Open Thread – August 2024

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  1. mh says:

    By Al Jazeera Staff
    Published On 25 Aug 2024

    Hezbollah says it has completed the first phase of its attack on Israel with “a large number of missiles” in response to the killing of commander Fuad Shukr at the end of July.

    The Lebanese group said in a statement on Sunday that it fired more than 320 Katyusha rockets at 11 Israeli military bases and barracks, including the Meron base and four sites in the occupied Golan Heights.

    It said it targeted military bases to “facilitate the passage of drones” towards their desired targets deep inside Israel. “And the drones have passed as planned.” …


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  2. kaysee kaysee says:

    Immigration
    1/
    This news story from the week before has been keeping the talkback radio shows busy. Dutton called for a ban on refugees from Gaza and got labelled racist and divisive. The station I was listening to is mainly the so-called right-wingers and they were leaping to defend Dutton and support him.

    August 14, 2024
    Peter Dutton demands complete ban on refugees from Gaza entering Australia
    amid concerns over Hamas sympathy

    Opposition Leader has demanded a blanket ban on refugees from Gaza after the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) boss suggested Palestinians who express “rhetorical support” for Hamas may not be rejected entry.

    I haven’t had the time to discuss it, but here is my detailed opinion/analysis on it.


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  3. kaysee kaysee says:

    2/
    The topic of immigration in general.

    Australia needs to have strict migration policy. There need to be stringent rules followed in the taking in of migrants or refugees. The rules should ensure that the security of the country is paramount when considering which applicants should be granted visas. The immigrants should have to pass strict requirements and provide proof to ensure that they have the necessary skills, character, and qualifications. That they can fit in and assimilate into the country, follow its rules and prove to be assets not liabilities.

    My views on this are the same as before: Islam is not compatible with western civilisation and values. Those who are followers seeking to come to Australia (or other western nations) will say and do what is necessary to get in, infiltrate, and then establish themselves. But if they are adherents of Islam, their allegiance will not be to the western way of life. Hence, it could result in conflicts and disharmony.

    I have no problems with restrictions overall, on any groups of migrants or refugees.

    My spat here is with double standards related to the intake of Palestinian refugees.


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  4. kaysee kaysee says:

    3/
    Dutton visited Israel last month. Even before that visit, it was obvious that he, and many in the Liberal party had already revealed their alignment with one side of this conflict. On the subject of politicians, the majority of them – regardless of party – don’t really care about anything but their own survival in their political careers and a good gig after they decide that its time to “retire” from politics. Labor, Liberal, Greens, One Nation, Nationals, Teals, whatever else.

    A few questions about Dutton’s trip to Israel:
    – Who sponsored that visit?
    – Dutton was given a tour of the October 7 site. Did he also visit the post-October 7 sites or wasn’t that suitable to view?
    – Did he just listen to what he was told by his sponsors, or did he ask any uncomfortable questions?
    – While he was in Israel, the story about the rape of a Palestinian prisoner by the IDF was being reported in the news. Did Dutton ask any questions about that?
    – Did he ask questions about the genocide taking place in Gaza?
    – Had he already decided who were the victims and the good guys vs the villains and the bad guys or did he try to understand the situation objectively?


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  5. kaysee kaysee says:

    4/
    Before I respond to Dutton’s remarks on 14 August:

    2006: Palestinian Parliamentary Elections
    Facts
    – In January 2006, elections were held to elect members to the Palestinian parliament (Gaza and West Bank)
    – There was 77% voter turnout.
    – I can’t find the facts on the voter age, but I would assume that it would be a minimum 18 years old to vote.
    – Hamas won 76 of the 132 seats – so that was the majority.

    What does the above tell us?
    – Not everyone eligible to vote, cast a vote (23% did not vote)
    – Not everyone voted for Hamas. (People voted for other parties which won a combined 56 seats.)

    **Read this carefully**:
    In October 2023
    – No one below the age of 35 would have been eligible to vote in the 2006 election.
    – No one below the age of 17 was born at the time of the 2006 election.
    – Not everyone above the age of 35 voted in that election.
    – Not everyone above the age of 35 who voted in that election voted for Hamas.

