henry Payne.
Ben Garrison.
Ben Garrison #2.
Airbus Albo. James Campbell on him:
Just another day in Albo World.
Colonel Crispin Berka October 27, 2024 3:40 pm.
Oh, and I did the count on a completed page. 🙁
“President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi announced that Egypt has proposed a two-day ceasefire in Gaza, during which four Israeli hostages would be exchanged for Palestinian prisoners. Following this, a 10-day negotiation period would aim to establish a lasting ceasefire.”
https://x.com/Osint613/status/1850574980255273149?t=Bk9DZkr4GJDMhpmOLOF6IQ&s=19
Albo’s world……
‘itsh okay coz I grew up in soshul housing’
‘I did it tuff so you all owe me’
‘my mudder did it tuff coz ssssheee woz an unmarried mudder’
Oh God, it’s just like watching a slow moving train wreck. But socialists always love the good life at our expense….of course.
His argument was that politicians’ families should be off limits.
I usually agree but this isn’t about politicians’ families.
Anyone recall such consideration for ‘family’ when Morrison took his wife and children on a holiday to Hawaii? Nah, nor do I. In fact all I recall was the incessant screeching and howling from the MSM about that trip. It was obscene. I also fail to recall such consideration when Frances Abbott had her private scholarship details HACKED, and most of the leftwing MSM thought that was a hoot.
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/israel-has-shown-americas-cowardice-towards-iran/
Dwarf Homo Airlines fly over Marrickville allday everyday. Was the Dwarf homo ensuring any complaints about noise would be allayed. Giving spluttering Luigi the Unbelievable freebies from day one seem to suggest this.
A lot has been happening
https://x.com/Osint613/status/1850624044749803951?t=XjHfcktRn0ud9phAJX-5uA&s=19
So stupid.
https://x.com/MJTruthUltra/status/1850567677166653724?t=MR2Gj5wrj51Rrziqs4B1Mg&s=19
In islam it appears their god hates Jews, and they are obliged to genocide them.
https://x.com/AdamRFisher/status/1850433496482783511?t=bgFBgKnVlP0xs91ACzHn-w&s=19
More good talking.
https://x.com/jconricus/status/1850619898390626759?t=QKwhHmKNOwUwi2sKUAqZwA&s=19
Chrisifooli needs to be careful with the Olympics. He could put the regions offside if we don’t see improvements in infrastructure and I’m not talking about stadiums.
In central and north of the state it is poison, throwing a few events at say Mackay isn’t going to help when the majority of people don’t want it.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14007749/Brisbane-Olympics-Queensland-Premier.html
Over the weekend someone commented upon the four IAF female navigators taking part in Saturday’s raids. This shows what magnificent people the Jews are, being able to assemble four women who know where they’re going. Ha!
Never Again. (Fingers crossed)
https://x.com/bonchieredstate/status/1850323803903037862?t=1T3L6Uv1dWaKr3zXCcWSTg&s=19
Broken Hill power outage proves that the renewables were never meant to work. It was all for show. The main thing all along were the subsidies funnelled into the right bank accounts. Funny how there is never any obstacle to that.
Blackout Bowen is fast losing another spin tool in his renewable quest.
Livestock Production Assurance (LPA) system is becoming a must to export to EU and other markets overseas. The system prohibits animals from being in contact with panels, transformers, batteries and other ground contact renewable infrastructure.
Bowen and various Labor BS artists have claimed farming is compatible with renewables but the reality in the market place is quite the opposite. They are stealing huge areas of highly valuable farm land and pretending it won’t affect the food supply or prices. Absolutely no studies have been commissioned to quantify the total of losses to agriculture in the transition. They know the answer so best not ask the question.
Bastard heartless LNP h8rs haven’t even been sworn in and they’re already boning selfless, hardworking public servants.
For no reason at all.
On Albo and the upgrades that he specifically asked Joyce for…
Tony Abbot flew economy. He was ridiculed.
Not just compatible.
Their useful idiots are out and about on soshul meeja claiming that agricultural production is actually enhanced under solar panels.
They are light on detail though.
Escargot farmers maybe?
lotocoti
October 28, 2024 7:35 am
This is actually a good sign.
Too many Liberals try to appear magnanimous and leave partisan ALP hacks in place once elected.
The old “shoot one, educate 1,000” mantra works. By rissoling Kaiser first thing Sunday morning it sends a message to “da resistance” further down the food-chain.
Has anyone else heard of a ‘news’ source called ‘Alternet’?
They really do inhabit an alternate reality.
I see Trump’s MSG Nazi rally is in full swing. A string of warm up guys who are going the full cohenite: sexism, racism and dick fixation.
Sometimes I think you’re a parody account. Hard to believe it’s possible to be so stupid and obnoxious.
Bad Penny wants terrorists to be funded properly.
US Treasury Sec. to Netanyahu: Stop Palestinian Authority from collapsing (27 Oct)
Not only does the PA pay terrorist families a reward for the terrorism carried out by their family member, but they also tacitly allow terrorists acts to be carried out in PA areas. Which is why the IDF have been air striking Jenin lately.
Paranoid screeching intensifies….
Just as the national conversation was moving on from his $4.3 million Central Coast ‘weekender’ there’s a new problem brewing for Albo, one that goes beyond what he does with his own money.
I’m still baffled by the cost of this “weekender” .. Knowing the “Copa” area I know the house, great for whale watching but a hassle for the beach .. walking 15 minutes steep downhill & a, generous, 25 minutes slog back up .. best driven!
Now compare that to my son’s coastal “shack” at Davistown (a few kms inland further towards Gosford than Copa) not on the beach/ocean but on Brisbane Waters with recreation grounds/barbeques/playgrounds all along the waterfront …..
He paid $1.3million (2 years ago) 4 bedrooms, 2 storey, separate 4 car garage, 12 mts in-ground pool and the block looks at least 3 x bigger than pix of Luigi’s joint … price difference $3million not to be sneezed at .. LOL!
Their previous home just off Avoca Beach ( needed a change cos growing family) was on a steep hill, 3 stories, 4 bedrooms, garden about the size of Luigi”s but lotza stairs to front door yet went for $1.4million with easy walk to beach & Avoca is a lot more convenient for getting in & out of than Copacabana ………
This is from the James Campbell article.
The Chairman’s Lounge must be closed. Politicians need to line up with the rest of us and wait with the hoi polloi to board the plane. It’s the only way they will see first hand how the rest of us live, particularly the long-term parliamentary leather seat warmers.
My guess would be that the most assiduous fans of the royal treatment are also rabidly republican though as pointed out above also very Soviet in flavour. Before you know it they will want their own lanes in traffic like they had in Moscow.
I suspect the preference for the splendid isolation is not so much the acknowledgement of the politicians’ elevated status but removal from ordinary voters who may ask them uncomfortable questions that our journalists would never dare.
If our delicate petals don’t want to mix with the great unwashed they can pay for private planes out of their own pockets.
Nazi Jews eh Monty?
Jews Flock to Trump Event at Madison Square Garden; Dems: ‘Nazi Rally’ (27 Oct)
I like the red MAGA kippah.
