Open Thread – January 2024

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  1. kaysee kaysee says:

    Final Reminder: The Covid-19 Royal Commission

    This is one of the quickest petition forms that I have signed. All that was required is the Full Name. And a check re the Privacy Statement to agree that your name will be visible on the document. The other fields like Email Address, Phone Number and so on can also be filled, but they are not mandatory.

    Some more info. Anyone can sign this document as a co-signatory.
    That’s all.
    You won’t be required to appear or be present at the Royal Commission.

    If it does get to a Royal Commission, it will ensure that we (and future generations) do not have to experience the same restrictions, loss of freedoms and rights, jobs, discrimination. Most important, the UN/WHO/WEF globalists won’t find it easy to control what happens in this country.

    The document now has +36,000 Signatures.
    Deadline is Friday, 12 January. It may be better to sign up by today 11 January but the date is till tomorrow.

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


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  2. mh says:

    The Age

    Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says people should boycott Woolworths after the major supermarket chain stopped selling Australia Day-themed merchandise.

    Woolworths Group, which includes Big W, said it sold Australian flags year-round but confirmed on Wednesday it would no longer be selling additional merchandise …


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  3. mh says:

    Courier Paywall

    Aldi joins Woolies in ‘woke’ Aus Day move as Dutton calls for shopper boycott

    Woolworths’ move to axe Australia Day merchandise has triggered a firestorm of reaction, with Opposition Leader Peter Dutton calling for a shopper boycott. Let us know what you think. Take our poll.

    HOW DARE THEY!


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  4. kaysee kaysee says:

    US Elections

    1/
    Social media can be quite an educative place, depending on where you look. I’ll share here some of the terms I’ve learnt there. It has been in bits and pieces without a complete explanation. But I’ve put it together and set it into context.

    Influencers
    These are media/social media personalities with big “followings” and they are in a position to influence and lead their “followers” in the directions they want. That is a very powerful position.
    .

    Grifters
    An online definition
    A Grifter, is somebody who can influence anybody, anywhere, at anytime, into doing whatever they choose to have them do, that will result in the grifter’s personal gain. Usually monetary, but really anything that benefits him or her somehow.
    .

    Conservative Inc.
    (also abbreviated as “Con Inc.”) stands for the “Conservative” media who have turned out to be cons – looking out for their business interests rather than factual reporting.
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  5. mh says:

    The Age

    An esteemed Australian judge will help decide a crucial case at the Hague that could order Israel to suspend its military operations in Gaza as Israel seeks to rebut accusations it is committing a genocide through its war against Hamas.

    International law expert Hilary Charlesworth, the first Australian woman elected to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), will be one of the 17 judges to rule on the widely anticipated case, which will hold emergency hearings beginning overnight on Thursday and continue on Friday (Australian time).

    Although the charge of genocide is expected to take years to decide, South Africa, which has brought the case, has filed a request for the court to urgently issue legally binding interim orders for Israel to “immediately suspend its military operations in and against Gaza” …


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  6. kaysee kaysee says:

    2/
    My context for these terms relates to the spread of information via media. We are familiar with the methods used by the left-wing media to get out the “news” the way they want to do so. I went through this in my post on Narrative Control. I took it for granted that this propaganda is a leftie media tactic. It is also used by governments, the globalists and their allies to force their message to us.

    Last year taught me that this method is not just confined to the left. I saw it repeatedly used by many of the media sites that I used to rely on and trust in the past …. that is till 2022. Till then it used to be easy: left-wing media says the planet is boiling; conservative media counters that with scientists who explain that it is not.

    From around November 2022, this game plan is being used by the so-called “right-wing/conservatives” as well, on some topics. One of those is the 2024 Election.

    These powerful “controllers” who peddle the “info” that suits their sides are known as Con Inc, Influencers and Grifters. The term grifters is the most suitable one.


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  7. kaysee kaysee says:

    3/

    There is one Trump super-devotee who goes by the social media name Catturd. I’ll get to the other guy in the photo another day.This is not doxxing as the photo has been freely posted and re-posted several times on twitter.

    This “influencer” lives in Florida. Until Nov 2022, that is, before his god decreed otherwise, he posted the following:

    Turdy-1
    .

    Turdy-2
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  8. kaysee kaysee says:

    Turdy-6
    .

    Turdy-7

    That was in August 2022.
    Before 2023. Before the GOP debates to choose the nominee.

    The rule wasn’t applied in 2023 to describing Trump as a fraud for refusing to take part in the GOP debates.
    .

    This week from Breitbart, (Con Inc.)
    Democrats Nervous About Biden Debating Trump: ‘Think Twice About It’

    Nothing in the past year from Con Inc. about Trump being nervous to get on the stage and face a debate along with the other GOP candidates.

    Oh, yes. The polls. Trump leading other candidates by 4793 points.
    They turn into True or Fake polls depending on which way the wind blows.

    Looks like in the US and in democracies, Presidential nominees and governments are elected via polls not through votes by citizens.

    We’ll get back to them another day.


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  9. mh says:

    Ongoing live coverage from The Hague ICJ on Al Jazeera CH651, Foxtel.


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  10. mh says:

    Norm Finkelstein PREDICTS Israel Genocide Decision

    Breaking Points

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjqdm07QTmI


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  11. mh says:

    New dot com

    ‘For the Messiah’: Bizarre new details about why tunnel system was secretly built beneath New York synagogue

    ——

    I note News dot com quote Nick Fuentes in the article:

    American far-right figure Nick Fuentes described the tunnel as “freaky stuff”.

    “I don’t think I’ve ever heard of anybody who’s doing anything good who is digging tunnels under the city,” Mr Fuentes said on his internet video show America First.

    “That’s usually the beginning of a very dark story.”

    😆

    What Was Inside the Jewish Tunnel Network?
    Nicholas J. Fuentes
    51.6K followers

    https://rumble.com/v46bne6-what-was-inside-the-jewish-tunnel-network.html


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  12. mh says:

    Avi spinning furiously

    Avi Yemini
    @OzraeliAvi
    Notice how many of the Covid “freedom fighters” are attacking these Jews for building a tunnel during lockdown in defiance of the unconstitutional restrictions.

    We get it. You hate Jews—even based ones.


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  13. mh says:

    U.S. Army Sees ‘Sharp Decline’ in White Recruits

    Gee, I wonder.

