Open Thread – Weekend 9 November 2024


In the Garden – Under the Arbour at the Moulin de la Galette, Auguste Renoir, 1875

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Salvatore - Iron Publican
November 9, 2024 3:19 pm

Hahahaha.. the Liberal Party of Australia (or “SFL”) are copping a hiding with their post supporting the social media censorship.

It may be the greatest ratioing of all time on Twitter.

Currenty: 148 likes, 2800 comments, from 490,000 views.

Winston Smith
Winston Smith
November 9, 2024 3:21 pm

If the wind doesn’t pick up this evening, we may just be in strife with power.
https://aemo.com.au/energy-systems/electricity/national-electricity-market-nem/data-nem/data-dashboard-nem

Salvatore - Iron Publican
November 9, 2024 3:21 pm

OMG! The runner-up for greatest ratioing of all time may be Qld’s new Premier, Christwhatafool.

His Twitter post supporting Albo’s censorship is currently;

212 likes, 1500 comments, from 103,000 views.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
November 9, 2024 3:31 pm

Breaking news …
Granny foiled by child lock!
🙂

calli
calli
November 9, 2024 3:33 pm

Something other than politics and other mayhem…

I noticed a Willie Wagtail hanging around my workroom window a few days ago. I thought it was eating up some insects that I was going to dispatch and then forgot about. Wrong.

Pleased to report that I have a tiny nest, the size of a demitasse in my Lipstick brugmansia. It is a perfect cup, almost the same colour as the gnarled branches that I have carefully pruned and shaped into a candelabra form. It sits like a candleholder awaiting its candle.

Hopefully some chicks will escape all the local predators.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
November 9, 2024 3:42 pm

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.

Even though the overall vote in many of those demographics still favours the Dimocrats, the trend is your friend, my friend.
Someone put up a graphic on election night comparing the 2020 vote with 2024, slicing and dicing by age, gender, race whatever.
Of the some two dozen cohorts analysed, only about 2-3 showed Trump going backwards. White women over 65 was one … JD was right about the cat ladies.

Tom
Tom
November 9, 2024 3:46 pm

I have spent this afternoon listening to an inspiring conversation between Tucker Carlson and Vivek Ramaswamy in the wake of the Trump landslide about what lies ahead — specifically the downsizing of the Swamp (a.k.a. the Deep State, a.k.a. the American civil service). Runs just on 1.5 hours.

Titus Groates
Titus Groates
November 9, 2024 3:48 pm

How to stay neighbourly.

We live in a narrow street in Inner-West Sydney. Neighbours who are of South American extraction have five cars and many weekend visitors to their adult senòritas. They keep parking over our driveway. Admittedly, we don’t always use our driveway because of a dog that is kept behind a gate. I’ve left a note asking to respect their neighbours’ space but to no avail.

Can you dob illegal parking to the local council? Or is that not sporting? I like to think I am patient and courteous but they drive me nuts.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
November 9, 2024 3:56 pm

Rosie
 November 9, 2024 3:05 pm

Another experty expert.

What is funny is when junior says “I’m not going to work tomorrow”* and Dad responds with “No. And I’m not doing any interviews.”
Umm, Pops, I think you may not be in demand for any interviews after this.

* Work is optional. So very Dimocrat.

Hugh
Hugh
November 9, 2024 4:00 pm

BREAKING NEWS: Martin Armstrong’s computer has just predicted a Trump victory!

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
November 9, 2024 4:07 pm

Tom
 November 9, 2024 3:46 pm

I have spent this afternoon listening to an inspiring conversation between Tucker Carlson and Vivek Ramaswamy in the wake of the Trump landslide

Landslide you say?
Really funny watching the ABC the day after the election. Their election analyst said “landslide” a couple of times, but quickly corrected himself.
Obviously the directive had gone out to avoid the “L” word.

bons
bons
November 9, 2024 4:16 pm

Bruce. I have a young currawong that has moved in. Besides letting him continue to gobble my tomatoes, what should I do?

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
November 9, 2024 4:16 pm

Hugh
 November 9, 2024 4:00 pm

BREAKING NEWS: Martin Armstrong’s computer has just predicted a Trump victory!

He’s just predicted the winner of the Melbourne Cup as well.
A Quinella!

Hugh
Hugh
November 9, 2024 4:19 pm

How does he do it Sancho? That’s what I want to know!

Aaron
Aaron
November 9, 2024 4:25 pm

It takes some nerve to bounce back after being beclowned.

Sadly not enough nerve to allow comments.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=R61LPhJqmT0

Somebody wasted 40 years paying this Karen to analyse politics.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
November 9, 2024 4:26 pm

From Chris Uhlmann’s article in the Oz:-

Musk has assured a member of Trump’s transition planning team that he will have no trouble ripping out “at least” $US2 trillion ($3 trillion) from the $US6.8 trillion federal budget. This seems a tad excessive.

That’s only if you start from a position of leaving all the infrastructure and regulatory powers in place, and looking to reduce the number of people doing it. What if you ditched entire departments and agencies? At last count there was something like 400-500 separate Federal agencies.
And there is this on tariffs:-

One example: China now accounts for 95 per cent of the world’s global polysilicon, ingot and wafer production. As this is an essential material for the production of solar panels and semiconductors, slapping tariffs on that will be a big call.

Err, Chris.
Again, think outside the box mate.
What if you didn’t give a shit about solar power?

Steve trickler
Steve trickler
November 9, 2024 4:42 pm

Ohhhhhh Tommy Tommy, Tommy Tommy Tommy Robinson!

Utter the words Trump. Help get him out.

Cassie of Sydney
November 9, 2024 4:47 pm

A few weeks ago I had my hair done at a toffy hair salon here in Sydney’s east. I’ve been going to this salon now for years, I like how they do my hair but it’s always a tedious exercise, it takes at least two hours. Upon arrival, whilst my colour is being prepared, it only takes me about three minutes to peruse the trashy women’s magazines and then I settle in to read my book and do a crossword or Sudoko.

That day I sat next to an American woman. Pretending to read, I listened intently to her vacuous musings and whining about Donald Trump, he was worse than the devil. I heard her tell the hairdresser how she now does not speak to her parents about politics, as they are they’re Republicans. I was intrigued, she didn’t even say they were MAGA Republicans, just ordinary right of centre/conservative American voters who intend to vote for Trump, and she made clear her hostility and disapproval and how her parent’s political opinions ‘smelt’.

As I listened to her pious drivel, I laughed inside, and since the spectacular electoral result this week, I can’t help thinking of this stupid female and I hope, I truly really hope, that her head exploded and she’s struggling to put it back together.

Eyrie
Eyrie
November 9, 2024 4:51 pm

Gut it.
Gut everything.
Abolish Education, EPA, FBI. Everything.
If it turns out some of it was actually required, you can always put a small amount back in.

As Musk says, “the best part is no part”, it weighs nothing, costs nothing and doesn’t need maintenance. Also “If you don’t have to put some stuff back, you didn’t cut out enough”.

Miltonf
Miltonf
November 9, 2024 4:54 pm

Sometimes this is good advice…

A wise old owl sat on an oak
The more he saw, the less he spoke
The less he spoke, the more he heard
Why can’t we be like that wise old bird?

I generally avoid discussing politics at work except with guys I’m close to. Exception- someone says something patently absurd which can be put down shortly and sharply.

Pogria
Pogria
November 9, 2024 4:59 pm

Hey Lizzie,
I reckon you’ll find this funny. 😀

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Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
November 9, 2024 4:59 pm

I’m going to go off to watch Elon launch anther rocket, live, in about 15 minutes time.

Then on Sunday he’s launching another rocket.

And on Monday another one…

The guy is amazing.

GreyRanga
GreyRanga
November 9, 2024 5:02 pm

Wondered why there are not many birds around our beachhouse at the moment. Some noisy minor’s have chicks in a nest. Kookaburra arrives to have some tasty lizard. Noisy’s attack mercilessly. Later a Maggie gets the same treatment.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
November 9, 2024 5:07 pm

Aaron
 November 9, 2024 4:25 pm

It takes some nerve to bounce back after being beclowned.

OK.
On Tuesday afternoon she was buying champagne to celebrate Cackle’s big win, and picking a fight with the lowly retail employee into the bargain.
On Wednesday she knows all the reasons the voters did what they did (mostly because they are stupid).
The thing is, she apparently knew all of these “headwinds” Kamal-toe was facing before she bought her champagne on Tuesday, certain in the knowledge of a Kamal-toe victory.
Who is the stupid one again?

Bear Necessities
Bear Necessities
November 9, 2024 5:11 pm

Well done Mr Brightside. I have never seen him put in a bad one.

H B Bear
H B Bear
November 9, 2024 5:18 pm

Teh Parywallian reporting Trump administration going ahead with mass deportations. Very Queen Isabella. Might get interesting if it catches on.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
November 9, 2024 5:45 pm

H B Bear
 November 9, 2024 5:18 pm

Teh Parywallian reporting Trump administration going ahead with mass deportations.

Nothing like a bit of advance PR.
The smart ones will be gone by January.

Bear Necessities
Bear Necessities
November 9, 2024 5:45 pm

Via Sistina last 2 runs have been Winx like. In fact has run faster than Winx ever did in the Cox Plate. Is a seven year old with under 20 races. Maybe has a couple of years left.

Miltonf
Miltonf
November 9, 2024 5:45 pm

Speaking of dons, remember those foul wimmin at Macquarie Uni who changed the meaning of misogyny to suit TLS.

Rosie
Rosie
November 9, 2024 6:02 pm

Drew Pavlou just jumped the shark suggesting dems should put up someone like Taylor Swift or LeBron James in 2028

As though merely being famous would get you across the line.