Fox News has live pictures of Vivek Ramaswamy addressing the Trump NYC rally. Sky News has fluffy Analiese and replays of Kamala Harris calling Trump Hitler. That says it all about the hopeless Australian media.
There is a tacit understanding among the political elites that they deserve to be pampered – after all, the fate of the nation may one day come down to whether or not they are able to be at their best. Imagine if a war were to break out because they were tired due to the thread-count on their silk sheets being too low for them to sleep properly.
Remember Bob Carr?
It is another part of their brain that tells them that the condition of the great unwashed is not important.
The fact is that they won’t take anyone seriously who does not share their appetite for comfort and prestige.
They looked at Abbott and could not make sense of him. His motivations were unfathomable.
Me good mate Wittgenstein once wrote that if a lion were somehow able to speak English, we would not understand what he was saying.
Same sort of thing.
Caught a few seconds of Mike Obama trying to rally the troops for the Kamel.
Mike kept sniffing throughout the speech.
Too much “white”, powder?
Must be allergic to the hoi polloi.
Unbelievable. And the overflow is taking over the surrounding pubs to watch.
@bennyjohnson
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN IS PACKED FOR TRUMP
I saw that too. She apes her husband’s cadences almost exactly.
Bad Hitler h/t WIP
RFK jnr addresses the Trump NYC rally: “People ask me why I left the Democratic Party. I didn’t leave the Democratic Party, the Democratic Party left me.”
An oldie but a goodie and 100% accurate.
When he was PM his register of interests included a mortgage on the family home, which was something of a rarity for long serving politicians in their 50’s (excluding negatively geared rental properties in Canbra rented to other pollies on a reciprical arrangement).
One of their ABC earnestly reported that this would compromise him when dealing with the Big Four Banks. I wonder if any of them have bothered to enquire whether Luigi’s mortgage on the clifftop love-nest has any sweetheart discounts.
Just watching the picture wireless. Albo running a presser, garbling his way through airline upgrades and so on.
It would appear that he is now sporting sideburns, perhaps in an attempt to channel Edmund Barton.
What’s Wrong With Feminism? | Marathons | PragerU
Summary: The video titled “What’s Wrong With Feminism?” presented by PragerU explores critiques of modern feminism and advocates for a new perspective on women’s rights. It asserts that contemporary feminism often undermines women’s dignity, promotes harmful sexual behaviors, and devalues traditional roles such as motherhood. The speaker promotes three pillars of a new feminism: dignity, the power of saying “no,” and recognizing the importance of men as partners rather than oppressors. The video also challenges popular narratives about oppression, the gender wage gap, consent laws, and the implications of transgender athletes competing in women’s sports. — ### Key Points by Section: 1. **Introduction to New Feminism**: – Advocates for a different kind of feminism focused on dignity, personal choice, and partnership with men. – Speaker’s background includes involvement in the feminist movement and recognition of the harm caused. 2. **Pillar 1: Dignity**: – Feminism should celebrate women’s choices, including family and motherhood, which are often dismissed. – Critique of the belief that women should engage in casual sex to be liberated, leading to a loss of dignity. 3. **Pillar 2: The Power of Saying No**: – Historically, women empowered themselves by using the word “no.” – Modern feminism is criticized for encouraging women to behave like men, which leads to greater objectification of women. 4. **Pillar 3: Men as Partners Not Oppressors**: – Importance of acknowledging men’s contributions to women’s rights and societal advancements. – Men and women are different and need each other to flourish; healthy masculinity should be supported, not vilified. 5. **Critique of Rape Culture Claims**: – Questions the narrative of a campus “rape culture,” arguing that statistics are often exaggerated and misleading. – Highlights a disconnect between claims of widespread sexual assault and the actual lower rates of rape. 6. **The Gender Wage Gap**: – Debunks the myth of women earning 77 cents to every dollar a man makes by explaining that such statistics do not account for career choices and hours worked. – Empirical research shows differences in earnings result from individual choices rather than systemic sexism. 7. **Claimed Victimhood of Women**: – Criticism of victim narratives that ignore women’s progress and empowerment in society. – Argues that many claims of oppression can be misleading or false. 8. **The Role of Government**: – Suggests that larger government does not necessarily benefit women and can create obstacles in the workforce through policies that lead to fewer job opportunities. – Advocates for free-market solutions that empower women instead. 9. **Conservative Women’s Representation**: – Discusses the media’s portrayal of conservative women, often omitting their successes or mocking their beliefs. – Calls for acknowledgment and respect for diverse political opinions among women. 10. **Transgender Women in Sports**: – Highlights concerns regarding fairness in women’s sports when biological males compete against females, arguing it undermines female achievements. – Discusses the personal impact and the initiative to file a lawsuit for equal competition rights in sports. — The video presents a critical stance on contemporary feminist ideologies while advocating for a return to values that respect both women’s rights and the essential roles that men play in society.
Donald Trump holds rally at NYC’s Madison Square Garden
live
Knuckle Dragger
October 28, 2024 8:34 am
Let me guess.
As far as he knows he was selected entirely at random for the occasional upgrade.
Don Jr. would have had plenty of experience with children.
@greenbean1775
The other night, some over zealous supporters were a bit aggressive trying to get to see @DonaldJTrumpJr and my little one got a bit overrun. She was pretty upset and crying.
We got her out of the crowd, and she was so sad she didn’t get that magical moment with Don Jr.
I saw @AZSenatorShamp and told her what happened. She immediately took us to @JakeHoffmanAZ who helped us through the crowd.
This little girl’s first reaction was to go in for the hug. He was so gracious, and gave her the hug she needed. It was a genuine reaction on both their parts: her need for comfort, and his empathy.
I’d love to tell him how much this moment means to her. She’s told every person we have met in the past week how Don Jr. gave her a hug to make her feel better.
Mr. Trump, if you ever see this, thank you. That moment was fleeting in your experience meeting hundreds of thousands of Americans. However, for my little girl, it was a moment she will never forget.
I haven’t posted about this weirdo before but she’d give Kamala a run for her money in idiocy.
@SteveGuest
UNHINGED: Gwen Walz says public schools stocking tampons in boys’ bathrooms is about “learning to read and closing gaps”
Remember when Latham promised to abolish the old pollies super scheme?
It wedged Howard beautifully and he had to follow suit.
Dutton should announce that he would legislate that the Chairman’s Lounge would be out of bounds for MPs, that any upgrades offered to MPs should not be accepted, and frequent flyer points accrued by MPs be vested in the Commonwealth.
It has little budgetary value but would make Luigi squirm.
@catturd2
And it only took 10 million dollars
@saras76
Kamala says her plan to help existing homeowners with the sky high costs of living- which is her fault, is “dealing with fair appraisal values”
?
She is absolutely clueless.
The Kamel has cranked out a new accent.
Preach it! Lol
https://x.com/EndWokeness/status/1850548289608839250?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1850548289608839250%7Ctwgr%5Ec4c2ad540329280d4a6d885ef4eef9868f6fda45%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fredstate.com%2Frusty-weiss%2F2024%2F10%2F27%2Fwatch-kamala-overtaken-by-the-spirit-breaks-out-cringe-preacher-accent-for-philadelphia-church-n2181151
@bennyjohnson
THIS IS NEW YORK. WE ARE GOING TO WIN
I went on to the Oz website. Saw a fleeting headline on farnham and drugs then suddenly it was gone. Anyone else see it?
