Open Thread – January 2024

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  1. kaysee kaysee says:

    The Fall of the House of Usher

    When life hands you lemons

    A short scene about life giving us lemons from The Fall of the House of Usher Episode 3 talking about how opportunities should be made well-off, with a rather extra addition of more realistic concepts of what people do with lemons these days. Bold statement to be made of something we all fall for on a daily basis. Marketing has always been part of business however the question is, where do we draw the line? Perhaps in this era where information is so accessible, we may need to question what is true, false, real, fake or as the trend says, question the matrix? Spotless acting though. Goosebumps.


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  2. kaysee kaysee says:

    2018
    Irish dance
    Walking On Stones

    Song and Dance Ensemble named after VS Lokteva
    Concert Hall named after P.I. Tchaikovsky


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  3. kaysee kaysee says:

    Moana Meets the Ocean

    Moana’s first encounter with the ocean.

    Like today, our first encounter with 2024. ^.^


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  4. kaysee kaysee says:

    Joe Hisaishi
    One Summer’s Day

    From the comments:

    I really have no words to describe how beautiful this is.
    I am a 12-year-old girl, since I was very little I have loved Studio Ghibli and drawing, and this is simply beautiful, I started playing the piano relatively recently and I really want to learn this and other great songs by Joe Hisaishi, I am in love with his music, seriously, this music makes my mind travel to other worlds where magic exists… Incredible.
    .

    I swear music like this is what actually makes people cry during movies
    .

    One summer’s day in 2003, 8 year old me sat down and watched this masterpiece for the first time. I amazed me. Scared me. Hit me deeply in the feels. Made me feel like I was in another world myself.
    .

    The range of emotions that this song makes me feel within the span of four minutes is incredible.
    .

    Makes me feel like I’m missing someone that I never met before and missing a place that I’m supposed to be at. Even something I’m supposed to know but I don’t.


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  5. kaysee kaysee says:

    World Records

    Howzatt?????

    Magician Alwin has been performing for 22 years and finally achieved his dream of performing the most stage illusions in three minutes


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  6. kaysee kaysee says:

    🎕 ┈┈┈┈ 🎕 ┈┈┈┈ 🎕
    The Days of Christmas

    Ūnus
    Today, 1 January, is the Octave Day of Christmas. In the Catholic Church, this day is observed as the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God.
    .

    Duo
    Reflections on Mary: Theotokos
    .

    Trēs
    Is it still Christmas?
    The octave, the 12 days, and what you need to know

    Christmas is December 25, right? Or maybe it’s an eight-day celebration — something called an “octave?” But aren’t there 12 days of Christmas?


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  7. kaysee kaysee says:

    For today

    and may be

    for every day

    of this year…..

    this Ponderable


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  8. mh says:

    Courier Mail

    QLD Weather News
    571mm falls, motorway access cut, new storm warning as flooding grips southeast

    The southeast has been smashed by rainfall up to 571mm and access to the Pacific Motorway has been cut in two places as huge rainfall creates another wild weather emergency.

    Kudos to the BOM putting out the weather warning yesterday afternoon advising the Gold Coast and hinterland could get hit with large rainfall totals due to the current weather set up.


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  9. Old bloke says:

    John Pilger has gone to meet his maker.

    RIP.


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  10. Old bloke says:

    How can American Christians sit quietly as their government sends bombs to kill Moslems and Christians alike in Gaza.

    This is not dissimilar to their nine year silence as they send artillery shells to kill the Orthodox Christians in eastern Ukraine, a practice which still continues to this day.


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  11. mh says:

    How can American Christians sit quietly as their government sends bombs to kill Moslems and Christians alike in Gaza.

    Chosen Ones. Or something.

    MAGA Has Mask Off Moment When Asked About Israel & Ukraine

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FNYEQhXij0


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  12. mh says:

    Anti-Semite!

    Khawaja set to be given all clear to wear pro-peace sticker in BBL

    Usman Khawaja is set to be allowed to wear his pro-peace dove sticker on his shoe in the Big Bash League should he line up again for the Brisbane Heat.


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  13. mh says:

    Jackson Hinkle 🇺🇸
    @jacksonhinklle
    🚨🇮🇱 Why do ISRAELI soldiers think it’s funny/normal to take over a house and pose for photos in a Palestinian child’s bed??

    https://x.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1741623032773488935?s=20


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  14. mh says:

    Bernie Sanders
    @SenSanders
    I have tested positive for Covid. My symptoms are minimal and I will continue to work from home in Vermont while isolating in accordance with CDC guidance. I am glad to be fully up to date with the vaccine.
    1:29 AM · Dec 29, 2023
    ·11.1M Views


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  15. mh says:

    Courier Paywall

    Aussie soldier killed in Gaza war zone

    An Australian soldier has died while fighting Hamas militants with the Israeli Defense Force.


