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Made Kevni a star on Sunrise.
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They created wealth, they didn’t misappropriate it or get it by unearned welfare.
Test ( coming up in brisvegas )
Sentencing Shiner, Judge Christopher Hehir told the court that he had previously indicated to Shiner’s legal team that he would not hand down an immediate jail sentence.
What a farce, say things online that may be political inexpedient 2 years in high security, smear soldiers & rip off legal aid… Your sentence is suspended.
Google Hehir, seems to be all over the shop. Harsh on some but suspended sentences for others…
This his penance for jailing the tomato soup lot and extinction rebellion lot?
Just when you’ve seen it all ( part 32)
A friend texted a video of a person approaching his Ute and stealing $500 from his Ute. It turns out it was his worker who took the opportunity while his boss was working in the back yard. Little did he know that it was all caught by the clients security camera, So the worker stole $500 ,got found out and has lost $1000 this week , next week and every week after that .
Not sure if that’s a Darwin Award ….
Was the Pope supposed to refuse the gift because of a checkered [sic] tea towel?
Yes. The keffiyeh is anachronistic. As well as offensive.
Jesus was a Jew. He was born a Jew, brought up a Jew, was steeped in the Jewish Scriptures and, as we read in Luke (4:16), went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day “according to his custom.”
No markings on any piece of cloth can change that.
P, WE know that.
The filth in this world will grab this example with both hands to bash us with.
I thought more along the lines of grossly inappropriate in the present environment.
It’s origins are unclear but no more than a few hundred years for the scarf. It was never around in the ancient world so why include it unless you want to be a, ahem, male appendage your eminence?
It has no place in a Nativity Scene IMO and I may be lapsed but still identify as Catholic.
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Jewish leaders have slammed the Greens for selecting a candidate who described Zionists as “angry Karens” who “invoked the Holocaust” to deflect criticism as Anthony Albanese refused to rule out a preference deal with the party despite condemning it for its role in the anti-Semitism crisis.
The heavy criticism of the party came as Greens deputy leader Mehreen Faruqi counselled her chief of staff for suggesting Melbourne’s synagogue firebombing could have been a “Zionist false flag attack”.
Jeez, he must have some epic goat photos.
Or he has something very damaging on Andrews and now Allan.
Familiarity with the Mornington Peninsula?
Can somebody kick some decency into Steven Conroy.
What a grub.
Why Sky gives this germ airtime is beyond me.
x 1,000
Earlier this evening I caught part of Sharri. She was speaking to some dipstick named David Ossip.
They both agreed that Minns was soooo empathetic and that he reached out immediately after the latest, and previous anti-semitic attacks.
They both praised Minns for having the courage to speak out against the evil being visited upon our Jewish brethren.
WTF!?!
Minns is the sole reason for the exponential rise in the attacks on Jews in NSW. The laws to stop this disgrace already exist.
That F##king Pinocchio has done NOTHING but exacerbate the evil ever since the 9th October 2023.
Minns is a F**king Judas who has tapped the Jews of Sydney MORE than three times.
Anyway, “Sliante” to all you mob.
Mme Zulu’s birthday tomorrow, so we are lunching at one of our favourite eateries. She had the latest round of tests yesterday, and is a little crushed to be told that the results may not be available until into the New Year.
Zulu,
wish Madam Zulu a wonderful birthday from me.
The pair of you are a large part of my belief in the good in people, and in honour.
Bless.
Give her a kiss from me!
…and a hug from me.
I don’t bestow my affections on just anybody.
ALL the names are gobbledegook. The names never fucking existed!! Screw them!!
I will NOT, ever, use those BS names!!
If I see them on a roadside guide, I will deface them.
>Shrug.<
It’s more fun than shouting at the clouds.
Flash, the least loved of the magpie brood, and often picked upon by his stupid, horrid mother in particular, shows dog- like intelligence.
He will warble away at me with a quite complex tune while cocking first one then the other eye at me.
Today he played tug of war with me utilising a dandelion stalk.
He can also play catch.
Yesterday I showed him some of the weeds between the pavers, pointing at them and pulling a couple up.
He watched me, then attacked the weeds himself with savage fury, eventually carrying one off as a trophy.
Watching these characters in the newly installed bird bath splashing away with evident joy is quite something too.
I just never knew how smart and full of character these critters are.
If you can train him to pull up weeds, I, your new business manager, and you will be billionaires before the end of next year.
I don’t know Walli.
