And not even a tasty kebab as an offset.
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- WolfmanOz at the Movies #101
I think some of the cats could do a far better job, Tom is doing fine for a start.
Numerous pics of NK fighting? No there wasn’t. The most plausible evidence presented was the two captured soldiers in Jan/…
Saw another on the 2 tier justice in Starmer’s UK .. they (Kneecap) did the same at aconcert in London…
Jogger gets stabbed in Melboune.”police are appealing for anyone with information to come forward”. No description of the stabber. Do…
https://www.news.com.au/sport/more-sports/renowned-russian-ballet-dancer-vladimir-shklyarov-falls-five-storeys-to-his-death/news-story/7774b272c69c622d0e9effdd61f690cb
Must be a lot of dodgy balconies in Russia.
As political buffoons go, Chris Bowen is the buffoon’s buffoon.
He should count himself lucky that each time he stands to address the parliament, those opposite don’t break out in gufffawing ridicule.
They should.
The Libs should run an ad with a clip of Bowen saying if you don’t like our policies don’t vote for us. I think he said something like that in 2013 so it must still be easily accessible.
The most reprehensible politician in Australia bar none is now lecturing us about what to eat because of “climate change”:
Now the Senator for Pakistan wants to force her ‘eating habits’ on Australians. – Michael Smith News
Personally, I think Ms. Faruqi should get a lot more press attention.
She’s a great advertisement for what the Greens envisage for us.
Whatever she eats isn’t doing her figure any good.
Reports are that Putin was seen leaving the building moments later.
Ha ha!
Good one, Boris.
Hmmmmm – “regrettable incident” or “mysterious fatal accident”?
Karen Webb. A Karen by name, a “Karen” by nature. Anyone seen a less impressive Police Commissioner? DEI comes to mind. Where’s Trump?
I honestly thought the PR diversity pick who commanded the Lindt Cafe was unimpressive till this useless bint came along.
Luke Cornelius? Shane Patton? Vic Plod l leadership of the past 10-15 years. All of NSW and Vic leadership comes from the same foetid swamp.
Thx for responses on the Tarago Cats…
Dunno what it was previously used for but was from a car rental ex.
It appears to have done 70,000kms there in five years. We’ve done 50,000kms in three…
we’ll check the oil levels in one month and see where we stand… perhaps a thicker oil???
Yes, I think mc was on the money there.
Humbly disagree with my learned fellow motorcats – a Toyota engine should not need heavier weight/“thicker” oil at 120,000 kms.
I suggest Toyota dealers would continue using the recommended oils at double or even triple that mileage.
Wow via Michael Smith, the road may be needed but the optics are horrible and swarmy Chisholm tries to throw it back at Rennick.
The road upgrade to Copacabana Beach had another $100mil allocated, NSW Government if Rennick is right is contributing nothing. Hmmm:
https://www.michaelsmithnews.com/2024/11/therapeutic-albanese-milking-it-while-he-still-can.html
Arguably, the Rich Ditzes declaring that they will support a Labor minority government is a huge win for the LNP.
The cloak has been thrown off. They are just dilettants playing with the little Labor people but maintaining their class superiority.
At least half will be booted.
You suspect so. Even the doctor’s wives might baulk at that now the covers are off.
Sadly, the many docs I know are rabid leftards.
(And I don’t mean the “Dr” of Basket Weaving types)
Hopefully
I dont understand the psycology of these people – is it because they come from higher incoem families they try and fit in by trashing their paretns and every one and thing associated with them. Are they afraid of peoples reactions to them.
Really idiotic what they are doing – like labor – full of it
Stupid and nasty wimmin. Quite a lot of that type on the north shore.
The Night That Wrecked Hollywoke
Rich Ditzes
…lovely.
Simon’s Stepford Wives
Even better!
…even describes Pocock.
snort!!!
Vivek Ramswamy Shocks Host w/ His Brutally Honest Answer That Is Guaranteed to Offend
The Big V.
Kill.
That sweet, innocent Christian Welsh choirboy who stabbed three little girls to death and hacked at eight other children and two adults (who tried to stop him) in a town called Southport back in late July 2024 has been spotted attending the prison mosque.
But don’t worry, there’s nothing to see here. Just pure coincidence.
Waiting for the truly vile, lying Herr Starmer and equally culpable Yvette Cooper to get their comeuppance.
People are still in jail because of their lies, and at least one dead.
As far as the 21st C. goes, it’s the UK government at its worst other than its covid response.
I note they intend to cut contractors who overcharge the government.
There’s a lot of scope for that here.
Even just cutting contractors that overcharge the ABC would induce some form of angst among all the right people.
Starting with the Chaser boys and their various subsidiary production companies.
But don’t you understand? To cut those contractors, you’re going to need to employ more people to cut them.
I’ve got time on my hands.
And I’d do it as a patriotic duty for a nominal fee.
Catch of the Year news (the CM):
Be still, my beating heart.
Where are these nine kids then?
Oh my lord. Reeks of ‘I believe we can come to some arrangement’.
Ah geez.
Almost one page of criminal history per child.
‘But soft! What light in yonder window breaks? ‘Tis the east, and (Belinda Jane Gambrill) is the Sun. The brightness of her cheek doth shame the stars….’
Chuckle.
$105 spending spree might get you two bags of groceries these days.
So just another day at Westfields.
Evidently the lass is horizontally sociable. Unfortunately she hasn’t learnt about contraception.
Looks like Hezbollah said No to the current US-Israeli ceasefire proposal.
Good.
Lysander.
From an ex car salesmans perspective (dad).
1: Its engine was cooked or buggered at one stage and its sat on blocks for a couple of years before a bodgy repair and sell job…
2: Stolen at some stage and recovered..
3: The odometer has been “black and deckered” backwards a few hundred thousand KM. (not easy to do on most cars now – highly illegal and usually leaves signs a mechanic can pick up)
4: Just a dog of a car.
Thanks FM; we did the govt search and was never stolen in any State nor in any accident.
My gut feel is it was used long distance quite a bit in SA (hence the saltwater damage underneath it which we got them to repair prior to sale) but they doctored the logbook and odo for sure methinks.
Apparently odo tampering is still easy? I see NSW have a register when you sell a car you have to put the odo in (and people can search it) legally. I don’t like big govt but not a bad idea
Lysander:
Could be done by a private company for 10% of the cost.
There is a loophole in that it only records the last 3. 3 quick sales each with a roadworthy among related parties and a big number is washed out of the system.
How it works…
https://www.carexpert.com.au/car-news/new-trick-scammers-are-using-to-wind-back-odometers
Pixie Skase, widow of controversial businessman Christopher Skase, dies age 83
Daily Mail.
At least they weren’t all colourful WA entrepreneurs. Enjoyed a beer yesterday arvo looking down into the backyard of Bondy’s last known address. Quite a pleasant spot.
Bell Group Shareholders wish Bondy well…
Wenowned Wussian ballet dancer Vlad Shklyarov falls five storeys to his death
No use of the word defenestrated.. Shameful Dispray!!!
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These charges against Alan Jones seem to be stitch up of sorts. Just throw as many offences at him and some will stick. I still scratch my head at some of the causes he has championed such as ‘Shut the gate’. My sympathies are not great.
Interesting read; no conclusions known on who, why, how:
There’s a bit of a mystery high above Earth. The U.K.’s oldest satellite, Skynet-1A, is somehow thousands of miles from where it should be in its orbit, and nobody knows why.
Who moved this Skynet satellite thousands of miles? And why?
Aliens in flying saucers.
Parking violations. Just wait until the poms get the bill.
This clip was damn good fun. Opinions will vary, as always.
Delta-A, your back seat ride with Hinchy is at 17:08. ( :
Mick Hinchy:
We SHUT DOWN The FREEDOM FACTORY! Clean Sweep By The Aussies
Cenk wants in on team Elon.
Good for him.
https://x.com/stillgray/status/1858799002042466461?t=iR9T9x-oUsw3x4ytyO7kQw&s=19
Cenk realised that he was never getting on the inside of the conversation at the Dems and that, maybe he can on team red. Personally, I feel he’s missed the boat, but it’s entertaining to watch someone with such a large mouth get red pillled in real time.
Chris Uhlmann’s show The Real Cost of Net Zero has been wanted for years, amazing that it had to be done by a lefty.
He is doing what so many haven’t done for the past decade or two. But he is still not telling it like it should be told.
Gas gets a big tick, but everything that gas does used to be done by coal.
If we accept that climate change/global warming is a problem, and that it is caused by CO2 then there may be a need for adjustment of our power generation system. But then it’s not gas but nuclear which is the answer.
There’s plenty of evidence that CO2 isn’t the issue, so we should keep going with coal.
The transformation of gas from saint to sinner over the years suggests you are dealing with a belief system, not laws of chemistry and physics.
Thanks for watching it and reporting back, BB, so we didn’t have to bother with it. We both were tired, driven in from Coffs all day and looked at the start of it and said yeah, nah, because it would be for us simply, as the idiom goes, taking coals to Newcastle. Hairy’s been on top of this stuff for years and via him, so have I.
Hear hear
This is before dinner, right, Steve? Right?
I’m watching Chris Uhlmann’s program on Sky about the renewable power generation and what it is doing to us. The cause is quite simple, it is a vanity project for the rich and well off. In the meantime the poorest and most vulnerable will bear the brunt of the whole project. Once again, it’s all about class. The upper classes are pushing their new religion on the rest of us because they can.
