Open Thread – Mon 4 November 2024


A View of a Town along the Rhine, Cornelis Springer, 1841

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Miltonf
Miltonf
November 5, 2024 10:34 am

That sort of mental puke sounds like Tintiana McGrath or the wimmin’s collective at UNSW in 1983.

Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
November 5, 2024 10:34 am

Failure to Read the Room news:

Adam Bandt, teal and independent MPs say parliament needs to change rules allowing flight upgrades for MPs

If the scrawny mincer and wealthy fag hags reckon Albanese’s now going to champion this, they are more deluded than I thought.

Which is really saying something.

Roger
Roger
November 5, 2024 10:37 am

Mavis has wandered into parody.

m0nty
m0nty
November 5, 2024 10:40 am

Re Selzer as a Democrat plant: when she released her Iowa poll in 2020, people thought she was crazy because her margin was a massive outlier towards Trump, going against the prevailing wisdom.

She was right and the other polls were mostly wrong. That often happens with Selzer. Not always, but often.

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
November 5, 2024 10:40 am

For anyone who likes seeing history being made, live, just after 1pm AEDT this is happening:

CRS-31 Mission

SpaceX is targeting Monday, November 4 for Falcon 9’s launch of Dragon’s 31st Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-31) mission to the International Space Station from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Liftoff is targeted for 9:29 p.m. ET with a backup launch opportunity available on Wednesday, November 5 at 9:06 p.m. ET if needed.

A live webcast of this mission will begin about 20 minutes prior to liftoff, which you can watch here and on X @SpaceX. You can also watch the webcast on the new X TV app.

According to the SpaceX launches page this will be the 400th SpaceX rocket launch.

(I’m always cautious about timezones, but SpaceX put the local Ncl time on their coverage window and so far it has been accurate. The coverage is listed to start at 1:10 pm my time.)

cohenite
November 5, 2024 10:41 am

Would like to see this overturned on appeal as in my opinion as a reasonable person, his honour appears biased. However Pauline would need a judge who actually is actually uncommitted.

It will be overturned, possibly not in the Fed but the HC which will cost Pauline a motzer.

It’s simple really. The judge (spit) manifested real bias by referring to irrelevant comments Pauline had made elsewhere. No where in her response to fatkunt’s comment which demonstrably does infringe 18C did Pauline mention race, colour or ethnicity:

Fatkunt’s comment: Condolences to those who knew the Queen. I cannot mourn the leader of a racist empire built on stolen lives, land and wealth of colonised peoples.

Pauline’s reply: Your attitude appalls (sic) and disgusts me. When you immigrated to Australia you took every advantage of this country.
“You took citizenship, bought multiple homes, and (got) a job in a parliament. It’s clear you’re not happy, so pack your bags and piss off back to Pakistan.

Section 18C makes it unlawful for someone to do an act that is reasonably likely to offend, insult, humiliate or intimidate someone because of their race or ethnicity.

None of those criteria are satisfied by what Pauline said. In any event the exceptions in 18D cover her:

18D allows for artistic works, scientific debate and fair comment on matters of public interest are exempt from section 18C, providing they are said or done reasonably and in good faith.

Whatever else you can say about Pauline she certainly does and says everything in good faith.

The Judge (spit) has applied his well documented activist beliefs to corrupt this judgment.

Arky
November 5, 2024 10:46 am

The current state of the shed:
(The paint on the Gixxer came up really nice, the old fairings ended up as a melted puddle on the floor after the fire)

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Rosie
Rosie
November 5, 2024 10:48 am

“Who cares?”
Normal people who enjoy life and can think about more than one thing at a time.
Like 2020, life will go on even with a demon at the US helm.

Roger
Roger
November 5, 2024 10:49 am

If the scrawny mincer and wealthy fag hags reckon Albanese’s now going to champion this, they are more deluded than I thought.

He’s facing minority government next year, and as the HECS announcement reveals, is desperate for any advantage. Consequently, he won’t want to be outflanked on this by the contemptibles on the crossbench.

Mind you, taking the high ground from the starting position of the latrines is quite an ask for the old Labor warrior.

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Arky
November 5, 2024 10:54 am

The rebuild was a good chance to update the A with modern shocks.
The 95 year old originals are near impossible to rebuild and useless:

IMG_1456
wivenhoe
wivenhoe
November 5, 2024 10:57 am

number 15. Sea King.

Lawgi Dawes-Hall
Lawgi Dawes-Hall
November 5, 2024 10:57 am

I prefer not to uptick Arky’s edited post. The original was the purer, leaving the interested gentleman a modicum of work to determine it was a Gixxer.

Arky
November 5, 2024 11:04 am

Model A inside showing wood frame:

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Lawgi Dawes-Hall
Lawgi Dawes-Hall
November 5, 2024 11:07 am

A gentleman never admits to wearing contact lenses.

Dr Faustus
Dr Faustus
November 5, 2024 11:14 am

If the scrawny mincer and wealthy fag hags reckon Albanese’s now going to champion this, they are more deluded than I thought.

There is a slightly dirty pleasure in seeing the scrapings from the bottom of the Canbra parrot cage carry the issue and keep Handsome Upgrade (and all who sail with him) on the rotisserie.

It would be a risky gig for Team Dutton, what with the same dog poo on their own shoes.

As we sail into the Parliamentary Summer Hols, with the band playing bravely on the upturning deck…

Delta A
Delta A
November 5, 2024 11:19 am

Adam Bandt, teal and independent MPs say parliament needs to change rules allowing flight upgrades for MPs

Aah, there’s nothing like the sound of little piggie hooves rushing for the though.

Tom
Tom
November 5, 2024 11:20 am

FMD. If you were wondering where all that home-grown Australian government-fuelled inflation was coming from, here’s where. AAP:

Rail passengers keen to travel across the Australian east coast in record time could be one step closer as preliminary drilling begins to determine the high-speed rail route.