Shaking it off.

AnotherRanga
AnotherRanga
November 9, 2024 6:03 pm

To change things up a little. I’ve been watching a show on Disney+, spit, called The Old Man. Finished season 2 this arvo. What started as a good ex spy brought back into the game, has devolved into a soap opera. It stars Jeff Bridges, which is the only reason that I watched it. Disappointed. 🙁

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Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
November 9, 2024 6:04 pm

From the Oz deportation article:-

A critical near-term priority is finding the money to pay for it. An estimate by the American Immigration Council, a liberal immigration group, estimated that an operation to deport the total number of people living in the U.S. illegally could cost $US968 billion over more than a decade, or roughly $US88 billion a year.

Sure.
Amazing how lefties don’t give a fat rat’s clacker about spending until it is being spent on something they don’t like.
There was an estimated 11,000,000 illegals in ‘Murica in 2022.
So that means the cost is 968,000,000,000/11,000,000 = $88,000 each.
Where does that number come from?

Rosie
Rosie
November 9, 2024 6:04 pm

“The smart ones will be gone by January.”
If they have any ambition to one day become American citizens that would be wise.
Perhaps all the Indians walking over the Canadian border will now single file back the other way.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
November 9, 2024 6:09 pm

Rosie
 November 9, 2024 6:02 pm

Drew Pavlou just jumped the shark suggesting dems should put up someone like Taylor Swift or LeBron James in 2028

Barring accidents and assassinations, the two candidates in 2028 will be aged under 50, but LeBron or Tay-Tay won’t feature.
Of course, JDV will run for team Red, and team Blue will look for someone of a similar age.
Mr Pavlou needs to have a good hard look at how celebrity endorsement went down in this election.

Rosie
Rosie
November 9, 2024 6:11 pm

Nooooo.
Funny. Bolted around supermarket this morning, only person wearing lipstick was a troon.
It’s like their stereotypical womanface.
And they always look so pretty.
https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1854638671535751228?t=5HCFdWxnPK16nITNR_BVwA&s=19

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
November 9, 2024 6:14 pm
Miltonf
Miltonf
November 9, 2024 6:21 pm

Democrat Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s daughter, Hope, spoke out about the results of the presidential election, stating that the United States “does not deserve” Vice President Kamala Harris.

That’s certainly true. What planet do these poisonous imbeciles live on?

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/11/08/tim-walzs-daughter-speaks-out-about-election-results-u-s-does-not-deserve-kamala-harris/

Miltonf
Miltonf
November 9, 2024 6:23 pm

What’s the matter with Minnesota? Seems as bad as Massachusetts.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
November 9, 2024 6:24 pm

Boambee John.
 November 9, 2024 6:00 pm

 Reply to  Sancho Panzer

Particularly the ones who might have committed felonies while in the US.

That’s where they should start.
Once a few well-publicised deportations have been carried out, they will probably provide a small incentive for volunteers to depart of their own accord.

Eyrie
Eyrie
November 9, 2024 6:31 pm

NINE YEARS OLD,F.F.S!

Just following the example of the Prophet.

Makka
Makka
November 9, 2024 6:33 pm

Once a few well-publicised deportations have been carried out, they will probably provide a small incentive for volunteers to depart of their own accord.

A lot are leaving already – North! Bwahahahahaha!

Safe haven and all that , Justin? Ohhhh Canada! Those Venezuelan crime gangs will just luuurve innocent Canada.

Indolent
Indolent
November 9, 2024 6:40 pm
Makka
Makka
November 9, 2024 6:42 pm

This is epic.6.36 minutes of Trumps plans to destroy the “censorship cartels”.

m0ron’s nemesis back from the dead and taking no prisoners.

President-Elect Donald Trump Outlines Plan to “Shatter” Censorship Regime, Restore Free Speech

President-Elect Donald Trump has released a comprehensive strategy to dismantle what he calls the “left-wing censorship regime,” promising swift action on his first day in office.

https://x.com/StucknDaMid/status/1854939353929105818

P
P
November 9, 2024 6:44 pm
Cassie of Sydney
November 9, 2024 6:50 pm

Mo the Maniac married Aisha when she was only six years old. He consummated the marriage with her when she was only nine years old.

Aisha was later unable to have children. The reason for her inability to have children is obvious, an adult male who penetrates a prepubescent and undeveloped little girl will permanently damage her reproductive organs.

Child marriage was and remains common in many cultures. However, whilst children are married off, there’s usually a waiting period before any intimacy is allowed to occur.

Pogria
Pogria
November 9, 2024 6:51 pm

This one’s for Calli. 😀

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MatrixTransform
November 9, 2024 6:54 pm

plans to destroy the “censorship cartels”

Albo is in big trouble

Mother Lode
Mother Lode
November 9, 2024 6:54 pm

Drew Pavlou just jumped the shark suggesting dims should put up someone like Taylor Swift or LeBron James in 2028

Do you recall that, in the aftermath of 2016, the Dims were promoting the idea of Oprah running against Trump the next time – because the only thing they had been able to see – a sort of colourblindness – was that Trump had been a celebrity.

So, you take down one celebrity with a bigger one.

Absolutely no idea as to what motivated the MAGA people. Thought they were sort of starstruck, rather than trying to feed their families and speak their minds in public. The Dims still try to turn star power into electoral power.

Then they buzzed like flies to shit around Michael Avenatti – Stormy Daniel’s lawyer purely because they thought he scored a hit on The Don.

The person with an original idea to take on the Republicans without cheating has likely yet to be born.

Roger
Roger
November 9, 2024 6:58 pm

plans to destroy the “censorship cartels”

Albo is in big trouble

On several fronts.

Still, he’s got “Me too” Crisafulli’s backing on that one.

Mother Lode
Mother Lode
November 9, 2024 6:59 pm

Since we are looking for diverting tidbits, I can tell you that if I drink a six pack without relieving myself in the meantime, I can sign my full name in the snow.

Including Confirmation name.

If snow didn’t melt I imagine that in the future I would have left so marked an impression on the fossil record that I would be recognised as a distinctive species.

As long as the species name did not start with ‘homo’. That would sound so gay.

So, there ya go!

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Miltonf
Miltonf
November 9, 2024 7:03 pm

“Educated people vote blue”

which is why ‘doctor’ and ‘professor’ are dirty words to me now. Not scholars but marxist ideologues who cannot think outside their smelly little orthodoxies.

calli
calli
November 9, 2024 7:03 pm

Tim Walz’s daughter, Hope, spoke out about the results of the presidential election, stating that the United States “does not deserve” Vice President Kamala Harris.

Let the late Lady Violet explain…

Lady-Violet-explains…
Rabz
November 9, 2024 7:17 pm

Cats, I love this, but it so Talking Heads circa ’79. Envisage the Weymouth on vocals.

The yoof currently getting into it have no idea …

They need a crash course in Remain in Light. 🙂

Roger
Roger
November 9, 2024 7:19 pm

The BBC is reporting that Gaza’s leading Islamic scholar, Professor Dr Salman al-Dayah, has issued a six page fatwa (judgement) declaring the 7th October attacks unlawful according to Islamic jurisprudence pertaining to jihad.

Among his charges are that Hamas used civilian facilities as shields and hoarded food and supplies rather than distributing them to civilians in need and that by the nature of the attack they provoked Israel’s response, which should have been foreseen.

It will be interesting to read an ET.

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Mother Lode
Mother Lode
November 9, 2024 7:22 pm

Tim Walz’s daughter, Hope, spoke out about the results of the presidential election

His other daughter, Change, said she was sick of hearing all the puns – like being in weather, or cell block capos passing reluctant Catamite boys around for her.

Or being told that after her older sister she is…spare.

Indolent
Indolent
November 9, 2024 7:26 pm
Indolent
Indolent
November 9, 2024 7:28 pm
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Mother Lode
Mother Lode
November 9, 2024 7:29 pm

“Educated people vote blue”

But intelligent people, smart people, knowledgeable people, and informed people…

Rabz
November 9, 2024 7:31 pm

the United States “does not deserve” the cackling Kamel

And with that glorious proclamation, “Stating the bleeding obvious week” did commence.

Something we can all be on board with, Cats. 🙂

For example, “Kevni Ruff looks like a rat peering through a toilet brush”.

Rabz
November 9, 2024 7:48 pm

I’ve left a note asking to respect their neighbours’ space but to no avail.

Can you dob illegal parking to the local council? Or is that not sporting? I like to think I am patient and courteous but they drive me nuts.

You confront the obnoxious inconsiderate imbeciles doing it and tell them in no uncertain terms to cease and desist – warn them as well that you’ll call the pigs and have them fined or have their shitboxes towed away (at their expense).

Also, make sure your courteous warning is conveyed in such a manner that their ears will be ringing for about six months afterwards – this will ensure they’ve received the message “loud and clear” and without any room for “(mis)interpretation”.

Given the several occasions it’s occurred here at the cottage over the last seven and counting years, it seems to work for me.

It might also work for you, Titus.

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
November 9, 2024 7:49 pm

the United States “does not deserve” the cackling Kamel

Joy!

Gorillaz – Feel Good Inc. (2005)

Rabz
November 9, 2024 8:04 pm

he’s got “Me too” Crisafooli’s backing on that one

Chrisafooli – Giuseppe Prosciutto less 60 kilos of flab.

Plus the ability to blunder into government thanks to imbeciles even more ridiculous than he is (yes, apparently they do exist).