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  16. kaysee kaysee says:

    (And that was my short break from posting about any of the major topics for 2 whole days. It was hard to keep off the BIG topics and just take a break with posting the non-political stuff.)
    …………………

    The Great Reset

    1/

    16 November 2023
    UN & Bill Gates Launch “50in5” Global Digital Infrastructure Plans

    Last week the United Nations Development Program officially launched their new initiative promoting “Digital Public Infrastructure” (DPI) around the world.

    The “50in5” program – so-called because it aims to introduce DPI in fifty countries in the next five years – began with a live-streamed event on November 8th.

    Digital public infrastructure (DPI) – which refers to a secure and interoperable network of components that include digital payments, ID, and data exchange systems.

    The article writer reminds us:

    As the world focuses on Hamas and Israel, the global re-organization phase of the Great Reset is just quietly going about its business. Building a net and waiting to tighten it.


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  17. kaysee kaysee says:

    2/
    There are so many topics that we have to keep track off lest the WEF, Great Resetters, UN, WHO and their pals hope we are busy elsewhere.There are many concerns and happenings to discuss and share. Old and new ones in 2023.

    Looking ahead in to 2024, we are going to be dealing with more of the same as well as the unexpected ones that pop up. Some topics that I can think of which include the New World Order/Great Reset:

    – Climate change
    – Covid – pandemics, viruses, jabs, treaties, masks etc
    – Wokeism, BLMism, Diversity, Inclusivity etc
    – Digital currency, Digital ID
    – Ongoing wars around the world
    – Sneaky methods to implement WEF goals
    – Restrictions on Free Speech
    – Overseas Elections (in some countries, including the US)

    We have issues in Australia
    – Cost of living
    – Interest rates, economy, inflation
    – Housing issues
    – Immigration issues

    – Plus daily news topics

    There’s also:
    – Non-political topics
    – Toons
    – Entertainment
    – Personal anecdotes, opinions, rants.

    It is an Open Thread so it is any other topic
    Plus, Plus, Plus

    There are so many issues to talk about and discuss. The past 3 months have been taken up with the Gaza conflict. It is very important, but we can’t take our eyes off the other matters.

    I have been trying to post on Covid, Climate, Digital ID and other issues to balance out the discussion and information. It would be great if there were others to pick up some of the above topics as there is so much to post on.

    I am going to cut down on the comments re the Gaza war, unless there is something important, and divert to other news items. The GOP Primaries kick off this month. I want to get back to the truth about some of the candidates.

    We have to work together to expose and defeat Them.

    For that, we need to focus on the truth and facts.
    And unite.


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  18. kaysee kaysee says:

    How can American Christians sit quietly as their government sends bombs to kill Moslems and Christians alike in Gaza.

    It’s so complicated. (h/t Tadhg Hickey)

    Or really quite simple.

    1/ Either these Christians do not know the truth because they have allowed themselves to be brainwashed into believing that the existence of Israel is connected to their entrance into heaven. The brainwashing started with some preacher and has been continued by their governments, MSM, Zionists. Instead of being called “Christian Zionists” they should be called “Scofield Zionists”.

    2/ Or they know the truth but still persist in their support for the Zionists.

    There are some Christians who think that calling out the murder of innocent civilians in Gaza means that one is automatically pro-Hamas and pro-Islamic terrorists. It is an ignorant, infantile grouping. According to them:

    – You either support the Zionists (which makes you the good guys)
    or
    – if you don’t support them it means you are a Hamas supporter (thus, you are with the bad guys.)

    I don’t think anyone reading this blog can claim ignorance of the facts. For the past 3 months we have provided a ton of information and facts on this topic with links to sources.


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  19. kaysee kaysee says:

    There are two categories of war and violent killings taking place in the world. In both cases, the common group being targeted is Christians.

    1/ Islamists (via their jihadis) killing Christians around the world.

    2/ Zionists (via Israel) killing Christians and Muslims in Gaza

    Read much in the media about these incidents?
    Going on for 14 years?

    1a/
    World looks other way as Christians ‘killed for sport by jihadists’ in Nigeria

    Rights group estimates 50,000 Christians in West African nation have been killed since 2009
    .

    1b/
    Report warns 50,000 Christians killed in Nigeria over last 14 years


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  20. kaysee kaysee says:

    2/
    Jesus, Gaza, and the Murder of Useless People

    Mathew and Luke’s birth narratives are replicated again and again throughout history, presently and most conspicuously in Gaza and the West Bank, as the massacre of the innocents continues under today’s King Herod, Benjamin Netanyahu, the client king of Washington, not Rome, while U.S. politicians, including Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., who claims to be a defender of children and opposed to U.S. war policies, support this genocide with rhetorical justifications that the Trappist monk Thomas Merton called the unspeakable:


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  21. kaysee kaysee says:

    I was going to add links to two articles in a comment here, but then decided that they would serve better as a post.

    The post is here.


