Areff is the owner of Ellie? I thought it was the other way around.
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Back in the days of Hughes?
Reflecting on Granville, 48 years later. My brother in-law was on the train. He liked the “non smoking” carriage, and…
My paternal grandparents’ electorate, as it happens. 😀 Not that they’re on the roll anymore!
A candidate like Warren Mundine is not going to have any traction in a seat like Bradfield or Mackellar or…
Hunter Biden accused of stiffing LA landlord out of over $300,000 in rent after being pardoned by dad Joe
No doubt happy to have him there in the first place. Did he not know Bunter Hiden was in the same family as Sniffy Joe the criminal arsehole. You can bet he was happy to tell his mates he had Bunter there.
I have no doubt that Elon Musk would have been enemy No. 1 if Trump had not won the election.
@SarahisCensored
Absolute INSANITY.
The Department of Justice wants the court to GAG Ethan Haim’s right to RT prominent voices on X who work to protect Texas children and have come to his defense.
Doctor Haim blew the whistle on Texas Children’s Hospital and their practice of illegally transitioning children.
Go ahead and add me to the list of those who will not be quiet! I will also be following and reporting on this story closely, starting now.
Kash Patel on Hunter
Trump Needs to Make an Example of General Milley
Wrong.
Mark Milley should be recalled to service, court-martialed, and if found guilty, shot.
It is the only sentence the Left understand and they would apply it to us.
Any Democrat President would pardon him and he would live in luxury from sympathisers for ever.
No, remove all his security clearances and forbid any in the military having any contact with him. His ability for graft will drop to 0.
Reports from Aleppo are that the ‘rebels’ have emptied the prisons and are dismantling machinery, etc. and sending them to Turkey. It’s what you do when you’re a home grown ‘rebel’ militia.
Did they say what machinery they were dismantling?
Power generation equipment, and the like.
Haa Haa ..!
Very good
Elon Musk reveals the staggering sum U.S. taxpayers spend on illegal immigration every year
Biden Admits His DOJ Is Corrupt
Former ICE Director: Trump’s Mass Deportations Will ‘Quickly’ Dismantle Tren de Aragua Gang that Flourished Under Joe Biden, Kamala Harris
Can We Talk About J6?
Why is Dr. Scott Gottlieb so desperate to keep Robert F. Kennedy Jr. out of Trump’s cabinet?
Delaware Confiscates $100 Billion of Musk’s Wealth
Matt Taibbi
Note on the FBI
@CitizenFreePress
DEMOCRATS HAVE ZERO SELF AWARENESS.
Biden announces $1 billion gift to Africa to help the homeless displaced by non-existent climate change.
1) This is simply a grift that enriches NGOs.
2) Helene victims are currently homeless in North Carolina.
JohnH:
What went wrong?
The criminal class running the Unions and the Labor Party. And their suborning of the Liberal Party.
I think that just about every problem these days can be traced back to this class.
You are looking at a society that is in the middle of the transition to a Kleptocracy. The only bastion against this collection of Australian Mafiosi to this point is the general population, and they are tired of the fight.
We didn’t even know we were in the fight.
As I’ve said many times, Unions, Liars and SFL’S have ruined this country. I say the SFL’S due to not doing anything to break the unions controlling the Lying Labor Liars party.
bread and circuses
See Jo Nova:
Renewables Star state “urgently” wants to force two diesel plants back to stop blackouts
Cat Watching Horror Movie
That was so funny! 😀
The abortion speech, the student walkout – and the Catholic civil war
SMH – By Jordan Baker – December 3, 2024 — 7.30pm
Excerpts:
“The Catholic community in Australia cannot ignore the ongoing crisis that decisions taken by the senior executive of ACU have caused for its Catholic identity,” the letter, written by members of the influential Catholic lawyers’ group, the St Thomas More Society, said.
While accepting an honorary doctorate – for which he was nominated by Fisher – de Bruyn said abortion was the single biggest killer of human beings in the world, and a “tragedy that must be ended”. Catholic doctrine teaches life is sacred from the point of conception.
The speech prompted a mass walkout by staff and students. The university expressed regret for distress caused to the community, refunded the students’ graduation fees and offered counselling. It defended de Bruyn’s right to express his personal beliefs, but said the content of the speech did not meet its standards for student safety and inclusivity.
Then they should be stripped of their Catholic name. They can call themselves the Secular University.
It is a publicly funded uni.
While the churches remain hooked on public funding for their educational institutions they will not be able to exercise proper oversight of them.
No, they are not publicly funded, students incur HECS debts which they have to repay. The Church should exercise much more influence and students who don’t agree with the Catholic teaching have many other options.
And people wonder why the bloody churches are dying.
If the institutions won’t uphold the BASIC tenets of the churches, what is the use of them?
But no care at all for the aborted babies “safety.”
Rank hypocrisy.
Maaates!
Ex-trade minister backs hydrogen but warns of too much too soon (Paywallian)
Enjoy your yummy directors’ fees while you can, Andrew, before the company goes bankrupt.
OPM harvesting nothing more.
The above from the ALPBC (yes, I know – trying to find a reference to her most recent comments on the subject).
OK. So which is it? Either Guv Bollocks supports albansleazy and dim chambers spraying around OPM like there’s no tomorrow, or she doesn’t.
Presumably that pair of irredeemable incompetent imbeciles’ massive wastage of OPM is not what Knight was referencing in his latest cartoon.
*Nothing like a bit o’ specificity.
Pathetic.
We’re ruled by incompetents.
That’s bad enough, but the incompetents are also liars.
MP Rupert Lowe SPEAKS OUT: “It’s Lethal!” – How Labour Is DESTROYING Britain | Rupert Lowe
Florence gets a friend.
Hydro project three years late, $4bn over budget (Paywallian)
Four big over budget? Funny how these projects keep on blowing out. It’s almost as if Labor can’t do financial analysis.
They never show where the money actually goes.
Not ‘can’t’, BoN. the correct term is ‘won’t’.
These projects are political, not economic. They have a political criteria for success – not an economic one.
Like the NDIS and all the other money churners, the aim is the economic destruction of the nation.
Never letting a crisis go to waste is the process, and the result is chaos which is something the communists will take advantage of. It’s what they have done every time they get into power.
When Palaszczuk left office her infrastructure projects were routinely running at 175% over budget.
As mentioned above, the real question, so seldom asked by the media, is “ Exactly where did all the money go?”
How about this for a plan – when a Govt. project goes over budget, 10% of the cost overrun is divided up and added to the taxable income of the Premier, Minister, cabinet members and management level of the relevant Govt. Department.
At the least, we would then see very careful and cautious coatings upfront so the true cost/value of some of these Rortasaurs is more apparent.
Can’t even see where it is, the paywall even hide that now.
That said redirect some of the money to repairing Paradise Dam. Another Beattie cock up…
The whole economics ‘profession’ is old and busted. Bull artists with bullshit degrees.
Bear, I don’t know how on earth you were able to wade through this latest assemblage of drivel, if this li’l taster is any indication of the subject matter – Paul “is wrong, again” Kelly’s latest in the Oz. Just get a load of this pretentious unintelligible waffle (with some observations added):
I wasn’t aware “his character as a tactical and transactional leader” had ever been evident, full stop. When he was spruiking da screech? When trying to ram through the MAD bill? When selling Israel down the toilet (again)?
