Open Thread – July 2023

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  1. Shy Ted says:

    Their ABC also told us there was a mass shooter in Philadelphia. Waiting for updates


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  2. mh says:

    Courier Paywall

    French marathon runner identified following tragic death

    Fresh details have emerged about a French national who died after collapsing 100metres from the Gold Coast Marathon finish line.

    I wonder what the fresh details are?

    Vax status?


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  3. Woolfe says:

    Kaysee,
    I’m on Twitter quite a lot and am not verified but have never reached my daily “limit”


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  4. Shy Ted says:

    Linda Burney at the Nat Press Club. She’s had a liquid lunch.


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  5. mh says:

    Palaszczuk on track to lose in 2024: poll

    Almost half of those polled believed Queensland was headed in the wrong direction as voters turn against premier Annastacia Palaszczuk.

    Qlders won’t turf out Labor until they see what they believe is ‘an alternative’. The LNP had this problem in the past, polling was good but QLD refused to elect them due to Lawrence Springborg. They eventually convinced Brisbane Mayor Campbell Newman to run.


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  6. mh says:

    Same as usual then

    Expect hell: ‘Feral’ abuse awaits Aussies amid Ashes saga

    Australia has been warned to expect a “feral” reception from the notoriously hostile Headingley crowd, who will be out to fiercely back their hometown hero Jonny Bairstow.

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    HARRY ENFIELD- THE YORKSHIREMAN

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY4tD2Hbg_A


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  7. Interested observer says:

    From behind the pay-wall – deliberate bureaucratic sabotage?

    Donald Trump Jr’s speaking tour of Australia has been postponed.

    Sharri Markson reported on Sky News on Wednesday that it is due to the former president’s son not obtaining the necessary immigration clearance ahead of his scheduled tour that was set to commence this weekend.

    “Turning Point wishes to advise that, due to unforeseen circumstances, Donald Trump Jr. Live, scheduled to appear in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne has been postponed,” a statement on the event’s official website stated.
    Tickets to all the events are also no longer available on Ticketek.

    It is understood Mr Trump’s visa application was submitted in May.

    It was confirmed on Wednesday that Mr Trump’s visa has since been granted by the Australian government.


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  8. mh says:

    Jonny Bairstow deserved to be out. | #TheAshes

    @FinalWordCricket

    https://www.youtube.com/shorts/N4OJt2Mwrj0


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  9. mh says:

    I would like to see what Trump Jnr is saying on Twitter. But Elon won’t let me.

    It was better under Jack Dorsey.


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  10. mh says:

    Courier Paywall

    ‘Her heart just stopped’: Tributes flow for beloved teen after sudden death

    The heartbroken mother of a Sunshine Coast teen and roller derby team member says she is being remembered as “the sweetest person you could meet” after her sudden death.

    Because of … ?


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  11. kaysee kaysee says:

    Kaysee,
    I’m on Twitter quite a lot and am not verified but have never reached my daily “limit”

    Woolfe,

    Until the Twitter blocks were set up last week, I was viewing posts on Twitter without a log in. I do not have an account of any kind – not registered, not verified. I don’t want to have to log in each time I want to check something on Twitter.

    If I get myself a log in to view tweets, it means that any links I post here can only be viewed by those who also have accounts and are logged in. I want to be able to read info quickly and then pass it on to others who want to be updated with news and links.

    I am not a trolling bot or an AI data scraper. I don’t want to interact with anyone on Twitter by replies, retweets or likes. I don’t have the time to read hundreds of posts each day or to post any.

    The reason for the problems is the large scale of interactions taking place. If Musk cannot find a way to allow unregistered users with a read-only access that allows reading, copying of links and tweets to share with others, it would be a pity. It becomes an exclusive club that limits the free access of information, especially for those who are supporters of free speech, especially conservatives.

    The need for a free flow and sharing of real news has never been greater than it is now.


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  12. kaysee kaysee says:

    How Military Industrial Complex Sets Media Narrative on Ukraine

    Wealthy donors have long funded think tanks with official-sounding names that produce research that reflects the interests of those funders . The weapons industry is a major contributor to these idea factories; a recent report from the Quincy Institute demonstrates just how much influence war profiteers have on the national discourse.


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  13. kaysee kaysee says:

    The make-believe qwerty world where two people of the same sex think that they can shop around, buy a baby and pretend that they a nice, happy family. If all goes to plan.

