Open Thread – August 2023

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  1. kaysee kaysee says:
    August 13, 2023 at 7:15 pm

    Judith Curry:
    How Climate “Science” Got Hijacked by Alarmists

    Climate scientist Judith Curry, once the darling of environmental advocacy groups, says the doomsday consensus around climate change is “manufactured”. In a bombshell interview with John Stossel, she speaks openly about being part of the government-funded climate alarmism complex.


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  2. mh says:
    August 13, 2023 at 10:15 pm

    Dr. Anastasia Maria Loupis
    @DrLoupis
    Queensland, Australia.🇦🇺

    3000 nurses are still not able to work because of the jab mandate, some still being fired for “failing to comply”.

    0% science, 100% cult.

    https://twitter.com/DrLoupis/status/1690629208945397760?s=20


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  3. mh says:
    August 14, 2023 at 7:44 am

    It can’t be the football, which is awful.

    Is this what it’s all about?

    Sam Kerr moment sends football world wild
    Sam Kerr has melted the hearts of the nation with a post-match moment after one of the biggest wins in Australian sporting history.


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  4. Shy Ted says:
    August 14, 2023 at 9:33 am

    But Sam (Kerr), you’re kissing a white woman. She’s white!!! Don’t you know they’re evil. Who do you think you are, Adam Goodes? And a long list of other Ab sporting stars.


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  5. Shy Ted says:
    August 14, 2023 at 9:37 am

    Ange has lost his main man, Harry Kane. Managed a draw with Chelsea though.


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  7. mh says:
    August 14, 2023 at 12:04 pm

    Ange has lost his main man, Harry Kane. Managed a draw with Chelsea though

    I’m failing to see the lesbian connection in your comment, Ted.


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  8. mh says:
    August 14, 2023 at 4:48 pm

    The ‘iconic’ picture Ian Wright says proves Australia is a football nation

    The Arsenal and England legend has called on the Australian government to match the public’s incredible enthusiasm for the Matildas with appropriate funding for football infrastructure.

    How about no


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  9. mh says:
    August 14, 2023 at 4:53 pm

    Woman details heartbreaking aftermath of sickening gang rape

    A woman who was brutally gang raped near the Northern Pride Rugby League Club and left in a drain wearing nothing but a bra described how her life was shattered by the crime.

    Darkies


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  10. mh says:
    August 14, 2023 at 6:27 pm

    Oh goodee

    Passengers are trapped on plane which made a dramatic U-turn back to Sydney International Airport after a man became unruly mid-flight and began making references to Islam


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  11. mh says:
    August 14, 2023 at 6:43 pm

    Concerned Citizen
    @BGatesIsaPyscho
    Please can someone explain to me how fire can burn down bricks & mortar to the ground whilst trees remain fully intact?

    https://twitter.com/BGatesIsaPyscho/status/1690476870523854848?s=20

    YouTube feels the need to weigh in: 🚩
    Readers added context they thought people might want to know
    Many trees are adapted to surviving wildfires and benefit from these “fire regimes.” However, many artificial structures are prone to catch flying embers (vents, roof composition, windows) which then find a vast abundance of fuels inside them to rapidly ignite.

    ***

    Hmmm … who would want every single one of these houses reduced to rubble? 🤔


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  13. mh says:
    August 15, 2023 at 9:40 am

    Each way Albo getting marked down

    The Age

    Albanese pays the price as Voice support slips again

    Voters have slashed their support for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese after a fierce political dispute over the Indigenous Voice, an exclusive survey has found.


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  14. Shy Ted says:
    August 15, 2023 at 9:48 am

    Jihadi on a plane- what happened next? .

    media reports this muslim slave of Allah, bought a one way ticket – and had no luggage… Charged with making a false statement and refusing to follow cabin crew directives

    Carrying box cutters apparently..
    That’ll learn him


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  17. Shy Ted says:
    August 15, 2023 at 6:21 pm

    Remember, Cats, only 24 hours til the MAtildas play England. Just in case the media doesn’t mention it.
    Could only manage 2 minutes of Swedes vs Spain. Clearly those in the stands have never watched a game of soccer before and don’t know what it should be.
    Bidenmaths


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  18. kaysee kaysee says:
    August 15, 2023 at 6:37 pm

    There has to be more to the account of the firing of Mark Latham than the one given to the media.

    An extraordinary intervention from One Nation’s federal leader has seen Mark Latham ejected from his role in New South Wales for “under-performance.”

