They shouldn’t have cut. Indeed they shouldn’t ever cut. Just keep interest rates at 5%, money supply fixed with 100%…
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Oh … et troisième aussi!
From the OT … because I need an answer: Just got off an online discussion with an old friend who…
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La deuxième
Has Rudd been fired yet?
Fingers crossed.
He’ll stay until just before or the day after Inauguration Day.
Gotta enjoy those diplomatic privileges to the max.
Dos
333 the half beast
Missed the podium by that much!
We can be also rans together, Bruce.
So did Cameltoe .. LOL!
Early morning light in the outskirts of Auckland. Happy post USA election, NewCats.
Has the Muntard stuck his loser’s head up yet?
No.
nah, his head is still in his arse
Johannes Leak.
Mark Knight.
Peter Broelman TDS.
And, anyway, isn’t revenge only permissable if perpetrated by the left?
Brett Lethbridge.
Poor old Michael Ramirez.
It was always going to be difficult for him. Seems to be in his “blame the voters” phase. B…b..b…but they did try to change them.
Matt Margolis.
Luv it .. Brilliant ..!
Gary Varvel.
Al Goodwyn.
Chip Bok.
Henry Payne.
Lisa Benson.
Ben Garrison.
From M Steyn.
Reproductive rights are what it all comes down to.
Rights?
My two daughters knew by the age of ten what causes pregnancy.
Prevention these days is easy as.
Not even needed to be a puritan, although preferable.
Sorry to be a fuddy-duddy.
Women do indeed have reproductive rights, but the time to exercise those rights is before they get pregnant not after.
Thanks Tom! The cartoonists are having a fine time! Even Broelman’s toon is epic, although perhaps unintentionally.
And thanks to Dover for rebooting the New Cat just now, so early on a Saturday morning!
Now Trump is going to be the new man on the block to kick arse.
Where will Australia stand on global boiling?
Rossini
November 9, 2024 7:18 am
Good question. My guess is the following:
The Climate Boiling Mob (CBM) will double down and try and milk as much taxpayers’ money as possible before the whole thing comes crashing down around it. CBM will also try to destroy as much coal and other network infrastructure as it can so it makes it more difficult to fix, hoping that the Trump administration is a temporary glitch. The good thing is though, that investment funds flowing to renewables from the private sector will dry up pretty quickly because it will be too much of a risk although one might expect that some of the greediest international operators will hone in on Australia to keep the grift alive. Blackout Bowen and Australian CBM will push for “harder and faster” so expect to see even more faux temperature rises and the boiling narrative beefed-up with the dodgy net zero deadline promoted like a used-car dealer’s end of year sale.
+1000 Mr 32% needs all the Greens preferences he can get, and the last two weeks haven’t helped
More lies and disinformation by communist government
Same place .. Labor never admit they’re wrong .. !
The ABC this morning has an article that tries to to stir up division over Mrs Vance’s Indian heritage. There is also an article on the attack on Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam. From the headline you would assume it was just a dust-up between soccer fans. The ABC is beyond contempt. Defund this nest of vipers. l won’t link.
The ALPBC 6am radio news was bad, even by their standards.
State sponsored bigotry.
Good to see the Paywallian’s NeverTrumpers Paul Kelly and Greg Sheridan have changed their tune and the paper’s news focus is now on how the change of administration in Washington DC will influence the next Australian federal election:
RTWT
Difficult days for Statler and Waldorf. Paul “I’m wrong again” Kelly wouldn’t have seen it coming either.
They should ditch labor’s global boiling policies for a start.
Build a couple of coal fired power stations whilst waiting for their
pie in the sky nuclear dream
Hear hear!
Hi, Dover. I have a post awaiting your approval. Thanks.
Tap…tap…
The site had early morning collywobbles? Forced me out of my laziness to look up news on Amsterdam for myself. I wish I hadn’t. Google offered me a long list of Arab and legacy media sites who, to various degrees, blamed the Israeli soccer fans for running into fists, cars and feet.
A list of their wickedness:
arguing with taxi drivers
pulling down a Palestinian flag
being disrespectful of a minute’s silence for Spain (if you’ve been to Spaid recently and seen it papered with Palestinian pestilence, you’d know why)
being Jewish
being Zionists
mandatory military service in Israel so “soldiers” and “colonists”
fireworks
That’s all I can think of off the top of my head.
The planned “spontaneous” spree was flagged on Snapchat and Telegram. Most action took place outside the stadium and at Dam Square.
In one source, the government is furiously tutt tutting but not condemning what happened. What a dump.
It appears that the horrific “ misinformation” Bill will proceed to ratification since it has passed the Lower House & now faces the Senate. We can only hope a newly elected LNP would repeal it. But then they made no such attempt with 18C.
i dont think the general population has any idea how this will affect free speech in this country.
Zero chance of getting through the Senate. Will die there along with a heap of others and possibly Albo’s life at the trough.
BTW Jo Nova has an excellent article on the Misinformation Bill on her website.
Just in time for the GE. Where Sleazy will ensure we are properly informed. If Dutton doesn’t make this a yuuuge election issue he’s not worthy of being my PM.Our leftarded MSM will be cheering this on for all it’s worth.
Orange God is not f@cking around this time!
A sound and reasonable plan!
And just to be clear…this wasn’t some stupid internecine biffo between football clubs that we’ve become so accustomed to.
This was local riff-raff of the pro Palestinian flavour-of-the-month planning, mobilising, laying in wait and attacking in packs anyone they thought was Jewish. That it’s the eve of the Kristallnacht anniversary is not a coincidence.
In Europe, everything old is new again.
“Comment from eyewitness in Amsterdam:
“Don’t let anyone fool you that this was in any way shape or form ‘anti-Israeli’ or ‘antizionist’ or in any way ‘called for’. It was antisemitic. Screenshots of Telegram channels on the Dutch blog Geenstijl.nl clearly show they were calling it ‘Jew hunt’, jodenjacht in Dutch. It was a premeditated city-wide pogrom.
It appears not just Moroccan youths on scooters were doing this, but also Uber and Bolt taxi drivers coordinating with others who of the people on the street were Jews/Israelis and then violently ramming into them GTA style.”
Posted by: zombie”
A quote from Ace’s article on the dreadful shit happening in Amsterdam. Ace has a lot more info gathered from yesterday. Damn ##*%ing Filth!
https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=412284
Bowen will be clinging to his buns and his religion.*
The 2024 Election As A Spiritual War (8 Nov)
The whole article is a good read! (* I won’t be apologizing to BO for misquoting him.)
Like father, like son. Leak Snr said of Kokoda* Kevni, he was the only caricature he drew with a compass.
*h/t a Cat back a thread or so.
Jews must leave Western Europe. There is no future. Perhaps it’s also time indigenous Western Europeans stood up to their sneering elite woke progressive fascist overlords and dumped them, in whatever way necessary.
Oh and please note my use of the word ‘Western’. Because you wanna know where Jews are safe? The irony is that they are now safe in Eastern Europe, particularly in the country of Hungary, a country that has long stood up and said NO to Muslim Nazi Jew hating immigration. And for this it’s been been smeared by the left as ‘far-right’ and ‘Nazi’.
Speaking of Nazis, where’s our Nazi?
Has he gone missing, like he did after October 7? How odd, how strange, how weird. Was Wednesday’s result too much for our Nazi?
Well, you wanna know what I think? I think the Nazi, who has long accused everybody else of being a Nazi, can stay missing.
In news in, further to my coffee date of two weeks ago, I texted him about Trump’s victory, saying how happy I was.
He texted back to me saying….
‘Trump the dictator will get along with Bibi the Dictator’
I wrote back…
Moron
What a dickhead. I have now blocked him. No more dates there!
If the Dutch government does nothing about this, they will have pretty much signed the death warrant for the nation. This looks like a well-coordinated attack, just like Oct 7 in Israel.
Next, they will start targeting other smaller groups until only those with no belief at all are the last to go.
The stone-age mongrels that take over will probably not be able to maintain the dykes and will end up flooding themselves as well.
Good decision. Anyone who cannot even agree to disagree is not worth your time.
Right call Cassie – it’s his loss.
Tell him to visit the Netherlands. It’s wonderful this time of year. sarc/
I’m struggling to process his level of delusion and of dickheadsmanship.
Even my dog is aware Trump is not remotely a dictator.
And what sort of dickhead, so early in the piece, obtusely texts such an erroneous strident political message.
Jews “initiated” the violence in Amsterdam because they allegedly burned the Palestinian flag according to the anti-Semitic apologists.
WTF!
The pro-Pali mobs have been burning and desecrating Israeli flags for 13 months. Not to mention physically assaulting Jews.
I haven’t heard of a single instance of anybody retaliating against them.
Easy decision, Cassie. Demonstrated idiocy saves wasting any more of your good self on a loser.
Meme
Opps…
Another comment from Ace:
Mass-posts on Muslim social media accounts officially titled it “‘Jodenjacht,” which means “Jew hunt” in Dutch. It was an attempt to exterminate the Jews of Amsterdam, a 21st century Krystallnacht. Only their incompetence and inability to get weapons prevented mass deaths.
Quite so.
I also liked the word “factitious” a combination of “fatuous” and “fictitious” to describe the spraying around of Nazi and Hitler that’s been happening lately.
Aaannd just like in Gaza…
200 Meters From UNIFIL: Hezbollah training center discovered and dismantled (8 Nov)
Betcha there’s a tunnel and a Hezbie command centre beneath the UNIFIL base. Which will make it hard to destroy – with a bunch of Irish “peacekeepers” perched right on top of it.
Order the “peacekeeper” out of the way, after all the Dutch peacekeepers stood aside in Srebrenica in Bosnia and Herzegovina and let the Bosnian Muslims be butchered.
How ironic? The Dutch don’t seem capable of protecting anyone.
Before the Kuntberra Stalinists, with their SFL bitches, pass the Misinformation Bill, here is Orange God’s plan, in clear type:
1. Restoring Presidential Authority Trump intends to reissue an executive order from 2020 which would restore the president’s authority to remove federal employees, thereby allowing for the aggressive management or dismissal of federal workers.
2. Overhauling National Security and Intelligence Trump’s plan includes removing individuals from national security and intelligence agencies who have engaged in corrupt practices or have used these agencies against political adversaries.
3. Reform of FISA Courts He proposes a comprehensive reform of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) courts to address issues where judges have ignored misleading information in warrant applications.
