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If Dutton has managed to tear up the ridiculous Pyne-Class bathtub contract with France, he will forever be remembered as a Churchillian hero of the 21st century.
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Minnesota’s Supreme Court has overturned the murder conviction of rookie Minneapolis cop Mohamed Noor on a legal technicality and ordered his sentence to be reduced, four years after he shot dead Australian-American woman Justine Damond outside her home.
The court upheld Noor’s manslaughter conviction and ordered him to be resentenced, agreeing with his attorneys on a technicality that the specific wording of the ‘depraved mind’ murder charge he was convicted of.
He is currently two years into a 12.5 year sentence. It’s unclear how much his sentence will be lowered by, but it is likely to be less than the ten years he was facing.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9994221/Minnesota-court-orders-former-officer-resentenced-Australian-womans-shooting-death.html
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The Prime Minister is set to make an urgent announcement on Thursday morning about a major international security initiative to counter the rise of China.\
After a series of secret late-night briefings, Scott Morrison is poised to divulge details on the future of the submarine program amid reports Australia will make the switch to nuclear-powered subs with help from the UK and US.
The new partnership between the long-time allies is also being announced by US President Joe Biden at 5pm local time.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9993745/Scott-Morrison-make-urgent-announcement-major-international-security-issue-involving-UK.html
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Interesting….posted a section of the story about new deal and possible nukes, and for the first time it said my comment was in moderation. Trying now with the link only:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9993745/Scott-Morrison-make-urgent-announcement-major-international-security-issue-involving-UK.html
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Worked….hmmm
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It just gets worse …
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Pfizer and BioNTech are set to seek U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval in November for their Chinese coronavirus vaccine to use in children between 6 months and 5 years old.
During the Morgan Stanley Global Virtual Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, Pfizer Inc. Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Global Supply Frank A. D’Amelio said the company is currently conducting Phase 3 studies for children between the ages of 6 months and 11 years old.
“Now we expect to have safety and immunogenicity data for children between ages of 5 and 11, we expect to have that data by the end of September, and then we would expect to file that with the FDA in early October for a potential EUA,” D’Amelio said, according to a conference transcript.”
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Coming soon – approval being sought for intra-uterine injections of pregnant women.
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Lame pics.
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Scrollin’ scrollin’ scrollin’, scrollin’ scrollin’ scrollin’, scrollin’ scrollin’ scrollin’ – Rawhide!
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Scrolling past the internet equivalent of scabies reminded me of this cheery piece of cultural appropriation.
McRawhide. Keep them beasties movin’
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Sorry Johanna – accidentally flagged one of your comments
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No wukkers – our screener knows full well how easy it is to hit the wrong button.
Been thinking about the latest Woodward revelations about how Milley is supposed to have rung up the ChiComs and said he’d warn them in case of a strike.
Firstly, Woodward is a serial liar for whom insignificance is his definition of Hell.
Secondly, that kind of bald statement is not how these people talk to each other.
That said, it would not surprise me if Milley and his ilk had back channels to the ChiComs. As for undermining Trump, those traitorous creeps would do it in a heartbeat, and did.
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Thor.
You have quite a few high-falutin’ theories for a bloke without a job.
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So Rosie, Dr Ryan Cole who runs a pathology lab tells what he is seeing in what is coming through his lab and you post a bullshit article full of smears and innuendo.
lets look at the headings
vaccine safety
There has been no long term testing. lack of evidence is not evidence of lack
FAIL
Treatments, vaccines can both be approved
True but the vaccine cannot be approved under an EUA in the US if reasonable treatments exist.
FAIL
Not enough data on Ivermectin
LOL, it has been used for decades and there is treatment data from numerous doctors who have used it successfully for Covid-19.
FAIL
Overstating effect of Vitamin D
It is low Vitamin D that is the problem. The Swedes test for Vitamin D levels routinely. Cole is saying in northern latitudes you’ll need supplements to keep it up in winter.
FAIL
Rosie, you’ll believe anything to convince yourself that taking the clot shot was the right things to do. Be careful you don’t buy any bargain bridges.
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Lol.
He made the claim in March any follow up, anyone done some research to see if the claim is valid?
Every one of these ‘medical experts’ claims a novel major health issue is caused by the virus, female infertility, male infertility, mini clots etc etc but none of them seem to talk to the others or follow up with proper research papers supporting their findings despite ample opportunity to do so.
Meanwhile the usual suspects swallow every pronouncement whole.