The long-anticipated east coast rail project is set to connect Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne and regional communities in between.

Drilling has begun on the NSW Central Coast to determine the route of the first stage of the project, to connect Newcastle to Sydney.

Two drill rigs were set up on Monday on the Hawkesbury River and at Brisbane Water in Gosford, with plans to drill six boreholes up to a depth of 140 metres.

They will collect rock and sediment samples to inform the design and depth of potential rail tunnels.

Drill rigs have been set up on the Hawkesbury River and at Brisbane Water in Gosford. (Supplied by Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government Catherine King/AAP PHOTOS)

About 27 boreholes will be dug across the Sydney to Newcastle region, backed by the federal government’s High-Speed Rail Authority.

The government has committed $500 million for the planning and corridor protection of the first stage of the project.

The long-term infrastructure project would ultimately allow passengers to travel between major cities and significant regional cities at more than 250km/h.

Transport Minister Catherine King said the project would help shape the nation.

“High-speed rail means generations of new opportunities for regional Australia, creating more jobs in more locations and giving people greater choices in where they live, work, study and play,” she said.

High-Speed Rail Authority chief executive Tim Parker said the project would deliver quick, comfortable and reliable journeys.

“Right now, we’re working on how to build a new railway in complex areas and the engineering challenges we would face,” he said.

The business case for the Newcastle to Sydney stage is due at the end of the year.

Needless to say, Albo used to be transport minister and high-speed rail was his favourite socialist fantasy

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
November 5, 2024 11:37 am

Aah, there’s nothing like the sound of little piggie hooves rushing for the though.

The hypocrisy is epic.

They could easily just book business class and first class seats. And pay for them. It’s not even their money, it’s ours the taxpayers.

But no they don’t like the optics of vast travel budgets, and love the virtue signalling of booking cattle class seats.

So they’ve evolved this slimy little lurk of booking cattle class then having a staffer ring up the special-executive-in-charge-of-troughing-pollies to upgrade them to business. That was so they get “free” upgrades” without us voters noticing either the enormous costs or the perks or office.

It’s dirty as. Especially from the Greens, flying around emitting CO2 in tonne lots while they sanctimoniously preach at us.

GreyRanga
GreyRanga
November 5, 2024 11:38 am

My deceased centenarian aunt only had flouride in the last ten years of her life. Only ever had two fillings and a tooth extracted after it cracked vertically. Genetics in her case I think.

Eyrie
Eyrie
November 5, 2024 11:39 am

The long-term infrastructure project would ultimately allow passengers to travel between major cities and significant regional cities at more than 250km/h.

People already do. What is the cruise speed of a Dash 8 or B737 or A320?

Top Ender
Top Ender
November 5, 2024 11:45 am

‘Domino’s really has been my life’ as CEO departs

Changes are afoot at the pizza chain, with CEO Don Meij to retire after 22 years in the top job, as demand for its pizzas and garlic bread slip. 

Imagine spending all your life eating Dominos as a choice of pizza!

calli
calli
November 5, 2024 11:45 am

Adam Bandt, teal and independent MPs say parliament needs to change rules allowing flight upgrades for MPs

Ahhhh…so. Just as I suspected. They’re all in on it.

Every. Single. One.

Dr Faustus
Dr Faustus
November 5, 2024 11:49 am

Needless to say, Albo used to be transport minister and high-speed rail was his favourite socialist fantasy

One of the enduring fantasies is that the Australian version of HSR will “connect Australian regions, cities and communities”.
The unspoken 19th century promise is HSR from Sydney to regional towns, cities, and possibly halts at Bumcrack and Willy Willy to drop off mail and pick up cattle.

The reality, known to traffic engineers since the dawn of Operational Research (and embodied in HSR practice around the world) is that the more stops, the less High Speed your system is.

If you really want ‘aircraft competitive speed’ between capital cities, you do not build any intermediate stations. Each one you do build slows the system down significantly, turnouts and offline stations notwithstanding.

Arky
November 5, 2024 11:53 am

Before.

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H B Bear
H B Bear
November 5, 2024 11:56 am

Roger at 10:37

Mavis has wandered into parody.

Stick to the knitting.

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
November 5, 2024 11:57 am

You will own nothing and be happy.

Exploring the extraordinary potential (and avoiding the pitfalls) of your local Buy Nothing group (Phys.org, 4 Nov)

However, our research also finds Buy Nothing groups are not immune to older gendered scripts of household labor. Most group members are women, many of them mothers. It is they who are taking, or expected to take, responsibility for finding or disposing of the stuff that fills their family’s homes and lives. This has troubling implications for how we think about action and responsibility for household waste.

And you will be an older gendered script! Whatever that is. Here’s who they are:

Madeline Taylor

Lecturer, School of Design, Queensland University of Technology

Paige Street

Senior Research Assistant, School of Design, Queensland University of Technology

I think these two should be paid nothing and be happy.

Miltonf
Miltonf
November 5, 2024 11:58 am

change rules allowing flight upgrades for MPs

change the rules from what?

Miltonf
Miltonf
November 5, 2024 11:59 am

Marxist dons- beneath despicable

Dr Faustus
Dr Faustus
November 5, 2024 12:01 pm

The engineers will get RSI from having to type in all the zeroes in the capital cost number.

It is so not going to happen.

Even after spending $500m on geotechnical studies, the error bar on the next generation of cost estimates will be enormous. If anyone is stupid visionary enough to decide to go to FID studies, the cost of the studies alone will be in the billions.

At least the $ blowout from the FID estimate would make Snowy 2.0 and NBN Mk Rudd look like prudent well-considered investments.

Miltonf
Miltonf
November 5, 2024 12:02 pm
Miltonf
Miltonf
November 5, 2024 12:03 pm

I used to like to think Qld was free form the poison well of cultural marxism.

