Open Thread – July 2023

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  2. Old bloke says:
    July 10, 2023 at 12:10 pm

    Gerard Rennick gone.

    One of the very few worthwhile elected members of the LNP has lost his endorsement for the next election. Why would anyone bother voting for the LNP?


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  3. Old bloke says:
    July 10, 2023 at 12:18 pm

    WE live in an age of pretence, blokes in frocks pretend to be women and Anglo-Celtic women pretend to be Aboriginal nurses.

    From Shy Ted’s link on the previous page.


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  4. Interested observer says:
    July 10, 2023 at 3:09 pm

    From behind the paywall – a reality check

    The opening of a freeway extension in Perth’s northern suburbs was interrupted on Sunday when an argument broke out between two Indigenous men over who had the rights to conduct the traditional smoking ceremony.

    The incident occurred at the Romeo Road ribbon cutting ceremony that was being conducted by Transport Minister Rita Saffioti.

    The premiere of the $232m, 5km project was halted – again.
    This time it was an awkward cultural stand off, not construction delays which plagued the extension which previously held things up.

    “I don’t need permission off you or anyone else, this is my country too,” one of the Indigenous representatives said.

    “Neither do I,” the other man replied as the minister backed away while other Labor politicians, including WA’s Attorney General John Quigley, look bemused.

    “I thought you fellas were from Moora,” one man said.

    “Well, you thought wrong,” the other replied.

    Other Elders had to step in to placate one man, telling him: “You’re included in this, alright?”

    “Well, it doesn’t seem like it,” he replied.

    Ms Saffioti was asked about the incident as it played out.

    “It’s very interesting. Obviously there’s a lot of Aboriginal groups with history in this area,” she told 7 News Perth before blaming her department for “handling” the booking.

    The Australian has contacted Ms Saffioti.

    It’s the second cultural issue that has plagued the Cook government in as many days.

    On Saturday, a tree planting exercised was cancelled in Geraldton after a “respected local knowledge holder” stepped in citing WA’s new Aboriginal cultural heritage laws which came into effect on July 1.

    The individual did not have any authority to do so according to Aboriginal Affairs Minister Tony Buti.


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  5. mh says:
    July 10, 2023 at 4:47 pm

    Terry McCrann
    Goodbye Lowe: New RBA governor within days
    The PM and Treasurer will announce the next RBA governor this week and I can confidently share it won’t be Philip Lowe nor our current ‘minister for energy idiocy’.

    What does Dim Jim believe Lowe did wrong?

    If the Treasurer tells us, then we can judge the next governor on that criteria.


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  6. mh says:
    July 10, 2023 at 5:35 pm

    Put the Kool Aid down, moron

    Albanese, standing in front of Berlin’s Brandenberg Gate which has become a national symbol of peace and unity, told reporters Stoltenberg was “a friend of Australia”.

    “We need to remember the role that NATO is playing. There is a land war in Europe,” he said.

    “This is a war about the international rule of law, about whether a large nation can seek to impose its will on a smaller nation. This is about national sovereignty. This is about the people of Ukraine, struggling to defend their democracy and their sovereignty.”


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  7. mh says:
    July 10, 2023 at 6:01 pm

    Mike Jones formerly of iEarlGrey trying to beat the Big Tech censors

    Russia Captures Intact Storm Shadow Missile. U.S To Supply Cluster Munitions.

    Foreign Agent TV

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4uR8e8dYPE


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  8. Cold-Hands says:
    July 10, 2023 at 6:35 pm

    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!

    I have not received any response from twitter as to why my account @_ColdHands_ did not benefit from the so-called ‘amnesty’. Given that the original offending tweet just repeated word-for-word a tweet I used twice before (here & here), & the only difference was that the ‘offending’ tweet was in response to one of Albanese’s tweets, I am suspicious that my account was suspended following a request made by the Albanese government to silence social media dissent- and, presumably, that is why I did not enjoy the amnesty. I see from the post-Dorsey “Twitter Files” that the Australian government did request account suspensions & post censorship during the ‘pandemic’.