All that I can take out of the show is that basically we are phooked.
The morons who just believe anything that the media and politicians tell them have allowed the scammers and f-wits like Bowen destroy our country.
It’s roughly like the Egyptians building pyramids.
Totally useless religious constructions which consumed vast amounts of labour and resources.
Yet the Egyptians illogically kept on doing this for thousands of years.
The cost and misallocation of capital is one thing. The sheer engineering impossibility of what they’re trying to do is another. Exhibit A – Snowy Hydro and seasonal wind droughts.
Awesome, straight off the cover of a 1950’s Science Fiction magazine.
Launch tomorrow, early.
https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=51523.0;attach=2334498;image
The other thing is the insistence that wind and solar are free and it’s only the infrastructure that costs. Coal and gas are free as well, we own extensive deposits so wind and solar have no cost advantage at all. In fact wind and solar are far more expensive because of their geographical spread that requires far more infrastructure.
If the world of industry has any chance the green religion and its high priests must be defeated and deposed. If the average person can maintain the current level of comfort and the modern lifestyle the Greens everywhere must be removed from polite society. Reason and logic must reign again.
Heh, read my reply to your previous comment. Akhenaten tried exactly that…he made it stick until he died then the high priests all came back again. It took another thousand years for the religion to finally die.
“Fighting two tier justice!” Nigel Farage in private prosecution of Manchester Airport cop attackers
ummary In this episode of “Dan Wootton Outspoken,” Nigel Farage and Richard Tice announce a private prosecution against men accused of attacking police officers at Manchester Airport, highlighting concerns over two-tier justice. The discussion revolves around the perceived lack of action from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) regarding the attackers, juxtaposed with rapid responses to other incidents, like arrests during riots. The themes of free speech suppression in the UK, the impact of political pressure on policing, and the public’s fear of expressing dissent are also explored. Rafe Heydel-Mankoo offers insights into these issues, emphasizing the importance of public trust in institutions. ### Key Points #### Announcement of Private Prosecution – **Background**: Farage and Tice’s prosecution relates to a serious attack on police officers at Manchester Airport. – **Incident Severity**: A female officer’s injury included a broken nose. – **Critique of Policing**: The effort is framed as a response to “two-tier policing” that has allegedly ignored this violent incident compared to prompt actions taken in other situations. #### Discussion on Two-Tier Justice – **Public Interest**: The speakers argue the case represents a significant public interest, meriting action when the CPS appears to be inactive. – **Political Pressure**: Rafe discusses how political motivations can lead to the judicial process moving at different speeds based on public sentiment, contrasting recent events with the Manchester attack. #### Free Speech and Political Climate – **Fear of Speaking Out**: There is a prevailing atmosphere of fear discouraging individuals, including journalists, from freely expressing opinions. – **Critique of Current Policies**: Discussion highlights how mass immigration and multiculturalism may be tied to a suppression of free speech. – **Systemic Issues**: Concerns are raised about a potential shift towards an authoritarian regime in the UK, impacting societal freedoms. #### Example Cases of Suppression – **Personal Accounts**: Instances are shared about how individuals have faced police action over their social media activity, illustrating a chilling effect on free speech. – **Cultural Commentary**: Participants reflect on how commentary about public figures can lead to harassment or even legal action. #### Broader Implications – **Societal Divide**: The conversation emphasizes growing divisions within society, particularly concerning the freedom to express varied opinions. – **Support for Mark Stein**: The segment concludes with an update on fundraising efforts for Mark Stein, reflecting community support against perceived state censorship and control. This episode underscores significant issues regarding justice, political accountability, and the state of free expression in contemporary Britain, signifying deep concerns among its commentators.
In fairness, golden age pulp SF covers were equal parts phallic and pnuematic…
Delta A
November 19, 2024 8:52 pm
This is before dinner, right, Steve? Right?
Right
That would be a good idea. Can’t have you spewing out the window,
Hahaa. Hope you are doing well.
All the best.
And all the best to you,too, Steve.
Another substantial surrender in northern Gaza.
https://x.com/HilzFuld/status/1858794753829089695?t=R28EVjmOJN6ii_mqEAcPGQ&s=19
I see they are all on the verge of starvation.
defenestrated is a start
Sky News Australia:
Lefties losing it: Rita Panahi hits out at ‘cringe’ SNL skit about RFK Jr
The doco does not explain to me WHY NET ZERO ? Can someone please explain WHY CO2 is so dangerous?
Also, is gas a fossil fuel that is going to run out soon? I just saw ( over on JoNova) an image of a gas flare from the sun. There cannot be an astronomer who thinks that the gaseous planets were made from “fossils”!
And just like that, Julie Inman Grant has become irrelevant and surplus to requirements.
Yipeeee !
There cannot be an astronomer who thinks that the gaseous planets were made from “fossils”!
Lots of hydrocarbons on Saturn’s moon Titan. No dead dinosaurs or stromatolites.
Tommy Gold was right. Whether cycled through life or not, hydrocarbons come from the accretion of Earth from the primordial cloud.
Sorry about the last line. Hit a key and don’t know what happened.
Because Anal’s censorship bill crashed?
Yep, the Independents are coming out one by one against – 9 out of 10, Lydia hasn’t made up her mind yet.
I enjoyed Chris Uhlmann’s presentation tonight. Well constructed, easy to understand arguments covering just about every aspect of the renewable scam.
The glaring takeaway – we are so far divorced from the hard reality of power generation in this country – we are global village idiots.
Something I didn’t know…it is illegal to build a nuclear power plant here.
We are a global disgrace. Clever country? Dumb as a bag of hammers.
You really didn’t know that there is a legal ban on a nuclear industry here? Wow. Instigated by Whitlam and never contested thereafter. Poor Fellow My Country.
And just like that, Julie Inman Grant has become irrelevant and surplus to requirements.
Can we deport the bitch?
Roger
November 19, 2024 6:46 pm
For some reason the acronym “NDIS” just popped into my head.
What you are saying is that this new religion and its renewables monuments are now so ingrained into the population that there is no likely change in our lifetimes. I am more optimistic in that we also thought the same about communism in the Soviet bloc and yet it tumbled down very quickly. I am hoping that Trump and his “drill, baby drill” drive may go a long way towards dismantling this green religion.
Crossie – fortunately the climate religion depends on…the climate.
Which is basically doing nothing special.
So unlike the Egyptian pyramid builders the mark one eyeballs of all the plebs are going to undermine the climate religion fairly quickly. There are signs this is happening already.
But as with Akhenaten’s priests the climate druids aren’t going to go away without a fight.
Communism remained potent from 1917 to 1988. Not quick.
There won’t be much more drilling. The USA is self-sufficient and suppliers have no interest in increasing supply.
We need to start now dismantling ridiculous warmist curricula in schools and universities. The next generation does not need this indoctrination.
De-indoctrinating the current generation will take some time and input of good scientific data – plus a change in the culture at the level of popular dramas and talk shows.
Muslims face ‘bleak and dystopian’ climate in UK, says head of thinktank
Hard to know where this division has come from.
The other 64 million Brits apparently don’t face a bleak and dystopian future thanks to the 4 million Muslims owning the agenda and requiring Islam be fully respected by all Kaffirs.
Surrender now.
If it’s the 2.4 litre four cylinder the earlier ones needed the rings and pistons replaced, but as yours is the later model, 2017 should be past that time frame. Those cars should have been fixed by Toyota under recall, from memory.
If it’s the V6, those engines are bullet proof, except for an oil pipe at the back and an oil cooler hose at the front that can give way suddenly at around 170,000 Km and will leave you with a large puddle of oil under the car in some Toyota models.
All of which should again have been done under recall.
Check at the local Toyota dealer for any outstanding recalls on your vehicle. Can be done over the phone.
Otherwise ensure that the correct weight of oil is being used for Australia.
In North America they use the zero weight oil, which would exacerbate oil consumption in the warmer season.
Don’t go for a very heavier weight oil in order to try to fix the issue as you will not be getting oil through the galleries on start up and cause more problems. Use the heaviest grade that the car’s instruction manuel list for Australia, at the temperature range you are driving,
Oil consumption is caused by rings, piston and bore wear or a design/ manufacturing fault (in the case of the earlier cars).
Take advice from someone more informed of the legalities than me, but Toyota is generally much better than most manufacturers at fixing shit.
Stick with Toyota they are still the best manufacturer.
[Source: Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs].
Doctors worry about RFK Jr’s anti-Ozempic stance (and many of his other views)
People choose to eat junk food, not exercise, and rely on drugs to solve their problems. What he doesn’t understand is that for some people once they become obese there are changes at the cellular level which means they may never lose enough weight. That is one bariatric surgery works better than diet and now Ozempic is becoming very popular.
22 pesticides show links to prostate cancer
A link is just a link. Studies find all sorts of links. I remember a time when cannabis was associated with everything from brain tumours to popcorn lung.
Local freedom fighters?
Source: Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center.
There’s an endless supply of readily available stupid in Labor. It could power an endless array of dim bulbs through the nation.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-19/australia-declines-to-join-international-nuclear-energy-pact/104621402
You said it was very unlikely that Israel had hit Iranian nuclear facilities. Bibi has begged to differ.
The decision to allow missiles to strike deep inside Russia is a response to North Korean troops being used as human waves.
Biden and Trump would have discussed this. It is part of making a deal.
I’m no more likely to think the Parchin strike involved a nuclear facility today than three weeks earlier because Netanyahu said so.