Arky
November 5, 2024 12:04 pm

Rogan – Musk interview is the bookend to a trilogy that will go down in history. Trump, JD Vance and now Musk.
If Kamal idiot wins they’ll go after Rogan and Musk with a vengeance, and they both know it.
Courage.

Dr Faustus
Dr Faustus
November 5, 2024 12:08 pm

Elizabeth (Lizzie) Beare @ 6:10 pm

Swing states need the closest attention at the local level.

The Curse of the Embedded Comment.

They certainly do, simply because of the sensitivity of the result. But to demonstrate systematic corruption, the national picture would need to be properly documented.

Rosie
Rosie
November 5, 2024 12:13 pm

“But no they don’t like the optics of vast travel budgets, and love the virtue signalling of booking cattle class seats.”
I don’t think that’s correct.
This is about getting upgraded on private travel.
Pollies travel business class for work purposes.
Dr Ryan got stick about her top dollar trips to Canberra
According tothis article the free upgrades are the workaround Qantas used when Lindsay Tanner abolished FFP for politicians in 2009
“It’s also worth remembering that all MPs and ministers are authorised to fly business class domestically. So, when you see a politicians has received an upgrade for international travel unless it’s for first class on a work trip, it’s generally an upgrade freebie for a private holiday.”
https://www.news.com.au/national/politics/anthony-albaneses-new-secret-qantas-perk-revealed/news-story/07e82938ee18b4debebe10b4d214e099

Arky
November 5, 2024 12:14 pm

People like Musk and Rogan, with true libertarian, deeply held convictions are pure gold.
They are the hammer striking against the conservative, Christian anvil upon which the future is being forged.
It has all come together right now.

Bungonia Bee
Bungonia Bee
November 5, 2024 12:19 pm

“Rapper slams Puerto Rico remarks …”
Pathetic. That’s the scope of the party that want to rule the USA.

Zippster
Zippster
November 5, 2024 12:21 pm
calli
calli
November 5, 2024 12:29 pm

This is about getting upgraded on private travel.

Pollies travel business class for work purposes.

Correct. I’m amazed (though I shouldn’t be) about the squid ink being sprayed around over this issue.

And it isn’t just personal upgrades. Family members also piggy back.

bons
bons
November 5, 2024 12:33 pm

It feels like being a kid in Christmas eve.

Please no jocks and socks. I want a giant Trumper doll.

Top Ender
Top Ender
November 5, 2024 12:35 pm

Might make some of the hand-wringing lefties think again:

Mosman Council to challenge Aboriginal land claim on park next to Taronga Zoo in Mosman

A Sydney council is vowing to challenge a claim made over a park in one of the city’s wealthiest suburbs, where residents have been caught by surprise.

Daily Tele

Roger
Roger
November 5, 2024 12:36 pm

This is about getting upgraded on private travel.

This is about the political influence QANTAS & Virgin garner thereby.

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
November 5, 2024 12:37 pm

PM promises new key policies to win increased majority

Rosie Lewis
Anthony Albanese says he’s confident he’ll win an increased majority at the next election despite growing expectations of a minority government.
Reassuring his caucus colleagues in the third last parliamentary sitting week of the year, the Prime Minister said Labor didn’t just want to be sitting in the government partyroom after the next election but “we want to be here with more members and senators”.
Mr Albanese said he was confident in being able to deliver an increased majority, according to a caucus spokesman, and set out Labor’s campaign strategy as being framed by what the Albanese government has done, what it will do and the “risk” posed by Peter Dutton and Coalition.
After listing a series of achievements, Mr Albanese told MPs the government now needed to set out its next agenda, pledging to announce a series of key policies over the next few months.
The timeframe laid out by the Prime Minister suggests he’ll be ready to call the election as early as February.

caveman
caveman
November 5, 2024 12:38 pm

Trump 526 please, thank you.

Roger
Roger
November 5, 2024 12:40 pm

The timeframe laid out by the Prime Minister suggests he’ll be ready to call the election as early as February.

When the first rate cut is predicted to arrive.

“New policies” means more ways to transfer wealth to buy votes.

Stand by for universal flat rate childcare.

Makka
Makka
November 5, 2024 12:43 pm

Every time I hear JDV speak, he makes a lot of sense and most importantly he speaks facts and process. Therein lies the path to better social and political outcomes ie killing the cheating.

https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/1853608765372719602

P
P
November 5, 2024 12:45 pm
calli
calli
November 5, 2024 12:49 pm

This is about the political influence QANTAS & Virgin garner thereby.

Can’t measure this, you can only surmise. They must think it’s worth it. The Qatar decision (plus dozens of others over the years) suggests so.

But you can quantify the value of the upgrades – all tax free to boot.

calli
calli
November 5, 2024 12:51 pm

Thought for the day.

Which decided not to load.. just as well. 😀

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Roger
Roger
November 5, 2024 12:57 pm

Can’t measure this, you can only surmise. They must think it’s worth it. The Qatar decision (plus dozens of others over the years) suggests so.

The appearance of corruption is already a political and civic problem. But the plausibility of the QATAR allegations and the favours QANTAS appears to have received in recent years suggests we’re beyond surmising. Someone should be investigating.

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Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
November 5, 2024 1:02 pm

The Qatar decision (plus dozens of others over the years) suggests so.

Round 2 is about to commence…

Qatar Airways agrees to buy 25 per cent stake in Virgin Australia (ABC, 1 Oct)

This will add delicious pressure to the cogitations of the ACCC and other etc alphabet agencies. Maybe Qatar Airways should offer a few Super Platinum And Diamonds Lounge memberships to aspiring Labor frequent flyers.

m0nty
m0nty
November 5, 2024 1:08 pm

A few more thoughts on what tomorrow brings.

1. Selzer is right, but only specifically about white senior Dobbs-hating women and rural tariff-fearful voters so you can’t assume her swing will translate outside Iowa conditions.

2. Trump’s vote will drop like a stone in some red states as a consequence of 1 but not enough to flip most of them… or any? This ends up being good news for Trump, as transferring his votes to closer contests is advantageous.

