Open Thread – Thurs 9 Jan 2025


The Three Holy Kings, Piotr Stachiewicz, early 20thC

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Pete of Perth
Pete of Perth
January 9, 2025 8:55 pm

Missus watching a hit job on their abc about Lachlan Murdoch, Australian Story from 2024. FMD I’m going outside to cut the lawn with nail scissors.

Roger
Roger
January 9, 2025 9:05 pm

Like Orange Hitler is going to call Luigi for a heads-up before getting in touch with, well, anyone.

“OK, Narendra.

But let me just run this by Albo first & I’ll get back to you.”

What’s the acronym?

Oh yes: ROTFLMAO.

Miltonf
Miltonf
January 9, 2025 9:08 pm

Could never stand that Stephen Smith with his/her/its silly bouffant.

Rockdoctor
Rockdoctor
January 9, 2025 9:16 pm

I don’t like cagey news articles, either shut up till the full facts are allowed to be disclosed or just let us know what the jismist obviously knows. That said.

What’s the chance this was not people but a person & maybe children.

I sniff poisonous break-up. Why would you give away furniture for free? Odd.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14265841/Gold-Coast-shooting-Tallebudgera-Linley-Anyos.html

Average property prices $1.5mil up in this area.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
January 9, 2025 9:28 pm

Rabz

 January 9, 2025 8:55 pm

Cats, I concur with Prez Fatty Trump’s imperialist designs on Greenland, Canuckistan and the Panama Canal.

It would be nice if he could cast his greedy eyes over here as well, especially as dover’s subsequent wailing would be audible in space.

Well, it would be a pity if we weren’t impordant enough to be included.
And, you know, it can’t really be a Global American Empire if you exclude a chunk like ours, can it?

Dr Faustus
Dr Faustus
January 9, 2025 9:59 pm

One thing that seems to be ignored in the Starmer/Rapist imbroglio is the role of local government in the UK.

There are about 300 local authorities (LGA’s) in the UK. They differ significantly from the Australian versions in that, besides local roads, garbage, libraries, and mowing – many UK LGA’s manage a host of other government-funded services: education, public housing (a big deal in the UK), ‘community relations’, direct grants (new mosque, new sports centre, etc), and importantly, social services (particularly – in context – child welfare, including family placements).

For Labour, LGA’s are critical political assets; local pork delivery in support of the national parliamentary vote – particularly in the rape-prone industrial cities.

The LGA social services were heavily criticised after the 1981 race riots and reacted enthusiastically to the Scarman recommendation that “positive discrimination” was a necessity to keep the peace – and have spent the past 40 years social-working Marxist woke to an extent you might not believe.

There is no chance on God’s Earth that the Labour machine is ever going to support an inquiry that would lead to daylight being shone into those dark corners.

feelthebern
feelthebern
January 9, 2025 10:05 pm

Bit odd seeing the canned laughter at the Djokovic charity match in Melb tonight.

Arky
January 9, 2025 10:12 pm

Just saw a report: 90% of fires in LA are caused by homeless bums.

Wally Dalí
Wally Dalí
January 9, 2025 10:31 pm

The Tories have got rocks in their head if they think that a long campaign for a longwinded enquiry about events which happened, in political relative terms, a long time ago, which the government will only be obliged to respond to a long time in the future – is a good strategy for either their party or the poor abused girls.
If it were me, I’d just go ballistic right now, about the here and now.
“Mr Sir Keir Starmer PM, because of your appalling weakness and capitulation, how many child sex offenders are free on the streets of Britain right now?”
“As Labour leader, after decades promoting mas immigration, colonial guilt and elevating Islamists to the status of an untouchable and vengeful ruling class, how many apologists, collaborators and disseminators of child sexual abuse are in positions of power whithin town councils and police forces right now?”
“Mr PM, do you not think that your totalitarian policies about reportage and social media content will doubtlessly be adding to the entitlement, protection and deflection of child sexual abusers in British towns and cities right now?”

Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
Zulu Kilo Two Alpha
January 9, 2025 10:31 pm

Anthony Albanese has given an iron-clad guarantee no new mining tax will be introduced if he wins the Federal election and ruled out a minority government deal with the Greens as he vies to secure crucial resources states.
In a sit-down interview with The West Australian as he flew from Kununurra to Perth on Thursday, the Prime Minister vowed he’s in WA to win it — declaring the Liberal-held seats of Durack, Canning and Moore, and the new seat of Bullwinkel, in play.
Without any surprise gains, holding the four WA seats Labor gained in 2022 — Tangney, Swan, Hasluck and Pearce — could make the difference between majority government, minority government or defeat in a looming federal election.
But Mr Albanese told The West he’s aiming for a majority and will not sign an agreement with crossbenchers if he falls short.

What part of the words “Pig’s arze, he won’t, ” do readers have difficulty in understanding?

Megan
Megan
January 9, 2025 10:37 pm

My, my. My FaceChook feed today has been filled with a procession of highly dramatic flouncers who cannot tolerate views other than their own and are mourning the long awaited death of fact checkers on the platform. Off into the Bluesky yonder and something called MeWe.

See ya! Watch your backside and that giant door slam.

Pogria
Pogria
January 9, 2025 10:44 pm

Via Michael Smith.
Blabbersack has had an idea. Too bad she won’t do anything about it, like order arrests to be made.

https://michaelsmithnews.typepad.com/.a/6a0177444b0c2e970d02c8d3c8ad7d200c-800wi

JC
JC
January 9, 2025 11:18 pm

There doesn’t appear to be any formal meeting with Rudd and the incoming admin people let alone Trump.

As of January 9, 2025, there is no publicly available information confirming that Kevin Rudd, Australia’s Ambassador to the United States, has met with representatives of President-elect Donald Trump’s team. Recent reports indicate that Rudd has been on vacation in Queensland, Australia, and is expected to return to the U.S. on January 8, ahead of Trump’s inauguration on January 20.

The Australian

While Rudd has expressed readiness to work with the incoming administration, ABC News

there have been no confirmed meetings between him and Trump’s team to date.Kevin Rudd’s Engagements Amidst Trump’s Inauguration

Rudd holidays in Queensland before Trump inauguration

Rudd, isn’t just on hols I think. I suspect he received no invite to the inauguration and is now pretending he’s just on vacation and can’t make it.

Black Ball
Black Ball
January 9, 2025 11:23 pm

You can bet London to a brick JC that Rudd indeed will be on the outside looking in as the Orange Man is inaugurated.
Then told to leave the country, which is an excellent turn of events.

JC
JC
January 9, 2025 11:27 pm

This is going to be hilarious to watch, BB. I’ve maintained that they’ve frozen him out so as to get rid of the imbecile.

Arky
January 9, 2025 11:52 pm

Question (prompted by Castro’s son’s resignation in great sadness):
Does each successive generation of leftist shitbags upon leaving power in the aftermath of wrecking, once again, f*cking absolutely everything, look back on their ascension to power and see a naive and silly person who just didn’t know the damage they were about to do, OR do they look back on a person who full well knew what they were about to do, which was precisely what the previous generation of shitbag, degenerate leftists did, and their only regret is they couldn’t have the time to complete the destruction?

Zafiro
Zafiro
January 10, 2025 12:07 am

A girl who was a year ahead of my daughter at her rural primary school (70-80 kids etc) has been picked for the Under 19 Australian cricket team for their World Cup.

Their pissant bush school won the Victorian title in the primary school category beating some school from Glen Waverley. It was all on the back of this girl. A one-man cricket team she was.

Bowling average of 1 or 2 etc. No batting average because never went out etc.

Well bred attractive sheila from old-money farming stock. Not some rough dyke.

Gabor
Gabor
January 10, 2025 12:13 am

Arky
January 9, 2025 11:52 pm

Question (prompted by Castro’s son’s resignation in great sadness):

Does each successive generation of leftist shitbags upon leaving power in the aftermath of wrecking, once again, f*cking absolutely everything, look back on their ascension to power and see a naive and silly person who just didn’t know the damage they were about to do, OR do they look back on a person who full well knew what they were about to do, which was precisely what the previous generation of shitbag, degenerate leftists did, and their only regret is they couldn’t have the time to complete the destruction?

