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Let me guess: “They’re on our radar.”
Chrisifooli moves on some of the CMFEU & ETU rorts. OK credit where credit is due, well done but paused?…
I dropped in at the news site to see what the loonies have to say: Warships ‘spotted off Sydney’The Australian…
@BreannaMorello
There it is, folks!
This was the plan all along.
Looking for any excuse to inject our food with mRNA experimental vaccines.
We eat RNA and DNA all the time, hence have longsince evolved effective means to destroy it . I therefore have much less concern about ingesting it than about bypassing said defences by injecting it.
@BreannaMorello
Blame Biden’s bureaucrats that killed over 100 million chickens and turkeys to sToP tHe SpReAd of bird flu.
@Artemisfornow
EUROPE – A lesson in explaining irony.
JD Vance – “Europe does not accept free speech.”
Europe – “ The JD Vance speech is not acceptable.”
Here endeth the lesson
Sky News with Dutton on. Says that Albo is putting up energy costs with his renewable wet dream. Next bit sez that he will maintain a Net Zero target.
Australia, you are standing in it.
Hamas’ mask slips: Evil exposed with Israeli hostage returns
@ChloesPlanet
Trump on the hostage release
Bill Gates Sounds Off After Musk’s DOGE Shutters USAID
Gates isn’t as feral as Soros, but you can see him getting there as he ages.
Gates is not game to diss Musk as a private sector operator, but says public sector is different. Excuse making for corruption and grifting. US humanitarian aid will continue, which is what Gates witters on about, but not the corruption that it has entailed under USAID, which has to go, to be rebuilt later to do what it should do.
I just don’t see what Gates has to say about the cancelled USAID funding. He has enough money and can use it to fund his charities. If he was getting the USAID money then it’s not his charity, it’s the US taxpayers’.
the winds of phase change
A useful account about what’s been going on in reaction to Vance’s bringing free speech to European ears. Read on down, and seeVance himself chime in on X in response to Eugyppius.
He said he was “appalled” by Sabsabi being dropped.
Odd that Simon Mordant wasn’t ‘appalled’ by Sabsabi’s artistic homage to a leader of a proscribed terrorist organisation.
No doubt Mordant thinks those pesky Zionists are to blame for this.
This tells me that Crative Straya has been leaned on by Luigi.
Which further tells me the focus group messages to Luigi are loud and clear on Muesli radicals.
Old Luigi would have said “Fug it. I’m fighting Torries!”
New, improved Luigi has had a vision of his future as a one term non-entity, and he doesn’t like it.
Correctamundo!
The beautiful and artistic people have well and truly been unmasked and the picture is not pretty.
The Bee outdoing itself.
World Health Organization Warns Trump Funding Cuts May Delay Release Of New Pandemic
I think they understand very well.
@ShawnRyan762
“Trump understands that if we don’t manufacture in America, we’re just everyone else’s b*tch.”
“Trump instinctively understands this in a way that the globalist elites do not. They thought outsourcing everything was great. They’re against tariffs—why would you produce in a less efficient economy when you can manufacture wherever it’s cheapest according to global market dynamics? The problem is, they forgot that once you stop making things and your companies no longer produce anything, you lose all leverage—you’ve handed it away to everyone else.”
“Shouldn’t we wake up every day thinking, ‘Holy sh*t, everything I have right now is because Xi Jinping hasn’t decided to screw us yet’? And he will do it. People think the first strike in a conflict will be a Chinese warship firing on a U.S. ship in the Taiwan Strait. That’s not the first move. The first move will be Xi calling his allies in the U.S. and saying, ‘If the U.S. government tries to fight back, I will destroy your economy. I’ll do it tomorrow. I’ll revoke all your special waivers, seize your factories, nationalize your workers, and then sell iPhones to the entire world while you become irrelevant overnight.’ That’s the real threat he holds over us.”
Dutton on Sky: a vote for the Greens and Teals is a vote for the ALP because the Filth and Rich Bitches parties will never consider a partnership with an LNP government — against whom they already vote 80% of the time in parliament.
Probably not news to most Greens voters. Needs to be shouted from the rooftops for some Teals. You got the feeling Teals were always basically spoilers, like fatty Palmer.
Does Dutton really believe in this economy destroying net zero bullshit or is he placating deadshits in the LNP? Seems to run with the hares and hunt with the hounds.
A. Placating deadshits.
The liberal party is run by it’s left wing faction.
And it’s woke corp donors. All enemies of the normie Aussie population.
In itself, a net zero policy is not the problem. It’s the deadline for its realisation. Dutton needs to be obscure on this, and say that gas, coal and nuclear are essential to an orderly transition. If energy costs become reasonable, net zero will be forgotten.
Only in the most far off long term hand-waving abstract sense, and only because we’ll eventually in hundreds of years run out of economically exploitable fossil fuels. In that perspective, the only long-term sustainable rate of fossil fuel use is zero.
In the shorter term yes net zero policy is a problem because there is no climate emergency and so net zero drives up the price of electricity in an attempt to solve a problem that doesn’t exist.
They haven’t learned.
Lord Sumption (former judge of Blair’s made up Supreme Court) attacks JD Vance speech as “silly and immature”. Perpetuating the European tradition of pomposity substituting for reason.
Enjoy your islamopoverty Eurosaurs.
Greek Member of EU Parliament Delivers Epic Indictment of Socialist Policies: “YOU HAVE FAILED”
So effing cold down here this morning- frying one day, freezing the next
12c in Mulgrave. Luvverly!
9.9c in the early am Olympic Park
6.9c here at 6am and only 9c now in croydon
Minimum of 3.2 here this morning.
The first sign of Autumn!
Quite a nip in the air on our verandah here in Vaucluse too, near South Head. The first touch of Autumn.
It will warm up later in the week.
Low of 27c overnight. Now 30c on the way to 36 today.
Still in throws of wet season, Monsoon in it’s perodic hiatus.
Some long range forecasters for the north Queensland coast apparently tipping another big burst in March & early April.
26° here in Barcy on my verandah.
Calder was educational for a stranger- freezing wind, showers, sprinkle of hail at one stage- all in February !
Alarmists Bemoan Climate Research Funding Freeze
Lord Sumption (former judge of Blair’s made up Supreme Court) attacks JD Vance speech as “silly and immature”. Perpetuating the European tradition of pomposity substituting for reason.
Yet another effete, supercilious, condescending pommy prick. I again give thanks to my forbears for emigrating.
Recently found out one of the forebears was brought out as a convict.
Thank God I’m tainted with the brush of criminality and can hold my head high!
I have a couple of convicts, as well as the odd murderer. I’m way up there in the prestige stakes.
My head is higher, I had 2 convict ancestors!
One singleton plus an entire family of rogues!
I win!
None of my ancestors got caught.
I shoulda shut up.
Just got carried away in the moment.
@MAGAVoice
HOLY SH*T Attorney General Pam Bondi just exposed the UK for throwing people in prison for posting memes “This has to stop”
?
The UK protects Migrant Gangs and Child R*pists
THE UK HAS OFFICIALLY FALLEN
And what do you think we are? Those two nurses have not even been seen by police yet while the old biddy who harangued a mosque was arrested immediately.
Any tips on block quotes. Tried getting working and it was just publishing the whole text? Now apparently spam.
Some features on this page just don’t work for me including the links.
Type/paste text in text box.
Highlight text.
Press ” quotation marks below.
If there is a link in it you have to save this as a link. Otherwise it will disappear.
I suspect Shiri and her two little boys are dead. I still have some hope because life without hope is meaningless. The two little boys might have been taken in by a Gazan Nazi family but the boys’ red hair will make them easily identifiable.
Meanwhile, closer to home, the homicidal Jew hating Islamist Nurse Sarah Abu Lebdeh remains holed up in the shithole suburb called Condell Park protected by her jihadist Islamist family. NSWaffen Plod are yet to visit her. Why? Are they scared of a riot? So it is already very clear that the new ‘anti-hate’ legislation laws are effing useless. Those new laws will not be used against ‘them’, they will be used against us!
Yesterday, after kiddush I left shul and went to exit my synagogue. Standing at the exit door was the usual four CSG (community security) along with two security guards paid for by the synagogue (it’s massive and expensive). Two NSWaffen coppers were also at the door, talking to CSG and the security guards. Startled, I asked CSG….’is there something wrong?” They said ‘no, all is okay‘, to which I said…. ‘I don’t respect the NSW Police anymore, they’re not here to protect us‘. I then said to CSG……..’Shabbat Shalom‘ and walked off.
That’s the hideous truth, I no longer respect NSW Police nor do I trust them. It’s a sad state of affairs and it’s a view shared by others in the Jewish community.
It’s been pretty clear for a decade or more the police are not there to protect us. Let alone a inconvenient (to politicians and “elites”) group like Jews.
Clear from the start with the huffing and puffing about Grampian nasti’s the laws were passed as the opportunity had presented itself. They are not about to be used on muslims and IMO never will be. They will be used on nationalist ideas as the backlash grows.
Our daughter had cause to be in St Kilda yesterday morning and was very saddened by the sight of the necessary security guards at the synagogue in Inkerman Road.
Autumn is my favourite season.
Mine too, Cassie. Best weather of cool.nights and warm days, gorgeous garden colours. It’s a shame the miserable Melbourne winter brings it to an end.
And mine!
Same here, followed by Spring. It’a a pity that Autumn has to be followed by Winter and Spring by Summer!
“Australia stands at a critical juncture in energy policy, facing the challenge of balancing affordability, reliability, and sustainability. Current policies centred on renewables have driven up costs and raised concerns about energy security and economic resilience. Bold, technology-neutral approaches—such as incorporating nuclear power and advanced coal technologies—can align environmental goals with economic priorities.
Prioritising reliable, cost-effective energy solutions over ideological preferences is essential to safeguarding Australia’s prosperity, protecting household well-being, and ensuring energy security for the long term. These decisions represent not just an economic imperative but a defining moment for the nation’s future.”
More at –
https://www.arcforum.com/research-papers/choices-pro-human-future
As soon as the word sustainability is mentioned I reach for my gun.
Your response is not without merit. I had a look at who was part of the ARC at the link above. It is worth looking. As soon as I see Bjorn Lomborg ‘s name or face I know that the organization or article is compromised. He is a foil for the Green Global warming agenda. Always seems so reasonable but ultimately keeps the narrative running. Those keeping his company are more than likely tarred with the same brush. There are some notable Australians there too.eg John Howard, Andrew Hastie. Also some Americans such as Vivek Ramaswamy. (Why was he dropped from the DOGE?) and more.
Is John Howard a positive or a negative? I have my view.
He’s a dick. A short one.
oooh mem, you’re even more suspicious than I am !!!
Cassie
Do you recall? The evildoers took hostage a sweet and innocent-looking, redheaded little boy. The scum showed footage of him, unaware of what was happening, nervously smiling as Palestinian kids smacked him around. Do you know what happened to him?
JC, I recall, I think he was one of the children released in the hostage deals of November/December 2023.