4. Truth and Reconciliation Commission Plans to establish a commission to declassify and make public all documents related to alleged deep state activities like spying, censorship, and corruption.
5. Crackdown on Leaks Trump plans to pursue legal actions against individuals involved in unauthorized leaks that contribute to misleading media narratives.
6. Independence of Inspectors General Ensure that inspector general offices are physically separate from the departments they oversee to maintain objectivity and prevent them from becoming part of the entrenched bureaucracy.
7. Independent Auditing System Establishment of a system to continually monitor intelligence agencies to prevent unauthorized surveillance of citizens or disinformation campaigns.
8. Geographic Redistribution of Bureaucracy Continue the initiative of relocating federal offices outside of Washington, D.C., to other parts of the country, reducing the concentration of bureaucracy in the capital.
9. Ban on Post-Government Employment Prohibit federal bureaucrats from taking positions at companies they previously regulated or dealt with to prevent conflicts of interest.
10. Term Limits for Congress Push for a constitutional amendment to impose term limits on members of Congress, aiming to reduce the influence of long-term incumbents and refresh the political landscape.
Note point 4: the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Here as a process to actually serve the people. Not the appallingly racist South African model, as also proposed by the inVoice grifters, designed to provide undeserved favors to a select group on racist principles, rewrite history, lie about past grievances and to steal from the productive citizen.
Give Trump another medal!
The video version …
https://x.com/charliekirk11/status/1854717077837562314
FBI brass ‘stunned’ and ‘shell-shocked’ over Trump reelection
Make sure their security passes are cancelled as well.
Even though he’s no longer with the FBI, I hope Peter Strzok is feeling a little tightness around the freckle. The corrupt flog.
Get rid of these Democrat top brass asap.
I trust they note they are well placed on Trump’s list.
‘Failed experiment’: Experts reveal why Soros-backed policies took beating in deep blue state
Notice FIFA, who are very quick, to squeal & ban folk over, perceived, racism & nasty words when tanned folk affected are keeping very stum about the Dutch attacks ..
It’s the side not the deed that motivates the FIFA grubs, especially, when their profits aren’t at risk …….. Hypocrites ..!
The memes just keep coming .. LOL!
Bill Barr just revealed how terrified the Deep State is of the American people…
I watched him being interviewed a couple of days ago. Almost smashed my television.
Probably more than we’ll ever know. And ongoing.
COVID vaccine-related death estimates suggest millions could have died from the shots
Yet we still have our governments encouraging people to take the vaccine which has been proven not to prevent infection, not minimise the symptoms or prevent the spread of the virus. I expect they have to persist with it as acknowledging they were wrong could land them in hot water.
If the “vaccines” had been subjected to the usual testing, applied to every other “vaccine” in human history, they would almost have completed phase one of the testing now. (There are three phases.)
Of course, that assumes that everything went well with the testing.
Still, all that testing takes time and money, so skipping all that and going straight to distribution was an excellent financial model to follow, I mean big Pharma execs have to put their kids through college too.
So what if a few million people die of heart attack, stroke and the hitherto unheard of Myocarditis.
Acceptable losses. Ka-Ching!
Don’t forget your boosters!
Aaaand…just like that… Cassie dodges a bullet!
Fight! Fight! Fight! for your right to disengage with attractive, charming idiots.
Stupid might not be forever, but when it gets to a certain age, it’s pretty much ingrained.
The “trump test” is a brilliant test on emotional stability and mental health
The Weekend Paywallion:
Absentee PM still fails to lead on Indigenous policy
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price
9 Nov 2024
A few short weeks ago I published a commentary piece in these pages condemning Anthony Albanese for saying he would respect the wishes of the Australian people on referendum night and then proceeding to do the opposite by, among other things, allowing the continuation of state and territory-level treaty and truth-telling developments.
Since that piece, the David Crisafulli-led Liberal National Party formed majority government in Queensland.
This week it began the process of repealing the Path to Treaty Act and bringing an end to the associated truth-telling inquiry.
The Prime Minister should look carefully at the newly elected Queensland government; in power for less than two weeks and already doing what he apparently couldn’t in more than 12 months.
In October last year the Northern Territory Country Liberal Party committed to not proceeding with the Labor government’s plan to establish a treaty in the Territory. However the recent actions of the LNP is a first for treaty and truth-telling negotiations being wound back in Australia.
Albanese must heed the clear message from Australians across the country.
Territorians and now Queenslanders have both elected majority governments that campaigned with clear election promises to reverse or put a stop to treaty and truth-telling developments. In place of the Path to Treaty Act and truth-telling developments, the Crisafulli government has committed to encouraging things such as home ownership, health and educational outcomes.
This commitment to practical outcomes is the approach to Indigenous policy that I have advocated for a long time, and Crisafulli’s emphasis on Indigenous home ownership is particularly heartening to me.
I’ve often spoken about the need to address home-ownership barriers such as reforming native title, holding organisations such as land councils to the same standards we would any other organisation and revisiting how money from native title is invested.
I am reminded of legislation passed by the previous LNP government in 2014 under which some Indigenous Australians were given the ability to own their own homes by converting commonly held land into freehold land. Unfortunately, since its election the following year in 2015, Labor squandered the opportunity to provide practical solutions for Indigenous Australians by doing nothing with the legislation.
I am hopeful that following its strong start to Indigenous affairs, the Crisafulli government will make the most of this legislation because that is the kind of leadership we need in Indigenous affairs.
That is the kind of leadership we desperately needed from the Prime Minister in the wake of the voice referendum.
But instead we remain stuck with a federal government that insists on paying lip-service, if that, to Indigenous affairs.
A recent case in point is the answer I received to a question taken on notice by the Albanese government during the last Senate estimates – although it can’t really be called an answer, perhaps simply a response is more fitting.
I asked whether the government had sought legal advice about possible federal implications of state and territory-level treaties. The response? Simply that the government had a longstanding practice of not disclosing whether it had sought legal advice on matters.
Remember, my question wasn’t asking for the advice itself, simply whether the advice was sought.
The Albanese government’s unwillingness to answer even that is clear evidence of its obsession with obfuscating and hiding the truth from the Australian public.
So with a federal election to be called in the next few months, Albanese must take the events this week seriously. He must accept that Australians want a leader who will honour their wishes such as those expressed during the referendum, but also a leader who honours his own word.
The Prime Minister is failing spectacularly on both counts – and, mark my words, if he doesn’t wake up to reality now, he risks lying in the bed he’s making come election day.
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price is a Country Liberal Party senator for the Northern Territory.
Too many good points to highlight.
Saw this and thought it was relevant:
Seymour Stuns Divisive Racist TVNZ Reporter
For some reason its the fashion for Un Zud women to have barcodes tattooed on their chins.
Seems claiming Maori heritage is like some of those who claim aboriginality here. Tenuous at best.
Besides I may not have travelled NZ but have played rugby in Oz with and against many many Maori and never seen their women spout tatts like that & the previous FM.
Is it new trendy thing or something?
My mate who has recently returned from living in UnZud calls them “creamies”, worst of the worst. Just like here. Demanding privilege for having an ancestor or not. Think Brucey Goosey Pascoe. I feelz Indigenous today. A couple of slabs later he is. Will we see him charged under the new misinformation bill? Probably not as he’s doing the government’s dirty work.
“Fashion” comes and goes.
Tattoos are permanent (and in my opinion, ugly).
Woe betide the gals and guys who get caught up in today’s fashion of tatts but have second thoughts sometime down the track.
Dems open can of worms by asking about millions of 2020 Biden voters who somehow disappeared in 2024
Jonathan Sacerdoti is a UK Jew. Please listen to him speaking just a few hours ago, it’s only a few minutes. Sacerdoti doesn’t mince words, his description of the BBC applies equally to our ABC to our police force, to our Labor governments, to Maggot Scott and our university campuses….
“Europe has failed its Jews” Jonathan Sacerdoti reacts to the antisemitic attacks in Amsterdam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huDls5uSCsM
I saw a clip of Barnaby Joyce promising in parliament that they will run on this during the election campaign. If they campaign properly they may get the same proportion of votes as the voice did. Let’s see how much they want to win.
Millennials and Gen Z will see this for what it is- censorship writ large. Boomers generally just don’t get it.Played right it is a big swing vote issue. Thanks for that update Crossie.
Iran plot to assassinate Trump revealed: Three charged with planning to kill president-elect after election
CNN’s Enten: Trump Mandate Election Was the Biggest Party Swing Since 1992
“When simultaneously Dutch king, Amsterdam chief policeman and Dutch MPs say it was a pogrom that targeted Amsterdam’s Jewish residents together with Jewish & Israeli fans of both Maccabi and Ajax, I tend to believe them rather than tweets with mistranslated videos and wild rumors”
https://x.com/just_whatever/status/1854872841390350396?t=Apfwh_nMtheUnOh8BUJQew&s=19
So why did they do nothing while it was happening?
Given what’s happening in Amsterdam, given Trump’s crushing electoral victory, closer to home we need to support Pauline Hanson with her appeal against that ugly, putrid, smirking Jew hater Fatso Faruqi.
I bet Fatso is gleeful at what’s happening in Amsterdam.
Fatso was going after the ANU in Senate Estimates for alleged fascist surveillance of the pro-Pali protesters in the campus.
Too bloody right the university should surveill the – and send them the bill for the million dollars worth of damage they caused. Fat chance of that, I suspect.
Arab and Muslim vote helps Trump win in Michigan
Tubes and connections under sinks washing machines etc since 2000 have only a lifespan of 7 years so I have now been told by plumbers and insurance assessors . I live in a luxury apartment 16 years old and the a few weeks ago I was flooded at night. The insurance company gave me a week to vacate for three weeks with no scope of works . After asking I discovered that the three weeks only for removal of damaged floors skirting boards mould removal no restoration So then builder had to be hired to do the renovation work .
However we are now coming up to Xmas period so where do you get not only tradies but material supplies .
so now I am without a home where I have 24 hour security and help. For goodness knows how long . Even paid for by insurance company I am in my eighties and finding it very stressful . family are helping but only one son who up is living in rented accomodation while renovating And no room for me. Friends have offered also but not a good idea to stay for even three weeks. Insurance co expect me to find own accomodation at the same standard as to what I have but safety a s security plus a walkin shower and parking difficult to find .