If you have a wider interest in topics the interwebs offer, then you will find that the answer is a resounding YES.
Even after years of some communist hellholes had changed regime, many of the surviving old guard are praying for the old system to come back, claiming, if we had more time.

Full employment, whether the job was worth doing or not.
Planned economy, years behind customer demand and one branch making profits supporting the loss making ones.
Total social support from cradle to grave, just like the NHS, you’d find the grave sooner than a bed in the hospital.

All forgotten, just remember the vibe.

Wally Dali
Wally Dali
January 10, 2025 12:38 am

Collars up then, Zaf?

Wally Dali
Wally Dali
January 10, 2025 12:41 am

But seriously, great achievement, I hope everyone in her circle is rightly proud.
Criggit is an underrated sport for ladies, as it does carry a tradition of feminine patience and selflessness, and asks for a humble acceptance of the umpire’s authority.

Salvatore - Iron Publican
January 10, 2025 12:53 am

Rockdoctor, in nested comments on the previous page, responding to Frollickingmole:

Chrisafulli is already proving quite ineffective in Qld

Starting to become difficult to draw any conclusion other than “Turnbullian” or “Morrison-lite”

Or even “Abbott-ish”. He’s confirmed some temporary appointments that were made by Palasczcuk – ones even Miles wouldn’t confirm.

This gels with his initial automatic agreement with Palaszczuk re “treaties” & the like, that was reversed only after brutal phone calls from party members to branches & sitting MPs.

Spooked by the spectre of Campbell Newman, he is pussyfooting carefully around the Public Service.
This is playing out with a public service that far from being scared of him, is emboldened into even worse excess than under Labor.

Arky
January 10, 2025 1:11 am

My home town of Christchurch never returned to normal after the earthquake.
A good portion of people left and never returned.
Reconstruction took years.
LA is facing the same, I would offer, even if by area less is effected proportionally than in Christchurch, the areas that are effected are the high value parts.
I could be wrong, but I think this is bigger than many assume.

Steve trickler
Steve trickler
January 10, 2025 2:03 am

Cash!

Cash 2.0 Great Dane at The Grove and Farmers Market in Los Angeles 88

Steve trickler
Steve trickler
January 10, 2025 2:05 am
Winston Smith
Winston Smith
January 10, 2025 3:39 am

UK: Muslim migrant arrested for trying to rape 14-year-old girl says ‘I don’t know UK laws, I only follow Sharia’https://x.com/i/status/1876917374043238830

“I don’t follow your laws – only Sharia. Talk to my embassy.”

…and there you have it. He claims diplomatic immunity.

Tom
Tom
January 10, 2025 4:00 am
Tom
Tom
January 10, 2025 4:02 am
Tom
Tom
January 10, 2025 4:04 am
Tom
Tom
January 10, 2025 4:05 am
Tom
Tom
January 10, 2025 4:06 am
Tom
Tom
January 10, 2025 4:07 am
Tom
Tom
January 10, 2025 4:08 am
DrBeauGan
DrBeauGan
January 10, 2025 5:10 am

Thanks Tom

Winston Smith
Winston Smith
January 10, 2025 5:30 am

Trump-Hating ABC Anchor David Muir Commits a Huge Fashion Mistake While Vainly Trying to Look ‘Marvelous’ as He Reports on the California Wildfires

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/01/watch-trump-hating-abc-anchor-david-muir-commits/

“As you can see here behind me,” Muir states. When he turns his body to point out the carnage, wooden clamps can be seen holding his jacket together to make him look good for the camera supposedly.

Yes, he literally had wooden clothespins holding up his jacket.

In pursuit of vanity, Muir ended up making himself look like an idiot in the process.

https://x.com/Brick_Suit/status/1877168513594405173/photo/1

  1. From the comments: Reality: people died, half the cities burning ..Muir: Does this fire make me look fat ?Narcissistic douchenozzle…

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