    What is the real reason?


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  19. kaysee kaysee says:
    August 15, 2023 at 6:49 pm

    Global pandemic

    1/
    RFK claims

    2/
    Records Reveal Fauci, Others Made Over $300 Million

    According to records, the former NIH Director, Dr. Francis Collins, and former NIAID Director, Dr. Anthony Fauci, made huge profits from royalty checks during the Chinese virus-fueled pandemic. At the same time, thousands of people struggled to put food on the table.

    ..
    3/
    And this month, that horse de-wormer, is safe for human consumption.


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  20. JohnJJJ says:
    August 15, 2023 at 6:54 pm

    So the reason the cops took over two hours to respond to Mo, I have a bomb, Abd’alla ( Slave of Allah) was:
    NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb denied the delay was “too long”. “I don’t think so,” she said. “I think three hours is pretty good. I know it’s pretty terrifying. The protocol in Australia is to negotiate.” On ya Karen.
    And there you have it. The ghost of Sheikh Haron (Monis) and Martin Place lives on. Interesting how they have completely taken out any reference to the religion. Just as they did with the Sheikh.
    Now wait for all the interviews with moozies and the fear of Slamaphobia.


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  21. kaysee kaysee says:
    August 15, 2023 at 6:56 pm

    Maui: More questions than answers

    Lahaina in Maui is where 100s of people died and the coastal city destroyed in wild fires. It was once the capital of the kingdom of Hawaii before the US annexation.

    People there are refusing to sell their property to Blackrock, Vanguard & Oprah


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  22. kaysee kaysee says:
    August 15, 2023 at 7:11 pm

    Interesting how they have completely taken out any reference to the religion.

    It is a western phenomenon. They are intolerant of Christian practices under the guise of “secularisation”. But they won’t mention anything negative about Islam because they are afraid.

    Common Law in Britain

    One of Britain’s new leading women defends the common law and declares “This is a Christian nation”!


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  23. kaysee kaysee says:
    August 15, 2023 at 7:18 pm

    Book Reviews

    1/
    The Great Reset

    I actually read The Great Reset.

    Aside from it being so painfully dry and horribly written it took me 3 months to read it when I would normally read a book that length in an afternoon, it lays out exactly what their plan is.
    Here’s it is in a nutshell:

    2/
    Pawns in the Game

    This book is a warning to what’s coming if people don’t wake up. Technology finally caught up with their plans, and they have brainwashed enough people into the climate cult, etc., so it appears to be getting close to go time.


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  24. kaysee kaysee says:
    August 15, 2023 at 7:26 pm

    The World

    1/
    Them: Third World
    Train in Bangladesh
    .

    2/
    Us: First World
    Non-binary Dating


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  26. shatterzzz says:
    August 15, 2023 at 9:30 pm

    An extraordinary intervention from One Nation’s federal leader has seen Mark Latham ejected from his role in New South Wales for “under-performance.”
    What is the real reason?

    I heard it’s because he wanted PHON to pay his legal bills for the Alex Greenwich fiasco ..
    Pauline wasn’t impressed …..


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  27. mh says:
    August 15, 2023 at 11:36 pm

    Tucker Carlson
    @TuckerCarlson
    Ep. 16 RFK Jr. explains Ukraine, bio-labs, and who killed his uncle

    https://twitter.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1691228480556429312?s=20


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  30. Shy Ted says:
    August 16, 2023 at 9:03 am

    The Guardian says Latham has been sacked because the MSM won’t engage with him after his entirely true comment. It’s The Guardian so it’s wrong but it is typical MSM behaviour.


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  33. Admin Admin says:
    August 16, 2023 at 3:52 pm

    From the past week there have been some extra bugs in the blog system. I have been trying to trace and debug them. I was able to clear out the problem with the comment box but there are some others still there. I have gone through the code and tested but can’t find the source of the problem. One of these is the sidebar list of Recent comments that has extra spaces between each line. These spaces should not be there and many of you will have noticed this change. There was a Plugin update last week and I think that has caused it bug. There is nothing wrong in our settings codes so it would have to be from WordPress.

    I also tried to see why some commenters who have been approved in the past have their comments ending up in moderation but can’t work it out.

    Sorry about the bugs. This is an old system using an old theme. I will continue to try to fix or find a solution.

    If anyone can suggest what is causing these bugs, I will look into that.