    Paul Joseph Watson
    1.95M subscribers

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


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  14. mh says:

    https://www.rt.com/news/590559-gonzalo-lira-dead/

    US journalist jailed and ‘tortured’ by Ukraine has died – family

    Chilean-American blogger Gonzalo Lira has died in a Ukrainian prison, his family said on Friday.

    Lira, 55 at the time of his death, lived in Kharkov and blogged as ‘CoachRedPill,’ but switched to YouTube commentary after the conflict with Russia escalated in February 2022. He was arrested by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) last May and accused of “discrediting” the Ukrainian leadership and the military.

    “I cannot accept the way my son has died. He was tortured, extorted, incommunicado for 8 months and 11 days and the US Embassy did nothing to help my son. The responsibility of this tragedy is the dictator Zelensky with the concurrence of a senile American President, Joe Biden,” his father Gonzalo Lira Sr. wrote in a note published by The Grayzone …


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  15. Old bloke says:

    US journalist jailed and ‘tortured’ by Ukraine has died – family

    Gonzalo Lira’s father was on the Duran only two days ago pleading for his son’s release.

    Gonzalo Lira Sr., ‘Free my son’ – 35 mins.

    Gonzalo was murdered by America.


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  16. kaysee kaysee says:

    Woolworths-Australia is trending on X.

    It started with this news a few days ago.

    Woolies-1
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    Woolies-2


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  17. kaysee kaysee says:

    The major discussion on talkback radio, these past few days, has been the Woolies ban on Aussie Day merchandise and reactions from listeners.

    There was a caller who described herself as of aboriginal heritage. I checked if there was a podcast of that show so I could share the link here, but it isn’t there. Sometimes, it is better to hear someone directly than have their words transcribed later.

    She was reacting to what callers say on the radio. She has worked hard and not received any of the benefits that others say are given to indigenous people. She said that she voted NO in the referendum and so did the other people in her circle. She loves this country and celebrates Australia Day. She does not support what Woolies and similar businesses are doing. Doesn’t support what the various indigenous activists are doing.

    She listed examples in her life. It is a reminder for us that many people of aboriginal/indigenous heritage don’t want the disunity and don’t agree with this invasion day and victim hood. They are educated and work hard to live as Aussies not a separate “persecuted” group.


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  18. Old bloke says:

    Regarding Woolworths, they recently had a lot of advertising on YouTube, every second ad was from Woolworths, and the advertisements were about Asian children running around dressed as prawns.

    What on earth was that all about?


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  19. kaysee kaysee says:

    There was another caller, a regular one, who reminds me of someone who used to post on this blog. A battler against the tyranny of the despots who are trying to control us.

    He said that he was not going to shop at Woolworths and Bunnings but would go to other places to shop. If it meant he would have to pay more for those items, he would do that. If he couldn’t get what he needed in other stores, he would live without those items.

    It doesn’t even need to be this extreme. The supermarkets hold a monopoly/duopoly. In this case, Coles is selling Aussie Day merchandise but they are also wokesters.

    What can we do? Say you shop at Woolies each week and spend $200 for your groceries. Go instead to your local fruit/veg store, IGA, Growers Market, farmers markets etc to get your fruit and veg. Then come to Woolies to get the other items that you can’t get elsewhere. So instead of spending $200 at Woolies, you are spending, say, $140 per week.

    60 percent of Aussies voted NO in the referendum. If just 10 percent of the No voters adopted the method, imagine the outcome. 10 percent of shoppers spending $60 less at Woolies each week. No, don’t take your anger out on the poor staff. And, No, we don’t want staff to lose their jobs. We want to send a message to the boardroom.

    The Fresh Food People? Not when fresh food is perishable and they have to bin it because people aren’t buying it. They’ll get the message quick enough when it hits the bottom line and shareholders complain.

    But will shoppers unite to do this? Or will it be just a few like the radio caller? This has been my shopping method for years. I buy my meat directly from a butcher and delivered to my door, my fruit and veg at the vegie shop, my bread from the bread shop and then come to Woolies for the other items.

    Each of us will whinge about Woolies and other woke businesses. The whinging is good. It helps to offload what is annoying us and also helps others to know what is happening. Then we will look at all the people who are walking into Woolies and think:
    we can’t change anything because other people are still shopping there so what can I as one person do?

    But there are people who are resisting and taking a stand. You may not see them. You may not know them. They are there. You have the choice.

    a/ Whinge and join the battlers.

    Or

    b/ Whinge and make excuses about why you won’t/can’t/shouldn’t do something because it will be inconvenient.


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  20. kaysee kaysee says:

    Covid-19

    1/
    The Dubious Genesis of COVID-19

    In January 2020, a sequence of events unfolded that defy reason, leaving us to question whether we witnessed an orchestrated ballet or stumbled blindly into a global pandemic. As we peel back the layers of this bewildering timeline, a tale of criminality, planning, and staging emerges, challenging the narrative that dismisses it as mere coincidence or incompetence.


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  21. kaysee kaysee says:

    2/
    Nick Hudson

    It was

    A – Complete and utter Bullsh*t and

    B – Premeditated


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  22. kaysee kaysee says:

    US Elections

    1/
    In August last year, the first GOP debate was hosted by Fox. All eligible candidates accepted except Trump who got his friend Tucker Carlson to interview him (solo) without the real hard questions. The interview was posted at the same time as the debate, with much prior marketing. Both Trump and Tucker delivered an insult to Fox. And to the American voting public, especially GOP voters.

    This week the debate was in Iowa hosted by CNN. Again, Trump declined but Fox News (more concerned with its ratings) hosted a Trump-only interview at the same time as the CNN debate.

    Both events took place in Des Moines, Iowa. The CNN one at Drake University, the Fox one at the Townhall.

    Now, from Con Inc, comes the analysis.
    It’s fair and unbiased. Really. Just the facts. Etc etc etc.

    DeSantis and Haley trade barbs in tense debate while Trump talks to voters

    Their fierce exchanges presented a sharp contrast with Trump’s interactors with Caucus-goers and moderators Brett Baier and Martha MacCallum at the Fox event.

    If DeSantis or Haley got the benefit of a nice solo candidate sit-down appearance hosted by a television channel, they too would be “talking” to voters.

    It’s when you have to interact with other candidates on a stage and have to compete to get your point across, the debate will be “tense” and “heated”.

    We’ll never know how Trump would fare in a GOP debate because he did not take part.