    ……

    Links for above info:
    Hamas sweeps to election victory

    Palestinian election facts


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  6. kaysee kaysee says:

    5/
    I have already provided details on all of these issues:
    – How Hamas came to be powerful (with the help of Israel for its own devious reasons).
    – The conflict did not get set off on 7 October – it has been ongoing for over 75 years. Palestinians have been persecuted during that time by the Israeli government and Israelis.

    The Israeli government, under Netanyahu, has behaved as though there was no provocation for the Hamas attack on 7 October. They decided on the path of collective punishment. So in retaliation for what Hamas, a terrorist group did, every Palestinian civilian is responsible because they ALL voted for Hamas.

    What Australia is doing is repeating the Israeli lies – that every Palestinian from Gaza cannot be allowed into Australia because they have links to Hamas.

    Check out the **Read this carefully** in comment 4/ above, again.
    Tell me if your logic can work out the same conclusion.
    Tell me how children and babies are supporters of Hamas.
    Tell me how Christians in Gaza are supporters of Hamas.
    Tell me how every single Palestinian – from the newborn baby to the elderly – can be marked as supporters of Hamas.


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  7. kaysee kaysee says:

    6/
    Now let’s check the Israeli election in November 2022.

    – 70.6% of the voting population voted in the elections.
    – Netanyahu’s Likud party won 32 seats from a total of 120 seats.
    The remaining 88 seats won by other parties.
    – Netanyahu is PM due to forming a coalition with some other parties.

    Conclusion: ALL Israelis – newborn babies to the elderly – voted for Netanyahu.

    ……

    Under Netanyahu’s rule, this current conflict in Gaza (October 2023 – to August 2024 ongoing) has seen the IDF murdering, wounding, raping, harming, persecuting innocent civilians – includes those who did not vote for Hamas, those who were not eligible to vote, those who were not born at that time. They have killed and maimed innocent people – babies, children, women, men. They have destroyed homes, buildings, properties, churches, mosques, universities, hospitals.

    They have committed acts of torture and filmed their depraved actions. They have performed vile deeds, they have been sadists, they have taken pleasure in harming and abusing the innocent.

    Palestinian Christians who have nothing to do with Hamas have been killed, wounded, spat on, had their faith mocked, churches destroyed. Yet right-wing Aussies on talkback radio will tell you how Israel is our ally, the Biblical connection, and Judeo-Christian heritage.

    What I have listed above – the actions of the IDF – are facts. If you have been reading this blog, we have posted links that provide ample proof of the above. These acts haven’t been committed by the IDF once or twice, but several times, over the past 10 months.


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  8. kaysee kaysee says:

    7/
    So every Palestinian living in Gaza is a potential terrorist because they may have links to Hamas. We (right-wingers) know this because we only get our news from what is fed to us by the media, including our fave stable, Nooose Cooops, which has brainwashed us and told us this, repeatedly, in many ways, over the past 10 months. And we believe every word they say. And ALL these Palestinians are guilty by association with Hamas because we know from the same media that they ALL voted for Hamas in 2006 – even if they were not born.
    So we cannot have these people entering Australia.

    Now, let’s apply the same standards to ALL terrorists.

    What the IDF, on behalf of its government led by Netanyahu, is doing in Gaza is genocide. It is far worse than what we understand to be terrorism. No rules of war allow for the slaughter of innocent civilians. Yes, they are innocent civilians, even if that trustworthy media company tells you otherwise.

    The bombing, the targeted, precision air strikes, the torture – the despicable acts. This counts as terrorism. They have been judged Guilty by the ICC and ICJ.


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  9. kaysee kaysee says:

    8/
    We have to follow the rules of collective punishment.

    Peter Dutton demands a complete ban on refugees from Gaza coming into Australia over concerns about their links to Hamas.

    The IDF, over the past 10 months, have murdered, wounded, tortured, raped, persecuted innocent Palestinian civilians including new born babies who are totally and completely innocent. They have destroyed churches, schools, universities, hospitals.

    The IDF soldiers are Israelis. They are following orders of their PM, Netanyahu. Netanyahu was elected by the Israelis.

    It doesn’t matter that not all Israelis voted in 2022, or that not all Israelis voted for Netanyahu or that not all Israelis support Netanyahu.

    For the safety and security of this country and its people, the government cannot allow into Australia ANY Israelis (or supporters of Israel/Zion) as they ALL voted for Netanyahu who is responsible for the actions of the IDF.