As opposed to Mr Incompetent, Mr Tone Deaf, Mr Arrogant, Mr Jellyfish, Mr Expedient, Mr Upgrade and Mr Stupid (to name just a few). All guises he’s effortlessly donned at various times in his disastrous tenure as prime minister of the worst government since St Gough’s. “Mr Practical” appears however, to have been missing in action.
His biggest problem is his ongoing existence on this planet. A starring role in HOP Time™ beckons.
FFS, the braindead lamestream meeja in this country. What a disgrace.
Always pays to have a bucket handy. I think he is getting worse.
‘Strine Pravda
Very sound ANALysis, Rabz.
Your listing the relevant Mr Men personas is v good.
Not you Rabz. You’re a brilliant guy.
‘Unprecedented’: South Korea tensions increase after martial law dispute
I read somewhere that martial law has been declared as the government suspects there will be an invasion or an attack from North Korea.
So let me get this straight, the South’s president declared martial law to prevent the North’s imposition of martial law on them.
Hey, Rabz. Hey.
“Teats” Shorten is gorn from parliament, so he’s got no more chances to tee off on you from the privileged protection of the floor-
what goss do you have on him?
cmon, cmon. You’ve been leading us on for aaaages, don’t be a tease.
What’s your story?
Wally, I revealed the mistress’s identity here several months ago. I’m not going to get Dover into potential difficulty (or run the risk of having my house burnt down*) again.
*By Teats’ goons, not Dover.
Geeze now I know why I won’t pay my hard earned to read that rubbish.
Money. Of course.
South Korea stunned after its President declared martial law, triggering protests and soldiers’ attempts to enter parliament (Sky News, 4 Dec)
Much like what is happening in France where the Prez there also had a disagreement with the parliament about their budget. We’ll see if the Frog government gets booted tonight our time when the no confidence vote is held. As for Mr Yoon I suspect he’s about to be impeached.
Safe hands.
RBA looks to be joining Treasury, BOM and CSIRO as the march through the institutions continues. You suspect she is a fan of Keynesian digging holes and filling them in again. Lucky Steve Kates departed some time ago.
She’s a 3rd rater.
As with Albo, her main achievement has been acquiring a property portfolio on her way up.
RBA seems to favour internals, often “lifers”. Might be time to put an end to this.
In my brief time as a scholar of economics I did understand the concept of wealth creation. Seems to be beyond the current crop of publicly remunerated deadshits.
miltonf:
Even I – a humble line wukka in the hospital industry can work out how wealth is created, proving it doesn’t take a genius – or even a moderate intelligence.
The duck is lying on the floor naked and insensate, no longer capable of raising its head, let alone a defiant hiss, waiting for the axe to fall for it’s last use here on Earth – Duck Soup.
The poor old duck that is the Oz economy is lying on the floor, naked, and HOPING that the next indignity is merely duck soup.
I accept the correction.
Questionable indeed.
The Guardian is very perplexed that their latest poll shows voters don’t appreciate Lucky Jim’s economic management, despite wages growth officially now creeping ahead of inflation.
That might be because nobody outside the public service is seeing any wage growth and they’re worried about their job security as business insolvencies hit a record high this year.
People just don’t appreciate having it so good.
The problem with OPM is it is often not OPM at all. Ask a Victoriastani.
VIC business community wants a federal bailout.
I bet they do however, the rest of Australia is not in favour.
Will need to be carefully hidden. After voting Chairman Dan back in twice the Rest of Australia might take the view it’s their problem.
It seems like long term businesses are going to the wall at an accelerated rate here in Syd. Several previously profitable restaurant gone to the wall that would have just changed hands previously. Inflation, energy prices, wage rises, everyone tightening their belts. We might not be in technical recession due to accelerated government spending (on wages too) but we are in a household recession with people subsidising their lives from savings or discretionary spending.
Khamenei/ IRGC must be getting pretty tired of Pezeshkian and Zarif.
Can We Talk About J6?
The “insurrection” narrative has enjoyed unchallenged dominance for so long, the reckoning will take time. Let us finally begin to hear the truth about that fateful day.
I read that earlier P.
Bloody infuriating.
That is also the case with the Iskanders, Tomahawks, Kh-101s, and the like. A lot of these are nuclear capable.
Syria: the drug made in Syria is captagon. It is a stimulant and lasts for three days and supposedly gives super strength and aggression. It is flooding the middle east ( and here soon). It is very cheap. Jordan bombed one of the suppliers in Syria recently.
The Sunni word on the street is that Asad’s brother and Hezbollah are behind it as the trade is in the $ billions. A good overview is in the New Yorker It has an interesting reference to the violent 1986 France/All Blacks match.
Perhaps this is some of the machinery being shipped to Turkey mentioned by Dover
That New Yorker article is fascinating. Thanks.
No2 son is doing an MBA. Due to him already managing mid sized business is finding it easy, though he wonders if he’s missing things. His attitude to money has changed so much. Elon and Vivek have become his focus. He’d always put up a good argument for social policy but realises now it always has to be paid for by the productive. Some of what I’ve said over the years has finally sunk in. The best thing is he wants to be self sufficient. No3 son has started the executive training in his company. He has no tertiary qualifications which he will have to obtain to progress. He was in discussions with the junior executive who are all graduates but have no knowledge how business works. When he put them straight on some matters they couldn’t understand how he’d know. They know nothing of personal relationship with the customer. It is past time letting recent graduates make decisions. I’m all for learning on the job with higher education, the cadet system worked well for a long time. His GGrandfather started at the railways aged 14 as a porter. At 40 had 6000 staff running the place. Never saw a university. How did we once do it but can’t now.
I am reading Musk’s biography at the moment. His attitude to costs inside SpaceX is extraordinary.
Greedy, grasping, grifting Universities.
They have destroyed journalism. Destroying Nursing is the greatest crime Unis have committed.
The Police “service”, is determined to have coppers with degrees. Most likely in handcuffing pregnant women, pepper spraying old ladies in the street, and murdering dementia sufferers because said sufferer gave a fat copper the stink-eye.
Feel free to add any other skill sets universities have destroyed.
You forgot j’ism.
BJ,
I would spell Journalism as “jizya”. Apt.
Forgot to point out that history, anthropology and the law are now just techniques for political advocacy.
Sorry, just read your comment more carefully.
Remember the old teachers colleges? Where they actually taught teachers to teach and then students were bonded to the education department to teach where necessary.
Most now Dawkins universities. The one in the next suburb over where we grew up got flattened for some quite nice housing lots.
Exactly how I was trained.
Leftism has destroyed academia, by removing the right to disagree it has largely descended into group think, which is what we had before the enlightenment and sadly encompasses most of the sum total of human existence. Genuine enlightenment was but a glimmer on the hill of humanity.
QLD has gone back to recruiting off the street after several years of not meeting targets.
A good start.
We’ll see. My detective mate, who is very good at his job, reckons the newbies are mostly knuckleheads who couldn’t get a job in the mines.
Sounds about right. I think most of the Pommy rozzers disappeared to the mines in the West as soon as the handcuffs came off.