Eg Dr I treated President Trump and Rudi Guliani for covid despite both men’s covid treatment being a matter of public record.
You believe whatever you want, despite all evidence to the contrary and gaping holes in the narratives.
It’s all about your feelz.
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“So this is how you run a moon shot. Instead of testing the actual vehicle on earth you test an easier to fly vehicle and that fails. So no problem. Take the top heavy vehicle without testing it, and invent a story about Armstrong almost dying when they tried this vehicle in near earth orbit. No pressure. Take it too the moon. All the way to the moon with a vehicle (you said) had been tested unsuccessfully in near earth orbit.”
Bird, your brain is so scrambled.
My post re the video TG linked was not for you but for the sensible people who might be taken in by the video, at least somewhat. I merely pointed out the things the fool who made it got verifiably wrong.
The LLTV (Lunar Landing Training Vehicle) was an entirely different vehicle from the Grumman LM. The LLTV had a jet engine on a gimbal to always point straight down to counteract 5/6 of its weight with attitude and other rockets to simulate the lunar landing final phase. Neil Armstrong didn’t nearly die in low Earth orbit, he ejected from the LLTV in Houston on the airfield and successfully parachuted down.
Plenty of video of that event.
The LM was very successfully tested in LEO on Apollo 9. You can look up what they did or look at the Tom Hanks produced series From The Earth to the Moon. Episode 5 “Spider” shows you that.
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There’s a SpaceX launch with crew this morning. Private mission. 3 days in Earth orbit.
No doubt Bird will tell us how this is all staged.
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Rosie, I showed how your “fact check” was complete bullshit.
Dr Cole isn’t the only one seeing bad effects but seeing as governments have got on board the “vaccine” bandwagon they sure as hell aren’t going to have their official institutions look for problems. They set up Ivermectin and HCQ trials to deliberately fail and ruthlessly suppress any other views.
Haven’t you figured out yet that this is a political vaccine to give the impression that governments are competent and doing all they can? They only care about getting re-elected. They don’t care if they injure or kill you. It is of utterly no concern to them.
Too bad you got fooled.
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Eyrie says:
September 16, 2021 at 6:54 am
That fact check Rosie posted earlier- I thought was in the spirit of sarcasm. It was pretty bad. I feel sorry for Science teachers having to suffer kids that read this misinformation. I feel likewise sorry for English teachers, having to correct the deranged interpretations of language relied upon therein and departure from critical thinking.
The Author has no idea how to reference specific points for that matter. If somebody’s brain legitimately functioned in the manner of the writer, they would be unable to match up the male and female bits on lego blocks. I.e. rather severe intellectual disability. The author defines the term “fucktard”.
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From Steve Kates’s blog
https://lawofmarkets.com/2021/09/15/no-one-knows-why-vaxxinations-are-being-so-strongly-pursued-by-governments/#comments
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, you’re not counted as fully vaccinated until a full 14 days have passed since your second injection in the case of Pfizer or Moderna, or 14 days after your first dose of Janssen, despite the fact that over 80% of deaths after the vaccines occur in this window. How convenient.
Anyone who dies within the first 14 days post-injection is counted as an unvaccinated death. Not only does this inaccurately inflate the unvaccinated death toll, but it also hides the real dangers of the COVID shots, as the vast majority of deaths from these shots occur within the first two weeks.
The CDC also has two different sets of testing guidelines — one for vaccinated patients and another for the unvaccinated. If you’re unvaccinated, CDC guidance says to use a cycle threshold (CT) of 40, known to result in false positives. If you’re vaccinated, they recommend using a CT of 28 or less, which minimizes the risk of false positives.
The CDC also hides vaccine failures and props up the “pandemic of the unvaccinated” narrative by only counting breakthrough cases that result in hospitalization or death.
Hospitals are still also reporting non-COVID related illnesses as COVID-19.
Still think this is all above board?
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‘You showed’
What with your meticulously conduced research on the subject?
No you just swallowed whole a statement made by a dermotopathologist in March that has never had a follow up by him, or anyone else.
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Got anymore Facebook fact checking websites you want to post, Rosie?
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5.7 million jabs and no-one else has noticed.
Amazing.
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For Neil:
Joe Burns update, and on the subject of potential greatness:
Opened the batting for Northern Suburbs against Ipswich in Brisvegas Premier Cricket.
Caught and bowled. 0. Balls faced – 2.
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LOL indeed. Rosie gets her arse defiled and handed to her on Newvaxxally and thinks it’s OK to come here and try it on, again.
