Open Thread – Mon 20 Jan 2025


An Interior in Venice, John Singer Sargent, 1899

Subscribe
Notify of
guest

986 Comments
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments
feelthebern
feelthebern
January 21, 2025 9:01 pm

There was some other footage on Tiktok of ambulance transporting a J6er to hospital from prison.
No way to verify this.
There’s gunna be hell to pay in the federal prison system.

Salvatore - Iron Publican
January 21, 2025 10:40 pm
Reply to  feelthebern

Some accounts on social media are claiming that when the Screws fot news of the pardon, they set about dishing out one helluva hiding to some J-6ers, going cell to cell.

This, if true, would gel with accounts of the physical & mental abuse some J-6ers have been subject to.

feelthebern
feelthebern
January 21, 2025 9:02 pm

Albo proposes an antisemitic data base.
That will protect Jews.
FMD.

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
January 21, 2025 9:21 pm
Reply to  feelthebern

He can be the no. 1 data entry.
Bad Penny at no. 2.

Bruce in WA
January 21, 2025 10:40 pm
Reply to  feelthebern

Which will take a couple of years to set up … and then won’t work.

feelthebern
feelthebern
January 21, 2025 9:04 pm

When Paul Murray crosses to Anneliese Neilson for “her insights” into the events of today, I shall be changing the channel.
WTF would she know.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
January 21, 2025 9:11 pm
Reply to  feelthebern

I watched a cross on Nein news.
I swear the reporterette looked like she was about to burst into tears.

Dunny Brush
Dunny Brush
January 21, 2025 9:55 pm
Reply to  Sancho Panzer

Was that the Sheila who complained Trump’s victory is so complete he’d have no guard rails? Look up will of the people darl.

Makka
Makka
January 21, 2025 9:05 pm

And so, he’s gone. Like a flushed turd that stank up the whole world.

As he leaves, Biden confirms what everyone knows. He and his family are a coven of evil corrupt perverts and deviants,pardoning his sicko family and traitorous people that have caused immense harm in the US and abroad. Proving beyond any doubt, their culpability. Even Milley- a complete disgrace to the US military.

The Demonrats- what a disgusting obscene bunch of orcs and cretins.The perfect home for the likes of the idiot m0ron.

cohenite
January 21, 2025 9:11 pm

More brilliance: Trump absolutely controlling the msm questions while he signs Executive Orders. Then we cut to him dancing with Melania and JD comes onto the stage with his wife. They then each break off to dance with members of the military.

True class.

Pogria
Pogria
January 21, 2025 9:30 pm
Reply to  cohenite

Trump also went all Rock Star and tossed the pens he used for signing the Executive Orders, into the crowd.

Cassie of Sydney
January 21, 2025 9:29 pm

I went to the rally this evening at Martin Place. It was really good. The whore of Wentworth’s name was mentioned and the ensuing boos and hisses were loud and vociferous. I was very happy.

Lee
Lee
January 21, 2025 9:40 pm

According to Wikipedia Spender supports “action on anti-Semitism” (their words, not mine).

It also claims she is a “centrist” but she ticks all the woke, left boxes.

Lysander
Lysander
January 21, 2025 9:34 pm

Thanks for the update Sancho, appreciated.

Ill stay off Ivanka for now…

Top Ender
Top Ender
January 21, 2025 9:42 pm

Could Trump send over someone to sort this out?

Victoria’s taxpayer-funded peak Indigenous affairs body, the First People’s Assembly, is under fire for officially calling for people to attend Australia Day protests and for calling for a date change.

Victorian Opposition Leader Brad Battin labelled the advocacy “disappointing”, as he also challenges the state premier to reveal her views.

The Assembly gathered at Collingwood in Melbourne on Tuesday morning, to urge people to sign a petition dubbed “Not a date to celebrate”, which so far has received more than 22,000 signatures.

Former Treaty Advancement Commissioner Aunty Jill Gallagher AO told reporters the date of Australia Day must change from January 26.

“We want to celebrate with you but we can’t celebrate on that date,” Dr Jill Gallagher AO told reporters.

The First People’s Assembly, which budget papers show received $82 million from the Victorian Government in 2023-24, also publicly urged people to attend rallies this weekend in support of the cause.

But Victorian Liberal Leader Brad Battin has hit out at the advocacy, saying a taxpayer funded body should not be calling for people to attend rallies or protests.

“It is very disappointing for people calling for protests including an organisation funded by the Allan Labor Government,” he told Sky News. 

“It appears every protest in this state goes back to the Allan Labor Government failing to act or endorsing it.”

“The only person I’m calling out here is Jacinta Allan,” he said.

“Is she for or against Australia Day and if she doesn’t call out protests for what they are, she’s against it,” he said.

Sky News

Perfidious Albino
Perfidious Albino
January 21, 2025 10:13 pm
Reply to  Top Ender

Aunty “Dr Jill Gallagher AO” . The lack of self awareness amongst these beneficiaries of civilisation is extraordinary. I tell you what Jill, we can celebrate Australia Day on another day after you hand back the pre and post-nomials granted to you by the occupying power…

Foxbody
Foxbody
January 21, 2025 10:42 pm

The undeserved honours being flaunted is offensive but silly – but that this racist club gets $82 million a year- that is really offensive.

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
January 21, 2025 10:45 pm
Reply to  Top Ender

Apologies to whoever I pinched the following from

“To all the people whinging about colonization, from their I phones, powered by cheap, reliable electricity, from inside a building that has constant running water, plumbing, air conditioning and all the other modern conveniences that Western civilization has provided for us all to live the most comfortable, prosperous, safe privileged lives of any humans in all of history… Kindly STFU, or go back to living the life of a Stone Age hunter gatherer…you’ll be left behind to die when the tribe moves on, and you can’t keep up…

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
January 21, 2025 11:13 pm

I’m getting rather short tempered on the issue – a family of the local “activists” claim they don’t feel “included” on Australia Day. I shot one of them down in flames over the “oldest living culture” bullsh!t..