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  9. Shy Ted says:
    July 10, 2023 at 6:39 pm

    ABC rating not low enough? Presenters not loathed enough?

    Four Corners – Blocked
    8:30PM – 9:26PM
    The battle over youth gender care. Patricia Karvelas breaks open the debate, navigating polarised arguments and scientific research on issues including medical interventions, puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones.


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  10. kaysee kaysee says:
    July 10, 2023 at 6:55 pm

    Gerard Rennick gone.

    One of the very few worthwhile elected members of the LNP has lost his endorsement for the next election. Why would anyone bother voting for the LNP?

    Cairns News article:

    The Herald gleefully jumped on the Rennick story last week, signalling trouble ahead for the not-quite-woke-enough Peter Dutton. “Rennick’s loss means Opposition Leader Peter Dutton, who wrote an endorsement for Rennick, will no longer need to deal with the negative media attention attracted by the maverick’s conspiratorial claims,” the paper reported.

    If the endorsement from the leader of the Liberal Party is not worth the paper it is written on, then Dutton is just a puppet. Maybe that explains why he is not-quite-woke but also not-quite-conservative.

    Dutton, along with Birmingham and Taylor have been critical of Labor for not doing enough for Ukraine.

    Good on ya, Dutton. Encourage Labor to hand over more taxpayer dollars to your pal Zelensky. Aussies have plenty of spare cash. Yeah, Putin is the bad guy.


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  11. kaysee kaysee says:
    July 10, 2023 at 6:59 pm

    The opening of a freeway extension in Perth’s northern suburbs was interrupted on Sunday when an argument broke out between two Indigenous men over who had the rights to conduct the traditional smoking ceremony.

    *Time for a smoko break.

    (*As Cold-Hands is having computer problems, I am just the Temp filling in. Maybe the comics will resume soon?)


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  12. kaysee kaysee says:
    July 10, 2023 at 7:23 pm

    One of the important news items that we have to be concerned about as it could affect our freedom of speech – the Disinformation Bill.

    Some articles on this subject.

    1/
    LSJ Online
    New legislation to combat online misinformation

    2/
    Spectator
    Free speech dying

    3/
    Sydney Criminal lawyers
    Will New Federal Laws Protect Us From Disinformation
    or Serve to Silence Political Dissent?


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  13. Cold-Hands says:
    July 10, 2023 at 7:31 pm

    Should be back to normal daily comics tomorrow when the monthly data limit resets.


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  14. kaysee kaysee says:
    July 10, 2023 at 7:35 pm

    Now here is the Action part.

    ACMA Disinformation Bill 2023

    4/
    What is this bill?
    Communications Legislation Amendment
    (Combatting Misinformation and Disinformation) Bill 2023

    5/
    The government wants your feedback.
    Exposure draft of the Communications Legislation Amendment

    We want to hear your feedback on the proposed legislation. It’s easy to have your say—simply read the exposure draft Bill and the supporting documents and:

    – Make a submission below by clicking the ‘Have your say’ button.
    – Email us in writing, via video, or by sending an audio recording to information

    See the link for details. Submissions opened on 24 June and end on 6 August 2023. It is easy to sit back and complain. Or we use the opportunity to let the government know what we think.

    6/
    In addition to the above:
    Contact your MPs
    Tell MPs: Protect Freedom of Speech – Oppose the ACMA Disinformation Bill 2023


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  15. kaysee kaysee says:
    July 10, 2023 at 7:45 pm

    I am suspicious that my account was suspended following a request made by the Albanese government to silence social media dissent- and, presumably, that is why I did not enjoy the amnesty.

    Cold-Hands, your links show up as “this page doesn’t exist.”

    I will explain the situation from what I picked up on various Twitter posts and other news.

    To save costs, Musk reduced the staff. In the pre-Musk censorship, there must have been different algorithms used to block out “offending tweets.” I think that there may still be some lefties there who are trying to interfere with his free speech policy.