Dunny Brush
Dunny Brush
November 9, 2024 8:06 pm

Some of my siblings who settled in the communist north (of the yarra) tell me they and their friends are slapping “I bought it before i knew he was a dick” stickers on the Gaia chariots. Chortle. They all charge them at work. Fuel pain for thee…. Time to once again drag out my Christmas lunch tatts dream of buying a Landcruiser Sahara.

thefrollickingmole
thefrollickingmole
November 9, 2024 8:13 pm

FANTASY novel by a large tonged Pomgolian isnt sensitive enough for the poor little precious pixie people of Australia.

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2024/nov/09/jamie-oliver-apologises-after-childrens-book-criticised-for-stereotyping-first-nations-australians-ntwnfb

The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Corporation (Natsiec) has described Oliver’s book Billy and the Epic Escape, which has an Australian subplot, as damaging and disrespectful, and has accused the celebrity of contributing to the “erasure, trivialisation, and stereotyping of First Nations peoples and experiences”.

….

Wokescols, wokescolds everywhere…

Dr Anita Heiss, a Wiradyuri author and publisher-at-large at Simon & Schuster’s First Nations imprint, Bundyi Publishing, said Oliver’s book confirmed what she had been advocating for over many years.
“First Nations peoples need to be involved at every stage of the process from acquisitions to editorial, to sales and marketing. Only then will our stories be told with the complete respect they deserve,” she said in a statement.
“There is no space in Australian publishing (or elsewhere) for our stories to be told through a colonial lens, by authors who have little if any connection to the people and place they are writing about.”
Both Heiss and Leavy believe the book should be withdrawn from sale.

Heiss seems to be doing a little appropiating of her own..

https://www.facebook.com/AnitaHeissAuthor/
Aloha!! I’m currently in Hawaii. You can join me on Instagram if you like. @_jaguars_rock

Old Lefty
Old Lefty
November 9, 2024 8:14 pm

Does the ABC ever produce a report on euthanasia (or abortion) that isn’t overwhelmingly positive?

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-09/arts-veteran-announces-death-in-heartfelt-letter/104581494

Miltonf
Miltonf
November 9, 2024 8:20 pm

oh no another ‘doctor’.

thefrollickingmole
thefrollickingmole
November 9, 2024 8:22 pm

Interestink…

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/nov/09/was-racism-at-the-root-of-the-cronulla-riots-not-according-to-two-men-who-led-the-response-ntwtfb

And the response from the great and good is effectively sticking their fingers in their ears and going lalala…

Several academics and researchers declined to comment on the book on the grounds that it might give credence to its claims.
“To be honest, I don’t think it is worth the effort,” said Prof Gregory Noble from Western Sydney University. “[I] feel that it is really just a self-justification of their actions at the time and based on a deep resentment to the way they were treated.”


Another focus of the book is the retaliatory attacks, which Scully and Goodwin write were much more violent than the riots and could have unleashed a “bloodbath” but for a highly effective police and government response.
They claim police thwarted a planned attack on Cronulla’s Northies Hotel with machine guns and a hand grenade, and a rampage through Miranda Westfield’s shopping centre by “fifty cars full of Middle Eastern men … with baseball bats, iron bars, knives, guns and other weapons”.
Noble, who edited a book on the riots in 2009, says it is possible that he and other researchers of the event “perhaps didn’t give enough coverage to these revenge attacks”, but says Scully and Goodwin’s assessment of their severity was “based on documents that only they had access to”.

Compare and contrast to “stories my nanna told me”…

Miltonf
Miltonf
November 9, 2024 8:22 pm

Isn’t writing and writing in English cultural appropriation by the standards of the modern left?

Miltonf
Miltonf
November 9, 2024 8:24 pm

Dons really are beneath contempt.

Gilas
Gilas
November 9, 2024 8:25 pm

The exodus is starting..

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Gilas
Gilas
November 9, 2024 8:27 pm

Commie-la’s campaign poster..

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Top Ender
Top Ender
November 9, 2024 8:30 pm

Colour me surprised!

Obama’s biographer reveals ex-president fears for his legacy after ‘tone-deaf preaching’ harmed Harris campaign

Barack Obama and his wife Michelle have been slammed by his biographer for ‘talking down’ to voters in ‘tone-deaf and clueless’ preaching that harmed Kamala Harris’ ill-fated presidential campaign.

The effect was so bad that – combined with Donald Trump’s victory – it is likely to reduce the 44th president’s political relevance to ‘Bill Clinton levels’, David Garrow said in an exclusive interview with DailyMail.com.

‘People do not want to be talked down to, no matter who they are,’ the 71-year-old Pulitzer Prize winner said.

Daily Mail

Cassie of Sydney
November 9, 2024 8:32 pm

The BBC is reporting that Gaza’s leading Islamic scholar, Professor Dr Salman al-Dayah, has issued a six page fatwa (judgement) declaring the 7th October attacks unlawful according to Islamic jurisprudence pertaining to jihad.

So, why the delay? How long since October 7 2023? That’s right, just 399 days.

Cassie of Sydney
November 9, 2024 8:51 pm

I’m taking the position that its better late than never.

I’m taking the position that what happened on October 7 should never have happened at all I’m taking the position that the cleric should have released this the day after October 7. Small comfort to the families of Shani Louk, Naama Levy, Yarden, Shiri, Kfir and Ariel Bibas, Carmel Gat, Eden Yerushalmi, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Alexander Lobanov, Almog Sarusi, Ori Danino, the 1200 Jews butchered that horrible October day, and the 101 Jews who remain held in Gazan tunnels….most of whom are probably dead. Did the cleric order the release of the hostages?

Miltonf
Miltonf
November 9, 2024 8:53 pm

Remember in 1984 a gaggle of dons put together a book to attack Geofrey Blainey- one criticism was he ‘admired great men’. What a poisoned world these academics live in. Like a Salvadore Dali painting. That was 40 years ago. Unis have been an abomination for decades.

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Rabz
November 9, 2024 8:54 pm

Gaza’s leading islamic scholar (this week), Perfesser Dr Salmon Hi-Al-Dayah, has issued a six page fartwa declaring the 7th October attacks a “regrettable incident” provoked by personages of the Hebrew faith blah, blah, blah …

“Gaza’s skies are black, but Qatar’s are always sunny …”

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Roger
Roger
November 9, 2024 9:00 pm

I’m taking the position that what happened on October 7 should never have happened at all…

And that is what the cleric has said.

Rabz
November 9, 2024 9:47 pm
Rabz
November 9, 2024 9:59 pm

Then they buzzed like flies to shit around Michael Avenatti – Stormy Daniel’s lawyer

Who just so happens to be still engaging in a bit o’ good ol’ gaol languishing. 🙂

Rabz
November 9, 2024 10:10 pm

Cats, I’m very disappointed that Miss Maggie Dodgers is now relying on her ability to turn up the sexiness to eleventy (again) instead of her music being front and centre. She looks fantastic in this clip, but the song isn’t a patch on her three pop classics I like to post here.

At least she hasn’t had a meltdown about Fatty Trump (I hope).

In the (cost of) living room

Rabz
November 9, 2024 10:23 pm

In memory of Peanut and Fred – some classic Sid – being the good li’l Fatty Trump supporter that he is, he can now breathe a bit more easily knowing evil dumbocrat swamp creatures will no longer be able to hunt him down … 🙂

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
November 9, 2024 10:30 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swD2FBytLds

Never a big Cold Chisel fan, but this one puts them up there with the IMMORTAL Creedence..

JC
JC
November 9, 2024 10:48 pm

It’s early days, and basking in a sweet victory is warranted. However, I read an excerpt earlier (above) suggesting that the Democrats might be out of office for a generation or two. This is delusional. Trump’s win was a close one—a point or two here and there in key places made the difference. Moreover, he’ll be gone in four years.
The biggest problem I see for Trump is the rolling debt of around US$33 trillion and a chronic deficit running at approximately US$1.5 trillion per year. This could become a nightmare, especially if he starts implementing some of the policies he campaigned on. The issue is that the deficit hasn’t decreased, even though the economy has been performing reasonably well and employment is near full capacity. If spending cuts don’t come fast enough, Trump may find himself in a bind, needing to justify deficits under his administration, which could alienate both his base and fiscal conservatives alike.
To avoid this, Trump would need to cut spending by at least US$1.5 trillion annually and establish a long-term plan for surpluses.

A potential crack in the bond markets could end up destabilizing his second term, jeopardizing his economic agenda and impacting the broader economy. In other words, this fiscal tightrope could very well define his legacy.

The idea that the demons are donesky for the foreseeable future is laughable. This is the most malignant, but successful political in the world bar none and can never be written off.

Steve trickler
Steve trickler
November 9, 2024 10:50 pm
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
November 9, 2024 10:52 pm

Anyway, Sliante to all you mob.

I’m evicting a mob of tenants, for not paying the rent on a property I happen to own.

They tell me it’s their right to housing…

Indolent
Indolent
November 9, 2024 10:56 pm

FEMA is a cesspit of corruption and should be disbanded, just like the FBI.

@realDailyWire

FULL STATEMENT: “FEMA helps all survivors regardless of their political preference or affiliation and we are deeply disturbed by this employee’s actions. While we believe this is an isolated incident, we have taken measures to remove the employee from their role and are investigating the matter to prevent this from happening ever again. The employee who issued this guidance had no authority and was given no direction to tell teams to avoid these homes and we are reaching out to the people who may have not been reached as a result of this incident. This is a matter that we take extremely seriously and we are doing everything we can to make sure all survivors receive support from FEMA. To date, we have helped over 365,000 households impacted by both Hurricanes Helene and Milton in the state of Florida and have provided over $898 million in direct assistance to survivors. We are horrified that this took place and therefore have taken extreme actions to correct this situation and have ensured that the matter was addressed at all levels. Helping people is what we do best and our workforce across the agency will continue to serve survivors for as long as it takes.”