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  35. Destroyer D69 says:
    August 16, 2023 at 6:05 pm

    A Question.. If they do not have included details of who authorised this obvious attempt to influence the vote, as part of the graphics,on the aircraft are they in breach of electoral laws? https://www.michaelsmithnews.com/2023/08/woke-qantas-paints-planes-free-flights-for-albaneses-vanity-voice-yes-campaign.html


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  36. kaysee kaysee says:
    August 16, 2023 at 6:34 pm

    Colonel Douglas Macgregor

    We’ve been going through this process of globalism much longer than people realize.


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  37. kaysee kaysee says:
    August 16, 2023 at 6:54 pm

    I heard it’s because he wanted PHON to pay his legal bills for the Alex Greenwich fiasco ..
    Pauline wasn’t impressed …..

    shatterzzz, I thought there may have been some connection to the Greenwich incident. I would agree with Pauline that One Nation shouldn’t be paying the bills. But why did it reach a stage where he is ousted from his role as leader?

    Latham made a big mistake in the way he responded to the tweet. When you reach a certain level of public recognition, some restraint before posting instant messages is a necessary trait. The excuse of “but he said” is no justification.

    He could have ignored that post and then used it for his own gain, for years to come. Every time Greenwich said something that he wanted to get back at he could have reminded everyone in Parliament and elsewhere that Greenwich had called him “a disgusting human being” and why. He could then show how he was taking the high road and being a supporter of free speech, he (Latham) was not suing Greenwich.

    Instead he has put himself on the back foot and is the one facing legal action. There are many ways to speak the truth, make one’s point and get support for it. Stooping into the gutter is not the way, especially when you are in a role of the leader.


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  38. mh says:
    August 16, 2023 at 6:59 pm

    Not another crap American movie

    Stew Peters
    @realstewpeters
    Maui Police Chief John Pelletier Was Las Vegas Mass Shooting Commander.

    We are watching a movie. John Pelletier is an actor.

    https://twitter.com/realstewpeters/status/1691143609930625038?s=20


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  39. kaysee kaysee says:
    August 16, 2023 at 7:11 pm

    A Question.. If they do not have included details of who authorised this obvious attempt to influence the vote, as part of the graphics,on the aircraft are they in breach of electoral laws?

    Destroyer D69, I don’t have the answer. Maybe the AEC needs to be asked the question. Wouldn’t this also apply to all the sporting bodies and businesses that are pushing their Yes propaganda at the public?

    Do Qantas employees and shareholders support this?

    I doubt we will get any answers about anything related to the Voice as even Albanese has not read the Uluru statement in full.

    Got questions? Here’s the answer.


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  40. mh says:
    August 16, 2023 at 7:12 pm

    My prediction 🔮

    Australia 0 England 1


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  41. kaysee kaysee says:
    August 16, 2023 at 7:20 pm

    Saving the planet

    1/
    Car Power
    There are many ways to against the dictators and the morons.
    Non-violet. Simple. Effective.
    You don’t even have to get out.

    If you have a stereo system in the car, blast it too.

    2/
    EV cars

    EV – Battery fire you say?

    A UK event in the World Rallycross championships had to be shut down when fire broke out in one of the team’s car batteries, destroyed both racing cars and the tent


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  42. kaysee kaysee says:
    August 16, 2023 at 7:33 pm

    WEF bioethicist

    wants to genetically modify humans so they become allergic to meat. These people are beyond evil.


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  44. mh says:
    August 16, 2023 at 8:37 pm

    England go ahead with a great strike ⚽️ 🥅


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  45. mh says:
    August 16, 2023 at 9:21 pm

    Wow. What a fantastic equaliser from Sam Kerr


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  46. mh says:
    August 16, 2023 at 9:29 pm

    England go 2-1 up


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  47. mh says:
    August 16, 2023 at 9:50 pm

    England get a third. A nicely worked goal.

    This was a great game, far better quality and entertainment than the Aus – France match.

    England were the better team tonight.


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  48. David Brewer says:
    August 17, 2023 at 4:23 am

    Where it all began, the Urulu Reparations Claim from the Heart of 1962?

    https://youtu.be/Q44LtGC8Mw8?t=85


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  49. mh says:
    August 17, 2023 at 7:21 am

    A PILOT has collapsed and died in a toilet onboard a Boeing 787 while flying from Miami to Chile.

    Ivan Andaur, 56, was flying flight LA505 from Miami International Airport to Santiago, Chile, on Sunday night when he began to feel ill.

    His two co-pilots were forced to make an emergency landing at Tocumen International Airport in Panama City.