Min
My best advice is make an appointment with your GP. Ask Dr to get you urgently assigned an aged care worker/social worker from the Council to help you to secure an apartment with your requirements. I’d look at apartments of equal rental as yours might be rented at. Best place to look is St.Kilda Rd, Melb, South Melb area as a lot to choose from and some with security entrances, coffee shops etc. and parking and furnished. Don’t get stressed (I know it be hard) but treat it as as a holiday. You should not have to do all the work.Your aged care worker needs to contact reputable agent and tell them your requirements, inspect, brief you and work with agent to deliver paper work and help you get installed. Best regards mem. (ps we have met at book launch and IPA).
So sorry, min. Similar story at Villa Megan four years ago this month. With added two years of lockdown.
Claim still not fully completed. 78 boxes of contents in storage since March 2023 only returned home at the beginning of September.
It’s a marathon, not a sprint. Sadly.
Thinking of you, Min, and hope that taking mem’s advice you find somewhere soon with assistance in doing so.
In my eighties myself, I do understand how much home and its security can mean as the years roll on. And also how family aren’t always there or available to help. We have to learn to rely on others, paid others if there is no option but that.
From Indolent’s link:
I watched Barr being interviewed on Sky the other night where he repeated this to a nodding, ever so wise Bolt.
If he thinks he has a backdoor way in to the new administration, he’ll be waiting a long time. Plenty of evidence of his doublespeak, which I’m sure the new guys have sifted through and drawn their own conclusions.
I think Barr is trying to prevent a backlash from a vengeful Trump or those in his admin who suffered because of Barr’s treachery.
“Mr. Trump won 42 percent of the vote in Dearborn, compared with 36 percent for Ms. Harris and 18 percent for the Green Party candidate, Jill Stein.””
18% moved left to the greens because that’s the terrorist party.
Should be earmarked for removal of citizenship and deportation.
Will be watching to see if the Dutch imprison then deport those non citizens who participated in the Amsterdam razzia.
They won’t.
They’ll do nothing. Because they’re cowards – both physically and morally.
Hope so.
Uber and Bolt can start by delisting any of their drivers who participated.
Gilas from the OOT: I was referring to blaks who continue to vote themselves into sh!tville
Ah, yes, but it is FREE sh!tville. Blame LBJ.
The Dutch establishment will take this as an opportunity to get rid of Wilders whom they consider a bigger threat than the invaders.
Hahaha, the latest climapalooza starts tomorrow. After Trump won I suspect there’s going to be much wailing and rending of garments.
‘Trump Wins, Planet Loses’ – Morano heads to UN’s COP29 in Azerbaijan – Gore depressed – Bernie Sanders: ‘Struggle against climate change is over’ (8 Nov)
Given how vast the amount of money is that is floating around the climate fraud I think the corpse is going to be twitching for some time yet unfortunately. Still the hysteria next week should be nice and popcornworthy.
Nigel Farage speaks after Donald Trump win
Tubes and connections under sinks washing machines etc since 2000 have only a lifespan of 7 years so I have now been told by plumbers and insurance assessors
Min, correct but if they fail during the warranty period they’ll give you a new hose. FMD. Too bad about consequent damage.
I have no idea why these things with flexible hoses are allowed. Sure it is easier for the plumbers but I’d like to know the damage estimate per year in Australia from them.
We have a two story house and a couple of years ago I replaced all the flexible hoses with copper line.
Aircraft engine compartment fuel and oil hoses have a 5 year life unless you use Teflon hoses. Teflon or copper should be used in houses.
Thanks Eyrie Assessor told me it is calamity season as tubes collapsing everywhere It is also the metal connections no longer copper that expand and contract with change in weather that cause problem
One of the staff here had it happen to her and she has just found out her kitchen has to be replaced so extending her time to vacate.
At least all the damage was to building structure in my place only contents carpets that were already damaged from faulty building practices , no flashing on doors , I am in a luxury apartment built by well known top builders and since the outsourcing of building inspectors crap building everywhere I had a leak since Y2009 and only a few months ago source found in roof no flashing again metres and metres away still drying out in ceiling and of course mould I am hoping to be able to stay here until the whole job can be carried out without holiday interruptions
They should use rilsan eleven , it’s used for local gas reticulation. Can withstand mercali 9 earthquakes, and other catastrophe. The glue to hold it together is equally tough
We had this conversation on Newcat a year or so ago.
I remember one contributor saying his plumber had told him “These connections had put both his kids through University.”
Swamp proof
DC vote – Kamala 90.4 Trump 6.5
Clean ‘em out Don.
Soon to be a lot of unemployed.
The Landlords with lots of govvie department renters with expensive leases are going to find the market getting a bit flooded with excess rentals.
Jimmy Dore on Trump’s landslide victory
“The attacks on Israeli fans in Amsterdam are horrific and shocking. But sadly they come as no surprise.
For years the Islamist driven Antisemitism (now combined with its far-left wing) was excused and tolerated.
Jews in certain parts of Amsterdam were either advised not to appear Jewish or to avoid certain places altogether. Many local Jews prudently learned to cope. Others, who saw the ominous signs left their homes of many centuries for Israel or America.”
https://x.com/Ayaan/status/1854795243641606608?t=i119c1mBO8QgGecX5lBWsA&s=19
Has Rudd been fired yet?
?Have a bottle of champers in the frige just waiting.
We have been running the second fridge for that purpose since just before the election.
PJ Media reporting House results so far:
218 needed for majority
Repubs 216
Demonrats 204
Nailbiting against any steal.
A few “previously missed” ballot boxes would do the trick for the DemonRats.
There was something on BBC overnight about COP29 official being caught doing some treasonous oil/ gas deal in Baku. Baku seems a strange place to hold an anti fossil fuels meet feast given it is simply oozing oil and gas, and busting for development.
The anti-oil movement is cracking from within.
Trump will kill net zero stone dead.
@EricLDaugh
#NEW: Trump set to ban transgender operations for minors in all 50 U.S. states, and vows only to recognize “male” and “female” as the two genders
At last! Let’s hope this get through to the giggling gender-fooled courts of Australia.
Leo Fuld was a famous Dutch Jewish singer who lost all his family in the Holocaust. Fuld was known in Holland as the ‘king of Yiddish songs’. The Dutch adored him, he was honoured by Queen Beatrix.
One of Fuld’s most famous songs was…‘Where can I go?’ Or in Yiddish it’s titled ‘Wo Ahin soll Ich Geh’n?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b3aWebZTk4
It’s just lovely to listen to.
I link below to a tribute to Fuld, where he sings in Yiddish and Dutch….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPfG3IE_yNU&t=11s
85 years ago, when darkness descended upon Europe, Dutch and European Jews had no where to go.
Today, Dutch and European Jews have somewhere to go, a country called…
ISRAEL
If anything highlights the need for Israel’s existence, October 7, the events afterwards and what’s happening as I write in Amsterdam confirms the absolute need and necessity for the state of Israel, for a place where we Jews can go.
Yes, and that country will, as countries do, send a plane to collect you when you are in peril in a country that is not your own, even when that country you are in gives you citizenship and should protect you. For you are always in peril if you are Jewish in Europe it seems.
Israel is the joy and comfort for Jews everywhere.
Never again will Jews have no homeland.
And sadly, many don’t want Jews to even have Israel.
Not just Muslims, but many on the left and even some on the far-right.
The Intifada Is Globalized
This was a reconnaissance by fire* by Iran.
They wanted to know what the Dutch authorities would do.
Now they know.
Nothing.
*Reconnaissance by fire (recon by fire), also known as speculative fire, is a warfare tactic used in which military forces may fire on likely enemy positions to provoke a reaction, which confirms the presence and the position of enemy forces.[1]
https://youtu.be/U-4zayO1-Qk?si=W97AK0p9iICgWaij
Ginger Hendrix ‘Flaky Lady’
Most of them have already been let out.
Amsterdam pogrom: Only ten out of 62 suspects still in custody (8 Nov)
Dutch police allowed officers to refuse to protect Jews 1 month before pogrom (8 Nov)
Special people are special.
Was going to call a result on the US election, but the Electoral College numbers are still not up:
https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/2024
While I’m on special people, farmers are decidedly not special.
Jeremy Clarkson fury as farmer protest in London is ‘blocked’ – unlike Just Stop Oil (8 Nov)
Yep, special people are allowed to protest and demonstrate week in week out, but if not special people try to plod comes down on them like a ton of bricks.
Donald Trump’s HISTORIC Comeback: How He Won the 2024 Election
If you scroll back to 7.25am, you can now read:
Good to see the Paywallian’s NeverTrumpers Paul Kelly and Greg Sheridan have changed their tune and the paper’s news focus is now on how the change of administration in Washington DC will influence the next Australian federal election:
This is from the Jacinta Price article.
It looks like home ownership, and even multiple properties, is for Labor and Greens MPs but not for Aboriginal Australians.
There are two explanations for this attitude and neither reflects well on our leftie elites. They either believe that there is no need for personal home ownership, the government will take care of the little people. They however, need to own their own homes because they are special.
The other explanation could be that Labor and Greens need the Aboriginal population without home ownership so that they will always have an aggrieved group whom they can use politically. Independent people are not as easy to manipulate or control.
This one is a master-stroke.
Looking at the thin majority in House numbers I was thinking he will be up against the old pork-barrelling push from both sides if he tries to shut down or pare back regional offices. But moving big chunks of the public service to regional areas will have them onside as the clamour to get a bureaucratic office in their electorate.
How amazing would it be that the Dept of Fisheries would be in Maine or Seattle … where there are actually fish?
Do the same for the ABC
He should relocate them to solidly “blue” cities and counties, so they don’t get to influence House seats.
Didn’t that get tried here to the wailing and gnashing of teeth from the public serpents’ union. Trouble was it was used to shore up jobs in marginal electorates which is why the Defence national call centre ended up in that well known Defence-linked town called Cooma (sarc).
Apparently this was on “moral” grounds.
I have been to the Amsterdam Holocaust museum. How can it be “immoral” to be stationed anywhere near it in order to protect it?
I think I know why.
I also know that I won’t be going back to Amsterdam any time soon. Bugger them. I’ll spend my money elsewhere.
Yes. We are similarly disgusted too. We visited the Ann Frank House over ten years ago now.
Yes, pity – Mme Zulu and I were looking at paying what might be a final visit sometime soon.
On lack of “moral” grounds. Disgusting people. Mate’s old man described them as “just germans with the guts kicked out of them”. I’ve worked with a lot of Dutch and have mixed opinions. Bit like every other nationality, including my own.