There are no NK troops engaged in combat in Kursk let alone used in human waves.
As to any deal, if Putin responds in kind he effectively nullifies whatever value it has in any negotiation.
FULL Q & A: Dr Mike Yeadon Blows The Lid
Will be interesting to see how Clarkson’s farmers protest goes today.
I am starting to believe that I might be living in an artificial construct.Channel surfing the other night and happened upon First Dates UK,no doubt a few years old.Two attractive young ladies of the sapphic persuasion were trying to work out what they had in common.Well says one,of course I love Jeremy Corbyn.The other enthusiastically agreed,Suitably gob smacked I turned off the TV and grabbed a book.
Craig Kelly
THE MAD (Misinformation & Disinformation) Bill is dead.
The Dark Truth About Albo’s Awful Misinformation Laws
Hamas stronghold is collapsing: After IDF’s heavy fighting this is what Jabalia looks like.
All Israel News. YouTube. Six (6) minutes.
No great revelations, but a reminder that the triumph over evil is incomplete, and ordinary humans bear the brunt of sacrifice.
Russians With Attitude
@RWApodcast
Seriously, how the fck would you know there are no Norks fighting for the Russians in Ukraine?
Oh, that’s right, you have these mystical powers that you can tell the difference between an ethnic Russian from the Far East and North Koreans.
But, but there’s drones!
FMD
Clarkson versus the BBC:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14100945/BBC-Jeremy-Clarkson-Victoria-Derbyshire-farming-row.html
Cringe moment Anthony Albanese HOLDS HANDS with Xi Jinping at centre of G20 leaders’ ‘family photo’ – but there are some very notable absenteesDaily Mail
The rumbles in the distance are Bob Menzies, rolling in his grave…
How embarrassment.
No, I don’t think you need mystical powers to differentiate an ethnic Russian from the Far East from a North Korea, the former are ethnic Russians. Setting that aside, has there been any footage at all of NK troops in Kursk released by any of the outlets making the claim? No. Hmm. As for the drones, if footage were available we could be at least at the stage of arguing over whether this or that person is a Buryat, Yakut or a North Korean. But we aren’t even at this stage because nothing has been produced. It’s all smoke and mirrors.
The documentary by Chris Uhlmann was excellent. Exposed all the fluff about ruinables and the idiot talk of “wind and sun is free” that stupid Bowen sprouts.
But, as with all the sensible commentary, it fails to make the point of the false premise that carbon dioxide has anything to do with a constant changing climate apart from being plant food and an essential part of life on earth.
Human addition of carbon dioxide to the mix of climate variables is as much influence as a fart in a hurricane. But Uhlmann made the point that, if Australia shut down completely, it would make fcuk all difference to the global climate. Or the weather.
Bowen should be ripped to shreds over his insane dribble.
Exactly the points my daughter made after she watched the doco.
John Spooner.
Might need to resit galley design 101.
Mark Knight.
Mark Knight #2.
Mark Knight #3.
Brett Lethbridge.
Michael Ramirez.
Matt Margolis.
Gary Varvel.
Chip Bok.
Henry Payne.
Thanks, Tom.
What is the Allen abomination up to with her secret ‘treaty’ negotiations?
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2024/11/19/bob-woodward-trump-giving-his-middle-finger-to-the-american-people-with-cabinet-picks/
still hanging around like a bad smell after all these years
And the MAJORITY of the American people voted for him to give YOU and your ilk just that very thing, you washed up old moaner.
For every good reason Sancho, the rorting of the NDIS by newly confected self-serving ‘service’ providers, the appliance gougers and the providers of goat therapy is legion — of course it is, because it was designed, administered and funded by perkster bureaucracy.
The legislation was/is sloppy and rortable from the outset and the Scheme was created by bureaucrats in their own image.
Remember this the federal bureaucracy took over disability service provision from the states — the federal bureaucracy had NEVER provided a disability service to anyone in 113 years since federation. So little wonder it’s become a leviathanic travesty.
We have a reactor – Lucas Heights. It produces isotopes for medical use.
Is it operating illegally? No.
The legal ban on using nuclear to produce electricity then becomes more idiotic and dystopian. I recall all the “nuclear free zones” started in the 80’s during the dying days of the Cold War also the panic in the wake of Three Mile Island and then Chernobyl. I did not know it went back as far as the Whitless wrecking ball.
A quick Google tells me that it was the Howard government who legislated against nuclear 8n 1998. Thanks Coalition.
I’ve always thought the way round this is Jervis Bay, reopen the works that were started there for a Nuc Plant after the Feds change the law, over ride the Canberra City Council abomination in the process.
You would have to tie up the activist Federal and High Court with legislation also.
Ship all the materials in by sea so State Governments like NSW can all but squawk. Jervis Bay was set up so the ACT had a sea port and NSW’s jurisdiction extends 3 NM off their coast anyway.
Once it’s built and running too bad so sad. By then Bowen unicorn farts will be causing brown outs and load shedding of the grid after NSW closes its coal fired plants.
The ALP/Left just do and beg for forgiveness later or ride roughshod over with Parliament enacting laws. Time that was repaid.
I can only wish for purely selfish reasons. Apart from the energy benefits, my beachhouse would increase in value overnight.
Jo Nova: The Blob has gone nuclear, the jig is up for wind and solar snake oil salesmen like Chris Bowen and many others.
https://joannenova.com.au/2024/11/big-news-the-climate-blob-finally-goes-nuclear-to-save-the-world-us-and-uk-offer-nuclear-secrets-and-australia-says-no/
Honestly BOM need a rocket and wholesale cleanout.
They have 6 months of uneventful dry season weather to tweak with the radar on Harveys Range for the Townsville region. That’s after the disaster a few years back of moving it from Mt Stuart because of black spots to where it is now with even more different black spots and oversensitivity issues.
Hey but we will wait till cyclone season is on to tweak with it over the next 6 months and now the SST are high enough to spawn them, just monsoon missing. FMD.
10th October the rainguage at the airport station died in a thunder storm.
Apparently the bomb can’t get anyone to come and fix it until December sometime.
Last night we had rain, who knows how much. Since we already had our average of 220mm by the time the guage karked it the bomb has no need to hurry as they won’t be able to claim another dry year caused be the super evil gw.
If the techcie had left Perf and walked 20kms a day he/she/it would have made it here by now. They could even have found an old bike and he/she/it would have been here earlier, but I assume they had far more important things to do and data to “homogenise”
There are mysteries under water.
3%, minimum.
Never been there and unlikely I ever will, any of you have?
What’s it like?
Imagine living with only 50 other people and no means of escape, I’d rather pick a cruise ship, at least they port from time to time.
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Pitcairn Island, home to around 50 people, is the only inhabited island in its South Pacific group, lying about 5,300 kilometers from New Zealand and 5,500 kilometers from South America.
Known as one of the world’s most remote settlements, its nearest inhabited neighbor is Mangareva in French Polynesia, located approximately 540 kilometers away.
As a British overseas territory, Pitcairn’s population largely descends from the HMS Bounty mutineers and their Tahitian companions who settled there in the 18th century.
The island sustains itself through a modest economy that includes craft-making, honey production, and limited tourism. Residents are self-sufficient but rely on quarterly supply shipments from New Zealand.
Pitcairn’s rugged landscape, with steep cliffs and valleys, contributes to its secluded, tranquil lifestyle. The island lacks an airport, with the only access being a two-day boat journey from Mangareva, underscoring the challenges and isolation of life in this unique setting.
Blast from the past, you wouldn’t publish this today.
‘Witchetty’s Tribe’, Eric Jolliffe
I loved Jolliffe. Very funny with a real feel for outback aussies of all stripes and colours. Excellent artist also.
Wasn’t Eric Jollife described as horribly racist because he depicted Aborigines wearing nappies?
Marles Stream Media still in denial about nuclear vs. wind and solar. Marles still holding the line despite Uhlmann’s demolition job last night.
In the thick of harvest for another year.
While at my Walgett job I “jumped the fence” to the neighbours’ place for a few days as we had run into green crop. The neighbour is a rather large operator (40,000acres of cereals alone) and I was working with four other harvesters and three chaser bins, including my own.
Somebody can do the calculations but here are the raw numbers for that pinprick on the map about a month ago.
5 class 8 headers @. 80lts/hr
3 chaser bin tractors @. 35lts/hr
7 road trains in the rotation @120km round trip @1lt/km (ave turn around of 2.5hrs)
How many batteries to power that little lot?
Wow!
99.99% of the rest of Oz have absolutely no idea of the enormity of our farming practices. Also, just how much it takes to bring the food to our table.
Onya 132and Bush.
I don’t know, 132.
Better ask Bowen – his 20 something political science trained staffer-ettes will have done all the calculations, for sure.
Foxbody – 132 AA or AAA?
We had our non announced power out for the first time in my memory.
Only a local one, some idiot was going to go “off grid” and tripped the fuses at the local transformers, or so the linesman told me.
Computerwise I was OK the server and the other devices are protected by UPS and shut down in an orderly manner.
We have been without power for 4 or 5 hours, no problem with the fridge or freezer but I work from home so it’s inconvenient to say the least.
Engine powered generator is out of the question, is there some other solution that could deliver power for that duration?
Why is a generator out of the question?
You can get small solar appliances that will store enough electric power to charge your phone and computer. Mine is a light with a small solar panel on the top of it. You can charge it up with mains power and it will soal up solar power when in the sun. I also have a solar powered small radio, for emegencies too. Same thing – charge on mains and use solar when needed.