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  23. kaysee kaysee says:

    2/

    a/
    The talk
    The host Brett Baier did not call out Trump for lying.
    .

    b/
    Matt Walsh
    Sums up in 26 seconds this talk to voters
    It’s not exactly a position of strength and confidence

    .

    c/
    Worth re-quoting
    This Maga “influencer”
    Only he wasn’t brave enough to repeat it for these 2023-2024 GOP debates.


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  24. mh says:

    Powerful

    INTEL Roundtable: Johnson/McGovern

    Judge Napolitano – Judging Freedom
    265K subscribers

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIcPC62rdvg


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  25. mh says:

    David Sacks
    @DavidSacks
    The Biden administration could have gotten Gonzalo Lira back with a phone call but didn’t lift a finger. Therefore the Ukrainian government knew it could act with impunity. Still, the sheer brazenness to kill an American citizen in custody reveals a thuggish and unmoored regime.

    Elon Musk
    @elonmusk
    ·
    This is super messed up!
    9:10 AM · Jan 13, 2024


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  26. shatterzzz says:

    Apparently, it’s a crime when the Saudis do it but .. Ukraine/Gaza totally acceptable ……!


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  27. kaysee kaysee says:

    The Biden administration could have gotten Gonzalo Lira back with a phone call but didn’t lift a finger.

    Lira’s last public statement
    Gonzalo Lira’s last public statement is chilling. He knew that if arrested, he would die in a Ukrainian prison.
    .

    Lira’s last note
    .

    Russian Mission in Geneva
    The Western countries will do everything to hush up Gonzalo Lira’s death, once again exposing their double-standard policies.


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  28. kaysee kaysee says:

    ICJ case

    SA case
    Perhaps the most important part of the South Africa case against Israel at the ICJ
    .

    What does that number mean?
    .

    The non-supporters of the war
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  29. kaysee kaysee says:

    The final Covid-19 Royal Commission co-signatories are recorded as +46,000 Signatures. Thanks to all those from this blog who added their names to the list.

    On my comments here and here, I forgot to add the words nicely, honestly, respectfully and politely. But I am sure that most of you, if not all, would have got that anyway.

    The Digital ID Bill deadline is this week – Friday, 19 January.
    So this is the Final Reminder for that petition.

    The current total number on Alex Antic’s petition is 118,658 signatures.


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  30. kaysee kaysee says:

    The Vaxx – Safe and Effective

    1/
    Deborah Hamilton

    Please spare 10 minutes to watch this clip in which Deborah Hamilton, the mother of Natalie Boyce, recounts the events leading to her daughter’s death, caused by the Moderna vaccine. They want you to forget this.


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  31. kaysee kaysee says:

    2/
    Dr Ben Marble
    How many videos will it take to STOP THE SHOTS?
    .

    3/
    The Health Summit
    This conversation took place TWO months before the covid scam began. Just listen to it now, in the cold light of 2024
    .

    4/
    But now….


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  32. Old bloke says:

    The Biden administration could have gotten Gonzalo Lira back with a phone call but didn’t lift a finger.

    Gonzalo said in one of his videos that Victoria Nuland had a strong personal dislike for him hence he knew that no assistance would be forthcoming from the State Department.


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  33. mh says:

    Gonzalo said in one of his videos that Victoria Nuland had a strong personal dislike for him

    The Angel of Death.


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  34. kaysee kaysee says:

    US Elections

    1/
    The Vivek edition.

    In Jan 2021, following Jan 6, Vivek was very critical of Trump and what had happened following the election. He had some really smooth answers for how he would have handled it. He wrote a book about it. All links have been provided in my comments, last year.

    Then, last year, he signs up as a candidate. But most of the time he is supporting one of the rival candidates – Trump. At every given opportunity, especially related to the legal issues, he jumped in to show his solidarity with Trump. He would demand that other candidates also support Trump and withdraw their nominations in some states. During debates he was a surrogate for Trump.

    Why did that happen? One of the stories was this.

    Maga loved him and thought he was great. Many of the Maga grifters…errrr… influencers kept promoting and praising him. They thought he would be there to take away the votes from DeSantis.


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  35. kaysee kaysee says:

    2/
    Since he praised Trump and did not criticise him, the Maga god liked him too.
    .

    And was expecting this.


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  36. kaysee kaysee says:

    3/
    But suddenly, just like that, in the past 24 hours, Vivek is no longer the Maga friend.
    He is the swamp.

    What happened?

    He posted this. Check out the message on the t-shirt.
    .

    And there’s this video as well.
    .

    The result?
    This message.


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  37. mh says:

    Max Blumenthal
    @MaxBlumenthal
    Representing #GazaGenocide at the gates of the White House

    https://x.com/MaxBlumenthal/status/1746325986520543446?s=20


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  38. kaysee kaysee says:

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

    The Tale of 3 Monks and the Devil

    .

    A Ponderable


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  39. mh says:

    Africa vs Krauts

    Namibian Presidency
    @NamPresidency
    Namibia rejects Germany’s Support of the Genocidal Intent of the Racist Israeli State against Innocent Civilians in Gaza

    On Namibian soil, #Germany committed the first genocide of the 20th century in 1904-1908, in which tens of thousands of innocent Namibians died in the most inhumane and brutal conditions. The German Government is yet to fully atone for the genocide it committed on Namibian soil. Therefore, in light of Germany’s inability to draw lessons from its horrific history, President @hagegeingob expresses deep concern with the shocking decision communicated by the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany yesterday, 12 January 2024, in which it rejected the morally upright indictment brought forward by South Africa before the #InternationalCourtofJustice that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in #Gaza.

    Worryingly, ignoring the violent deaths of over 23 000 Palestinians in Gaza and various United Nations reports disturbingly highlighting the internal displacement of 85% of civilians in Gaza amid acute shortages of food and essential services, the German Government has chosen to defend in the International Court of Justice the genocidal and gruesome acts of the Israeli Government against innocent civilians in Gaza and the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

    Germany cannot morally express commitment to the United Nations Convention against genocide, including atonement for the genocide in Namibia, whilst supporting the equivalent of a holocaust and genocide in Gaza. Various international organizations, such as Human Rights Watch have chillingly concluded that Israel is committing war crimes in Gaza.

    President Geingob reiterates his call made on 31 December 2023, “No peace-loving human being can ignore the carnage waged against Palestinians in Gaza”. In that vein, President Geingob appeals to the German Government to reconsider its untimely decision to intervene as a third-party in defence and support of the genocidal acts of Israel before the International Court of Justice.

    https://x.com/NamPresidency/status/1746259880871149956?s=20


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  40. mh says:

    Albo vs Mandela

    The Age

    Albanese slammed over airstrikes and genocide case as thousands protest in Melbourne

    Following South Africa’s launch of its genocide case against Israel in the ICJ late last week, placards at Sunday’s march quoted South African anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela: “Our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians.”