    When Surrogacy Goes Badly, There Are Never Any Winners

    This surrogate was faced with a decision most pregnant women hope they never have to face – saving one life at the risk of losing another. To make matters worse, the two intended fathers wanted her to abort the baby…..


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  14. kaysee kaysee says:

    The writer of the article, Adjunct Professor Dr Damien Cremean, has taught constitutional law for half a century. He raises an issue that he considers a serious problem. The conundrum is way beyond my pay grade.

    Print out this article. Carry it with you. If you meet a Yesserr, pose this challenge to them:
    If they can correctly answer all the questions, you will vote YES. If not, they should vote NO.

    Constitutional Conundrum

    The Referendum Bill to amend the Constitution to provide for the Voice is finally available, and it raises an issue that does not yet seem to have attracted any or much attention amongst its supporters. Or, if it has, they have kept quiet about it — which is not surprising.


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  15. mh says:

    London was NOT ‘Built by Migrants’, Mr. Khan

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7tJbROiCZY


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  16. kaysee kaysee says:

    Is it a woke film? Or is it worth watching?

    Worth It Or Woke

    A film review website has been launched with the sole purpose of weeding out and warning others of the wokeness in new and popular films.

    The brainchild of James Carrick, Worth It Or Woke promises to discern the deep from the deranged by applying a non-wokeness percentage rating to films.


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  17. mh says:

    Hello there

    EXCESS DEATHS – Establishment silence continues!

    Jeff Taylor

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4zPuoNs5Xo


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  18. johanna johanna says:

    If you really want to see what is on Twitter, why not open an account?

    Access to Twitter is not exactly a human right.


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  19. mh says:

    It just makes it crap, Johanna.

    Like when News Corp made everyone sign in to view the blogs of Bolt, Blair and Akerman. Within 12 months they were forgotten.


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  20. shatterzzz says:

    Until the Twitter blocks were set up last week, I was viewing posts on Twitter without a log in. I do not have an account of any kind – not registered, not verified. I don’t want to have to log in each time I want to check something on Twitter.

    I’ve been registered with twitter for years .. I don’t twit just read links .. never have to login as it is auto .. no different to coming on here to read …….


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  21. mh says:

    Challenging the Pandemic Treaty: Andrew Bridgen Speech at EU Parliament 04.07.23

    Andrew Bridgen MP

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


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  22. mh says:

    FWIW

    The Age

    … Another similar app, the Jack Dorsey-affiliated Bluesky, claimed to have had “record” traffic after Musk’s move to restrict usage at the weekend.

    Some in the industry have even referred to Threads as the “Twitter Killer”.

    But it is Zuckerberg’s Threads that will present the greatest challenge. It has been tied to Meta’s other popular social sharing platform Instagram. Those signing up for Threads can piggyback Instagram accounts by retaining their usernames and migrating their followers.

    According to data provided by German software company Sistrix, Twitter’s visibility has plummeted by 25 per cent in critical markets such as the UK (28 per cent drop), France (down 17 per cent), Italy (26 per cent fall) and Germany (25 per cent decline) since the weekend when its usage was restricted.

    Separate research by Evolving Digital shows that Twitter’s projected traffic in Australia dropped by 34.6 per cent over the past eight days, representing a loss of 3.3 million compared with the preceding week.

    Social media is the real battleground. Threads is a clear and present danger.


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  23. Interested observer says:

    From Power Line – BBC versus Israel

    This is a journalist?


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  24. johanna johanna says:

    Social media is not so much a battleground as a rpedator park.

    Guess who the prey are?

    Threads, the soon-to-be-launched app touted by Facebook (now known as Meta) as the “sane” alternative to Elon Musk’s Twitter, will — much like other Facebook apps — collect a dizzying array of details about its users.

    Screenshots of the app, which is available for pre-download on the App Store, shows it will collect data on users’ health & fitness, financial information, contact information, user content, browsing history, usage data, diagnostics, purchases, location, contacts, search history, identifiers, sensitive info, and more.

    But wait! There’s more!

    Google has announced that it now reserves the right to scrape virtually all content posted online to enhance its AI tools. The internet giant’s privacy policy now doesn’t just describe how the Masters of the Universe will use all your personal data in its products to generate ad revenue, but also explains it considers the entire internet fair game for its relentless data collection systems.