These things seemed useful for emergencies.
I did buy a small solar panel (about the size of a large open laptop computer) with a USB port attached – on a special at Coles for $25 – but I haven’t tried it out yet.
Deep cycle batteries. The kind that power Golf Carts. Don’t go near Lithium.
After so many years, I finally found out why American wait staff get so upset if you don’t leave a tip. The IRS assumes that a portion of their income comes from tips, calculated as a minimum percentage (I’m not sure of the exact number, but let’s say 20%). If you don’t tip, the shortfall effectively reduces their wage component due to the IRS assumption. In other words, for every dollar they earn, the IRS treats it as though they made $1.20. Tips are disclosed separately from the wage component. The IRS also has job categories where tips are assumed to be part of income.
The IRS is going to have to get “creative” once Trump ends taxes on tips.
Yes. Not tipping in the US is considered an insult.
No wonder Trump thought he had a winner with promising to scape the tax on tips during the election campaign.
Didn’t we have a similar problem with deeming of retirees bank interest? Even if the money was not invested in high interest rate accounts ATO simply deemed it so.
Treating $1 as $1.20 is unconscionable.
It’s a bloody disgrace.
I see Robert Kennedy wants to stop half or more of America getting hooked on Ozempic or derivates of it. Once you start this stuff you don’t stop. Whacko for big pharma.
as John H notes, Ozempic may have a place in cases of extreme obesity as the food habits and possibly celluar responses are so ingrained. Thee people are not going to change food habits much. So tackle the issue at the next generation, and at production sources.
Ozempic should never be used on children, imho, unless it is for intractable diabetes and even there I’m dubious. The fact that it slows digestion and can cause a form of digestive paralysis should be raising red flags everywhere. Do not do this to children. Certainly in cases of pre-diabetes and early type 2 then a change in dietary habits should be considered first.
The American diet is appalling, and Kennedy knows this. The problem has to be tackled at the societal level, re food production and food advertising. High sugar soda drinks and high carbohydrate meals could be put under critical scrutiny and loads of TV shows should do case studies to educate those in thrall to these food empires about their noxioius products. This doesn’t necessarily mean places like Makkas and Kentucky Fried are all wrong. It’s their buns and chips and sweet treats that do the most damage.
I’ve lost weight using Makkas and KF foods. Just ditch the buns and the chips. Eat the meat and salad in the burgers. Tasty and trims you. Makka’s chicken wraps are ok too.. You get two tasty pieces of crumbed fried chicken with lettuce and tomato. Eat those.and ditch the bready wraps. (My keto lunches for trips up and down the coast; I lost 1.5 kilos over the 4 days away making good keto choices at various restaurants and having scrambled egg with no toast breakfasts).
I am not in favour of taxing poor quality foods, see the cigarette tax here which shows how taxes complicate matters, as well as being authoritarian in the extreme. Change what is available to eat. Replace the seed oils used in processed and ‘fast’ foods with better altrnatives.
Most of all, teach portion control regardless of what it is you are eating. Start with restaurant servings. Charge more for high carbs like potato, pasta and bread products, and subsidise good quality meats for both home and restaurant consumption. Leave deserts as the treats they were meant to be – small in size and high in quality ingredients.
Produce more meat and get rid of the anti-meat greenies and purveyors of foods popular in meat-short countries such as lentil-driven India and pasta and rice cuisines with limited meat. Recognise humans can’t survive as well as the meat-eaters we are evolved to be by living on vegies alone. Meat consumption produces stronger and taller people (as long as they don’t do excess carbs and processed fats, which produce CHD).
Small changes incremental and cultural, can do a lot. Good luck to RFK.
In case I seem prescriptive about keto diets, I am not. They are useful for an initial and encouraging weight loss, but can and likely should be modified after a while. Eating meat, high quality carbs (but far less of them) and a savory breakfast rather than cereal can reduce glucose peaks and the ups and downs of glucose cravings between meals. A keto regime initially trains the palate to desire far fewer sweet treats. It’s suprising how quickly the desire for Tim Tams diminishes.
Oh, and you don’t have to ditch all of the Makka’s wrap or bun.
Half of it will do nicely if you’re truly hungry. 🙂
Eating meat, high quality carbs (but far less of them) and a savory breakfast rather than cereal can reduce glucose peaks and the ups and downs of glucose cravings between meals.
Why eat breakfast at all? Our hunter gatherer ancestors didn’t get up and go to the fridge, they went to work unfed, hunted all day and if they got lucky, consumed their catch that night. Time restricted eating gets you into ketosis faster, and ketosis is the key to the carnivore diet.
It’s not bread per se in the US that is the problem, it’s that it is laced with sugar. I found that out on a trip through the US mid-west some time ago. I could only eat continental bread rolls in restaurants and hotel breakfast rooms as these were the only ones not containing sugar.
The sweet taste was all wrong to me but it didn’t seem to bother the Americans. I found the same in Japan in most of their breads and rolls, they must have copied it from the Americans.
Agree – unless you can find specialist bread (eg rye) it is like eating cake. I found it particularly horrid when eating it with savouries, high protein fillings and salads, imagine eatinng these foods on cake and you’ll get the picture.
Not all American food is like this. There are plenty of regional cuisines and ethnic cuisines which are both healthy and delicious. But the mainstream diet is overloaded with sugar and fat, and the portions are huge. I hardly ever cleaned my plate in a restaurant.
Albo has been chumming up with China lately, but I bet he isn’t talking to them about climate stuff.
BRICS’ Kazan Declaration Trumps COP29 Climate Blather (18 Nov)
Of course the BRICS won’t mind if Western countries commit climate seppuku, but they’re not dumb enough to do it themselves.
Just as well we have Luigi the Unflushable to look after our interests.
You will not believe this, only a few minutes after I posted my query about power generation, this popped up in my feed!
PS; generator noise is prohibited where we live, along with a lot of other things as we discovered.
In the process of selling. Seemed like a good idea at the time, safe and secure.
Now? More like a prison.
I’ve got one. I feel it doesn’t last quite as long as expected before going flat, but it could get you through a few hours of blackout. Ours would have been sufficient to get through the blackout we had from that big Melbourne storm earlier in the year (running 2×550-litre fridges) and nothing else until the power company texted that the lights would not come back on at 10 PM per Plan A but perhaps two days later. Perhaps it might give you 8 hours on a regular fridge is you don’t open it to much and a PC.
That’s interesting JC re tips. I know we upset the guys at a bar on sunset boulevard because we forget to tip. We we fresh off the plane.
Tip deeming has been a serious issue for many years. Trump, being in tune with working Americans, recognised this with his “no tax on tips”
Anyone with any contact with this system is well aware of how brutal the IRS has been with deeming.
Good to see .. Woolies on the backfoot in fear of the gummint enquiry ..LOL!
?Popped into local Woolies yesterday arvo & noticed Iceberg Lettuce $2.50 each .. tempted but thought, “No, do my main shopping Wednesday so I’ll leave it ’til tomorrow”..
?1st thing this morning ….. Iceberg Lettuce $3.20 each ……..!
Stiff shit. WTF can the government do? The enquiry is just propaganda window dressing.
Does it possibly occur to you that yesterday’s price was the clear old stock. Effwit.
Colesworth change their weekly specials overnight on Tuesday-Wednesday I think. Staff were rearranging aisle ends when I popped in last night for a few things. Consider the bird in the hand when you encounter one. 🙂
I always timed my shopping for Tuesday evenings/nights.
Colesworth are desperate to get rid of the meat as they can’t just chuck it in the skips. Was always able to buy up wards of a couple of hundred dollars worth for under fifty.
Filled my freezer every couple of months.
FMD what arseholes, front page of the Australian.
JC
November 20, 2024 7:49 am
I knew about this “deemed tips” thing.
How did I know?
A waiter sat down at our table in a restaurant in LA a few years back and told us about it … four times.
FMD.
If they are not taxed it all becomes moot.
In fact the tip can now be 10% x (1 – Tax Rate %) to give the same after tax result.
I never knew. I thought they were just greedy fucks.
I never knew. I thought they were just greedy fcks.
Liz
Some people can’t be helped, and their kids are taught to eat poorly. The only thing that saves them from a life of obesity are drugs to reduce appetite. That’s all there is. If Ozempic has side effects, those obviously need to be weighed against the benefits of avoiding a lifetime of obesity. Trade-offs matter.
Today, we went out for lunch in Williamsburg ,Crooklyn with some friends. At an adjacent table, there was a couple. The guy looked average-sized, but the girl? She was a fat f**.* How did she get there? Let me break it down for you.
She started with onion soup and two slices of bread. I figured she’d stop there, but no! A gigantic main course arrived, which she devoured without hesitation.
There’s no way RFK’s policies are ever going to change people like this.
Gotta remember JC a fat chick is a ton of fun in a cupboard so your mates don’t see you.
On the serious side, you’ve only got to look in fat peoples shopping trolley’s to know why. Poor diet and volume of food.
Some people can’t be helped, and their kids are taught to eat poorly. The only thing that saves them from a life of obesity are drugs to reduce appetite.
The general societal problem is not that SOME people make bad choices, we all do. The issue is that those choices are not self correcting because we are insulated from the consequences by the welfare state. If we made obesity a personal problem by no longer backstopping the consequences (health costs, unemployability, poor productivity etc) we could stop worrying about it.
As Ashley Brilliant said ‘it could be that your sole purpose in life is to serve as a warning to others’?