It’s Kamala wearing the brownshirt uniform Monazi.
Sure some bloke told an off colour joke at the Trump rally.
Still not as unfunny as holding up a dripping Trump effigy head though.
@WesternLensman
Are public servants allowed to keep their ffp, I thought they could only be used for official travel.
Otherwise doesn’t FBT apply?
I note several people here yesterday describing Miles variously as petty, graceless, petulant, immature and sooky.
Like this is breaking news, people?
Unfortunately, yes. An absolute dork and true man o’ the people (whom he hated with a passion).
Gwen Walz uuugh. What is it about teachas and ejucators?
TDS is an amazing thing.
Usually rational people completely lose it.
Is it a virus or bacteria that causes such illogical behaviour?
The TDS stricken are devoid of all reason.
The people who are immune to this illness can only observe the madness.
Interaction with the TDS infected may be hazardous to your health.
@jchristenson_
Auschwitz survivor Jerry Warstki, 94, denounces Kamala Harris in a new Trump campaign video for endorsing claims that former president is a “fascist” akin to Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler.
“I know more about Hitler than Kamala will ever know in a thousand lifetimes,” he says.
Rosie
October 28, 2024 8:49 am
Certainly at a state level they used to accrue to the individual. Strictly speaking they were supposed to accrue to the department but it was never enforced.
Don’t make me larf. When did a public serpent ever care about tax?
I think the difficulty with FBT on FF points is assessing a value of the benefit.
The cackling Kamel goes full Brother Lee Love.
I think this breaks the hypocrisy metre.
NOW HE CARES! Joe Biden Complains Elon Musk Broke Immigration Law 30 Years Ago – Musk Issues Perfect Response
Trump is going to New Mexico next week.
OPINION: One-party rule has created a dystopian nightmare in New Mexico
WATCH — ‘I’m Casting My Ballot for Donald Trump’: 22-Year-Old Former DNC Delegate Switches to Republican Party
I’m reposting this from last night for any who may have missed it. Literally from the horse’s mouth.
@TuckerCarlson
When Amaryllis Fox Kennedy says the intel agencies are a threat to our country, she’s not guessing. She spent ten years as a CIA officer before running Bobby Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign. She’s now campaigning for Trump.
(0:00) The Ukraine War Scam
(9:50) Why Washington Doesn’t Care About Domestic Policy
(14:13) Intel Agencies Operating Within the Media
(19:48) How America’s War on Iraq Caused the Fall of Europe
(27:43) The Classified Documents About 9/11
(33:20) The Kennedy Assassinations
(36:21) Intel Agencies Working with Drug Cartels
(43:49) Our Politicians Are Controlled by the Intel Agencies
(57:12) The Impending EMP Crisis
(1:14:20) Why Biden Reversed Trump’s EMP Preparedness Measures
(1:26:31) The Media Blackout of Kennedy’s Campaign
(1:37:41) Bobby Kennedy Endorsing Trump
Candace Owens Blocked From Entering Australia
Dems’ Closing Pitch to Young Men: Stop Being Fascist Oppressors and Vote Kamala
Quadrant magazine.
“These questions must be answered before we get to the question of reparations and who should pay what to whom. What proportion of Aboriginal blood in one’s veins decides one’s position on the ledger? Since Lidia Thorpe is of both Aboriginal and European inheritance should she be paying reparations to herself? We must wrestle with the moral and scientific basis for the theory of inherited trauma. Claims for personal injury sustained at Myall Creek would have been relatively easy to assess in 1838. A demand for compensation lodged in 2024 is a different story.”
Ah Vermeer; now you’re talking. Great art.
Now to the opposite: another hollywood retard:
Actress Ellen Barkin Pushes Boycott of Madison Square Garden over ‘Nazi Rally’ as New York Jews Celebrate Trump
Haha. J.D. Vance at the Trump NYC rally: “Donald Trump has probably worked at McDonalds for longer than Kamala Harris.”
I wanted to be a fly in the wall when her Chook Excellency Jeanette swore in Crisafulli. Her gritted teeth must have damaged her dentures.
How hard it must have been for him not to respond “yeah, thanks Jean, now fugg off back to your bush hospital”.
No, really. LOL. At Trump Madison Square Garden rally.
Bowen’s law: When the constituents of a society are two or more generations removed from living on the land the society is apt to go mad.
Those whom the gods would seek to destroy they first make mad.
Now we get to find out.
Was Christafuli a small target?
Or is he really just small?
I like Leak’s attention to detail. In today’s cartoon he has accurately drawn the HQ Holden with four headlights. The Premier had four headlights whereas the garden variety Kingswood only had two.
We should be charging them for the myriad benefits we have so far given them gratis.
Not those who have joined us and are now just Australians, but those who are demanding reparations.They owe us a lot more than we owe them.
Yep, they give back ALL the bennies we’ve given them and then pay them for the megafauna extinct, burned to the ground continent we came to at what it was worth for the level of technology of 1788.
The only reason this place is worth much is because we have science and technology to actually use and make valuable the resources we have here.
A couple of days ago there was a bit of a mention of Northrop F-5’s that the Iranians have along with F-14’s armed with modified Hawk missiles (originally a ground based SAM).
A RAAF fighter pilot once told me about about an exercise the USN had from one of their carriers with F-14’s against the Chilean Air Force with F-5’s. The Chileans beat the USN about 17 to 1. He reckoned the USN weren’t worth feeding.
Looking more and more like one nation is going to fade away. I’m pretty pissed off with Pauline and Latho for putting personal spats ahead of the country. I’d still vote for Pauline though if I lived in qld.
Wow — what a rock concert. Elon Musk gives the Madison Square Garden stage to Melania Trump!
Did Goldilocks get elected?
No surprise here.
Just small.
Crisafulli maintains stance against Dutton’s nuclear plan (Paywallian, today)
Dumb.
Looking rattled and annoyed at the impertinence and sheer pettiness of the questions.
He’s on a fairly safe wicket in Canbaa however, as it turns out that 97.3% of the elected vermin are also on the Leprechaun Jolly.
?Criticism will be muted.
JC
October 28, 2024 10:11 am
No surprise here.
Is it time to recommission the Suicide Helpline?
How are those sanctions against Russia working?
France, Spain and Belgium are importing liquefied nat gas in record amounts from Russia.
France for instance 120% more in the first half of 2024 than a year before.
Good deal for the russkies and India etc.
I presume the chairman’s lounge (shouldn’t it be chairpersons) is different from the normal business class lounge? Qantas has been dead to me since its support for Marxist identity politics became loud and clear.
QLD doesn’t need nuke. Plenty of coal. Burn baby burn.
The thing about Pauline is she was the first political prisoner in Australia in my lifetime. It’s shocking when you think about it. Express doubleplus ungood opinions and that’s what can happen. I suppose Pell is another one.
Okay, but where the fck is Kazan?
LOl, there’s been no such thing as a “renowned Frog economist” since Bastiat.