    Paramedics boarded the plane to provide medical assistance but Andaur was pronounced dead.

    A nurse, only known as Isadora on social media, said she tried to revive Andaur, along with another nurse and two doctors, while the plane was landing after he suffered symptoms related to cardiac arrest.


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  50. shatterzzz says:
    August 17, 2023 at 8:20 am

    But why did it reach a stage where he is ousted from his role as leader?

    Pauline is a charasmatic pollie and sez a lot of the right stuff but is prone to, occasional, lapses into hissy fits .. this may well be one of them ..!


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  51. Shy Ted says:
    August 17, 2023 at 9:08 am

    My fave bit was in the 63rd minute when England were over-running Matildas, which the commentator described as “The Matildas often play at their best without the ball” which was the exact same phrase used in previous matches. Must have been in the script.
    Anyway
    Joe memes are excellent ATM
    That’d be me


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  52. mh says:
    August 17, 2023 at 9:57 am

    “The Matildas often play at their best without the ball”

    I can see something for the Matilda’s to work on for the WC in 4 years.


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  53. Shy Ted says:
    August 17, 2023 at 10:06 am

    There’s a new ad running on SBS – heartonmysleeve
    Something to do with mental health. Been right through the website and can’t find any reference to Australia. Odd. It seems no matter what your mental health problems are if you just get a heart tattooed on you ram, you’re cured.
    Is this the link to Oz

    I detect a scam


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  54. JohnJJJ says:
    August 17, 2023 at 10:15 am

    WOW, thanks Tedzi Is this the link to Oz

    I scored “Your scores indicate a normal level of emotional distress” ha. Isn’t this new world fabulous!  Now I am worried.


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  55. JohnJJJ says:
    August 17, 2023 at 10:19 am

    Also, I think those two front teeth on da land whale are unusual. I wonder how she lost the originals. Makes you think.


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  56. Shy Ted says:
    August 17, 2023 at 10:45 am

    Matilda’s locker room before game.
    You mean the flag of magic didn’t help?!


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  57. Shy Ted says:
    August 17, 2023 at 10:54 am

    The troubled past of Sam Kerr’s brother Daniel: Matilda star’s AFL legend sibling misses World Cup semi-final after being jailed for setting parents’ home on fire. Daniel Kerr, who played 220 AFL games and won a premiership with the West Coast Eagles, was charged with criminal damage by fire and appeared in Perth District Court in May 2023.


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  58. Shy Ted says:
    August 17, 2023 at 11:02 am

    Criminals, be very afraid

    Today, 13 women and 10 men will graduate as new police officers, boosting service numbers further across the state.
    The South Australia Police (SAPOL) Academy Course 60 graduates range in age from 19 to 35 and come from many walks of life.


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  59. JohnJJJ says:
    August 17, 2023 at 12:51 pm

    Sly Ted, your link has ‘since been taken down’ it was probably this one https://youtu.be/PwkViNe4E6Q. Interesting to see how long they will last. But at least ‘most importantly we have fun together’. According to the cops I know there is a real crisis in recruitment, hence the short ladies.


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  60. mh says:
    August 17, 2023 at 2:11 pm

    This guy is a massive dickhead

    Piers Morgan
    @piersmorgan
    BREAKING: England’s fabulous @Lionesses crush Australia’s wilting Matildas 3-1 in their own back yard to reach the Women’s World Cup Final…
    … sweet revenge for the Jonny Bairstow Ashes runout debacle.
    Congrats ladies- you’ve made your country proud! 👏👏👏


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  61. EofT says:
    August 17, 2023 at 4:28 pm

    “The physical sciences, good and innocent in themselves, had already… begun to be warped, had been subtly manoeuvred in a certain direction. Despair of objective truth had been increasingly insinuated into the scientists; indifference to it, and a concentration upon mere power, had been the result… The very experiences of the dissecting room and the pathological laboratory were breeding a conviction that the stifling of all deep-set repugnances was the first essential for progress.”
    ― C.S. Lewis, That Hideous Strength

    A 2 1/2 min. talk:
    C.S. Lewis’s That Hideous Strength and the Totalitarian Impulse of Scientism
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2Rx51plJ0s

    Free audio. Chapter 1:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyW4QkhAmIA


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  62. shatterzzz says:
    August 17, 2023 at 4:31 pm

    Criminals, be very afraid

    NBo mention of actual plodding .. LOL!
    Given their physical size I’m guessing desk jerbs may be the best career choice ..!