Fluffy Annaliese expresses no opinion about the fake charges against Trump. She reports as if fair and reasonable charges are being thwarted by procedural matters.
Fluffy Analiese is using her Sky News gig to audition for a sinecure at the ABC (which has the same political culture as daytime Sky). Although Fluffy has the disadvantage that she’s not homosexual, she worships all the right animist gods (climate change, big government, NeverTrump etc).
She is a deadset kunt.
For those interested the live coverage of the 6th Starship test launch has now gone live:
https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1857622520154960080
Thanks for the reminder Bruce….great coverage and the Starbase is on my list for 2026.
Pitcairn’s population largely descends from the HMS Bounty mutineers and their Tahitian companions who settled there in the 18th century.
From memory….
When they were finally discovered about 25 years later there was only one mutineer left. All the others had died, mostly in violent ways.
Eventually the descendents petitioned Queen Victoria to let them go to Norfolk Island. They were allowed to, but some later returned to Pitcairn because they thought they had been promised all of Norfolk Island, and to be the boss/owners of it too..
And…the wreck of the Bounty is still off Pitcairn. although it was stripped and burnt onshore…
I mean Albo sez every discussion with Xi has been ‘constructive’ and ‘positive’.
What exactly has Albo contributed except for fellation?
Good dog, Albo.
He was called “Boy” and hasn’t the wit to understand it was an insult.
Given that these gummint approved super funds operate, primarily, to ensure both Labor & their union maaates have plenty of “readies” on hand why is the enquiry, suddenly, concerned about the mugs (wukkas) who keep them afloat ..? .. next thing you know they (enquiry) will be claiming the “customer” is important ….. Remember the “rule” .. Never, ever initiate an enquiry where you(gummint) haven’t already stipulated the end “result” ……. FFS!
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-20/cbus-super-fund-cancels-mans-insurance-days-before-death/104618826
Jaguar. Copy Nothing.
Apart from the marketing idea guaranteed to fail.
eeeewwwww, yuk!
It may not sell any cars but it win a CLIO award.
Who are Wankuar advertising to?
Pathetic.
Just take a look at this!
@Chesschick01
This is why both Republicans and Democrats loathe @mattgaetz … and this is why America needs him:
@EndWokeness
JC at 8:16:-
I remember travelling to the US in the era of “soup and/or salad” being provided as complementary sides with every meal.
We caused great consternation in one restaurant when we cancelled the soup/salad option (“but it’s free, sir”) and ordered a main each and a bottle of wine.
Much mumbling and pointing between the waiter and the maître d’. Eventually the head waiter comes over. “Just to confirm sir. No soup. No salad. Just one main course each … and a whole bottle of wine?”
“You got it, champ.”
Mrs D’s aunt shocked at one restaurant when as part of a group 4 of ordered a second bottle of wine! “But you’ve already had a bottle!”, “Yes I would like a second please”.
One bottle?
What sort of diner serves soup and salad for breakfast?
Lizzie-
Potatoes are not “high carb”.
I’m afraid they are. Potatos are pretty much ALL carbs. Of the 3 macronutrients, 100g of potato contains 23g of carbs, 3g of protein and 0.1g of fat. And worse still… even though they taste like crap unless you add fat or salt, when you eat them, their ‘complex’ carbs get chopped up into simple sugars – so you might as well have just eaten something nice n sweet instead.
BREAKING: Australia’s misinformation bill dead in the water
It’s due for a vote on Monday. Fingers crossed it stays that way.
Good, I was preparing myself for political prison again as I will NOT be shutting up even if its passed. Free speech is the cornerstone of a free society and censorship is the road to tyranny.
Got to love Elon. The payload of this Starship flight is one (1) banana, which will splash down west of Perth in a couple hours time.
If anyone in Perth unexpectedly smells a banana it probably means the Starship has exploded…
Is is the 150 thousand dollar ‘art’ banana?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=so8sB25IL4o
I did wonder about the banana.
I assumed it was a measuring device.
It is also a base unit of scientific measurement.
Banana equivalent dose
They’re chock full of radioactive potassium 40.
BB – you’re correct – this is absolutely disgusting and infuriating.
They should all be Ceausecued, as of yesterday.
Humanitarian eh?
They should be Gaddafi’ed.
Nup, Spartacus’d
Along the road to Tel Aviv .. LOL!
18yo houso Albo’s wet dream.
Oh yuk!
@EndWokeness
Extremely comforting fact:
The incoming administration is filled with parents of large families who are heavily invested in humanity’s future.
Very comforting.
The Narcissistic Mental Disorder of Communism
the cult of the echos
@CitizenFreePress
Please God, no bikini shots!
Indicates who is running the US, doesn’t it.
Biden finally recognised by the media as mentally incapacitated, ignored during the campaign, still invisible most of the time.
Harris, missing for most of the Biden term, suddenly treated as the President during the campaign, now forgotten and has wandered off.
So, what options are left?
Clinton? Obama? Swamp life?
In Deep Working Relationship news:
Abronese was on the electric wireless yesterday denying that he spent the whole of his 20 minutes with Xi inside the barrel – and boasting about shirtfronting the Emperor on matters that Australia must disagree with.
According to Lu Wigi he gave quite a spray – as the Fin Review reports:
Albanese lays out his red line after Xi demands more access for China
Zap! POW! Cop that, CCP dictator swine.
Just a warning to be “careful”, or the lobsters get it…
During the G20 photoshoot, Xi must have been wondering who was the strange little gweilo urgently tugging at his sleeve…
NASA Wants DOGE Co-Chair Elon Musk to ‘Clean House’ after Fiscal Disaster of Biden’s DEI Agenda
We live in hope that NASA is either given to Elon, or put through the shredder in regards to equity.
Massive Glaciers Once Covered Earth, Even the Equator, New Study Finds
Adjusts tinfoil hat 🙂 …
It is interesting that their have been archeological discoveries that point to civilisations much older than our current timeline suggests.
Was watching Tik history’s latest “Hitler’s God” yesterday and much is made of the fact that many of the top Nazis believed in the Ice Earth theory ( they also believed in the fire and ice theory of the universe).
Note I do not subscribe to this theory, or unquestioningly believe Hancock, but there is enough to make you go “hmmmmm”.
So, given the relatively constant output of the sun, meaning constant wattage to the equator, year round, how the he’ll can ice exist at the equator? (or, for that matter, grasslands at the poles?) Unless, of course the equator moved to the poles…. the ‘shifting crust’ hypothesis at least explains both of these possibilities….
We already knew this.
Neil Oliver STUNNED as Dutch Official Reveals Covid-19 Was ‘MILITARY Operation’ in SHOCK Admission
Of course it bloody was!
Look at how they pulled it off here:
Censorship
Propaganda
Lockdowns/Curfews
Closed borders
Military (and militarised police) in the streets
Central control of the economy
Identity cards and checks in the streets
3 Star General in charge
Thousands of farmers protest against inheritance tax changes
BREAKING NEWS: Labour’s War on Farmers: The Hidden Agenda Exposed
What the Gov Thinks of You?
Thanks for the link BoN
For those interested the live coverage of the 6th Starship test launch has now gone live:
Pity they had to dump the booster into the Gulf of Mexico. But the footage of the ‘landing’ was excellent! I suspect it is fairly shallow there, which I think is why it stayed upright for a few seconds before gently falling over.
WA senator Fatima Payman strikes up unlikely union with embattled CFMEUDan Jervis-BardyThe West Australian
Tue, 19 November 2024 9:52AM
Fatima Payman is set to front a pro-CFMEU rally in Melbourne alongside one of its sacked officials as the WA senator develops an unlikely union with the fellow Labor Party outcasts.
Senator Payman will also push for a Senate inquiry on Wednesday into the administrator charged with cleaning up the scandal-plagued construction union in another sign of the burgeoning alliance.
The ex-Labor senator and former union official has been publicly sympathetic to the embattled CFMEU over recent weeks, using this month’s Senate estimates to hammer Employment Minister Murray Watt about the use of member funds to cover the administration’s costs.
The line of questioning prompted Senator Watt to accuse Senator Payman of a secret “agenda”.
In a sign of her growing support for the union, The West can reveal Senator Payman is scheduled to speak at a pro-CFMEU public meeting in inner-city Melbourne on December 5.
Representing the people of WA, I don’t think so.
Earlier, Calli was wondering about the legality of nuclear power in Australia.
The place of nuclear in the energy mix has been an issue for most of my working life in Australia – a complex web of stupidity, fear, ignorance, anti-US politics, and a hangover of the nuclear disarmament movement.
For wonks, this 2023 AEC paper succinctly describes the Arc of Nuclear Failure from Gorton onwards and the rise of performative anti-nuclear legislation:
Nuclear power for Australia: A potted history
In the 1990’s, the petroleum industry was pondering the implications of a future which had a spine of nukes on the east coast by 2020. This was built on the forecast retirement of coal (about now) and the emergence of the AGW scare (which, in 1995, was just starting to become an industry strategic issue).
As it turned out, John Howard completely shagged the politics of nuclear energy (perhaps deliberately) – and here we are.
An honourable mention should go to the unpleasant Grayndler Member for his 2006 contribution:
At least the little beast has been consistent across his long and useless career.
Breibart:
I guess they are just going to stay at home and screw their hearts out … err wait a moment …
news:
Women not going shopping for four years?
That is self-inflicted hell!
LOL, we can but hope.