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  22. mh says:

    Haaretz | Israel News

    Israel-Hamas War Day 88 | Israel to Fight South African Charges of ‘Genocide’ in International Court of Justice

    Great! 🍿🍿🍿


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  23. mh says:

    There are two categories of war and violent killings taking place in the world. In both cases, the common group being targeted is Christians.

    1/ Islamists (via their jihadis) killing Christians around the world.

    2/ Zionists (via Israel) killing Christians and Muslims in Gaza

    Most of the wars the past few decades are Zionist wars – the targets are nations that Israel sees as adversaries.
    Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Libya. The United States

    Iran vs Iraq war is still a Zionist war; Kissinger quipped ‘It’s a pity both sides can’t lose’. That was exactly the intention, weaken both of these nations that are adversarial towards Israel. Iraqi president Saddam Hussein (R) greets Donald Rumsfeld


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  24. mh says:

    Oops

    Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Libya. The United States


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  25. mh says:

    Updated 1:11 PM AEST, December 30, 2023
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    WASHINGTON (AP) — For the second time this month the Biden administration is bypassing Congress to approve an emergency weapons sale to Israel as Israel continues to prosecute its war against Hamas in Gaza under increasing international criticism.

    The State Department said Friday that Secretary of State Antony Blinken had told Congress that he had made a second emergency determination covering a $147.5 million sale for equipment, including fuses, charges and primers, that is needed to make the 155 mm shells that Israel has already purchased function.

    “Given the urgency of Israel’s defensive needs, the secretary notified Congress that he had exercised his delegated authority to determine an emergency existed necessitating the immediate approval of the transfer,” the department said.

    ***

    Ben Shapiro then: “Nope, nope, Israel can take care of herself.”

    Ben Shapiro now: “It is very important that the United States provide material aide to Israel…”

    https://x.com/groypergreen07/status/1713717919639859212?s=20


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  26. mh says:

    Genocidal intent: the case against Israel

    The Grayzone
    328K subscribers

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKq3K1zc6eg


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  27. Admin Admin says:

    Hello All. Happy New Year.

    Just FYI. Going to be some backend updates to the blog during this week & next. Should not affect posting. You can all continue as usual. Any problems let me know.


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    For the knowledge of our posters, just so you know. The recent check of the month for site traffic stats showed we have hundreds of blog visitors. This is not blog views. It is the number of those who come to the blog regularly and it does not include bots. For a small blog that is a surprising number of people who are lurking.


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  29. kaysee kaysee says:

    1/
    There are two major gaslighting subjects that have been around for some time but really took off last year and will continue into this year. Let’s call it: Gaslighting 2023-2024.

    There are many other topics also involving the same media control strategies, but what makes these two different is that they are targeting the group formerly known as Conservatives – now “conservatives”.

    a/ MAGA cultism
    Best explained by the refrain: Trump-is-god. It gathered steam last year and will continue this year because of the elections in Nov 2024.

    b/ Zionist ideology
    Pro-Israel stance. Defending the actions of Israel no matter what. The issue that has been simmering for decades came to a head last year with the 7 October Hamas attack. The retaliation has been on since October ’23 and continues this year.

    Much has been posted on this blog on the above topics. I have provided info on the 2024 US elections in detailed posts and comments with links and a wide-range of sources – MSM, alternative media, social media, left wing, right wing, conservative. My goal was to be as objective as possible.

    Similarly with the Zionism. In this case, most of the postings have been by mh and myself with contributions from a few others. Here again, some of the sources have been unexpected. Videos, interviews, articles from media commentators, reporters and the public providing their analysis and opinions. In some cases, there has been in-depth research and investigation before the material has been published or presented in the media.


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  30. Old bloke says:

    The Amur Tiger Center, a charity that studies and preserves the big cats in Russia, reported on its Telegram channel on Tuesday that an “automobile supposedly hit an Amur tiger,” and that the driver had fled the scene.

    I don’t blame the driver for fleeing the scene, I don’t think the tiger would have responded nicely had the driver gone to help the poor animal.


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  31. kaysee kaysee says:

    2/
    When so much of information is provided with evidence, proof and corroboration which authenticates it as genuine and factual, it would be hoped that readers would re-evaluate their decisions and opinions.

    But it finally comes down to the question: what are we seeking when we consume information that we come across? Is it a selective picking and choosing – like a cafeteria? Pick the bits that fit in with whatever is our ideology, whatever we want to believe, whatever fits in with the “current thing”?

    Or are we seekers of the truth? The facts?

    If there is evidence that proves what we thought to be true cannot really be true, are we willing to say that we got it wrong in the past and are prepared to shift from the fake to the true?

    How much does the TRUTH matter to us?

    Would we stand on the side of the truth even if everyone in the circle we belong to is supporting the other side?

    .

    (Memes/quotes use a few well-chosen words and images to get a message across. When I come across good ones, they make me stop, think, analyse, understand the point being made.
    Then I copy and save the memes.
    And share and re-share and re-re-share them.)