Indolent
Indolent
November 9, 2024 10:58 pm
Indolent
Indolent
November 9, 2024 11:03 pm

I’m sure it did, to some extent.

Did This Pet Squirrel Actually Influence the Election?

Arky
November 9, 2024 11:07 pm

Make Peter Navarro Attorney General, Trump.

mem
mem
November 9, 2024 11:23 pm

I just had a strange thought. The people who drew graphs showing how the democrats would win are the same ones drawing graphs predicting climate change.

areff
areff
November 9, 2024 11:56 pm

For Rabz in particular, lecherous beast that he is, an ad airing in the US:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81SzKgJTP8s

JC
JC
November 10, 2024 12:33 am

Areff, you still hanging around the West Side – communist central?

JC
JC
November 10, 2024 1:08 am

Interesting to see, Deckchair War-Minnow and Tiny Serge using stats from the Economist to support their case.

Dover, are you going to stop using these two geniuses as sources now?

Armchair Warlord reposted

@witte_sergei

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Ukrainian officials admitted to the Economist that Ukraine is barely replacing two-thirds of its losses despite the intensified conscription regime, while Russia is fully replenishing losses with volunteers.

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JC
JC
November 10, 2024 2:32 am

Here we go.

Woah! Ella Emhoff, Kamala’s step-daughter, suffered a mental breakdown yesterday afternoon due to the grief from Kamala’s humiliating loss, and was admitted to an in-patient mental health crisis center in NY.

The hotline would’ve been a better choice.

Winston Smith
Winston Smith
November 10, 2024 3:04 am

… on election day, Maricopa County officials sent the wrong-sized paper to the precincts, essentially shutting down voting across the metro areas but especially in deep-red districts. Democrats were somehow able to pick up over 50% of the votes that day despite having only a 17% turnout on Election Day.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/11/send-us-marshals-arizona-officials-caught-changing-ballot/

Then, following Election Day, 25,000 mysterious and still unexplained ballots were inserted into Maricopa County’s totals. This was never investigated or explained.

Barking Toad
Barking Toad
November 10, 2024 3:06 am

Aged sis-in-law raged over the phone at the missus about how horrible Trump was and how his election would cause WW3 and, of course, climate change.

Missus returned serve with a withering winning backhand down the line about Dementia Joe and the Cackler.

I just quietly sent her a snap of me wearing my red 2024 MAGA cap.

Then followed up with a pic of our puppy wearing it (just before he bolted outside chewing the fcuk out of it).

Life is fun in this Trumpian era!

KevinM
KevinM
November 10, 2024 3:52 am

Interesting observation from a rusted on communist acquaintance,

“if the state (USSR we were talking about) left the economy to look after itself instead of the planned one, and kept all the other social policies we would have an international communist society now”

I said, we do actually, mostly anyway.

KevinM
KevinM
November 10, 2024 3:53 am

Turn on the tap I say.
We forget how hard life used to be and still is in some places.

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KevinM
KevinM
November 10, 2024 3:56 am

What craftsmanship.
Horse-drawn bus of bygone years, bit drafty on top but.

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KevinM
KevinM
November 10, 2024 3:58 am

Grammar matters.

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Tom
Tom
November 10, 2024 4:00 am
KevinM
KevinM
November 10, 2024 4:02 am

Is this still existing?
I suppose I could look it up.

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Innamincka Hotel South Australia was established in approximately 1885.

Howard Kearns of Farina lodged plans to build the hotel on the banks of the Cooper Creek. It was a welcome refuge for the drovers, pastoralists and shearers who travelled the Strzelecki Track.

This photograph shows the single storey brick building with two men, a lady and small girl standing outside.

A sign on the hotel says “Innamincka Hotel proprietor Albert Healey”. He held this position from 1919-24

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Barking Toad
Barking Toad
November 10, 2024 5:37 am

Thanks Tom for a superb Trumpian WIP.

And, Transgender whale – “Maybe Dick”.

Hahaha…..chortle muchly.

Bungonia bee
Bungonia bee
November 10, 2024 6:01 am

My theory that the USA is stuffed, due to too many bad actors in too many places, gets plenty of support from the daily reports by Gateway Pundit. The dirty tricks continue, and a prime example is the guy counting the votes in Kari Lake’s senate race. Self-proclaimed anti MAGA and anti Lake according to the following link story. That and another story about a bomb threat at a vote counting place which was closely followed by some visiting white vans.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/11/breaking-maricopa-county-recorder-stephen-richers-deposition-transcript/

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
November 10, 2024 6:10 am

What I like about this story is that EVs all have their batteries on the underside, so when they hit an especially big pothole they might actually explode.

Victoria’s roads are getting worse with repair work slashed by 95 per cent (Sky News, 9 Nov)

Road repair work in the state has dropped by 95 per cent in the past year.

From 2023 to 2024 around four hundred thousand square meters of regional roads were repaired, down from the 9 million square meters the year before.

There’s only so much you can skim off essential maintenance before everything falls apart. Jacinta must be scraping up every coin in order to keep her vanity projects going.

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
November 10, 2024 6:39 am

Thwack!

Mich. Jury Awards Millions to a Woman Fired for Refusing COVID-19 Vaccine (8 Nov)

A jury awarded more than $12 million Friday to a woman who lost her job at a Michigan insurance company after declining to get a COVID-19 vaccination.

Much of the award — $10 million — is for punitive damages against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, according to the verdict form.

Lisa Domski, who worked at Blue Cross for more than 30 years, said she was a victim of religious discrimination. The company in 2021 did not grant an exemption from its vaccine policy, despite her insistence that it clashed with her Catholic beliefs.

It will be appealed of course, but one of these cases is eventually going to make it all the way to Scotus, and the results of that will be very interesting.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
November 10, 2024 7:12 am

JC last evening …

To avoid this, Trump would need to cut spending by at least US$1.5 trillion annually and establish a long-term plan for surpluses.

Musk claims he can cut $2 trillion out of the $6 trillion budget.
This was in Chris Uhlmann’s article which I posted a segment of yesterday.
This gets hard if you keep all the functions and regulatory framework of government in place and try to cut headcount.
I think they will do what he did at Twitter. Just scrap entire departments wholesale. The other plan is to decentralise out of DC which will be supported by the pork-barrellers in Congress (which is 93.1% of them).
House prices in DC will tank, of course.

DrBeauGan
DrBeauGan
November 10, 2024 7:12 am

A jury awarded more than $12 million Friday to a woman who lost her job at a Michigan insurance company after declining to get a COVID-19 vaccination.

A company rhat hires a gang of neurotic women prone to mass hysteria to run its HR department is inevitably going to have problems.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
November 10, 2024 7:18 am

JC
 November 10, 2024 2:32 am

Here we go.

Woah! Ella Emhoff, Kamala’s step-daughter, suffered a mental breakdown yesterday afternoon due to the grief from Kamala’s humiliating loss, and was admitted to an in-patient mental health crisis center in NY.

The hotline would’ve been a better choice

Do it, Ella!
Jump!
Just check there are no expensive cars parked in the splatter zone.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
November 10, 2024 7:23 am

I made this point yesterday.
The Dimocrats have to:-
(a) admit the 2020 steal; or
(b) concede that the vote from 2020 to 2024 has collapsed and change positions accordingly.

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calli
calli
November 10, 2024 7:24 am

Very satisfying WIP this week.

Makes me want to sign up as an Ewok!

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calli
calli
November 10, 2024 7:28 am

Another WIP meme had me whistling this. The perfect state!

Gilas
Gilas
November 10, 2024 7:40 am

Indolent
November 9, 2024 10:56 pm

FEMA helps all survivors regardless of their political preference or affiliation and we are deeply disturbed by this employee’s actions…
we have taken measures to remove the employee from their role and are investigating the matter to prevent this from happening ever again…
This is a matter that we take extremely seriously and we are doing everything we can to make sure all survivors receive support from FEMA.

… and the FBI is now all keen on publicising their work on a just uncovered ?3rd, ?4th assassination attempt on Orange God.

Interesting openness.. one wanders what just happened..

BTW, it’s worth downloading all the short clips of OG outlining his utterly, astronomically brilliant agendas, especially the free-speech one, for future reference.. before the evil Blob regains power and unalives his legacy.