At least they won’t have to worry about abortions.
Thought Id have a little workout of the UKs farm tax and how quick inflation would see most people snared in the tax.
Their currency’s value has declined by 1/2 in the last 14 years.
Thats using their calculations.
https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/monetary-policy/inflation/inflation-calculator
What would goods and services costing
£1000000 in 2010 cost in Sep 2024
£1,500,894.62
Thats some Olympic class debasement there.
But then I checked us – not far behind and it doesn’t include this year.
https://www.rba.gov.au/calculator/annualDecimal.html
$1000000 in 2010 would cost in 2023 –
$1,398,803.33
Inflation and depreciation is an economy killer. Japan has gone from the new America in the 1980s to the new Bali in the 2020s. Australia next?
Using the price of gold as a comparator, the AUD has declined in value by a compound annual rate of 10% over the last 20y
The hair dye, tattoo, soy milk and cat food industries are about to be decimated.
And toilet paper!
by catfud, do you mean rabbits and birds?
What’s Going On Here? Paper-Shredding Truck Spotted Outside Department of Justice Building Days After Trump Announces Matt Gaetz Attorney General Nomination
Here Are Donald Trump’s ‘Promises Made’ on Transgenderism and Abortion
‘Seven double cheeseburgers, please. And a Diet Coke.’
‘Seven double cheeseburgers, please. And a Diet Coke: deep fried.’
Why eat breakfast at all?
Children and the elderly need to eat breakfast.
We always try to eat a good breakfast mid morning; some fresh fruit, porage for my husband, yoghurt for me and eggs.
Children and the elderly need to eat breakfast.
Evidence please?
Donald Trump gives Dr. Oz a key role in his administration working for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
For a senator for Western Australia Payman seems to spend a lot of time in Melbourne.
A couple of weeks ago she was there fronting a rally calling for a boycott, divestment and sanctions for Israel.
Not getting much traction in WA?
Correct, Faustus – John Howard kiboshed nuclear power in Australia for political reasons.
As I pointed out when Dutton floated his trial nuclear balloon earlier this year, he’ll need a stunning mandate & a friendly senate if it’s not to be shot down ignominously.
I want to see a Binding Referendum on it.
“Political reasons” was horse trading to get the GST legislation passed by the senate cross bench. Despite the bruising election campaign which was basically a referendum on the GST.
At the time no doubt Howard, like Menzies back in the day, expected our then very cheap power to continue to be mainly generated by coal which of course is the second cheapest source of electricity behind dam based hydro.
subsequent energy market destroying policies such as the RET occurred years later.
Fringe benefit of being friends with the CEO: free ring-side tickets!
Trump views test of SpaceX rocket Musk is building for Mars (Paywallian)
Fast work from The Australian to get this story up. Well done! The video excerpt they have on the main website isn’t insertable, but can be seen here.
Ladyboy news (the CM):
This is one of the OnlyFans people advertising an intent to root schoolies, and film it for her ‘platform’. A pommy chick planning to do the same thing went to Fiji for the same purpose after adverse publicity here, but is in the process of being deported after the Fiji people found out about it.
Perhaps the most important thing this person ‘forgot’ to mention during her advertising campaign was that she was, in fact, a dude.
A pack of lies, then. Unsurprising – if you can lie to yourself, you can lie to others.
It’s legal to be a dickhead as well. Or a ranga. It doesn’t make it right.
Wrong.
This kind of thing gives the Gold Coast amateur porn community a bad name.
What about being lefthanded? That would be 3 out of 3 Knuckles.
That’s a bit gauche.
Yeah, she sounds a really contented soul.
Changed its name from Manuel Kay I presume.
Err … wut?
Spuds are the Prince of Carbs.
The King of Carbs is pan-fried roti bread.
Dr F wins the internet for today.
Kieran Gilbert and Chris Uhlmann interview!
Kieran was clearly uncomfortable with Chris’s straight statement that our government has been lying to us about renewables.
Since Kieran couldn’t hide behind “the Health advice” he had to fall back on “it’s a very complicated matter”.
Correct, Faustus – John Howard kiboshed nuclear power in Australia for political reasons.
Little johnnie is the worst PM this shit hole has had.
History has not been kind to the suburban solicitor and Hyacinth. A lot of stuff has its origins in the Howard era.
Cue Lefty heads exploding, a la Scanners.
Tom Elliott, gasp!, had Moira Deeming on, who spaketh the very definition of Nazism. That is, this garbage document being distributed around Victoriastan kinders, that gender is fluid etc and that teachers would be expected to deliver these classes.
At what point would a teacher say enough about this crapola and get our kids school ready? FMD
Most evil gubment in Australia.
In my case, five years ago.
And I tried to tell folks it was coming for them, but nooo, they kept saying “Once these people have to get a job in the real world…”.
Showing an astonishing misunderstanding of what the real world consists of.
Erm…if you make your private life public for financial gain, you’re inviting scrutiny.
Just in case you didn’t thoroughly detest NSW plod yet.
Protest pests given green light after cops withdraw court action (Tele, paywalled)
You wave an Israeli flag in Hyde Park and you will be arrested instantly. But if you disrupt the biggest port in Australia, costing companies millions of dollars, you get a free get out of jail card.
(* Tele mainpage version of the blurb.)
I was in there this afternoon, Bruce. Tent city, dozens of portaloos, big marquees, small tents everywhere, it will be a n effing disgrace, as is our new Lord Mayor, a closet green defector from Labor.
As a ratepayer, I am furious, because we will foot the bill for this.
Elon Musk slams Keir Starmer saying UK has gone ‘full Stalin’ over farmer tax
If, as some say, the farms sold to pay the tax are then acquired by large corporations, the more appropriate leaders of the corporate state, such as Mussolini and Hitler.
Starmer says Britain won’t be deterred by ‘irresponsible’ nuclear rhetoric from Russia
On reflection Arks, you’re correct. The incorporation of Auto-da-fé type elements culminating in a righteous HOP Time™ spectacular will provide the long suffering populace with even more much needed satisfaction.
Bring it on.
Last week, Ms Manuel – who erected a billboard promoting herself
The truth always slips through.
Mr Manuel.
From first glance, it was obvious it was a bloke. eeewww.
Mrs Entropy back in the day has trained sex change dudes to sound more ladylike. Of course back then the sex change could only happen after extensive medical and psychiatric assessments.
anyway, as soon as he opened his mouth she said: “that’s a bloke!”
Wind the clock back two months and you get a sense of how Captain Successful will likely play this:
‘Quite strange’ for Coalition to reject disinformation crackdown it originally proposed, Albanese says
Not immediately clear exactly who promoted the “injection of bleach as a Covid cure”. That actually sounds like an echo of Biden’s misinformation about the media’s disinformation about Trump’s 2020 comments.
Shirley that little scamp Albanese wasn’t misinforming anyone about that…
Lu Wigi doesn’t misinform. He LIES, consistently.
Wonder who Albosleazy will try to bribe with taxpayer’s money to change their support to the government?
Nigel Farage RALLIES Farmers in BOLD Plan Against Labour’s Brutal Tax Raid: ‘Something CAN Be Done!’
In other words, it’s a soon to be euthanized distraction squirrel.
It’ll be interesting to see how this pans out.
Not only Nigel has been on the streets with the farmers. Also Jeremy Clarkson and Andrew Lloyd-Webber too.
The latter is a full-on lefty, so we have probably the two biggest heroes of the right and the left in joint partnership fighting this stupid class-war stuff.
Starmer and his lefties are not leaving anybody any wriggle room but to rebel. He has failed to see how the worm turned in the US with the recent election results so let’s see what happens next when more lefties start feeling the squeeze.
Also Jeremy Clarkson and Andrew Lloyd-Webber too.
The latter is a full-on lefty
Lloyd-Webber a full-on lefty? No, absolutely not. In fact for decades he has long supported the Conservative Party although Covid soured that support with Lloyd-Webber saying that that he would never vote for the Conservatives again due to their handling of the Covid pandemic.
I don’t know who he voted for in July this year, not the Conservatives and not Labour, maybe a minor party.
He’s a lefty.
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s team tells Donald Trump to stop using ‘Memory’ at rallies (2020)
No he is not.
He is a lefty. A global warmie, a Trump hater and a vax promoter. What else do you need for proof?
I’m not sure the list you have is a dictionary definition of a lefty, BoN. Some commonality, sure but lots of conservatives don’t like Trump, believe in AGW (say Matt Ridley) and think that vaccines are helpful.
Lots of not actually conservatives you mean. Teals, basically. Not even RINOs, who I don’t regard as conservatives in any case.
Oh I admire him massively. Saw Cats and Superstar live in Sydney ‘way back when. Wonderful!
Lloyd-Webber saying that that he would never vote for the Conservatives again due to their handling of the Covid pandemic
There’s a bit of that going around!
On Starmer, the Farmer’s Friend.
Mrs Faustus’s UK family includes a herd of farmers – from which I find my (admittedly limited) farming awareness and these observations:
In my experience these people work long, hard hours in a complicated and commercially risky occupation for fairly modest returns. (Although, being taciturn Derbyshire folk, they may be lying through their teeth, have well-stocked Trust Funds, and own secret Lamborghinis.)
Clarkson has a Lamborghini tractor. Apparently it is ludicrously large for Cotswold farms, although it isn’t much bigger than a grey fergie.