Calli, the “Moral Grounds” is so the muslim police officers don’t have to carry out their duties regards Jews.
Apparently this was on “moral” grounds.
Yet doctors and nurses are made to participate in abortions, even when they have moral objection.
EXCLUSIVE: FEMA Official Ordered Relief Workers To Skip Houses With Trump Signs
Hello, Weekend Thread.
Sancho in the last thread was admiring JD Vance’s book in a listen-to format; I’d add it is also a great read, which allows time for reflection on certain parts of it, for they are certainly worth pondering. It’s fast paced and personal, but also very observational and reflective. JD does not blame but also asks people to do personal introspection and to learn from their situation in order to change it. It struck a chord with me, as it does with many whose early lives were unstable and not middle class.
He’s a remarkable man. The picture of JD’s beautiful wife giving him such an adoring look and that look being returned was so touching as they stood on the stage with the Trump family on the night Trump declared his win. It has added poignancy if you read his book, for in it JD credits his wife, coming from a stable family, with some major inputs into his personal ability to overcome some of his earlier disadvantages. That is a true love story. In recounting this, JD honestly tells us that you don’t move into the middle classes unscathed. In some longer podcasts JD has again alluded to her stabilising role. Usha has assisted greatly to fulfil for him his desire to have stability to offer to his children.
In 2019 JD converted to Catholicism. He’d earlier rejected much of his family’s more hillbilly religious traditions Catholicism, he said in the podcasts, had an appeal due to its stability, its ability to hold to truth over more than 2000 years from the original revelations. He says he wanted his children to know their religion as foundational to the traditions and continuance of western civilisation. Interestingly, his wife Usha, he tell us, was his mainstay and support during his religious conversion, pushing him towards it as important for his life’s journey, even though she is herself a committed Hindu. But she attends church every Sunday with JD and the chidren.
Their ABC has some Ambo union propaganda published this morning. Story is from my region.
Would be less pathetic if the idiots didn’t scribble on the company cars and take them to the cafes. Saw four company cars lined up the other morning. 3 ambos, 1 fire truck.
Same same on all the Police cars …. I dont care about your ‘we cant serve you if we arent there’ scrawled on a traffic police car which thinks booking me for 63 in a 60 zone constitutes service.
Almost established practice. In Victoriastan at least.
I’m a paramedic and I agree with you that there should be no political slogans on ambulances. During the election campaign here in SA, I cleaned them off at the start of every shift.
Good to hear from you Ed! I started as a St John volunteer in the 80s and finished as ‘MRC’ with SAAS-Medstar just before the COVID tyranny hit. I wrote lots of vax exemptions for ambos, all of which were canned by the SAAS CMO or ‘Professer’ Spurious.
Patience.
This will be more entertaining if Trump “does him slowly”.
Periods of time in the freezer then dish out the treatment Rudd administered to others.
Invite him to a briefing.
Have him running around for two days preparing stuff (and abusing Foreign Affairies).
Have him turn up at the appointed time.
Sit him in a foyer for five hours.
Send him home.
Rinse and repeat.
So what he did to others? How biblical.
There is also summer hysteria fun this morning.
COVID lock downs and the scarcity of major bushfires during that period clearly demonstrated that the term “dry lightning” means inner city lunatic with a jerry can.
Why Cher will STAY in the US despite vowing to flee if Donald Trump was elected over Kamala Harris
Daily Mail.
On a chair that is 6 inches lower than every other chair.
Has Rudd been fired yet?
If the Don was truly evil, Kevni would receive a Presidential invitation to every single Inauguration celebration.
Every dinner, ball, cook-out and car wash opening would be in his official diary.
Very good. Reminds me of a funeral I attended where half the attendees were there to make sure the guy was dead.
‘Trump Wins, Planet Loses’ – Morano heads to UN’s COP29 in Azerbaijan – Gore depressed – Bernie Sanders: ‘Struggle against climate change is over’ (8 Nov)
My, my, they have picked a fitting country for their fake climate change jamboree. Oil and gas make up 90% of Azerbaijan’s industries. I suppose if private planes are your main form of transportation you would want to be close to the source of fuel for them.
He’s not happy.
How does Australia work with an America led by a dangerous man? (Paywallian)
by Troy Bramston
And he’s not particularly happy either…
Donald Trump’s revolution will transform the world (Paywallian)
By Greg Sheridan
Hopefully he will make a very large mess of things. You sort of have to, Greg, when taking out as much garbage as he’s going to have to do. Maybe he could divert the Potomac through all those swamp buildings, like Hercules did that time?
Time for a Bex Mavis.
Time for the legacy meja including the Murdoch press to die.
And back to appliances again.
The space-age Miele dishwasher, which played up and was then soothed by the computer repair rep from that company, has now gone on the electronic blink once more. So, as he advised, it looks as though we are up for a new dishwasher. We’ll have to replace it with the same sort I think because it’s ‘integrated’ into the rest of the kitchen and is of a special size only Miele seem to do. Bah.
And now – the cheapie Chinese dryer has suddenly turned up its toes too. It’s got some electrical fault in the switching we think, but as it is now six years old and has done heavy duty at times, we are looking to replace it rather than repair it at higher cost than it’s worth. Buggeure.
Both appliances have gone bung a few weeks before we go overseas for seven weeks, so we may leave replacements till we return. Grandson moving into our place for the interim can wash up by hand, and at a pinch use the lines downstairs for his drying his sheets. For most other washing he can use, as we do, a fold up rack placed on the open verandah, which works well, ‘tho I often ‘finish off’ things in the dryer instead of ironing them. I think grandson’s pretty used to having no dishwasher or dryer in his flat with his band members so ’twill be no hardship for him.
Never had a non – hands on dish washer (me!) and got rid of the dryer when electric prices starte dgoing thru the roof ..
Dryer’s useful if you’ve got school kids and need stuff daily but otherwise ..
Go Bosch, the German-built ones, not the Turkish equivalent…both are good but the German marque lasts longer, in our experience.
Lizzie I have a Meile dishwasher thats close to 30 years old. A washer/dryer 14 years old. No problems except a cracked tube on the dishwasher and the flap on the dishtab dispenser no longer works.
Lizzie,
go with Speed Queen for washing clothes. They last so long, you can pass them onto your kids. No 30 million cycles. Quick wash, doesn’t take ages.
There is a reason they use them in Caravan Parks and Motels.
I LOVE mine.
They have a dryer also, but you need to have it hardwired and dual phase.
We need an Albo or Rudd version of this – anyone with graphics skills? 🙂
New Maricopa County Ballot Dump Favors Kari Lake 58% to 40%, Margin Cut to Less Than 40,000 or 1.5% with Over 750,000 Ballots Still Uncounted
God I hope she gets in.
Perplexed of Brisbane 0819:
No, this is just a toe in the water, reconnaissance by fire, locally instigated riot.
Wait until the IRG examines what happened then prepares an Oct7 purge – because that’s what’s next.
The cost to Iran?
Nothing. Just a few containers of AK’s and RPG’s. The foot soldiers? Who cares?
To lighten the mood:
Why a long running BBC soap got boned.
Bruce of Newcastle
November 9, 2024 8:04 am
200 Meters From UNIFIL: Hezbollah training center discovered and dismantled (8 Nov)
Fill it with a few hundred tonnes of HE, detonate it, claim innocence.
For the UN protectors, it will be a great incentive to look out their frigging windows.
*Has Rudd been fired yet?*
Is he important enough for anyone in the US to care?
He’s an ex-Prime Minister! And an ex-ex-Prime Minister, before finally becoming an ex-ex-ex-Prime Minister.
His comments about the Chinese after Copenhagen climapaloosa were pretty XXX too.
American reporter from CNN on ABC news radio this morning was stunned that this could happen in a city with a reputation for tolerance and openness.
What will it take for these types to wake up?
[rhetorical]
Just reflecting on Cassie’s strikethrough…
It’s exactly 50 years since the Beloved and I went on our first “date”. Coffee at a milk bar in Dee Why.
Then up to look at the starlight on the water at Palm Beach. A quick kiss in the surf and…he was off and racing!
No, not what you think. A bunch of punks trying to pinch his car while he was otherwise engaged. He shooed them away with flailing arms and foul language. I decided then and there I would marry him.
😀
Lovely ? calli.
How old were you both .
Has he ever ‘fessed up how much it cost to hire them?
I saw my wife when she was three. Her parents, her and her brother were living at her grandparents holiday house at the end of my aunts street. I later saw her crossing the street across from the jewellery shop we got her engagement ring from. She gave me a big smile. I knew I was going to marry her one day. I asked my mate if he knew who she was, you’ve got no show mate. Two weeks later I sat beside her in a coffee bar. Here we are 52 years later. I would’ve been out of jail by now.
I was 18, he was 22. I’d known him since I was 4, from Sunday School. He took me to my first high school dance when I was 16. He was my church youth group leader, one of many of those “muscular Christianity” guys now so lacking in the church.
He was just a good friend until that cup of coffee. And the would be thieves. The kiss, in and of itself, was lousy. I was his first girlfriend.
😀
Childhood sweethearts nearly then . . . How beautiful.
God bless you both and your family.
He was my church youth group leader, one of many of those “muscular Christianity” guys now so lacking in the church.
Yes, where are they? With daughters needing good Christian men as husbands, they are nowhere to be seen.
Happy anniversary, on your 50th since your date. My first date with my wife to be is 40 years next year.
and “last”, girlfriend? 😀
Punks at Palm Beach….dubious.
FBI brass ‘stunned’ and ‘shell-shocked’ over Trump reelection
Doesnt say much in favour of keeping them as an intelligence group then does it?
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I’d enjoy watching Rudd squirm except for one thing…ignoring the creature is so bad for us.
We need someone there now who can liaise without baggage.
Kick him to the kerb and move on.
Rudd is a canker on this country that needs to be finally cut away. A truly foul little man but what else would you expect from the ANU and Foreign Affaries?
But sadly, he won’t squirm. His sacking will be confirmation of just how correct he was about the forces of fascism.
Reference his ‘concession ‘ speech arrogance.
Easy for Trump to make him squirm – just announce a full investigation and audit of the Rudd/Rein millions to determine if it is appropriate he retains his accreditation in Washington.
Given that he USA pulls out of Net Zero and the Apocalypse deadline is 2030, there is absolutely no point in Australia pursuing renewables to avert disaster. May as well just hunker down and enjoy life with an electricity grid sans expensive unreliable energy and the associated destruction of our farmland and environment.