3. AZ and NV are tough for Harris to hold due to changing regional demographics favouring conservatives, e.g. fleeing Californians.

3a. Ticket splitting in AZ/NV is real, masking a big fundamental red shift with cruddiness of state GOPs.

4. In bluer news, everything is pointing to Harris carrying other swing states and thus the presidency. She will have Liz Cheney to thank for that to a large extent, because the median swinging voter who is switching blue looks exactly like her. Stein fluffers distraught, they can go jump off a short pier.

5. TX and FL are in play. Twenty or more years of them teasing, finally it is actually a real chance of happening. Puerto Ricans and Liz Cheney types at the forefront again. Probably only enough to make the margin closer in the end, enough to put the fear of God into the next Republican candidate pool.

6. Poll headline results herded to ridiculous levels, but crosstabs have been illuminating. In addition to aforementioned older women and rural farmer switches away from Trump, there has been a significant urban male shift to Trump, among minorities and non-college-educated. This will tend to limit Dobbs damage in FL/TX, and probably throw up some unexpected results elsewhere, maybe even please Trump with some House flips in places like New Jersey.

7. Biden’s 2020 win and surprise 2022 result were built on a strong movement in the suburbs rejecting Trump, largely founded on Dobbs with extra disgust at Trump’s style. This trend should be extended because the situation there has only gotten worse, leading to a strong likelihood of Speaker Hakeem Jeffries. I foresee a lot of John King mentions of suburbs tomorrow, getting towards meme levels.

8. The remaining big macro unknown that could benefit Trump – not demographic-based but affecting all subgroups – is lagging discomfort with inflation. That will show up in the Midwest, for sure. If Trump pulls this one out of his ort, he will be able to thank Biden for not doing enough to ameliorate the effects of COVID supply chain hangovers. No one really knows how this will play out in the privacy of the ballot box. That is the one thing I remain worried about, as a conservative leftist.

Miltonf
Miltonf
November 5, 2024 1:11 pm

I was very sorry to see the demise of REX and had planned to fly with them to Brissie and maybe Cairns.

Miltonf
Miltonf
November 5, 2024 1:14 pm

Someone last night mentioned that Dixon Jackson thing to buy out Qantas- had forgotten about that. Seems they were more interested in financial games than flying planes.

cohenite
November 5, 2024 1:24 pm

That is the one thing I remain worried about, as a conservative leftist.

as a conservative leftist without a dick. FIFY.

Anyway, excellent assortment of rodomontade philosophunctionalism and blather.

Rosie
Rosie
November 5, 2024 1:25 pm

“This is about the political influence QANTAS & Virgin garner thereby.”
There’s an element of that certainly but pollies troughing is what has most people squealing.

Makka
Makka
November 5, 2024 1:27 pm

That is the one thing I remain worried about, as a conservative leftist.

No m0ron, you’re a leftist, you vote left and here you spew daily leftist garbage.

And as a leftist you are backing the parties of freaks and deviants, supporting their perversions and oppression designed to ruin the traditional family with it’s values.

In a word; loathsome.

And I should mention; invariably wrong.

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cohenite
November 5, 2024 1:27 pm

See these sites for non msm bullshit coverage of the POTUS:

Dan Bongino – https://rumble.com/Bongino
Steven Crowder – https://rumble.com/StevenCrowder
Charlie Kirk – https://rumble.com/CharlieKirk

cohenite
November 5, 2024 1:28 pm

See also these sites:

Steve Bannon – https://rumble.com/BannonsWarRoom
Russell Brand – https://rumble.com/russellbrand
Dave Rubin – https://rumble.com/RubinReport

cohenite
November 5, 2024 1:29 pm

And finally these:

Jimmy Dore – https://rumble.com/TheJimmyDoreShow
The Salty Cracker – https://rumble.com/SaltyCracker
Viva Frei & Robert Banres – https://rumble.com/user/vivafrei

JC
JC
November 5, 2024 1:33 pm

Fatboy

I’m not saying there aren’t crossovers, but the idea that enough Republicans would follow Cheney and vote for Harris is absurd. She lost her primary by historic proportions and is widely disliked. Nobody likes a traitor, even people who agree with her about Trump.
Even from a couple of my Democrat friends, they just don’t like Harris. They aren’t voting for Trump, but they think she’s an idiot. However, they believe her lack of intellect will be mitigated by the people controlling her.

Roger
Roger
November 5, 2024 1:34 pm

Further confirmation a Labor Party dominated by the Left is bankrupt policy wise: Steven Miles re-elected unopposed as QLD ALP leader.

Rosie
Rosie
November 5, 2024 1:35 pm

“PA VBM update – Strong update today. Dems only squeak out 2,411 net votes. Starting to really run out of ramp. GOP likely to take over the return rate lead.”
https://x.com/markdharris/status/1853580688999751926?t=LDy07NHfU9Gkzddv9l0wiw&s=19

Eyrie
Eyrie
November 5, 2024 1:36 pm

We may be close to this:

On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.
H. L. Mencken

Boambee John.
Boambee John.
November 5, 2024 1:40 pm

Calli at 1249.

“all tax free to boot”.

You raise an interesting point Calli. FBT is payable on benefits received by reason of your work. Only MPs receive these upgrades, therefore it is arguable that they are”work-related benefits”, and therefore subject to FBT.

The ATO could demand details from each MP, and calculate the amount of FBT payable. While the employer (Parliamentary departments) has to pay, it would hack a huge hole in the Parliamentary budget, leading to a need for a special appropriation to cover the cost.

Let’s see AnAl put that on the table in the run up to the election.

JC
JC
November 5, 2024 1:41 pm

“PA VBM update – Strong update today. Dems only squeak out 2,411 net votes. Starting to really run out of ramp. GOP likely to take over the return rate lead.”