Oh yeah, let’s have them.
LOL, Arnie doesn’t mention China represents probably 80% of the 33%. Why? Do you know?
Sounds bigly, but what does it mean?
Oh yeah, sounds important.
Which currency are they going to use as reserve and are they going to hold Iran’s?
More trooble at da mill.
https://reneweconomy.com.au/broken-hill-has-a-wind-farm-a-solar-farm-and-a-big-battery-so-why-are-the-lights-out/
Scammer alert should be sent out.
Sancho Panzer at 9:40
Plenty of question marks that’s for sure. Elections are now a lucky dip in Australia. No excuse for not kicking out bad governments.
Qwerty bikers love hogs.
Harley-Davidson Struggles As Revenue Continues To Drop (27 Oct)
Too late Harley peoples, you are now the Bud Light of motorcycle manufacturers. Unfortunately for you there aren’t actually many qwerty bikers. There are however a lot of red-blooded male bikers, and they don’t seem too impressed by your wokeness.
Miltonf
October 28, 2024 10:25 am
Yes.
Once FIFO workers started to accrue Frequent Flyer Points and the fluoro vests started to outnumber the pinstripes in the Business Class lounge, I guess avid Torrie Fighters needed a refuge.
Correct.
The only part of a Model A Ford that cannot be bought new is the petrol tank.
So if you own a Model A Ford gas tank you own a Model A.
But as to the “why”? Why did Arky choose the Model A?
I didn’t. I never intended spending years rebuilding an old car.
I came across one in pieces in a barn through a tradesman working for me while restoring a Victorian house. He wasn’t interested in it because he was a Holden guy.
It wasn’t alone, there were two of them.
On a whim I went out to have a look at them and this thing just attached itself to me. In pieces, the body caved in on one side, the chassis lying on top of the body, the engine and gearbox out. Piles of rusty body panels. The classic barn find basket case. It was hard to see what it even was. I had no idea about Model As, or even what it was supposed to look like.
At that point I had to buy it. It wanted to come home with me.
It was like a gigantic jig saw puzzle.
The entire episode was a bit Christine, without the adolescent angst or random murders.
Good to see Donald Trump catch up with old acquaintances he doesn’t see much at the MSG rally, such as Melania.
Lots of renewable types on Google Maps trying to find out where Broken Hill is. A useful introduction into grid engineering for BAs and lawyers.
Flouro in the QANTAS Club really was the beginning of the end. The Sydney QANTAS Club on a Friday afternoon was one of the most depressing places on Earth. No amount of free VB helped.
In A Tale of Two Shitties news:
Asked at a press conference if he would be ‘turning on the fire hydrant’ with a pre-election cash splash after Queensland’s defeated Premier almost pulled off an unlikely election comeback on Saturday, the Treasurer said he would hold to “pragmatic and practical” economics.
[Unlinkable OZ]
Translation: Yes. Shit yes. Do you think we’re out of our minds?
QLD doesn’t need nuke. Plenty of coal. Burn baby burn.
Crisahalffulli is going small pumped hydro. I suppose by that he means a couple of blokes on a hand pump at the bottom of a waterfall. Hasn’t the idiot looked at turdball’s monument to vanity and the fact that like all ruinables pumped hydro has a negative EROEI. You literally use more energy pumping the water uphill than the energy you get when you release the water back downhill.
We are literally living in the age of stupidity.
Good to see Donald Trump catch up with old acquaintances he doesn’t see much at the MSG rally, such as Melania.
One of the many petty, vicious reasons the leftoids hate Trump is that he has a beautiful wife. Isn’t that right dickless.
I do keep the shed locked to stop the A from going out on it’s own and murdering people.
If it is possessed by an entity, I don’t think it is altogether friendly.
I don’t turn my back on the old girl, and things do mysteriously get misplaced in the shed and injurious mishaps are frequent.
But that’s probably me clumsy, forgetful and aging. Probably.
Somehow I don’t think that recent arrivals will be pleased to pay more taxes which will be given to the entitled idle class.
I also don’t think there is a clause in the citizenship oath which states that new citizens must pay “restitution” for the benefits of civilisation given to earlier arrivals* by later arrivals whether in perpetuity or as a one-off.
*Aboriginals are simply earlier arrivals who made the continent worse than they found it. And for that vandalism we must reward them?
If I was going to choose something to restore, rather than letting an evil possessed vehicle follow me home, I would do an old 1970s Honda CB. Maybe a 100 or a 125.
Pretty, don’t take up much space, and fun to ride once finished.
I think it’s just been conclusively proved that serial liar Kamala Harris never worked at Maccas.
Liberals spread fake image of Kamala’s face superimposed on female Canadian McDonald’s employee who died of cancer in 2007 (27 Oct)
What total slimeballs, there’s low and then there’s this low, but that’s lefties for you. They would never attempted such a thing if there was any actual record. McDonalds themselves say don’t have any.
The Big Learning from the Broken Hill blackout should be the near impossibility of operating diversified and intermittent renewables without the ‘backbone’ of a stable synchronous grid supply.
This is 19thC Electrical Engineering 101 stuff, now apparently being relearned by the Arts-Law kiddies via practical experience.
Unfortunately, it is also our future.
m0nty
October 28, 2024 10:52 am
You really like hitting below the belt.
I don’t know why I defend you sometimes?
Why would she be involved in the campaign?
Pretty.
https://www.justbikes.com.au/motorcycles-for-sale/1972-honda-cb100-super-sports/JBW5165242
Queensland electricity exports (as a result of excess government generating capacity) has allowed the NEM to last as long as it has. Those days are coming to an end.
Way to go. I have 1.9 Norton Commando’s awaiting my retirement.
(Although restoring a demonic Model A is a far nobler pursuit.)
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I have no evidence for the following, but I believe that in most circumstances you are better off not getting what you want. Selecting precisely what you desire after careful consideration often ends in disaster.
Consider the girl of your dreams from your youth. If you could have magically got that girl, how might that have turned out? what does she look like today? How many of you did marry the girl of your dreams? Did that turn out as good as expected?
There were times I got to pick the classes I taught. Usually the “good” class turned out not so good. Whereas the random assortment of lunatics and mongs flung together who had driven others to the end of their tethers worked out quite well.
Imagine if you could have pushed a button in 2020 and decided the US election. We would never have had Trump 2024. No JD Vance running. Pence would be the 2024 Republican candidate.
Sometimes, going with the flow and taking what you are given is the way to go.
The girl you really wanted in 1977 is now a fat, old cow who drove several men to divorce and the edge of suicide. You dodged so many bullets.
re motorcycles, tinkering and stuff
Should any Cat not be aware of this gentleman, I commend his work to you with great enthusiasm.
Oh, and re bringing sexy back
Morini 3 1/2
Anyone who can survive multiple take-offs and landings from aircraft carriers in fast jets must have a significant level of flying skills.
Flying skills, yes, fighting skills a different matter.
That may depend on whether they grew up imbibing grievances against colonialism with mother’s milk. My observation, for what it’s worth, is that many from the sub-continent and Africa did. Others, however, might surprise us by exhibiting a better understanding of the Australian ethos of citizenship than some native born possess (I think I’m correct in saying it’s a long time since civics was taught in Australian classrooms.