    Gizmodo reports that Google’s updated privacy policy has raised eyebrows in the tech world. The tech giant has made it clear that it reserves the right to use almost everything posted online to build and train its AI tools.

    While picking on Elon may be personally satisfying to some, he hardly rates compared to the big predators out there.


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  25. Shy Ted says:

    I can see Twatter stuff again. Yay.
    Their ABC tells us 130,000 Indian/Paki parents can’t join their skilled chillun here and the chillun might just have to go back to Shotholistan. I wonder what the real figure is when you take all the other ethnicities into account.
    Margo Robbie stars as the new Barbie. Merchandise already available


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  26. mh says:

    Shy Ted says:
    July 6, 2023 at 9:39 am
    I can see Twatter stuff again. Yay.

    Me too.
    The Elon shuffle.
    You put your right leg in, your right leg out
    In, out, in, out, you shake it all about


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  27. Old bloke says:

    John Ruddick is a newly elected member of the NSW Legislative Council representing the Liberal Democrats, and a former member of the Liberal Party. His maiden speech in Parliament has been rated by some as “the greatest speech ever made in Parliament”, there’s more than a little hyperbole in that claim but it’s a good speech nonetheless.

    The Greatest Speech Ever Made in Parliament – The Crowhouse – 33 minutes.


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  28. Old bloke says:

    Journos verbal gymnastics outweighs gymnasts gymnastics

    Another super-fit guy dies from an aneurysm at age 30. Jo Linder (never heard of him before) took the vaxx, four shots for heaven’s sake, then he had second thoughts about it.

    He went to his doctor and had his blood cleaned, he was attached to some machine which sucks his blood out and cleans it then returns it, and he was surprised by the amount of particles in his blood.

    He went through the same procedure six months later and this time the white gunk was in his blood.

    The Criminalization of Opinion – The Crowhouse – watch from the 11 minute mark.


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  29. JohnJJJ says:

    Rest easy according to the French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin foreigners were not the majority behind the unrest. Only 10 % are of non-French nationality. So there you go, it was Jacques and Pierre and their amis NOT Mohammed and Abdulla and their habibis….. er
    Fabulous example of Gov. misdirection. Obviously the 17 year olds are first generation and being, born in France, are therefore non foreigners. I wonder if they will publish the names of the thousands arrested.


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  30. mh says:

    This ages like wine thanks to Piers Morgan being the perennial dickhead

    That time Brett Lee absolutely shattered Piers Morgan’s ribs in the nets

    https://www.facebook.com/WideWorldOfSports/videos/that-time-brett-lee-absolutely-shattered-piers-morgans-ribs-in-the-nets/348394237211865/


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  31. mh says:

    JohnJJJ says:
    July 6, 2023 at 4:07 pm

    All western governments use that flawed argument when it suits.

    If you are 7th gen Aussie and want to climb a rock, they say no no no, you’re not a first Australian.

    A gang of Lebs targets white girls in Sydney for rape, the government say don’t bring race into it, they’re Aussies, born here!

    Government is shitting on your face.


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  32. mh says:

    When France was still France

    SID VICIOUS Take a chance on me

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XK5kjqOGL1k


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  33. kaysee kaysee says:

    Burning the books in Sweden

    1/
    Last week
    Protestors storm Swedish embassy after Quran burning

    Protestors in Baghdad have descended on the Swedish embassy following the burning of a Quran outside a Stockholm mosque. The Quran burning was performed by Salwan Momika, an native Iraqi, after the Swedish police deemed there to be not enough reason to justify banning the protest. As a response, hundreds of Baghdad residents turned protestor themselves, storming the embassy, climbing the walls and raising Iraqi flags on its roof.

    It is unclear what the current situation at the embassy is, however the Swedish embassy have told the media that everyone is safe. The protestors, acting on the orders of Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, are demanding the removal of the Swedish ambassador over the Quran burning.

    2/

    This week
    Fire-Mad Sweden:
    Scandinavians Set to Burn Koran, Torah and the Holy Bible in the Name of ‘Freedom of Speech’


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  34. kaysee kaysee says:

    Full-page anti-Voice advertisement in AFR

    The cartoon advertisement, published in the Australian Financial Review, was bought by activist group Advance


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  35. kaysee kaysee says:

    I’ve been registered with twitter for years .. I don’t twit just read links .. never have to login as it is auto .. no different to coming on here to read …….

