Open Thread – June 2023

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  1. mh says:

    Wagner forces heading to Moscow …

    Wouldn’t that be the right time to launch the Ukranian offensive that was promised?

    Ukraine military leaders ‘running out of popcorn’ as they follow Prigozhin mutiny


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  2. Old bloke says:

    Prigozhin should have been forced to step down over a month ago when he started talking nonsense. He could have retired as a national hero, now he’s a disgraced exile.

    Nine months in Bakhmut = PTSD.


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  3. johanna johanna says:

    It was fascinating to see all the half-baked speculation, propaganda, hysteria and outright bullshit on various sites and ‘news’ outlets overnight about Russia.

    Just a reminder to take everything you hear and read about unfolding world events with a shedload of salt. Always, without exception.


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  4. mh says:

    The Age

    The short but epic advance on Moscow by a mercenary gang has significant implications for Russia, its leader, and the Ukrainian conflict.

    Mick Ryan
    Military leader and strategist


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  5. mh says:

    AFR

    What is the fixed-rate mortgage cliff, and when is it?

    Fast-forward to 2023, and 880,000 fixed loans written at rock-bottom interest rates are set to switch to much higher variable rates.

    According to the RBA, about $350 billion – or half of all fixed rate credit – mortgages will expire this year. This is what is sometimes referred to as the “mortgage cliff”.

    The remaining 38 per cent of fixed rate credit, which includes about 450,000 loan facilities, will expire in 2024 and beyond.

    The pain will be felt most acutely between now and September, when one-third of fixed-term credit will expire, and affected households will be forced to absorb the 350 basis point increase in the cash rate over the past year.


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  6. kaysee kaysee says:

    Elton John Singles Out Anti-Grooming Laws
    as Why He’s Done Performing in the US

    As his farewell tour wraps up, pop singer Elton John said he has no plans to perform again in the United States due to the country’s “growing swell of anger and homophobia.”

    …in an interview he gave Radio Times, where he noted what he described as a growing number of anti-grooming laws being passed in states, including Florida, Texas, Georgia, Tennessee, North Dakota, and South Dakota. He specifically singled out Florida’s laws, calling them “disgraceful.”

    Love is Love …. that slippery slope.

    It was not about love. It was about the grooming.


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  7. kaysee kaysee says:

    The Truth about ….

    1/Zelensky
    Kenyan Prof Lumumba

    When I listen to (Zelensky), he still thinks he’s acting which is tragic, because he is now acting but real people are dying

    2/The Media
    Is The Enemy Of The People!!

    👇🏼

    Here’s what you missed in the news cycle this week because they were intentionally distracting you with OceanGate:


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  8. kaysee kaysee says:

    A good guy story ….

    for a Sunday evening.


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  9. mh says:

    Simon Crean, brown bread.


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  10. mh says:

    Russia’s “Civil War” Evaporates as Ukraine’s Offensive Enters Week 4

    The New Atlas
    235K subscribers

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMD6DstL6Wg


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  11. mh says:

    Or you may prefer the Atlantic viewpoint

    Russia Slides Into Civil War
    The Atlantic Column / By Anne Applebaum / June 24, 2023

    🤦‍♂️


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  12. mh says:

    Óscar Cabrera Adames, Basketball player who expressed doubts about Covid vaccine, dies of heart attack

    After Cabrera Adames’s death, several of his social media posts emerged in which he suggested that he developed the rare heart disease after receiving two doses of a COVID vaccine.

    In one post, he wrote, “I got a damn Myocarditis from taking a f—ing vaccine. (I got 2 doses of Pfizer) And I knew it! Many people warned me.”

    https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/scar-cabrera-adames-basketball-player-who-expressed-doubts-about-covid-vaccine-dies-of-heart-attack/articleshow/101260559.cms


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  13. Shy Ted says:

    Meh, that Warnie doco/film didn’t even show him getting vaxxed.
    Thought for the day


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  14. JohnJJJ says:

    I am sure you are wondering how to integrate the Pride Colours with your logo. Well, the NSW Government, as ever, is out there. “The Pride in NSW brand guidelines detail the use of the rainbow Waratah as the Pride in NSW logo. They also provide guidance on the design of Pride in NSW promotional collateral and branded templates.”
    In case you are wondering what NSW Public Service is up to.


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  15. johanna johanna says:

    Ted, your last two links are not working. 🙂


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  16. mh says:

    Ted, your last two links are not working. 🙂

    Working for me.


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  17. Brian Eglinton says:

    The links work for me


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  18. mh says:

    An alternative viewpoint to Fitzy Bandana

    Russian COUP attempt was a failed USA operation that only made Putin STRONGER

    https://banned.video/watch?id=649802870b6e7bd9e28038f1


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  19. mh says:

    Charming

    Brisbane will call on one of the game’s most influential legal minds to help superstar Reece Walsh beat his contrary conduct charge for allegedly calling referee Chris Butler a f***ing c***.