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  63. shatterzzz says:
    August 17, 2023 at 4:33 pm

    Matilda’s locker room before game.

    geez! .. must be a tall cleaner to leave your duster up there .. LOL!


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  64. shatterzzz says:
    August 17, 2023 at 4:35 pm

    “The Matildas often play at their best without the ball”

    As you do when the game is football ..! you’d think the clue might be in the name but ………….. duuuh!


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  65. mh says:
    August 17, 2023 at 4:58 pm

    The Australian MSM are getting the hang of international soccer:

    Matildas’ spark was gone and the coach must carry some responsibility


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  67. kaysee kaysee says:
    August 17, 2023 at 6:29 pm

    A 2 1/2 min. talk:
    C.S. Lewis’s That Hideous Strength and the Totalitarian Impulse of Scientism

    C.S. Lewis speaks of the danger of totalitarian impulse and people speaking in the name of science.

    The Science by government controlled scientists has been used as a control tool for The Covid and The Climate Change.

    Can we trust science?

    At an Oxford Union debate 10 years ago, Professor of Mathematics John Lennox makes his argument for the existence of God. He says:
    Serious thinkers ask us to choose between God and science.


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  68. Shy Ted says:
    August 17, 2023 at 6:31 pm

    That was it JohnJJJ. Anyway
    Just watched a (typical) SBS doco –

    76 days. Raw and intimate, 76 days captures the struggles of patients and frontline medical professionals battling the Covid19 pandemic in Wuhan.

    So, what does one see? Gowned and masked Chinee people in a hospital ushering elderly, walking relatives into wards, never to be seen again. Anxious relatives forced to wear masks
    Can I see grandpa?
    No, he very sick. He got Covid.
    But he walked in here.
    He sick now. You wear this mask.
    What for? I not sick.
    Oh yes, you sick. You pass on Covid. Wear mask now. Go home. No touch relatives. Keep mask on.
    Can I visit grandpa tomorrow?
    No, he too sick.
    We only brought him in with his bad heart, like last time.
    Oh, he got Covid now. Very sick.

    And so on. Not a sick person anywhere. Not a single medical procedure. Looks nothing like a hospital. Just theatre. No wonder SBS bought it with your taxes.


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  69. kaysee kaysee says:
    August 17, 2023 at 6:35 pm

    Why ‘Australia’s Gandhi’ – Dr Djiniyini Gondarra – is voting No

    He told the ABC he was firmly against the Voice because he believes it won’t lead to a treaty.

    The spiritual and civil rights leader has been in a decades long fight for a treaty between Aboriginal people and the Australian government, something promised by Bob Hawke in 1988 but never delivered.

    “The Voice is something interesting but it is not going to make a difference,” he said

    We won’t worry too much about his reasons. As long as he voting NO and can influence his supporters to also vote NO and the final verdict is NO.


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  70. kaysee kaysee says:
    August 17, 2023 at 6:46 pm

    ACMA Disinformation Bill 2023

    Final reminder. Submissions close 20 August 2023

    If you want to make a submission and need the background and details, begin with this comment and it will lead to the relevant links.

    …..

    There is something else that can be done from here on.

    Contact MPs and Senators
    Your local MPs and Senators, the Prime Minister and the Ministers responsible for this bill.


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  72. kaysee kaysee says:
    August 17, 2023 at 7:21 pm

    2/
    And they do it in lands of Western-Christian heritage.

    How did it come to this?

    d/
    The scene in the UK

    f/
    Marine Le Pen on France

    e/
    The Islamic Domination


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  74. Shy Ted says:
    August 17, 2023 at 8:42 pm

    I never did post a pic of that lessbian speed dating event, did I.
    You’re welcome


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  75. mh says:
    August 17, 2023 at 9:07 pm

    “Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytizing faith. It has already spread throughout Central Africa, raising fearless warriors at every step; and were it not that Christianity is sheltered in the strong arms of science—the science against which it had vainly struggled—the civilization of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civilization of ancient Rome.”
    ― Winston S. Churchill, The River War


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  78. EofT says:
    August 18, 2023 at 9:54 am

    Dr John Campbell
    Life insurers confirm excess young deaths

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyvkWVZ9zcQ


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  79. Shy Ted says:
    August 18, 2023 at 9:57 am

    AI…Robot for sale
    FATHER BUYS A LIE DETECTOR ROBOT THAT SLAPS PEOPLE WHEN THEY LIE.

    He decides to test it out at dinner one night.