Trump’s political career has been the classic hero’s journey.
A tale of redemption.
It remains to see if the ending completes the tale in a satisfactory, classical way.
The very astute Tom:
“Fox News has live pictures of Vivek Ramaswamy addressing the Trump NYC rally. Sky News has fluffy Analiese and replays of Kamala Harris calling Trump Hitler. That says it all about the hopeless Australian media.”
Australians who are not getting their info from a range of shows including Fox News (The Five, Laura, Jesse, Hannity and Gutfeld) plus Sky At Night, are hopelessly misled about US politics. Even the polling numbers in the USA are affected by Trump voters not saying who they are voting for. No wonder, when having a Trump/Vance sign in your front yard can get you abused.
Re Quaint-arse club, kept up my membership when I was flying 10 times a year, but after that $500+ pa for free drinks and toasties was a rip-off – yes, particularly when it became over-crowded.
Back in the day you used to get priority bags but then that stopped. Dunno why – maybe the new computerised bag belts couldn’t cope.
Just had a look and annual membership is $699.
Speaking of colonialism…
For those unfamiliar with Biggar, he has also written cogently against the proliferation of human rights and in defense of war against pacifism.
A woman charged with assaulting outspoken Indigenous senator Lidia Thorpe at the MCG in May this year is a proud Yorta Yorta woman and Richmond Tigers AFL fan.
Ebony Bell, 27, allegedly assaulted the firebrand senator after the AFL Dreamtime match between Essendon and Richmond at the MCG on May 25.
On Monday, she appeared before the Melbourne Magistrates Court via video link from her home where the court heard she was accused of attacks on multiple people.
Daily Mail
From The Oz….
Aston says Prime Minister Anthony Albanese seems particularly fond of freebies and the luxurious surrounds of the Chairman’s Lounge.
“For all his talk of growing up in public housing, his appetite for sponsored VIP hospitality and travel is insatiable,” he says, adding that it was Albo who petitioned Alan Joyce to have the privileges of the Chairman’s Lounge extended to his then 22-year-old son, Nathan.
Albanese complained, bitterly, when the story broke in Aston’s newspaper column. “This is a game played by people when their back is against the wall,” says Aston. “Albanese said: ‘You can’t attack my son. You’re attacking my son. He’s not a public figure.’
“No one was ever attacking his son. What Albo did, through his grasping behaviour, was throw his son into the middle of the traffic. No one else did that. I didn’t do that. The Prime Minister did that because he can’t help himself.
“He spoke to Alan Joyce and said, ‘Can you please give my son a member of the Chairman’s Lounge?’ And no other Prime Minister has ever dreamed of asking that question. I mean, it is pretty shocking.
“Now, I’m not saying now that there is established causation between Albanese getting a Chairman’s membership for his son, and Qatar Airways, for example, being blocked (from flying more frequently into Australia).
“But what it does do is raise a lot of questions.”
Gosh, he’s one big grub.
ROFL!
Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei launches Hebrew account on X/Twitter (26 Oct)
Ayatollah Khamenei’s X account in Hebrew has been suspended (28 Oct)
I blame Mondayitis.
Melania Trump Speaks
Eggcelent!
Israel set to pass bills shutting down UNRWA despite int’l pressure (27 Oct)
Deport their sorry arses. I wish we could do the same with Bad Penny.
From The Daily Telegraph. So much for Thorpe’s attacker being a far-right white supremacist.
We all knew Thorpe’s story was bulltish. The woman charged is herself ‘indigenous’ and she and Thorpe knew each other.
Woman accused of Lidia Thorpe assault says she’s received threats since police charge
The woman accused of attacking firebrand Senator Lidia Thorpe outside the MCG says she’s received a barrage of threats from the public.
Preston woman Ebony Bell, 28, appeared via video link in the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Monday charged with multiple counts of unlawful assault and recklessly causing injury.
Police allege the Koori woman, who uses an online alias, assaulted Ms Thorpe after the Dreamtime AFL game between Essendon and Richmond in May this year.
Ms Bell and Senator Thorpe are alleged to be known to each other.
It’s alleged the pair were known to each other prior to the alleged assault.
Ms Bell’s barrister Manny Nicolosi told the court his client was appearing remotely because of threats she had received since being charged by police.
He convinced magistrate Belinda Franjic to allow the woman to avoid attending court in person at her next appearance on November 22 and instead reappear via video link.
“This case has sensitivities,” Mr Nicolosi said.
The court heard an offer to resolve the matter had been made on Friday and was still under consideration.
Mr Nicolosi said there were “real deficiencies” in the case and cast doubt over whether the assault publicly referred to by Ms Thorpe was the same his client was charged over.
“The alleged victim of the assault did not nominate when or where (it happened). She made only a bleak reference to the alleged assault,” Mr Nicolosi said.
Last week Ms Thorpe went public with an assault so severe she said she suffered spinal injuries which meant she could not attend parliamentary sitting days.
She has reportedly attended 28 of 44 sitting days and voted in 222 of 493 divisions so far this year.
Ms Thorpe said the injuries sustained in the assault prevented for attending parliamentary sitting days.
Last year the Senator was present for 38 of 66 sitting days (58 per cent) and voted in 206 of 558 divisions (37 per cent).
“Earlier this year I was assaulted at the MCG. I sustained serious nerve and spinal injuries in my neck, which required spinal surgery and a plate to be inserted in the back of my neck,” she said in a statement to the Herald Sun.
“There’s a scar on the front of my neck from this. I was ordered by the doctor not to travel and could not attend parliament. My doctor told me to take time off work. There is currently a police investigation under way.
“It’s unfortunate that I have been pushed to disclose this to defend myself, when I would have preferred to keep this private, but that’s just another day in the colony for you.”
Ms Bell uses an online alias but social media records show she is a Richmond supporter.
She was charged by detectives from the Melbourne Crime Investigation Unit.
“Investigators allege that a woman assaulted another woman outside the Melbourne Cricket Ground after an AFL match about 10.30pm,” the spokeswoman said.
“The incident was reported at Melbourne East Police Station on 26 May.
“The woman sustained minor injuries during the incident.”
Snap Top Ender.
Incorrect. Epigenetic modification of HSD 11. Lots more to unpack but I’m not going there today or ever again. Put quickly: relates to stress response axis which obviously is fundamental to trauma.
Aaagh..! The joys of pedalling .. Scenic route to Fairfield .. Fairfield, Hospital, Bonnyrigg, Miller, Liverpool, Cabramatta thence Fairfield .. 25kms .. Flat tyre by fairfield Railway Station .. But seeing I’d come out to buy fruit carried on ..
Trundle home, 5kgs fruit, bike, 30C & 10kms (shortest) ……. duuuuuh!
Fast closing in on 77 but still luvvin’ life .. LOL!
Golly gosh, have a listen to this ignorant braiwashed clown. Scary to think she will vote.
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Charlie and Vivek.
Trying to Talk to a CNN Viewer is Like Talking to a Rock
Victorian magistrates have been trained on how to avoid imposing sentences that would result in violent migrant criminals such as pedophiles and drug dealers being deported from Australia.