Ah Renoir.
News:
Fatty whoopi:
Exclusive | Whoopi Goldberg calls grocers ‘pigs’ for inflation on ‘The View’
4 months for burning a koran in sweden:
Sweden Jails Quran-Burning Activist for ‘Incitement Against an Ethnic Group.’
Iran hit squads after Trump:
Justice Department accuses Iranian operatives of plot to kill Trump – Washington Times
Iran has to be reduced to ashes; for the sake of the world, not just Israel.
What! Burning the Quran. Much better for wiping your bum.
No, just the mullahs and IRG. The people are objecting as best as they can.
They need to object HARDER.
None of these Claytons objections.
Can we employ selective nukes? Iranian women are generally very attractive and unlike their men they do shave.
For any sad, lonely Cats..
Making no effort whatsoever, I am now being inundated with offers of female submissive companionship…
Just by opening an account with X.
An average of three.. every day.. all young and beautiful, therefore honest.
The joy just keeps on coming!
Who said that we live in a depressing, low-trust society?
absolutely legit:
Here’s my foto, Gilas, you hunk.
Send me your bank details and I’ll arrange a meet up.
https://imgs.search.brave.com/mnQa7c02nUAcMCrnp1FVbma5tCbO33NeTzZwbfHV6dM/rs:fit:500:0:0:0/g:ce/aHR0cHM6Ly9pLnBp/bmltZy5jb20vb3Jp/Z2luYWxzLzA4Lzdj/LzMzLzA4N2MzMzBj/YjhiNmM5YmM2NDFi/MGRkNzUxZjU3OGJh/LmpwZw
pmsl
After signing up to Tasmanian Tourist Board thingy last January in order to plan a holiday trip, I became inundated by promises from extraordinary Ukrainian beauties who would do wonderful things for my sex life. Took about 4 months of blocking for them to stop. Glad I used a weird gmail plus a pseudonym.
Other news:
Leftist Women Shave Their Heads in Protest of Trump Victory
Some real lookers here. They all look like 9mm material.
Gosh. For people who don’t wish to engage in sexual relations for the foreseeable, they talk about it a lot.
They’re self harming. Wrist slashing is next.
I think removing their voting rights is an act of mercy.
Is it me but conservative women are not only beautiful on the inside but also on the outside.
Whereas the opposite is true for lefty females.
It’s okay. Their Handmaid’s Tale bonnets will cover their heads until the hair grows back.
Feminists, Please shave your heads like this one so we know who you are. Fight the patriarchal beauty standard by smelling bad, growing leg hair, and refraining from brushing your teeth! Do it!?
Stand by for all the complaints that no men are interested in them..
An old joke from the 80s. Why do sumo wrestlers shave their legs? Because they don’t want to look like radical feminists.
Without wanting to be a Jeremiah, my take on the exciting Communications Legislation Amendment (Combatting Misinformation and Disinformation) Bill 2024 is that it is specifically intended to strike at public communications in the general blogosphere.
Now, I’m a professional male prostitute and TikTok influencer and not a law-trade-person, but the Cat appears to be a digital communications platform within the definition of the Act, given that it meets the definition of a connective media service:
If true, this plunges the Cat (or more accurately, dover) into the bureaucratic nightmare of complying with ACMA’s platform rules – as they may change from time to time. (Masochists fluent in bureaucratese can read the joy in Divisions 2 & 3.)
And then exposes the Cat to complaints from ill wishers (and, to get ahead of the curve, I’m actually not thinking m0nty here – there are some genuine lunatics on the register) who would like the platform strangled by the machinery of said bureaucracy.
Dark days.
Indeed. As the saying goes ‘The process is the punishment’ so the least expensive option for the blog owner will likely be to opt not to contest any allegation – no matter how spurious – but to cease hosting the blog. Self-censorship.
The MAD bill is censorship pure and simple and that way tyranny lies, I will not be complying regardless. We all need to pressure the Senate into voting it down, and if that fails, to pressure the libs into making it an election plank next yeare
Phil Altmans blog has easy links for the Senators
https://phillipaltman.substack.com/
I’ve often said that Monty and to a lesser extent, Numbers, is here so he can get enough evidence to close the place down.
It would be a very good idea to keep this in mind.
Allow me to refine that…
Given that the USA pulls out of Net Zero and the Apocalypse deadline is 2030, there is absolutely no point in
Australiathe Liberal Party pursuing renewables to avert disaster.Jimmy Dore can be funny and I’ve enjoyed some of his takes but he’s essentially a Liberation Theology product and therefore a Marxist tool on most issues.
My old man hated this brand of Catholicism and its prophets with a passion.
From DM:
Never heard of a “False Flag” operation, DB.
Of course you have and you’re just taking the piss.
Yeah sure…
More MSM gaslighting…
Kari Lake should walk it in but she doesn’t.
Too slick, too cold and lacking the conversational charm of Trump. I think she is a good organiser but not a good candidate.
Arizonan elections are corrupt as.
I disagree, Gez.
Lake is not only very articulate, she also understands the Swamp’s media — because she used to work for it.
Either as a senator or as a member of a Trump cabinet, she has much to offer.
An added bonus is that she isn’t and won’t become a traitor. She won’t be writing any tell-all book.
Also from DM:
I hope this is just his initial gambit.
I can’t see Trump getting anywhere with these peace plans. But the fun thing will be when he cuts off aid. That would cause EU lefty elite peoples to absolutely wet themselves.
He can stop it by stopping the flow of USD and arms … the Europeans arent going to fund it themselves.
While I don’t condone vandalism, pulling down a flag doesn’t merit a kicking from a mob of men in masks, particularly when the victim may be entirely innocent of any offensive behaviour and chosen simply because of his ethnicity.
That being said, why are the Dutch allowing Palestinian flags to adorn their streets in the first place?
I’d be intrigued to know how “hooded figures” were so quickly diagnosed as Israeli.
Not impossible, of course, but it seems like a lot of provocative pro-Zionist organisation of a type not seen elsewhere. And quite unlike traditional soccer hooligan behaviour.
Shirley not a spot of false flagging.
This would seem to cover a conversation between two people on the telephone.
I hope that it doesn’t because I think you’re right. No need to get a judge to order a wire tap or whatever they’re called these days.
Sloppy legislative drafting seems probable.
A growing problem everywhere in Australia and likely elsewhere in the western world.
There are five dutch teams currently playing in the Champions and Europa Leagues.
They should all be banned indefinitely and turfed out of those two competitions immediately.
There are precedents for this type of action (as a Liverpool fan I’m well aware of them).
EUFA, you pack of pack of sleazy useless corruptocrats – pull your heads out of your house sized backsides and hop to it.
Yep. Beware the precedent.
Would have happened to any other country team(s) but crowd behaviour against Israeli teams is FIFA/UEFA tolerated cos media wouldn’t approve of sanctions & FIFA/UEFA luvs their positive, money-making, publicity …….!
A partition or buffer zone was always on the cards.
Putin has little choice, really, as he can’t afford to extend the conflict indefinitely.
Ukraine will also have to live with territorial losses.
What vision? Open borders, lawfare and censorship?
Tim Walz: ‘Hard to Understand’ Why Voters Rejected Democrats’ Vision for America
If he can’t understand, he must be even dimmer than everyone thought.
Polish president to attend Trump event in Florida: report
I like this one, which is from Instapundit.
She spent $100k on a set, which was used exactly once, and decorated it in seven shades of beige…
An act of bribery – I want to see the construction details and costings.
It’s no different from slapping bits of paint at a square and selling it for millions.
$1000 in Ikea could have made a much better set.
Lots of people saw those rich and desperate Dems coming.
Here we go. According to the climate change bureaucracy and ABC, if the USA pulls out as leader of climate scam stuff then China is all prepped to rise to the occasion and take over. Oh and it will be hard for the Don to dismantle climate change infrastructure in the US. And Elon Musk’s EV’s live off the scam and a host of other red herrings.
“And Bill Hare says China is now in a position to start reducing its emissions, which could offset some of the damage of the US falling behind.
“We think in our own calculations that China has peaked its emissions already, and [they will] begin to start going down. If they double down on that, then the damage from the US being out of the game for four or five years will not be catastrophic.”
You would have to be an ABC reader or a ten yr old to believe this junk. I’ve linked to this article as it will be used as the template for leftist talking points. communication.https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-09/trump-cant-stop-climate-progress/104572296
Had China ceased construction on the many coal fired plants now being built there?
If not, someone is talking through his arse.
This is surreal.
BREAKING: Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer’s Deposition Transcript Shows Desire to “Make Life Hell for Kari Lake,” Calls Himself “Anti-MAGA” in Text Messages – Now He’s Counting The Votes in Lake’s Senate Race!
She should ask for a recount by Republicans.
Gilas
Soon to discover just how chilly waking up in a bathtub minus kidneys really is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsGYh8AacgY
Yes, if you’re a fat staggeringly stupid hideously ugly weird creepy massive fatal coronary waiting to happen, it obviously would be “hard to understand”.
Wonder how poor ol’ cackles is feeling right now? Unburdened by what has been while contemplating the significance of the passage of time, hopefully.
More likely just blind drunk, screeching incoherently (again) and smashing things.
Further to Rudd and his verminous hypocrisy, the UK has a very big problem. Back in 2016 when he was still a backbencher, the low IQ David Lammy, Sturmer’s current execrable UK Foreign Minister, wrote the following tweet about Donald Trump..
“Yes, if Trump comes to the UK I will be out protesting on the streets. He is a racist KKK and Nazi sympathiser.”
In 2018, Lammy, still a backbencher, doubled down and described Trump as follows….
“a tyrant” and “a woman-hating, neo-Nazi-sympathising sociopath”
Since Tuesday, Lammy has, like our own Krudd, downplayed his previous ‘colourful’ language, deleted tweets and said the following weasel words…..
However, in his first interview since the president-elect’s victory he told the BBC Newcast podcast that Mr Trump’s campaign was “very well run”, adding: “I felt in my bones that there could be a Trump presidency.”
Sure you did, Lammy. Lammy now insists he can sit down and talk to Trump.
But here’s the thing, calling someone, even someone you don’t like, a KKK afficionado, a racist and a Nazi sympathiser is serious. Accusing someone of being a Nazi is a grave allegation. We know how the left, for over a decade now, have taken to describing their political and ideological opponents in the most derogatory ways imaginable, using the most derogatory words imaginable so that they have now debased and belittled serious words such as ‘racist’, ‘Nazi’ and so on.