    The reason you are still suspended is most likely because you are lost in the system. I have read complaints of well-known people who are still blocked like Dr Zev Zelenko’s brother. There have been some posters with high viewership who were getting blocked or shadow-banned but because of their “status” they were able to get Musk’s attention either directly or via their other high profile friends. This helps them get unblocked.

    Musk has been losing a lot of money running Twitter, and he is having problems making advertising dollars as the woke advertisers don’t like the free speech which hurts the feelings of the wokesters. How is he going to solve the problems and still have a free speech platform? Does he have a plan? He is trying to get more paid blue check accounts but that won’t bring in the revenue needed.


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  16. mh says:
    July 10, 2023 at 7:50 pm

    Courier Paywall

    Hostile Ashes crowd ‘worse than bikies and killers’

    Journalist Danielle Gusmaroli has covered riots, been teargassed and interviewed rapists, murderers and bikies, yet what she witnessed at the third Ashes test shook her. Read what happened

    Danielle Gusmaroli in Leeds

    Well it is Leeds.


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  17. kaysee kaysee says:
    July 10, 2023 at 7:58 pm

    Musk wants users to sign-up. So I decided to give it a go and tried to sign up. To ensure that you are a real person and not a bot, there is an authentication system. After completing that, it fizzles out. I don’t know if the servers are busy or down or there are bugs/system errors.

    If any of you like challenges, try it out. You don’t have to give your real details if you just want to test it and see what happens.


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  18. Cold-Hands says:
    July 10, 2023 at 8:32 pm

    Cold-Hands, your links show up as “this page doesn’t exist.”

    Makes sense. Given that my account is still suspended, only Twitter & I will be able to view them.


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  19. mh says:
    July 10, 2023 at 9:41 pm

    More Mike Jones aka iEarlGrey:

    INTERVIEW: Russia is demilitarising Ukraine and Nato | MOATS with George Galloway Ep 254

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaZn1KoNLpY


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  20. mh says:
    July 11, 2023 at 7:25 am

    Hottest Evah!

    Parts of Queensland have recorded their coldest morning in years as a big chill grips the state, with the apparent temperature plunging to a freezing -7.7C on the Granite Belt.


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  23. johanna johanna says:
    July 11, 2023 at 2:41 pm

    Biden – how embarrassment!

    How his ‘suppporters’ can bear this charade is difficult to fathom.


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  24. mh says:
    July 11, 2023 at 5:04 pm

    How his ‘suppporters’ can bear this charade is difficult to fathom.

    His ‘supporters’ won’t mind – his supporters being the deep state and the elites they work for. Biden is right on track in delivering their agenda – WW111. 💥 ☠️


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  25. mh says:
    July 11, 2023 at 5:18 pm

    Mr President, cluster munitions – why now?

    Ian Miles Cheong
    @stillgray
    Joe Biden wasn’t supposed to say the quiet part out loud: “We’ve run out of ammunition”. But now that the cat’s out of the bag, one must ask whether continued support of Ukraine’s military is even feasible as the conflict rages on.

    https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1678012747513200640?s=20


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  26. mh says:
    July 11, 2023 at 6:03 pm

    “I Was Slapped With A Female Penis!”

    The Jimmy Dore Show

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


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  27. mh says:
    July 11, 2023 at 6:38 pm

    US cluster bombs deal is clear signal that war is not going well for Ukraine

    America risks losing the moral high ground by supplying Ukraine with a weapon banned by much of the world, so why are they supplying it?

    Mark Stone
    US correspondent @Stone_SkyNews

    https://news.sky.com/story/us-cluster-bombs-deal-is-clear-signal-that-war-is-not-going-well-for-ukraine-12917101


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  28. mh says:
    July 11, 2023 at 6:39 pm

    Dammit, I keep getting the tags wrong.