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  32. kaysee kaysee says:

    3/
    I am going to switch back to the US Election and focus mostly on that for a few weeks. Last month, I suggested a Catallaxy debate to discuss the subject on a proposition-opposition basis. I would be solo on one side and there could be one or a group on the other. We could take up a point-by-point debate so it would be a fact analysis rather than blind allegiance to person or ideology.

    Since no one has taken up the offer, I’ll have to carry on by myself.

    Most of my comments have included links to prove my points. But researching and posting links take up time. So if I have already provided links here, I am going to just list points. If it is something new, I’ll post links.

    If you want previous links, you can search back on my past comments and you will find them. But if you can’t and you want them, please don’t hesitate to ask. I will search them out and get them for you. I’m posting on this blog as a truth seeker and sharer. If any of you are also truth seekers, I’m happy to get the info for you.


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  33. mh says:

    … I don’t think the tiger would have responded nicely had the driver gone to help the poor animal.

    Sorry mate, I didn’t see you.

    In early December, an Amur tiger mauled an elderly man to death in Khabarovsk Region. It had reportedly first attacked a dog and dragged it away to a nearby forest. Its owner apparently followed the predator, only to find his pet’s remains and fall prey to the tiger himself, Mash media outlet reported at the time

    There’s a lesson there.


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  34. mh says:

    Haaretz
    8:06 AM
    Likud MK: Today everyone says, ‘it is clear that all Gazans must be destroyed’

    Likud MK Moshe Saada said, on Tuesday in an interview with Channel 14, the right was correct all along as the call to “destroy” the residents of Gaza has become widespread in recent times.

    Not genocidal intent. Israel is just going to destroy them all.


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  35. kaysee kaysee says:

    Last week I posted this related to the FBI.

    Conservatives have watched for years the FBI in the US doing the bidding of the Dems and targeting those on the right – Republicans, Conservatives, Christians.

    Trump has criticised the FBI. The Maga influencers have been critical and attacked the FBI, its request for new funding and the republicans who voted for this funding.

    Then, out of the blue, the Maga god, posts a message supporting the FBI and a new and spectacular building for them.

    What happened next? Maga world went quiet. NO response. The Charlie Kirk’s, Don Jrs and Laura Loomers went zippity zip quiet. I read a post from someone on twitter that the orders had been sent out by the HQ telling the senior influencers to not say anything.

    Meanwhile, some of the rank and file Magadonians were doing what they always do. Instead of facing the fact that their god is wrong and unreliable, they will twist themselves into pretzels and still insist that he is right and find some way to prove that 2 + 3 is not = 5 but is whatever their god said it was.

    Drain the swamp? So many promises. Nothing will get done.
    What does he believe in? It changes with the weather.
    Donald Trump is about Donald Trump. Nothing or no one else matters.

    But Maga still think he is the one who is going to save America in the next four years.
    And make excuses for why he didn’t do it between 2017-2020

    FBI-1
    .

    FBI-2


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  36. kaysee kaysee says:

    Chosen Ones. Or something.

    MAGA Has Mask Off Moment When Asked About Israel & Ukraine

    No, they are not Dem voters. These are GOP voters.

    Is there any hope for America if they turn out to be the majority voters at the GOP Primaries?

    1/
    MAGA Asked Who Jesus Would Vote For in 2024,
    The Answer Won’t Surprise You But The Reasons Might
    .

    2/
    Woman at Trump rally in IA :
    “He’s a Godly man. He’s working for God.
    .

    3/
    Magadonians
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  37. kaysee kaysee says:

    Ivor Cummins

    Covid was an utter scam, and anyone who still believes otherwise is a propagandized moron.

    Explained simply in 4 minutes flat:


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  38. kaysee kaysee says:

    WHO vaccine consultant says Pfizer mRNA jabs ‘are not safe for mass immunisation’

    Gabriel Oon is a retired medical professor, World Health Organisation vaccine consultant and founding President of the Singapore Society of Oncology.


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  39. Old bloke says:

    Brian Berletic laying out the game plan for the coming USA vs. Iran war.

    Israel’s Incursion into Gaza Continues as US Seeks Wider War with Iran – 39 mins.


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  40. mh says:

    Brian Berletic laying out the game plan for the coming USA vs. Iran war.

    Israel’s Incursion into Gaza Continues as US Seeks Wider War with Iran – 39 mins.

    Brian sees Israel as a colonial outpost of the USA.
    I no longer see it that way, and I think Brian overplays this point. The reality most likely is the United States has been captured by Zionists. We see the reality in stories out of America every single day. Yesterday it was the Jewish lobby getting the Harvard President removed.