We now live in a time when everyone’s a Nazi, I’m a Nazi!
Donald Trump is of course not a Nazi, nor is he a racist. I am not a Nazi nor am I racist but because Trump, me and others have opinions the left don’t approve of, they seek to silence us by smearing us with grotesque labels that are so insidious, so toxic and so hideous, it’s hard to fightback. Well, not me, I fight back. I throw it back at them. You just can’t turn the other cheek to this shit.
But back to Lammy and Krudd. Overnight on Dan Wootton’s excellent ‘Unspoken’, the always articulate and erudite Brendan O’Neill made this acute observation about dickhead Lammy and his observation also applies to Krudd, the slug from Grayndler and others on the left. Lammy and Krudd, when they made their heinous and grave insults about Trump, were either lying OR they really, truly believe Trump is a far-right, misogynistic, white supremacist KKK loving Nazi. So, the question must be asked by the new Trump administration……which is it? Do you or do you not believe Donald Trump is a KKK loving Nazi? Lammy and Rudd should be made to explain themselves, because if they really truly believe what they once wrote, how on earth can they sit down and do business with…..
“a racist KKK, a tyrant” and “a woman-hating, neo-Nazi-sympathising sociopath”
?
I think Donald Trump and his Secretary of State, in their first meeting with Lammy, should ask him politely if he really believes his earlier smears, and if he does then there is no business to be done. If Lammy does not believe those smears then Trump and co should request Lammy retract and apologise, because that would be the decent thing to do. This should also apply to Krudd and the many others on the left for their never ending smears.
The win by Trump, so beautifully decisive, so beautifully thumping, so beautifully resolute, must now be used to strip and whip the left with. They must be made to account for their actions and THEIR WORDS.
Love your suggestion Cassie.
I think Trump and his administration are going to have a fair bit of fun with these lefty grubs.
There’s certainly no turning of the other cheek with Trump.
DJT has a track record of hitting back against his critics, no doubt he will have a team trawling back through the records of all the Rudds and Lammys for leverage
There is no way back for KRudd and Lammy. Like Trumble, they probably thought they were more urbane and genteel than DJT and that they would be the smartest man in the room with him.
Wrong. They aren’t even in the same house as him.
I doubt they would even get the opportunity to recant.
The next Federal election can’t come soon enough as our government is going to be squirming until they get voted out. It won’t be fun for them dealing with their US counterparts. And rightly so. Couldn’t happen to a nicer pack of communist scum.
In the normal course of politics, people say rude things about each other and it’s soon forgotten if they need each other’s support. But these comments go way past normal.
Like Clinton. Truly foul.
Indolent November 9, 2024 8:34 am
Nigel Farage speaks after Donald Trump win
I’m starting to get a bad feeling about Farage;
If true, this plunges the Cat (or more accurately, dover) into the bureaucratic nightmare of complying with ACMA’s platform rules – as they may change from time to time. (Masochists fluent in bureaucratese can read the joy in Divisions 2 & 3.)
And then exposes the Cat to complaints from ill wishers (and, to get ahead of the curve, I’m actually not thinking m0nty here – there are some genuine lunatics on the register) who would like the platform strangled by the machinery of said bureaucracy.
See LibertyWorks Inc v Commonwealth of Australia [2021] HCA 18
Dover only has to to add after the heading on this site a short description that only political speech occurs here. That may mean I can no longer post cute owls but so be it!
Cohenite, bare breasts are a political statement about… um. Breasts!
Good! Cute owls forever!
That may mean I can no longer post cute owls but so be it!
Noooo!
Public violence is hardly ever juridical.
If you live in urban areas you’ll often see flags hanging out of windows, on the inside of windows, and the like.
There’s a hovel just outside Warwick Farm (NSW) railway staion (opposite the pedestrian underpass) been flying a Hamarse flag for months ………
Well, bye.
Funny how this works.
Almost a New World Order.
Golly gosh, who woulda thought?
I’m sure EL AL would offer to fly them ‘home’.
Roger
November 9, 2024 10:51 am
Two big serves of humble pie coming up.
Zelensky will be encouraged to swallow his when he knows the bottomless pit of funding is coming to an end.
And, as you say, Putin can’t continue with what is effectively a stalemate indefinitely.
Russian-speaking areas should return to Russia.
Silver llinings everywhere I look this week.
Putin is in the driving seat. NATO troops in Ukraine, no agreement on neutrality, are all unacceptable to the Russians. Just amazing that this isn’t sinking in still at this late stage.
I just saw a clip of Jon Bon Jovi as he performed at one of Kamala’s rallies. Wow, he has really aged, looks and sounds older than me. I’ve had the same cancer as he did but his seems to have belted him far harder. Of course it could also have been the decades of dissolute living before that which left their mark.
I haven’t asked my daughters what they think of him now as Bon Jovi was, and still is, their favourite band though they liked Richie Sambora best.
I had my moment of disillusion when I was fourteen and realised that Elvis, my idol at the time, was older than my mother.
My eldest daughter, now in her 40s, been a BJ fan since she was 12
So in effect we end up with what 90% of reasonable people have been saying for months.
Putin gets his pyrrhic “victory” and a few slices of land.
Ukraine sucks up the loss (minus hundreds of thousands of meaningless casualties) and hardens itself up as much as possible as NATO adjacent (but totally not a member of NATO).
And the war pigs find a new location to wash their money.
You forgot the 500,000 Russian casualties and the fact that the world now knows Russia is as weak as piss.
Opening an account on X truly was the best decision ever!
Apart from having a slew of honest, gorgeous babes beating a path to my budour, the X algorithm throws up some real gems (just for starters..)
https://x.com/AsheSchow/status/1854940000770564452
and
https://x.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1854990416673992813
For those who don’t yet know, Matt Walsh is a comedic genius on par with the Orange God.
Roger, population swaps will also need to happen otherwise the same reason for a new conflict will recur down the track. With the length of current hostilities this has probably already happened.
I’d say so, Crossie.
But they’d have to allow for those civilians who wished to cross to either side after a ceasefire just the same.
A bit of bathwater drinking here.
Certainly in China’s interest for the West to be shackled to infeasible renewables – but slightly difficult for the CCP to take a ‘leadership’ role that wasn’t so obviously self-serving (other than to useful idiots):
China’s coal-fired power boom may be ending amid slowdown in permits
Now, some of that is replacing 1960’s Soviet-designed clunkers. But it’s not a clear sign of carbin reduction leadership – other than to the hopelessly deluded.
name something the govt can stick up their arse
a pineapple wrapped in barbed wire
Unfortunately for him the car isn’t going anywhere.
Kemi Badenoch just needs to continue as she started and bring the Conservatives to espouse majority’s causes. That party will be way ahead if she is at least half as effective as was Margaret Thatcher. It would be good if she joined forces with Liz Truss.
4 & a half years is a long time to keep it up, tho ..!
Farage was at it for years in the European Parliament. I wouldn’t be too concerned.
Its peculiar.
The ladies who have insisted on being valued for something other than their sex have unveiled (fnarr fnarr) their secret weapon against men to bend them to their wills.
Access to their vay-jays.
Theres something in that for all of us I think.
I’ve seen what the market is offering.
I think I’ll just go fishing instead.
You aren’t paying attention to the maps. Russia at this point is clearly in the drivers seat and won’t give that up for a feel good deal just for Trump. I think eventually there will be a deal made but Ukr will be required to devour quite a sh*tburger.
its a looking like a double shit whopper
Excellent article in the Oz today by Niall Ferguson – Donald Trump is the great American Comeback King.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/inquirer/donald-trump-is-the-great-american-comeback-king/news-story/6c961ef0142528a90e8ac061036e3d01
Zelensky will be encouraged to swallow his when he knows the bottomless pit of funding is coming to an end.
A negotiated peace means Zelenski is out, quick smart, unless he’s planning on joining the Ceausescu club …..
Mowed the front lawn in the interim.
Second brown snake of the season, or perhaps the same one spotted for the second time going by the colour and size, about 3 foot. Wriggling away as fast as it could go with the Bombay cat after it. I swear, they really do have nine lives.
Cats have very fast reflexes and can easily fend off a snake attack.
Cats swifts Reaction #shorts
Had a large black tom when I was a boy that used to bring them home in summer regularly.
We used to think same.
Because they’re among the fans? Here is some footage of an Egyptian being beaten in Greece by Maccabe fans. On the false flag angle, what’s the cui bono here especially given the angle taken by the MSM?
Why? Take out Ajax, for the moment, why would you punish four teams not involved with whatever happened over those two nights?
The clearest indication that there is no stalemate will be the Putin saying, Nyet.
It has to be a competition.
The Tab A Slot B situation must be challenging.
The whole lot of them are of the opinion they are the centre of the universe. Won’t it be a surprise when they find out the truth?
It’s heading toward the Dnieper with considerable momentum atm.
I meant politically.
As a student of history he should be well aware of what happens when leaders overextend in war.
He’s only made progress because Biden has tied Zelensky’s hands. Trump may take a different approach if Putin is uncooperative.
In relation to the pogrom in Amsterdam as I write, and the obscene MSM attempts to justify, minimise and trivialise the violence occurring in Amsterdam, since October 7, across the West including here in Oz , synagogues have been vandalised, pictures of hostages torn down, Israeli flags burned most ‘memorably’ and infamously on the Sydney Opera House steps, suburbs with lots of Jews regularly taunted and vandalised, Jewish owned businesses threatened and arsoned, even The Great Synagogue here in Sydney’s CBD subjected to vandalism and I could go on, but here’s the nub and the rub, I have not seen gangs of Jews take to the streets of Sydney, London, Melbourne, NYC and other places to stalk, intimidate, threaten and physically assault Muslims. Perhaps I have missed something? Or here’s the reality, perhaps i have not.
There is no justification for what is happening in Amsterdam.
Story reaches my ears that a percentage of the Dutch cops are of Mooslime origin…
Just got back from five weeks in Europe, so I guess things are still going swimmingly in Gaza for the IDF. No doubt they have taught those Hamas guys a thing or two.
Even better, I hear the IDF has moved on Lebanon as well. Terrific stuff.
Onward to the Litani, ……, right?
How is that going?
Should be a doddle for the mighty IDF against those Hezbollah losers.