    Migration Policy:
    – Don’t let in ANY Gazan refugees as they MAY have links to Hamas.
    – Don’t let in ANY Israelis/Zionists as they MAY have links to the criminals in the IDF.

    Collective punishment.
    The same rules should apply to all seeking to enter Australia.

    ……….

    I have spent hours in researching info and writing these comments.

    If there is anyone who disagrees with what I have posted, join in and tell me why.

    Give me facts and reference links.
    Explain to me why the same rules don’t apply.


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  10. kaysee kaysee says:

    I missed out one point. The question being asked and answered:
    Q: Why are the other countries in the Middle East not prepared to take in the Palestinians as refugees or migrants?
    A: Because these Palestinians are evil and terrorists and they don’t want them in their own countries.

    Wrong.

    a/ Some of these ME countries are facing their own internal problems such as shortages and other issues. I have links somewhere, but I’ll post them when I find them.

    b/ Why should these countries take in Palestinians?
    The Palestinians have their own land that they have been living on for centuries.

    You have a home in Australia. A group of thugs come to your home and force you out at gun point. So you forfeit your home and go and seek refuge from your extended family and relatives? Even though you had your own property, now your relatives who don’t have enough space for their own families and cannot afford to pay their bills have to take you in?

    Why? So that some people who did not work hard and save money to build and own a home have taken over your home and made you and your family homeless?

    Why should the ME countries or any other countries have to take in Palestinians as refugees? Just give them back their own land. They can live there with their own people. They don’t need to come to western countries.

    We have to ask the question about why these original inhabitants of the land are being driving out by the ones who immigrated seeking refugee and have for over 75 years been persecuting the Palestinians. But it is just easier or more convenient for western countries to make it seem that the real victims are the villains and the persecutors are the persecuted.

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  11. mh says:

    I missed out one point. The question being asked and answered:
    Q: Why are the other countries in the Middle East not prepared to take in the Palestinians as refugees or migrants?

    Hamas are aligned to the Muslim Brotherhood, and the Egyptian government sees MB as a threat, given the recent political history in Egypt.

    Israel’s intention was for the Palestinians to go Western countries. This was in a leaked document from the Israeli Ministry of Intelligence last year.


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  12. kaysee kaysee says:

    Hamas are aligned to the Muslim Brotherhood, and the Egyptian government sees MB as a threat, given the recent political history in Egypt.

    There’s that. And more.

    1/
    Why Egypt Refuses to Open Its Borders to Palestinian Refugees

    Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, however, has been adamant in refusing to allow humanitarian corridors or the entry of large numbers of Palestinians into Sinai. He has called it a “red line” that, if crossed, would “liquidate the Palestinian cause”.

    In recent days, the UN’s High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has validated Egypt’s position. Grandi said displacing Gazans to Egypt would be “catastrophic” for both Egypt and the Palestinians, who, he indicated, would likely not be allowed to return.

    2/
    How 100,000 Palestinians Are Surviving in Egypt Without Refugee Status

    Palestinians who have fled are reaching Egypt at a time when the country is experiencing its worst economic crisis in decades. In recent years, Egypt’s inflation rates have reached all-time highs, rent and food prices have soared, and millions of people have fallen into poverty.


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  13. kaysee kaysee says:

    3/
    Hamzé Attar posted this week:

    As I wrote on the 12th of October last year, Israel is advancing towards cutting the Gaza Strip into smaller parts, after Netzarim they are now forcing civilians to evacuate Deir al Balah to create the 3rd partition.

    What he posted on 12 October:
    (For those who can’t read twitter threads, I’ll post the info)

    Pre-invasion:
    Deception: Invasion preparations and readiness, hostage negotiations, safe corridors.
    ↓
    Circular bombing-Keep’em moving. Forcing Hamas militants to keep changing their positions and moving hostages along
    ↓
    Gathering intel on their movements and potential regrouping hubs and key figure locations for either assassinations or Special Ops

    Invasion:
    Mass bombing (clearing potential Hamas advanced combat units
    ↓
    Ground invasion (4-5 Axes, cutting major cities and logistic supply lines
    ↓
    Lighting Special Ops to kill Hamas leaders or free hostages to destroy the general morale of Hamas and its supporters (bold Ops)
    ↓
    Full control
    ↓
    Political solution

    And this map included.