    Israel led President Trump by the nose, getting him to order the drone strike on Qassem Soleimani in 2020.
    Today the Zionists are attempting to lead the US into war with Iran with this strike:

    Dozens killed as explosions rock memorial for slain Iranian general – media

    Qassem Soleimani was killed in a US drone strike on this day in 2020

    https://www.rt.com/news/590074-iran-soleimani-memorial-blasts/


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  41. mh says:

    Ben Samuels, Reuters
    5:51 AM
    Int’l Court of Justice schedules public hearings in Gaza genocide case for next week

    The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will hold public hearings in proceedings launched by South Africa against Israel over the Gaza war on Jan. 11 and 12, it said on Wednesday.


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  42. kaysee kaysee says:

    Weekly reminder

    Digital ID Bill 2023 – deadline 19 January 2024

    If you’ve already signed, find others who haven’t and get them to add their signatures.

    There’s time to write a submission and also contact your MPs and Senators. All links available in the post. I’ve also added some more comments with info.


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  43. mh says:

    Max Blumenthal: Max takes on the Israeli Press.

    Judge Napolitano – Judging Freedom
    260K subscribers

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nENBRE8ykvM


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  44. mh says:

    James O’Brien’s damning verdict of Israel’s war on Gaza | LBC
    683K subscribers

    ‘Here we are listening to the Israeli Ambassador justifying what has to be called ethnic cleansing…’

    James O’Brien responds to Tzipi Hotovely’s ‘chilling’ belief that Israel bombing ‘every school, mosque, second house’ in Gaza is justified as they have access to a ‘tunnel city’

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jH_XoDeje7c


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  45. mh says:

    No joke on The Joker

    A loose scarf has been blamed for a rollercoaster failure at Movie World on the Gold Coast, which trapped thrill seekers for some time.

    https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/incidents/loose-scarf-blamed-for-rollercoaster-mishap-that-trapped-riders/news-story/4132e5cf634443976569e7ba337bf5ae


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  46. mh says:

    If this is going to be Israel’s defence at the World Court, they’re screwed!

    KernowDamo
    22.4K subscribers

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-_kI3dx0LM


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  47. mh says:

    South Africa Files Case Against Israel at International Court of Justice over “Genocidal” Gaza War

    Democracy Now!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypxiFjrM8RA


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  48. mh says:

    David Soul, brown bread.


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  49. kaysee kaysee says:

    A week before Christmas Fiducia Supplicans was released by the Vatican DDF – a declaration allowing the “blessing” of sodomy. The document word salad was meant to create confusion and ambiguity. But it has helped to reveal the true followers of the faith from the usurpers.

    The true bishops of the Catholic Church around the world (especially in Africa) have reacted negatively and publicly rejected Fiducia Supplicans and told their priests to refrain from such blessings.

    This week, there’s a press release from the Vatican DDF with clarifications which do not address the questions that have been raised in the past few weeks.

    A twitter commenter summed it aptly:
    A blessing that is not a blessing on a couple that is not a couple by a doctrine that is not a doctrine according to clarification that is not a clarification.

    To illustrate the above comment, here is an example.

    This photo would be quite baffling if not for this explanation in an article:

    A Catholic church in Lexington, Kentucky, hosted a “blessing” of a same-sex couple that had been civilly “married” for 22 years, citing the Vatican’s heterodox declaration Fiducia Supplicans.

    The Saint Paul Catholic Church parish posted a picture of the “blessing” on their official Facebook page, showing the parish priest Fr. Richard Watson wearing a rainbow stole and extending his hands for a “blessing” over the lesbian couple close to the altar inside the church.

    The article missed out adding a few extra quote marks such as “parish priest”.


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  50. kaysee kaysee says:

    Intersectionality

    An article in Powerline explains what happens to someone who dares to go against the plan set in place by the left/woke/Dems. The writer is probably writing this from the pro-Israel/pro-Jew angle.

    This is from the article:

    Bill Ackman is a lifelong liberal whose political donations have been to Democrats. But, as a Harvard alumnus and a Jew, he was appalled by Claudine Gay’s incompetent and borderline anti-Semitic Congressional testimony, as well as her lack of any body of original scholarship. So for the first time, he stepped into the cultural and political fray.

    The Left responded predictably, by attacking his wife, Neri Osman, who is brilliant and, coincidentally, beautiful. Business Insider studied her long-ago MIT PhD dissertation and identified a couple of examples of allegedly insufficient citation, trying to draw a parallel with Claudine Gay

    What struck me when I read the article and followed the twitter link was two other points.

    1/
    As a Harvard alumnus, it didn’t bother Ackman that there were so many other things wrong going wrong at Harvard until October-November 2023. He didn’t see the problem with the Dems, the lefties or wokeism until it affected him personally (anti-semitism).

    Then he criticised Harvard’s recently resigned president, Claudine Gay, over allegations of plagiarism and her handling of antisemitism on campus.

    As a billionaire investor, he would have been one of Harvard’s big donors. He could have spoken up out all their woke policies. Also a lifelong liberal donor to the Dems but did he protest against any of their extreme policies? Lack of ethics? Going after anyone who did not follow the leftist memo?