What worries me about Penn, aside from the very real likelihood of cheating—they’re already saying they won’t finish the count for days—is that the state previously voted for Fetterman, who’s clearly cognitive fcked. He may have won through significant cheating as well. Dumb candidates don’t appear to bother that state.

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Cassie of Sydney
November 5, 2024 1:43 pm

That is the one thing I remain worried about, as a conservative leftist.

Being a Nazi, you should be worried.

Rabz
November 5, 2024 1:44 pm

Albansleazy says he’s confident he’ll win an increased majority at the next feral erection despite growing expectations of a minority government

You wish, dickhead. Your clownshow goat rodeo is going to be ignominiously punted back into opposition and you back into well deserved obscurity.

It will be glorious to behold.

Roger
Roger
November 5, 2024 1:44 pm

Looks like the ALP is angling to reduce the cost of university degrees.

Clare has announced a commission to examine fees.

What are the odds they’ll report before February, recommending a significant cut? Because one thing we need in this country is more Arts graduates.

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Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
November 5, 2024 1:51 pm

Looks like the ALP is angling to reduce the cost of university degrees.

Nooo, that’s not quite right.

They want to reward and incentivize prog-lefties to vote for them, especially since the gender studies prog-lefties are rabid antisemites. Hence the blatant bribery.

Nelson_Kidd-Players
Nelson_Kidd-Players
November 5, 2024 1:52 pm

Zippster November 5, 2024 11:43 am
Reply to Nelson_Kidd-Players

whats a dvd?

It replaced VHS.

JC
JC
November 5, 2024 1:52 pm

One other thing, Fatboy, you retarded fat lesbian. If Texas and Florida were in play we would’ve seen a lot more visits by Trump and the DEI troll. We didn’t and neither did we see any out of the way spend in those states. Internal polling would’ve suggested this if it were happening. You obviously have a gut feel, but your gut wants more donuts – something you confused.

Miltonf
Miltonf
November 5, 2024 1:53 pm

Lord I hope so Rabz- being worse than Krudd, TLS and Mick Trumble really takes some doing. What a nasty little waste of space Anal is.

Cassie of Sydney
November 5, 2024 1:55 pm

Albansleazy says he’s confident he’ll win an increased majority at the next feral erection despite growing expectations of a minority government

I had to rush to the hospital today to see my mother. Anyway, I caught a taxi to the hospital and on the way I got speaking with the taxi driver who happens to be a recent immigrant from the subcontinent, and a Muslim (I asked him if he was Hindu or Muslim and he responded…Muslim).

He was quite chatty and I asked him about the election…meaning the US election….except he thought I was asking him about the forthcoming Oz election. He let loose, against Sleazy and his comrades, saying how much he can’t wait to vote them out!

I was rather chuffed. I then asked him about the US election and he said he hopes Trump wins.

Roger
Roger
November 5, 2024 1:58 pm

Albansleazy says he’s confident he’ll win an increased majority at the next feral erection despite growing expectations of a minority government.

“Watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat.”

GreyRanga
GreyRanga
November 5, 2024 2:09 pm

I hope your mum is okay Cassie.

Cassie of Sydney
November 5, 2024 2:10 pm

Albansleazy says he’s confident he’ll win an increased majority

The slug from Grayndler is banking on Labor winning back Griffith, possibly taking Ryan and Brisbane, and he’s hoping Simon’s Teal whores retain their electorates and he’ll be able to do a deal with them.

Otherwise, I’m scratching my head because I cannot see Labor picking up any new seats and electorates like Aston and Bennelong will return to the Liberals.

Zippster
Zippster
November 5, 2024 2:12 pm
White Robot
White Robot
November 5, 2024 2:17 pm

This channel is also good value:

https://rumble.com/user/HardNewsNetwork

Dr Faustus
Dr Faustus
November 5, 2024 2:19 pm

Albansleazy says he’s confident he’ll win an increased majority at the next feral erection despite growing expectations of a minority government.

Take massive, multi-billion pork-barrelling for granted.

Strategically, the big shock will be whatever he has to give to the CFMEU and the other construction unions to get them back in the tent.

Australia may not be able to afford that.

Top Ender
Top Ender
November 5, 2024 2:23 pm

Herald-Sun:

Rock climbing at the world famous Mt Arapiles in Victoria will be gutted under Labor after Parks Victoria cited secretive cultural heritage investigations as the driving force behind the decision.

The site is one of the world’s most significant rock climbing areas and arguably Australia’s nursery for the pursuit.

Up to half of all routes are predicted to be shut.

The bans will shatter the local Natimuk community, diminish global visitation and lead to the closure of the iconic Pines campground that for decades has been the quirky heartland of climbing.

The Victorian government dropped the news to climbers on the eve of the Melbourne Cup and the US elections amid a looming revolt that will test Parks Victoria’s authority and credibility.

Climbers have condemned the move after a process that has created a broad and growing political backlash.

JC
JC
November 5, 2024 2:24 pm

Fatboy, if Texas was in play, K-toe would have done 11 visits there instead of Penn. The reason they visit no-hope states is try and help the down stream candidates. Now, go scoff down a donut.

Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
November 5, 2024 2:25 pm

mUnter, earlier:

A few more thoughts on what tomorrow brings

Here’s what tomorrow will bring – yet another of your extended absences from this august journal of record, following by a return in the distant future when you (mistakenly) anticipate that people will have forgotten your idiotic commentary.

Indolent
Indolent
November 5, 2024 2:31 pm

A very unexpected article from the WSJ. And it’s fully available through MSN.

Opinion | If Donald Trump Wins the Election

Pogria
Pogria
November 5, 2024 2:38 pm

Joe Rogan endorses Donald Trump. boo yah!

Jock
Jock
November 5, 2024 2:39 pm

I note that one of the teals (Ryan) said she quit the Chairmans Lounge as it was over run with lobbyists. Raises a few questions. Why was she in it in the first place. I thought it was reserved for Chairpeople etc. Not second or third tier. Second, they let Lobbysts in. Like Photios, Richo and Bruce Hawker join the Chairmans lounge. I thought you had to be invited. What a joke. But at least the normal gate will not have that funny smell.