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  14. kaysee kaysee says:

    🎕 ┈┈┈┈ 🎕 ┈┈┈┈ 🎕
    And for this Sunday…

    PSALM 62:
    Oh God, you are my God

    Harpa Dei
    This video was recorded in the oldest monastery in Poland. May it resound to the greater glory of God!

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    A Ponderable

    ……………………

    (The Subtitles/Closed captions CC on the video seems to come on by default.
    Turn it off as it is not required.)


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  15. mh says:

    Nicholas J. Fuentes
    @NickJFuentes

    We are currently living through another “spring” of internet free speech since Elon’s acquisition of X and the growth of platforms like Telegram and Rumble.

    But the arrest of Pavel Durov shows that the battle is far from over. These platforms are under intense pressure.

    9:32 PM · Aug 25, 2024


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  16. mh says:

    Via George Christensen

    … Durov’s defiance made him a target.

    The timing of his arrest is no coincidence.

    This isn’t just about Telegram—this is a warning shot to anyone who champions free speech in the digital age.

    As X stands firm in its largely non-censorious stance on political, philosophical, and cultural discourse, the powers that be have grown increasingly uncomfortable.

    Elon Musk is undoubtedly on notice.

    Telegram has been the bain of not just Western governments but also Russia, given its amplified the voice of dissidents and opponents of the Kremlin.

    But, as Tucker Carlson pointed out:

    … in the end, it wasn’t Putin who arrested him for allowing the public to exercise free speech. It was a western country, a Biden administration ally and enthusiastic NATO member, that locked him away. Pavel Durov sits in a French jail tonight, a living warning to any platform owner who refuses to censor the truth at the behest of governments and intel agencies. Darkness is descending fast on the formerly free world.

    Let that sink in.

    A Western nation that supposedly champions “freedom” has jailed a man because he won’t censor your conversations.

    As Elon Musk put it bluntly, “Dangerous times.”

    Musk’s warning resonates even more when you consider the recent crackdown on alternative voices—whether it’s targeting Durov, attempting to muzzle free speech on X, or bullying other platforms into compliance.

    This is an escalation in the war on free expression. …


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  17. mh says:

    Rumble boss flees Europe after Durov arrest

    Chris Pavlovski
    @chrispavlovski

    I’m a little late to this, but for good reason — I’ve just safely departed from Europe.

    France has threatened Rumble, and now they have crossed a red line by arresting Telegram’s CEO, Pavel Durov, reportedly for not censoring speech.

    Rumble will not stand for this behavior and will use every legal means available to fight for freedom of expression, a universal human right. We are currently fighting in the courts of France, and we hope for Pavel Durov’s immediate release.

    8:44 PM · Aug 25, 2024 · 4.4M Views


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  18. Esme says:

    Where is the logic in this?

    Supporting Trump or RFK or Kamala Harris or any politician is not anti-establishment. People in positions of power don’t get there by being agitators or disrupters or dissidents. They get there by aligning and pledging allegiance.

    If you don’t see this, I’m sorry, but you are still trapped.


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  19. Esme says:

    What happened?

    The Trump Deception wrecked peoples brains. Not just the left, but the “freedom movement” who was pulled right back into the left/right paradigm.


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  20. mh says:

    Decentralise Party
    @DecentraliseP

    “Javier Milei’s real name is Javier Mileikowsky.

    That’s the same name as Benjamin Netanyahu’s father before he changed it to Netanyahu.

    Javier Milei changed his name to hide his Zionist family history.

    https://x.com/DecentraliseP/status/1727341307893592398

    Coming soon – Peter Dutton is Peter Mileikowsky.


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  21. Esme says:

    Never forget

    What if I told you powerful U.S. government officials – such as former NIH Director Francis Collins and U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy – used religion in an attempt to convince faith leaders around the country to push the COVID-19 injections? A deep dive into the organization Faiths4Vaccines – a founding member of the HHS’ vaccine-propaganda machine COVID-19 Community Corps1 – has revealed just that.

    …

    For example, at a May 2021 national summit for faith leaders, NIH Director Francis Collins – referred to as “Reverend-Doctor” – would address hundreds of faith leaders across the nation, claiming that the COVID-19 vaccines were God’s literal “answer to prayer” and urging faith leaders to believe that pushing the shots was a “love your neighbor moment.”6 In what was a sermon-like address tailored to appeal to these faith leaders, Collins admonished them not to believe “conspiracy theories” about “possible side effects” – which Collins falsely said were untrue.7


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  22. Esme says:

    It has been reported that at-home learning learning enrolments in Queensland have increased by 229% in the past five years.