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  41. mh says:

    The Age

    Wong urged to punish Israeli settlers ahead of Mid-East trip

    Federal Labor faces internal pressure to treat extremist Israeli settlers in the occupied Palestinian territories akin to listed terror groups as Foreign Minister Penny Wong heads to the Middle East on a high-stakes mission to help secure an end to the war in Gaza. Wong leaves for Jordan today before visiting Israel, the West Bank and the United Arab Emirates. She will meet Palestinian victims of settler violence, a striking move that highlights growing alarm among western governments about the impact of the dramatic expansion of Israeli settlements.

    Wong’s visit comes at a combustible moment in the Middle East, as tensions flare in the Red Sea after the United States and United Kingdom struck key Houthi rebel bases in Yemen. The International Criminal Court is also considering a genocide charge against Israel led by South Africa. Wong’s visit to Israel is the first by an Australian foreign minister since 2016. Unlike several other visiting foreign dignitaries, Wong does not plan to visit the kibbutz in southern Israel targeted by Hamas terrorists on October 7, but will meet relatives of Israeli hostages. “One hundred days since the October 7 terror attacks, this visit is about advocating for a pathway out of this conflict,” Wong said. She added that Australia was profoundly concerned that there are “increasingly few safe places for Gazans”.

    Fellow senior Labor MP Julian Hill called for the government to ban extremist Israeli settlers from visiting Australia and consider making it illegal for Australians to fund settlement activity. Hill said there had been an escalation in settler attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank since October 7. His statement drew a furious response from Executive Council of Australian Jewry co-chief executive Alex Ryvchin, who said: “Hill is more concerned about apartments built on the wrong side of a defunct armistice line” than Israeli soldiers dying.


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  42. Tester-1 says:

    The A6 features sleek styling and a luxurious interior.

    [Testing. pls ignore]


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  43. H Smith says:

    The Audi A6 is a large luxury passenger car available in both sedan and wagon body styles.

    The A6 features sleek styling and a luxurious interior.

    [Testing. pls ignore]


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  44. Robby says:

    It is seen as one of the larger options in Audi’s range and can be had with a range of powertrains to suit varying tastes and price points.

    [Testing – pls ignore]


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  45. Old bloke says:

    There’s been some talk about BRICS sanctions against Israel should the ICJ rule that Israel should cease its genocide in Gaza, and if Israel were to ignore the court’s ruling.

    How would such sanctions impact Israel?

    Israel depend on oil shipments from Turkey, and that would be Russian oil which Turkey is reselling. If Russia banned oil shipments to Turkey to comply with the BRICS sanctions package, where would Israel get its oil from?

    The US doesn’t have any spare oil to send, I don’t think the US administration has thought this through thoroughly.


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  46. mh says:

    The Age

    READERS’ POLL
    Who is the GOAT of male tennis players?

    Nick Kyrgios is correct – it has to be Novak Djokovic
    40%

    Roger Federer
    39%

    Rod Laver
    10%

    Rafael Nadal
    5%

    Bjorn Borg
    2%

    Pete Sampras
    2%

    John McEnroe
    1%

    Other. Tell us in the comments
    1%

    Roy Emerson
    1%

    3759 votes
    These polls are not scientific and reflect the opinion only of visitors who have chosen to participate.


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  47. mh says:

    RT

    Gonzalo Lira: The US government has allowed Ukraine to kill an American journalist who criticised ‘dictator’ Zelensky

    By Tarik Cyril Amar

    So, Gonzalo Lira is dead. As he warned in his last video message before being disappeared (this time, as it turned out, forever) by the Ukrainian regime, his political journalism has cost him his life.

    A successful social media commentator and American citizen, Lira died while incarcerated by Ukraine’s repression apparatus for his criticism of the Western and Ukrainian position on the war against Russia. His terms were often direct, even harsh and polemical. But he was not a spy or some sort of subversive influence agent. He was transparent and open to a fault, standing with his own name – and life – for everything he said. He was a political prisoner (yes, I agree with Tucker Carlson on this one); the official Ukrainian charges against him are a ludicrous disgrace.

    The immediate cause of his death is virtually certain to have been severe, prolonged, and systematic neglect, which led to his indirect killing – fully deliberate or not – by a condition (pneumonia and complications) that is perfectly treatable. In legal terms, this qualifies as, at least, manslaughter or even murder, committed by Ukrainian officers of the “law” and those issuing their orders.

    According to what Lira stated when he could still communicate, he was also tortured in a more hands-on fashion, so as to plunder his personal wealth. If you know how Ukrainian politics and authorities operate, there is no reason at all to disbelieve him.

    In spite of laudable efforts by fellow American citizens as prominent as Tucker Carlson and Elon Musk to help Lira, the US government made itself a de facto accessory in his killing by refusing to assist one of its own citizens who was, obviously, in extreme danger. Lira, by the way, told us he had heard from people in the know that Victoria “Neocon Cookie Monster and Queen of Coup and War” Nuland herself knew about his case and “hated his guts.”

    At a time when the West is accelerating its habitual spreading of war and even genocide, it may seem almost odd to dedicate a text to a single life taken. All human lives have exactly the same absolute worth, a truth every decent person accepts and, more importantly, practices, whether religious or not. And yet, due to the way power works in our thoroughly fallen world, it does make sense to speak about Lira.

    First of all, to pay our respects. It is true that Gonzalo Lira was no saint (just like the rest of us, by the way). He had things on his CV (operating as a “dating coach,” for instance) that he, like everyone else, should have had a full life to come to regret. He also had political views that I, for one, heartily disagree with, such as his own brand of libertarianism and an apologetic attitude toward Chile’s abysmal Pinochet dictatorship.

    And so what? He was unusually courageous, which, in the end, cost him his life. And he had the extraordinary honesty to not only understand just how wrong the US-NATO proxy war in and via Ukraine was, but to say so loudly and very publicly. While based in Ukraine. (And full disclosure again, I had the genuine honor and pleasure to be invited onto his program on YouTube, where he was a smart and gracious host with an irreverent sense of humor.)

    In a world of cowardly careerist underhandedness (looking at you, Olaf Scholz, Robert Habeck, Annalena Baerbock, for instance…) and habitual, crass lying (your turn, Benjamin Netanyahu, Joe Biden, Antony Blinken, and, yes, Vladimir Zelensky), Gonzalo hollered the truth where it mattered and it took guts.