Teaching.
The most valuable things your son can get from his MBA are skills leading groups in group assignments and connections to like minded and competent people. Encourage him to ensure he leads in group assignments and that he does not drag dead weight along with him across multiple groups. Also don’t get caught out going against group think without a robust argument and references from a novel source or faculty. Academics love it when their students go the extra mile and find sources they were not aware existed.
My late FiL started with NSW Rail as a station hand at 14 when he retired after 45 years (ill health) he was the highest level, non political appointed, employee .. Ran the Chullora rail yards for 12 years ………
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‘Woefully one-sided’: Jewish council ‘deeply disappointed’ in UN vote
Ben Packham
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council said it was “deeply disappointed” in the government’s latest “one-sided” positioning in the UN on Palestine.
“This is a resolution that puts many obligations on Israel but asks nothing of the Palestinians,” AIJAC executive director Dr Colin Rubenstein said.
“It is woefully one-sided – which is why, for more than 20 years, Australian governments of all stripes have always voted no, or abstained.
“And this year it was made even more radical, with new demands Israel must unilaterally withdraw from all disputed territory as soon as possible without any negotiations, and pay compensation to the Palestinians. This makes the government’s decision even harder to comprehend.”
Dr Rubenstein said the resolution was a “recipe for further conflict”, because it failed to impose any obligations on Palestinians.
“This resolution does nothing to acknowledge that Israel needs a willing partner for peace, and nothing to require the Palestinian Authority be reformed or Hamas be marginalised, both of which Foreign Minister Penny Wong has said are essential.
“It is therefore clearly against the conditions Senator Wong has said are necessary for a two-state peace.”
All those Mooslime voters in Western Sydney…
Give those terrorists a state!
Palestinians have had their own State since 1947 – it’s called “Jordan.”
Rigor mortis is a state.
Haw!
although, even Rigor Mortis loses its statehood after some hours. 😀
I can only assume that President Trump consulted with Foreign Minister Wong before announcing that he is going to reduce her boyfriends to glowing ashes.
Labor are entering tricky territory. How can Australia continue as a leading Jew hater if Trump establishes peace and tolerance in the ME? How will they continue to scam their Western suburbs ‘militants’?
Back to climate change, blackfellas and censorship for the thugs.
As labore will discover the evening of the next feral erection.
I wonder if that jig is up.
Latest news is that Jamal Rifi’s “Friends of Burke” has recruited Bob Carr to help turn the tide of anti-Labor sentiment among certain enclaves in Watson.
Carr left state politics almost 20 years ago when most of the Muslim hotheads would have been in primary school.
The denizens of such electorates are adept at rebirthing cars.
So perhaps rebirthing Carr will work also.
Noice one…but I doubt it.
Hysterical laughter and spittle spray. 😀
Catholics remember and celebrate the life of the great Arab Church Father St. John of Damascus on Dec. 4.
The Heresy of Islam | St. John of Damascus
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Won’t be long ..!
Doubt it. Machinery for drug production is pretty easy to produce. The machinery mentioned was that used in thermal power plants.
Don’t tell me that a Muslim country will be being devastated by blackouts from Net Zero.
How will they be able to tell from the usual blackouts?
Wong is a soulless robot.
However she will be completely aware of this conundrum. In fact she is taking advantage of the fact that nothing can progress with PA/Hamas terrorists at the table discussing any sort of viable state.
The impasse allows her to simultaneously polish her UN cred (for later life) and walk both sides of the domestic street, calling for a Muslim vote-winning Palestinian victory with all the trimmings – but with absolutely no risk of it ever happening and her having to explain to bulk Australia why she helped usher Israel into the showers.
Any distress and outrage caused to Jewish Australians is a small political price to pay for the Grey Lady.
Grey Chap
Indeed.
Which is why Oreshnik appears to be another tree in the forest, rather than the advertised game changer.
Australia voted for “Peaceful settlement of the question of #Palestine” talks that are indeterminate and voted against Israeli withdrawal from Syrian Golan in accordance with Resolution 497.
Not sure how this is ‘woefully one-sided’. The former is effectively ‘pie in the sky’ that will go no where, and the latter supports their continued occupation of land taken in ’67. Most Australian governments have voted like this for decades.
The others don’t travel at Mach 9+. You can potentially hit an Iskander or Kh-101 with AD, but Hazel is harder to stop especially in terminal phase when it released its 36 submunitions.
It seems to me that the Biden Crime Family has missed a golden opportunity to cash in on Pop’s Pardon.
I don’t understand why Hunter hasn’t been out on a massive crime spree – interstate trafficking, wire fraud, drug running – racking up profitable Federal offences to be forgiven.
Low energy.
why do you think he hasnt??
Good point.
I thought that was why he was pardoned. Am I right thinking he can only be pardoned for Federal offences. State ones can still be prosecuted.
Yes.
The others don’t travel at Mach 9+. You can potentially hit an Iskander or Kh-101 with AD, but Hazel is harder to stop especially in terminal phase when it released its 36 submunitions.
Indeed.
Which seems to slot it in as a slowish version of the SLBM or ICBM class of nuclear horror.
Quickest American Car Ever: Demon 170 vs Lucid Sapphire VHT & Asphalt — Cammisa Ultimate Drag Race
As far as performance is concerned, petrol cars simply can’t match the electric engine’s hyper responsive traction control and its ability to maximise power to the road nor the instant torque available.
Walked past St Mary MacKillop College in Wanniassa. New gymnasium just about finished. What a magnificent facility. Talking to one of the workmen I could tell they were proud of what they’d built. He was doing finishing touches outside. It wasn’t just a job. Between St Mary MacKillop and Trinity across the road they’ve kept a couple of building companies in work for 18 years. Also property prices are pretty good as a lot of families move in so the kids can attend.
Moozleys being well known for their love of steel cut oats and US civil war history.
They do like mail-order brides though. 😀
Boob’s right about steel cut oats. They are much better. Don’t know about falafels though.
We shouldn’t throw out the baby with the bath water in our disgust of the news media.
They had the foresight to keep asking Honest Joe and his media team whether he would pardon his coke addled, whore- hound son.
If they had not done so, we wouldn’t have the receipts.
Snork!
They did that to support KamelToe, and help to bury Caesar.
Zippster
December 4, 2024 12:30 pm
Quickest American Car Ever: Demon 170 vs Lucid Sapphire VHT & Asphalt — Cammisa Ultimate Drag Race
As far as performance is concerned, petrol cars simply can’t match the electric engine’s hyper responsive traction control and its ability to maximise power to the road nor the instant torque available.
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So many dickheads in the comment section.
“EV’s are the future and the ICE are dead”
LMAO!
Worst GDP growth this quarter since 1990
Interest rates, inflation: Australia’s per capita recession extends to seven consecutive quarters | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site
A $.40c for us in 6 months time?
15% interest rates?
15% unemployment rates?
Because once the reality of this shell game bites, there isn’t a floor as far as the eye can see.
And the only thing holding the wolf from the door is mining and food production – both of which are getting a hammering from Bandt and Anal.
But I’m sure Xi will help us out with a loan…
No light at the end of the tunnel for Albo and Jim before the election. They’ll have go before the Budget.