It would be a prop. My impression is that Clarkson’s Farm has been a very successful Amazon Prime television series. His efforts with Top Gear then the Grand Tour were awesome. Now he is doing a pub. He’s a very talented guy.
it isn’t much bigger than a grey fergie.
Oh yes it is
Not sure what people would have preferred here. Albanese refusing the hand of Xi and Starmer, preferring Lula and Macron? Do you want to tank relations with China? What sort of line do you want the government to take?
Andrew Lloyd-Webber attended Margaret Thatcher’s funeral.
He’s not a ‘full-on lefty’.
He’s a lefty.
Delingpole: Does Anyone Care What Archbishop Welby Has to Say About Vaccines? (2021)
No he is not.
Ok maybe he is not a full-on lefty, I accept that. Just a Matt Kean level lefty.
Being anti-Trump, a global warming believer, and a vaccine nazi is a bit of a tell.
And a climate bedwetter.
Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber has told LBC he fears the migrant crisis is on the “same level as climate change”. (2021)
I like to put [name] and [climate change] into search engines. The results are always interesting.
Clarkson literally organized and lead the protest. Farage is largely a blow-in. The inheritence tax is simply a means of divesting families and Britons of their farms so large corporations and funds like BlackRock can roll in and buy British farms and land. Was good to see Galloway support the protests as well.
One that doesn’t involve kissing chinese house sized arse, for a change.
Or sucking up to that loathsome stalinist cretin der stürmer.
A question for discussion.What happens if the NY judge gaols Trump before inauguration?
State of emergency?Appeals?Total shit sandwich?
Civil Disturbances.
In precisely the same way and for the same reasons I would tank relations with Ted Bundy.
Let the lobsters fall where they may.
The Indian owned company which was formerly Jaguar has released a new ad.
Behold!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLtFIrqhfng
Some of the comments:
11 hours ago
“Are you sure this will help us sell more cars?”
“Cars?”
This marketing agency is completely out of touch.
9 hours ago
Fire everyone in marketing responsible for this
Their EVs can get quite excitable.
Jaguar EV drivers told to park cars outside amid fire risk (2023)
Good luck selling them to the woke, Indian Jag peoples.
Or try c-suite guys that knew it was stupid campaign, but not game to say so.
In Dead Man Walking news:
Everything this slithering turd has just said in this article is unmitigated horseshit solely uttered to save his sorry arse.
He can see the writing on the wall. Amusing hearing his verbal calisthenics
You’d think he’d show a little self respect and resign, quoting “Best for the Relationship.”
But no, self respect isn’t on the cards with this disgracefully self glittered turd.
Birds of a feather eh.
Abbott, Morrison, Turnbull.
Says it all about politicians.
Only the anu, foreign affairies and canbra could cosset something like dr krudd.
Javier Milei: President of Argentina – Freedom, Economics, and Corruption | Lex Fridman Podcast #453
**Summary:** In this episode of the Lex Fridman Podcast, Javier Milei, the President of Argentina, discusses his libertarian and anarcho-capitalist perspectives, the fight against economic corruption, and his ambitious reforms aimed at revitalizing the struggling Argentine economy. He recounts his path to understanding the principles of economic freedom, his radical approaches to governance, and the socio-political landscape of Argentina. The conversation touches on Milei’s strategies for reducing poverty, tackling corruption, and his vision for Argentina as a model of freedom and economic prosperity. Milei is passionate about defending liberty in all its forms, resisting government overreach, and fostering economic growth through deregulation and minimal state intervention. The episode also highlights his interactions with figures like Elon Musk and Donald Trump. **Key Points:** 1. **Introduction (0:00)** – Introduction to Javier Milei as the President of Argentina and his economic philosophies. 2. **Economic Freedom (3:27)** – Discusses the importance of economic freedom as foundational for growth. – Shares insights from historical economic data and his transition to libertarian ideas. 3. **Anarcho-Capitalism (8:52)** – Defines his ideological position as anarcho-capitalist and explains the concept of minarchism. – Describes his disdain for government intervention, emphasizing non-aggression and respect for property rights. 4. **Presidency and Reforms (18:45)** – Details actions taken since assuming office, including reducing government ministries and achieving fiscal surplus. – Discusses the challenges faced, including hyperinflation and entrenched poverty. 5. **Poverty (38:05)** – Analyzes the impact of economic reforms on poverty statistics. – Acknowledges the painful short-term effects of reforms but emphasizes long-term benefits. 6. **Corruption (44:37)** – Shares his administration’s fight against corruption and reducing bureaucratic inefficiencies. – Describes actions taken against corrupt officials and practices. 7. **Freedom (53:14)** – Articulates his commitment to defending political and economic freedoms. – Discusses the broader cultural issues associated with socialism and the importance of expressive freedom. 8. **Elon Musk (1:07:26)** – Discusses his admiration for Elon Musk, mentioning shared interests in freedom and technological progress. – Highlights Musk’s innovative approaches and discussions of demography and growth during their interactions. Through the conversation, Milei merges economic principles with personal conviction, showcasing a vigorous perspective on governance and freedom amidst substantial challenges in Argentina.
I see Abbott mentioned in the above article. What a fraud and a creep he’s turned out to be.
If Albanese was arsekissing Xi he’d have junked Aukus and wouldn’t be hosting US military personnel on Australian soil.
Get real.
He has to have a slight facade of loyalty.
No sentencing for Trump in the near future.
https://www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trumps-sentencing-in-hush-money-case-postponed/012b5600-83df-4f48-b691-048a8f6e66de
Ray Dalio Reveals the Hard Truth About America’s Path Forward | Election Economy Reform & The Future
Tom Bilyeu
Summary In the video, Tom Bilyeu interviews Ray Dalio about the future of the American economy in light of recent political changes. Dalio outlines significant forces shaping the economy, emphasizing the need for internal and external reforms as the U.S. adopts an “America First” policy. He discusses the challenges of changing international dynamics, the likelihood of increased protectionism, the impact of technology, and the necessity of addressing social inequalities through education. Dalio stresses the importance of a bipartisan approach to reforms, highlighting the significant socio-economic issues that need attention in the wake of current political shifts. ### Key Points #### Introduction and Economic Forces 1. **Economy as a Chessboard**: Dalio likens the economy to a chessboard, where understanding the pieces’ positions helps predict future moves. 2. **Five Major Forces**: – Credit and debt cycles affecting buying power and economic output. – Internal political dynamics leading to potential disorder. – International relations and changing global orders. – Natural disasters and climate change’s impact. – Technological advancements that influence economic conditions. #### Political Dynamics and Future Reforms 3. **Changing Domestic Order**: The shift from a Democratic administration to a more right-wing populist government implies significant reforms. 4. **Industrial Policies**: Upcoming reforms will likely resemble a business model focused on efficiency and productivity rather than a pure free market. 5. **America First Policy**: A pivot towards national interests over international cooperation, leading to potential conflict with rising powers like China. #### Implications of Economic Policies 6. **Geopolitical Tensions**: Increased aggressiveness in foreign policy and potential for international confrontations. 7. **Technological Decoupling**: Development of distinct technological ecosystems (U.S. vs. China). 8. **Protectionism**: Expected increases in tariffs and deregulation to boost domestic industries could raise prices for consumers. #### Internal Socio-Economic Challenges 9. **Revenge of the Working Class**: Anger stemming from stagnant wages and diminished prospects could lead to societal unrest. 10. **Need for Bipartisan Support**: Major reforms will require broad consensus, including better education systems to equip future generations. #### Education and Social Safety Nets 11. **Focus on Education**: Dalio emphasizes the necessity for quality education to empower children and not lose a generation. 12. **Concerns about Displaced Workers**: The government must create strategies for those losing jobs in a reforming economy, lest they become disenfranchised. #### Final Thoughts on Economic Management 13. **Manhattan Project for the Economy**: A call for a collective effort to devise effective economic reforms that are equitable and progressive. 14. **Prioritization in Governance**: Immediate focus areas will include immigration, trade, technology, energy, and deregulation. 15. **Potential Risks**: Concerns about alienation of disadvantaged populations and lack of attention to social issues could lead to unrest. #### Conclusion 16. **Vision for the Future**: Emphasizing long-term reforms in governance, economy, and society, with hope for constructive changes that can improve the lives of many Americans.
Good for the perennial chancer Galloway, maybe; for the farmers – no.
Report from my Kent based daughter on the farmer protests.
Numbers were disappointing. The two federations offered no help. Little support from the north. Distance an issue.
Women appeared to be more willing than the men. A culture is yet to develop.
The kids on toy tractors was a stroke of genius. Herts.
Carnival atmosphere but could have evaporated if police became pushy.
The risk is to maintain and increase the momentum. “Right, we have done that now and got nowhere” is a genuine risk. Need to import some French agent provocateurs.
… and some Dutch shock troops.
Sorry, but I don’t buy what you’re selling. The trope that every international figure and state that, coincidentally is our competitor/ or resists the aims of the GAE must be a sociopath and the like, is utter slop.
As for Gaddafi, smart move that was. Removing that bulwark to mass African migration.
Organ donation from political prisoners on demand.
Bundyesque.
Also bleeding into the West.
Canadia has murdered tens of thousands of it’s citizens and feed many of the remains into organ “donation” since 2016.
The perversion of our societies due to contact with these communist regimes is incalculable.
“A question for discussion.What happens if the NY judge gaols Trump before inauguration?
State of emergency?Appeals?Total shit sandwich?”
Trump can appeal it in NY state, and he would be bailed until the appeal was heard.