‘Net zero policy‘ is precisely the problem. To use old Oz slang…..’net zero policy’ is a furphy. There’s more likelihood and probability of landing a human on Pluto than achieving ‘net zero‘ by 2050 or even by 2550!
So what’s the harm in leaving it as a policy so o long as coal, gas and nuclear are pursued as supposedly interim policies. The good in so doing is that the Liberals might undermine the Teals in the seats they would like to retrieve.
I rather pay 6c per kwh than 50c per kwh.
Australia would already be net-negative. Ian Plimer.
Net Zero is the average IQ of all “Pollies”.
‘Net zero’ is scam to hide the fact that wind and solar provide only intermittent power. I liken it to a scuba tank …. it needs to deliver 5 litres per minute continuously across the dive. If it provides 10 LPM for 1/2 the dive and 0 LPM for the other half you end up dead, even though it produces a ‘net’ 5LPM
Simon Holmes a’ Court seems a little tetchy over at his twitter account. He accuses Albo and Dutton of rigging the system. ( I won’t link but you can google his twitter easily.)
He is pouring a heap of $ into the Mong for Kooyong campaign, that’s for sure. Big sign boards everywhere.
Same for the seat of Fisher on the Sunshine Coast. Teal volunteers are being spotted everywhere.
Gaia’s Witnesses?
I always like discussions with JWs as I bring out my Bible. A good time had by all as we swap verses. That’s the essence of debate from the sources.
I suspect if an evangelical Teal turned up at my place it would be horrified when I started to pull up empirical climate data and graphs.
He does NOT want to register as a party.
The ‘Teals’ are what I understand as a party; deny it as they will. Where is the AEC in all of this?
Glenn Greenwald – The Truth About the War in Ukraine
So what’s the harm in leaving it as a policy so o long as coal, gas and nuclear are pursued as supposedly interim policies.
The policy is harmful because it is based on a lie and on the destruction of our economy. As I write both coal and gas are demonised, our major banks and major corporates already have in place ESG policies which hinder and restrict the use of coal and gas.
100% agree. Start scamming this important issue, and it spreads to every area of politics and life. The harm is insidious and destroys trust. There is a reason to be truthful.
The propagandist’s know that once you con a person into believing and acting on a lie they become compromised and therefore vulnerable. It is I think, the biggest and most successful tool of Marxism and Socialism.
Cat staff will understand this. Enjoy. 😀
Cats love a box.
How to lead from the front.
Pete Hegseth works out with soldiers in the snow as military reasserts pride in strength (14 Feb, via Instapundit)
Good stuff! I think he’s going to be inspiring the guys a whole lot more than the Biden clique did.
Remember how old pelosi mafia filth had national guardsmen camped in an underground car park? Ancien regime.
I remember it well.
Bastard communists treating soldiers like shit.
They needed props for the insurrection stage show – part of an all time epic effort in puppetry.
Cronkite
Whatever happened to what they called critical burn, coal fired stations that were supposed to greatly reduce emissions. Have any ever been built?
HELE/ Ultra SuperCritical, head prefect: they burn coal at much higher temps which means you need less coal and they emit much less by product. As usual the chunks are building heaps. Australia has one, the last one we built in 2007, Kogan, which is only Super Critical not Ultra:
Kogan Creek Power Station | CS Energy
We should build more of them.
I can use DDG.
There are four HELE power stations in Australia, and they’re all in Queensland. All four are supercritical plants – there are no ultra-supercritical plants in operation in Australia.
Tarong North Power Station, for example, is a supercritical plant that was commissioned in 2003. The single 443 MW advanced cycle coal-fired unit’s supercritical boiler technology reduces CO2 emissions by about 10 per cent compared to conventional subcritical boilers.
Tarong North Power Station also uses an advanced bag filtration system to capture fine particles that are produced by burning coal. This industrial-scale bag filter captures 99.99 per cent of all emitted dust particles, reducing the station’s particulate emissions.
Yes – the Chinese have built many.
So have the Japanese. And they use our coal as well. Smart people.
hey Blackball
pretty unspectacular results in premiership league, but Everton under Moyes are brilliant – 4 victories out of 6.
Brentford keep going and Bournemouth win put them 5.
i cand understand Newcastle loosing 4 0 into man city.
disappointed by Notts forest loss to Fulham – who keep on trucking.
Championship all results as expected. Sheffield utd keep on going – Wilder is a great coach.
John Eustice left Blackburn during the week with the back up manager earning a 2:0 win against west brom.
Eustice is in change of Derby who lost 4:0 to qpr on Friday night.
Leeds and sunderland tonight at Leeds.
Not a Walsall Supporter but they are still leading League 2. Good Luck to them.
Hey Johnny
sid Visicious here , like Walsall and I wish notts county and Carlisle the momentum up to the higher Leagues
mem
February 16, 2025 9:44 am
Simon Holmes a’ Court seems a little tetchy over at his twitter account. He accuses Albo and Dutton of rigging the system. ( I won’t link but you can google his twitter easily.)
Simon is of the turdball mould but a physical bully as well. He ‘confronted’ several lnp women including Jane Hume at voting booths. But as usual the problem are the sheeple who vote for these arseholes; the teals, to a putrid pussy, are shockers, just upper class filth. All of them should be stripped naked and dumped in the Simpson since they’re so environmental and pro 3rd nations.
armchair marxism at its worst
I’ve seen the corrupt results of that in Sri Lanka in the early 70’s and it wasn’t pretty. It still lingers on, though it’s not total as before under Bandaranaike socialism. Nevertheless, we’ve seen what it can still do to an economy with the massive crop failures in recent years due to new green idiocy being applied good and hard.
I have no truck with the Teals, but it’s certainly an example of the uniparty using its numbers to stymie opposition.
And not for the first time, either.
What the Teals didn’t vote with Labor this time, what a shock the green communist wankers.
Methinks the whore of Wentworth is a little worried….
Allegra Spender has signalled she is open to working with the Coalition in the event of a hung parliament, even as Peter Dutton has repeatedly accused the Teal independents of harbouring support for the Greens.
“I am very open to working with a Coalition government and I’m open to working with the Labor government, but that depends on what they are actually going to put on the table,” Ms Spender told the ABC’s Insiders program on Sunday.
With polls pointing to a hung parliament beyond the next election, the Wentworth MP could be one of the most likely independents to support the Coalition, alongside independents Bob Katter and Dai Le.
Pointing to Labor’s reforms to workplace relations laws, Ms Spender said she had previously worked with the Coalition.
Awful alle can get stuffed.
Talk is cheap – she’ll do a Windsor later.
Prediction – She will not get re-elected.
Can’t see Katter supporting Simon Holmes a Courts bints.
His base the Queensland the solid red neck vote which ranges from centre right to off the scale far right would revolt. Not only that the other blue collar types especially out the Isa way or just north of Townsville are parochial, making deals with inner city elitists wouldn’t go down well with this group.
Just my thoughts after having been in Kennedy till 10 years ago and knowing some of the electorate by working west of the divide or up to the Gulf country.
Spender is a rusted-on greenie. She won’t support the Coalition and will be full of mealy-mouthed reasons why not. Truth is she wants the Bowen renewables to cover Australia and bring lots of wealth to investors in these. Follow the money. Who paid for her big new cinema ads in Wentworth and the targeted ads I get online as someone who lives in the electorate? A lot of money has been going into building up Spender as a force for all things good, especially in climate matters, long before this election was called and it will ramp up even more now. But oh, she’s Independent, doncha know?
I actually think we’ll end up with an LNP majority. I just don’t think there will be enough appetite for a minority Labor government again after the last go around which was an absolute goat rodeo. Unfortunately, I think the Teals will pick up a lot of the former green vote outside of inner city seats.
Sounds to me like she might be trying to lure more voters away from the Libs.
I wouldn’t trust any of the Teals for a second.
There are a couple of commenters on here who regularly like to skite about their academic backgrounds which is fine, but these ones do so with the specific goal of shutting others up over critical debates.
Watch this.
(Sabine Hossenfelder on academic research papers):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shFUDPqVmTg
(She is really angry and gets quite sweary)
10 minute watch.
Sabby is good but she has swallowed the global boiling pill. I’m hoping she comes around.
Sabine, give President Trump a call. He would have a new position for you digging through corruption like this condescending arsehole.
Unfortunately fraud is endemic in academia. it is a result of the incentive system. You’ve got to hand it to the Indians. They discovered this early on and offered fake journals and fake conferences to academics so they can up their scores. Such as Journal Impact Factor (JIF) and H-index that are used for career advancement.
And they made ( and still do make) a fortune. See Predatory Conference
Gaming the System is the modern academic competency.
97.3% of academics would disagree with this.
I see what you did there.
LOL
Weren’t you a maths teacher with ‘an academic background’ once, Arky?
Just sayin’
Many many people here have academic credentials. Doesn’t mean they give unreasoned authority but they can provide useful insight at times.
Where did I say they did?
This is like the woman’s vote thing.
One points out that a significantly larger number of women than men make stupid, emotional decisions when voting, and suddenly you are accused of putting down all women.
That the overall result would be better if chicks stayed home during election day, is incontestable, and pointing that out doesn’t indicate hate of women.
Nor does pointing out that one or two contributors have a habit of trying to shut down conversations by throwing their qualifications about mean all academics are arseholes.
Or the boomer thing.
You point out that due to their sheer numbers boomers create distortions, not all of which are totally positive, and they get seriously offended.
Chill out, females, academics and boomers.
I love you all.
You are a practised offender, we know that Arky. Know that, and still enjoy your contributions.
You used the derogatory word ‘skyte’ which rather implies that.
Sabine is terrific. She’s not always right, but she’s honest. And she lives for the pursuit of truth, which is what we should all so.
Labor government working hard to lose the election:
A federal scheme that thousands of local sports clubs and community groups use to buy balls, airconditioners, carpet and pie warmers has been altered by the Albanese government to favour spending on First Nations cultural spaces, gender-neutral facilities and websites that “support newly arrived immigrants who are not citizens.”
The Stronger Communities program offers $150,000 of grants in each of Australia’s 151 federal electorates. The previous funding round in 2023 gave more than 2300 not-for-profit organisations between $2500 and $20,000 each.
Herald-Sun
Sounds like ESG – Economic Suicide Guaranteed.
Was this the result of a ministerial directive or did it come from a public servant who felt empowered by the general “vibe” of the Albanese government? Catherine King is the relevant minister…I think, as there are seven ministers attached to this “super” department, including Michelle Rowland & Tony Burke.
Talking of elections Tom – have you seen anything that passes for policy from our Lisa Bayliss? (I haven’t but some might have snuck out.)
Isn’t thirty-odd billion a year enough for so-called “First Nations”?
Also, like Trump’s America and most of the rest of the world I thought we were over unscientific, woke “gender-neutrality”?
So the government took funding off mainstream Australian suburban sports teams and gave it to the Abos?
$4o Billion isn’t enough for the grifters?
Hello Elon you are required in Australia
Adding insult to injury:
The City of Sydney council is due to vote on a BDS motion tomorrow.
This despite a review finding no ties to firms linked to settlements or arms, which means the motion is purely symbolic, although the Greens see it as a step towards full divestment from any Israel-linked entities.