    That’s why Stella Assange, the wife of the single most important political prisoner in the world, Julian Assange, has tweeted about Lira’s death, correctly pointing out the responsibility of the US authorities.

    Gonzalo Lira’s father should have the last word. This is what he told the Grayzone:

    “I cannot accept the way my son has died. He was tortured, extorted, incommunicado for 8 months and 11 days and the US Embassy did nothing to help my son… The responsibility of this tragedy is [with] the dictator Zelensky with the concurrence of a senile American President, Joe Biden… My pain is unbearable. The world must know what is going on in Ukraine with that inhuman dictator Zelensky.”

    We can genuinely commiserate, although we can’t literally feel the depth of his pain. But for all of us, Gonzalo Lira’s protracted, through-and-through unjust and entirely avoidable killing is yet another brutal sign that those who rule the West have no limits left.

    https://www.rt.com/russia/590587-gonzalo-lira-death-ukraine-zelensky/


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  48. mh says:

    Death of Gonzalo Lira, Crumbling Ukrainian Air Defenses, Growing Russian Military Capabilities

    The New Atlas
    249K subscribers

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwQCA7HK8xA


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  49. Old bloke says:

    Powerline’s The week in Pictures: Houthi & the Blowhard Edition.

    What is the Australia-Hungary picture about?


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  50. kaysee kaysee says:

    US Elections – Iowa

    1/
    Today marks the first step in the re-election of Joe Biden.

    If the Iowa results are replicated across the country and Trump is selected as GOP nominee, this time next year, Joe Biden or another Dem will be getting ready to be inaugurated as the 47th President of the US.

    I have provided the details of the magic 270 needed for a party to win the general election. Not happening with Donald Trump.

    Combine a cult following with the role of the media – both “conservative” and left wing – and you get the outcome that works well for the cult, the media and the Dems.

    In 2019-2020, the media and polls predicted a Trump victory.
    In 2022, it predicted a red tsunami.
    In 2023-24, Trump as GOP nominee and election winner.

    The media have been doing whatever they can to promote Trump or Nikki Haley.

    Media and Dems want Trump to be the GOP nominee. They want it badly. In some states, Dems are signing up to take up in the GOP caucuses and are voting for Trump or Haley.

    The Truth does not change. So I’ll keep posting facts for the truth-seekers.


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  51. kaysee kaysee says:

    2/
    a/
    James Uthmeier
    Campaign Manager James Uthmeier slams the “appalling” decision of the corporate media to call the race before all votes were cast
    .

    b/
    AP Rules
    The AP’s own rules forbid calling a race before polls close Tonight, AP called the Iowa Caucuses for Trump before some precincts even began voting
    .

    c/
    CNN
    CNN called Trump the winner of Iowa at 8:30 PM ET, before most of the state had even started voting.

    “CNN editorial policy strictly prohibits reporting winners or characterizing the outcome of a statewide contest in any state before all the polls are scheduled to close in every precinct in that state.”


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  52. kaysee kaysee says:

    From the CNN thread:
    d/
    ABC News called Iowa at 7:31 PM CT, before most of the state had even started voting.

    (The Rules)
    “ABC News will not project a winner until the last scheduled poll closing time in each state.

    .

    e/
    NBC News called Iowa at 7:33 PM CT, before most of the state had even started voting.

    (The Rules)
    NBC will name a “Projected winner” “only after all the polls are scheduled to have closed in that race.

    .

    f/
    Iowa precinct captain
    says Iowans saw that the race was called before they had even voted.

    “Crazy they started calling the election before everyone had voted.”
    .

    The media have done it before. They are doing it again.
    But this time is suits Maga. That’s what they think. So it’s okay.


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  53. kaysee kaysee says:

    3/
    (Sorry, too much italics in comments above. Hard to read. I didn’t realise it.)

    Here are some more twitter comments. If you want the links, I have them.

    g/
    I spoke before approx 400 Iowans today at a caucus site and DeSantis won. However, they were getting news alerts of a “trump victory” before speeches concluded or voting began.

    h/
    At the site where RonDeSantis was speaking in Dubuque, people were still waiting to be checked in when the media started making calls. No one had even voted.

    It’s extremely disrespectful to the voters.

    i/
    Absolutely outrageous that the media would participate in election interference by calling the race before tens of thousands of Iowans even had a chance to vote. The media is in the tank for Trump and this is the most egregious example yet.

    j/
    I’m at a precinct that hasn’t even voted yet, and the media are trying to call the race for Trump.

    k/
    The media needs Trump to be the nominee. They are putting their thumbs on the scale.

    l/
    Democrat media and Fox News are both in the tank for Trump. They know he is the most beatable Republican candidate in the general. Calling a race with less than 1% of the vote in is clear election interference. People still waiting to vote see that, think it’s over, and go home. It should be illegal to do.

    m/
    Right Wing media that needs Trump for views and ratings and a Left Wing media that needs Trump so they can kick his ass in the general because they know he’s the easiest to beat..


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  54. Eyrie says:

    So you don’t like Trump. We know. Give it a rest. Haley and De Satan are swamp creatures.


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  55. mh says:

    The Age

    Trump breezes through major test of comeback ambition at Iowa caucuses

    Trump’s win in Iowa, while expected, asserts his stronghold over the Republican Party


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  56. kaysee kaysee says:

    4/

    n/
    At my West Des Moines precinct (most densely populated suburb in Iowa)…..
    – 30% turnout
    – 23% of those who voted were democrats switching over (statewide it was 21% in 2016)

    o/
    Why on earth do we allow Democrats to vote in GOP caucus and primaries

    p/
    Unbelievable & irresponsible the corporate media is attempting to determine this race for Iowans.

    I just left a precinct that hadn’t even started voting yet… they’re so desperate to push their preferred narrative they’re disregarding Iowans & trying to make the choice for them.

    q/
    CNN, NBCNews, ABC, FoxNews all can now project Joe Biden as the winner of the 2024 Presidential Election. No need to vote folks. They called it.

    r/
    Agreed, I’d like to be one of the first to congratulate Joe Biden on his 2024 election blowout.

    The Maga cult can rejoice in what they see to be a victory for their god and their side.

    Those who can understand the Media games and what is to come will be shaking their heads.


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  57. kaysee kaysee says:

    So you don’t like Trump. We know. Give it a rest. Haley and De Satan are swamp creatures.