MatrixTransform
January 21, 2025 9:48 pm

two Russian sheilas

a semi-final, no flags

Aus Open, complete flogs

Lysander
Lysander
January 21, 2025 9:55 pm

Yeah total BS… “cos they’re killing Ukrainians those darned tennis players…”

I bet you they’ll put up a “Palli” flag when Mohammed get seeded.

ew!!!!

Lysander
Lysander
January 21, 2025 9:58 pm

So, today someone called me racist.

”Racist?” I said. “How can I be racist when I’m married to a Maltese woman?”

I add: ”The Maltese being far inferior than Australians”

/jokes

MatrixTransform
January 21, 2025 10:08 pm
Reply to  Lysander

did you ask them why they were so stupid as to confuse nationality with race?

MatrixTransform
January 21, 2025 10:12 pm
Reply to  Lysander

and anyway, Maltesers are better than Ferrer Rocher

Lysander
Lysander
January 21, 2025 10:23 pm

Despite my Ivanka “fetish,” Maltese wives are amongst the greatest Matrix

Lysander
Lysander
January 21, 2025 10:26 pm
Reply to  Lysander

Although I think the Maltese have a very confused “identity.”

They wanna be Italians but they do all sorts of weird shit to their dishes that makes them Arabic/Italian (I can’t stand the food) and they love Land Rovers…many trying to speak with “North Ryde” Maocon accents

Go figure…

MatrixTransform
January 21, 2025 10:31 pm
Reply to  Lysander

it’s the Spanish that get me

… demasiado sexy

Rosie
Rosie
January 21, 2025 10:05 pm

Trump’s slogan MAGA would suggest that the US had some deep seated problems.
I’ve visited 5 times, business and pleasure, mostly Midwest, the dying towns are a crying shame, along with the many many shanty towns of single wides, the too many no go areas for whites, the rotting inner suburbs. I travelled mostly with a local so it wasn’t seagulling, she told it like it was.
I remember belting through Ferguson of former fame on the freeway, beautiful Victorian homes, boarded up left to rot, like so many towns with dead donuts and white flight.
The US has great natural beauty and I love New York and bits of Chicago but for sheer tourist Europe is impossible to beat.

Great stroll through twitter this evening so much winning!
Trump might be governing for Americans but every policy will have world wide repercussions from defunding Unwra and WHO, to cutting immigration, kicking out hamas supporters on visas, ending DEI, back to two genders, resuming arms sales to Israel, sending water to California and soon drill baby drill.
It’s revolutionary.

Dunny Brush
Dunny Brush
January 21, 2025 10:51 pm

ABC website running a how-to article about how venues can legally bar entry to anyone wearing “Australia Day colours”.

Salvatore - Iron Publican
January 21, 2025 11:47 pm
Reply to  Dunny Brush

Dead easy. Set an arbitrary dress standard for the particular day, or part day.
The hard part is how to target the “dress standard” to exclude Australia Day colours without actually saying so, whilst letting in everybody else.

This type of exclusion happens more often than some may realise.

JC
JC
January 21, 2025 11:38 pm

dover0beach

January 21, 2025 10:48 pm

resuming arms sales to Israel,

That never stopped.

There were pauses and there were also restrictions on certain types of arms. In any event, under the Trump administration, it’s open slather, which is a great thing as I’m sure you would agree. 🙂

Last edited 1 hour ago by JC
Elizabeth (Lizzie) Beare
Elizabeth (Lizzie) Beare
January 21, 2025 11:43 pm

Yay! I’ve finished my unpacking, now at thread’s end.

Slow but sure with little bits getting done all day long.

Elizabeth (Lizzie) Beare
Elizabeth (Lizzie) Beare
January 21, 2025 11:43 pm

Inbetween watching the inauguration.

It’s been a great day.

Zafiro
Zafiro
January 21, 2025 11:55 pm

Is this Alcatraz punk allowed to play tennis in a tank-top at Wimbledon?

Salvatore - Iron Publican
January 22, 2025 12:37 am
Reply to  Zafiro

No. The standards of the Australian Open are not as the standards of the All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club.

Zafiro
Zafiro
January 22, 2025 12:52 am

Piss weak.

JC
JC
January 22, 2025 12:00 am

Booted.

Coast Guard Commandant Linda Fagan was just terminated for prioritizing DEI ahead of border security. Goodbye!

caveman
caveman
January 22, 2025 12:12 am
Reply to  JC

Wonder if they will get DEI hiries putting their hands up self removing themseleves from postions of menit, similar to self deporting illegals.

JC
JC
January 22, 2025 12:14 am

As someone claimed on Twitter.

The very first hoax by the MSM against the Trump administration was

  1. Musk doing the Nazi salute.
Zafiro
Zafiro
January 22, 2025 12:34 am

DEI is a twofold problem.

a) DEI itself that can allow the wrong person into important positions.

b) an ensuing timidity to remove wrong person from important position because maybe “Racist” or “Sexist” or whatever.

https://admiralcloudberg.medium.com/legacy-of-a-lie-the-crash-of-atlas-air-flight-3591-519a3a7bd6ec

An example that sprang to my mind.

Last edited 17 minutes ago by Zafiro
  1. DEI is a twofold problem. a) DEI itself that can allow the wrong person into important positions. b) an ensuing…

  2. As someone claimed on Twitter. The very first hoax by the MSM against the Trump administration was Musk doing the…

986
0
Oh, you think that, do you? Care to put it on record?x
()
x