This follows Clover Moore’s decision not to attend a NSW Mayoral Roundtable on Antisemitism last week, where practical measures councils could take to counter vandalism against places of worship were discussed.
Moore’s “Team Clover” voting bloc will be crucial to the result.
That it’s come to this already displays an extraordinary lack of leadership on Moore’s part. And what was more important than attending the Roundtable, one would like to know?
Hello “No More Clover” – Just keep the Sydney Streets and Walkways clean.
And more (no pun intended) rubbish bins please.
And no more (no pun intended) bike lanes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhkfYSsse4k
From the comments:
Also the man who allegedly burnt a koran is in gaol, the man who attacked him with a knife is out on bail.
Quran guy was initially remanded in custody but was eventually released on bail as well. Someone probably worked out the political damage of not doing so.
Man Filmed Burning Qur’an and Man Who Allegedly Attacked Him With Knife Both Charged in London (15 Feb)
This is the crux of the UK problem.
The British social compact is in such a fragile state that pretty much everything that tests the Establishment’s version of acceptable conduct needs bespoke handling to avoid issues bursting into flames. The State walking on eggshells with regard to special people of all descriptions.
Same with Paris in France. There are many No Go areas. As with Brussels.
Anyone notice the bloke – stage right – who got off his scooter and put in a few kicks while the Burner was on the ground bleeding?
Given the amount of CCTV coverage the solution is simple and makes them live up to their standards
Just wear a big hat, sun glasses and a face mask (for Covid….lol). That should do the trick.
Reply to Cassie at 9.38am Re Net Zero
The propagandist’s know that once you con a person into believing and acting on a lie they become compromised and therefore vulnerable. It is I think, the biggest and most successful tool of Marxism and Socialism. Read Stephan Koch’s book “Stalin, Willi Munzenberg and the Seduction of the Intellectuals”. Later renamed because of leftist pressure to “Double Lives” as it exposed their narrative.
‘Thought crime’ and cancelled elections: how do JD Vance’s claims about Europe stand up?
The Grauniad hacks then ‘fact check’ this “litany of tales”.
The only surprising thing is that the rag published the fact checks. Because they actually find that JD Vance’s claims about European decay actually stand up pretty convincingly – to the extent that it’s necessary to introduce journalistic disinformation to imply misinformation by Vance.
The rot runs deep.
Looking forward to Vance turning his gaze to Australia’s speech laws, which impinge upon the operations of US media companies.
I hope he looks soon.
But I doubt it will even show up on either his or Anal’s radar.
At least not until the rat in the toilet brush is gone.
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Latest US Army Recruitment Ad.
No more ‘my two moms are proud of me’ stuff.
see working link below
We really really aren’t stealing a Coalition policy!
Housing Minister Clare O’Neil announces foreign investment ban after Coalition revealed policy in 2024 (Sky News, 16 Feb)
Probably isn’t going to go down well with the Chinese and the Indians, but I’m more amused by their denials about whose policy it is. I wonder what will happen with all those cashed up fleeing Hollywood lefties trying to escape Trump’s reign of terror?
It IMO will be full of wide loopholes that it will have no effect.
So we don’t want foreign currency eh?
We doan want yer stinkin’ dollars!
Not many people purchase homes on Sunday.
[Loopholes R Us]
On April the first. LOL. April Fools Day.
Ad is here
Recruitment is now going through the roof and the ad has had seven million hits.
Lizzie, did you scroll down a little and see this?
https://x.com/TheBigSib1/status/1888664830027927914
“The greater Israel project and the terrible power of the Jewish banks requires the total annihilation of Edom (white Christianity/European races).”
https://x.com/TheBigSib1/status/1888664830027927914
No. I just followed a link to the ad.
All sorts of rubbish is on the internet. Turns up everywhere.
The stats on hew dwelling approvals – declining month by month – indicate that her government is in fact not implementing its “hugely bold and ambitious” plan.
Nor have they wrangled immigration under control, with 2025 numbers expected to be around twice the official 185 000 target.
Liars gotta lie.
Those UkroBros live in a vivd world of fantasy.
I’m prepared to at least have a look at any scenario, but Mario’s is bizarre beyond compare.
O‘Neil was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1980, the daughter of prolific Australian publishers Lloyd O’Neil and Anne O’Donovan. She undertook her VCE at Loreto Mandeville Hall in Toorak, where she later served on the school council. She then undertook further education at Monash University, studying a Bachelor of Arts (History), and then a Bachelor of Laws, graduating with honours in both fields. In 2006, she was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to undertake a Master of Public Policy at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.
Odious and useless. Why is it even called the ‘labor’ party.
Mate of mine is looking to buy a property in Victoria. He was been telling me there’s an overlay that applies to it, ES04, that effectively means he would have almost no control over the property.
In order to do something as simple as trimming a tree in the garden, he would have to get permission from a range of authorities, including the EPA and aboriginal cultural heritage. Building a fence, planting a new garden, basically everything and anything.
Why on earth would you put money into Victoria at this point?
Don’t touch it. It’s poison. As poisonous as a heritage listed house. Look elsewhere.
umm, err umm …
Well, you wouldn’t. Wife’s family had property in Brighton and Narrewarren North. Prepped and sold both for decent sums (when her parents passed). No plans to return.
ES04 has amendments that allow property owners exemption for development over 30m from the waterway. ES04 is in place to protect a catchment in the Macedon Ranges. Personally, I think protecting water catchments is a good thing.
(Amendment-C145v2 – 19.10.22-WEB)
This is nowhere near the Macedon ranges. And it’s not the only overlay on the property.
He’s got good reasons for ties to Vic, but it’s getting to the point he’s 50/50 on pulling the pin completely and just doing enough to get by, instead of pushing shit uphill to run a business.
In Vic, unless it’s a union intensive business generating new member$hips, businesses are just viewed as cash cows for the milking by this fkd up Govt.
Yes, except that by definition, any point above a river or stream – unless it is a sinkhole on the Nullabor – is part of a catchment area.
same same, I had a look at 29 acres near Ararat but 90% of the block had an aboriginal heritage overlay also …… neeeext!
I see Kellogg suggesting that, in talks with Putin, US will try to cleave Russia off China, Iran, and NK. I don’t see that happening.
It’s a rational goal though.
Not really. The rational goal would have been to avoid such a circumstance to begin with. Right now and in the short term it is delusional. The US has deliberately burnt its bridges with Russia while the others have leant it considerable service in a crisis.
What the US is trying to do here is weaken both Russia and China, Iran, and NK in a single move. No way Russia doesn’t understand this and recognise it as self-serving, and given it has the upper hand will reject.
Bit late for that!
Sydney to Newcastle high speed rail costs blown out by consultant fees for First Nations cultural advisors – all without a single track being laid
Daily Mail
Whatever happened to the Sydney to Canbrrrrr Fast Train? It would have been great to see it used by the “Pollies” and Public Servants.
Oh yes, QAINTARSE and ‘Virgin on the Ridiculous’ quietly told the Feral Guv’ment to dump the idea. Too much loss of business for them.
Oh lol.
What an extraordinary boondoggle a vft would be in Australia. Wouldn’t cost less than a trillion dollars to build and would be subsidied by the taxpayer for ever. Iirc only 2 lines in Europe even now run at a profit. In fact possibly only Lyon to Paris.
We caught the VFT from Lyon to Paris. It was delayed leaving – the driver had rung in sick, and his replacement was held up in a traffic jam.
And that’s only because the cheese eating surrender monkeys have banned short haul domestic flights to Lyon.
Exactly.
DOGE is essentially an assault on the apparatus of Keynesian policy.
It’s no wonder so many are having a meltdown.
It’s the understatement of the year to say we need a DOGE over here.
Indig industry
“Green” power industry
NDIS industry
Welfare industry
I have a feeling we are worse off on a $/GDP wasted basis than the US, or at the very least no better.
We are writhing like a poor creature afflicted with a remorseless, undislodgeable parasite.
Soon the death throes will be upon us, and all that remains will be a hoovering up of the corpse by an outside entity. No guesses who that might be.
You just described the parasitic autonomous complex.
The parasites do think of themselves as parasites, because they live within the parasitic autonomous complex.
They see themselves as good people, dealing fairly or even charitably with their fellow parasites.
You, on the other hand, are evil, because you wish to destroy the parasitic autonomous complex that sustains them.
That the parasitic autonomous complex is now so large and so integrated into the organs of the host that it is killing the host, either does not occur to them, or is put out of mind because up until now the host has always survived.
What always has been must continue indefinitely, right?
The question of what happens to the parasites after the host dies is inconceivable.
typo, don’t, not do.
Valid, apart from the point that they don’t see themselves as parasites – instead they see themselves as symbionts.
By that point I don’t think China will need us.
They’re setting up an alternative system with alternative supplies of iron ore too.
Interesting dynamics. Most of the good stuff is in various muzzostans.
Which suggests the Chinese may have to place a battalion or so of PLA on their mines to keep the ferals out.
Hitherto they’ve avoided doing such muscular and, dare I say it, colonialist actions.
I would just wait and see how the deckchairs are rearranged. You may get some savings but I would bet some of that money is again going to find itself in private hands, though the hands may be different.
It’s a shambles.
My remaining family are all there, and more than a few mates – and every time I visit or speak to them it’s the same or a similar theme.
It’s like the cartoon where the dog sits at the kitchen table with the house burning down around him, and he’s saying ‘This is fine’.
Every time I hear one of these stories (or am in Melbourne looking at the ghost town CBD), I feel validated by going to the NT so long ago. You barely need a driver’s licence here.
You don’t need a boat licence (although you need to register your boat trailer), and should you feel the need you can go out on your boat and drink all the cans you like with absolutely no comeuppance – although towing your boat home after such activities is apparently frowned on.
That’s just a couple of examples. Yes, for people wanting to bring big business here there are the standard indig processes to go through, but even they’ve been castrated by the government here sacking the environmental protection lawyers who lied about songlines in the Tiwi Islands preventing million-dollar gas investments.
It ain’t perfect here, but we’re not strangled in red tape. Not of that sort, at least.
Sounds very much like rural life in the EU, surrounded by regulation that is just routinely ignored.
Plus turning Barra into a tourist attraction. Not netting them to near extinction legally or otherwise.
MAHA Alliance press conference video: “We will never do that study” — Tony Fauci
Olympic sports news (the Tele):
And:
A fainting goat.
That is absolutely on point. As much as I am reticent to compliment TV people, the ‘fainting goat’ comparison is superb.
That’s one way of putting it.
@kylenabecker
JUST IN: Trump Administration Fires 20 Immigration Judges as DOGE Onslaught Continues
The Trump administration has abruptly fired 20 immigration judges without explanation, amid broader efforts to downsize the federal workforce.
The dismissals include 13 judges yet to be sworn in and five assistant chief judges, with no immediate plans given on whether they will be replaced.
Immigration courts face a backlog of 3.7 million cases extending back to the Biden years. However, Trump is attempting to revise migration policies to deport as many illegal aliens as possible.