In Cheer Up, Things Could be Worse news:
Adam Bandt pushes for formal power-sharing deal with Anthony Albanese in case of minority election
I also think it would be a great idea – just not for the same reasons as Bandt.
The voteherd would benefit greatly from knowing ‘how the next three years would map out’. A bit like knowing in advance that DIY eyeball tattooing is probably not the thing to do…
An antisemitic Green sees a lot in common with the Labor Party…
EPA Advisor Admits ‘Insurance Policy’ Against Trump is Funneling Billions to Climate Organizations, “We’re Throwing Gold Bars off the Titanic”
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It’s a turbulent time at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), according to a current staffer, with morale at an all-time low. As President-Elect Trump readies to take office, gloomy EPA employees are scrambling to distribute funding for their favored climate change initiatives. Brent Efron, a special advisor implementing Biden’s climate agenda, told Project Veritas the agency is frantically shoveling billions in grants to nonprofits, making sure that the Biden administration’s climate projects stay afloat — no matter who’s in charge.
Efron spoke to a Project Veritas investigative journalist about his role in doling out over $100 billion in grants to nonprofits under Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, which he dubs “Biden’s climate law.” The EPA’s website describes these grants as part of their mission to advance “environmental and climate justice.”
Efron even admits that the EPA is scrambling to push money out the door for projects originally designed for a Kamala Harris presidency.
So committed are these staffers, Efron confesses, that they plan to work right up until the final moments on inauguration day, rushing to ensure that every possible tax-payer dollar is disbursed before a Republican administration can turn off the spigot.
Efron predicts that the Trump administration will swiftly issue an order to block all grants, with Congress potentially trying to claw back the EPA’s funding. Anticipating this, he reveals that the EPA has been working to funnel money to aligned nonprofits capable of implementing climate change policies at the local level, viewing it as an “insurance policy” against the upcoming Trump presidency.
Efron openly admits how the EPA uses nonprofits as a political buffer against Republican administrations—and reveals how he could later reap personal rewards with a cushy job at one of the nonprofits he helped fund during his tenure.
Indeed, the EPA’s website lists several pass-through nonprofits, each awarded between $50 million and $100 million, with the responsibility of distributing subgrants to other nonprofits—ensuring that Biden’s climate agenda keeps rolling, even after his presidency ends.
President-Elect Donald Trump has chosen former New York Congressman Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), setting the stage for a dramatic shift in the nation’s environmental policy. Zeldin, a staunch ally of Trump, will be tasked with executing Trump’s energy and environmental agenda—which includes dismantling Biden’s climate initiatives and potentially slashing millions in funding tied to the Inflation Reduction Act.
Efron and his colleagues are working feverishly until the shakeup.
Utah Senator Mike Lee responded to Project Veritas’ investigation on X stating, “The U.S. government is actively working to undermine the American people. We’ve empowered Washington to the point that it’s become dangerous and destructive. It’s too big, too expensive, and too powerful. We must return to constitutional government.”
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WTF! bureaucracies should not be allowed to make grants FULL STOP
ALL grants must be signed by a relevant minister, who (see Ros Kelly) can be questioned and if appropriate crucified in Parliament.
All this lot are doing is ensuring that Trump’s vengeance on the EPA will be vicious.
Funding (including for staff) reduced to zero as a start?
“It’s alright, Jim. I’ve got a public service job.”
There’s that word again…”reforms.”
Beware of politicians bearing reforms.
What a glorious vision – hands tied behind their backs, feet kicking, purple faces trying to get out the day’?s talking points.
Look on the upside, Albo; red and green are Rabbitoh’s colours.
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Albanese government ‘has abandoned Israel for Greens votes’
Noah Yim
Peter Dutton says the Albanese government has “abandoned Israel” and defected from long-held bipartisanship on the issue for votes in western Sydney and Greens-heavy inner-city seats.
The Opposition Leader accused the Prime Minister of having “completely abandoned the Jewish community” after having “looked people of Jewish faith in the eye” before the election and promising a bipartisan position on the issue.
This follows the government’s UN vote for Palestinian statehood.
“There is a lot of anger, understandably, in the community at the moment at the way in which the government has sold out the Jewish community,” Mr Dutton said.
“The Prime Minister stands condemned because when you ask yourself why would the government, why would the Prime Minister, sacrifice his credibility and backflip on the commitment he gave – it’s for votes.
“The Albanese government is chasing Greens votes and they’ve been prepared to sacrifice the wellbeing of the Jewish community here in Australia to do so.
“I think Australia has had a strong bipartisan position recognised in the world at the UN and with our partners for a long period of time but that has now changed and it’s changed because the Prime Minister has abandoned Israel and abandoned other like-minded countries with a similar view to Australia because they want to achieve domestic votes here.”
They’ve Gone Nuts
seriously they are completely batshit crazy
Let me think this through…
They want to sterilise themselves because Trump won an election.
Hmmm…
So… only Republican women will have babies. Lots and lots of babies.
And in four years Trump will no longer be President.
But they’ll still be sterile?
Did they really think this one through?
I suppose the ones who have their tubes removed can still have eggs collected and implanted, but the uterine ablation means the doc will have to find an area of the endometrium that can connect to and allow a foetus to survive to birth. Not as easily done.
I suppose my usual question in these cases will be ignored.
“Where do you see yourself in ten years time?”
They should all be nominated for the Darwin Awards.
The only people they are harming or affecting are themselves.
Interesting involvement of Australia in the recovery of the last SpaceX flight:
1 Dec 2024 #starshiplaunch #ift5 #starship
The recovery of SpaceX’s Ship 31 (S31) from Starship Flight 6 has provided an interesting glimpse into the evolving landscape of reusable space technology. While initial expectations pointed to Booster 13 (B13) being the first vehicle recovered, recent updates have spotlighted S31 as the pioneer, marking a milestone for SpaceX’s reusability goals. This article delves into the details of the mission, the recovery process, and the implications for the future of the Starship program, drawing insights from the mission’s timeline and associated analyses.
Flight 6, launched on November 19, 2024, from SpaceX’s Boca Chica launch pad, saw S31 and B13 working together in a demonstration of the company’s reusable spacecraft systems. Powered by 33 Raptor 2 engines at full throttle, the stack’s liftoff was quicker and smoother than earlier missions, thanks to optimized engine performance. After stage separation, B13 executed a boost-back burn but was diverted to the Gulf of Mexico for a soft water landing instead of a tower catch due to last-minute anomalies in tower health checks. Meanwhile, S31 continued its mission, performing a flawless in-space relight and controlled atmospheric reentry before splashing down in the Indian Ocean. The precision of these maneuvers reflects SpaceX’s growing expertise in managing complex orbital flight systems, even as challenges remain with recovery operations.
The recovery of S31 was conducted with the help of two Australian-based vessels, Limitless and Bhagwan Renegade. These ships were pre-deployed near the anticipated landing site and monitored S31’s splashdown before initiating a 27-hour observation period. By November 23, Limitless had transported several recovered components to Exmouth Port, Australia. Among the salvaged parts were intact Composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessels (COPVs), which showed no visible damage, indicating their potential reusability. A significant quantity of heat shield tiles was also recovered, most notably from S31’s nose cone. These tiles, which remained remarkably intact through the spacecraft’s fiery descent, are a testament to the effectiveness of recent design changes. SpaceX’s decision to glue the tiles rather than pin them appears to have enhanced their durability, further validating the upgrades made to the vehicle.