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  23. Esme says:

    David Kurtenk

    The IHRA definition of ‘antisemitism’ goes far beyond the general and correct position that incitement to violence is unlawful, and undermines and criminalises free speech.


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  24. mh says:

    Nigel Farage MP
    @Nigel_Farage

    The arrest of Pavel Durov is worrying.

    Telegram is a secure free speech app. It may have some bad actors, but then all platforms do.

    What next… the arrest of Elon Musk?

    2:05 AM · Aug 26, 2024 · 655.3K Views


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  25. mh says:

    It’s not the Faaaar Right so it’s “mostly peaceful”

    Notting Hill stabbing festival!

    Jeff Taylor
    215K subscribers

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


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  26. mh says:

    Andrew Bolt should have Nick Fuentes as a guest to highlight where Candy is wrong

    ‘A sick woman’: Andrew Bolt blasts Candace Owens as a ‘total kook’

    Sky News Australia
    4.56M subscribers

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h2jQ-PMMO4


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  27. kaysee kaysee says:

    So many news stories as well as the ones posted above.
    I want to comment and respond but there’s too much to write on and too little time.

    Examples:
    – the weekend NT elections, coming up Qld elections, federal election
    – Tanya Plibersek’s gold mine and solar panel farms, scams, electricity bills and shortages
    – Covid jabs and scams, free speech censorship, conspiracy theories
    – Gerard Rennick quitting the Libs and a new party
    – other national news items……
    – world news….

    Plenty of topics for any serious commenters who want to contribute. It is not just the topics that the three of us post.


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  28. kaysee kaysee says:

    More than a year ago, I came across a team of people aware of the Great Reset and finding ways to counter it – a Great Resist. I started writing posts – meant to be a series – but then time was against me and it got put on hold.

    In the past few weeks, I have been reading something on similar lines by the same person – Derrick Broze. It is about finding solutions. How to survive against this Great Reset.

    The People’s Reset
    In the UK: 27-29 September 2024

    What is it about?

    – Empowering strategies for natural health and wellness
    – Transformative sessions on food independence & permaculture
    – Insights into decentralised technology and alternative systems
    – Strategies for building free, conscious communities
    – Connect with like-minded individuals dedicated to real change

    2 short videos from Dan Astin-Gregory

    Dan-1
    The People’s Reset UK Activation Event is about creating a life of freedom, resilience and self-sufficiency!
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    Dan-2
    “What we really want to get across is, how do you come to this event and actually come away with practical strategies that you can implement at home when you go home?”


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  29. kaysee kaysee says:

    Where is the logic in this?

    Supporting Trump or RFK or Kamala Harris or any politician is not anti-establishment. People in positions of power don’t get there by being agitators or disrupters or dissidents. They get there by aligning and pledging allegiance.

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  30. kaysee kaysee says:

    ‘A sick woman’: Andrew Bolt blasts Candace Owens as a ‘total kook’

    Sky News Australia

    Andrew Bolt believes in Free Speech except when that speech is speech that is not nice about Israel, has Jew-hating lies, antisemitism. Then it is disgusting and the speaker is a sick woman. One year ago, would this same Andrew Bolt have been making exceptions about who is allowed free speech?

    He works for Sky News. Ben Fordham works for Nine Entertainment.

    Both Stephen Chavura and Daniel Wild are right on their defence of free speech.

    Stephen:

    We need to be very careful about maintaining a very robust free speech regime because there are so many people with their fingers on the trigger wanting to ban free speech.

    If she was inciting violence, that would be very, very different …

    Stephen and Daniel need to define “antisemitism” before they claim that there is high antisemitism in Australia.


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  31. mh says:

    Those YouTube comments are really giving it to Bolt, lol


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  32. kaysee kaysee says:

    The US Elections

    Major pressing issues that matter to American voters when voting this election:

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  33. mh says:

    Bolt says it was “shocking” that Milo was banned from Australia.

    Milo Yiannopoulos-The Jews run everything!

    https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7t4dft


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  34. Esme says:

    Those YouTube comments are really giving it to Bolt, lol

    This is probably the best, simplest:

    Censorship is far more dangerous than Candace Owens.