On Valentine’s Day, President Trump issued a “valentine’s poem” for those in the nation illegally.
“Roses are red, Violets are blue, come here illegally and we’ll deport you,” he wrote, adding a heart emoji.
Border Czar Tom Homan backed up the Commander-in-Chief.
“If you look at the rest of interior enforcement, it’s about three times higher than it was a year ago today. Three times higher is good, but I’m not satisfied. There are more criminal aliens that need to be arrested, hundreds of thousands,” Homan said.
“Sanctuary cities are putting roadblocks up,” he added. “We’ve got leaks. So we need to increase the arrests of illegal aliens, especially those with criminal convictions. So we’re going to continue.”
ALPBC News reporting a 3rd plane load of Indians sent back already after arriving through South America. Leave in an orderly fashion or get chucked out with the clothes on your back?
Like Gillard’s boat people, “Tell your friends”.
RIP, DEI: The End of Our Captivity
It’s pretty clear that the corruptocrat elites in Euro politics are panicked and absolutely desperate to get their self inflicted immigration debacle off the 24/7 media cycle , even if it means having outright war with Russia.
JDV and Hegseth haven’t generated Euro outrage. That’s fear we are seeing. Long overdue.
Trump making a peace deal with Russia exposes the Euroweenies to the clear and present destruction they have perpetrated in their own countries, which their citizens are clearly holding them accountable for – right/nationalist parties are thriving. And rightly so.
The Bee is having a hard time keeping up.
Europe Vows To Stick It To Trump By Finally Paying Their Own Bills
DOGE is essentially an assault on the apparatus of Keynesian policy.
It’s no wonder so many are having a meltdown.
It’s the understatement of the year to say we need a DOGE over here.
Indig industry
“Green” power industry
NDIS industry
Welfare industry
That’s a very good point. I once believed all that Keynsian garbage too- spending OPM for the sake of spending OPM.
The most important feature of Keynesian economics is that it’s junk science because it doesn’t work. For example, the Keynesian bible says there is a fixed level of demand, whereas classic liberalism preaches the actual truth — that supply creates demand (Say’s Law), the recipe for starting and operating successful businesses and the basis of recent economic success stories like the Apple iPhone.
@AfricaFactsZone
US Congressman, Scott Perry says USAID funded Boko Haram, which carried out terror attacks in Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger and Chad.
@Basil_TGMD
In the UK, people are just murdered in broad daylight now and no one cares
I hate what’s happened to my country
Picking up an earlier thread. So, my team, at least in the EPL – Spurs – are 15th. It is what it is. I support the Dockers in the AFL, Wanderers in the A-League, Kings in the NBL, and whoever I feel like on the day when I turn up to an NTFL match. I started watching Match of the Day on the ABC on Sunday arvos when I was growing up in regional Oz. Mum made a point, ‘you should choose a team to go for.’ Spurs were playing and their full name was a delight for an impressionable 5 year old. Fast forward fifty years and I’m reminded of a conversation with a friend who has been a St Kilda supporter and member since 1967. ‘We’re a premiership every 100 years plan.’
I do hope we stick with Ange.
I agree, Spurs Fan here since the age of 7 years old in 1960. COYS
My daughter once tried to move her support to Hawthorn. I said, ‘Sweetie, that’s fine. (Pause) But you’re no longer in the family.’ She stayed Freo.
Otherwise, COYS!!
Politico – you’re a leftist – addicted to failure and undesirable immigration.
I am sending your daughter the premiers 2025 cap – Go Hawkers.
I told a mate his 5yo son would never see a Dockers premiership. He just laughed.
‘Surrender & betrayal’ — US, EU officials condemn Trump, Hegseth’s comments on Ukraine peace negotiations
Sabine Hossenfelder. Science today.
I was asked to keep this confidential
Well that ban is going to really stymie the macmansion market.
Foreign nationals building and knocking down existing homes has reached my burb and beyond.
They leave the houses to rot until the 4 years is nearly up then clear the blocks of vegetation and put up cheap ugly faux French provincials
I’m sick of it.
The Ethnics (read Asians) rarely improve the aesthetics of a suburb. The locals are bad enough.
Senator Richard Blumenthal condemned Hegseth’s message, calling it a “surrender & betrayal” of Ukraine.
Is this the piece of sh*t who lied about his non existent military service in ‘nam?
IIRC, yes.
I’m not one to stand up for Albo but he’s currently handling negotiations with Trump re tariffs fairly well. I hope he doesn’t take this ABC hack’s advice:
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes: Albanese’s Trump tariff ‘test’ is a minor play in a bigger contest
No surprise that the ABC is enamoured with Christa Freeland (she has an… interesting background. Let’s just say she was fully in support of that old Ukrainian Nazi addressing the Canadian parliament). And her aggressive approach to Trump is precisely the wrong strategy. You don’t bluff your opponent when they already know you are playing with a weak hand. Stupid.
Besides, why would we emulate the Canadian approach in any case? We are in a completely different situation from them. Our trade relationship with the US isn’t really that important, relatively speaking – whereas the US could ruin Canada. And we run a trade deficit with the US, unlike Canada. We have a very strong argument for tariff exemptions. Why switch to vinegar when honey appears to be working?
I agree that we should be demanding a lot more for our participation in our alliance with the US, but that is a separate issue. And that is where we should be playing hardball with the US, not over a game it looks like we’re going to win anyway.
@MikeBenzCyber
Blob Logic: It would be a “complete victory” for Putin if Ukraine has to allow elections again.
Zelensky will loose. Word has it he was/is a major drug dealer.
@MikeBenzCyber
To understand why the US State Dept & USAID under Biden wanted elections cancelled in Ukraine, watch this video from a recent subscriber video I did going over the stranglehold The Blob has over Zelensky’s every move & why they want institutions, rather than voters, in control:
I doubt they’re horrified about who they’ve become. What they’re horrified about is someone they can’t control speaking freely about it.
@robinmonotti
Austria stabbing latest: Boy, 14, dies after knife attack in Villach leaves four wounded
Syrian this time. Trying to find out where in the body they were stabbed. Muz go for the neck – its in the Koran.
We were in Villach in 23, a delightful Austrian town, with ancient Roman ruins. It’s time to deport the barbarians.
You cannot get rid of the parasitic autonomous complex by getting rid of the current parasites, because it’s an analogy and the parasites are people, and it isn’t the people, it’s the incentives in the system when public money is on offer.
We tried to change the incentives over the years in different ways: we tried to privatise things that really don’t lend themselves too well to privatisation.
We tried giving the boss parasites good incentives with benchmarks to reach, say, for ambulance times, which just got them to game the system by “ramping” the ambulances. We tried introducing mandatory testing of student outcomes. The teachers encouraged the stupid students to stay home for the day.
It doesn’t matter what you privatise or what incentives you try to build in, the humans find a way to get at the public’s money with the least amount of effort.
All you can do is shrink the size of the parasitic autonomous complex, and periodically sack almost everyone, and make sure that the things they are doing they must do in the open.
Thus, the biggest antidote to the parasitic autonomous complex is to shrink the ability of the government to raise money.
Narrow the tax base.
Reduce the market for government bonds.
Raise interest rates and encourage investment in private, productive assets.
Eliminate taxation.
The second biggest antidote is scrutiny.
The media no longer performs this function because it is subsumed into the parasitic autonomous complex, thus the only cure is citizen engagement. We have to have a serious push for civic engagement.
Teach civics in schools, and at home.
Conservatives must reject the individuality and cynicism at the core of civic disengagement, and embrace society.
Engaging civically as if society exists is not communism. It’s the antidote to the parasitic autonomous complex.
A developing problem for the US and any negotiations is that Ukraine is becoming more resistant.
Resistant to what? Losing the money laundering scam? I’d say Ukraine families are resistant to seeing their men being slaughtered. How many more Ukraine lives and limbs have to be invested in failed attempts to dislodge Russia?
I suspect that Trump’s eventual peace deal will make it very hard for Ukraine to resist. Especially once DOGE gets done with auditing the whole Ukraine arms corruption.
You are going to have a number of angry factions especially if Ukraine aren’t involved in the negotiations. The same people sending drones into the containment vessel of Chernobyl are going to find other ways to sabotage any deal.
But I’m also not that sure that any peace deal will eventuate.
On the subject of the so-called high speed train, I am beginning to wonder if this is our equivalent of USAID.
Make a big announcement, let big consultancy contracts, the contractors do a light edit of the last report, pay a percentage of the contract value to the Party, rinse and repeat.
Announce the consultants’ study in the lead-up to an election. Bury it without trace as soon as the polls have closed. Rinse and repeat.
Meanwhile in “progressive” Canberra:
‘It has definitely got worse’: Businesses don’t know what to do about Civic’s homeless
The number of homeless people in the city is increasing to the point it’s becoming dangerous, according to local business owners, but they’re not sure where to turn for help.
Darah Miller-O’Byrne runs the Crew Espresso Bar on Allara Street in Civic and says in recent months, he and his neighbours have had to put up with an increased level of antisocial behaviour from the area’s resident homeless.
“It has definitely got worse,” he says.
“I don’t know if it’s got to do with the Northbourne Flats being knocked down and people moving around or what … but there’s a lot more people and they seem to be more aggressive.”
One, in particular, has set up in a taxi rank along the street and taken it over as his home, complete with furniture and appliances.
“When he initially arrived about three months ago, he was sleeping on our benchtop outside, using our power, and I’d come in at 5:30 in the morning and it was just a mess,” Darah says.
“We open at 6 every morning, and in winter, it’s pitch black and I have female staff who range from 18 to 22 years old.”
Darah helped the man relocate to the nearby taxi rank, but from there, his situation only worsened.
“This guy that was quite nice and calm and collected began yelling at customers, ripping his shirt off, running out in front of traffic – he even got hit by a car over the Christmas break – and shooting up with needles out in the open.
“My business partner and I went up to him again one morning, and the place was just absolutely trashed – rubbish all over the floor – and with a fridge, TV, curtains, tables, bikes and three laptops all inside the taxi rank.
“It was really sad to see.”
Each time there’s an episode, Darah contacts the police and officers dutifully respond by attending the scene and calming the man down. But it seems the situation has reached the point of being a cycle.
“We’ve called the police, we’ve called Access Canberra, we’ve reached out to every single minister … but it didn’t matter who you contacted, it didn’t matter what due process you went through, ultimately, it was just like, ‘let him do his thing’.
“We’re just lost as to what we can do to help.”
Riot Act – a leftie freebie
Canberra CBD is a shit hole. But people vote Labor/Greens so in defence of the people a shit hole is what they’ve voted for.
May I suggest dropping him and his stuff in an ACT minister’s front yard so he can “do his thing” there.
or in front of the lodge or gubmint house
Already occupied.
Tent Embassy.
Perhaps they do sub-lets.
Send all the homeless along to the Lodge. There is plenty of room there. Or they could set up a Tent City on the lawns of the Feral Guv’ment Building.
After all, the Aboriginal Mob have a Tent Embassy at Old Parliament House.
I don’t know what they are complaining about in Canberra. They apparently have viable coffee shops and businesses. Where we are in outer east Melbourne about every second business is either closed or running on a thread with reduced hours and staff.