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  29. mh says:
    July 11, 2023 at 8:23 pm

    Judging Freedom – without the ads

    The Russians regard it as NATO’s Trojan Horse and WILL DESTROY IT

    Douglas Macgregor S.C.
    95.1K subscribers

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-R19zba1k4


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  30. mh says:
    July 11, 2023 at 9:17 pm

    Was Cocaine ACTUALLY FOUND at the White House? | Flyover Clip

    https://www.banned.video/watch?id=64ad29e865c2d1badbcb0eb5


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  31. Shy Ted says:
    July 12, 2023 at 9:36 am

    4chan has identified the prominent BBC presenter who likes boys. I’m not sure I dare link to it. Typical leftie journo.
    Oh, alright then


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  33. Shy Ted says:
    July 12, 2023 at 9:41 am

    Sabra Lane reading the news from Hobart. Why? Taxpayer funded holiday.
    Scientists are going to glue the Great Barrier Reef back together with plant glue and underwater robots. All 2000kms of it!
    GUmmint fails to secure FTA with EU


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  36. Shy Ted says:
    July 12, 2023 at 10:16 am

    My place is your place
    or as 1 commenter says –

    So in Lismore hospital now, the maternity ward is full of blackfella art, the rooms all have blackfella names, there’s a separate “culturally safe” room, presumably for blackfellas, etc etc so that black women will be “better connected to culture and country” while giving birth.

    The thing is, even up here the blackfellas are well down in low single digits as a percentage of the population. So now, the 90+% of white women giving birth are totally culturally excluded so that the black women are culturally safe, whatever the f that means.


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  38. Old bloke says:
    July 12, 2023 at 1:41 pm

    America risks losing the moral high ground by supplying Ukraine with a weapon banned by much of the world, so why are they supplying it?

    It’s been apparent for some time now that NATO can’t supply the artillery ammunition which Ukraine needs to fight Russia. NATO has nearly exhausted their stocks and they can’t match Russia’s prodigious military output, analysts say that the combined US and European output is sufficient for only one week of every month of Ukrainian’s current usage.

    The cluster bomb shells story is the same as Britain’s spent uranium artillery for the Challenger tanks they sent to Ukraine. Britain sent that artillery as they are very low on normal high explosive rounds for their tanks which they probably want to retain for training purposes in England. They wouldn’t want to spoil England’s green and pleasant fields with radioactive debris.

    The problem NATO has is that they aren’t capable of fighting a conventional war with a peer adversary, they have spent too many years fighting little brown people in faraway countries who don’t have modern weapons.


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  39. johanna johanna says:
    July 12, 2023 at 1:48 pm

    Never change, Ted. 🙂


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  41. kaysee kaysee says:
    July 12, 2023 at 7:21 pm

    ACMA Disinformation Bill 2023

    I’ll keep linking and posting about this till the deadline date of August 6.

    I hope that some of you will take up the battle by making submissions (Having your say) as well as contacting your MPs/Senators, especially in marginal Labor seats. Including Teal Pocock who has balance of power in the Senate.

    If you want to do your part, but don’t know what to write or say because you are thinking:
    What can I say in the submission to make my case? Or what do I say when I contact politicians?

    Let us get into this project together. Starting up this draft list with some ideas. If others can help with suggestions, post them and I’ll put them together. It is important to always be polite when contacting the pollies or making submissions, and to find a way to make points that sound reasonable. If you use any info on this open list, please rewrite and rephrase so it doesn’t all sound similar.

    Reasons for opposing the bill
    I am against this Disinformation Bill because:

    – Posters on online platforms should be free to write their opinions about matters that concern them regarding the economy, politics, world events.

    – Those who are readers on these platforms should not believe everything they read, unless it is from a source they trust. It is up to the reader to decide what is real information and what may just be the poster’s impressions.

    – We live in a democracy so we should be able to speak without censorship.

    – Who decides what is truth and what is untruth?

    – Why should we be afraid to share our views on any topic?

    It would be useful to add some examples, like:

    1/
    One person may be using solar panels and in their estimate believe that solar panels are good and save money on power bills.
    Another person may have found that solar panels are expensive and they increase the cost in power bills.

    Who is going to decide which person is providing information and which one is disinformation or misinformation?