    When I am on this blog I try and post as much as I can, in the time I have. Sometimes, there are good comments that I want to respond to but, unfortunately, I have to skip them due to time constraints.

    One of my personal rules on this blog, as well as on the previous Sinc blog, has been to scroll past comments from trolls or those who post troll-like or throwaway comments that are not worth responding to.

    It is also a Free Speech blog so people are free to post anything, as long as it is within the blog rules.

    Now, Eyrie, you have been tossing in here comments that I have been scrolling past or ignoring. However, it may be time to respond.


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  58. kaysee kaysee says:

    So you don’t like Trump. We know.

    Clearly, your comment reveals that you have not seriously read the hundred+ comments that I have posted on the topic. I have provided a logical flow to show various events and circumstances as well as over two hundred links to back up my comments. There is a lot of research that has been done before those comments got posted.

    You have not taken the trouble to carefully read and understand what a commenter/poster has put up, but you come in and toss brief statements without relevant details to back-up your claims.

    I provided you with this advice in September.
    It would be worth following.


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  59. kaysee kaysee says:

    Give it a rest.

    I am 100% certain that Donald Trump is not a commenter on this blog. If he is, maybe he is using some other name. So I know I haven’t broken any blog rules in what I have posted.

    Are you sure you are following the blog rules?

    Apart from the above rules (details in Rules), it is a Free Speech site. It is not an echo chamber so if you don’t agree with what someone has posted you can say you disagree. You can explain why you disagree. You can question others about what they post. If you strongly believe in something you can comment about it. Post your opinions or post the opinions from other sites with links and names.

    You can comment on any subject even if it is not in the news and no one else is talking about it.

    You can write a Post on a topic that matters to you and can email it to me.

    That is what is called Free Speech. As long as the rules of respect are followed, in other words, everyone (except d**kheads) is welcome to post any topic on the site. This has worked well for many months as those who post also use self-moderation.

    You are now telling me what I can comment on, for how long, and when I should stop?

    If I give it a rest, will you come in each week and post around 30 – 40 comments?

    I don’t mind taking a lurking break.


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  60. kaysee kaysee says:

    Haley and De Satan are swamp creatures.

    I can post whatever I want on the blog as long as I am following the rules. The same applies to anyone else wanting to post here.

    If you don’t agree, you are free to disagree. In fact, I made this suggestion, in December and repeated in January.

    Would you like to take up my offer? The rules have been laid out. You explain your case why “De Satan” is a “swamp creature”.

    As I said in the debate rules, you can get 5, 10 or 100 people to be part of your team.

    I will be on the opposite team as one solo member.


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  61. Eyrie says:

    It’s just boring. You can post if you like, it just makes you look silly. Unless Trump dies, neither De Santis nor Haley will be the Repubs candidate. If by some misfortune they are, the Trump supporters will stay home on election day.


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  62. mh says:

    Trump Won – Natasha Owens (Official Music Video)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkA2_nijiyE


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  63. mh says:

    Jackson Hinkle 🇺🇸
    @jacksonhinklle

    🚨🇪🇺🇵🇸 BREAKING: The EU just passed a CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION for Gaza.

    VOTED AGAINST:
    🇦🇹 Austria
    🇨🇿 Czech Republic

    ABSTAIN:
    🇩🇪 Germany
    🇭🇺 Hungary
    🇮🇹 Italy
    🇱🇹 Lithuania
    🇳🇱 Netherlands
    🇷🇴 Romania
    🇸🇰 Slovakia
    🇸🇪 Sweden

    FOR:
    🇧🇪 Belgium
    🇧🇬 Bulgaria
    🇭🇷 Croatia
    🇨🇾 Cyprus
    🇩🇰 Denmark
    🇪🇪 Estonia
    🇫🇮 Finland
    🇫🇷 France
    🇬🇷 Greece
    🇮🇪 Ireland
    🇱🇻 Latvia
    🇱🇺 Luxembourg
    🇲🇹 Malta
    🇵🇱 Poland
    🇵🇹 Portugal
    🇸🇮 Slovenia
    🇪🇸 Spain


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  64. mh says:

    Israelis can’t… now do anything they want because they suffered during World War II. Yes, there was the Holocaust, it was a terrible crime, but there was also the genocide of all peoples in the Soviet Union.

    —— Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov

    Holocaust doesn’t give Israel impunity – Lavrov

    https://www.rt.com/russia/590887-holocaust-israel-lavrov-impunity/


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  65. mh says:

    Sulaiman Ahmed
    @ShaykhSulaiman
    BREAKING: MOTHER OF ISRAELI HOSTAGE SAYS HER SON SOLIDER RON SHERMAN WAS GASSED BY ISRAELI FORCES

    Her Statement:

    “The results of the investigation: Ron was indeed murdered, Not by the militants.

    Think more in the direction of Auschwitz and the showers but without Nazis and without militants as the cause.

    Not an accidental shooting, Not friendly fire. Premeditated murder.
    Bombs with poisonous gasses.

    Ron was kidnapped because of the criminal negligence of all the senior military and damned government officials who gave an order to eliminate him in order to settle a score with some militants from Jabaliya.

    Oh yes, and they also found that he also had several crushed fingers, apparently due to his desperate attempts to get out of the poison grave that the IDF buried him in when he tried to breathe air but breathed only IDF poison.

    My love.. May I die in your place.. What a nightmare you went through! Death in terrible agony!

    And all at the behest of the Israel Defense Forces, which you trusted and appreciated so much, and the government cabinet.

    There is no future for this country if this is what they did to you after they abandoned you that Shabbat.

    What was the decision if Bibi’s son was there in the militant’s tunnel or Gallant’s grandson?? Or the son of Herzi Halevi?

    Would they also have been poisoned with gas bombs?”

    Rest in peace, nobody should go like this.”

    https://x.com/ShaykhSulaiman/status/1747689524853940662?s=20


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  66. mh says:

    What was the decision if Bibi’s son was there in the militant’s tunnel or Gallant’s grandson??

    Bibi’s son is nice and safe in Ron DeZionist’s Florida:

    Where’s Bibi’s boy? Israeli soldiers blast Benjamin Netanyahu’s son Yair, 32, for ‘abandoning’ them by staying in Miami while 360,000 reservists are called up to fight against Hamas


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  67. kaysee kaysee says:

    1/
    I was told to Give it a rest. Not to post boring, silly-me comments.