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Additional unidentified parts, tightly packed for transport, were also recovered and sent to Australian research facilities for preliminary examination. These components are likely to undergo detailed analysis at SpaceX’s Starbase in Texas. This data will be instrumental in refining the design and performance of future Starship prototypes. However, the ultimate goal of recovering S31 as an intact vehicle remains unfulfilled. Despite Bhagwan Renegade’s return to port equipped with towing equipment, there was no trace of S31’s main body. This suggests that either the spacecraft sustained significant damage during splashdown or logistical challenges prevented its full recovery. Even so, large segments of the vehicle, such as its nose cone, payload bay, flaps, and engine sections, may still hold salvageable value, adding to the wealth of data collected.
Cool! I’m sad that they didn’t recover the banana though.
That would’ve been perfect.
It’s not much, but it’s something, at least.
If you use Twitter intelligently, stress this condition, it is far and away the best news source in the world. Daylight second. There are reports that Aleppo is not completely under the control of HTS as they are warning their own fighters to avoid areas in the northern part of city and adjacent countryside. Apparently, YPG (Kurdish militia) and SAA may still be active in those areas.
Yep, an excellent idea.
The electorate will be thrilled to hear about more and higher taxes (including death duties and CGT on principal residences), higher immigration, more bureaucracy, more regulation, more crackdowns on free speech, student loan amnesties, more fake noble savage mysticism, more restrictions on freedom of movement and use of ICE vehicles, removal of federal subsidies for private schools, more people on DSP and the NDIS, more free range 1930s Germany style antisemitism infesting our cities and more all encompassing utterly insane nation bankrupting collectivist crackpottery than a nature positive koala could ever bear.
Bring it on, I say.
While I empathise with those suffering in the current cost of living crisis, I want the economy to remain shit just for a few more months.
You’d think these damp figures would prompt an RBA cut but Xmas is the biggest spending time of the year so I’d expect to see a little economic improvement… which would likely let the RBA hold the rate for a little longer…
TheirABC says there’s an 80% chance of a .25 cut in rates by April 2025…
LOL.
They’re shit numbers. Saw a figure govt spending as % of GDP now around 27%. Worse than Howard.
Michael Warner is a sports writer for the Hun. File under closing the gate after the horse has bolted:
Lol had the misfortune of watching the ladies grand final just gone. Old mate ‘Uncle’ Somekhunt again doing what he’s done many times before for the leagues. Must be on a good wicket.
Also went to watch Bulldogs and Brisbane at Marvel. Had the ludicrous vision of the great Bontempelli with some war paint shite on welcoming us to Naarn, or however you say it.
And morons, inclusion isn’t hard. It’s everyone with their own beliefs or its nothing. Just get on with it fer phuck sake
Goyder’s Inbox won’t be flooded with offers after the AFL and QANTAS. Will probably do better than Lisa Wilkinson though.
Gutsy article though by Warner.he must be changing careers.
I believe he has written a book. The Boys Club or some such.
Only the permanently outraged would have taken offence when an AFL umpire attended a private, post-season “characters of the 2000s” party in an Osama bin Laden mask.
The last B&S ball I ever attended was the Deniliquin G&D ball. Sticker handed out had a OBL motif on and the saying “If you thought Sept 11 was big it won’t be just buildings going down at the Bin Lager Ball.” The stickers though in poor condition is still on my galv toolbox in the shed along with others.
Insensitive prolly but Aussies especially in rural areas do have a black humour streak.
Sorry, but women’s football is unwatchable garbage.
Here’s another scene from Landman. The last two minutes are especially fun. Perfectly describes Town based greenies and their reaction to being way out in the country.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmbZwxEnAFc
The West’s Glaring Blind Spot for Muslim Madness and Islamic Insanity
1.92 billion muzzies suffer from mental heath problems. There’s probably billion in Western Civilisation that don’t realise it and suffer similar symptoms. That being, I’ll do whatever and its your fault. No responsibility.
Not sure GR. Atrocities committed in WW2 by Germans and Japanese were largely motivated by ideology. The war ends, the ideologies of national superiority crushed, and they became like everyone else. A notable example is the most celebrated Zen Buddhist scholar D.T. Suzuki, who, upon hearing about the atrocities committed in China, put it down to karmic processes. That was true of other noted Zen scholars. Islam is the poison that perhaps can be said to make people psychopathological, but I prefer to view it as an excuse for committing atrocities. I don’t understand why people can be so vicious but it is certainly more than ideas. With furious arm waving blah blah blah cue pseudo-scientific neuroscience and developmental psychology.
Some of us are very aware of the problem and the insanity of Islam.
Unfortunately there is no open season on this species of the human race, so we have to le them be. At least until a critical level of us decide the time to do something about it is here.
Unfortunately, the death toll up to that point is going to be horrendous. Unless, of course, it includes those who demand there is no danger from the insanity – in which case it will be a merciful end to such people who are so confused and irrational that they’d allow a lion to babysit their children.
It’s worse than that, a failure of nerve. The ADA protects Islam from being criticized. 18C should have been eliminated politicians won’t touch that the gutless swine. The media refuses to address the issue because there are enough of them around to threaten their ratings. Politicians won’t say anything because of votes. Germany and Japan were crushed, that stopped their ideologically driven barbarity. History is instructive.
Germany’s descent
Maybe gauge the public mood on cost of living etc before belching brain farts:
The sub heading of the article on the Daily Telegraph site.
The banks are the same as the AFL. Head to their ATM and have a look at the ads on it. Scant representation of white people unless female but a great deal of variety of other ethnic backgrounds.
Same as the ads on tv.
I’ve noticed that too. So ‘inclusion ‘ is exactly the opposite.
Tucker Carlson visits Moscow to interview Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov and reports on the threat of a nuclear world war.
Tucker Carlson: We Are In A Hot War With Russia, “We Are Far Closer To A Nuclear War Than At Any Time In History”Video with transcript
‘Bimbo Trudeau’: Douglas Murray brands Canadian PM a ‘narcissistic little playboy’
Castro’s son. His mother was a slut.
It says a lot that even Trudeau, Starmer and Biden haven’t fallen for Albanese and Bowen’s overgrown SRC president anti-nuclear posturing.
Well who knew!?
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/education/naplan-2024-return-to-oldschool-teaching-methods-sends-students-results-through-roof/news-story/e54bd235e5fda516641b7e0915bc8f33
An old-school teaching method known as explicit instruction has lifted student performance in this year’s NAPLAN tests of literacy and numeracy – SEE THE LIST of schools making a difference
NATASHA BITA
A Catholic school cluster has shot to success in this year’s NAPLAN results, after abandoning failed teaching fads through the nation’s biggest experiment in the science of learning.
A return to the old-school teaching style of “direct instruction’’ has delivered academic dividends for 23,000 students at 56 Catholic schools in the ACT and Goulburn, based on the NAPLAN) results for 9629 schools to be made public on Wednesday.