Rosie
Rosie
November 10, 2024 7:43 am
Tom
Tom
November 10, 2024 7:43 am

Brendan O’Neill in the Paywallian:

The best explanation for why the Democrats lost so badly this week came from Bernie Sanders. Yes, it fell to the independent octogenarian socialist who caucuses with the Democrats, the mitten-wearing meme hero of the online left, to explain why Donald Trump romped to victory.
“It should come as no great surprise,” he said, “that a Democratic Party which has abandoned working-class people would find that the working class has abandoned them.”
In blistering prose, crackling with fury, he wondered if the Dems’ top dogs would learn “any real lessons from this disastrous campaign”. Then his curt reply to his own inquiry: “Probably not.”
He’s right. What happened in the US this week was not rocket science. You don’t need a PhD in political studies to understand why more than 72 million people, many of them working class, took a punt on the man Kamala Harris and her media acolytes madly branded a fascist.
It’s not because they’re dumb. It’s not because they fell under the spell of Trump’s demagogic trickery. It’s not because they are “low information”, as The New Yorker magazine suggested shortly before the election. It sent one of its haughty reporters to mingle “among America’s ‘low-information’ voters”, as a colonial-era anthropologist might have studied a far-flung African tribe.
No, Trump did not steal these voters – the Democrats lost them.
UnHerd Washington DC correspondent Emily Jashinsky claims Kamala Harris’ polling “never recovered” after calling Donald Trump a “fascist”.
The Make America Great Again movement did not hypnotise the uneducated to join its ranks. Rather, the Dems drove these people away.
It let leak its contempt for them and so, like all right-thinking people in toxic relationships, they packed their bags and left.
Trump has done something extraordinary: forged a new multiracial working-class coalition.
He won bigly – as he might say – among the white working class. Around 66 per cent of this key, angry constituency voted for him.
He improved his standing among Latinos, who heavily skew working class. He won 55 per cent of Hispanic men and 38 per cent of Hispanic women. He made some gains among African-African voters, too, especially men.
The bracing realignment in US politics is best captured in the fact that 62 per cent of Americans who never darkened the door of a college voted for Trump, while Harris swept up the votes of the hyper-educated. More than 60 per cent of those with an advanced degree voted for her.
The most Hispanic county in the United States, Starr County in South Texas, flipped red to elect Donald Trump on Tuesday (November 5) – the first time the county has elected a Republican presidential candidate in more than a century. Gabe Singer…
The snobs of the mournful media, because they can’t help themselves, say this shows that educated people make better choices. In truth, it confirms the Dems are now the party of the credentialed elites while MAGA is a solidly working-class movement.
Harris sought the support of the sharp-elbowed classes while Trump connected with the horny-handed classes. It is difficult to overstate the magnitude of this shift. It’s tectonic.
If you went back 50 years and told Joe Blue Collar that one day he’d be more likely to vote for a billionaire real estate magnate with too much fake tan than for the Democratic Party, he’d have thought you mad. Yet here we are.
The divorce of the Democrats and the working class has been brewing for decades. Author Ruy Teixeira calls it “the Democrats’ long goodbye to the working class”.
And now Trump is saying hello to them. He’s saying: “I will listen to you.” And they’re taking a chance on him. Why not? The weirdest thing about the left’s frothing rage over Trump, their branding of him as a lunatic outlier, is that he’s offering working-class voters the kind of thing the left once offered them.
He’s promising to tackle inflation. And polls consistently showed that working people’s top priority in this election was the scourge of soaring prices.
He says he will fix the border and the depressive impact the arrival of these millions of undocumented migrants is having on the wages of working Americans.
He says he will halt wasteful wars. He has staked virtually his entire reputation on ending the war in Ukraine. This pledge is remarkably popular. So many Trump voters I met in the US this week praised The Donald’s peacenik tendencies. Fascists? They sounded more like hippies.
Making the economy work for working people, controlling the flow of cheap labour, ending war – didn’t the left, long ago, agitate for things like this? Now they call it Nazism.
Donald Trump, during his campaign rally in the key swing state of Pennsylvania, told voters he was committed to ending the war in Ukraine.
All that working-class voters have got from the credentialed classes that now dominate the institutions of the left is scolding and sermons. They’re called racist for wanting to fix the porous border. They’re called transphobic if they don’t want a 15-year-old boy on their daughter’s sports team. They’re called “low information” if they question the edicts of the mainstream media.
On and on it goes – a sniffy lecturing of the little people dressed up as activism.
People are sick of it. They’re sick of being told to “take the knee” to the eccentric ideologies of the rich new left.
They’re tired of being called bigots because they are not au fait with the latest woke lingo and don’t wear pronoun badges.
They’ve had enough of politics being dominated by the neuroses of the upper classes rather than by the needs and interests of the working classes.
So they’ve risen up. Their vote for Trump is the biggest “F you” of modern times. It’s the revenge of the deplorables, a revolt of people of all races against the sneering wet leftists of the establishment.
It’s a revolt that will have huge ramifications. Leftists everywhere should quake. For a spectre is haunting the West – the spectre of a working class that is not woke but is certainly wide awake.

Zippster
Zippster
November 10, 2024 7:43 am

How The Nazis Conquered German Universities | Sir Niall Ferguson: The Treason of the Intellectuals

 Summary In this talk, Sir Niall Ferguson discusses the historical and contemporary relationship between academia and extremist political ideologies, focusing particularly on the rise of Nazism in German universities before WWII and drawing parallels to current trends in U.S. higher education. He argues that a troubling shift in academic culture has led to a lack of commitment to free speech and critical inquiry, creating an environment where ideological conformity is enforced and dissent is silenced. Ferguson believes the academic elite of today reflect the dangerous dynamics seen in the past, warning against the institutionalization of political activism within educational settings. ### Key Points by Section #### Introduction – Ferguson introduces the topic as an exploration of the betrayal of intellectuals and the concept of academic liberty. – He references Julien Benda’s 1927 work “The Treason of the Intellectuals,” which criticized intellectuals for succumbing to political passions. – Benda’s view: Intellectuals should uphold justice and truth rather than embracing strong state ideologies. #### German Academia Before WWII – In the 1920s, German universities were the most prestigious globally, with a large portion of Nobel Prize winners in the sciences. – German academics were uniquely predisposed to support charismatic leaders, including Hitler. – Early signs of anti-Semitism in universities, with groups excluding Jews from student fraternities. – The role of German academics in crafting Nazi policy and ideologies, exemplified by eugenics and justifications for the Nazi agenda. #### Decline of German Universities – Hitler’s anti-Semitism caused a mass exodus of Jewish professors, depriving universities of their intellectual capital and leading to a “brain drain.” – Non-Jewish academics often supported Nazi ideologies for career advancement. – The correlation between university degrees and support for Nazism is highlighted by historical anecdotes. #### Modern Political Activism in Academia – Ferguson contrasts historical actions with contemporary situations in U.S. universities, particularly after events like the Hamas attacks and the subsequent responses by student groups. – The growth of cancel culture and the diminishing tolerance for free speech on campuses are explored, supported by statistics on student attitudes toward controversial topics. – Ferguson bemoans the lack of moral courage among university leaders responding to polarization and student pressures. #### Current Academic Climate in the U.S. – Data shows increasing attempts to censor viewpoints across universities, alongside an overwhelming liberal bias among faculty. – Growth of administrative costs and the impact of bureaucratic structures on academic freedom. – Many students experience self-censorship due to fear of reprisal from peers. #### Factors Contributing to Current Trends – Ferguson references the work of authors discussing social media’s influence on intolerance and the deterioration of civil discourse. – He highlights the increasing political skew among academics and discusses how universities have become less tolerant places for dissenting views. #### Potential Solutions – Ferguson argues for the need for new institutions focused on protecting academic liberty, referencing the creation of the University of Austin. – The importance of maintaining a distinct separation between personal political activism and academic responsibilities is emphasized. #### Conclusion – Ferguson expresses concern that if current trends continue, universities in the UK, like those in the U.S., could also slide into the depths of ideological conformity and intolerance. – The Pharos Foundation is mentioned as an initiative aimed at promoting open dialogue and diverse perspectives in academia.

Boambee John.
Boambee John.
November 10, 2024 8:02 am

Rescued from nested comments.

Bazinga
 November 10, 2024 7:15 am
 Reply to Sancho Panzer
Decentralised DC. Delicious. A great reward for the swamp fascists living there.

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Boambee John.
Boambee John.
 November 10, 2024 8:00 am
 Reply to Bazinga
All decentralisation should be to reliably “Blue” counties. Sending the swamp to “Red” counties would entrench the DemonRats in power in the future.

Winston Smith
Winston Smith
November 10, 2024 8:10 am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT5WZ0b4chU
Girls, can I just say that false eyelashes looked gross first time around?
But now they look like the news anchor has stumbled through a jungle and forgotten to pull the spiders out.

Indolent
Indolent
November 10, 2024 8:12 am
Indolent
Indolent
November 10, 2024 8:19 am
Boambee John.
Boambee John.
November 10, 2024 8:21 am

Looking through the multiple WIPs during the week reminded me of Phatty Adams once pompously claiming that “only the left can do comedy”.

Putting aside the Bob Hopes and Tim Allens and many others of this world whose existence suggests otherwise, how’s that working out for you Phatty?

Cassie of Sydney
November 10, 2024 8:23 am

Old Lefty
 November 9, 2024 9:06 pm

Reply to  Cassie of Sydney
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.

Correct, which is why there must be, there has to be, some accountability for the obscene use and debasement of the words ‘far-right’, ‘racist’, ‘white supremacist’ and ‘Nazi’.

It is not the right that has debased and degraded political speech and debate over the last decade and a bit. No, no, no, let’s get this straight, it is the left and their useful idiotic comrades in the media. I first noticed this debasement around 2011 to 2012, that something was going very awry in political debate, the ugly insults and inferences directed at then opposition leader Abbott were of a new and vicious level. But it took that monumental year of 2016 for this word debasement to soar to stratospheric levels, with Brexit and the November 2016 election resulting in the first Trump victory. I recall being staggered at the insults thrown by the left that year, be it the ‘deplorables’ comment from Mrs Clinton, be it the insults that all Brexit voters were ‘Nazis’. I recoiled in horror, because the truth was that most Brexit voters were simply middle and working class Englanders who resided in the kind of England once celebrated in Midsomer Murders, in Open all Hours, in Miss Marple, in Porridge, in Dad’s Army and so on. But suddenly, according to the left and the MSM, that indomitable indigenous Englander who liked nothing more than a good cup of tea and a home made scone, the same indomitable indigenous Englander who remained stoic during the blitz, the same indomitable indigenous Englander who held Hitler’s armies at bay, was now a Nazi! WTF! I still shake my head in disbelief.