    In a real liberal democracy, it would go without saying. Even Narrative Gatekeepers Network members regularly recite “censorship’s a hallmark of authoritarian regimes”. But
    what we see suggests “aligning and pledging allegiance” by not only politicians but participants in the propaganda machine of our totalitarianism-with-a-smile times.

    Ben Fordham, too. Andrew Bolt calls Candace Owens a “kook”; Ben Fordham called ordinary Australian citizens “cookers”.

    And for all the “inciting violence is different” talk, I don’t recall a certain ejected tennis player inciting anything at all. (Though Peggy Hall’s pointed out even he went along with the oxygen-depriving slave symbolism of the mask.)

    Stephen and Daniel need to define “antisemitism” before they claim that there is high antisemitism in Australia.

    From the David Kurten link above:

    Antisemitism is calling out or protesting against any crime committed by a Jew.


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  35. kaysee kaysee says:

    In the daily news roundup, I see the proof of what is happening in Gaza. It is hard to read and watch because I can’t take it in dispassionately. Some of the scenes keep playing in my head.

    Should I stop reading that news because it is too disturbing and I can’t do much? Pretend there isn’t a genocide taking place? Innocent civilians being persecuted and murdered?

    No. The battle from this small blog continues.

    The only ME democracy-1

    Instead of imprisoning IDF soldiers that gang raped Palestinian hostages… Israel puts them on national TV as instant celebrities.

    This is a sick and perverted nation

    The only ME democracy-2

    Wadi Al-Rakhim, South Hebron Hills: Settler Shem Tov Loski sexually harasses a Palestinian and implicitly threatens him with rape.

    The only ME democracy-3

    Palestinians patients are fleeing Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital – the last functioning medical facility in central Gaza – after Israel issued more evacuation orders for the city of Deir el-Balah.

    This is evil beyond anything we have witnessed in our lifetime… the last functioning hospital is about to be blown apart…


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  36. Esme says:

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    Quite. Thank God for all the individual, truly ‘free’ voices out there.

    So many news stories

    I’ve lost interest in national “news” since Covid revealed just how unfree and “compliant” Australian society is. A coping mechanism, perhaps. As “they” continue to avert their gaze and try to distract ours, I find I’m not really interested in their “news”, either.

    In the past few weeks, I have been reading something on similar lines by the same person – Derrick Broze. It is about finding solutions. How to survive against this Great Reset.

    I’ve started looking at this, too. “Exit and build.” It’s a positive focus.


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  37. kaysee kaysee says:

    News about Palestinian Christians?

    1/
    Hamas supporters?

    You can hear the drone sound in the video. Palestinians in Gaza who haven’t been relieved from it for nine months. Yet despite it all, our Christian community is faithful in its prayers

    2/
    16 August 2024
    Statement By The Jerusalem Patriarchate On Israel’s Impediments To Freedom Of Worship

    The recent decision by the Israeli Police to ban Christian worshippers from participating in the sacred services of the Feast of the Transfiguration on Mount Tabor, citing the absence of requisite government approvals and licenses, has led to the regrettable closure of this holy site to thousands of faithful congregants.

    This decision, reminiscent of last year’s similarly timed disruption, has left the Patriarchate of Jerusalem with little recourse. The recurrent Israeli portrayal of Christian prayers and religious ceremonies as private events necessitating security measures—an approach distinctly detached from the spiritual essence of these occasions—serves as a persistent excuse to impede Christians from exercising their faith.


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  38. kaysee kaysee says:

    The Christian Zionists in the West think that Israel is their best friend and ally.

    3/
    Munther Isaac
    26 August 2024
    Happening in Bethlehem this week. Israel is annexing the West Bank and settlers activities is one an alarming rise
    .

    Alice is a Palestinian Christian.
    26 August
    The IDF has arrested Alice Kaissieh and her mother from outside their home which has been stolen from Israeli settlers…

    Activists had joined Alice to fight to take back her home and land from settler thieves

    Update from Munther Isaac

    Today I visited the Kisiya family. There were forcebly expelled from their land by the Israeli military, and now they are staying in a tent outside of their land. They were attacked by settlers, and Alice the daughter was arrested, (she was released for now today).


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  39. kaysee kaysee says:

    I’ve lost interest in national “news” since Covid revealed just how unfree and “compliant” Australian society is. A coping mechani