If that doesn’t work, he can appeal federally, suggesting his constitutional rights have been violated (there is precedent that you can’t raise a misdemeanor to a felony on the basis that it affects the commission of another crime unless you also specify the other crime – something that they didn’t do in Trump’s trial).
Even if all that doesn’t work out and they want to gaol Trump anyway, then the USSS will have kittens over that – they would likely insist (and they have the power to do it too) that an entire wing of the prison is emptied and they can take full control of said wing, including who gets in and who doesn’t.
Pretty sure that is not how the internet works.
As I pointed out when Dutton floated his trial nuclear balloon earlier this year, he’ll need a stunning mandate & a friendly senate if it’s not to be shot down ignominously.
In view of the global nuclear energy push, I think, on the contrary, Dutton is on a winner. Australia looks like the village idiot.
Chris Uhlmann’s doco last night was a tour de force. Excellently researched and excellently presented. Can’t see that Bowen can keep pursuing a strategy that will plunge Oz into intermittent darkness and industrial chaos.
Further to the suggestion that Dutton will fail in his nuclear policy – on the contrary, see brilliant article today by Jo Nova:
BIG News — The Climate Blob finally goes Nuclear “to save the world”: US and UK offer nuclear secrets (and Australia says NO)
By Jo Nova
Everything just changed. For the first time in Climate Bureaucracy, Nuclear power can save the world too.Until today, only renewables had the Holy Sacred Power against Climate Change. But last night the UK and US signed a new agreement at COP29 to share “billions of pounds worth of nuclear research” in order to “decarbonize” the world.
They did this backflip in such a tearing rush, they didn’t even have time to phone the Prime Ministers they were offering this bonanza to. They accidentally listed all the countries they expected to sign up, only to find the Australian government is going to an election waving the anti-nuclear flag, while the opposition demons carry the pro-nuclear pennant. Oopsie indeed. The press release was reissued, but the Labor government in Australia are now trying to explain why nuclear power is great in submarines, but too expensive and slow for sites that don’t move and aren’t underwater. It’s entertaining.
………………………….see the rest of article
Nuclear power is the product, Dutton is the salesman.
Thus far his sales pitch is uncertain, failing even to win over the QLD premier.
He’d better refine it by the election campaign because, in a “Look, over there!” strategy, Labor is going to make it the focus.
And if he doesn’t sell it convincingly it’s going to be off the agenda for a generation or so as we slip into energy poverty.
Interesting idea. Why would large funds be interested in buying British farms?
Because the UK has the most productive land on the planet.
Knock out the family farms and go corporate and you exercise massive financial, political and social power. A dream scenario for Gates, the WEF and communism. The left’s eternal dream of collectivisation is fulfilled but with profits going to the blob and not the State.
To keep them fallow and thus eliminate competition for their giant farms.
To turn them into housing estates.
to become farmers themselves …. wind and solar however
Vicki what you fail to notice that now in Ausfailure feelz and stupid trump reason.
You are not wrong, Ranga. But it is confined, I believe, mostly to the ideologues of the Left.
Ideology is built on ideas – but maintained by Emotion. Very few ideologues can examine two opposing views dispassionately.
I have zero empirical evidence for this but I wonder if a contributor to Type 2 Diabetes might be irregular eating (e.g. skipping breakfast).
No, its actually the opposite … hunter gatherer humans evolved over millena with the combination of 1) ‘time restricted eating’ (they mainly ate in a short window – at night, consuming the proceeds of the days hunt 2) ‘regular fasts’ (when the hunt failed) and 3) low to very low carbohydrate intake (walk around the aussie bush and tell me what carbs you are going to eat).
These 3 factors kept their BSL low most of the time. The cause of T2DM is repeated insulin spikes as a result of consuming regular and excessive carbs. This makes the cells less sensitive to insulin, requiring increasing production of it which eventually burns the pancreas out.
When on a low carb diet, you really dont get hungry, and especially not in the mornings (I am 70h into a 5 day fast as i type). Breakfast (and especially breakfast cereals) were invented to have you consume carbs at the start of the day, setting you up for a return of hunger a few hours later – and another carb dose (cake/bun/bread/ biscuit) then again for lunch, then again mid afternoon, then at dinner ….. rinse and repeat and consume processed foods all across the day!
There is a lot of good sense in this from Flying Duk.
Too many carbs, too many insulin spikes, caused Type 2.
The modern plague.
It is also my experience personally that low carb diets curb the appetite in the morning.
The DEMS are eating themselves alive. Fabulous stuff.
As for Lichtman using the word Blasphemy … oh, just f*ck off.
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Mark Dice:
Chunk Uygur ExpIodes on Democrat “Election Guru” Allan Lichtman! MUST SEE!
Don’t call me STOOPID!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5IQnQhzMSI
Own goal on the Prof. bwahahahahaha
The risk is to maintain and increase the momentum. “Right, we have done that now and got nowhere” is a genuine risk. Need to import some French agent provocateurs.
Unfortunately, can’t see the farmers winning if “der Sturmer” adopts Thatcheresque tactics .. He used his “thuggism” to steamroll the Southport protests so expect he’ll do the same if the farmers get beyond “celebrity” gatherings stage ….
The miners were far better at “bully boy’ organization and came off 2nd best ………..!
Eyrie
November 20, 2024 8:23 am
Reply to shatterzzz
Stiff shit. WTF can the government do? The enquiry is just propaganda window dressing.
Does it possibly occur to you that yesterday’s price was the clear old stock. Effwit.
Obviously, you don’t do much supermarket shopping or else you’d be aware
Woolies pricing cycle is Wednesday morning thru Tuesday night, every week, so an overnight rise on Wednesday doesn’t mean “old stock” it means “gouging” …!
Woolworths sits on 1.6 billion in stock.
Sales= 64 billion dollars.
Net margin approximately 2.5%
..
You would expect to earn more than 2.5% if you had billions invested including 1.6 billion in perishable goods?
So start your own supermarket or go to farmers’ markets etc. It will end up costing you more.. You pay for convenience.
Woolies pricing cycle is Wednesday morning thru Tuesday night, every week
?Or they have a weekly supply cycle.
Pentagon Claims, without a Scintilla of Evidence, That DPRK Troops are On the Ground in Kursk Region
November 19, 2024 – Sundance
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Me.
For the same reasons they are elsewhere.
The modern, atheist, globalised world is a death cult, informed by the practices of the communist regimes we have spent 50 years attempting to integrate with Western societies through trade, academic and industrial cooperation:
Running out of Oz sporting teams to support ..
Lukewarm for Wanderers after some very poor player “buys” reflected in their playing form.. gave up on the Socceroos after the 1st Bahrain debacle and now abandoning the Eels since they embraced the druggie, Addled Carr .. Gutho went to Dragons but can’t abide Flanagan and Soufs have “Latrine”
Woe is meeeee ……..!
After Southport & his broken promises on illegal migration and pensioner winter fuel discounts Starmer’s political credit rating must be negative or close to it. If the farmers can elicit public sympathy I don’t think he can afford to go up against them.
Farmers get a good hearing from the public when they arc up. No reason to expect any different in the UK.
That was my thought…but I’ve been away from the UK too long to make predictions with certainty.
Poms have a funny relationship with the “countryside”. From. my experience like Australians and the outback, few with any real experience but like to know it’s there.
Elsewhere is not everywhere.
British farming is a lifestyle choice. The average return on capital is .5%. In case you missed it that’s a point in front of the 5.
You’re peddling the idea that the British liars imposed the tax so funds can purchase farmland as a result of distressed sales due to death taxes. Did you think of this or did you read it somewhere?
liberalism. It was no coincidence that the Harvard Committee defined death in a way that was convenient for the newly emerging field of transplantation in 1968.
What utter scum UK Labour are, claiming that farm theft is intended to pay for the NHS.
Even for Labour that is a lazy idiotic lie, but sure enough the communist BBC is using it to attack the farm movement.
Once again, the Conservatives are at fault. People were screaming at them to remove the TV levy, but of course the establishment like the BBC. They are a useful tool for repressing the lower orders.
Thus far Dutton and O’Brien have stamped on every political landmine and lit every exploding cigar offered by the enemies of nuclear energy.
They have:
The US-UK COP29 proposal is something of a life belt. But it is unlikely to be much more than a political concept before the election.
On the other hand, Labor and technical friends will already have double-shotted the canons to try and sink whatever detail is provided.
If a minority Labor government gets up, that will likely be the end of debate for another 20 years. By which time we will envy Chad’s electricity system.
Dark days; little light.
* Inexplicably, given the Coalition policy contemplates conventional as well as SMR technology.
And where did I say they were buying land everywhere?
So what?
As the only reason, no. But they won’t care if farmers lose out in such a scenario where farmland is consolidated by corporations and investment managers while they collect the inheritance taxes. Clarkson has made the point as have others.
Really?
The only place I’d like to see Galloway is on a platform retracting this.
I would prefer Nuclear over the renewables rubbish, but honestly my preference is to continue using beautiful Australian coal, with a tiny amount of gas for peaking etc. Coal has always been, and should remain, our energy King. All mainland hydro should be given over to the maximising of water for agriculture. If they can produce cheap sparks as well, fair enough.
Prime plots of land on Airstrip One. What’s not to like?
British farmers are not like the French who can go feral. Starter has undoubtedly learned from the Canadian truckers strike. Expect debanking, increased and belligerent ministry of agriculture inspections, sudden foot and mouth outbreaks. It will get worse for the farmers.