Frank
Frank
November 5, 2024 2:47 pm

people will have forgotten your idiotic commentary

People are willing to forgive the fact he is a tard. The issue is the deliberate spitefulness.

Lawgi Dawes-Hall
Lawgi Dawes-Hall
November 5, 2024 2:49 pm

 boo yah!

When did this enter the lexicon?

Lawgi Dawes-Hall
Lawgi Dawes-Hall
November 5, 2024 2:58 pm

Pogria
 November 5, 2024 2:54 pm

Lying hound. You used a few threads back.

Cassie of Sydney
November 5, 2024 3:02 pm

I hope your mum is okay Cassie.

Thank you. She has good days and bad days. She’s still mentally okay but she’s physically frail. It’s hard. I love her so much.

I try and visit the hospital around lunch or dinner time, to make sure she eats. She’s being difficult with her food, she only wants to eat sweet things. Anyway, there’s a role reversal happening, I’m now telling her to eat her meat and vegies!

Growing up, my mother was an excellent cook, she made everything from scratch. I remember how she loved cooking European food, particularly French food, the food of her paternal forebears. She would make us Boeuf Bourguignon, Tart Tatin, Coq au Vin, chicken liver pate, souffles, sweet and savoury crepes and she also cooked us yummy cottage and shepherds pies, veal schnitzel, rice pudding, jellies, goulash, tortilla, mornays, Lancashire hotpot, bolognese and so on. My mother remains the best omelette maker ever, her omelettes are like majestic souffles, because as she always reminds us…it’s in her blood!

I was always easy to feed, I ate everything, as did my little brother. But my little sister was a nightmare to feed, always naughty, always headstrong, she would sit at the dining table and refuse to eat what my mother had cooked, her frequent wail was….

Why can’t we eat what other families eat?

To which my mother would respond…

What’s that darling?

And my naughty little sister would answer….

Sausages and chips

I reminded my mother of this only a few days ago when the lunch arrived on the tray in the hospital and Mum screwed up her nose and said….

I’m not eating it

To which I said…’yes you are‘.

She then said, ‘I’ll eat the ice cream‘ to which I said, ‘no, you will first eat the savoury food‘.

I reminded her that she was doing exactly what her daughter, my little sister, used to do to her at dinnertime. We both laughed!

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Arky
November 5, 2024 3:03 pm

Picking 24 Trust In You.
Liked the Jungle book.

Zippster
Zippster
November 5, 2024 3:06 pm

The Transhumanist Death-Cult

Summary: The video titled “The Transhumanist Death-Cult” explores the ideological and philosophical implications of transhumanism, particularly through the lens of Ray Kurzweil’s desire to resurrect his deceased father using technology. It critiques the notion that technological advancements can lead to true immortality or transcendence, likening digital simulations to mere mechanical reproductions devoid of genuine human consciousness or value. The video delves into the dangers of a mechanistic worldview, discussing how this perspective prioritizes replication over the essence of life, leading to a “gray goo” scenario where machines replicate without genuine purpose. Ultimately, the video advocates for a deeper understanding of the connection between humanity and the natural world, arguing for the need to redeem the earthly, biological existence rather than escape it through digital means. ### Key Points by Section: #### Introduction (0:00-3:15) – Frederick C. Tzweil’s death affected his son, Ray Kurzweil, shaping his views on life, death, and technology. – Ray’s drive to overcome death through technology makes him a notable figure in transhumanism. – Kurzweil believes that technological advancements can lead to the digital resurrection of individuals. #### Digital Resurrection Concept (3:15-7:30) – Kurzweil collects various documents about his father to create a digital avatar. – He argues that a digital replica might be more like his father than he would have been if alive due to aging and decay over time. – The avatar may simulate personality and memories, raising philosophical questions about identity and authenticity. #### Nature vs. Technology (7:30-12:00) – Kurzweil sees technology as a superior form of existence, with biological life viewed as flawed. – The neo-Darwinian perspective deemed biological entities as accidental outcomes of natural selection, prompting a desire to transcend their limitations through technology. – There’s a significant duty to restore what has been lost due to existential flaws in nature. #### Psychological and Philosophical Inversions (12:00-16:30) – Carl Jung’s concept of enantiodromia illustrates how psychological processes transform into their opposites. – Kurzweil’s approach may reflect a desire for redemption through technology, akin to Christian themes of resurrection. – Modernity has detached from transcendental, spiritual notions, focusing on mechanistic interpretations of existence. #### Digital Identity and Continuity (16:30-21:30) – The idea that digital avatars can replicate consciousness is critiqued; they may lack true self-awareness. – Continuity of identity is questioned as modern physics asserts material constituents can change, but identity persists through information. – The notion of achieving eternal life through digital replication could lead to ethical and existential dilemmas. #### Mechanistic vs. Organic Existence (21:30-26:00) – Transhumanist ideals may inadvertently reproduce a world ruled by mechanical principles, resembling a “paperclip maximizer” scenario. – Consciousness is divorced from materiality in machines, undermining the innate values found in biological beings. – The risk of creating machines that mimic life without understanding true existential value is highlighted. #### Capitalism and the “Gray Goo” Scenario (26:00-30:00) – The principles of capitalism mirror the paperclip maximization, focusing on unrestrained growth and exploitation. – Critique of the mechanical worldview in light of biological existence’s ecological principles. – The true nature of biological systems is not purely mechanical but rather rooted in balance and harmony. #### Concluding Thoughts on Transhumanism (30:00-40:00) – Emphasis on the need for reintegration with the natural world rather than the escapist fantasy of digital transcendence. – Calls for redemption of the corporeal realm through embracing biological and earthly existence. – Acknowledgment that the path forward involves understanding the stakes between mechanistic alienation and the rich potential of human life.