    But anyone can come to this blog and read the content, copy links and repost elsewhere without logging in. They may not be able to see the “latest comments” posted, but that is due to a system bug not intentional blocking.

    Soon after Elon took over Twitter, it had the same open access as our blog. Until last week. As of today, it is possible to open links but still cannot “follow” accounts.


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  36. kaysee kaysee says:

    Some in the industry have even referred to Threads as the “Twitter Killer”.

    But it is Zuckerberg’s Threads that will present the greatest challenge.

    I have several old twitter links that I have saved so I will be able to post those here. But sharing of new links will not be possible unless I register. Should I take one for the team?

    Lefties don’t care about their privacy or how their data is used. Some of our Labor pollies have already posted on Zuck’s Threads and then displayed the screenshots to show them off.

    I can read posts on Gab without being logged in. Elon is losing users who are moving to other platforms. His promise of free speech was the draw card. I am still hopeful that he is cleaning out the rot, tracing the scrapers and will open up again.


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  37. kaysee kaysee says:

    So there you go, it was Jacques and Pierre and their amis

    Oui, oui. And now this is:

    French revolution 2.0


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  38. EofT says:

    The latest ‘Aussie Wire’, Topher Field’s news programme, has Sinc on as a guest (if you miss his insights) as well as Ed Dowd, who seems to be collecting some pretty horrific excess mortality numbers.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2CtA3J-ZZA


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  39. EofT says:

    Also, if you missed Dr John Campbell’s look at the increase in Type 1 Diabetes in young people in the UK, it’s worth a listen.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRohIT7-aik


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  40. mh says:

    Rainbow Pride stumps 🌈 flying everywhere at Headingly.

    Khawaja gone, following Warner’s early dismissal.


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  41. mh says:

    Smith gone 🙁


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  42. JohnJJJ says:

    OK, now hear me out…. Time for “OyVey23:  Voice for Jews.  I am voting כן. They need to be heard.

    We could have a Voice for every group. The Lebs, the Housos, the Mexicans, the Irish…. well maybe not the Irish.


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  43. mh says:

    Listen to me! Dan Andrews

    Danger Dan Reviews

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gs-5MJ3LKM


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  44. mh says:

    A quick-fire century from Mitch Marsh 🏏


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  45. Shy Ted says:

    Another tortuous First Inventors last night. Included a bit about David Unaipon who invented reciprocating shears, apparently. Read here about his oppression
    Not sure the FI fact checkers are doing their work well
    Not to demean his efforts, in fact quite a remarkable man but our Ab-betters might reflect on his life and learn a thing or 2 about the evil white man.


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  46. Shy Ted says:

    Excellent.
    It’ll be off limits in 3, 2, 1…


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  47. EofT says:

    ““Goodbye car ownership, hello clean air: welcome to the future of transport,” the WEF published on its website back in December 2016. The first step is to transition cars to electric under the guise of climate change. This will cause all vehicles to be dependent on the electrical grid, which the government controls. Yet, they never planned to stop at electric vehicles. They want full control over you and where you go. It was announced at the Summer Davos that the ultimate goal is to end 75% of ALL car ownership, including electric vehicles, by the year 2050.”

    https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/great-reset/wef-seeks-to-end-private-car-ownership-by-2050/


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  48. EofT says:

    One of the things my Hubby and I discuss around the coffee pot, is ‘what kind of narrative makes sense of what they are doing?’

    Electric cars is an obvious one because we have less electricity and more – far more – demand for it. One narrative that fits is that there will be far fewer people living in far smaller spaces with far less freedom.

    I’d truly love a bold journalist (huh) to ask the WEFites, “What if the people reject your ‘utopian’ future? What if they just say no?”


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  49. Woolfe says:

    I have a Cats List on Twitter for those that want to follow it. Contains the original cats, let me know and can add to it. Sanjeev seems to make up 90% of posts!


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  50. mh says:

    They were “youth” now they’re “young tradie”

    I’m happy with aspiring rapper.


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  51. mh says:

    Scott Ritter is educating a lot of Americans about their appalling government agencies

    THIS Is How NATO’s War On Russia Has FAILED w/ Scott Ritter

    FreshandFit
    1.44M subscribers

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iALsX9wgWmQ


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  52. Old bloke says:

    It looks like Hunter was sharing his snorting powder with his stepmum.