    The father asks his son what he did that afternoon.

    The son says, “I did some schoolwork.” The robot slaps the son.

    The son says, “OK, OK. I was at a friend’s house watching movies.

    Dad asks, “What movie did you watch?” Son says, “Toy Story.”

    The robot slaps the son.

    Son says, “OK, OK, we were watching porn.

    ” Dad says, “What? At your age I didn’t even know what porn was.”

    The robot slaps the father.

    Mom laughs and says, “Well, he certainly is your son.”

    The robot slaps the mother.

    Robot for sale!


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  82. Interested observer says:
    August 18, 2023 at 11:53 am

    My story
    Yesterday I had some bills to pay so went to log in (ANZ). The computer displayed an error message on password so retyped – another error message on discrepancies between number and password. I must have taken too long to study the screen as this was counted as a third log in and I was locked out.
    Called on OH to sort out as he has more patience with computer lingo. He spent 20 minutes on hold with horrible music and gave up.
    Made another attempt this morning and spent 30 minutes on hold (whilst I read my Ipad) to get a human male who asked for identification numbers that I did not understand. Gave him the debit card number and then the number I usually type to log in. I was then informed that this number does not match my name. No, I said, it is a joint account. Demanded to know my personal number (we both use the same log in). This is apparently a big no-no.
    Told him the full names of the account holders – no this does not match. My mobile number is not on their records since the account was opened long before I had a mobile phone.
    Handed the phone to OH but bank had hung up.
    It is 60 km. to the local branch. Fortunately we do have another bank account and are able to log on there for transactions.
    The ANZ has just lost a customer.


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  83. mh says:
    August 18, 2023 at 2:26 pm

    Public holiday now!

    …The UK-based news site said the Matildas had nine first-team players and three reserves who were in same-sex relationships, tying the squad with the Brazil team for the most openly lesbian players in the 2023 World Cup.


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  84. JohnJJJ says:
    August 18, 2023 at 4:41 pm

    Seems Djokovick is back in the world of the living The mess in Oz was caused by a “computer-generated process” according to Josh Frydenberg. Which I now christen “Robovisa”. And Fry’s Jobkeeper mess is now “Robobludge”. Seems I have discovered a whole new area of study. Deus ex machina indeed!


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  85. mh says:
    August 18, 2023 at 5:31 pm

    Sir Michael Parkinson, brown bread.

    Possibly his most famous interviews were with Muhammad Ali – who suffered from Parkinson’s disease.


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  86. mh says:
    August 18, 2023 at 6:39 pm

    Savage $A sell-off catches market off-guard

    The market is rushing to reassess its outlook for the Australian dollar after its rapid descent to a nine-month low, as pundits warn the sell-off could intensify amid continued signs of stress in the Chinese economy.

    The local currency dropped another 1.3 per cent this week and touched US63.63¢ on Thursday after weaker-than-expected jobs data bolstered the case for the Reserve Bank to keep rates on hold. That marked the currency’s fifth straight week of declines, its longest losing streak since October …


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  87. mh says:
    August 18, 2023 at 7:12 pm

    Mike Jones: Reds under the Bed (and breakfast) in Britain? | MOATS with George Galloway Ep 265

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuU5rnpdtAI


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  88. mh says:
    August 18, 2023 at 7:31 pm

    Chris Hedges joins George Galloway:

    INTERVIEW: Physical decay has afflicted the US empire

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdOY4sUkPL4


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  89. mh says:
    August 19, 2023 at 8:41 am

    The Age reporting what we all know

    International students
    Rise of the ghost college: Thousands of students are enrolled in the city but they aren’t in class

    … University of Sydney academic Salvatore Babones says they are likely at work — as these supposed students had always intended to be.

    “They are not genuinely studying. They are simply overpaying for a work visa,” he said.

    Last year, Babones published a book on Australia’s incredible international student growth and argues that in some cases, the country’s student visa is really playing the part of a low-skill work visa and has become a money spinner for education providers.

    “If Australia wants to import low-skill labour from South Asia, it should do it in an honest way,” Babones said. “Charge a reasonable visa fee and admit them to work.” …


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  95. Shy Ted says:
    August 19, 2023 at 11:14 am

    The latest ADF ad
    Don’t bother applying chaps, the wymmins have got it covered.


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  97. Shy Ted says:
    August 19, 2023 at 11:40 am

    Britain has a new serial killer
    Someone should have done something
    Just the headlines
    Top doc says


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