Why go into Civic? No different to avoiding Melbourne CBD, it’s designed to be as unattractive to shoppers and visitors as possible. Bike lanes, closed streets, impossible parking unless you want to fork out the big bucks. Westfields or even Dickson etc are much better options.
I’ve been up to Canberra a dozen times in the last 2 years. Haven’t been to civic once.
And I can count on one hand how often I’ve been into Melbourne CBD in the same period. A couple of times for lunch after the museum, a show with grandchildren and the garden show.
Contradiction in terms: “…the area’s resident homeless.”
Hint: they’re professional hobos who have chosen to be “homeless” and make arseholes of themselves. The cure is strong government leadership, not falling for the victimhood schtick.
Arky:
Leave the Unit Cuff titles – they look really cool – I’d like to see them on the RAR uniform.
They can wear a flaming tutu for all I care, as long as they leave the people the heck alone.
The latest poll predicts that Dutton will will be the next PM. Seems that a hung parliament is not as likely.https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-16/peter-dutton-anthony-albanese-election-polling/104941326
I wouldn’t believe a word of anything the abc puts out. They are only publicising the chance of Dutton willing in order to scare the faithful into voting for the liars and slime. That’s wasted effort in my opinion as there would a vanishingly small number of non-lefty voters among their audience anyway.
The Downward Spiral | Peter Hitchens
John Anderson Medi
In an extensive discussion, Peter Hitchens critiques modern political and societal trends, emphasizing the irrationality driving policies and governance. He argues against the notion that opposition to Islam is a phobia, highlighting it as a rational position just as one might reject any belief system. He criticizes current police forces and legal systems in Western countries as ineffective, suggesting a return to foundational policing principles to restore order. Financially, he notes the dire public finances post-COVID, emphasizing the struggle to recover without a strong economy. Hitchens is critical of the commitment to Net Zero emissions, particularly pointing out the futility given that major emitters like China continue to expand fossil fuel use. He views this commitment as moral rather than rational, lacking proper cost-benefit analysis, and being part of an increasingly irrational political landscape. Further, Hitchens warns against the reduction of traditional energy supplies, particularly given the reliance on non-green sources like gas and the impracticality of full electric vehicle conversion. Beyond energy, Hitchens draws attention to increasing societal violence linked to drug use, particularly marijuana, arguing for stronger enforcement of drug laws. He also discusses the lack of improvement in the defense sector, highlighting the risks of underfunded conventional forces in the UK. He stresses that immigration continues largely unchecked, affecting public trust, and welfare of future societies. Hitchens emphasizes the collapse of moral and religious frameworks, highlighting a decay in public trust and societal cohesion. He insists hope cannot be grounded in temporal politics but must be sought in a higher understanding. Finally, he critiques the dominance of immediate action in politics without considering long-term effects, advocating for a more cautious, rational approach to governance.
Hitchens is a grumpy, defeatist old fool.
On the contrary I think what he said here is mostly good value.
Down tick all you like.
He railed against the conservative government for years while there was no danger of an alternative, then changed his view once Farage got reform up into a position to take seats and then he immediately started an hysterical and particularly amusing meltdown.
He’s a git.
We should remember that Liz Truss attempted to take on the UK public service over a couple of issues, and after she got hustled out had to admit that the country isn’t run by the politicians but by the career public servants who can derail any politician.
She said that as a member she wondered why she couldn’t get anything done, so she got a ministry, then wondered why she still couldn’t get anything done, clawed her way further up the pole, finally as PM she realised the power just wasn’t there.
The modern, “democratic” state is captured by interests that aren’t the public’s.
Retail politicians are there to sell the resulting sausage and distract the mug punter.
The Trump and the Argentine experiments must bear fruit if the rest of us want a chance, a map, for throwing off the administrative state and the parasitic influences.
Arky
‘Wasn’t me down-ticking. I was reading what was written and it seemed pretty reasonable eg “He argues against the notion that opposition to Islam is a phobia, highlighting it as a rational position..”
I love the down ticks, I bathe in them.
I took one away. You were enjoying it too much.
Me too.
That’s just fruity.
Oh, you.
I agree. I see him as a pompous bloviator who has never got over the fact that his smarter brother outshone him. He tries to deal with this by being as insulting and outrageous as possible.
Peter is a grumpy old man who likes to complain and argue.
He’s written a couple of good books, though.
Peter or Arky?
Seems like the next ferral election is Dutton’s to lose. Seems like his/our problem is the ‘moderates’- geez I hate that description which implies virtue.
They’re not moderates but DRIPPING WETS.
It really annoys me that lefty infiltrators to the libs are called ‘moderates’. They are not moderate and have done a lot of damage to the party.
Your reminder that Hamas are sadistic monsters.
https://x.com/AvivaKlompas/status/1890856494624919882?t=_iGMkTfb9yYs_gIyRV8usA&s=19
The thing about Hitchens was that he complained about this that and the other with justification- along came Trump in 2016 actually doing something about it and he didn’t like Trump either. Gave up on him after that.
Agree that Liz Truss was one of the few who actually ‘got it’. The establishment-meja putsch against her was disgusting.
Here is the role of government:
Federal or national: Defence.
State: state highways and emergency departments of hospitals, generate cheap electricity.
Local: take my trash away and fix the local roads, mow the parks,
And nothing else.
In order to fund these functions, governments can:
Federal: tariffs imports, licence mineral reserves from national parks.
State: take license fees and run a modest insurance scheme to fund emergency services.
State impose a modest tip fee and rates on properties.
I’m reluctant to give states police forces, as they have been shit at it forever, maybe privatise police and courts.
Scratch licence fees in national parks. There shouldn’t be any national parks.
Sorry, you’ll have to fund defence from tariffs alone.
Maybe local governments can run a few sheriffs and jails.
No prisons, death penalty for anything that can’t be restituted by a payment or a week in jail.
None of this is possible while chicks vote.
Immigration you ask?
This function goes to defence, with a mandate and duty to protect the citizenry.
How about trial by combat?
That’s silly.
I’m taking back your man card.
Where’s your sense of history?
If you advocate the death penalty, at least make it pay.
Anyway, I didn’t specify weaponry. It could be conkers at five metres. Or brandings with a cricket ball. Atomic wedgies.
Just not jelly wrestling. That’s unseemly.
It depends on the combatants.
I can imagine in some cases it would be very seemly.
I’ll go with Luigi’s wet lettuce at 20 paces
Reasonable in most cases – but if my opponent is of the loony left persuasion I will stick to my trusty wasp infested pineapple.
Well said Mr Smith. RTWT here. There is no place for Islam in a civilised society.
Read some Houellebecq.
Salman Rushdie, Ayaan Hirsi Ali and dozens of others.
Does anyone know what language was used by the Indigenous Allstars AFL team yesterday for their culturally misappropriated fake haka??
Aboriginal national. Bwahahahahaaaa. If you were lucky you avoided a spear and your sister didn’t get kidnapped.
Was it the thong Haka?
It’s almost like I’ve jumped in the Delorian and it’s 2003 again.
“Imperial” cities are the curse of every badly governed nation.
Havs a look at DC- 90+ % demonrat voting, most prosperous “state” in the USA which produces nothing.
100% conviction rate for Repubs, and many dem crimes not even prosecuted.
Eg- meth Floyd rioters vs Trump ones…
No different in the festering swamp of Canberrrraaagh
Best not to look at the US “justice system “ too closely.
Vicki, please be careful with the spelling of your email.
Eruption In “BleachBit,” “Wipe Hard Drive,” “Offshore Bank” Searches In DC Suggest Deep State Panic Mode
Hilarious !
That’s actually quite funny. Doesn’t the search engine keep a record of your search?
Question from a non-techie.
yup
Sickening
“You’re the Ally I’ve Been Waiting for All My Life” – Warmonger and Lapdog Lindsey Graham Declares His Unending Love for Zelensky in Ukraine
@EricLDaugh
BREAKING: French President Emmanuel Macron is calling an emergency meeting of the European Union because of President Donald Trump – POLITICO
EU leaders are expected to devise how they will respond to “challenges” Trump is posing.
If the EU wants to get into some sort of metaphorical war with the U.S. I can see only one winner.
And it ain’t the EU.
LOL.
James Morrow
JD Vance drops ‘haymaker’ speech to EU leaders in Munich
Curr is very much a meja anti hero for the 21st century
as Wilfred Burchett was in the 20th.
Some of the businesses that have stood with her I will be penning letter to pointing out their error and the double standards in play.
Yes Commonwealth Bank, you are one.
The big four banks in this country are toxic.
Sky reports that Dutton will keep Rudd as Ambassador if the LNP are elected.
Lol.
Spud needs to duck these questions. J’ismists just setting him up as Liar water carriers.
keep at least for one week
Wow, whose pulling the strings or is it unbridled TDS in the Liberals.
As someone said this morning, this is Dutton’s election to lose. Stuff like this will be noted by conservatives.
Talking about losing elections:
Politics latest: ‘Stupid’: Howard slams Bowen over nuclear as PM heckled on wind farms
Someone will point it out…
Also the effwit who brought in the renewable mandate.
For old times sake,
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Sd5ZLJWQmss
Bing-Bong!
Hey Bear,
I was reading an article about Ali Mcgraw this morning.
I love Convoy, the movie and the song.
Bons 15/2 @ 10:42am
photo of the Euro Market the day after the vote for Euro members having proportionate vote based on population. Merkel thought she had this as Germany ( I can’t bring myself to call it the fartherland and her in the same sentence) was the most populous country in the eu.
she lost the vote – I think Blair got to the patriotic polish brothers who argued against the motion as polands pop was lower due to the deaths from ww 2.
Merkel, who is an East German, farked the united Germany.
I was just thinking last night that perhaps we should partition Germany back to what it was – reunification has been a disaster for the West.
Revenge for the failure of communism.
woops.
check out the photo with Blair’s smug Cheshire Cat grin and Merkels controlling her eruptive emotion – not as open as Trump.
the photo was taken at the end of the get together.
Treasonous pair.
Arky is right. Hitchens must have been drunk.
Fear is a rational response to a religion that is the primary driver of terrorism, seeks to overthrow our way of life, and causes its proponents to engage in sexual predation of minors. We should be scared.
Weird how alcohol always gets a free pass yet is strongly associated with violence. Cannabis, hallucinogens, and sedatives reduce violent tendencies. As the old saying goes, give 5 men alcohol and they’ll fight, give them cannabis and they’ll start a band.
He should read Societies Without God. Crime rates are relatively low, over the last century as religion declined so has violence, discrimination, and intolerance. He doesn’t understand that behavior is mediated by much more than belief systems.
Cannabis and alcohol are no different except it took longer for people to work out how to increase the strength of cannabis.
Now with ridiculously strong bud cannabis we’re getting a plague of serious mental health problems.
As for societies without God all I see is chaos and repression, with very few exceptions. It is clear to anyone who has read history that the most successful societies are ones embracing the Christian ethos. Even Dawkins has now realized that.