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Just because you were weak minded enough to swallow the government lies, rosie, doesn’t mean we all are. The “fact check” article was utter bullshit. I make no judgement on Dr Ryan Cole except to observe “what’s in it for him?”. There’s certainly lots in it for those pushing the bullshit vaccines. Tens or maybe hundreds of billions of dollars for a start. Amazing how some people’s conscience can be bought.
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I waved back Rosie then I realised you were drowning.
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That’s right Ragu, I’ve abandoned Dovers because wrong.
Aren’t you the guy that couldn’t read a couple of straight forward graphs and when your error was pointed out quietly disappeared.
Tell us more about your insights into covid in Israel and how the vaccines don’t work, both of you.
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Get real. Posting a graph without evidence is exactly what your accusing others of doing. If you weren’t manically posting any old shit you would have noticed one side was saying ’30x less likely to be hospitalised’ and the other ’27x more likely’. So it was perfectly reasonable to ask to see the paper, NOT press release it is from. Stick to hanging out on twitter, it’s around your level of intellect.
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Ragu, what were you saying the other day about posters saying nasty things to you?
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Twitter might mostly be a lefties cesspool but there are decent conservatives, all it requires is being selective about who you follow.
I also posted a long piece by a data scientist on the Israeli data a couple of days ago.
You must have missed that.
Here have another article.
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-israel-s-17-unvaccinated-now-account-for-65-of-all-serious-covid-19-cases-1.10208784
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12 Virginia-class nuclears now!
By Top Ender (article as published some time back in several journals)
This article was written for the general public, to urge the average reader to think “nuclear submarine”, and therefore puts the subject matter simply.
Our submarine acquisition program has spent several billion dollars and not seen a metre of steel cut yet. That’s not a bad thing. Abandon the project now, and buy 12 Virginia-class nuclear vessels from the USA.
With regional tensions increasing, then building our own one-off type submarines which will arrive in the early 2030’s is not good enough. We have no guarantee they will work.
When we built the Collins class submarines (at exorbitant expense) they did not work properly for several years. It is only now – after decades of operation – that they are reasonably functional.
Submarines are the ultimate deterrent and attack weapon: their location is hopefully unknown, and they can strike at targets without warning. But we need to expand beyond the capabilities of the Collins, and also the French Attack boats which we should abandon.
Instead we should buy 12 of a proven design which is already in the water. We want long-range hunter-killer vessels. We also want them to be able to stay submerged for long periods to avoid detection. Nuclear does this in spades. The propulsion system also offers tremendous speed underwater – much more than does diesel-electric systems. This is an attack advantage.
What problems would there be in acquiring nuclear-engined submarines from the USA? Using American technology is not as difficult as might be thought. The Americans facilitated the British Navy’s entry into nuclear boats – a submarine is called a boat – back in the 1960s. The Royal Navy’s HMS Dreadnought was launched in 1960, five years after the US Navy’s first nuclear, USS Nautilus. Its propulsion system was American.
The Virginia class is a proven vessel. They are designed by General Dynamics’s Electric Boat and Huntington Ingalls Industries, and are expected to be within the US Navy until 2060. Nineteen have been completed so far.
The Virginia-class would be a step up for us: they are a bigger vessel, and would require more crew. But if the relationship with the USA was deepened by purchase of such vessels, why not, with America’s permission, embark on a campaign to bring some US submariners down under?
The step-up in requirements also comes with a twin reward of unlimited endurance and range at sea. The nuclear engine can provide the ability to stay submerged and at sea indefinitely, as its never-ending supply of electricity means the boat can stay down rather than surface or snorkel to obtain air for engine and crew requirements. The range too is theoretically unlimited, for again the nuclear electricity can drive the vessel for decades. But the nuclear engines also provide very high speed of movement – ideal for pursuing targets or for getting into position for a firing solution ahead of them.
The main obstacles in the way of acquiring Virginia-class seem to have been man-made and somewhat specious. Critics argue that we would need a “nuclear industry”. What this is exactly never seems to be made clear. The nuclear engines of such boats are a sealed unit. The US Navy maintains four of its own nuclear vessels in Guam, showing that the maintenance needed is no more than the usual requirements for hull, living and weapon systems – which we do anyway for the Collins-class. Anything needed on the nuclear engines could be done by sailing a vessel temporarily back to the USA. The nuclear original fuel of each vessel will anyway last the life of the boat.