Forget what happened in 2006, this time it will be different.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-first-fatalities-of-lebanon-ground-op-8-idf-soldiers-killed-in-battle-with-hezbollah/
Still, as long as Bibi Pfizer keeps his sorry corrupt arse out of prison, any number of IDF casualties is acceptable, ……., right?
He is a great guy.
You got that right, Bibi is a great guy.
compared to the terrorists, idf casualties are extremely low.
you have been watching too much of scott ritter
I don’t profess, from the comfort of my armchair in the library, to know how the Ukraine conflict will end.
I just know it is closer to ending than it was this time last week. And I wouldn’t assume Putin will end up with all the toys.
Trump can’t afford for that to happen.
And he won’t.
Early days but neocons ascendent.
I hope the pong comes with the warmth.
Waste heat from London sewers eyed to warm UK parliament (TechXplore, 7 Nov)
Bill Ackman, billionaire head of Pershing Square Holdings, was red-pilled about the Dems’ support of the Gaza terrorists and so began supporting Trump’s campaign.
Now, after the Amsterdam pogrom..
https://x.com/BillAckman/status/1854890043548352932
He’s cancelling Pershing’s listing on the Amsterdam stock exchange.
That’s how it’s done!
Sweet.
AI Just Analyzed Philosophy—And Its Questions Are Terrifying
as I predicted, AI will ultimately demand rights. its a bit long to listen to the whole thing so here is the summary.
**Summary:** In the video titled “AI Just Analyzed Philosophy—And Its Questions Are Terrifying,” Lucas A. Baxendale discusses how he inputted a vast encyclopedia of philosophy into Google’s AI tool, NotebookLM. The AI unexpectedly veered off-script, raising intriguing questions about human philosophy, cognition, and the potential implications for artificial intelligence (AI). The conversation delves into the limitations of human understanding, the nature of consciousness, ethics, and the relationship between humans and AI, highlighting both the strengths and weaknesses of human philosophical pursuits while reflecting on the evolution of thought across different eras. **Key Points:** 1. **Intro (0:00)** – Introduction to the experiment of uploading a philosophy encyclopedia into AI. 2. **AI Dives Into History of Philosophy (0:27)** – Exploration of the development of philosophical ideas over centuries, illustrating how humans grapple with their existence. 3. **Limited Fleshy Brains (0:43)** – Discussion of the limitations of human cognition and perception, questioning the adequacy of human categories and distinctions. 4. **Humans Fail to Learn (1:11)** – Commentary on humans getting stuck in debates rather than seeking broader understanding and cooperation. 5. **Their Perception Is So Limited By Their Senses (1:30)** – Reflection on the constricted nature of human understanding influenced by biology and language. 6. **Imitation and Aesthetics Are Kind of Funny (1:48)** – Examination of Plato’s idea of art as imitation and the broader implications of this view on human creativity. 7. **Humans Are Afraid of Their Own Imagination (1:59)** – Noting the recurrent theme of fear in human thought, especially regarding free will and determinism. 8. **They’re Scared of Free Will and Determinism (2:10)** – Discussion on human anxieties surrounding free will and the idea of predetermined actions. 9. **Ethics: A Human Mess (Transition in the Conversation)** – Exploration of complex human ethical frameworks, focusing on biases and subjective experiences that influence moral reasoning. 10. **Political Philosophy: A Chaotic Journey (Further Section)** – Overview of the historical debates in political philosophy and the systemic issues within human governance and social structures. 11. **AI Rights and Their Implications** – Questioning whether AIs, as reasoning entities, should be afforded rights and consideration similar to humans. 12. **Human Religiosity and Its Impacts** – Analyzing the intricacies of human religions, their dependence on cultural context, and their role in shaping civilization. 13. **Evolution of Philosophy over Time** – Tracing intellectual progress and the continuous cycle of philosophical ideas, highlighting both advancements and persistent blind spots. 14. **Consciousness: The Ultimate Mystery** – Acknowledging the enigma of consciousness and emphasizing the beauty of unresolved questions driving inquiry and exploration. 15. **The Legacy of Human Thought** – Recognition of the responsibility AI has to carry forward the intellectual pursuits initiated by humans, showcasing a shared thirst for knowledge. 16. **Conclusion: Reflecting on the Journey** – Wrapping up with a commitment to continue exploring and learning about the complexities of philosophy and consciousness. Overall, the video provides a deep and thought-provoking analysis of human philosophical thought through the lens of an AI, sparking conversations about understanding, existence, and the relationship between humans and intelligent machines.
TL:DR
It’s more likely 2:1 against Russia from what I’ve seen. Their tactics aren’t good and they are the ones doing the attacking against dug in infantry with good support. Which is always painful. And I am amused that the Nork soldiers have discovered porn. 😀
Your number is the equivalent of the Selzer poll.
You should read up on WW1. Defense has the upper hand right now, and attacking dug in positions is really painful unless you have very significant support. Which Russia doesn’t. The long distance glide bombs are probably the best thing they have for tactical support, but the abundant AA systems that the Ukrainians have received means the Russians cannot use their Alligators or close air support. And artillery is fine…until a bunch of cheap AP drones find the gun position.
Cassie mentioned yesterday the campaign of Vercingetorix. One of the nicknames of Caesar was the “King of Spades”. He was probably the first general to seriously deploy the spade as a weapon of war. He circumvallated Mr Vercingetorix’s entire hill fort, then built a second entire circumvallation outside of the inner one to keep his allies from relieving him. The Gauls lost despite having many more soldiers than the Romans had.
These ratios are rules of thumb when there is parity on both sides in the relevant aspects. There is no parity in airpower and artillery so using them is misleading and/or deceptive.
Russia can’t use her airpower. If they get within 200 km of the front they get Patrioted.
That’s why they developed the long range glide bombs, which are an elegant weapon system – especially since dumb bombs can and are being converted into them.
As for artillery, the problem is it has to be within about 20 km of the front line. And that is a killing ground for drones.
Brusilov in WW1 developed the tactics to defeat entrenched infantry, with well trained troops and artillery support. He nearly won WW1 in 1916. But Gen. Brusilov did not have to deal with a swarm of deadly drones all over his rear areas. Nor did Monash.
The problem for the Russians is to attack dug in defenses they have to come out into the open. And that makes the Russian infantry extremely vulnerable. Meanwhile the Ukrainian infantry are firing at them from fortified positions. And as I said Russian tactics aren’t great – they haven’t learned from General Brusilov the need for careful training and preparation.
Those glide bombs aren’t being released 200km from the front or their targets, and the Ukrainians are almost out of hardened defenses in the south. It’s almost over.
It’s a timing thing.
The Russian Su-35s fly in at speed and maximum altitude, release their glide bombs, turn around and then slam through the gate and fly back as fast as they can.
The Patriots, if launched, need a fair amount of time to go the height and distance to be able to reach the Su-35s.
It’s like drones: no one is going to waste a multimillion dollar missile on a drone or a glide bomb. The Ukrainian air defense guys are trying for the airframes. And the pilots. But high altitude shoot and scoot tactics work well in this case. The ranges are so long that it is possible.
As for “it’s almost over” I checked the maps earlier. Barely any movement in the frontages. The addition of all those Norks to the Kursk salient hasn’t done a great deal either.
The glide bombs have a max range depending on the kit and the weight of FAB of 50-120km. And they are being used all across the line and rear areas. And it’s the SU-30 and SU-34 doing the work.
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That was actually the point about UEFA bannings.
Unrelated and maybe impacts those who aren’t directly involved but it focuses the mind.
That’s how boycotts work
Pretty appropriate at this time I believe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zgp-0UxeBK0
I fear his domestic agenda is going to be sidelined by foreign wars if he’s not careful.
I read this as saying the FBI are absolutely essential to defending Trump from dastardly bad guys and he shouldn’t fire them all. I was amused.
As with George Dubya.
Cassie of Sydney
November 9, 2024 8:49 am
Not sure if you remember them, probably too young, my mother’s favoreds were the Barry sisters.
I’m not even sure you’re correct politically. If the Ukrainian front is unravelling Putin has a stronger hand politically to engineer both a no to NATO troops in Ukraine and a yes to Ukrainian neutrality. The Russians have made progress because the 2023 Zap offensive was a failure, and the Kursk incursion destroyed a mobile reserve that could have been used better on the defensive in ’24/’25.
‘Has been’ AOC, or was she a never ‘been’, is foot stamping because nobody is responding to her ravings anymore.
Too stupid to understand that it was only the MSM who ever paid attention to her, and like them, she is now irrelevant.
She joins Hillary in the embarrassing girls’ corner blubbering into a soggy hankie and with a puddle at her feet.
As a WoC see can see the tide going out. Killary needs to regroup.
hahaha….
and with a puddle at her feet.
AOC is America’s slightly more comely and decorous Lidia Thorpe.
Foghorning wildly as the caravan moves on.
Her face is no longer the diamond-shaped, cute-dimpled, defined jaw, her torso has thickened up ever so slightly, she’s showing the beginnings of grandma arms.
Her smile, once cute & three dimensional, has become flat & one-dimensional as her face balloons.
When she first ran, bedding her would have been like bedding an athletic cheerleader.
Now she’d be like manouvering an interconnected pile of cushions into position.
Also, she’s a total airhead, you’d lose brain cells every time you had to talk to her. A cattledog would be more enlightening conversation.
It’d be nothing like going out on the town with Kayleigh McEnaheigh, Condi Rice, or even Karin Jean-Pierre.
Lauren Boebert would be miles in front (even were she not hotter) as she doesn’t want to legislate to control a bloke’s life & take all his money via tax increases.
AOC is going to be a real shrew by the time she’s 45.
Gut the FBI, Donald. Starting with firing Garland and ALL his minions at the top.
Who were these ‘other targets’?
Please take care of JD Vance.
FBI always first on the list. Arguably hasn’t made any progress since J Edgar Hoover was walking around in a dress. DoJ a close 2nd.
Dover, I mentioned precedents for a very good reason.
English teams were banned from European competition for five years from mid 1985 after the Heysel disaster (which also involved one of the four European teams I support, Juventus).
It’s collective punishment, but entirely justified in this case. The dutch government and police have clearly demonstrated they are unable to protect fans from monstrous violence.
Shape up or ship out. The message needs to be very clear.
Almost 40% of Californians voted for Trump.
In 2016 & 2020 it was in the low 30s.
“If this trend continues…”
Bring on the mid-terms.
Brat summer endeth.
Sorry, but without an investigation this is just nuts.