    2/
    Some people may be of the opinion that the Prime Minster is doing a good job of running the country.
    Others may think he is a terrible Prime Minister.

    Are people allowed to have their opinions?

    3/
    If someone posts some information online that is misinformation or disinformation, then others should use the platform to provide the correct details. That way there is no need for ACMA to be deciding whether something that has been posted online is mis/dis information.


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  42. kaysee kaysee says:
    July 12, 2023 at 7:32 pm

    To protest against the LA Dodgers, Bryson Gray came up with this song, which at the end of June was
    the #1 digital song in the rap genre on BILLBOARD this week and #3 in ALL GENRES.

    Bryson Gray
    Reclaim The Rainbow

    “It’s written in the first book of Genesis, till Satan perverted it,” the song begins. “Reclaiming the rainbow, a promise that comes from God.”

    “They turned the rainbow to sin, but they don’t even know what it means,” the first verse goes. “It is a promise … God said He would no longer flood the earth.”


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  43. kaysee kaysee says:
    July 12, 2023 at 7:46 pm

    From the Tucker show:

    Andrew Tate explains how migration is purposefully destroying western nations…and he explains how it’s only happening due to the lack masculinity…


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  44. kaysee kaysee says:
    July 12, 2023 at 7:48 pm

    World Wreckers in one photo

    War criminals acting like righteous leaders of the free world


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  45. Old bloke says:
    July 12, 2023 at 9:32 pm

    World Wreckers in one photo

    Was there a list of the people in that photo? I could recognise only about half of them. There are currently 31 nations who are members of NATO, yet I counted 33 people in that photo, and that photo doesn’t appear to include NATO functionaries such as NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg who wasn’t in the photo.


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  46. mh says:
    July 12, 2023 at 11:21 pm

    Tucker Carlson
    @TuckerCarlson
    Ep. 9 The Andrew Tate interview

    Jul 12, 2023
    42.6M Views

    https://twitter.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1678873144201818115?s=20


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  48. Shy Ted says:
    July 13, 2023 at 9:22 am

    We’re meant to try and keep fit as we get older so arm wrestling came to mind. Best buy ever
    When June is over and you’re going home


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  49. Shy Ted says:
    July 13, 2023 at 9:48 am

    Australia has again extended its military support to Ukraine, with the Prime Minister Anthony Albanese pledging another 30 Bushmaster vehicles at a cost of $100 million.

    Bushmasters can cost anywhere between $500,000 to $2.4 millon

    $100,000,000/300 = $3,333,333.
    Hmm.
    They’re not very green –

    In the soft sand of Afghanistan, where the Bushmaster has achieved a strong share of the heavily contested mine-resistant vehicle market, fuel use can quadruple. Yes, we’re talking 200 L/100km.

    Maybe the missing $30,000,000 is vehicle registration and third party insurance. That would explain it.
    Must check how that $105,000,000 we gaev to Vietnam for renewables is going.


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  50. Shy Ted says:
    July 13, 2023 at 9:53 am

    Horror rap sheet of Qld 11-year-old deemed too dangerous to be free
    A violent 11-year-old Queensland boy who has faced court five times this year has been refused bail after new alleged offending resulted in 23 charges.

    Paywalled.


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  51. Shy Ted says:
    July 13, 2023 at 9:57 am

    Was I right or was I right about the ABC chappie?
    Huw Edwards has been named by his wife as the presenter linked to allegations
    Photos for 35K!!!! There’s more to this story. Tell us more wifely unit.


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  52. JohnJJJ says:
    July 13, 2023 at 10:24 am

    Another crystal clear historical/military assessment by Col Macgregor on now.


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  53. Shy Ted says:
    July 13, 2023 at 10:26 am

    New ABC show. What commenters think –

    I decided to watch the new ABC “comedy” Gold Diggers. It’s the product of a couple of trendy female “comedians” and I was sure it would be an utter load of bullshit and would leave me stony-faced.
    I was correct. Inner city lesbians probably find it hilarious, but it’s just not funny. It’s like one of those fat female comedians whose set consist of ranting about her vagene and why men won’t have sex with her.