You are off point, his argument was that cannabis drives violence. The new strains are dangerous but that’s a different issue. Alcohol and cannabis induce very different behaviors which is not surprising given their pharmacology. Societies Without God is a book about northern European nations where faith has become all but absent. You might try reading it before having an opinion about it. Historically, on a broader scale the decline of religion has not led to more violence and decadence. That Christianity is no longer practiced and we see continued improvements over the last century points to a causation that requires more than the mere assertion that Christianity is the only means to structure a good society. We are safer now, heretics are not tortured and killed, an improvement Aquinas and Augustine would disapprove of, and we are much safer on the street.
As I said Dawkins has realized the importance of Christianity to real civilization. He now calls himself a “cultural Christian” for that reason. He’s not a Christian, but as a scientist he’s put 2 and 2 together.
I was implying as a counterpoint the results of Marxism, as in the CCCP and China. The Soviet Union was a miserable place. China was temporarily successful when they liberalized under Deng, but are now returning to repression.
I couldn’t care less about the opinion of Dawkins. He’s not a student of human behavior so who cares what he thinks drives human behavior? Marxism is shifting the goal posts. It wasn’t atheism that made Marxism evil, it was Marxism. Marxism has more in common with religion than atheism. Prophets, priests, holy texts, and an eschatology
I assure you that Aquinas and Augustine knew the text of the Bible. “Do not judge, or you too will be judged.” And “Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you”. Nowhere in the New Testament does it say torture and kill heretics. At most it says have nothing to do with them.
Aquinas and Augustine believed heretics should be killed. That’s relates to my point. Religious people form opinions not directly related to their scriptures.
No they didn’t. The Bible teaches otherwise, as I demonstrated.
You cannot as a Christian form an opinion in diametric opposition to the Word of God. That is what is known as a “sin”.
Except by one aggressive, colonialist religion, which also supports violence internally and externally.
Islam is NOT a religion: it is a military ideology with a supernatural conditioning mechanism-72 virgins – as part of it’s coercive structure.
No true Scotsman fallacy. Irrelevant to the discussion.
I’m part Scottish.
Oh Dear I should have looked up thread before posting below. Never mind.
Seems there’s a treatment for f@rting livestock.
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
February 16, 2025 4:53 pm
Awaiting for approval
This one’s for agricultural Cats.
Cattle farmers find a new solution to anti-red meat pushCharlie Peel
1 hours ago.
Updated 20 minutes ago
The paper refers to the active compound as Bromoform.
Another carcinogen. Why can’t they just leave nature alone?
WIP superb. To celebrate here is a cute owl doing calisthenics:
Yeccchhhh … 🙁
Lol
I upticked that and the tally went from -4 to -6!
Is that the famous “ Hello Sailor” move as per Olympic gymnastics commentary?
Dutton sez he’ll keep krudd in DC? I hope he doesn’t mean it. What’s wrong with him? Even Fraser removed Gair from Dublin.
He didn’t say what he’ll keep him in, in DC.
He actually indicated that he would review the KRudd’s performance or something like that once he was PM.
Well, he can do that right now.
ok that sounds a bit better- anal’s gotta go, krudd’s gotta go
Conquest’s 3rd Law:
Fits the Liberal Party like a glove. The second law too.
Robert Conquest’s Three Laws of Politics
You ever seen cats play with their kills?
Dutto might keep KRudd there just for Trump to play with while his various secretaries speak directly with Dutto or his underlings.
Summon Krudd to the White House, let him sit waiting in a room for a couple of hours, then cancel. Invite KRudd to diplomatic soirees then greet him as far down the list – after the ambassador of Nauru, or the Esteemed Ambassador Plenipotentiary of the Realm of the Nation Covering the Niger River Between the Two Pointy Mountains but Before the Thing That Looks Like a Ministers Hat and Excludes the 7-11 with the Working Slushy Machine. And the Subway Sandwich Shop.
KRudd is an insanely vain beast – not a man. He is drawn inexorably toward the powerful even while despising them for their power. He will envy Trump to exactly the same degree he wants to be Trump.
The boy who slept in a glove box desperately needs to flaunt his wedding tackle on the world stage no matter how humiliating or degrading such a flaunting will be.
I dont think Trump is like that. He will just say it out loud, end of matter.
Too good not to repeat: from WIP:
Man robbed of gun at gunpoint guns down gun-robber with spare gun.
Words fail me…
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School maths teachers are expected to incorporate Indigenous dance and storytelling in lessons, despite evidence First Nations children are falling further behind their classmates in numeracy.
The federal opposition has compiled an eye-opening analysis of the “ideological’’ national school curriculum – which it had endorsed when last in government in 2022. This reveals nearly 2500 ways for teachers to weave into lessons the three mandatory “cross-curriculum priorities’’ of sustainability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures, and Australia’s engagement with Asia.
At least one priority theme affects more than half of all the content taught from foundation to year 10, across all subjects except languages.
The curriculum offers 2451 lesson suggestions – known as “elaborations’’ – with three-quarters of them relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history and culture. The mathematics curriculum includes 37 complicated and at times incomprehensible instructions for teachers to use Indigenous dances, storytelling, reconciliation plans and even traditional weaving to teach the foundational numeracy skills of addition and subtraction, algebra, statistics, and trigonometry.
In year 5, Acknowledgement of Country can be used to teach 10-year-old students about binary coding in computing.
The elaboration states: “Making collaboratively a long thread with beads representing binary for the letters that spell the Country/Place name in the local First Nations language and English, and could be displayed as a ‘binary banner’ as an Acknowledgement of Country that we are on the Traditional Lands of the (insert name) peoples’’.
Kindergarten or prep kids learning to count can use “body-tallying that involves body parts and one-to-one correspondence from counting systems of First Nations people, to count to 20’’.
When year 10 students are taught to apply Pythagoras’s theorem, they can “explore navigation, design of technologies or surveying by First Nations Australians, investigating geometrical and spatial reasoning, and how these connect in trigonometry’’.
And people think Anal is in charge.
What a load of rubbish. One plus one is two. Now try to weave some Aboriginal stuff into that,
BS. When I taught in the Kimberley it was, “one, mobs, big mobs, biggest mobs”.
Ha, same as long time and littlebit long time.
They had advanced considerably in Alice Springs. There it was one, two, three, big mobs.
Since when have the third wave tribes been able to count.
I am glad my schooldays ended back in 1976.
We didn’t have to put up with this irrelevant, completely fictitious BS, pandering to the activist lobby.
Watching Allegra Spender on Sky flapping her hands about and trying to convince us she won’t automatically vote with the Liars and Filth.
I’m a seasoned old mum, used to watching all sorts of dissembling from highly intelligent children. So I took note of her eyes…and there it was. The usual tell. Eyelids batting like semaphores.
Her late mum, Carla, would have spotted it too.
Stop telling fibs Allegra.
I imagine Carla Zampatti is spinning in her grave…….
I bet this went through USAID:
Obama Campaign Paid $972,000 To Law Firm That Paid Fusion GPS
The federal opposition has compiled an eye-opening analysis of the “ideological’’ national school curriculum
I imagine this muck is dreamed up by canbra pubes
The good thing is that most teachers will surely give only lip service to this stuff and continue on teaching with proper mathematical examples.
One of Cronkite’s adorable FBI-trained cute owls, this one doing a mid-leg stretch.
One wonders how she managed to get up again.
Let alone chase any miscreants in a raid.
It looks very much AI to me.
I wonder if the putrid money trail will lead to Australia?
Climate200 would be my hot favourite.
Organisations like Emily’s List would be in there too.
Musk will be on it.
One of Gillard’s favourites along with the various Killary crime family apparatus.
It will come out. I thought same but then in addition to Climate 200 thought Get-Up. Then thought maybe one of the so-called Not for Profit Voluntary agencies, possibly involved in migrant settlement. There will be two steps in the process. We need one of Musk’s doggies here to follow the financial trail. I am sure there are plenty that could do it. Just need a bit of encouragement.
I’m more concerned the AEC has done nothing about these Teals & Climate 200. They aren’t independent, not by a long shot.
I’m pleased to see that now, instead of the usual belief system that the AEC is a perfect organisation that is utterly apolitical, people are now asking if what we are seeing in the US is happening here.
When everything is political, nothing is apolitical.
Small steps.
Yep truth will out.
GetUp maybe
Pics of damage to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman are out. Looks pretty significant. Here and here.
Only a sideswipe, fortunately. As I mentioned using a scrappy old merchant vessel to take out a nuclear carrier would be an excellent piece of asymmetrical warfare. A bit like all those cable cuttings lately.
Nothing that will affect the performance of the carrier in wartime – the only significant damage is to perhaps one of the four aircraft elevators – and that would be fixed in twenty minutes by a team with oxy and bloody big hammers.
What will take the most time is the paperwork and the safety considerations. In wartime they are ignored.
How on earth was it allowed to get to touching distance in the first place!
School maths teachers are expected to incorporate Indigenous dance and storytelling in lessons
Love this stuff. The more of it, the more your average voter will want to vote for a party that will dump it all.
Where are Australian students on the international maths table atm?
Not doing well enough to waste time on this, I’d suspect.
But would the music be any good?
Carry on…
Give a Man a gun and he can rob a Bank.
Give a Man a Bank and he can rob everyone……………………
Give a man a wife and he’ll shut up.
It’s a stupid saying.
It comes down to personal disposition, amount and environment.
A bespoke solution.
Doobie Brothers. He he.
Not today’s cannabis. Especially kids developing psychotic episodes. Cooked my nephew. So those 5 guys would probs go through gender transition and shoot up the local school.
Yep. The old hippies now in charge nostalgic about growing a few plants in the local creek. The reality is Euro hydro being distributed by OMGs.
Senator Fatima Payman calls out ‘double standard’ after nurses were caught on camera making vile anti-Semitic remarks
Daily Mail. Senator Payman seems to think the poor dears are being picked on, on religious grounds.
“Australia’s Voice.”
Okay honey.
Point us to the Christian nurses threatening to kill muslims in their care.
Not to mention all those Jewish doctors and nurses treating muslims for years! Including known terrorists.
Go!
Looking for votes in the upcoming election.
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As an Ancient History teacher I can see ways to incorporate ATSI perspectives in a number of topics but can’t seem to get any information on the point of view of Aboriginal people on the Punic Wars, Alexander in Macedonia or Cleopatra and Caesar.
the Australian Senate seems to harbour some real horrors- just about all the greens, thorpe, payperson, grogan etc etc
Bandt!
Combination dumping ground and freak show.
Karen Grogan- what a name
Even worse than Lance Boyle
Karen Grogan, hard to flush.
Ian Plimer on Outsiders
‘A phenomenon’: Donald Trump is ‘bulldozing through policy’
Medical news from the Hun:
I would have thought that a colleague accusing another of malpractice would indeed be investigated with a very fine tooth comb, instead of just taking the path of least resistance and suspending the one raising the concern.
A lady surgeon?
From the report:-
Yes.
Is she a DEI slasher with all the fine touch of a lumberjack and who couldn’t stitch up a wheat bag?
But management is running interference for her lack of competence?