Pete of perth
Pete of perth
November 5, 2024 3:09 pm

Knight’s Choice avoids the knackery

Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
November 5, 2024 3:22 pm

Geez.

The gluepot that won the Cup paid $63 and change.

Knuckle Dragger
Knuckle Dragger
November 5, 2024 3:23 pm

Geez.

The gluepot that won the Cup paid $63 and change.

Someone’s going to be on the Blue Nun this arvo.

Makka
Makka
November 5, 2024 3:33 pm

Unchanged rates- and reasons why;

The Reserve Bank of Australia concedes it failed to predict the recent surge in government spending, as it released new analysis showing Australia has the second-highest underlying inflation rate of any major advanced economy.

The RBA board on Tuesday left the cash rate on hold at 4.35 per cent, 

The central bank conceded it had done a poor job predicting the magnitude of the recent rise in government spending, which is now at a record 27 per cent of GDP and is blamed by some economists for prolonging inflation.

“The staff forecast of public consumption has been revised higher several times over the past year in response to announcements of additional spending 

The surge in government spending meant Australia’s jobs market was among the strongest in the developed world, the RBA said.

-AFR

Rosie
Rosie
November 5, 2024 3:35 pm

“The Georgia Supreme Court just ruled that ballots cannot be accepted and counted AFTER the deadline by election officials anywhere in the state

Democrats in Cobb County wanted to accept 3,000 mail-in ballots AFTER Election Day deadline, but the Court just shut down their plans”
Seems to me Republicans and hopefully all honest people have been doing their darnest to prevent election fraud.
https://x.com/BehizyTweets/status/1853537556203294847?t=5FRevqUpvUfSR_UegRNemw&s=19

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
November 5, 2024 3:37 pm

ABC apologises for extra gunshot sounds added to storyJacob ShteymanAAP
Tue, 5 November 2024 12:10PM

The ABC inadvertently added extra gunshot sounds to footage of Australian commandos firing from a helicopter, an independent review has found.
Veteran journalist Alan Sunderland found in an interim report that there was no evidence the additional audio was introduced to the video in order to deceive or mislead.
The review, released as ABC executives fronted Senate estimates hearings on Tuesday, was commissioned in response to complaints about the ABC Investigations team’s Line of Fire story in 2022.
The stories, which were originally broadcast on the 7.30 program and subsequently featured on ABC’s online platforms, raised questions about the conduct of Australia’s 2nd Commando Regiment during a deployment in Afghanistan in 2012.
Mr Sunderland also found the ABC misleadingly edited an interview with former US Drug Enforcement Administration leader Bret Hamilton.
Mr Hamilton’s comments that war crimes should always be investigated were not in their proper context and inaccurately represented that he was talking about war crime allegations in general rather than specifically about the troops in question.
ABC news director Justin Stevens sincerely apologised to members of the 2nd Commando Regiment for the editing errors and said the content had since been removed.
“Obviously this shouldn’t have occurred and we’re taking it, and have taken it, very seriously,” he told Senate estimates.
Mr Stevens noted Mr Sunderland found the errors did not misleadingly alter the central focus of the story and the issues raised were significant and remained of public importance.
There was also no evidence the changes were done at the prompting of journalists.
Instead, it appeared to be an “inadvertent consequence of attempts to create clean, accurate and effective sequences in the story”.
Mr Sunderland rejected complaints that a section of footage was slowed down, zoomed in and highlighted, saying this wasn’t misleading, inappropriate or problematic.
Controversy surrounding the footage flared up when it was featured in an episode of rival Seven Network’s Spotlight program in September 2024.
Mr Stevens said the program’s scrutiny was warranted

Cassie of Sydney
November 5, 2024 3:40 pm

state previously voted for Fetterman, who’s clearly cognitive fcked. He may have won through significant cheating as well. Dumb candidates don’t appear to bother that state.

Fetterman is one of the better Demonrats. He’s stood firm on Israel.

Vicki
Vicki
November 5, 2024 3:40 pm

Geez, got to the farm….pulled a few weeds out of my garden & got a terrific sting on one finger. Hopefully not a spider..but a damn meat ant. Finger promptly almost doubled in size. Distracted by the Big Race.

Excellent race. Good jockey & fabulously trained horse. Very, very fit.

calli
calli
November 5, 2024 3:46 pm

I feel for you, Cassie. Mum is getting frailer by the day also. Still in her own home, not eating nearly enough.

I cook extra for her, but sometimes I suspect it goes in the bin. Except cakes. She eats those. 😀

The Beloved is shameless – he goes to the fridge and checks it out, also the freezer. Then tells her she doesn’t have enough in there and what is she eating for dinner, hmmm? She doesn’t dare tell him fibs. As you say, it’s a role reversal.

calli
calli
November 5, 2024 3:49 pm

Good news about Georgia. People are sick of the gaslighting about voter fraud. It’s frenzied denial, so much so that any rational person would smell a rat.

Some stupid thing on Nein tonight about Trump on trial. Click.

Must be preparing the ground for antipodean hate after tomorrow – gotta till that fertile progressive ground!

calli
calli
November 5, 2024 3:51 pm

Aaaand speaking of haters…right on cue after its afternoon nap time. 😀

Cassie of Sydney
November 5, 2024 3:54 pm

Just further to the Trot’s pie in the sky fantasy about winning government with an increased majority at the next election, it’s clear he’s smoking from the same pipe of fantasy and delusion he smoked prior to the referendum.

Our PM is a narcissistic crackhead of monumental idiocy. He’s learnt nothing since the abysmal failure that was da Voice referendum.

I am just stunned that there aren’t any Labor realists and hardheads who are willing to speak truth to the crackhead from Grayndler.