The shock training formed part of professional development sessions for magistrates last week and was described by some attendees as “troubling”.
During the sessions, magistrates were trained on how to impose sentences for visa holders to avoid triggering deportation under migration laws.
A hypothetical example was given involving a Vietnamese student who had just arrived in Australia and had sexually assaulted an eight-year-old multiple times.
Advice was given to sentence the accused to 11 months and 15 days so that he would not be deported at the end of his sentence.
Federal laws allow the deportation of non-citizen criminals who have been in Australia for less than 10 years and sentenced to a year or more in prison.
The Herald Sun has also been told magistrates were lectured on avoiding jail sentences for drug-trafficking crimes.
“This permissive approach to crime is straight from the socialist playbook,” one justice source familiar with the training said.
Latest federal government data shows over the past five years the number of visa cancellations for child sex offences fell from 104 to just 27.
A court spokeswoman wouldn’t answer specific questions about the training but did not deny any of the details as described by the Herald Sun.
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Queensland has 93 state electorates. Sixty-Six of these electorates are smaller in area than 100,000 acres.
Elizabeth (Lizzie) Beare October 28, 2024 11:59 am
What I usually do, Lizzie, for any side diversion on the Çat is to open as a private or incognito tab (usually a right click or a long press to get the option). The Çat page sits in the background then waits while you check the link and press the Back button to close it. Simples! 🙂
Word from within Qld PS ranks is that Armageddon is upon them.
KPI’s apparently are a psychological hazard in the workplace.
There is also about $70 mill in wage overpayments in Health that were not going to be collected. This is now on the radar as will all future overpayments
Kaitlin. It’s good to know she has two bodyguards not on screen behind the scenes.
Big blokes.
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Liberty Hangout:
College Kids Completely EMBARRASS Kamala Harris
Worked well for Labor in QLD.
Astonishing cost, miserable return It will take a long time to undo the damage done to our energy grid
Alan Moran’s latest article about the hideous mess blackout and rub and tug are doing to our energy system.
Even more depressing is Melanie Phillip’s latest about Israel’s attack on iran and why much more will be needed:
The war with Iran – Melanie Phillips
Last week the MSM were calling Trump “weird.”
This week they’ve resorted to “Nazi.”
Last week Muntard was calling Trump “weird” and this week he’s calling him Nazi.
The thing I love about the Cat is there are a lot of free-minded, independent, thinkers who approach the world from interesting (and useful) angles. Muntard does not fit in that box and, despite his efforts, can hardly do any Engels.
The Greens candidate for the inner-city Brisbane seat of Maiwar, who will just retain his seat despite a 7.3% swing against him, has suggested that the Greens have won, not lost, despite their electoral setbacks.
His reasoning? They’ve won because Labor has adopted their policies.
Word from within Qld PS ranks is that Armageddon is upon them
But will a cleanout (overdue) of the PS bring on a the same punishment that incurred when Campbell Newman valiantly tried the same?
Last week Muntard was calling Trump “weird” and this week he’s calling him Nazi.
It’s projection from our very own Nazi.
Looks like 5 remaining QLD seats will go to LNP (giving them a total of 53), four seats will go to Liebor (given them a total of 34) and 1 to Katter.
Outstanding Mr Panzer. Take a bow. (Thunderous applause)
Another answer could have been to request Nigeria to first repay the colonialists the costs of construction of cities, roads railways, hospitals, schools etc. Then they can be paid reparations.
Musk’s PAC also going full cohenite.
Interesting closing argument to make in a close election.
My QPS spies tell me that the major, existential hazard is that the ogre Crisafulli will interfere with Labor’s ‘remote working’ policy.
The prospect of Strategic Support Officers, Internal Workplace Relationships Managers, and Service Content Analysts having to attend a formal office environment on a regular basis is literally Hitler.
Apparently there are studies by University Experts (with F-tests and everything) that show vastly improved productivity and mental elf if these people work from home (or wherever, other than under fascist supervision) – and only Satan would interfere with this sustainable work-life-balance situation.
As we sit here, Together and the unions covering nurses, police, and teachers are developing a unified strategy to ensure that the Crisafulli Government can be demonised as worse-than-Newman for the next election.
That’s over half of our export destinations and we are going to be outside what is being proposed as their preferred trading system.
Georgian President is clearly a foreign agent.
Musk’s PAC also going full cohenite.
Like all leftoids dickless when you try to be funny you are even more grotesque. In fact Elon is much more gentile than me with his clever play on “c” word for communism. For me the “c” word is for both commies and kunts.
Which reminds me of an old classic joke:
Old Bert in the front bar of the pub. Smartie comes in and says to the barmaid:
Smartie: tickle me arse with a feather.
Barmaid: what did you say?!
Smartie: typically nasty weather
Old Bert likes this and goes out to the back bar and says to barmaid:
Old Bert: tickle me arse with a feather
Barmaid: what did you say?!
Old Bert; kunt of a day.
Dr Faustus
October 28, 2024 11:19 am
Come on, man!
I studied “Reimagined Power Generation and Distribution for the New Millennium” as part of my Arts Degree.
The first thing we learnt was that Powerful Vested Interests would say just this sort of thing.
I’m still baffled by the cost of this “weekender” .. Knowing the “Copa” area I know the house, great for whale watching but a hassle for the beach
It really is “horses for courses”. There are waterfront purchasers those who love views, and those who want to be on, or over the road, from a beach. Let me tell you, the price does not necessarily favour beachside presence.
Many years ago we had a beach house on the NSW Sth Coast that had the most spectacular ocean views you could want. It was high up, with a walk directly down to rockpools, with a further walk along to the beach. That house was valued at the same price as houses that fronted the beach. Mind you, you had to brave the damn ticks through the bush to the rocks! Carpets snakes – fine; ticks – No!
Watch this space.
Luigi will invent a story that his son was being harassed by Far-Right Eshtremishts and he just wanted to protect him from these attacks where he could.
This is how we fight Torries.
Greens leader Adam Bandt’s extraordinary response after Qantas perks come to light during tense exchange with ABC journalist
Adam Bandt said people ‘can make their own judgment’ about him enjoying an exclusive and discretionary perk from Qantas in a tense exchange with a journalist.
The Greens leader has been outed as a member of the Qantas Chairman’s Lounge, an invitation-only set of catered waiting areas and services handed out by the airline in what has been called ‘Australia’s most exclusive club’.
Mr Bandt was challenged on Monday by ABC Radio National stand-in host Steve Cannane that he was ‘enjoying free hospitality from a company that has illegally sacked hundreds of workers’.
Mr Bandt replied: ‘And I’ll declare that and people can make their own judgement about what they think about that.’
Cannane was referring to the Federal Court’s ruling that Qantas illegally sacked 1,700 workers at the start of the Covid pandemic in a case brought by Transport Workers Union.
Commenting on the sacking in June of 2020, Mr Bandt called it a ‘devastating day for thousands of Qantas workers & their families’ in a Facebook post. ‘We’re thinking of you,’ he wrote.
Daily Mail
Have a heart; it’s bloody hard being a tool of Big Energy.