    Wouldn’t he and his billionaire donor friends have been able to stop or slow down the rot that has been building up with all the diversity, equality, inclusivity and the rest of it if they had spoken up against it and threatened to stop donations?


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  51. kaysee kaysee says:

    2/
    The second point is about the attack on his wife. In retaliation for Ackman’s criticism of Claudine Gay, the lefties managed to go back to the past (2010) and find a 330-page PhD dissertation written by his wife, Neri Oxman, related to four paragraphs.

    It shows how vindictive the left can be. Reading Neri Oxman’s explanation, I can’t see it as plagiarism. It is just something that got missed out in error not something deliberate. Missing quote marks but the original sources were correctly credited. Or a missed citation for a paraphrase.

    In a 330-page PhD dissertation, it is quite possible to unintentionally miss some references and quotes. You can get caught up with the subject matter accuracy, content and several other points and miss out some others.

    So, will they (Bill Ackman and his wife) learn a lesson from this about how the woke lefties can target someone for not falling in with their plans? Or daring to be critical?

    Will they still continue to donate to these woke institutions and political organisations?

    Or will they wake up and do something against wokeism?


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  52. kaysee kaysee says:

    The very helpful Dr Tedros is here again.

    With instructions
    .

    Decision time
    .

    Well?
    .


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    Site was down since yesterday evening.
    BAck up again now.

    May have some update problems this week but should all be sorted by next weekend.


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  54. mh says:

    In case you missed it

    Data published by the Treasury Department showed that “total public debt outstanding” rose to $34.001 trillion on December 29. That figure, also known as the national debt, is the total amount of outstanding borrowing by the US federal government accumulated over the nation’s history. 3 days ago


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  55. kaysee kaysee says:

    Proposed Terms of Reference for a COVID-19 Royal Commission

    Dear Fellow Australians & Visitors from afar
    You, along with millions of other Australians, were subjected to life-changing events during the Covid era. You now have an opportunity to take a stand and demand accountability and justice by becoming a co-signatory on this collaborative submission.

    A COVID-19 Royal Commission is needed to examine every aspect of the measures implemented against Australians by those meant to serve Australians, its public servants.
    But, a Royal Commission must have proper Terms of Reference.
    It is now time for us to act on this.

    A dedicated team of lawyers spent 60 days consulting with our medical and scientific community to compile proper Terms of Reference.
    They did this for no remuneration, so please consider Buying Them a Coffee.
    Read the 52 detailed Terms of Reference below to see no stone was left unturned.

    Then, become a co-signatory on the document for commending these Terms of Reference to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Reference Committee responsible for recommending which Terms of Reference should be included in the Covid-19 Royal Commission.

    By becoming a co-signatory you will send a powerful message.

    Australians want a Royal Commission created by Australians
    NOT
    A Royal Commission created by the very public servants it is meant to examine

    This is being submitted to the Senate on 12 January 2024, so will need to be read and signed by Thursday 11 January.


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  56. kaysee kaysee says:

    Neil Oliver
    How many so-called conspiracy theories must be proven true before that label is finally abandoned?

    How many of yesterday’s so-called conspiracy theories must be revealed as the truth before that worn-out label is finally abandoned? It’s still out there, casually tossed at anyone questioning lies, old lies and new.

    Let 2024 be the year of clear out the trash.


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  57. kaysee kaysee says:

    Star Wars

    Here’s the feminist director of the next Star Wars film saying that her goal is to “make men uncomfortable.”

    This movie is destined to be Disney’s biggest flop yet.


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  58. mh says:

    Here’s the feminist director of the next Star Wars film saying that her goal is to “make men uncomfortable.”

    Luke, I am your trans non binary non-birthing parent.

    My pronouns are …


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  59. kaysee kaysee says:

    Neil Oliver
    How many so-called conspiracy theories must be proven true before that label is finally abandoned?

    Moja
    .

    Mbili
    .

    Tatu
    .


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  60. kaysee kaysee says:

    If you are wondering about …
    this

    The answer will be discussed
    here.

    World Economic Forum Annual Meeting
    Davos-Klosters, Switzerland

    “Rebuilding Trust”
    15–19 January 2024

    The 54th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum will provide a crucial space to focus on the fundamental principles driving trust, including transparency, consistency and accountability.

    This Annual Meeting will welcome over 100 governments, all major international organizations, 1000 Forum’s Partners, as well as civil society leaders, experts, youth representatives, social entrepreneurs, and news outlets.

    A five-day vacation in Switzerland to rebuild trust, transparency, consistency and accountability.

    Have you been invited?


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  61. mh says:

    George Galloway with Pulitzer Prize winner Chris Hedges talking about all things Israel

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AURw7LuAnek


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  62. kaysee kaysee says:

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

    Today is the Feast of the Epiphany.
    The Traditional date for the feast is 6 January, but the celebration is moved to the following Sunday which is 7 January, this year.
    .