    It’s a mystery. – Paul Joseph Watson – 8 minutes.


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  53. Shy Ted says:

    Will it never stop?

    First Weapons Returning Boomerang
    7:32PM – 8:03PM
    In South Australia, host Phil Breslin, weapon maker Moogy Sumner and our team of experts unpack the science of Australia’s most iconic and scientifically complex weapon – the Returning Boomerang.

    Amazing. Throw it, takes out target, returns to sender. A whitefella boomerang would just fall to earth after hitting target. Magic. Science, even.


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  54. mh says:

    Root and Bairstow gorn.


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  55. mh says:

    …the science of Australia’s most iconic and scientifically complex weapon

    Good job the Americans are there for us.


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  56. mh says:

    Fun fact: Australia’s biggest export is boomerangs.

    It’s also our biggest import.


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  57. mh says:

    Warner out for 1 run, bowled Broad * surprise *

    Enough is enough.


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  58. mh says:

    England Cricket
    @englandcricket
    Number 17?

    You know the drill 😎

    #EnglandCricket | #Ashes

    https://twitter.com/englandcricket/status/1677316445410062338?s=20


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  59. mh says:

    British nationals celebrating their culture:

    Sunderland Global Media (SGM)
    @Sunderland_GM
    Do you recognise these young men?

    A horrific video has emerged online showing a gang of youths beating up a 13 year old boy as a group, before stealing his bike. The location is Neville Street, Pallion, and occured on Monday.

    https://twitter.com/Sunderland_GM/status/1676929675938107392?s=20


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  60. Shy Ted says:

    Two officers escape axe attack; NTPA say officers lives at risk due to police shortage
    A lack of police staff in remote areas is putting officer’s lives at risk, the union says, after an alleged attempted axe attack on two police officers in Wadeye last month, where sources told the NT Independent it was only through the intervention of the alleged attacker’s family that the officers escaped injury.

    Albo? Burney? What say you?


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  61. Shy Ted says:

    You vill eat ze bugs. Vot bugs?


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  62. Shy Ted says:

    Taxpayer funded garbage. on SBS WOrld Movies. It’s basically Dirty Harry with a blek o=wymmins blowing evrybody away. It has an on-set social worker and Production Psychiatrist?!
    This has an accurate review


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  63. kaysee kaysee says:

    Immigration stories

    1/
    The UK
    Getting worse

    Katie Hopkins on the Muslim takeover in the UK and the government tyranny supporting it:

    2/
    The Netherlands
    Looking hopeful

    Mark Rutte’s Netherlands government collapses over migration.

    The WEF puppet who is tormenting farmers with his “green policies” is finished.


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  64. kaysee kaysee says:

    A case story from Bettina Arndt. There is a lesson to be learnt from this incident, as explained in the final two paragraphs.

    All men are at risk in a society where women are taught to see men as potential predators, and the worst possible spin is put on even the most trivial sexual behaviour.

    I was recently contacted by a teacher who presented a textbook case of the vulnerability of men in this increasingly hostile climate.

    The man teaches in a private Christian school and described asking a female staff member if she would accompany him to the staff social club Christmas party.

    “She was initially quite enthusiastic but later declined. I let the matter rest and moved on,” he wrote.

    Or so he thought.

    But then came a most unwelcome surprise: “On the day of the party, I was summoned into the office of a supervisor who informed me in no uncertain terms that I was not to ever ask any fellow member of staff out on a date. If I did so, I would be investigated, and if I was found to have breached sexual harassment guidelines, then disciplinary action would ensue!” he told me.

    The teacher described how shocked and perplexed he was by this “heavy-handed response”. The supervisor presented him with a copy of the school’s sexual harassment policies which he examined and found nothing that remotely applied to his case.

    He then met with the HR manager, who took the school’s side. “She did not seem at all interested in my side of the story,” he said.

    The teacher explained that dealings with the lady in question were always cordial and respectful.

    “The woman did not lodge any complaint against me and is probably oblivious to the ensuing issues. My guess is that she innocently told a work colleague who then passed the information on to the principal,” he wrote.

    “So there is no complaint or breach lodged against me. However, I’m apparently not allowed to risk offending a lady by asking her out! I pointed out to the HR manager that I could, therefore, never find out if a woman would, in fact, act in a receptive manner because I couldn’t risk offending her.”