    To be fair to the blog, its commenters and readers, I followed the instructions and did just that.

    While I was away, I thought there would be posters who would be rushing in to post a flow of exciting, interesting, intellectually stimulating, inspiring, fascinating, clever comments on this thread. I’ve been anxiously waiting for a De Satan is swamp creature debating team ready to take up all my comments on the subject and analyse, dismantle and tear to shreds each point with evidence to prove without doubt that Ron DeSantis is the spawn of Satan.

    And that Donald Trump is the Second Coming of Christ.

    What happened?

    Should I keep waiting? Or should the blog be shut down because its commenters can’t meet the high standards that are expected of it?

    Do I have permission to post my boring, silly comments once again?
    Or should I go back and rest some more?

    Quite amazing that those who contribute very little to keeping this show on the road, come in to criticise the ones who spend their time researching and sharing information, and keeping the threads alive.

    DeSantis is a globalist. DeSantis is a Rino. DeSantis is establishment.
    DeSantis is disloyal……

    Pity no one is willing to step up for a debate with me and provide the proof.


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  68. kaysee kaysee says:

    2/
    I think it is good for blog readers to ask questions, disagree and debate topics that are posted on the blog. It makes for good learning opportunities. But save me from d******* comments where the posters have not taken the trouble to read all that is posted, to think and to analyse before shooting out lazy comments.

    I would suggest to those who have no interest in facts and truth:
    Please scroll past my comments.
    If you can’t handle the Truth and you get triggered by it, don’t read my comments.

    It is not a safe space for those who have been brainwashed, gaslit and blindly follow narratives.

    This past week, I wondered whether I should just knock my head against the wall in frustration. Imagine spending hours in research, then putting it together to provide tons of info to explain topics, and realizing it was all for naught. I do not know everything about anything. But I do put in a great deal of time and effort to read, research and then to share it here on the blog. As info can change very quickly, I am happy if readers will let the rest of the blog know if they come across any updates and provide the new links.

    I’ve got time for those who have a serious interest in the topics we comment on, or any other, and want to discuss or debate. Or share their opinion. It was necessary to set my personal blog rules aside for that one instance, this week (and mentioned in one of my comments a few days ago) but it is now back in place. We have a real battle to fight with the enemy at the gates…. WEF, UN and their pals. I don’t have time for those who don’t GET the facts and realise what we are battling against.

    If you are not prepared to also put in the effort to read, understand, think, analyse what I have posted, especially some in-depth topics where I have spent hours researching and writing, but just toss in uninformed comments, don’t expect me to respond to you or respect you.


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  69. kaysee kaysee says:

    3/
    I did not support the Voice to Parliament, that makes me a Racist.
    I don’t believe in man-made global warming, that makes me a Climate Denier.
    I didn’t roll up my sleeves to get injected with poison, so I’m an Anti-Vaxxer.

    I’m not a wokeist, so I’d be classed as a Homophobe, Transphobe and Qwertyphobe.
    I’m a critic of a certain race that is incompatible with western culture, that makes me an Islamophobe.
    I don’t support Zelensky and Ukraine, so I’m a Putin apologist.

    I’ve seen through the Trump/Maga con, so I’m a Never Trumper/TDSer.
    (By some strange either/or binary logic, if I don’t support Trump, it means I must be a Dem supporter.)

    In recent months I’ve learnt that criticising the Israeli govt and its policies, especially related to Palestine and the murder of innocent civilians, makes me an Anti-Semite.
    (By some strange either/or binary logic, if I don’t support Israel, it means I must be a Hamas supporter.)

    I’ve also criticised the Vatican and the Pope, so I must be Anti-Catholic.
    Or would that be Cathophobe?

    Is that a complete list? Or maybe there are more labels?


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  70. kaysee kaysee says:

    4/
    The term Conservative no longer means what it used to mean. People and groups who are labelled Conservative may turn out to not be true to Conservative values.

    I think a better term is Truth-seeker. Someone who cares about the truth, finding the truth, and prepared to accept facts no matter what they previously thought about a topic.

    For example, you may come across a “Lefty”, who believes that wearing a mask protects a person from the Covid virus. But this person also cares about facts and truth, so is open to reason. Thus, you can describe to the person the size of the virus and the size of the pores in a mask and explain why the mask does not really offer protections. You can add illustrations and articles from science and medical journals that explain why masks are not effective. A truth seeker, whether having Lefty or Righty leanings, will see that he was wrong and will be glad to have learnt the truth.

    Now, we have people who call themselves “conservatives” You can provide them with facts. You can include links to videos, podcasts, articles, photos that are irrefutable evidence that what they believe is wrong. But they will not budge. They will point the finger at you and call you names.

    Know any Conservatives? Check if they subscribe to any or both of the following:
    a/ Maga Cult
    b/ Zionist Cult.

    Change the Conservative label to “conservative”.

    For readers on this blog, there have been loads of information posted here with links to trustworthy sources. Some of the sources are videos with direct quotes.

    Forget fake conservatives. Give me a Truth-Seeker, any day.


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  71. kaysee kaysee says:

    Neil Oliver:
    The Davos 3-pronged attack on our freedom!

    ‘… love the smell of Davos man’s fear in the morning….the fear of the globalists…’


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  72. kaysee kaysee says:

    Redacted News
    The WEF’s climate SCAM just got EXPOSED with facts

    The World Economic Forum is pushing their climate change agenda and the media is following suit but they don’t tell the whole story. There are a lot of questions a studious person should ask about the climate so we are going to ask them and show how it can be dangerous to prioritize sustainability and climate alarmism.


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  73. kaysee kaysee says:

    This week, Woo-lies tells us it is going to fly some flags on their buildings from next year.

    During my grocery shopping a few days ago, I took a short detour from my regular route and went to Coles instead of Woo-lies. While picking up the items on my list, I also checked out their Aussie Day merch section. Couldn’t find anything I wanted from what was available on the shelves, but I bought one item, anyway, to support the store for supporting Australia Day.

    If customers keep to their boycott, it could result in a Bud Lighting.

    Go Woke Go Broke: Woolies shares crash 4.47%, great news for Australians


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  74. kaysee kaysee says:

    I was surprised when I was reading an article and saw this photo.
    It seemed odd – Barron should have been on the other side of his father. His parents should have been together in the centre.

    In further news:
    The car-1
    .

    The car-2
    .


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  75. kaysee kaysee says:

    The hit list is not just of pollies who have endorsed DeSantis, but those in the media and on twitter who support RDS.

