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Open Thread – Mon 13 Nov 2023
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A droplet of hope in a sea of despair
First, I like to acknowledge the country on which we make our home, Terra Australis, whose landmass is over fifty percent under Native Title; whose major oil and gas projects are delayed by judges in thrall of whale song-lines, mythical undersea burial grounds, by mother sea and by rainbow serpents; whose states are busy enacting…
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Bob King’s Summary
WIND AND SOLAR PROJECTS OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS:- LOCATED or ADVISED THIS WEEK NOW and until 2024 FNQ regional plan 20/11/23 Mount Piper BESS, Wallerawang 20/11/23 Tarong West Wind, South Burnett 23/11/23 Capricornia Energy Hub (CEH) Transmission Project 1/12/23 Sustainable Finance Strategy 11/12/23 and 1/3/24 Accounting Standards for Climate change 19/2/24 Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 amendments PREVIOUSLY 13/11/23 SA’s transmission and…
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Open Thread – Weekend 11 Nov 2023
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Open Thread – Wed 8 Nov 2023
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Open Thread – Mon 6 Nov 2023
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Self-defence in extremis
Self-defence is available to individuals to communities and to nations. It is ethically and legally sound to engage in self-defence. The principle of proportionality should be applied when engaging in self-defence. This means that you should do no more advertently, than is necessary to remove the threat. For example, if somebody begins punching you on…
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Open Thread – Weekend 4 Nov 2023
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Open Thread – Wed 1 Nov 2023
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Israel’s potential response to Hamas
The events of October 7 were terrible with a brutality and viciousness rarely witnessed. The subsequent rallies in support of Palestine were littered with antisemitic chanting and the MSM have encouraged Israeli ‘restraint’ whilst showing pictures of Gaza residents, especially children, in hospital. Incredibly, some of the footage is accompanied by a Hamas spokesperson commenting…