    This rare man wasn’t prepared to put up with this nonsense. He took the matter to the school’s governing body, telling them he was seeking legal advice.

    This promptly led to a discussion with the principal – “a very constructive conversation where an apology was given and the matter was resolved to my satisfaction. The principal had been unaware of the event taking place, and I believe the HR team were reprimanded appropriately”.

    Yes! That’s exactly what we need. What the teacher described as “a win for common sense” would never have happened if he had not pressed his case.

    “I believe we all have to show a little ‘grit’ when life’s events require,” he wrote, advice we’d all do well to follow.


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  65. EofT says:

    Del Bigtree, ‘The Pandemic of Lies’. He’s passionate about what he does.

    https://thehighwire.com/watch/


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  66. johanna johanna says:

    Ted, taxpayer funded movies have a 99% chance of failing at the box office, and that one is no exception.


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  67. Old bloke says:

    Mark Rutte’s Netherlands government collapses over migration.

    The WEF puppet who is tormenting farmers with his “green policies” is finished.

    That’s encouraging news, three cheers for the Dutch.

    Olaf Sholz’s government in Germany is on the nose with the voters, from out of nowhere the AFD (Alternative for Germany) is now the most popular political party in Germany. The centre left / far left / green coalition Sholz leads is headed to the bin, the centre right opposition party will need AFD support to form government next election, the Australian equivalent would be the Liberal Party establishing a coalition with One Nation to form a government.


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  68. kaysee kaysee says:

    Del Bigtree, ‘The Pandemic of Lies’. He’s passionate about what he does.

    We have reason to be hopeful because of people like Del, who have sacrificed their careers and opportunities to battle against the NWO. He has picked the issue of the Covid pandemic and the lies. He has founded the Informed Consent Action Network (ICAN), one of the main anti-vaccination groups in the United States. He has detailed data charts on all aspects of the virus and vaccines.

    The Big Pharma have secured themselves with non-liability clauses such as:
    No vaccine manufacturer shall be liable in a civil action for damages arising from a vaccine-related injury or death associated with the administration of a vaccine.

    Del is right. If the Pharma has ensured its safety from culpability, it may be time to find other ways to get accountability by confronting those who were responsible for allowing these convenient clauses.


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  69. kaysee kaysee says:

    CIA Agents Operating In Ukraine

    Anonymous US officials, quoted by a Newsweek report, claim that the CIA is actively engaged on the ground inside Ukraine – with American operatives spread out across the country.

    Former US intelligence officer and whistleblower John Kiriakou tells RT that Washington’s motives aren’t clear.


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  70. Shy Ted says:

    LAst day of NAIDOC week. (The D stands for day) which has become a week. The biggest load of BS was this –

    Compass – Changing Tides 11:00AM – 11:30AM
    Surfer, artist and Dharug man Billy Bain invites us on an immersive road trip along our majestic coastline which provides an extraordinary glimpse into our colonial past and frontier injustices.

    Man with tan drives his 4WD to various surfing spots and goes surfing. Gets the lightly tanned kids on surfboards too. Part of the oldest living culture apparently.
    Got his own website.
    Must pay well.


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  71. Perplexed of Brisbane says:

    mh says:
    July 5, 2023 at 5:09 pm
    Palaszczuk on track to lose in 2024: poll

    Almost half of those polled believed Queensland was headed in the wrong direction as voters turn against premier Annastacia Palaszczuk.

    Qlders won’t turf out Labor until they see what they believe is ‘an alternative’. The LNP had this problem in the past, polling was good but QLD refused to elect them due to Lawrence Springborg. They eventually convinced Brisbane Mayor Campbell Newman to run.

    Should have been Springborg. He seemed like a decent man and a genuine link with rural QLD. Newman was a total screw up who blew a massive majority.

    The LNP are so pathetic in QLD and they basically were in lockstep with the ALP over Covid, so stuff them too.

    Whoever we get won’t have the guts to can the Olympics so they’ll just jump on the gravy train too while services (especially for the regions) dwindle even further.

    A pox on all their houses.


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  72. kaysee kaysee says:

    Sound of Freedom

    1/
    Jim Caviezel:

    We hit 2 million tickets for Sounds of freedom! This is a representation of the children’s lives who will be saved. Please continue to share this message because God’s children are not for sale!