And this grotesque cheapening of political debate, this smearing of political opponents as ‘faaaaar-riiiiight’ and as ‘Nazis’ became de rigour on the left, particularly here in Oz, where the leftist activists even targeted Sky News Oz for cancelling and silencing, all for the crime of hosting programmes and commentators like Andrew Bolt who were ‘right of centre’ and thus, according to the left here……Nazis. Sky was smeared as the creepy spooky wooky ‘Sky after Dark’.

Some examples….

If you believed George Pell was innocent, you were a Nazi.
If you vote Liberal/National, you’re a Nazi.
If you believe in secure borders, you’re a Nazi.
If you don’t believe Tony Abbott was a misogynist, you were a Nazi.
If you believe a man with a dick is not a woman, you’re a Nazi.
If you believe in free speech, you’re a Nazi.
If you voted no to the Voice, you were a Nazi.
If you don’t want 3000 Gazans living in this country, you’re a Nazi.
If you didn’t believe in SSM, you were a Nazi.
If you thought Covid was an overreach, you were a Nazi.
If you objected to vaccine mandates and lockdows, you were a Nazi.

And of course, most infamously, last year ordinary women attending a Let Women Speak rally in Melbourne were smeared as ‘Nazis’ in a political sting operation of monumental proportions.

I could go on, the examples are legion, I’m sure you get the drift

But hear this, the days of smearing opponents as Nazis are done and dusted, the buck stopped on November 5 2024.

I will add this though, the left over the last decade were helped and frequently given carte blanche for their ugly untrue words and actions by the right. The right, paralysed with fear, supine, craven and cowardly, preferred to stand back and allow themselves to be punched and trampled on. They refused to fight. Now, just imagine if Donald Trump had refused to fight? Where would he be? I tell you where, he would not be president again, he would not have won a thumping victory, winning the popular vote, the electoral college vote, the senate and House. Trump fought, even as a bullet scraped his ear on a podium in PA back in July this year, even when the SS detail picked him up from the floor and despite his palpable shock, he threw his arm up in the air and he said……..

Fight
Fight
Fight

I think it’s time we all started fighting back.

Oh and where’s Monty? Disappeared, I see. Remember Monty’s favourite far-right, white supremacist bogeyman fool called Nick Fuentes, who always turns up at conservative events in stunts designed to try and deliberately embarrass conservative (much like how those Grampian Nazis turned up at the rally in Melbourne in March 2023)? Well, rumours are abounding on social media that all along he’s been DoJ plant and operative. How unsurprising.

Indolent
Indolent
November 10, 2024 8:29 am

@ChiefTrumpster

This video is why Trump won.

The arrogance. The condescending tone.

All of it.

Please continue, it will only ensure conservatives win again and again.

Indolent
Indolent
November 10, 2024 8:32 am

@Cobratate

Trump, they tried to kill you.

Twice.

They tried to destroy society and brutally mutilate our children.

They lie about “healing” now, because they lost.

They talk about “rights” now, because they lost.

If they won, theyd crush us all.

Have no mercy.

They dont deserve it.

Zippster
Zippster
November 10, 2024 8:32 am

BOM is giving an extreme heat warning, for the sizzling top of 27C

the organisation needs to be gutted and the activists weeded out

shatterzzz
November 10, 2024 8:33 am

WIP brekkie sweetener ..!

Sugar
Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
November 10, 2024 8:35 am

Hehe, one for Monty:

Rasmussen Reports Completely Vindicated by 2024 Election Results (9 Nov)

The lefty pollsters were all out buttressing the steal, but 250,000 eagle eyed watchers with speed dial numbers to lawyers mostly prevented the steal from happening. So they’re now looking like shags on a rock.

Maybe you should go back to clean elections and honest polling lefty peoples. And pick candidates that aren’t vapid airheads.

Indolent
Indolent
November 10, 2024 8:36 am
Indolent
Indolent
November 10, 2024 8:39 am
Zippster
Zippster
November 10, 2024 8:45 am

Black Professor Accidentally PROVES “Anti-White” Double Standard

 Summary: The video features an interview with economist Roland Fryer, in which he discusses his research on police use of force and the surprising findings that showed a lack of racial bias in police shootings. Fryer shares his journey of conducting significant data analysis while addressing the controversy his results sparked in academia and broader society. He reflects on the difficult nature of police work and the misconceptions surrounding police treatment of different racial groups. The latter part of the video shifts focus to broader societal implications of policing and racial narratives in the media, highlighting issues of crime and the effect of negative publicity on law enforcement. ### Key Points: #### 1. The Intro (0:00 – 0:35) – Introduction to the topic of police bias and racial differences. – Overview of the guest, Roland Fryer, a prominent economist and author. #### 2. Roland Fryer Interview (1:06 – 15:10) – Discusses Fryer’s research on racial bias in police use of force, including his motivation to conduct the study. – Police shootings analysis was perceived differently than expected, revealing no substantial racial bias. – Experienced significant backlash and disbelief from colleagues when publishing findings. – Illustrates the challenges of police work and the realities officers face on the job. – Fryer’s motivations are personal and rooted in his desire to bring about change and acknowledge truth over safety in his career. #### 3. My Final Thoughts (15:10 – end) – Critiques the media for its portrayal of police shootings and crime statistics related to different racial groups. – Highlights the impact of the media’s framing on public perception and law enforcement behavior. – Discusses larger societal issues such as rising crime rates, especially in minority communities, and how police are affected by these narratives. – Concludes with a broader commentary on the consequences of policing policies and public perception, asserting the importance of honest dialogue about crime and policing.

JC
JC
November 10, 2024 9:18 am

The weather in NY has been glorious all week. T-shirt weather, although today was a little chilly. But it sunny and not a cloud in the sky.

Global warming is great.

Great rant, Cassie.

Instead of criticising Fatboy though, he should be applauded. He’s the tubbier version of George Costanza. He’s always wrong, which in a perverse way means he always right in his predictions. He’s quite valuable that way.

Indolent
Indolent
November 10, 2024 9:28 am
Roger
Roger
November 10, 2024 9:28 am

Victoria’s roads are getting worse with repair work slashed by 95 per cent (Sky News, 9 Nov)

“We’re on the road to serfdom. Come on inside.”

Meanwhile, UK county councils report that local road maintenance is down 45% from pre-covid figures as inflation eats away budgets.

Chancellor Reeves promised to deliver funding to fix “an extra 1 million potholes per year.” £500m was allocated, which simply remediated cuts made by the Tories in recent years. However, the LGA’s transport spokesman says councils need £10bn over ten years to address the backlog of jobs. So, local roads aren’t going to improve any time soon.

Reeves also cut funding for new road and rail projects in a budget ironically sold as “rebuilding Britain.”

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
November 10, 2024 9:29 am

Madonna worries twin daughters she adopted from Malawi will be ‘considered vermin’ under TrumpDaily Mail.

12 year old children are so worried about the election of Donald Trump…

Makka
Makka
November 10, 2024 9:32 am

McConnell, FOAD!

@TuckerCarlson

What the hell is going on in the US Senate? Hours after Donald Trump wins the most conclusive mandate in 40 years, Mitch McConnell engineers a coup against his agenda by calling early leadership elections in the senate. Two of the three candidates hate Trump and what he ran on. One of them, John Cornyn, is an angry liberal whose politics are indistinguishable from Liz Cheney’s. The election is Wednesday, it’s by secret ballot, and it will determine whether or not the new administration succeeds. Rick Scott of Florida is the only candidate who agrees with Donald Trump. Call your senator and demand a public endorsement of Rick Scott. Don’t let McConnell get away with it again.

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Arky
November 10, 2024 9:34 am

Why do they hate Trump so much?
I think it’s because he refused to fall for a thing that the left media has done for 50+ years and which almost every right centrist fell for, the Australian liberals in particular.
Which was to think every second day they had to make a big show of condemning the “homophobic” “racist” “sexist” bogeymen. Or else people would think they were that,
Trump just never engaged in this.
Because doing so is stupid.
The media knew what it was doing when it drew these sort of comments out of their political enemies.
“Do you condemn these racist/ homophobic/ islamophobic/ sexist things/ people”?
”There is no place in our party/ country / state / club / sauna for these things. I just want to take this moment to say blah blah blah”.

And they never put their political allies in that same spot. Which left the mug punters going “Oh, they have to deny it. You don’t have to keep going out of your way to keep denying it if there isn’t something to it”.
The media, or at least those who write for it, aren’t stupid. They know the effect of asking these people every day “Have you stopped beating your wife yet”?
Trump just didn’t play that game. He was confident he wasn’t racist, homophobic or misosorryist. He just brushed that crap away, time after time and it infuriated them that he wasn’t following the script they had for him.
The other thing he did was he harvested their antipathy towards him and used it to gain publicity.

His “inability to speak properly without putting his foot in his mouth” you know, that thing about him that early on was so off putting for the traditional Republicans and conservative punters, was actually a series of carefully baited traps into which the left media stick their heads time after time after time. So he did to them what they had done to conservatives with the “have you stopped beating your wife” routine, he put out “gaffes” that they just couldn’t resist. But when placed in context, the “gaffes” always pointed at some truth the voters actually cared about. And the media found that they had just given him and his MAGA agenda more free publicity. Publicity that over the last nine years has added up to billions of dollars of coverage.
And these people aren’t stupid. They just tripped over a once in a century master of their own art, and their methods and thought processes had not caught up to it.

Roger
Roger
November 10, 2024 9:47 am

Further to Faustus’s warning yesterday, I’ve worked out how we can avoid the perfidious Albanese’s misinformation laws:

We all need to identify as journalists.