The Catholic schools make up 13 of the 20 schools flagged by the Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority as “making a difference’’ in the ACT.
Just a quarter of schools in the ACT are Catholic, yet they make up two-thirds of ACARA’s list of schools that out-performed others with a similar background of parental occupation and education.
For years the Catholic schools had underperformed – until the Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn embraced direct instruction, also known as “explicit teaching’’, through the Catalyst project in 2020.
Four years later, the schools have caught up to deliver their best-ever NAPLAN results.
Mr Fox said teachers were saving five hours a week in lesson preparation because the Catalyst program provides high-quality lesson plans and “commonsense curriculum materials” used in all classrooms.
The Catalyst program is based on the scientific concept of “cognitive load theory’’, to ensure new information is embedded in students’ long-term memory. Students are not overwhelmed with new information, and are given time to practise and repeat concepts until they’ve mastered them.
Teachers direct and closely monitor students’ learning – a reversal of the failed fad of “student-directed learning’’ that expected students to “lead their own learning journey’’.
Catalyst was designed by Knowledge Society, which is also working on explicit instruction techniques with 26 Catholic schools in the Geelong region, 51 schools in the Sandhurst Diocese in Victoria, and 20 public schools in Western Australia.
After five years of committed change, the results are in. So, what happened? The data released by ACARA this week shows 13 out of the top 20 performing schools in the ACT are Catholic schools. Given that the Catholic system accounts for 20 per cent of ACT schools, having 65 per cent of the top performing schools represents a clear demonstration that the Catalyst program has delivered results.
Much foaming at the mouth yet to come from teachers’ unions and leftard edumacation bureaucrats (BIRM).
Sandhurst – Bendigo, noice. I’ve got nephews in Catholic school there.
I’m waiting for an all-out attack on NAPLAN, surely this is all their fault!! Once upon a time. I loved NAPLAN because as a parent I could identify where help was needed, but for many years the media attacked NAPLAN as the cause of all student’s failures.
So pleased we have decent results to show up the incompetent.
Well done – a triumph for common sense. Now can they please do the same for Scripture and Christian doctrine and return to structured learning?
Wonderful. Blot and Sheridini will be apoplectic.
VICTOR ORBAN DESTROYS URSULA VON DER LEYEN IN THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT!
She has ugly teeth.
Farage’s work in the European Parliament was a thing of beauty.
Teachers direct and closely monitor students’ learning – a reversal of the failed fad of “student-directed learning’’ that expected students to “lead their own learning journey’’.
It is hard to believe, as the decades slip by, but it is over five decades (at least) since Australian Teachers’ Colleges abandoned “teacher-directed” teaching in favour of “student-directed” learning. I recall the dismay I felt when my grandchildren began school.
Grandparents’ Day revealed the full catastrophe. Little ones sitting around a central table teaching each other as the “teacher” ….”facilitated” learning. No text books even as they progressed into the final years of “primary” learning.
Granddaughter had no trouble, as she is quite a brilliant student. But grandson struggled. Yet no remedial learning available in the public system at that time.
An idea so stupid only an academic would believe it.
I think it’s a big mistake taking DeSantis out of his current job.
Trump should never, ever give in to the critics and the haters.
The Dems wouldn’t if the position were reversed.
Ron can’t run in 26 due to term limits. He must have good peple backing him that can take over. Getting him into Federal politics is a good way to go as it doesn’t upset the incumbent Senator.
Okay. I thought he’d just been elected. Well, that would be a good move then provided the new guy is first class.
“Learning” is not a noun.
Little ones sitting around a central table teaching each other as the “teacher” ….”facilitated” learning.
One of the oddest things about the education system is why it doesn’t test for acquired knowledge at the end of each year and do something about any gaps.
Instead the student is allowed to “progress” on with acknowledged spots of incompetency here and there…
Britain is going nuts. WTF happened to the place? You can’t blame immigrants with this crap going on as it’s not them.
Model of the Year at the British Fashion Awards is a man. Why do women allow this?
JC I agree, blaming migrants is easy and wrong. I can’t unravel what has happened. London is OK, the rest of the country is falling apart. I’ve only watched a few of Wendel’s vids on YT where he visits once thriving towns that are now drug addled high employment no industry crumbling societies. It’s tragic and no-one has a solution.
And butt ugly he/it is.
Feminists asked for this and are now getting it good and hard.
One of the reasons why the Russians will avoid a ceasefire at any cost is that they are usually counterproductive to the side with the upper hand. Look at how Assad (and Putin) got suckered by the Astana agreement. They should have cleared Idlib and the northern areas of Syria completely of HTS, etc. Not doing so has allowed Turkey-US to build up forces and recommence operations at an opportune time for themselves.
I just received a note from the organiser of our annual Nashos’ gathering that there will be a yet to be identified venue change.
Apparently a number of the blokes became very agitated about holding it at The Regatta after the Australia Day ban nonense.
One bloke threatened to run up and down the river in his tinny holding up abusive signs.
Just what do they teach these clowns in modern MBA programs? They must never look outside their bubble. Who does their market analysis FFS?
I guess that in their favour following the adverse reaction they didn’t indulge in abuse of their customer base as did Williams and Jaguar. But for the old nashos it was one shot one kill.
How do hostilities cease without a cease fire then? You’re suggesting that President 87% should occupy all of Ukraine? Somehow, I don’t think making nuclear threats every other day is going to work after January, but that’s just me.
The biggest problem the Republicans have is so many quality players. We can only hope they don’t throw the toys out of the pram. I think that’s why The Donald is rewarding them with leading jobs for playing nice.
None of them have been in these new jobs yet. Not all will perform as expected. Time will tell.
Tyron Smith: Man accused of machete-armed home invasion dies in hospitalCaleb Runciman and Tegan GuthrieThe West Australian
Wed, 4 December 2024 12:45PM
A 20-year-old man police accused of entering a Boulder property armed with a machete has died in hospital days after a violent altercation with the homeowner.
The family of Tyron Smith spoke to media on Wednesday, where they called for full transparency from WA Police over his death.
In a statement released at the weekend, police said the incident unfolded about 10.15am on Friday when the 20-year-old entered a property on Kenneally Place, Boulder.
It is understood police have been treating the incident as a home invasion where Mr Smith was accused of brandishing a machete-like weapon while wearing a balaclava.
A man living at the home, whose wife and child were also present at the time, confronted Mr Smith and an altercation broke out.
Mr Smith suffered serious injuries in the altercation while the homeowner suffered an arm injury and lacerations to his hands that required hospital treatment.
“Police got to this address and went in and did CPR, brought my son’s heart back,” his mother Kathleen O’Loughlin told reporters.
Mr Smith was conveyed to Kalgoorlie Regional Hospital before being flown to Royal Perth Hospital’s intensive care unit.
Police confirmed he has since died in hospital.
His family are “calling for calm from the First Nations community.”
No longer a problem for the community.
Ranga, the pardon, has totally screwed up the Demons. If Trump plays the next couple of years well, the Demons could end up as a rump of a party. This hangs on the ability of the GOP to close up the cheating. This is so 1980 with the Reagan win.
PS, as we get closer to the 20th Jan, Hiden will pardon other members of the family too. This is going to be fun to watch.
