Open Thread – July 2023

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  1. mh says:

    Lest we forget

    ‘I was a shaking mess’: Woman arrested for a COVID Facebook post reflects on experience

    Sky News Australia

    465,415 views 10 Jul 2023
    The pregnant woman who was arrested by Victoria Police during the state’s COVID lockdowns in September 2020, Zoe Buhler, has reflected on the experience in an exclusive interview with Sky News Australia.

    “They just swarmed the whole house, they were in every room, and I didn’t know what to do,” she told Sky News host Sharri Markson.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wxTnY9CGJg


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  2. Shy Ted says:

    The state of acadumia –
    Just the first 4 paras


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  3. mh says:

    Ukraine War: Irish fighter ‘Rambo’ describes ‘terrifying’ Russian tank chase

    Sky News

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9J_wBx-FBcc


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  4. mh says:

    Great show

    Ukraine EuroMaidan 2014: Revolution or Coup?

    George Galloway
    278K subscribers

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


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  5. mh says:

    Robert F. Kennedy Jr
    @RobertKennedyJr
    The @nypost story is mistaken. I have never, ever suggested that the COVID-19 virus was targeted to spare Jews. I accurately pointed out — during an off-the-record conversation — that the U.S. and other governments are developing ethnically targeted bioweapons and that a 2021 study of the COVID-19 virus shows that COVID-19 appears to disproportionately affect certain races since the furin cleave docking site is most compatible with Blacks and Caucasians and least compatible with ethnic Chinese, Finns, and Ashkenazi Jews. In that sense, it serves as a kind of proof of concept for ethnically targeted bioweapons. I do not believe and never implied that the ethnic effect was deliberately engineered. That study is here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32664879/
    12:46 AM · Jul 16, 2023
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  6. mh says:

    Novak Djokovic erupted at an umpire, destroyed a racket and then broke down in tears as his Wimbledon dreams went up in smoke.

    … Djokovic looked like doing it easily as he jumped out of the blocks in his quest to match Margaret Court’s record of 24 slams …

    Margaret Court 24 🇦🇺


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  7. Shy Ted says:

    What rental crisis? Here’s a perfectly acceptable rental for a self-respecting man. Strangely, no takers.


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  8. mh says:

    It’s Fraser Island, dickheads

    Runner attacked by pack of dingoes on K’gari

    A rescue helicopter has been sent to K’gari after a woman was attacked by a pack of four dingoes as she was running along the beach.


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  9. Shy Ted says:

    Best 16 seconds of the day
    Commenter says – If it was up to me I would just let them sit there until they either chewed their own hand off or died.


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  10. JohnJJJ says:

    Best 16 seconds of the day
    Why aren’t the Teals doing this? Come on Allegra, super glue your hands to something.


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  11. The Sheriff says:

    Unless Caldwell is a clone of Gerard Rennick I can’t see him doing too much to help the Libs


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  12. johanna johanna says:

    The conflict between humans and dingoes on Fraser is not going away – it is getting worse.

    Based on past history, the outcome will be humans being restricted more and more, and eventually banned.


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  13. mh says:

    Based on past history, the outcome will be humans being restricted more and more, and eventually banned.

    I suspect the end game is Aboriginals only on ‘K’gari’


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  14. mh says:

    A woman has been flown to hospital after being attacked by four dingoes while jogging along the beach on K’gari (Fraser Island).

    Queensland Ambulance Service officer-in-charge of Hervey Bay station, Matthew Steer, said the 23-year-old woman ran into the water and two dingoes followed her in at about 9am on Monday.

    He said a rescue helicopter had flown to Orchid Beach, on the north-east side of the island, to pick her up before she was flown to Hervey Bay Hospital to be treated for bite wounds to her limbs and torso.

    She was in a stable condition.

    Mr Steer said a bystander came to the woman’s rescue and helped her out of the water.

    “She was lucky that he was there to be able to help her,” he said.

    “She has multiple dog bites and a couple of significant, long lacerations.

    “She was quite upset — it’s been a very traumatic ordeal for her.”

    Aboriginal not concerned, they know the endgame

    Darren Blake from Butchulla Aboriginal Corporation said he wasn’t surprised the dingoes chased the woman into the water.

    “That’s part of their hunting tactics,” he said.

    “That’s what they do with wallabies … they chase them into the surf.”

    ‘Always was, always will be, Aboriginal land’.


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  15. mh says:

    ⬆️ That last line was mine.


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  16. johanna johanna says:

    mh says:
    July 17, 2023 at 4:54 pm

    Based on past history, the outcome will be humans being restricted more and more, and eventually banned.

    I suspect the end game is Aboriginals only on ‘K’gari’

    With ‘jobs’ where the funding will be traced to taxpayers.