    Two women move from Melbourne to the Victorian Goldfields in the 1850s. All dialogue and characterisation uses current language. It’s supposed to be a hilarious juxtaposition of current Melbourne hipster vibe in an 1850s setting. It’s as funny as a current Melbourne hipster vibe. For intersectional woke points, it features a female aboriginal dwarf, or what looks like one.

    So not as hilarious as Hannah Gadsby..?

    Shy Ted’ comment – it’s so bad you’ve got to watch at least one episode.


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  54. Shy Ted says:
    July 13, 2023 at 10:30 am

    Destroying the evidence

    Julian Gillespie is a retired lawyer and former barrister who has come out of retirement to fight a new legal battle, aiming to put an immediate stop to the vaccines in Australia which could be a real game-changer.

    Go you good thing


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  55. Shy Ted says:
    July 13, 2023 at 10:33 am

    Healthy 11 year olds don’t die from the flu. A functioning immune system routinely takes care of it.


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  56. shatterzzz says:
    July 13, 2023 at 11:53 am

    “Must check how that $105,000,000 we gaev to Vietnam for renewables is going”
    That worked the Viet furglewit it was freeing is back in Melbourne….


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  57. Old bloke says:
    July 13, 2023 at 1:55 pm

    The Ukrainians didn’t wait long before using the cluster bomb artillery shells. They shelled a small town (population around 30,000) called Tomak in the Zaporizhzhia Oblast yesterday.

    Like their missile attacks on the civilian populations in the Donetsk Oblast for the last ten years, they waited for around 15 minutes after the first attack till the ambulances and fire trucks arrive on the scene to remove the injured, then they fire a second round of shells, the first-responders being their primary target.

    Zelensky lashed out at the NATO leaders in Vilnius yesterday as they didn’t show him sufficient respect, what respect does he think he should get?


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  58. Old bloke says:
    July 13, 2023 at 1:59 pm

    On the topic of the green dwarf from Kiev, I read a funny comment recently about his career as an entertainer.

    Unfortunately his hopes to be a world famous pianist failed as he couldn’t reach the black keys on the piano keyboard.


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  59. mh says:
    July 13, 2023 at 2:26 pm

    Is there any way of the public finding out the Covid vax status of these Aussie kids dying from the flu?


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  60. mh says:
    July 13, 2023 at 4:51 pm

    Age columnist pleads with the GOAT – stop being so Serbian!

    Opinion
    Wimbledon
    Novak, enough with the Balkan politics and anti-vax views. And please, try to lose more…

    Djokovic is like a pianist who is flawless but moves nobody to tears. To win the heart of the crowds like Federer, he must change.

    Alan Attwood
    Contributor


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  61. mh says:
    July 13, 2023 at 5:54 pm

    The Coroner’s in town

    The influenza B death of an 11-year-old Noosa schoolgirl will be investigated by the coroner, the Health Minister has confirmed.

    I’d like to hear what vaccines this girl was given in the last two years.


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  62. kaysee kaysee says:
    July 13, 2023 at 7:01 pm

    GB News has been running this Don’t Kill Cash campaign and the petition has 212,261 signatures so far.

    Britain is fast becoming a cashless society. In the wake of the Covid pandemic, more and more shops, cafes and pubs are choosing to only accept card payments. And with the rise of Apple and Google Pay, vulnerable people who rely on cash are increasingly being left behind by the relentless march of technology.

    More than five million adults still rely on cash in the UK and it’s used in six billion transactions every year, but there are strong vested interests pushing for it to be permanently replaced by debit and credit cards and other electronic payments. These cost you more in the long-run and enable 3rd parties to track you and your spending.

    I call on the Government to introduce legislation to protect the status of cash as legal tender and as a widely accepted means of payment in the UK until at least 2050.

    Cashless society sparks outrage


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  63. kaysee kaysee says:
    July 13, 2023 at 7:09 pm

    More reasons to Vote NO.