    We Three Kings

    This version is arranged and sung by the Clamavi De Profundis family.
    .

    The Gifts


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  63. mh says:

    When the Jews run the news …

    Julia Hartley-Brewer sparks controversy with conduct towards Mustafa Barghouti during interview

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g6_Bcd45Q0


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  64. mh says:

    The British Royal Navy has resorted to LinkedIn to fill a vacancy for a submarine Rear-Admiral. The unconventional recruitment process comes as the Navy struggles to find new talent. A former submariner called the LinkedIn search for such a senior role “utterly shameful.”2 days ago

    Business Insider


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  65. mh says:

    Sydney homeowner ‘threatened with bomb’ for flying Palestinian flag | 9 News Australia

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meXP6Q6gCU8


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  67. kaysee kaysee says:

    Reminder

    A dedicated team of lawyers spent 60 days consulting with our medical and scientific community to compile proper Terms of Reference.
    They did this for no remuneration,

    The Covid-19 Royal Commission detailed above.

    Many professionals have worked pro bono on the terms of reference that is pushing for the Royal Commission. It is possible to read through the document quickly and support it with our signatures.

    It is being submitted via email on Friday, 12 January but it may be better to sign up by 11 January.

    So far, the document has +18,800 Signatures.


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  68. kaysee kaysee says:

    My respect for George Galloway and Neil Oliver has been tumbling a bit when they talk about US politics. I have seen these sentiments in some of their videos, but this is blind belief based on ignorance or gaslighting. They are both intelligent, knowledgeable media commentators. Both of them understand the Gaza conflict and many of the other major issues, but they haven’t dug deep enough for the facts on the US election ad the GOP candidates – Trump and DeSantis.

    This is the problem with many people. They have fallen for the propaganda from the “conservative media” and believe that Trump is Christian and Conservative and the one who can save the US. And he is on one hand a poor victim of a campaign by the Deep State, as well as a brave super hero for fighting the same Deep State.

    George and Neil need to stick with British politics and skip the American chapter. From the video, it looks like Neil is being educated by someone from the DeSantis side.

    George Galloway:
    ‘No real choice’ in politics. Mainstream parties are ‘two cheeks of same backside’

    George Galloway tells Neil Oliver that the public needs to reject the mainstream political parties, as they are ‘two cheeks of the same backside’.


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  69. kaysee kaysee says:

    I began writing a series of comments related to the US Election. But there is so much info, that I could write a mini-book – if only I had the time. I’ve put that aside for another day. Will stick to a few comments for today and see how I fare over the next few days.

    The GOP primaries kick off next week, 15 January, in Iowa and will continue for a few months. The Republican Party will nominate a 2024 presidential candidate at its convention in Milwaukee the week of July 15, 2024.

    I am trying to look on the bright side. If the GOP voters go ahead and vote for Trump as the nominee, there will be one benefit for me. I will tune off the elections because it will be a Democrat win in November – unless there is some strange October surprise that works in GOP’s favour. I have already posted a detailed analysis of the numbers needed to win the election and the US voting public.

    It will be a saving of time not to keep track of the US election news. But till then, we have to see how the primaries play out. And, from this end, to keep passing on the info to others to decide who they would nominate, if they were US citizens and entitled to vote in the GOP primaries. If they had all the facts before they cast that vote.


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  70. kaysee kaysee says:

    The “conservative” media are gleefully linking to this article
    Is DeSantis going to drop out of the race on Jan. 15? | The Hill

    And like each of the hit pieces for more than a year, the article cites such “reliable sources” like:

    I have heard from two people very familiar with the DeSantis campaign — a major donor and a high-level political operative — that if the Florida governor loses the Iowa caucuses to former President Donald Trump as expected on the night of Jan. 15, he will either drop out of the race that night or make his announcement the next morning.

    They have added an update now but the headline is clickbait.

    And the Maga influencers tweet it or add their own articles with headlines like:
    Report: DeSantis dropping out on January 15…

    Direct quote from the man, himself:

    I just spoke w/ RonDeSantis , who shot down media rumors he will drop out if he doesn’t beat Trump on caucus night.

    “Those reports are categorically false,” he told me, adding it’s a “fabricated lie” from made up sources which he feels is designed to depress his turnout.


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  71. mh says:

    George Galloway tells Neil Oliver that the public needs to reject the mainstream political parties, as they are ‘two cheeks of the same backside’.

    And Rishi Sunak is deep in the centre of those two cheeks.


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  73. Eyrie says:

    De Santis. LOL!


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  74. kaysee kaysee says:

    Reminder: The Covid-19 Royal Commission

    The Terms of Reference document is 107 pages. I have quickly skimmed through, and the content covers what we have discussed here – lockdowns, restrictions, mandates, vaxx, deaths, human rights, freedoms, discrimination, government departments and so on.