    Instead of increasing weath, wealth will be reduced, and what is left will be handed over to selected groups.

    To think, the Qld government could have shot some (not all) dingoes and had a thriving tourist resort, providing joy and jobs for many people.

    Instead they are in thrall to this superstitious and hypocritical crap. Give up your Landcruisers, your access to hospitals, and your free money, then come and talk about cultural integrity.


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  17. Woolfe says:

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  18. mh says:

    No Country for White Men. Lidia Thorpe, Linda Burney, Anthony Albanese, Joe Biden.

    Danger Dan Reviews
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkQdTkzizDQ


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  19. mh says:

    Life’s a Riot with Abo v Abo

    ‘Racist, bogan misery’: Voice to Parliament’s ‘Yes’ campaign using ‘moral blackmail’

    Sky News Australia
    3.42M subscribers

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


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  20. Eyrie says:

    Pity the lady attacked by dingos wasn’t packing.


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  21. shatterzzz says:

    Pity the lady attacked by dingos wasn’t packing.

    The pooches haven’t been the same since they underwent compulsory apostrophification..


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  22. mh says:

    The Real Reason Pfizer Supports Australia’s Indigenous Voice to Parliament

    JJ Dawson

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5WXu1qHvjM


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  23. Shy Ted says:

    Assange is Wikileaking stuff again
    Albo and Marles frequently used the phrase “global, rules-based order” by which they mean the UN/WEF/WHO/NATO. They’re just obeying orders
    They’re too effing dumb to come up with it by themselves. Mere puppets. Peer muppets.


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  24. mh says:

    Daniel Andrews has cancelled the Commonwealth Games. lol


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  25. mh says:

    Commonwealth shock triggers calls to ‘seriously consider’ Brisbane 2032 Games

    The Queensland Greens have jumped on the news Victoria has dumped the 2026 Commonwealth Games, calling on Annastacia Palaszczuk to “seriously think” about Brisbane’s 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

    I wonder what the QLD Greens’ objections are.
    No quotas for trans athletes?
    They don’t approve of competitive sports?
    A violation of Indigenous land rights?


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  26. Eyrie says:

    Not spending the money on the Olympics would be a good idea.
    Never thought I’d agree with the Greens


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  27. JohnJJJ says:

    Not spending the money on the Olympics would be a good idea.

    It would be interesting to actually know what the money is spent on and how it flows around society and the net benefit. It seems no one can agree.The Sydney O. Games are still arguing.  Boston (USA) refused it unless the Olympic Committee could guarantee a net benefit i.e. back it with insurance. They wouldn’t. Bit like da Voice and green electricity.


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  28. mh says:

    More government winning

    Visitors to K’gari are being armed with government-issued “dingo sticks” to fight off wild dogs as the hunt for the animals responsible for the latest terrifying attack ramps up.


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  29. JohnJJJ says:

    government-issued “dingo sticks”
    How interesting. Having been attacked by a group of dogs, one stick isn’t going to do much unless you know about dogs. You can get what I mean by watching wild dogs in Africa attack their prey. The jogger on Frazer was attacked by 4 dingoes. Good luck with a stick!


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  30. Eyrie says:

    A .40 calibre stick with 17 rounds in the magazine would be better.


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  31. mh says:

    Ms Linard will travel to the island tomorrow to meet with rangers, traditional owners and residents.

    “To talk to them about the management of dingoes on the island, about communication with those that are coming on the island,” she said.

    I’m thinking that for decades before there was a third stakeholder, weekly dingo attacks were not a problem.


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  32. mh says:

    government-issued “dingo sticks”

    Has the QLD government considered giving the visitors Kung Fu lessons?


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  33. JohnJJJ says:

    considered giving the visitors Kung Fu lessons?
    Note the two dogs run when he bends down. That’s because they have experienced stones being thrown at them. I was almost attacked by pack in the back streets of Bombay – you have to see it to believe it – and they stopped when I picked up a stone and aimed at the obvious leader. If they want the dingoes to be afraid of sticks, shoot a few every couple of months and then they will think the stick is a gun. That would work.


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  34. mh says:

    If they want the dingoes to be afraid of sticks, shoot a few every couple of months and then they will think the stick is a gun. That would work.

    With a Labor state government there is more chance of them asking visitors to identify as dogs.

    Bark at the Moon


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  35. mh says:

    Mike Jones aka iEarlGrey

    Kerch Bridge Attacked. US Cluster Bombs Injure 5 Children

    Foreign Agent TV

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psWqJ2qYNZI


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  36. Shy Ted says:

    For your delectation in about a hour on ABC –

    The Dark Emu Story
    8:32PM – 9:56PM
    A thought-provoking and inspiring documentary that charts the impact of Bruce Pascoe’s Dark Emu – the publishing phenomenon that challenged Australia to rethink its history and ignited a debate that continues to rage.