    Sponsored by WEF

    New Zealand is pushing Māori patients up surgery waiting lists to fight inequality


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  64. kaysee kaysee says:
    July 13, 2023 at 7:19 pm

    Rachael Wong

    Labor’s misinformation bill allows the Govt to define truth & shut down those it disagrees with. Given its inability to accurately define basic terms like ‘woman’, do we really trust it to be the arbiter of truth? Nope.

    HAVE YOUR SAY before it’s too late


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  65. kaysee kaysee says:
    July 13, 2023 at 7:24 pm

    Wondering what to cook for dinner?

    Here’s what and how.


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  66. Shy Ted says:
    July 13, 2023 at 7:29 pm

    Just listened to Brine Bran at the Nat Press Club, talking about the future of Aussie fillums. Naturally woke journo askes him about the voice – “I’ll be voting yes. If MArcia Langton says it’s the right thing to so that’s good enough for me”. Much applause.
    As Anthony Hopkins says, “actors are not very bright”.


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  67. mh says:
    July 13, 2023 at 8:10 pm

    GG adds his name to the defund the BBC campaign which he says is now unstoppable

    BBC fails the probity test again

    George Galloway

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6raKEmfJcRI


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  68. mh says:
    July 13, 2023 at 8:15 pm

    London: TV licence enforcer knocks on the wrong door

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROckP0HtSSY


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  69. mh says:
    July 13, 2023 at 9:01 pm

    Daily Mail

    A Queensland politician has suddenly died aged 63 in a tragic incident which his family said would come as a ‘shock’ to all who knew him.

    Ewen Jones was the Liberal MP for the Townsville-based federal seat of Herbert from 2010 to 2016,…

    News dot com

    Mr Jones died on Thursday after a long battle with cancer, a release from Opposition leader Peter Dutton’s office stated.

    🤔


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  71. mh says:
    July 13, 2023 at 9:25 pm

    QLD housing crisis news.
    North Brisbane

    Paywalled

    ‘RBA crapping on poor’: Chilling Facebook posts before explosion as human remains found

    Human remains and a number of gas bottles have been found inside a townhouse that was levelled by an explosion that happened just hours after chilling Facebook posts. READ THE FULL POSTS


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  75. mh says:
    July 14, 2023 at 9:59 am

    Philip Lowe will step down as Reserve Bank of Australia governor when his term ends in September, amid criticism of the rates rise crisis.

    Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Treasurer Jim Chalmers announced on Friday Michele Bullock would take over in the top job.

    Ms Bullock has served with the RBA for more than four decades, and will be the bank’s first female leader.

    … Mr Lowe has faced months-long criticism over the RBA’s decision to repeatedly raise interest rates amid a cost of living crisis.

    ***

    So the idea is Lowe’s replacement won’t raise rates even if raging inflation is occurring.

    Righto.


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  77. Shy Ted says:
    July 14, 2023 at 10:13 am

    ABC newsreader Sabra Lane, having just had a taxpayer funded break down in Tassie, gets another paid holiday. Cut and paste from her FB page –

    Hello Facebookers, I will be away for the next three weeks – on a scholarship. I’ll be looking at news avoidance, and strategies to entice people back into consuming news. As you know this is something I feel pretty strongly about with the Bright Side newsletter. We’ll still put out the newsletter, I’ll have more help than usual. I will try and post some updates on on where I am, and who I’m meeting. When I return, I hope what I learn can be part of the ABC’s strategy.

    Why are people not watching aunty? It’s a mystery.


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  78. Shy Ted says:
    July 14, 2023 at 10:55 am

    We’re f***ed. The new gov of RB is the old deputy. Bio

    Education University of New England (BEc Hons 1984)
    London School of Economics (MSc 1989)

    The LSE is Keynesian economics central, big gummint communism.


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  79. Shy Ted says:
    July 14, 2023 at 11:00 am

    Oooh, first job for the new RBA governor


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  82. mh says:
    July 14, 2023 at 5:13 pm

    … The obvious speculation is to look at Warner’s singular role in the sandpaper scandal. Convicted for being a “ringleader” – itself without precedent – he served his time and didn’t rat on anyone. But if he gets credit for not ratting, does that mean there was someone to rat on?