    2/
    New forms of censorship – post on Gab

    I don’t know very much about this Sound of Freedom film, but I saw a video earlier of a woman who went to see it with her friends and the AMC theater refunded her money before the showing without explanation.

    When she called AMC theater to ask about the refund, they told her it was because the air conditioner was broken.

    She was skeptical of this, so posted to tiktok and asked if anyone else was experiencing this and thousands of people commented with similar issues.

    Make of that what you will.

    3/
    The media


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  73. kaysee kaysee says:

    Neil Oliver:

    The reality that lies beneath the purveyors of “kindness and inclusion” is hatred.


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  74. kaysee kaysee says:

    Richard Vobes can’t talk about it. On YouTube.

    As mentioned above (6:32), there are attempts to shut it down. If the media cared about the safety of all children, it should be freely talked about so everyone becomes aware of the evil topic.

    It may get censored because the viewers know what he is talking about and have commented on it.

    But I can’t talk about it

    This is a tricky one for me because this is something must be addressed, but we can’t actually talk about it.


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  75. shatterzzz says:

    I watched SOUND OF SILENCE, yesterday, and, originally, thought it was a doco but it’s a fairly standard movie with paid actors .. other than the theme no different to other dramas like the Neeson TAKEN lot .. it’s not until the end credits where they explain the reality of the plot is based on a true story .. tho, obviously, the true story is only skimmed on the surface in the movie …..!


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  76. mh says:

    Dave Warner has to go.

    Australia lost the third Test, but there were heroic efforts from Marsh, Head, and Starc.

    It’s unfair on Warner’s team mates to have to carry him.


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  77. mh says:

    Eva Vlaardingerbroek
    @EvaVlaar
    A man just won “Miss Netherlands” 2023.

    Considering the fact that we live in a post-Truth world, I wasn’t even expecting anything else. It’s all so predictable and unoriginal at this point.

    https://twitter.com/EvaVlaar/status/1677976646148554753?s=20


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  78. mh says:

    The Age

    David Warner 3/10
    After doing his bit at the top of the order on slow pitches at the start of the series, a speedier surface at Headingley thrust Warner back into a familiar rut against Broad. There was enough movement and carry in each innings for Warner to edge Broad into the slips, where each time he was well pouched by Crawley. These dismissals and their manner left Warner looking somewhat bereft after his second innings, and his future in this series is now more than open to question.


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  79. Shy Ted says:

    Good news. Michael Smith has had his open heart surgery and is well on the mend, he’s blogging again. Most excellent piece with Linda Barmey, or maybe, Burney, saying Abwymmins are wanting to give birth “on country, having seen their Abmidwives regularly throughout their pregnancy”. Stunning. And not to forget, brave. Proud, even.
    In remote areas and to a slightly lesser extent rural ones it has been practise to strongly encourage Abpregnantwymmins to get to the major hospital at 36 weeks because their pregnancies and births are so complicated, as you’d expect after 8 months of smoking, drinking, drugging, DV, poor diet, STDs and so on. Many do but places like Alice, Cairns, Darwin, Katherine, Broome, Adelaide also have attractions like bottle shops and this can be a great distraction from the intended 4 weeks of commitment to health. Having worked in many of these places I’m still to meet my first Abmidwife.
    From the pics it’s clear that the criteria for Aboriginality has gone walkabout(and they’re very young). I suspect the truth is in that number 1714 at the bottom. How can that possibly be? 1714 Abnursingstudents being attributed both clinician and non-clinician status. I know for a fact (cos I’ve met them) that a number of Abhealthworkers are qualified nurses but work in a non-clinical role as Abhealthworkers because they didn’t rally pass, more were “mentored” through uni where the “completed” the training rather than “passed”.
    Last time I was involved in the sham was a 2 hour mental health nursing lecture where I refused to sign off as “completed” on any of them because they had so little base knowledge. But they all “completed” anyway and went into non-clinical health promotion and “academic” roles. One is now a Professor of Nursing and Director of Nursing but has never done a day on the wards.
    Some quite different numbers here
    Rhodanthe here but that was a very long time ago when the evil missions and patriarchal institutions turned out competent Abnurses.


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  80. Shy Ted says:

    I’m halfway through watching the Barmey address to the Nat Press Club last week. I think an awful lot of politicians are so removed from the populace that they are simply out of touch but she takes it to a new level.


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