A Lady Muslim Surgeon?
A Lady Muslim Lesbian Surgeon?
A Lady Muslim Lesbian with one leg Surgeon?
The possibilities…
While the one under investigation practices ‘in other hospitals’? That doesn’t sound very safe.
I listened to the John Anderson Peter Hitchens podcast. He seems very anti MAGA and did I detect a sneering view of God Emperor Orange Man. Even TDS? Am I wrong? I felt quite affronted that all my joy in his eyes seemed ash.We will all be doomed he said.
I had to go listen to Victor Davis Hanson to recover!
Am I wrong?
No
just another tired old pommy snob
I’ve read a few of Hitchens’s books- depressing reading and even infuriating when you find text from an earlier book has been recycled into a later book. You start to think ‘I think I’ve read this before…’
PS I don’t disagree with what he wrote in the Abolition of Britain and the Broken Compass. My own view is that it was bLIAR who compressively wrecked the place.
Un-nested.
Dover:
There’s a far higher probability that more money will remain in my hands via a lower tax burden.
And just maybe some more money flowing to where it’s really needed, roads being the first thing that comes to mind.
Lucky escape: their EV was DESTROYED by fire while charging | MGUY Australia
re Arky’s New Federation… too much appeasement, not enough afuera!
The Dali Republic (after a short revolutionary war, utilizing the Taxi Diaries model of dragging {a proportionally adjusted} 87 people out into the street to be shot)-
1- dissolve local governments. Rubbish can be collected by private businesses, streetlights are light pollution, and town libraries are obsolete.
Kicker #1- all leases and agreements for local arts, theatre, and “festivals” will be handed over holus bolus to anyone who volunteers that they are local mob for a one year grace period, with the proviso that they have to proactively float and fund all events, and be subject to the average non-Aboriginal Common Law if it comes to graft, fraud, neglect and nepotism. The groups thenceforth become discreet corporations which can be incorporated, sold, wound up, bankrupted, sued, die of natural obsolescence etc.
This will be known as “Reconcilliation”, and it will be a transaction, not a Forever Tax.
2- dissolve state governments, to be replaced by elected statewide directors of Police, Welfare Case Education (from age 7 to 15 only), Hospitals, and State Parks.
Kicker #2- directors are subject to recall elections by petition. And floggings.
3- ditch the king, have the GG win his- or her- place! via a tournament of duelling and Texas two-in-hand poker.
There will be no PM, no cabinet, no ministers and no parliamentary “government”.
The Governor General will appoint the Field Marshalls in Defence. And wield the gavel and ban-hammer in parliament, with the Sargeant-at-Arms ready to flog unruly, or gramatically ambiguous, members.
Kicker #3- all members will be flogged, nine lashes, for every item of legislation which they vote positively for, with a possible offset if they consecutively repeal ten times as many laws.
4- dissolve the Senate.
Maybe after first flogging Thorpe, Pocock, and that Wong chap.
The Curates Egg model.
VDH did a short monlogue on Ukraine for Daily Signal. It was unrealistic.
I get the feeling that NSW plod are dragging their feet and not doing what is necessary.
More here https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-16/hunter-alley-burnout-car-crashes-hits-six-ple-ncluding-two-ids/104942486
I laughed out loud. The latest News Corp opinion polling puts Mr Potato Head’s Stupid Frigging Liberals ahead of Labor in 20 key marginal seats.
Cost of living is a mile in front as the big issue on voters’ minds. The only issues on which voters rate Labor ahead of the SFLs are climate change and the environment.
And that’s just what increasingly unshy voters are actually telling pollsters.
After half a century of observing Australian politics, my personal opinion is that we’re in landslide territory like 2013.
It’s Dutton’s to lose.
Remember Peanut Head. Always a danger to start measuring the curtains.
Dutton should promise no new curtains at The Lodge for three years.
After he’s delivered a real wage rise for Australian workers based on productivity reforms.
And he can still lose it if he doesn’t shore up his side with culling the Leftist policies he supports like Net Zero.
Albo will pull a big tax cut promise out of his arse in the couple of weeks before the election – even if he has no intention of passing it.
One interest rate drop (and subsequent media support) and a nuke scare campaign will convince just enough people in marginal seats to save the day.
plus libs putting greens last will give a couple of green seats to the ALP. The ALP will not return the favour.
On the bright side, it’s hard to imagine an ALP minority government propped up by Teals & Greens lasting a full term.
And they’ll leave a very bitter taste in the electorate’s mouth as living standards continue to decline. Which might also give Dutton a mandate to deal with the Lib “moderates.”
All this talk of a hung Parliament is bullshit.
Without analysing every one of 151 seats, how can you arrive at the conclusion that the Teals/Greens will hold the balance of power?
It is simply Bandit and Holmes a Court trying to extract pre-election commitments from Luigi.
In terms of the polling, I am sure the backroom hardheads in the Liars are telling Luigi “the trend is your friend” (or, in this case, Dutton’s friend).
Polling has been 50:50 (or slightly favouring Luigi). It now favours Dutton 51:49 or 52:48 and trending away from Luigi.
I agree that cost of living is The Big Issue economically, and a 0.25% interest rate cut isn’t going to save the day.
Bowen is an albatross because finally people are joining the dots that “Net Zero” = cost of living increases.
On social policy, Luigi is now panicking because he went all-in to shore up the Mueslis in Western Sydney, thinking it was a binary Jews vs Mueslis votes equation, but the polling is now telling him that there are heaps of other groups in marginals who don’t like what they see.
I agree with your analysis. Also crime is in your face every day in Victoria and they are the same perps or their bros doing it. More and more brazen. Home invasions, shops/retailers being held up , cars being looted and stolen. Vic gov/police heads too busy covering backsides and doing political containment.
Sounds like Alice Springs or Katherine, and, increasingly Darwin. Business as usual in TC.
Policies options to solve the national curriculum problem:
end cross curricular priorities
just end the national curriculum and hand it back to the states for a bit of competitive federalism.
Shut down the federal education department.
When little miss entropy was in grade 1, she had to build a cardboard letter box. Building it was not enough though, she also had to discuss its impact on the environment, indigenous and Asian engagement.
i pondered how well boys did on that assignment.
It’s like engineering (which AFAICT is like manual arts up until grade 11). Miss entropy’s class had to built a table and chair. Miss entropy won the engineering award that year. I asked her if her table and chairs were the best. “No, she said, but the build is only half the marks. Some of the boys had better fit than me. But the write up and cross curricular discussion is the other half, and I blitzed them there”.
Would Miss Entropy then be happy to engineer the local spaghetti interchange, or be inclined to defer to the boys who “had a better fit”?
As a matter of fact she is doing a masters of mechanical engineering while teaching dance on the side.
not woodwork. Or the slightest bit civil after I might have mentioned she got home rather late last night.
Ha ! All the best to her, we need engineers who can communicate, as long as they are confident in the maths they are communicating about. Hope she had fun last night !
My daughter goes to meetings with the engineers and clients to translate.
In startling news, the Philippines government has announced it will move its navy into submarine capabilities. The force has never operated submarines before.
Among the contenders for the country’s long-running submarine program are France’s Naval Group and South Korean shipbuilders Hanwha Ocean. Spain’s Navantia is also proposing its S-80 submarine.
Whether the country can make the move is doubtful. The Navy has for years operated obsolete ships, and only recently acquired guided missile frigates. How China views the move will also be interesting.
Wasn’t the Spanish sub the one that wouldn’t float when you wanted it to?
Indeed. Although it makes sense strategically.
Victor Davis Hanson: Ukraine, It’s Time to Make a Deal
https://www.spiked-online.com/2025/02/16/could-king-charles-be-our-last-monarch/
The royal family may have always isolated anyone that proves to be a threat to ‘the firm’, even members of the family, as Princess Diana and Prince Andrew, among others, discovered to their cost. But never before have they turned on those that line the streets and wave flags when the royals marry, die or go walkabout, but that’s changing.
They are drawing ever closer to our cultural and political elites, who have shown themselves time and again to be estranged from and antagonistic to much of the populace.
This might be an appropriate time to discuss my theory the white Renault in Paris was being driven by Prince Edward.
I hear on the BBC that Dodi’s dad probably raped five Harrods staff, at least.
And too dim to see the problem this presents.
Charles is an amiable fathead and absurdly susceptible to flattery.
He’s Dagenham, two stations past Barking.
There’s nothing amiable about chuck; he is a nasty inbred shithead. The big disappointment is William, who is a pleasant idiot.
Married well though. Bringing in new genes.
A noble sentiment, but the far side of that is the failure of others to listen and respect what is sacred and precious to us.
King Charles has forgotten that respect is a two way street and by refusing to defend our rights to our own traditions, while defending others rights and traditions, he is committing treason to his own Oath of Office.
Does he mean society does not include strangers and minorities? I would argue society is the whole, not the parts. Culture is where the divisions happen.
Yes.
Get-Up would be another one. Allegedly “grass roots” but seems to have ample cash for marketing materials and legal fees.
The big one world-wide is probably Extinction Rebellion.
Yes.
Amazing that they have slipped under the radar without registering as a party when, to all intents and purposes, they are a party.
And, man, are they defensive about the transparency of the funding on social media?
The reflex response is, “but Dutton … Big Oil … independent, independent, independent”.
Still expecting to see the end of 3 or 4 Teals.
One is already gone, courtesy of the electorate being abolished.
I got told they get around it by having their supporters not registered, or something like that.
Granted but the AEC should be testing it, granted the ALP won’t tweak the regulations if found wanting but a future Coalition should. At least you would hope…
Cats, don’t be like fat waffling windbag superannuated legal parasites that exist in Scamberra.
Terrible people. The worst.
They are the worst.
The local businessman, doing battle with the mythical “Rainbow serpent”, is back in Court tomorrow…He says that, at this stage, he’s usually had an e-mail, saying the magistrate needs more time to consider his verdict.
For far too long too many on the right have said……..’what’s the harm?’
What’s the harm with net zero?
What the harm with Section 18C?
What’s the harm with the AHRC?
What’s the harm with the various state HRC’s?
What’s the harm with the Julia Gillard Sex Discrimination Act of 2013 (which basically erased ‘sex’ from the act)?
Well, individuals have been harmed. Just ask Andrew Bolt, Sall Grover, Pauline Hanson, Mark Latham, Bernard Gaynor, Kirrily Smith and soon to be Peter Dutton.
There’s a lot of harm.
People warned about the AHRC back in 1986.
Dutton and his party (with one exception) voted to restrict free speech along with all the left-wing scum.
Which is ironic as Muesli/pro-Pali activists are after Dutton’s scalp for something he said.
Liberals are often too stupid for words.
The local businessman, doing battle with the mythical “Rainbow serpent”, is back in Court tomorrow…He says that, at this stage, he’s usually had an e-mail, saying the magistrate needs more time to consider his verdict.
This is sustained harassment of a property owner by the state. Why do they pick on this guy? Does he personify their hatred of bourgeois property owners?