    THE HIT LIST GROWS EVERY DAY
    These traitors sold out Trump and the American ppl and will pay the consequences (politically)!

    This is the bio of the poster.


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  76. kaysee kaysee says:

    Not sure if this is an Official Campaign Promotional Video or an unofficial one. Maga rushes in to say that it is not an official promo but the poster, Monica, says it is from the official meme team.

    Monica is also on Andy’s HIT LIST.

    Related pics.

    Pic-1
    .

    Pic-2


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  77. kaysee kaysee says:

    Australian Open

    1/
    Serve it like Djoko?

    Heckler: “GET VACCINATED!”

    Djokovic: Pauses, serves then ACES it.

    .

    2/
    Journalist

    details here


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  78. kaysee kaysee says:

    Disease X

    Couldn’t fool the ‘conspiracy theorists’ with Covid, so now let’s try another.

    Dr WHO

    At the WEF meeting they now say that countries have to sign up to the WHO pandemic treaty to be prepared for “Disease X”.

    It’s all about TOTAL control

    .

    Bookmarked to watch later:

    The next pandemic

    THE NEW WORLD ORDER: Disease X is planned as was Covid-19. Bill Gates, Klaus Schwab, Tedros and many others are working with governments around the world to implement a one world government. The WEF is using fear of Pandemics, Climate Change and Wars.


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  79. kaysee kaysee says:

    1/
    From the river to the sea….

    Right or wrong?
    Depends on who says it.

    Israeli news channel has deleted the viral video of Benjamin Netanyahu saying:

    “In the future, the state of Israel has to control the entire area from the river of the sea

    .

    2/
    Israeli Refuseniks Forsake Army Despite Post-October 7 Nationalist Frenzy

    In Israel, nearly everyone is conscripted into the military when they turn 18, but Tal Mitnick refused. He became the first Israeli 18-year-old to conscientiously object to joining the Israel Defense Forces as nationalist sentiment soared during Israel’s assault on Gaza. In response, the government sentenced the teen to 30 days in prison, potentially with more if he continues to refuse. The sentence is out of step with the normal precedent: Many objectors in the past faced up to 10-day stints behind bars.


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  80. kaysee kaysee says:

    Denmark

    Last Sunday, Prince Frederik was proclaimed as the new king of Denmark after his mother Queen Margrethe II formally signed her abdication. He became King Frederik X. And our Mary became Queen Mary.

    Each Danish monarch has an official motto to mark their reign.
    Here’s the list going back to monarchs from 1839.

    How does our new King Frederik’s motto differ from the other monarchs with the exception of his namesake, Frederik VII?

    .

    Here’s a clue.
    From the UK.


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  81. kaysee kaysee says:

    A poll question on twitter:

    Does it matter if a politician is a serial adulterer?

    So far the poll shows Yes: 90%, No: 10%

    There are some good responses.
    Maybe some one with a twitter account could copy and paste some of the replies?


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  82. Old bloke says:

    Bill Gates’ Global Digital ID Agenda and Control of America’s Farmland – Seamus Bruner – 47 mins.

    Donald Trump (666) has said that there won’t be a central bank digital currency in the USA when he’s the President.


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  83. kaysee kaysee says:

    Neil Oliver
    ‘Is the TRUTH only what those with the most money say it is?’

    Neil Oliver expresses his concerns for the levels of power held by the wealthy at Davos and the impact this might have on ‘the value of human life.’


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  84. kaysee kaysee says:

    US Elections

    It is not easy to find either commentators (media) or commenters (sites/ social media) who have got it on both Trump and Israel. Often, it is just one or the other. But here’s one who gets both.

    David Clews (from the UK)

    Trump did ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to ‘drain the swamp’ when he was President so what makes you think he would do it this time?

    The hysteria and messiah like status being given to Trump is actually dangerous,

    People can believe in the pantomime of it all or they can look at cold hard facts.

    Trump is completely beholden to AIPAC, the ZOA and the wider Zionist lobby as well as big pharma and the military industrial complex.

    The problem isn’t who runs the USA the problem is the USA itself.

    Response from a commenter:
    Sometimes I despair when I realize that so many still see Trump as their saviour. He ‘drained the swamp’ by filling it with swamp creatures, rolled out Operation Warp Speed, and still is Israel First.
    .

    Trump- The Great Pretender?

    Clews makes some good points but sometimes he tends to ramble. So it needs to run on a quicker speed or just skim and scroll.


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  85. kaysee kaysee says:

    Full Immunity for a US President?

    This is ridiculous. Complete and total immunity “Even for events that cross the line”?

    So a sitting President can cross any line, break any law and they should be immune? Commit treason, overturn an election, kill a political rival, all covered under Presidential immunity? Would we be cool with that applying to a Democrat?

    A) This is absurd and ridiculous B) This reads like he’s guilty and he knows it

    Piers Morgan asks:

    So President Biden could order the immediate assassination of you, President Trump.. and be immune from prosecution?


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  86. kaysee kaysee says:

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

    Gaza, Holy Family Church
    Little angels

    Eight children from the parish of Gaza received their First Holy Communion, this month.

    .

    A Ponderable


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  87. kaysee kaysee says:

    Some details about the Gaza story above:

    For Christians in the Gaza strip, sacramental life continues even in the face of war. A group of eight children at Holy Family Church, the only Catholic church in Gaza, recently reached a major milestone in their faith journey: First Holy Communion.

    The kids, who have finished their First Communion preparation program despite the war, received the Eucharist thanks to members of the parish who made the Hosts.

    Holy Family Church has not closed its doors since the conflict began October 7, 2023, and continues to provide shelter for civilians caught in the crossfire.

    Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, complemented the parish’s resourcefulness, which has allowed it to continue its vital work for the community in the time of war. For example, when they could no longer procure Communion hosts, parishioners set up a production room where they could bake the bread themselves.

    Holy Family Church has been a place of refuge for many since October, and those who are sick remain in the church for safety and so their conditions can be monitored.


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  88. mh says:

    Zion Ron gone

    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, once seen as the most formidable opponent to Donald Trump in the Republican presidential primary, suspended his race Sunday and endorsed the former president.

    The move comes two days before the New Hampshire primary.

    DeSantis made the announcement in a video on X — the same social media platform where he did the glitchy rollout of his White House bid …

    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/ron-desantis-planning-drop-presidential-bid-sunday-rcna134953


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  89. Eyrie says:

    That is good news. Didn’t even stay for New Hampshire.


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