Maybe the teatowel was sprung on him without warning.
It has certainly brought out the anti Catholics on twitter.
I just unfollowed someone who spewed a sewer of garbage over this.
The Christians of Syria, Nigeria and many other countries have to be considered whenever people demand the Pope insult islamic symbols.
It’s always a plot.
https://x.com/khamenei_ir/status/1866766732469194797?t=e9LACGEbAIpPUOZEtgwxuA&s=19
Scouring the kitchen cupboards for booze, all there is, is some gin.
”Green Ant Gin”. I look closely at the bottle.
It actually has f*cking ants in it.
What mongrel gave us this shit?
What the flipping hell is wrong with people?
I’m not drinking green, gosh darned long dead bleeding drunk ants. I just watched some ants eating a half dead bee. I don’t care what they taste like, I’m not drinking psycho, filthy communist insects.
Prime candidate for regifting at this time of the year. Ask Dan Murphy for a box.
Magpies are cool.
Ants take it up the arse.
What are they good for?
As men, as the people who have been given dominion over all the critters, it is our responsibility to our fellows to figure out which animals are worthy, and which are just pricks. Which are useful, and which are little heroes.
Dolphins: pricks.
Whales: a source of oil, and: pricks.
Porpoises: heroes.
Magpies: heroes.
Rainbow lorikeets: pricks.
Ants: useless pricks.
Poisonous spiders: nasty pricks.
Non venomous spiders: heroes.
Horses: useful pricks.
Ponies: just pricks.
Cats: pricks.
Dogs: heroes.
Fish: who the hell knows what their game is.
Amphibians: pricks.
Bears: pricks.
Elephants: four potential umbrella stands.
Monkeys: Pricks.
Ardvaarks: heroes.
Armadildos: run over.
Pigs: heroes, cos bacon
Cats are OK – they kill mice, rats and cockroaches.
Beyond that, they’re just good for shearing once a year for very fine wool, to give your catallergic children.
Italy is the spiritual home of Catholicism. The Vatican its largest multinational enterprise, currently headed by a communist reprobate who, like all the others, will transform into worm excrement well before the Agency’s Cardinals need to remove him via some unfortunate poisoning in one of the vast Papal palaces.
It is therefore no surprise that, at Christmas time, Nativity scenes are faithfully reproduced throughout Italy, and Udine is no exception. These “Presepi” are literally everywhere, from the multiple Baroque Churches which dot the city, to high-end shops in the medieval centre, to life-sized scenes in Udine’s central square, the Venetian Republic- inspired Piazza della Liberta` (here again, a name commemorating past wars and eventual liberation from the multitude of historical tyrants), to private residences’ windows.
Christmas here is a real celebration of a still strong Christian culture, with family at its centre. The various “Confezioni”, which have developed over hundreds of years, are being sold everywhere in the Friulan Region, from the large Costco-type hyper markets, to the many quaint boutique confectionery shops and even tiny caffetterie (coffee-shops).
Panettones and panfortes are the most traditional cakes. The available range is truly impressive, dozens of high-volume production brands jostle for space with the low-volume artisan and bespoke panettones, made with exotic ingredients, in fancy packaging. The range available puts what is available in Australia to shame, and at a much lower price (50-70%, typically).
Outside of the Christmas bonanza, sweets, biscuits, cakes and chocolates are available in a much greater variety and at a lower cost than in Oz. Yet hardly anyone here is overweight, let alone obese.
Go figure!
Gilas
Seen any children in Italy? The last offical birth was registered in 1970. 🙂
Arky
December 12, 2024 1:25 am
I like, but what about the armadillo?
Unmentionable.
In some respects, not rushing it seems to indicate they aren’t expecting anything dire.
But that is way too slow. Scan images are instant and just require interpretation and reporting by the radiologist. Those reports can be long form but often have a brief summary up front. If they know where they are looking and what for it shouldn’t take long.
If it’s pathology, that typically takes no longer than 24 hours. In fact, I go in for regular therapy which requires a blood test prior. They now do it in the chair, walk the sample down to the lab and have the results in 20-30 minutes.
Time to ask questions and thump the table.
We used to have a procedure in theatre where the surgeon would operate on a specific type of tumor ,the specimen taken to the pathology lab and reviewed on the spot to let the surgeon know if there were any of the tumour at the edges of the sample. In which case, he’d have to remove more.
Different tests have their own timeframe, and we can’t improve on them.
Everything will work itself out at Gods own pace, inshallah.