Because they’re sh*t scared of getting
kneecapped by an aspiring rapper Auntie keying their BMW in the court carparkFreemasons Makkaratamissing a promotion to the bench because not culturally sensitiveThe Rage Of The Wagyl.He’s the person they want to make an example of, to show others their power.
As an individual, he was picked at random for his role.
He should demand that the state produce the Rainbow Serpent in court.
Chief Magistrate may have suggested after the State election might be a good career move over morning tea.
Still expecting to see the end of 3 or 4 Teals.
Yep, here’s my prediction about the whores…
Spender – gonski
Daniel – gonski
Chaney – gonski
Scamps – gonski
Unsure about fatso Ryan and the moron currently representing Warringah.
Do I think the Teals will pick up any new seats? No.
But I might be wrong!
I hope you’re right. It certainly does no credit to the voters in these silver tail suburbs. There are exceptions of course!
as far as Wentworth is concerned it’s the nouveau riche plebs in the inner city that vote for Teals. In the last State election the real silver tail suburbs in Wentworth voted in a Liberal ahead of the Teals.
I think Ryan might have a few worries in Kooyong. There has been a redistribution and some of the bluest areas of the former Higgins are now part of the seat. She has been blitzing those areas with advertising and personal appearances which I see as a sign of desperation. The SFL candidate is a young woman with a strong liberal pedigree whose surname (Hamer) will be well known to many of the voters, I might be wrong too but I wouldn’t write off Kooyong just yet.
Thanks, V.
What about Stink?
I must need to have my eyes checked; someone said the other day Chicken Lady is very attractive.
LOL.
With the wife in Brisvegas this weekend I stumbled across sbs movies.
found the movies from the 1970s.
friday night “Alice does not live here anymore”. I like movies based in the suburbs on a Friday night.
not a bad show – Ellen Bernstein was great. Arizona and New Mexico is like Adelaide.
Saturday night – Murder by Decree – Sherlock homes and Dr Watson.
Great movie, great cast, great story and great writing. Costume and set de.sign are brilliant.
great show.
And Pulp Fiction was on last week. With SBS on Demand you can watch plenty of good films and TV Series.
Still should be wound up or merged with their ABC. The internet has rended the purpose of SBS.
A Fraser fck up?
Sherlock Holmes Game of Shadows.
Superb fillum which I watch every time it’s screened.
It’s always a pleasure to watch. Right down to the final question mark!
This is not a joke’: Could the US buy Greenland?Trump is again floating the idea of acquiring Greenland. Could he? And what do Greenlanders think?By Angus HollandFebruary 16, 2025
Buy Greenland, and resettle the Palestinians there..
I don’t think that the locals would like the “Pallies” anywhere near them.
Yes. That’s the plan.
Charming.
Oh gosh….
A 53-year-old northern Sydney woman has been released on bail after allegedly vandalising bathrooms in CommBank Stadium and a local shopping centre with Islamophobic, anti-Arab slurs nine times over a period of seven months.
Police attending Parramatta’s CommBank Stadium during the NRL All Stars event on Saturday night were alerted to offensive graffiti found inside toilets at the venue around 7pm, where they allegedly found the phrases “The Mob have spoken Arabs are all terrorists & need to f**k off to Palestine” and “Arabs & Muslims f**k off to Palestine you pack of terrorist dogs. Scarf = ugly sluts. Islam = terrorist cult,” written in black texta.
Meanwhile, a female hijabi wearing Islamist Muslim who proudly boasted on social media about not only wanting to kill Jews but also about having actually killed Jews remains holed up in her family home at Condell Park. NSWaffen Police are yet to ‘attend‘ her home to speak with her, let alone charge or arrest her.
How did they know it was her? Do they have cameras in the ladies’ toilets these days?
The cops in Vicco have a graffiti squad- maybe they have the same in NSW. I imagine they have handwriting specialists.
Possibly they monitor who goes in and who goes out, with a nearby camera.
Can’t imagine they have cameras inside. If they do, then I’m never going there to change into a more comfortable bra again. Hard to do that in a cubicle, so do it in a corner of the washroom.
The choice of words is stark.
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I’ve never heard of police ‘attending’ an arrest.
Yes.
A Servant attends his Master.
And that is exactly how this appears and is being treated by the Muslim Community.
This sort of thing needs to be widely carried out so the Pigs are overwhelmed.
Simon Jester made me do it. (Heinlein fans will get the reference)
Meanwhile, a female hijabi wearing Islamist Muslim who proudly boasted on social media about not only wanting to kill Jews but also about having actually killed Jews remains holed up in her family home at Condell Park. NSWaffen Police are yet to ‘attend‘ her home to speak with her, let alone charge or arrest her.
?
Visited my 87 year old former Algerian French Army paratrooper mate this arvo. As we were leaving QPig turned up for weapons check. Deferred until tomorrow morning.
Easy to see where policing priorities lie.
It is interesting re the Teals.
I have been following developments down in Coastal Town in Wannon electorate.
It is held by Dan Tehan on a 2PP of around 54:46.
The electorate has been safe Liberal for ever, and the Liars usually only run a token candidate. There is an “independent” (Alex Dyson) who ran last time and got about 19% of the vote, pipped the Liars by a couple of hundred votes, so swept all the lefty preferences.
Dyson disclosed after the last election he got a very late “surprise” donation of $94k from Holmes a Court.
He isn’t using Teal branding (the colour is purple I think) and he isn’t keen on people raising the Climate200 connection.
Why?
Well, there is an offshore windfarm proposed for the area which, let’s say, doesn’t have universal support, but Alex doesn’t have a view on it, apparently.
If he wins, he will “consult with the electorate after the election to form a view on the windfarm”.
Sure.
Gutless.
Wouldn’t trust him as far as I could throw him.
https://www.liberal.org.au/team/darcy-dunstan
No pink shorts in his wardrobe. Libs getting fair dinkum about Corangamite this time. Used to be a safe-ish seat for them until Colac got punted to Wannon.
ABC/JJJ deadshit apparently
The funny thing about the weapons check is that they’ll check the guns and fail to notice the tactically emplaced epees around the place. He is a fencing Master and any miscreants who break in will find themselves sliced and diced.
The electorate has been safe Liberal for ever, and the Liars usually only run a token candidate. There is an “independent” (Alex Dyson) who ran last time and got about 19% of the vote, pipped the Liars by a couple of hundred votes, so swept all the lefty preferences.
We have a Susie Holt in Groom running as an “independent”. Lots of TV ads and billboards on the New England Highway. Apparently got 42% of the vote after preferences last election. The Teal colours have now got added grey for this election. Depending how many candidates and how the preferences flow, she could well unseat the Liberal member who, for the first time in Groom’s history, had to go to preferences at the last election.
I thought in Qld the teals were maroon?
Kos Samaras on PML leaves the door open for the Teals to form Government with the Libs.
Yeah, na. Unless the Libs move left then they will be a 1 term government.
Historic Lithgow arms museum in fight for its lifeGeorge Al-Akiki
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A small band of never-say-die volunteers is battling to save one of Australia’s most important firearms museums after the site’s owner, French technology group Thales, reneged on a promise to save the priceless collection of historical weaponry.
The Lithgow Small Arms Factory Museum houses a collection of thousands of firearms produced on the site for Australian troops serving in every conflict since World War I and holds 35,000 UNESCO-listed documents.
But the existence of the museum has been hanging by a thread since the theft of 27 antique guns last August, including a pistol gifted by the Sultan of Oman.
The robbery has kept the museum shut since, and its remaining exhibits have been moved into storage. With no reopening date in sight as the parties feud, the stand-off has now bled the museum of $95,000 in out-of-pocket security costs and there are fears it will not open again.
Meetings between museum volunteers and Thales have broken down, with the museum claiming it will now need third party mediation to resolve ownership and keep the site alive while seeking state heritage approval.
And the antis are rubbing their … hands with glee. My father’s old Lithgow S/S .22 is part of the collection. It is the oldest example they have; a prototype that was sold accidentally.
Some light reading before bed.
There is not a single entity in this system that is looking after the interests of power consumers.
https://reneweconomy.com.au/a-thin-veneer-of-governance-senate-inquiry-identifies-critical-failings-in-energy-transition/
“Sliante” to all you mob.
After dinner single malt, and a quite excellent one volume history of the Great War on the Western Front, by one Nick Lloyd.
A small point – there’s very little mention of the ANZAC Corps, and no mention whatever of one Sir John Monash.
How can you have a history of the Great War without one of the great military minds in Sir John Monash. He changed how battles were fought. My feeling is, had he been English a lot more notice would have been taken of his opinions.
Coolangatta update – windy. Here all week for smallgoodsery activities, despite spending an extra hour in the plane prior to pushback in D-Town because one the way up from Sydney there was a formaldehyde spill in the hold which took airport firies to clean up before we moved.
In other news (the Hun):
Mm.
Patton was, I have heard, widely regarded in years gone by as a heavy hitter, working in places like the St.Kilda CIB in its heyday, as well as some of the better crime squads.
Sadly, and as the Labor Red Shirts scandal (which he signed off on as ‘nothing to see here’, the Covid demonstration responses – and in all likelihood Dan Andrews’ mishap with the young cyclist all demonstrate – this is what happens when you get given some brass to wear, and you turn corporate.
He will no doubt have negotiated a full contract payout, plus some other ancillary perks.
Ho ho ho.
Mr Nugent went sideways from VicPlod to emergency services. If this has happened immediately, he will have some very big favours to pay back when his betters adjudge it so.
COVID deaths:
When love is cut short by death, how soon is too soon for the widowed to re-partner??
Healthy 34 and 44 year olds just dropping dead of massive heart attacks – it’s always been this way, I guess we’ll never know why.
None so blind as those who choose not to see.
Hmmm. ChatGPT tells me the life expectancy for someone who had a triple CABG at my then age is 20+ years.
This is year 23 for me. Guess I’d better be careful.
Nah, fvck it!
CABG?
Coronary Artery Bypass Graft, CABG. Mine has been good for 6 months so far.
Referred to as cabbages in the game.
Ha ha, Teh Australian Media Diary shows Prof van Wrongselen the sort of disdain we usually aim for here. Almost feel sorry for the Prof.
New OT
Peta Credlin has been back at work for less than a month, but already she wants time off, so she’s having a holiday in Britain with her old boss Tony Abbott.
These Sky News prima donnas are the laziest people in the Australian media.
I like Credlin and listen to what she says but she is a freeloader.
Leave Credlin aloe – she’s a spunk
Trump Absolutely BUCK BROKE GERMANY
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Black Pigeon Speaks
The video from Black Pigeon Speaks discusses how certain dystopian themes and technologies predicted in cinematic works are manifesting in our current society. The creator highlights specific films such as Blade Runner, Minority Report, Soylent Green, Running Man, 1984, and Demolition Man to draw parallels between their fictional portrayals of dystopian futures and present-day realities. Key focuses are on corporate dominance, pervasive surveillance, censorship, social conformity, and the evolution of technology in areas like AI, biotech, and media influence. The video suggests that societal divisions and the manipulation of public perception via entertainment and media mirror these dystopian narratives, subtly underscoring issues like freedom of speech and economic disparity