    Warner’s manager has dropped enough hints that Warner was owed a debt by his teammates. No other players have admitted any knowledge of the plot, but nor has Warner sacked his manager for implying otherwise.

    So Warner is not a rat. Inside the bubble, you can call his silence loyalty, putting the team first. In the outside world, you might call it a transaction: I give you loyalty over 2018, and you give me loyalty in 2023.


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  85. mh says:
    July 15, 2023 at 7:26 am

    Ian Miles Cheong
    @stillgray
    This might be the most bizarre thing I’ve ever seen Joe Biden do. What is he doing?

    https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1679857630741950464?s=20

    So many irresponsible parents.


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  87. Shy Ted says:
    July 15, 2023 at 10:18 am

    What’s in the news this morning? Fantastic. More guaranteed uni places for the disadvantaged, rural, remote and Indigeniuses. Didn’t say what they’d be studying of course but it won’t be STEM.


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  89. mh says:
    July 15, 2023 at 11:22 am

    Northern Territory
    ‘I’m opting for female uniform’: Non-binary soldier’s dress change for Defence

    An Australian soldier may spark landmark changes to military uniform rules after senior officers backed a former male captain’s bid to wear the female dress.


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  91. mh says:
    July 15, 2023 at 12:04 pm

    Unsustainable sustainables: Unaffordable power, dodgy brown bags

    As the PM signs Australia up to a raft of G7 climate agreements, Vikki Campion asks at what point “sustainable” climate moves become untenable for the average Aussie

    Paywalled, but I’m with her if she’s attacking those fvcking awful brown supermarket bags.


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  92. Woolfe says:
    July 15, 2023 at 1:46 pm

    UK test of 2 similar Electric vs Petrol vehicles.

    The electric is more expensive to run and buy. Plus of course the time to “Fill Up”.


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  93. JohnJJJ says:
    July 15, 2023 at 5:18 pm

    The electric is more expensive to run and buy. Plus of course the time to “Fill Up”.
    The concept that was drilled into me was the total cost of assets. None of the Green “initiatives” ranging from windmills to electric cars, solar panels and even hydrogen fuel uses this costing. When I mention it, the answer, if they even know what you are talking about, is future technology will make it cheaper.


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  94. johanna johanna says:
    July 15, 2023 at 5:44 pm

    Yeah, well, John JJJ, the operators of the electricity grid are increasingly unable to avoid the collision between fairy dust and reality.

    There has been a spate of articles in the MSM recently softening the public up to the outcome of this ludicrous contest. Of course, they are all mustard for ‘renewables’ and ‘transition’ and all that, but concede that there might be a few speed bumps along the way.

    Still, the message is that ‘we’ are on the right track, it’s just that things might not happen as soon as ‘we’ would like. They never mention that it will cost trillions, to be paid for by consumers and taxpayers, either.

    And let’s not even start on the environmental impact of saving the planet. That subject is totally taboo.


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  95. Shy Ted says:
    July 15, 2023 at 6:13 pm

    Maybe that Maxwell headline wasn’t the headline of the day
    Systematic of the drip, drip of the corruption and perversions of the elite, all hidden by the media for decades. Lots more to come


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  96. kaysee kaysee says:
    July 15, 2023 at 6:48 pm

    That white stuff that was found in a house of the same colour.

    Moja
    .

    Mbili
    .

    Tatu
    .


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  99. kaysee kaysee says:
    July 15, 2023 at 7:01 pm

    While on the other social media platform, Twitter
    It now pays to be a poster.

    Creator monetization offering to include ads revenue sharing for creators. This means that creators can get a share in ad revenue…


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  100. mh says:
    July 15, 2023 at 8:31 pm

    LNP had a win in the northern Gold Coast seat of Fadden

    Cameron Caldwell will enter federal parliament as Australia’s newest MP, with the LNP winning the Fadden by-election after Labor conceded defeat.


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