Journalists, you see, being disinterested seekers of the truth wherever it may lead them, are exempt.

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
November 10, 2024 10:01 am

Hmm, if I put this one up the New Cat will go completely silent for like half an hour…

Then The Winged Memes Arrived! (9 Nov)

Makka
Makka
November 10, 2024 10:03 am

It’s pretty clear to me that a good number of US corp execs fully support open border hordes from Latim America, because they have access to abundant cheap labour. Murderers, rapists, drug cartels – it’s all good as long as my bonuses keep coming.

Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
November 10, 2024 10:16 am

More brilliance from 47.

He wants the resignations of every single senior military officer who ‘touched the Afghanistan disaster’, and wants them on his desk in the Oval Office at midday on his inauguration day.

So good. So, so good.

Makka
Makka
November 10, 2024 10:24 am

Trump has been President elect for just 2 Days.

2 Days… and all of this..

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gb9GtcZXcAAdLqF?format=jpg&name=large

Elizabeth (Lizzie) Beare
Elizabeth (Lizzie) Beare
November 10, 2024 10:25 am

Woke up this morning and felt like this, the way it’s been ever since Wednesday. So many good things are there to cheer us up as we watch the beginning of a new administration unfold in the US.

Even the Sydney weather has complied, getting sunny by 10am if misty, if not before.

Top Ender
Top Ender
November 10, 2024 10:32 am

A council has spent more than $100,000 of ratepayer money on Welcome to Country ceremonies in the last two years. 

Brisbane City Council has shelled out $135,000 while other councils within Queensland have forked out tens of thousands of dollars. 

The ratepayers have no say in the matter, though, as it’s the councils they pay their fees to that have decided to spend big on the ceremonies. 

Daily Mail

MatrixTransform
November 10, 2024 10:34 am

the missus is doing yesterdays crossword

I’m swearing at the chessboard

she goes, “what’s an expensive but useless object?”

easy, I says … Tesla

Bill From the Bush
Bill From the Bush
November 10, 2024 10:36 am

This is from the link BON put up earlier.
Awesome, share it far and wide

Red-Pill
Arky
November 10, 2024 10:39 am

There are two possibilities:
A. They handed Western manufacturing to China in the hope that it would transform China into a democracy. This is the best possible spin on what they did.
or:
B. They knew damn well the CCP wasn’t going anywhere, but they liked the idea of cooperating with a tyrannical, communist surveillance state which held a billion people in total control.

Note: even in case A this isn’t a good thing. You shouldn’t destroy your own working and middle classes and industrial base in order to try to win some ephemeral ideological, geopolitical struggle.
Those who wrote the seminal works on free trade and markets never envisaged that there would exist a cabal of idiots in charge who would do such a thing.

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Makka
Makka
November 10, 2024 10:46 am

This is m0ron’s crew. His team. Everything that is ugly, dumb and despicable with the left in one tweet.

And somehow , in some way they are actually still mind numbingly stupid enough to wonder.. “how did we lose?”

https://x.com/SebGorka/status/1855106902583120360

mem
mem
November 10, 2024 10:46 am

Brenda O’Neil states;

The best explanation for why the Democrats lost so badly this week came from Bernie Sanders. Yes, it fell to the independent octogenarian socialist who caucuses with the Democrats, the mitten-wearing meme hero of the online left, to explain why Donald Trump romped to victory.

“It should come as no great surprise,” he said, “that a Democratic Party which has abandoned working-class people would find that the working class has abandoned them.”

Bernie Sanders is of the old school marxist/socialist variety. He has been very quick to come out and label the divide between Trump and Democrat voters as being a result of a class divide between working class and “others”. Given the gap in analysis directly after the election, journalists and other commentators have eagerly gobbled up Bernie’s “wisdom”. Beware it maybe a red herring thrown out to capture the media headlines, lead the narrative and prevent deeper analysis.
What if ? The big differences between Trump voters and Kamala voters related to factors such as:
Trump voters
Don’t accept the climate change scam
Don’t believe men can be women and visa versa
Don’t like government waste
Think the Dems handling of the economy has been disastrous
Think people should be equal before the law and treated equally
Have a strong sense of self and principles and don’t fall easily to propaganda
Don’t agree with open borders and its impact on their lives
Have twigged that wherever Biden and Dems have gone trouble/war has developed
Don’t like to be labelled fascists, racist, misogynist when they clearly aren’t
etc

I’d be interested in what other Cats think?

Roger
Roger
November 10, 2024 10:51 am

Hello…

Qatar to expel Hamas.

While the Biden administration had requested this, analysts suggest the emirate is repositioning itself ahead of Trump’s inauguration after being isolated during his first term.

Elizabeth (Lizzie) Beare
Elizabeth (Lizzie) Beare
November 10, 2024 10:53 am

Re Indolent’s link at 8.29 showing a very arrogant young man. More importantly, note the anger. This is what the lying MSM have done. They have warped the minds of vulnerable people. This young man’s language and style suggests he’s unemployed and using drugs, and has limited capacity for rational and nuanced thought.

I am not speaking from ignorance here. I know this ongoing behaviour and diatribe well. This outraged youth is a double for my second son, mentally vulnerable due to bipolar disorder, fixated and full of anger, who’s grown up in this Marxist culture, encouraged by my ex, his Marxist father, and now at 50 after a life of chaos is using heroin, his life destroyed by a destructive ideology and divorced leftist parents, for which mea culpa, though I had little choice in that matter and have changed since. Many are the children of ‘progressive’ people, and in America today far too many of them are dying from the permissive attitudes towards recreational drug use. What’s changed bigly is that when it comes to fentanyl, one dose and they can be done for. Dead. Don’t forget how significant the fentanyl epidemic has been in bringing many affected families in to the Trump camp in this election.

WolfmanOz
November 10, 2024 10:55 am

I’ve been watching/listening to the Joe Rogan podcast with DJT off and on for the last day.

An amazing interview that is utterly compelling.

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cohenite
November 10, 2024 10:59 am
Arky
November 10, 2024 11:02 am

Drive through the Eastern Freeway around Heidelberg and you will see the fascist state of Victoria in full blown ideological warfare in roadworks form.
The CFMEU flags fly high. There are more cranes than I have seen in my entire life. Mile after mile of it. Sad, out of context homes and small businesses are dwarfed by the scale of it. The sheer disregard for normal human life and activity is mind boggling.
These projects, and there has been a ceaseless, endless, infinite series of them since Andrews won power, have transformed Melbourne into a nightmare.
Even in completion these projects are horrible and disorientating. While they are underway, for the endless years they exist, they reduce traffic to a crawl, make planning journeys a trial, and do God knows what to the poor inhabitants of the suburbs they disrupt.
Liberals: should you ever return to government in this state, end the endless works.

Elizabeth (Lizzie) Beare
Elizabeth (Lizzie) Beare
November 10, 2024 11:20 am

A lot of the values that differentiate current Democrats from Republicans are the commonsense values of the traditional working classes in Britain and in America. As Brendan O’Neill points out, Bernie Sanders is correct in seeing why the working classes have left the Democrats. I’d say we need to be suspicious of Sander’s incorrect solution, the socialism that he offers to their problems. Sanders favours a socialist system wherea rapacious bureaucracy will reinforce many of the ‘progressive’ values, for which read ‘permissive’values, of the New Left which emerged with the petulant baby boom generation of the 60’s and 70’s. They were so different to my teenage values, formed in the 50’s. It is these New Age values that still dominate the Democrat discourses, part of their DNA now.

Read Emmett Grogan’s inventive but basically illustrative biography in his book ‘Ringolevio’ for an inside take on how crazy, and convoluted in its swampy morality, those two decades of the 60’s and 70’s were. Hairy, recalling his old lefty days of the 70’s, purchased it for me, saying due to our 10 year difference in age, I was there in the 60’s, he wasn’t, was a child then. I found Ringolevio appalling, horrifying. And yes, true to some extent of the way we all thought back then in the heyday of the hippies.

These ideas still swirl around in Democrat culture, and some of the argot is still prevalent in US general culture today.

It’s no accident that both old leftie Joe Biden and new young Republican Turk JD Vance both use the talk-to term of ‘man’, as in ‘man, you know what? etc’ It’s old drug culture lingo but belongs in working class bars and chat shows everywhere now as a sign of ease and friendliness. JD manages to stride working class and middle class culture, sifting both well into his new Republicanism.

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
November 10, 2024 11:33 am

I’m a lumberjack and I’m ok…

Chopperoos secure fifth consecutive Timbersports Team World Championship (Sky News, 10 Nov)

Team Australia has secured their fifth consecutive Timbersports Team World Championship.

The Chopperoos beat Team USA and Canada in the final in France.

The team competed in three axe disciplines including springboard, stock saw and hot saw.

Well done Aussie axe guys! I have fond memories of watching the chopping competitions at the local show when I was a kid. Their axes were like razors.

Mak Siccar
Mak Siccar
November 10, 2024 11:46 am
johnjjj
johnjjj
November 10, 2024 11:47 am

CEO for Austrade is up for grabs. In the ad they include Net Zero and First Nations. And there was I thinking it was about economics and trade. A mate said that about 60% of the wording in Government product supply contracts has nothing to do with the product.