It’s also fun to watch lefties justifying Biden’s (and their own) backflips on Hunter’s pardon.
Somehow, some are even blaming Trump for Biden’s breaking his own promise!
Saw an interesting analysis explaining how the pardon could backfire if other members of the Biden family are charged with federal offences. As Hunter has been pardoned for all federal crimes he cannot plead the 5th as he cannot be punished and must answer any questions put to him.
And if he refuses to answer a question is he immune from a contempt charge?
Nope he can’t plead the 5th.
He doesn’t even have to plead the 5th, the 6th or 33rd. All Bunter has to do is say he can’t recall because the entire period was a haze due to his crack habit, and there’s nothing the congressional committees can do about it.
Another Cronkite cute owl.
Correct.
Uh huh.
Code for “We’re looking for someone else to blame for our machete-armed home invader’s relative’s death.”
Preferably the homeowner.
Tyron Smith had been in and out of detention since he was 12 years old.
His family are demanding answers..
It’s not their fault: “It’s colonialism.”
They cease when one side concedes and they move to concluding a peace agreement. Anything that simply kicks the can down the road, allows the Ukrainians to rearm, etc., and doesn’t include a comprehensive agreement between the US and Russia re the security architecture is poison for the Russians. None of this requires occupying all of Ukraine. Not sure how the situation changes drastically after January as it’s already pretty far down the road.
I don’t know why people are so confused over the gender confused Labor Party.
They keep showing us their priorities, but people keep voting for them.
Perhaps they should stop voting for the people that offend them so?
Come the mid term elections Donald has to run good candidates against the RINO’S where possible.
But he needs to be very careful of splitting the vote and ending up handing the seat to the democrats similar to what just happened in the UK.
Matt Canavan speaks about 2025 election and social media ban | 6 News
Great interview.
6 News is good value. Subscribe people !
Dover, you really need to get off Russian Bot Central and take a clear-eyed look at the situation. The Ukraine war will end because the Trump administration will instruct President 87% and Ukraine that it will end. This war is essentially a stalemate for all intents and purposes. Suggesting that 87% has the upper hand is pure delusion.
According to The Oz, approximately 40% of Russian government spending is going toward the war effort. The cost of living has increased by 25% since the war began, and the Russian central bank rate is sitting at 21% in an attempt to prop up the rubble. This has pushed lending and mortgage rates to a staggering 28%, with another central bank hike expected in January. The rubble has taken a beating and will likely continue to do so. Many businesses in Russia are on variable-rate loans, meaning they could soon face interest rates nearing 30%. Labor is, unsurprisingly, in short supply for obvious reasons. 🙂
If the Trump administration demands a ceasefire, it will happen.
Then there’s Iran. If the hostages aren’t released, Iran is going to get hit harder than Tyson in his prime.
Let’s hope Iran’s mullocracy gets hit hard. It is decades overdue.
It’s a bit of fun informing people complaining about their mortgage interest rates what the rate is in Russia. They have NO IDEA.
“The hostages are released or every one of your irrigation and water supply dams is demolished.”
Make sure the Iranian people hear the threat as well.
List of Iranian Dams.
Elbow and Burqa’s constituents.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14155749/rabieh-gharibeh-ahmed-charchouh-sydney.html
EXCLUSIVE: Tim Montgomerie Reveals WHY He Defected To Reform UK
Like the millions of communist zealots before him, Australian treasurer Jim Chalmers’ only achievement is to have increased government spending — from 22% to 28% of GDP, fuelling inflation and the pain on households with mortgages in the outer suburbs.
PS: government spending doesn’t facilitate economic growth; it consumes economic growth, which comes only from wealth creation in the private sector.
Chalmers reinvention of the capitalist system seems to be going very much like the rest of them. Not much of a job application.
Doctor of Paul Keating: FMD, this big-eared galoot is about to spark a crisis.
The Aussie dollar is heavier than Monster after a dozen donuts for breakfast. It’s a grim situation—slow, heavy, and ominous. If the dam bursts, we’re looking at a dive into the 50s.
MYEFO could be a problem. Also any strengthening of the USD feeding into domestic costs and inflation. I still can’t believe unemployment has held off for as long as it has. Lot of people must be holding on by the skin of their teeth.
The murdering Hog who applied for IVF whilst in prison, has withdrawn her application.
It had told Prison authorities that her mother would raise the child when it had to leave the prison.
Mum said “No Way”.
hahahahahahahahah
Hard to see how Albo and his clown posse don’t get wiped out when they are forced to go to an election. Qld and WA could be a bloodbath.
Has anyone looked at a repeat of the Qld State result at the Cth level? WA Lieborals will make big inroads early next year and should be competitive for the one after that. Long time in the Wilderness thanks to the Emperor.
Oiling the baseball bat presently.
Needs to be well oiled, so the blood doesn’t soak into the wood.
To the contrary, I’m looking at this with better than 20/20 vision. The economic situation, real or imagined, is secondary to the political and security situation should Putin agree to a ceasefire. Trump doesn’t add much to the present situation because it’s already very serious. The US is already escalating in Syria even though Biden is a lameduck. I think the Russian response will give us some idea of how receptive they’ll be to shit sandwiches served by Trump.
Iran doesn’t have any decisive say in what happens to the hostages although the US may use that excuse to strike Iran. This would be even more the case if Syria fell.
Correct. President Trump is itching – is my guess – to let the mullahs know there’s a new Sherriff in town.
You’re going to start predicting Lotto numbers with this better than 20/20 vision?
There’s nothing imagined about the economic situation in Russia. 28% lending rates and the tanked rubble says it all. It’s real.
Why so pessimistic?
According to Trump they do, and that’s all that counts. Iran armed the proxies and Iran will be blamed if they aren’t released. It doesn’t matter what you think. All that matters is who Trump thinks is to blame. That’s Iran.
JC,
I hope Trump does NOT dump Pete Hegseth. Women Republican Senators are all standing by him. Also, many of the men.
I hope it is simply a feint by Trump, a sort of “look over there!”
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/03/female-republican-senators-express-support-pete-hegseth-answer-restoring-military/
Maybe so. The news section of the WSJ is as left, and therefore unreliable, as the NYTimes. The only things going for it are business stories and the op-ed.
Exactly. I reckon next year’s feral erection result will be of a very similar pattern to goose morristeen’s 2019 “miracle” win and will be decided due to massive losses in both those states – with significant losses in NSW as well, as the sheen has worn off both labore and those teal slags, not to mention the greenfilth.
Consequently, we may end up knowing the result quite early in the evening.
JC wins the internets:
LOL.
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Oiling the baseball bat presently.
(Do they oil baseball bats? As a kid we used to season our new cricket bats with linseed oil.)
Roger, I still do that with axe/shovel/rake handles after sanding off the shit they coat them with today.
Premier Chris Minns to be referred to corruption watchdog as major scandal engulfs the NSW Government
Daily Mail.
Maaates!
Mmm…that’s a bit more serious than a bottle of Grange.
I don’t want to preempt Tom but tomorrow’s Leak is one of the best. It’s worth the wait.
Thanks for the heads up.
It’s a corker!
Cold war, anyone?