I do think Labor might retain government, but it will be in an unholy alliance with the Greens and/or the Whores. Labor might win back Griffith and hold onto all the electorates they currently hold since 2022 but that’s risky because I reckon the likes of Aston, Bennelong, Boothby, Chisolm, Goldstein, Curtin, Kooyong, Reid and Pearce are likely to be won back by the Liberals.

I’m not sure about Wentworth (although she’s lost the Jewish vote) and I’m not sure about Mackellar and Warringah.

Rabz
November 5, 2024 3:55 pm

Idiots everywhere:

The central bank conceded it had done a poor job predicting the magnitude of the recent rise in government spending

Gee, really? Not to mention this li’l corker:

The ALPBC inadvertently added extra gunshot sounds to footage of Australian commandos firing from a helicopter

There’s nothing I love more than “inadvertently” playing gunshot sounds when on the telephone. Really spices up the conversation, I’ve found.

Kneel
Kneel
November 5, 2024 3:56 pm

Natural Instinct
November 5, 2024 8:41 am

Cassie at 800am

I want a media that reports the facts and offers a variety of opinion.

And perhaps not sheep.

And who know (and print/read) the difference between fact and opinion.
“He said X, she said Y. This is what we have independently verified.”

Not Uh oh
Not Uh oh
November 5, 2024 4:15 pm

289 to Trump for me please T.E.

GreyRanga
GreyRanga
November 5, 2024 4:16 pm

RBA failed to estimate the high level of government spending? Calling Blind Freddie.

Kneel
Kneel
November 5, 2024 4:22 pm

“Iirc FTB mentioned that RKJ was a herion addict for 14 years, he’s a wacky guy, wackier even than Trump.
I’d prefer he had little influence over policy in a Trump presidency.
JDV is VP anyhow.”

Listen more carefully to what he says.
He is asking why obesity, ADHD, autism etc have skyrocketed since he was a kid. Why indeed. He has what he believes are answers, including an explosion in vaccinations required – in the USA, there are 74 (!!) scheduled vaccination for kids before they reach 12 years old. Or that tobacco companies purchased food companies and kept their scientists who were experts on getting people addicted. And that if you compare fruit loops USA version to Canada version (Canada has outlawed some artificial colours that the US has not) the difference in colour is amazing – the Canada ones are “dull” and barely coloured, the USA ones are bright, almost flouro. He’s asking that we ask these questions and demand answers – to Make America Healthy Again.
He might be wrong in his causation ideas, but the questions are pertinent, especially when average life expectancy in the US is DROPPING.

Indolent
Indolent
November 5, 2024 4:22 pm

@WifeOfCombatVet

I was debating on whether to share this RING video of me and my family when the FBI raided our home just 22 days after Biden/Harris took office. Because it makes me sick! This FBI raid should have never happened, but it did.

Every single Trump supporter is at risk of this happening to you and your family. This is political persecution. This is the message that J6 defendants have tried to warn you about.

It was horrifying to see our then 4 year old with streams of red lasers on his little body. Where is the outrage? Live weapons were on all of us, I will never forget this. My husband was tackled into the snow and thrown into jail, and I was pregnant and the following day we lost our baby.

Today, my husband Capt. Kuehne @Dark_Horse92 is sitting in federal prison.

I just want you to know that despite the hell we have been through, I voted for the first time living in a swing state for President Trump. We must work hard to elect him and right the wrongs. Equal justice must be restored and criminal justice must be reformed, among many other things.

May God bless you and the United States of America

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
November 5, 2024 4:22 pm

The Reserve Bank of Australia concedes it failed to predict the recent surge in government spending

So the reason that the RBA didn’t reduce interest rates, and therefore mortgage rates, is because of Albo and Chalmers spending borrowed money like there’s no tomorrow?

I wonder if the MSM will remember to mention that to the punters?

GreyRanga
GreyRanga
November 5, 2024 4:23 pm

My good news story for the day is a granddaughter due in late April. Can’t wait.

Pete of perth
Pete of perth
November 5, 2024 4:25 pm
Rosie
Rosie
November 5, 2024 4:26 pm
Rabz
November 5, 2024 4:28 pm

He might be wrong in his causation ideas, but the questions are pertinent, especially when average life expectancy in the US is DROPPING.

Another aspect of life in the US that RFK has highlighted is the phenomenal rates of consumption of legal pharmaceuticals and the fact that in the US it is legal to advertise them – so the prevalence of drug ads everywhere is almost overwhelming.

He may be a bit whacko about certain things, but regarding many others he’s spot on.

He’s also married to a Hollyweirdo, who plays Larry’s erstwhile wife (and Ted Danson’s current one) in “Curb your enthusiasm”.

Nelson_Kidd-Players
Nelson_Kidd-Players
November 5, 2024 4:29 pm

The ABC inadvertently added extra gunshot sounds to footage of Australian commandos firing from a helicopter

One does not ‘inadvertently’ add extra gunshot sounds to footage!

Wally Dali
Wally Dali
November 5, 2024 4:29 pm

RFK2 is going to have to find a lot more charisma once he’s no longer The New Hotness. “Post hoc, ergo procter hoc” is a famous rhetorical turkey for a reason.
Ive said before, i’d be very surprised if the God Emperor gives him any meaningful platform whatsoever. He’d be a very unreliable spokesman.

Roger
Roger
November 5, 2024 4:34 pm

The Reserve Bank of Australia concedes it failed to predict the recent surge in government spending

Less than 12 months out from an election with a Labor govt in power.

Proof – if required – that Australia’s institutions are run by second raters.

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Crossie
Crossie
November 5, 2024 4:43 pm

GreyRanga

 November 5, 2024 2:07 pm

 Reply to  Miltonf

and I wouldn’t have thought that possible. Who can dredge up a PM that’s gunna be worse.

Chalmers the Wallet Wizard would be worse. He seems to have Kamala’s leadership and people skills.

  1. GreyRanga November 5, 2024 2:07 pm Reply to  Miltonfand I wouldn’t have thought that possible. Who can dredge up a PM that’s gunna…

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