Arky
November 10, 2024 11:52 am

Melbourne was one of the best laid out cities in the world.
It had defined East- West and North- South major roads that ran the full length of the suburban sprawl, plus a system of highways that ran out from the centre like a spiderweb.
Three years after arriving here I worked nights driving taxis. If I ever got a bit turned about after dropping off a fare, no matter where I was, or how far out, it didn’t require picking up the Melways to get back. You just did a series of alternate left then right turns, and very soon you would hit either a major East -West or North- South road and know immediately how to get on a freeway back.
This is no longer the case.
Generation after generation of planners had kept the basic navigability of Melbourne’s road system intact while the place grew and grew.
Not these ones.
Is it that they think GPS allows the driver to make his way regardless of the atrocity they have committed to basic navigability?
Or is it part of their anti- commuter ideology?
Even that stupid bastard Kennett kept the basic structure intact.

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Roger
Roger
November 10, 2024 11:57 am

CEO for Austrade is up for grabs. In the ad they include Net Zero and First Nations. And there was I thinking it was about economics and trade. A mate said that about 60% of the wording in Government product supply contracts has nothing to do with the product.

I think you’ll find that to get a grant from Austrade a business has to have a net zero plan and an aboriginal employment program, or at least those that do go to the top of the application pile.

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alwaysright
alwaysright
November 10, 2024 12:22 pm

WIP – Do not drink and derive.

Rosie
Rosie
November 10, 2024 12:22 pm
Rosie
Rosie
November 10, 2024 12:43 pm
Steve trickler
Steve trickler
November 10, 2024 12:45 pm

This bloke called Destiny is seriously f*cked in the head.

Gavin McInnes HUMILIATES Destiny! (Absolutely BRUTAL)

Oh come on
Oh come on
November 10, 2024 12:53 pm

Over at the ABC, they’re at full hair-on-fire mode and have been since Thursday. And it’s a thing of beauty. Here’s an excerpt from one piece about how all the women are on sex strike or some shit:

On Friday local time, Donald Trump Jnr posted photos of Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris with the comment: “Trump arrested for beating two women.”

The family of the United States president-elect is not just endorsing the use of violence language towards women, but participating in it.

ABC with the scoop! Don Jr has been arrested for assaulting Hillary and Kamala! But it isn’t over for the wimminz, oh no, the nightmare is just beginning:

As male supremacists were crafting their “your body, my choice” messages online, Caroline Motley was in the Harris crowd, preparing to fight, but feeling exhausted that she has to. 

A day later, she was reading comments online and seeing in real time how Donald Trump’s victory had started to impact the women of America…”We are just constantly pleading with men to see us as human beings and we’re constantly begging for a sliver of their humanity and time and again, we’ve just been slapped down and told that we’re asking for too much.” 

No humanity for you! Slap slap slap!

And another that spouts all the usual tropes, but adds an extra tidbit:

Hours after Trump was declared president-elect, Politico published a potential enemies list. It includes Joe Biden, who Trump said in June should be “arrested for treason,” Kamala Harris, who he argued should be “arrested” for allowing an “invasion” at the southern border, and Nancy Pelosi, who he suggested “could’ve gone to jail” for theatrically ripping up his speech, as she stood behind him on the dais of the House of Representatives at the conclusion of his 2020 State of the Union address.

The former Republican congresswoman Liz Cheney, who led the investigation into the January 6 insurrection, has good reason to fear Trump’s vengeance. She “should go to jail”, he said, because she is “guilty of treason.” Then there is the Manhattan District Attorney, Alvin Bragg, who litigated the case which made Trump a convicted felon. The “prosecutor should be prosecuted,” said Trump during the trial. Trump’s bark is often worse is his bite, but never before has an incoming president spoken so flagrantly about targeting his political opponents.

Based. May he do it.

Eviscerating the firewall which has long existed between the White House and the Justice Department would mark a radical departure for an arm of the federal bureaucracy whose mission statement asserts “independence and impartiality”.

(…)

Clearly, Trump intends to use his executive authority to the full, which raises concerns over abuse of power. The United States is about to learn more about the authority of the presidency. Critics of the new Trump administration fear a government ethics lesson from hell.

LOL! Someone hasn’t been paying attention for the past four years. But I guess it’s okay when they do it.

Anyway, onto another from the ABC’s resident ‘Christian’, Julia Baird:

After he survived an assassination attempt, Donald Trump, the 45th and soon to be 47th president of the United States accelerated his shift from hero to messiah in the eyes of his supporters. His rallies were already drenched with religious language and symbolism: he was a martyr, an unlikely angel, a fighter for Christians, a protector of the faith.

Saved by God, anointed by God, often confused with God.

Well, Julia had a rush of blood to the head there, especially with that last sentence. But it’s hard to consider that assassination attempt and not regard divine intervention as a live possibility.

I thought I’d add this slightly tangential note. Alleged Christian Julia Baird goes on:

What I hadn’t realised before reading Alberta’s book is how the COVID pandemic exacerbated this sense of persecution amongst many Christians.

When Democratic governors called for a pause on public gatherings, including churches, it was as though their fears of secular shutdown had been realised, and many congregations became increasingly politicised.

Fancy the state closing the churches instilling a sense of persecution in parishioners! What kind of extremist Christians are these? Probably those fundamentalist types who, like, believe in God and stuff. No doubt Julia is more of a progressive in this regard.

And onto another. This one is all about trying to understand Trump’s victory, which is necessary given the ABC spent the campaign downplaying Trump’s chances and hyping Kamala, so its audience must be mighty confused at present. How could these maniacs vote for him?

For years, Trump’s been pushing, without evidence, the claim that he would have won the White House in 2020 if Democrats hadn’t “cheated”.

In many conservative circles, that now seems to have become conventional wisdom. Trump supporters have been told not to trust the election officials, investigators and more than 60 judges who have rejected his claim. 

So, many of them don’t.

Ah the 60 judges again. The oldies are always the goodies.

Other conspiracy theories are now widely believed also. 

(…)

She insisted that the January 6 insurrection was not the doing of Trump supporters. Rather, “plants” were behind the violence at the Capitol Building. She knew this, because she had watched “many informational videos” about it, she told me. And besides, she said, “I know Republicans, and we don’t act that way. They weren’t our people.”

Smart woman. A lot smarter than this hack.

Now this one – yet another attempt to grapple with the totally unforeseen reality of a Trump victory by also doing a bit of a vox pop – ran under the headline (on the ABC News app) ‘I don’t care that he’s racist’. Anyway, here’s the quote in full:

I don’t care that he’s racist, you know I think he’s not actually racist … but at the end of the day my life was better under Trump, my 40-hour week pay stretched further

Anyway that’s a sample.

You know what’s missing from this salt stream? A sTan Grant undergraduate essay on the philosophical and geopolitical implications of Trump’s victory. Remember them? It’s just a disgrace that the ABC’s audience are a bunch of disgusting racists who forced him to resign.

Miltonf
Miltonf
November 10, 2024 1:07 pm

A billion plus per year to be lectured and insulted by highly paid mediocrities. And they’ll do a hit job on you if you’re high profile enough and ideologically unsound (in their poisonous marxist minds). Fuk off ABC.

Rosie
Rosie
November 10, 2024 1:08 pm

The only person I have ever known to be adulating Trump as some sort of God anointed saviour was our old friend SSR.
I haven’t seen a single comment on twitter recently that has come even close.
Lots of hope that there’s a great team being assembled that will do wonderful things for America (and the world).
Gosh I wonder how the cabal on anti Semitic cat are getting on.
Making tear water tea with Monty and numbers no doubt.

Perfidious Albino
Perfidious Albino
November 10, 2024 1:16 pm

There was a lot of breathlessness in the local media over interviews this week with ‘Trump insider’ and ‘likely to have a senior role in a Trump administration’ Mike Pompeo. LOL.

Winston Smith
Winston Smith
November 10, 2024 1:17 pm

I wonder if the US Media has forgotten that they are subject to the Federal Communications Commission, and that the government can suspend their ability to broadcast their lies/misinformation etc?

Winston Smith
Winston Smith
November 10, 2024 1:19 pm

Bernie Sanders:

“It should come as no great surprise,” he said, “that a Democratic Party which has abandoned working-class people would find that the working class has abandoned them.”

The Labor Party fits the description well.

Bungonia Bee
Bungonia Bee
November 10, 2024 1:21 pm

The Tele is running a provocative heading to the tune of Arthur Sinodinos telling all about the “Trump circus”. Has Arthur had anything to say about the rampant corruption, particularly of the DOJ, during Biden’s empty suit tenure? Or anything about any of the awful abuses in that period?

Steve trickler
Steve trickler
November 10, 2024 1:22 pm
Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
November 10, 2024 1:29 pm

I wonder how the cabal on anti Semitic cat are getting on

Hypothetically, one might speculate that the same (and only) three commenters have spent the last three days not on DJT, which appears to have become a memory hole, but blaming Israeli soccer fans for ripping up Amsterdam.

Seriously.

Miltonf
Miltonf
November 10, 2024 1:30 pm

I don’t think little Johnnie hoWARd can expect any invites to the Whitehouse, What a horrid little man he’s revealed himself to be.

Rockdoctor
Rockdoctor
November 10, 2024 1:30 pm

Wow is there anything that works anymore? This last minute supply chain is becoming tiresome.

Just told one of my cholesterol meds they can’t get, no idea when it will be rectified and have to go see a doctor to get an alternative. The whole stinking edifice that is public health & TGA needs a effing clean out.

Hey but an untested completely new vaccine we’ll order an oversupply and help you build factories in Melbourne. How ’bout one for common medications geniuses?

Miltonf
Miltonf
November 10, 2024 1:37 pm

All the creeps over here and in pommyland who have burnt their bridges (I hope)- rather good.

Miltonf
Miltonf
November 10, 2024 1:41 pm

What’s the anti Semitic cat? The furniture store?

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