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  20. kaysee kaysee says:

    15-minute cities

    1/
    Christine Anderson
    Explains

    2/
    China
    Demonstrates


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  21. kaysee kaysee says:

    How evil WEF helps Big Pharma.

    Natural is bad

    Health Canada is moving forward with a plan to make vitamins more difficult to purchase. They don’t want you to heal naturally, they want you dependent on expensive pharmaceutical drugs.

    Artificial is good

    This lamb was grown in an artificial womb


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  22. kaysee kaysee says:

    The news isn’t all bad.

    Elton Johnny says he will not go back to the US because they have these anti-grooming laws, especially in states like Florida.

    Now, Larry Fink is also not happy. Especially with states like Florida.

    Larry Fink “ashamed” to be part of ESG political debate

    BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said he’s no longer using the term “ESG” (environment, social and governance) because it is being politically “weaponized” and he’s “ashamed” to be part of the debate on the issue.

    DeSantis has made some NWO supporters very unhappy.


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  23. kaysee kaysee says:

    MSM has been gleefully announcing the coup and disaster for Putin.

    Wanted to hear from Galloway and MacGregor.

    RIDE OF THE VALKYRIES
    MOATS with George Galloway Ep 250

    Col MacGregor joins in around the 28 minute mark. Watching it now.


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  24. mh says:

    It’s hardly surprising.
    The vassal state of Germany had its energy supply blown up by America, and the economy is in recession.

    DW

    The populist AfD party has won a district council election for the first time with Robert Sesselmann elected in Sonneberg. This was despite all other parties urging their supporters to vote for the other candidate.


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  25. Must admit to wondering if the mantra of ‘born not made’ regarding homosexuality is cover for grooming as I’m not convinced such efforts are rare.


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  26. mh says:

    Benny Johnson
    @bennyjohnson
    This is the BEST video on the internet right now.

    – Pro-America Patriot rally ongoing
    – Feds show up dressed as “Nazis”
    – Patriots force Feds out of rally
    – Unmask the Feds, who PANIC
    – The “Nazis” cry, tremble in fear
    – Cops rush to save Feds

    WATCH

    https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1672981094902185986?s=20


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  27. mh says:

    The Age with the latest gossip on Aussie Cossack:

    ‘Putin needed to do this’: ‘Aussie Cossack’ finds method in Russia’s madness

    By Perry Duffin
    June 26, 2023 — 3.39pm


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  28. mh says:

    Ukraine Jailing American Journalist WITH U.S. PERMISSION!

    The Jimmy Dore Show

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


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  29. JohnJJJ says:

    Paul Joseph Watson at his finest as he points out the ‘irony’ of Glastonbury Festival. They are proud of their new high wall (fence), security guards and watch towers to stop illegal entry and their call and cheers for open borders. Noting on their own website that the new wall has reduced crime on site.


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  30. mh says:

    There is a George Costanza vibe about this.
    Coup? Are you serious?

    London | Wagner Group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin has denied he was planning a mutiny or coup against Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying he was merely protesting against Russia’s conduct of the war in Ukraine and its deadly impact on his mercenary forces.

    “We were marching to demonstrate our protest, not to unseat the government,” Mr Prigozhin said in an 11-minute audio post to his Telegram social media account.

    His further backdown from his weekend seizure of a Russian military command in Rostov, and a subsequent march that took his Wagner forces to within 200 kilometres of Moscow, came as Russian news agencies said Mr Prigozhin could yet face criminal charges.


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  31. Shy Ted says:

    Odd that none of her clients complained
    Oh! She didn’t want to pay the extortionate registration fee! AHPRA strikes again.


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  32. Shy Ted says:

    He said, she said in the NT

    Qantas boss says crime ‘impacted’ Alice Springs tourism, contradicting minister’s explanation for drop
    Qantas chief executive officer Alan Joyce has said crime in Alice Springs had caused the number of tourists to drop but seemed to blame to the NT’s tourism industry for not doing enough to lure visitors back, rather than the Fyles Government – whose leaders he had hosted at an exclusive cocktail party last week – for not doing enough to reduce crime.

    and

    Police media suppress that knives were used in two different public attacks on women
    NT Police media has suppressed that knives were used in two different public attacks on Territory women, resulting in both of them ending up in hospital because of their wounds, in statements that came in the week following the NT Independent revealing the government installed a marketing manager who gives strategic advice on the “Territory master brand” to decide on what crime is reported and how it it is done.


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  33. Interested observer says:

    New York has banned wood-fired pizza ovens along with gas stoves because of……Climate Change!

    It is not going well


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  34. kaysee kaysee says:

    They are proud of their new high wall (fence), security guards and watch towers to stop illegal entry and their call and cheers for open borders.

    Is this entry into borderless Pakistan? Or the Middle East?
    No, it is open borders Europe.

    Sweden.
    here and here

    And Italy.