There are so many people like you with ‘alternative knowledge’.
We used to be able to just scoff at people who knew that we murdered the original inventor and now controlled the technology to produce oil from water. Not so easy these days.
The story about the sprog and the Chairman’s Lounge coupled with the demands for upgrades reminded me of stories about the Ceseauscus. Her Maj had everything valuable removed from apartments when they visited – they were well known pilferers of trifles because entitlement.
No, it doesn’t repeat, but it rhymes.
The “don’t you know who I am” is strong in this one.
Oink! Oink!
More a comment on the J’ismist class. Ray’s lack of class on full display when John Safran was going through his bins. Well worth hunting down on YouTube.
I went on a date yesterday. Well, we met up for coffee and cake at Avner’s. He asked me out in Shul on Yom Kippur, suggesting ‘coffee’. I knew he’d been eying me for months and whenever he would see me, he’d produce a big smile. I was flattered and said yes.
Two drawbacks, one he’s a lawyer, I have only ever attracted lawyers. Secondly, he has TDS despite being a conservative.
However, all of this was music to my sick mother’s ears when I told her. Despite being 85 years old, she nearly jumped out of her bed with glee!
And yes, I’ll meet him again!
As I understand, Handsome Boy claims he was able to have his son included as his “plus one” – because he was then single.
I’m very worried that arrangement might create unbearable tension in the Albanese household now that he is to be married. Because Shirley post-Joyce QANTAS won’t be able to dish out yet another membership?
No, really.
No one likes being outed.
Declaration of a conflict-of-interest does nothing to neutralise that conflict. The corruption remains, festering and stinking the whole place up.
🙂
“We used to be able to just scoff at people who knew that we murdered the original inventor and now controlled the technology to produce oil from water. “
Sheesh, stay up to date, will ya?
It’s called “Green Hydrogen” these days.
Two drawbacks, one he’s a lawyer, I have only ever attracted lawyers.
I’ve only ever attracted women and gays.
Secondly, he has TDS despite being a conservative.
Alright, this is serious. It’s like a trannie saying I’m a woman despite having a dick. This is a test for you and him. I’m not saying you have to go Lysistrata on the bloke but you’ve got to toss that coin and if it keeps coming down TDS he ain’t no conservative. What approach are you going to take: tough and firm or feminine wiles? Why don’t you suggest he blogs here for a while.
Dover:
Our coal and iron ore exports are denominated in US dollars because the spot markets for immediate delivery are publicly listed in USD. Balance sheets, profits and loss statements are all in dollars for the big mining companies. We’re not about to switch to non-convertible currencies, regardless of the BRICS’ latest will-to-power plays.
BHP simply won’t be dealing in any currency that isn’t freely convertible.
And no, just because someone’s waving a magic wand in Kazan—wherever the fck that is—doesn’t mean things will change, no matter what Arnie, Xi, or the Russian kleptocrat have to say.
The only real risk for the dollar is the US debt load, but given that most other countries are equal or in even deeper, it’s not going to be a concern for at least the next decade.
Let’s try to understand this. The most important and core basis for any reserve currency is the ability to transact freely and to at least have a shot at being able to get your money back when you want it. Not a single one of those BRICS idiots allow for anything like that. They ALL have strong capital controls and they’re mostly there to prevent their own citizens from moving money to another domicile or currency. Consequently anyone outside wanting to park funds in these shitholes would be immensely retarded.
And just to give you one last example: Last Friday, I paid an outstanding bill for repair work in the US. I simply went to my Australian bank account, converted Aussie dollars into US dollars, and made the payment. The next day, the firm emailed to confirm they had received the funds. Presto – as easy as clicking a few keys on the keyboard.
On the other hand, if you want to get money out of China, the current workaround is to buy diamonds, fly to Singapore, sell them, and receive whatever currency you need. Although the transaction in China starts with Yuan, it’s based in US dollars since diamond prices are set in USD.
Nothing meaningful will change unless these imbeciles open their capital accounts for conversion—no matter what you and Arnie might be hoping for.
Arnie is a bold idiot.
Cass, all good except the cake part. He needs to see you’re not a calorie fiend. Next time, no cake please. 🙂
Fluffy Annaliese seems to be choosing her vox pops on the street fairly carefully. And in the tenpin bowling place too.
Probably a more apt description is that it’s a managed currency, as the Chinese central bank sets bands (a floor and ceiling) with an eye on the movement of the US dollar against other currencies. A fixed currency would imply a strict peg to the dollar, but that isn’t the case here. Instead, it’s a closely managed currency with strong capital controls—a ‘roach motel’ where money can easily flow into China but is very difficult to move out without express central bank approval.
One may have all the cake one desires.
As long as one, ahem, works it off.
Those without flying skills are useless, regardless of the level of their fighting skills.
Correct but irrelevant. In the exercise scenario I posted the USN lost badly in mock air combat against a bunch of F-5’s.
Come to think of it von Richthofen was an indifferent pilot but a great combat aviator.
It always amazes me the Democrats and their supporters who claim that voter ID for elections is racist because it’s too hard or inconvenient for black people to prove their ID (code for we have very low expectations of them).
Even though there are many things people can’t do in their everyday lives without ID.
Of course, we all know why Dems really are opposed to voter ID.
Gerard Depardieu trial to test French tolerance of sexual violenceCharles Bremner
4 hours ago
Gerard Depardieu will stand trial on Monday local time for sexually assaulting two women in the first big legal reckoning in France’s version of the MeToo movement.
The 75-year-old actor, a giant of French cinema, is accused of groping, grabbing and harassing the women on the set of Jean Becker’s Les Volets Verts (The Green Shutters) in Paris in 2021.
The trial, which comes five years after an actress first accused Depardieu of rape, is seen as a test of a supposed shift away from France’s tolerance of toxic male behaviour in the entertainment world. “This case will also be a trial of French cinema because it involves the scenes of sexual assault that are apparently ordinary on film sets” the news magazine Marianne said.
In an echo of the prosecution in 2017 of Harvey Weinstein, the American producer, 21 women have made claims of assault against Depardieu. Six investigations have been opened and an examining judge will rule shortly on whether to try him for raping Charlotte Arnould, an actress. The Paris prosecutor requested the indictment in August after investigating her claim that Depardieu raped and sexually assaulted her in his Paris home in 2018 when she was 22. He claims that she consented.
Depardieu, who has been defended by President Macron and some eminent women in the film industry, denies all the allegations and claims that he is the victim of malice.
“Never, but never, have I abused a woman,” he wrote in an open letter published by Le Figaro last October. His accusers in the trial say there was an atmosphere of crude and insulting behaviour on the Green Shutters set. One, a 53-year-old set designer named Amelie, has said the actor boasted about his penis and claimed that he could “give women an orgasm without touching them”. He “brutally grabbed” her and pinned her with his legs before groping, she told the Mediapart website.
A 33-year-old assistant director reported Depardieu to police for assaulting her and Anouk Grinberg, an actress in the film, said Depardieu had used “salacious words … from morning till night” on the set. “When producers hired Depardieu, they knew they were hiring an assaulter,” she added.