    If you want to join and become a co-signatory, fill in the form at the end of the page. The only mandatory field is the Full Name.
    The other fields are optional.

    The document now has +28,000 Signatures.
    Deadline is Friday, 12 January but it may be better to sign up by tomorrow, 11 January.


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  75. kaysee kaysee says:

    If you think that Covid was in the past and the mistakes and tyranny won’t be repeated…

    January 2024
    Qld nurse fired for refusing COVID jab

    I’m seven months pregnant’: Qld nurse fired for refusing COVID jab
    Queensland nurse Ella Leach has been fired from her job for refusing the COVID-19 jab despite being seven months pregnant and the state lifting the vaccine mandate in September last year.

    .

    Malcolm Roberts
    Have your say COVID Royal Commission


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  76. kaysee kaysee says:

    Continuing with the US Election

    A full-fledged cult

    Cult-1
    .

    Cult-2
    .

    Cult-3
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  77. mh says:

    Courier Mail

    Woolies had confirmed its Australia Day merchandise has been dumped from stores across the nation and will no longer be sold.

    A Woolworths Group spokesperson confirmed there would be no additional Australia Day-themed merchandise sold across its supermarket or BIG W stores for the 2024 public holiday.

    They cited a “gradual decline” in demand for the merchandise over the years and “broader discussion” about the January 26 date and “what it means” to different parts of the community…


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  78. kaysee kaysee says:

    Want to buy the books?
    Here are the links.

    Amazon-1

    From the book blurb

    During the presidency of President Donald Trump, it became evident to me that the prophecies about the Son of Man, as predicted by Jesus in the Bible were, to a significant extent, fulfilled at the hands of Mr Trump. The Bible speaks about two different Christs-or Messiahs. Jesus, the Son of God is the one Christ, whereas the Son of Man is the other…..

    And from one of the reviews

    As an ordained Episcopal priest I found this book to be blasphemous. The content is void of biblical scholarship, the author has no credentials as a theologian, and among other things the book glorifies the “good old days” of apartheid in South Africa. This is yet another propaganda tool in Trump’s arsenal of deception. I returned the book for a refund. Shame on Amazon for even selling it.

    Amazon-2
    .

    Amazon-3
    .


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  79. mh says:

    @sarantija-zl2oz
    1 day ago
    if you repeat a lie enough times, it becomes Israel.


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  80. Old bloke says:

    Who is running the show over there?

    “This is a COVER-UP at the highest levels!” Senators demand Lloyd Austin resign NOW | Redacted – 14 mins.

    There’s speculation that Lloyd Austin was injured in a Russian missile attack on a NATO command centre near Kiev. These attacks occur frequently and the deaths of NATO officers are usually explained away as the result of motor vehicle accidents.

    SnowStorm | Austin Was Wounded In Kyiv. Mobilization Also Reached Poland. Military Summary – from the opening segment.


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  81. mh says:

    Yes Minister gone bad

    Israeli War Crimes ACCIDENTALLY Exposed By David Cameron

    Owen Jones
    418K subscribers


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  82. mh says:

    Posting ‘Bombs-away Bernie’ to watch later

    I’m LIVE to talk about the horrific humanitarian disaster in Gaza & what Congress should do about it

    Senator Bernie Sanders
    279K subscribers

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hj5X3dEOOi4


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  83. kaysee kaysee says:

    Posting ‘Bombs-away Bernie’ to watch later

    I need to remember to do that too. I bookmark videos to watch and, then, either forget to post them or don’t have time to do so when I am on the blog.

    Just started watching this:

    Whitney Webb:
    The Elites Want to Control EVERY PART of Your Life

    Whitney Webb talks with Glenn Beck about the powerful corporate and political interests who hold significant sway over global decision making. Webb is always a fountain of knowledge as you will learn watching this clip.


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  84. kaysee kaysee says:

    For later:

    Busting the Bill Gates myth

    UnHerd’s Flo Read meets Tim Schwab to discuss Bill Gates and the myth of the good billionaire.


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  85. kaysee kaysee says:

    Train drivers strike, farmer protests cause major disruption in Germany

    Germany is facing potential transport chaos on Wednesday caused by a three-day nationwide strike by train drivers, coupled with ongoing protests by farmers angered by planned subsidy cuts.


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  86. kaysee kaysee says:

    Weekly reminder: Digital ID Bill 2023
    – deadline 19 January 2024

    Sign the petition.
    Get others to do so.
    Ask, cajole, twist arms (figuratively speaking),
    Use other tactics (non-violent and legal, of course)

    (Just added a couple of clips in that post.)


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  87. kaysee kaysee says:

    Related to Big Tech control

    a/
    Yahoo
    Yahoo Japan tests face recognition payment at Tokyo store

    And there will be people who will love the “convenience” and sign up their faces immediately.
    .

    b/
    Google Search
    Stop using it


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  88. kaysee kaysee says:

    It’s
    time
    for
    the
    page ……


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