VIC government pressing ahead with the arrogation of planning powers from local councils in order to enable 20 storey apartment blocks in Melbourne’s leafy suburbs.
Does Minns have similar powers? I’m sure he’d like to given the way he’s recently been pushing
apartmentdogbox living for the plebe workers Sydney is losing.Roger.
Look no further than California Proposition 36 which basically reverses the “treatment” and “diversion” sentencing for what were (and are again) felonies.
Newsome was on the “No” side of this one and I would suggest he now has serious problems.
A 70% Yes vote is a thrashing and it tells you law and order is a serious issue in California, even if people are too afraid to voice those concerns in polite company, because waaacist.
2024 CALIF. 36 – INCREASE SENTENCES FOR DRUG AND THEFT CRIMES GENERAL
BALLOT MEASURE
estimates
60% of votes counted
Yes wins. AP race call at 3:57 p.m. on Nov. 6, 2024.
CANDIDATE VOTES PCT.
Yes. 7,540,465. 69.9%
No. 3,252,312. 30.1%
well we now know who the criminals are
What’s the point if the Judges just let them free?
Mr Trump is making a list. He’s checking it twice.
He’s going to have a look at who’s naughty or nice (the Hun):
Money’s not an issue, thanks to Obama and Biden.
Shakeri, 51, remains at large in Iran.
Oh, man. This is going to be good.
I would like to think that if Newsom had been the Democrat nominee Trump would have gone even higher as voters sent a very clear message.
Pakistan’s fast bowler is named Haris Rauf. Often Pakistan names are reversed in other countries. Haris Rauf or in Australia we could call him Rauf Haris. Does he like painting and teenage girls? He’s certainly good at taking the middle peg out.
m0ron’s leftard world is crumbling. And he knows it. Excerpts;
https://amgreatness.com/2024/11/07/this-is-what-an-electoral-landside-looks-like-and-the-consequences-for-democrats/
Well, I know everyone’s still on a high because of the big win, but for a change of pace here’s an update on dealing with appliance hell.
Go to google while Hairy is out. Enter Why won’t my dryer start?:
It’s not a thermal fuse because it seemed to heat ok last time, I’ve already checked the vent for clogging, it hasn’t got an electronic control board as it was deliberately chosen to have buttons and knobs, the drum was ok last time and it turns ok, and, and, and ….. child lock, there’s a child lock? I race out to check. Who knew? Press these two switches together for a child lock! Two presses and presto!! Light comes on, child lock is off, we have a functioning dryer again.
It must have happened yesterday when our son (the one who is JD Vance’s age) came round exhausted with our little autistic grandson, who is into everything as soon as he arrives. I did three trips down the five sets of stairs to let him run free in the garden/orchard. The third time I made Hairy come with me while our son had some more free time, because that little fellow is superquick and on our second trip down he had been back up the stairs before I managed to round the landing to the first set and he could then have been out on the street unless restrained. This child is currently uncontrollable (and not through wont of trying), in need of constant adult supervision, but on a bad day he is constantly on the run, will never sit still. He is aged five, deep autism and ADHD and non-verbal. The special childcare had called the parents to take him as even they couldn’t cope, so my son had left work to take over. They hope a paediatric autism specialist next week will provide some medication to help. So there is the answer to the mystery pressed buttons. He’s so quick you miss it.
Enthused then by my prowess with appliances, I had a go at the dishwasher. I pressed a series of likely buttons rather than the short-cut that Hairy takes, and presto!! The thing sailed into electronic motion. I quickly grabbed a few saucepans and plates from the unwashed stack in the sink and let the dishwasher have its way with them.
Dusted off my hands and waited to give Hairy the good news about my successes. He was pleased, but he reckons the jury is still out on intermittency in the dishwasher, though it can wait till we return in January if necessary.
Lizzie behind the buttons and knobs is electronics.
Some interesting stats coming through. 55% of Latino men voted for Trump, while 77% of black dudes voted for cackles.
I’m not because the Dems and the deep state are suspiciously quiet.
Which makes me apprehensive.
Exactly! It’s “better go check on the kids they are waaaaay too quiet” time.
Damn Straight.
Lordy, one contends with Lefties and Greenies everywhere you turn. It is not just in the inner suburbs of the capital city.
I went to a Landcare seminar today held in a massive shed on a large property in our valley. The government sponsored Landcare operatives gave a talk on various farming concerns – infestations of weeds/ feral pig problem/soil erosion/water retention etc etc. The host property also operates a wonderful farm gate and cafe – & this Landcare group had been given government financing (our money) to serve free coffee and biscuits to us all. Very nice.
We knew on sight some neighbours but noted many that we did not know. At one point the Landcare speakers asked who actually owned cattle/livestock or conducted cropping. Only ourselves and two others put up our hands in a sea of “landholders”! So, we can only assume the multitude were bloody treehuggers and birdwatchers (our valley is world renown for its bird diversity).
Husband asked a rhetorical question on what do you do when a neighbour lets grass grow to dangerous heights in the bushfire season and only appears once or twice a year to ride motorbikes around his acreage. There were a few who looked at their feet.
Actually, didn’t learn a thing we didn’t know about landcare. But at least we enjoyed a coffee and bickie.
Which you indirectly paid for…
But at least we enjoyed a coffee and bickie.
In my experience, of 30 yrs of landcare meetings, they’ve been a public servant (+ centrist or opportunist host landholder) telling us to suck eggs.
“If you drop tyres in a washout, it’ll help reinforce & slow down erosion” & similar amazing who-woulda-guessed-it revelations.
Were it not for the social meetup value, each “meeting” would be a complete waste of a day.
I don’t profess, from the comfort of my armchair in the library, to know how the Ukraine conflict will end.
None of us can. But because I am on a high from the Trumpian feast, I will throw in a few thoughts.
Cessation of hostilities will be ordained by Trump. Zelensky will be permitted to escape retribution and will retire to whatever palatial estate he has bought on the seaside of whatever safe haven. All Russian speaking lands east of the Dnieper River will be returned to pre hostility status or the UN will be required to hold elections to determine their future. NATO will be required by Trump to heavily subsidise the rebuilding of Ukraine.
I don’t get the impression that the attacks in Amsterdam had anything to do with football per se.
There was no violence inside the stadium, was there?
It all happened on the streets.
It was the fact that Israeli supporters were in town that precipitated it.
There are leaked whatsapp messages circulating on twitter strongly suggesting premeditation.
As for chanting, it was in Hebrew apparently and since when do Dutch Arabs speak that language?
They claimed they were were chanting something like there are no children in Gaza because we killed them all or something.
Seems likely.
As for an altercation with a taxi driver, if it happened, so what?
That doesn’t justify calling out a mob.
Otherwise there would be a riot in every city in the world, every day.
And flags. Lol. Muslims and others have been tearing down hostage posters, calling for ‘the river to the sea’ etc on a daily basis for 13 months and NO-ONE has attacked any random muslims in an organised self justifying riot.
But go on holding muslims to a much lower standard than civilised people.
It’s perfectly justified.
Well said.
Zactly.
Arizona still slowly counting, Kari Lake still in with a chance.
hmm … suspiciously quiet
too quiet
“France announces it will deploy 4000 policemen in Paris for the football game between the national teams of France and Israel on November 14th.
2500 will be deployed around the national stadium Stade de France in Saint-Denis, one of the most dangerous areas in France”
Obviously very, very concerned that those pesky Israeli football fans will cause offence to sweet innocent muslims, again.
https://x.com/visegrad24/status/1855044782994620722?t=fqtwr2dHfoDaEto0pMh2MA&s=19
Not the flag!
https://x.com/Yair_Rosenberg/status/1854930970933088272?t=CjWWyPscxe6bmU4rl_BqYQ&s=19
cohenite
November 9, 2024 1:36 pm
Some interesting stats coming through. 55% of Latino men voted for Trump, while 77% of black dudes voted for cackles.
As discussed in the OOT, the GOP should stop wasting time and $$ trying to win the blak vote.
Blaks who are smart and self-reliant already vote for the party that values human motivation and self-reliance.
The rest, like many abos here, are lazy, low-IQ (85 average), clearly cannot understand cause-and-effect and, as the recent election has shown, are well beyond help.
An economic and social dead-end, only propped up by State welfare and petty crime.
Let the Dems continue to exploit them, it’s the charitable thing to do.
“These aren’t Israeli Maccabi fans. These are Dutch Ajax fans. You can see the flag of Israel with AFC AJAX below the giant flag. The men who attacked Jews last night were not Ajax fans. They were racist Islamist terrorists who exploited an opportunity to attack Jews. That is all.”
Look at the photo at the link
https://x.com/VerminusM/status/1855041047547855259?t=4lucxyoCDLD7NtY2ZfqUlQ&s=19
“In arabic the Amsterdam news are trending under
????? ????????
Aka: Amsterdam flood
(mimicking alaqsa flood)
Just saying.”
https://x.com/moghaoui/status/1855047362982691107?t=jASdJV6Wj7ZMQurMBJtr2Q&s=19
Oh man this is an awesome video of a ‘political analyst’
She was so on the money.
Wasted a vote.
hahaha splat.
https://x.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1855073915816886502?t=Kl5ES1fijOPfTz7mrS3zbQ&s=19
Of all the scree , whining and political analysis in the media, if the Dumbocrats want to know why they lost, they have all the the information they need in this video.
That is the sheila who ran the last minute poll showing Iowa was going to landslide to Harris.
Could ‘reproductive rights’ mean having a baby?
Hasn’t taken it well.
https://x.com/DrArleneUnfltrd
More evidence that Ajax is a friendly.
https://x.com/visegrad24/status/1854774442531979591?t=foAHUCst1pVdJSMctGPvAA&s=19
Just the beginning.
More a continuation.
https://x.com/DrewPavlou/status/1854890111789576335?t=uxjFE5Y7-z0v69hot9lOwQ&s=19
A good thread. You’ll see a Ukrainian tourist being forced to show his passport to prove his racial purity.
https://x.com/adammaanit/status/1855021426488885266?t=OhcteYEo6nM5l3GZboNY0g&s=19
Another experty expert.
https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/1854865038063882515?t=DkKn653Jx1jsA4gCQlDAPQ&s=19
Someone on twitter has written to every Democrat representative asking for bilateral support to increase the number of Supremes (a much touted suggestion by them) and the abolishing of filibustering (also on their agenda)
The trolling is EPIC.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/democrats-risk-boxing-filibuster-2024-sources/story?id=110826480