    Lies, damned lies and their ABC.


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  37. Shy Ted says:

    From there, renewable electricity would be turned into green hydrogen, before being piped north to the port of Wyndham, where the gas would be converted to ammonia — a key ingredient in fertilisers and explosives — and shipped overseas.

    Am I missing something here? Turn electricity into hydrogen???? Add some nitrogen from???? Powered by solar???? In the Kimberley???? Which is really dusty???? And is hit by cyclones every year????
    Pollination Here’s a challenge for you. Where does the money come from and where does it go?


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  38. mh says:

    Good show

    DFA Live Q&A – The Housing Paradox With Leith van Onselen

    Walk The World

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLoiHMVRxy8


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  39. Shy Ted says:

    Beekeepers now!! NITV

    Our Stories The Keepers
    5:15PM – 5:30PM
    The Ibarra brothers from Indigibee Bee Rescue open their backyards to share the wonderful world of native bees they rehabilitate and relocate using traditional Indigenous practices.

    Also –

    A Walk with Words
    12:30PM – 1:00PM
    A personal and political story about Romaine Moreton – poet, performance artist and Indigenous woman – and how she uses words to illustrate the plight and beauty of Indigenous survival.

    As well as –

    Exile and The Kingdom
    1:00PM – 2:00PM
    A story of the extraordinary resilience of Indigenous Australians and their culture in the face of systematic repression by colonisers which continues into the present.

    All paid for by?


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  40. Shy Ted says:

    Laughable headlines, QLd edition
    Damning judgement: Abused teen better off with violent relative than in Qld resi-care. A 14-year-old boy will be returned to the care of a relative who was allegedly violent and raised him in “drinking houses”, because a Magistrate found it to be a better option than residential care.

    Campers fend off prowling dingoes ‘every 10 mins’ in night from hell. K’gari campers including children spent the night constantly fending off dingoes just metres from where a young woman was viciously mauled hours earlier.

    ‘I’ve driven the ambulance’: Locals forced to take health into their own hands. Queensland’s healthcare crisis has left residents in one regional town having to drive long distances, or even the ambulances themselves, to see a GP as they battle doctor and paramedic shortages

    Ex-private schoolboy’s ‘hellfire’ fears before couple killed in random slaying. The father of a young Muslim man who killed an elderly couple at their home repeatedly raised concerns about his son’s mental health and tried to get him deradicalised, an inquest has heard.

    I could go on but you get the idea.


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  41. mh says:

    It’s starting to look a lot like Labor
    Everywhere I go

    ‘Shut the island down’: Battle for K’gari goes nuclear

    What should be done to prevent more dingo attacks on K’gari? It’s the question many are trying to answer.


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  42. Shy Ted says:

    A teenager with Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder impairments who raped an eight-year-old girl in her bedroom when he was 15-years-old, was described by a judge as posing a risk to the sexual safety of children, before he was sentenced to a non-parole jail sentence of 22 months – allowing him to be released less than three weeks after sentencing.


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  43. JohnJJJ says:

    You guys ever seen the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012. It is astounding. “to support employers to remove barriers to the full and equal participation of women in the workforce, in recognition of the disadvantaged position of women in relation to employment matters” What!! How about construction workers, frontline troops..
    “This Act requires various employers (relevant employers) to lodge reports each year containing information relating to various gender equality indicators (for example, equal remuneration between women and men)”. We’ve gone mad.
    Preparation for da Voice.


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  44. mh says:

    Shy Ted says:
    July 19, 2023 at 9:47 am
    Laughable headlines, QLd edition

    Can we get the team responsible for running Queensland State of Origin to start running Qld state government too?

    I would have more trust in them.


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  45. mh says:

    Mad Max QLD edition
    You should see the damage, bronze. Metal damage, brain damage. Heheheh. Are you listening, bronze?

    Catastrophic scenes: Multi-million-dollar army tank, trucks explode

    An incinerated army tank is just one of many shocking images emerging from the scene of a seven-vehicle smash on the Bruce Highway where a trail of blackened vehicles and debris resembles a real battleground


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  46. mh says:

    Albo digging a hole 🕳

    IN FULL: Anthony Albanese and Ben Fordham clash in heated discussion about the Voice | SBS News

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mI12hx3d2Zs


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  47. mh says:

    Anthony Albanese and Ben Fordham

    Hey guys, you do realise there is a cost of living crisis?


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  48. mh says:

    Albo has no interest in this topic

    Excess deaths with Senator Rennick

    Dr. John Campbell

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UR1X9O2lMlA


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  49. Shy Ted says:
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