Carine Durrieu-Diebolt, Amelie’s lawyer, said: “I expect the justice system to be the same for everybody and for Monsieur Depardieu not to receive special treatment.”
Jeremy Assous, Depardieu’s lawyer, said his team would call “witnesses and evidence that will show he has simply been targeted by false accusations”. The women’s demands for damages showed they were attempting to make money from their claims, the lawyer said.
The case opens during the marathon trial in Avignon, of the alleged associates of Dominique Pelicot, 71, who has admitted inviting dozens of men to rape his wife in their home after he had drugged her. The trial and the ordeal of Gisele Pelicot, 72, who waived her anonymity and has attended every day, has shocked France into examining a failure to confront sexual violence. While no one is defending Pelicot’s actions, Depardieu’s legal showdown has led sympathisers to say he has been demonised for his “excesses”.
Carole Bouquet, the film actress who was his partner, said he was “incapable of hurting a woman”. She was among 60 celebrities who say he is being “lynched”.
If convicted, Depardieu, star of The Last Metro and Cyrano de Bergerac, among dozens of films, could face five years in jail.
I don’t know. Using diamonds to clean out the tank seems extravagant. The galvanised chain link worked fine. And I think wine isn’t acidic enough to convert rust.
And yes, I’ll meet him again!
Oh gosh – with all the scary news, to hear this, Cassie, is so great!
Hmm – he has TDS – that is a worry. But you can persuade him otherwise.
Hmm – he is a lawyer. Thats OK. You have that in common.
All good.
Once you don’t have dogs anymore the local wildlife considers your backyard terra nullius.
Bloody possums, rosellas, Bassanian thrushes, stupid pigeons. Suddenly they think they can set up shop and take over. Two nights ago I went outside to find two dopey possum stooges sitting on the back fence. “Piss off out of it” I told them.
Bloody rosellas too, I know they’re just casing the place for fruit trees.
Well, I’m not running a lodging house for useless, parasitical, freeloading flaming avian vermin.
I have a strictly magpies only policy, and any other critters pushing their luck is like to get a smack in the beak.
Just now a thrush flew down, parked itself in the apple tree and started eyeing me off. Cheeky little bastard.
Lia Finocchiaro is the woman for the times:
Govt vows to rein in NT debt as it soars above $11b
This on the other non-masturbating hand is the opposite: a woke skank advocating the usual woke BS; and a professor to boot at Tassie Uni:
Melissa Hart Publications | University of Tasmania
Population of NT is 250,000. How the hell have they accumulated $11 billion in debt. That’s $44,000 per person!. FMD.
Debt’s around $150 billion in Victoria and the current pop is around 7 million. Debt per head is around $21,500.
“What is the charge? Eating a meal? A succulent Chinese meal?”
Oh God! I don’t know whether to laugh, or be a little disgusted. As it’s Tassie, I’ll go with laugh… 😀
Mum was a disappointment. snork.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14009431/husband-catches-brother-wife-sex-tasmania.html
LOL, but you’ve still failed to address the meat of the earlier post which is the conduct of trade between BRICS and partner countries occurring increasingly outside of the USD:
Intra-BRICS trade and trade with partner countries represents 35-40% of global trade. While some is already conducted in local currencies, it seems very unlikely that this portion exceeds 20% of intra-BRICS trade and trade with partner countries.
This means that 28-32% of global trade, currently conducted in Dollars and Euros, could gradually be transformed within the BRICS Clear framework into trade independent of the Dollar and Euro.
Potentially, the “de-dollarized” portion through BRICS Clear in the coming 5 years would be between 70-80%, thus representing between 19.5% and 25.5% of global trade. Mechanically, the Dollar’s share in international transactions would decrease accordingly.
If we estimate that the currency share in Central Bank reserves roughly reflects these currencies’ use in trade, the Dollar’s share could decline from 58% of total identified reserves to around 35-40%.
The Euro’s share would be much less affected because the Euro is currently mainly used in intra-EU trade and with immediate EU partners where, except for Turkey, the impact of trade with the “BRICS zone” is low.
However, the impact would not be limited to the sharp decline of the Dollar and the rise of “other currencies.” Indeed, the Dollar amounts held by Central Banks are held in the form of U.S. Treasury bonds.
The shift from 58% to 34-39% in Central Bank reserves would imply massive sales of Treasury bonds, causing a collapse of the public bond market and significant difficulties for the U.S. Treasury in refinancing United States debt.
One can therefore consider that the implementation of the BRICS Clear system will have significant implications for the stability of the global monetary system and more specifically for the “Western” portion of this global monetary system.”
You may have heard about the picture being put about purporting to be Kamala in a McDonalds uniform.
The whole thing fell apart when someone pointed out it was a picture that had been photoshopped – and that the original was of a woman who died of cancer in 2007.
My first take, in my naivete, was to assume they chose a woman who had passed away because if she was still alive she would recognise the photo, the room, the furniture, even the posture – it would be a photo she was very familiar with.
Turns out they are not even that bright.
The original image was the one of the first result that comes up when you enter “80’s McDonalds Uniform” in Google. It is a Pintrest page.
Actually, I am not certain Kamala’s team was involved in the fraud, but it shows how desperate and stupid her supporters are.
Albanese’s Qantas upgrades won’t fly with the public
The scandal over Anthony Albanese’s reported requests for Qantas upgrades is yet another sign the tone-deaf Prime Minister is heading for the departure gate, writes Tim Blair.
Anthony Albanese hasn’t quite entered the prime ministerial departure gate, but he’s definitely made it through baggage check.
And what a terrible load of baggage the PM is now carrying.
Fresh from his extraordinarily ill-timed decision to drop more than $4m on a clifftop mansion, Albanese is now accused of leaning on his old mate, former Qantas boss Alan Joyce, for free flight upgrades on overseas trips.
To be sure, the issue here isn’t that Albanese received upgrades. Anyone who flies as frequently as the prime minister and other notables can expect to be granted the occasional free promotion.
Nor is the issue to do with Albanese reporting that free upgrades were obtained.
The issue, as former deputy PM Barnaby Joyce accurately put it, is if the upgrades were requested. At that point, the upgrades shift from being a simple perk of high office to being matters of privilege and compromise.
“It’s whether you solicit it,” the former deputy PM said. “If you ring up Alan Joyce, that’s the issue. That’s an issue that Mr Albanese has to explain.”
Add it to the list.
Albanese still has not fully explained the thought processes that led him to splurge on a mansion during a housing crisis.
Nor has Albanese dealt publicly at any great length with his impossible election promise to reduce power prices.
We await, too, expansive prime ministerial explanations about his government’s erratic energy policies and staggeringly poor attitudes regarding ongoing conflicts in the Middle East.
At a certain point – and this Qantas upgrade scandal may be that point – Treasurer Jim Chalmers must start considering his leadership options.
In fact, Chalmers may have little choice but to begin some mental calculations, because right now his PM seems increasingly eager to become an ex-PM.
Australians are generally very tolerant when it comes to the expenses and advantages enjoyed by our politicians; more tolerant than we should be, perhaps.
But we don’t cop secret mate’s rates deals easily. This isn’t good.
Daily Tele
Just like the USoA are meant to be overseen by a President.