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  35. kaysee kaysee says:

    Old bloke,

    I went through some of the links, on the list, in your comment from the Richard Coombes book. The Biblical references listed come from three books: Jeremiah, Isaiah and Revelation, and there are repetitions to some verses.

    The Babylon in these books could be a new future place, or a current city/country, only it has a different name. It is described as a meeting place of world leaders, many rivers, immigrants, military power, art, cosmopolitan, use of drugs, occult, sensual lifestyle and so on. There are many cities/countries that would fit into that description.

    I came across this book, last week. Had a quick speed read through some parts and a detailed reading of the relevant sections.

    The Present Crisis of the Holy See
    A Warning about Antichrist

    It was written in 1861 by Cardinal Manning.


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  36. kaysee kaysee says:

    That book was written in 1861. Fast forward 21st Century. Cardinal Manning would not have imagined the future crisis.

    So many examples, but here is the latest from this past weekend. There is a good and faithful bishop in Texas (Bishop Joseph Strickland) who does not hesitate to point out what is going wrong in the some parts of the Catholic Church or with some clergy. This month he went to LA to take part in the protest rally against the LA Dodgers’ support for a blasphemous qwerty group.

    He is now being investigated, not by some government agency or a non-Catholic group, but by the Vatican. The Pope sent his reps to do the job.

    1/
    The investigators

    2/
    Bishop Strickland

    3/
    A better explanation of the investigation being called
    “Financial dealings in the Diocese.”


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  37. kaysee kaysee says:

    Yes, Bishop Strickland needs to be investigated for following the teachings of the church and for preaching about them.

    Not this Catholic Church in Washington DC hosting its third Pride Mass. A Mass that celebrates sin.

    Or this.
    Pope Francis Welcomes ‘Piss Christ’ Artist in Vatican

    How about this?

    Babylon, Rome or elsewhere?
    I’ll get around to more comments on the Antichrist topic.


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  38. mh says:

    What coup?

    Putin is the boss, and Yevgeny Prigozhin is George Costanza:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IW78swzn_Bs


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  39. kaysee kaysee says:

    An article in today’s paper mentioned that Labor and the Yes side is worried about the poll results. They plan to get aggressive in their campaign, and it will include door-knocking.

    I think if someone knocks on our door, instead of shutting it or saying we are voting No, it may be better to be non-committal and engage them in conversation. Ask them questions about the Voice – the what, who, how, where, costs and so on – questions which would reveal the real negatives about the Voice. No need to be rude or angry, just polite questions and see if they can answer them. Debate the issue. Maybe some of the volunteers will realise the pitfalls of this referendum.

    If any of you have questions that would be good to ask these Yes campaign volunteers, could you share them here? It would help the rest of us. Just add a label like “Voice question” and add your question/s. We can then put all the questions together and be ready when the door gets that knock.


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  40. mh says:

    Californication

    San Francisco Zoo
    @sfzoo
    Our Western lowland gorilla group enjoyed rainbow 🌈 themed enrichment to celebrate Pride Month! This included rainbow ice treats layered with dyed fruit juices & treat bags filled with mixed veggies, kale, romaine & Cheerios!

    https://twitter.com/sfzoo/status/1672365403350401026?s=20


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  41. kaysee kaysee says:

    What coup?

    Putin is the boss, and Yevgeny Prigozhin is George Costanza:

    Those Russians are backward people. They have no Pride. Men are men, women are women and children are children. Even though this last weekend was the month of June, this is how they celebrate?

    And they are waving red scarves? Don’t they know the colours of the pedo flags?


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  42. mh says:

    If any of you have questions that would be good to ask these Yes campaign volunteers, could you share them here? It would help the rest of us. Just add a label like “Voice question” and add your question/s.

    Can you tell me your views on Pride month?
    …

    Follow up statement:

    Well those aren’t my views so I don’t think we will agree on the Voice either. Goodbye.


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  43. JohnJJJ says:

    No, it is open borders Europe.

    Sweden.
    here and here

    The first link is the Ashura Festival(?) when the Shia hit themselves( generally with chains and knives) to suffer with Husayn. The latter was beheaded by the Sunni. I haven’t seen this in Australia, yet. But I am sure it is on the way.
    In case you’ve got nothing to do: Tomorrow is Eid and time to kill and cook a goat in your backyard or balcony. Farmers get a good price at this time. Fires abound.


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  44. mh says:

    Lord Bebo
    @MyLordBebo
    “I do not know the plans of our government, but it looks like the extermination of its own population” — Ukrainian soldier on Bakhmut

    https://twitter.com/MyLordBebo/status/1673055634080555011?s=20


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  45. mh says:

    Trump: “I want Ukranians to stop dying and I want Russians to stop dying”.

    CNN: Do you want Ukraine to win?

    ***

    The Cost Of War
    VICE News
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVh-Cejyxs8


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  46. Cold-Hands says:

    If any of you have questions that would be good to ask these Yes campaign volunteers, could you share them here? It would help the rest of us. Just add a label like “Voice question” and add your question/s.