As of yesterday China has banned the export of critical rare earth minerals to the US. Such minerals are used in semiconductors, infrared tech, fiber optics and military explosives.
Not rare earths. Gallium and germanium as I recall.
China appears to have moved first.
That pretty well guarantees the tariffs.
The West needs rare earths?
Pull down the ecocrucifixes. There’s millions of tons already mined and available. And don’t forget the copper etc.
Rare earths aren’t rare. It’s the processing that is freaking disgusting. That’s rare and should only be done in places like China. 🙂 Years ago, I read a report that up to 30% of China’s agricultural land is so polluted food production isn’t fit for human consumption.
Think things look bad now?
Wait and see if Labor and the Greens form minority government next year.
We will be looking at the near complete destruction of the economy and appalling living standards.
North Korea and Cambodia will look like paradise….
UN funding cuts threatened if Israel’s credentials rejected
Do it! Damn well do it!
UK Soccer players are subtly fighting back against the Rainbow crap being forced upon them by the Clubs. Excellent.
https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2024/12/03/soccer-player-learns-fate-after-writing-i-love-jesus-leagues-lgbtq-armband/
I’m already predicting Trump adds little to the situation. And it’s not as if you’re not making predictions either here.
Just being realistic.
Sure, I admitted that when I said he may use it as an excuse to strike Iran anyway, much as Bush admin. decided to invade Iraq post-9/11.
Actual UK Telegraph headline:
And all because Saudi wants to put their gas pipeline through Syria to sell to Europe. Or at least that was the going conspiracy last time I checked which was about 12 years ago.
Didn’t this already begin with US attempts to hit China semiconductor production a few years ago? I believe the response yesterday is directly related to the US imposing a third round of restrictions on China.
Hopefully I’m not as humble as you. 🙂
Excuse? They have gassed up proxies who hold American hostages and you call that an excuse?
By the way, what made you so dictator friendly?
The bombshell hidden detail in Biden’s Hunter pardon that means it could BACKFIRE and spark a catastrophe for the entire family, revealed by ALAN DERSHOWITZ
Female Republican Senators Express Support for Pete Hegseth: ‘The Answer’ to Restoring the Military
I’d have to know the extent of the response but, broadly, yes.
It’s not so much ‘dictator friendly’ as dislike of the Regime.
aaaah, I have just finished watching a film that ends with a song by Louis Armstrong. The song brought memories of a foundling kitten I was given over thirty years ago. He had a rotten tail which had to be amputated, but, why the memory comes back, he was totally black, with a fat face, so I named him Satchmo.
Only one person in all the years I had that cat, knew what Satchmo meant.
Bloody sad really. Great cat! I still miss him. 😀
Boom: ‘Village People’ Singer Takes Aim at the MSM, Minces No Words on Trump’s Continued Use of ‘YMCA’
Village People not mincing. Umm, OK then.
They should be grateful for the free publicity Trump is giving them.
U.K.
More net zero failure!
Broadly, of course.
You can dislike both. But, at least in the US, there’s some hope—and it’s likely the listing ship can right itself. However, if disliking regimes is your thing, what would you call the governments running those countries you seem to have developed a soft spot for
Russia? Other than the short decade of the 90s there’s been an authoritarian regime since 1917.
Iran? The mullahs since the late 70s.
Syria? Since early 70s, Arab Ba’ath Socialist Party
North Korea? Late 40s communist.
China? Same late 40s.
If you dislike regimes, these have been going for a while.
Actual UK Telegraph headline:
Diversity friendly with al Qaeda characteristics.
Bad guys, all the way down…
The more I hear, the more I like him.
@seanmdav
Sources with direct knowledge tell me this story is nonsense and indicate they’ve had enough with games being played on Hegseth’s Defense nomination by Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa and Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina.
One source said Graham, who has never found a war he didn’t want other people to fight, spent the weekend crying to Trump about Hegseth, while Ernst has been running an inside-the-beltway campaign to knife Hegseth.
Sources say the WSJ article touting DeSantis is a key part of the Ernst/Graham operation to torpedo Hegseth because of his foreign policy views and opposition to endless, pointless wars.
Welcome to (a different) country news (the Hun):
It still mystifies me why the papers continue to use these brands, as though ‘grandmother’ implies a good old Nanna, knitting stuff for her grandkids with a blanket over her knees instead of being a stray-pipe merchant whose inclinations were passed down to her own offspring.
That old chestnut.
‘Hey baby, just stop over in Laos and pick up this package for me, and then come to Japan.’ Righto. The bloke she apparently hooked up with online and went to the other side of the world to see is called (apparently) Kelly:
Uh huh.
Enjoy your six years, toots.
Ahhhhh.
She must think the authorities were born yesterday.
Her excuses were old when Moses was a boy.
A Green and a pretend Abo. Sweet. Chortle. Hahaha.
Get diplomatic immunity from your First Nations or beg for bail from Elders present and emerging. Past are fcked.
Yep – been getting free passes in Australia since forever on account of her political/tribal choices – assumed the Japanese would be impressed, too.
Most amusing.
There is little hope in the US without a drastic change within the elites.
It’s not a competition.
True, it’s a 180.
It also seems like there’s a Russian angle here.
Take the events in Syria, for instance. You’re notably soft on the Ba’ath regime while overtly hostile toward Islamist groups. Yet, you appear sympathetic to the Islamic regime in Iran—a government notorious for its habit of murdering women who fail to meet its clothing standards. This suggests that Islamism, in itself, doesn’t bother you all that much. It seems, instead, to hinge on the Russian connection.
Not at all. Moreover, you continue to make too much of the word ‘regime’.
A winsome young lass on twitter recommends putting a sock over the business end of the bat. Apparently when you clock someone with it they can’t get a good grip on it as you rewind for a second swing.
Nice trick of the trade. I once witnessed how efficient a rolled up Sun Pictorial and plastic Bic? biro can be. On a metro train in Melbourne.
“I was doing the crossword on my way to work, and suddenly had to defend myself”
Funnily enough, today on Twitter someone tried to pass off a photo of wax works depicting the torture of a dissident under the Shah as occurring presently under Assad.
Shocking, because torture never occurs under Assad.
If he did in defense of US interests, no one would care.
LOL, the US again.
Any of the bush lawyers on this blog help out?
Young rooster in this town describes himself as ” a former veteran.”
Umm, you’ve either pulled on a pair of boots G.P., and picked up a rifle, or you haven’t?
Inquiring minds want to know.
Probably just failed English expression
“…and used it against someone similarly attired but in a different colour.”
Note to Dumbocrats:
People voted for Republicans in spite of the Cheneys, not because of them.
People voted (net) for Kennedys despite them being democrats, not because of it.
You should have run from the Cheneys and towards the Kennedy.
Dumbarses.
Yessir!
Has “veteran” replaced “returned serviceman” in common oz parlance?
Shame if it has- not all ex-armed forces are old, as the word implies, or in the other direction which the word nods to, not all de-mobbed have seen active combat, even if they are old.
Veteran for DVA purposes now apparently means 1 days service in the ADF.
Probably why it’s being fudged a little.
I always understood veteran & returned serviceman as interchangeable for someone who has returned from war or peacekeeping.
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