Another objection is that Australians don’t want nuclear power, and therefore nuclear-powered naval vessels. But no extensive national poll seems to have been done on this question, and indeed in 2014, in a series of public meetings known as “Guarding Against Uncertainty: Australian Attitudes to Defence” nuclear submarines were continually raised positively by members of the public. It seems more that the two main sides of politics fear some slippage of their vote if they introduced it as policy. And in fact Australia has had a nuclear reactor operating in a Sydney suburb since 1958 at Lucas Heights.
Another objection is that the Americans would not “sell” Australia such nuclear technology. I can’t see why not – it is now over half a century old, and many countries apart from the USA operate small nuclear reactors in driving submarines: Britain, France, India, China, USSR, with Brazil currently developing the technology. How such systems work is hardly a secret. And it is likely the USA would want to assist its biggest Pacific partner to become more capable. The Virginia-class is indeed more powerful in areas outside its basic submarine capabilities: it fires both Tomahawk and Harpoon missiles, as well as launching torpedoes and mines.
The Tomahawk is a land-attack weapon, and with its long-range is an extremely capable stand-off weapon – more capable than anything else in the Australian Defence Force arsenal. Australia has crept towards such capabilities over the last few years, but 12 sets of Tomahawks – the Virginia Block V boats carry 40 – would massively increase Australia’s attack capacity – and therefore its deterrence – capability. In other words, we would become a lot more scary – a good thing – for “if you want peace, then prepare for war”. By being very strong we may indeed deter potential enemies from being engaged in battle against us.
As can be seen, the Virginia-class would present a lot of advantages for Australia. Ironically, such an improvement in our defence systems would also be cheaper than what we are preparing to spend on the French submarines. $80-$100 billion has been much talked about, for vessels which would arrive in the early 2030’s onwards. The cost of the Virginias is said to be around $3-4 billion a boat – a total cost of around half of the present proposition. And it would give us a weapons platform that would work – rather than one which is an unknown voyage into an uncertain future.
The Americans have a useful expression for such an outline as given above. It’s called a “no-brainer”. It means this solution is so obvious and simple and straightforward it’s obvious. But why not add something else that we may gain. With the American’s designer’s permission, build our own Virginia class boats number 9-12 under licence. Even if the USA supplied the complete engine package, that would represent another remarkable step-up for this country. As the Americans also say: “don’t ask, don’t get.”
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Top Ender was a naval officer, primarily an intelligence analyst, for nearly 20 years. He is a military historian whose latest books include Atomic Salvation – “how the A-Bombs saved the lives of 30 million”, and Teddy Sheean VC, an analysis of the delayed award of a Victoria Cross to Australia’s only naval VC hero – both Big Sky Publishing. Some years ago his analysis of the combat action which sank the submarine I-124 – still lying outside Darwin with its 80 crew entombed – was published by Avonmore.
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Israeli data how can efficacy vs severe disease be strong when 60 percent of hospitalised are vaccinated
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“…none of them seem to talk to the others or follow up with proper research papers supporting their findings .”
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How is a doctor in private practice working for a living going to do a proper research paper? Where will the money come from? How do they find the time?
Where are they going to get the full test group/control group data of sufficient magnitude to stop people like you dismissing them with a fact-free logic-free sneer?
Anecdotal evidence from treating practitioners is the start. That’s how Thalidomide was first identified as a problem. But then someone else needs to fund the study. Big pharma didn’t fund Dr McBride. It took a long time for someone in Germany to get together the necessary proof. That may happen here eventually if the treating doctors’ concerns are valid, but it’s just meaningless to sneer just because there hasn’t yet, in the few months this has been going on, been a “research paper”.
Tell me who’s going to fund it. The vast majority of research funding in medicine comes from the originators. Tell me why they’re going to fund a research paper to prove that their products are defective. If not them, who?
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Victoria records 514 new local virus cases
Rosie, do something useful and stop your fellow Vics looking at the sunset.
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Yep, torture the data until it says what you want it to. Allegedly.
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Just call him arsehole
The Post Millennial
@TPostMillennial
Did Biden forget the Australian Prime Minister’s name?
https://twitter.com/TPostMillennial/status/1438252682079350785?s=20
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In other words Timothy these are meaningless anecdotes.
It may well be a sneer, but I’m sick of people making claims about this and that then, nothing.
Dr Ryan Cole btw is a dermatopathologist. He doesn’t see patients but examines skin samples sent to him by treating physicians in a pathology lab he owns.
If there were an increase in cancer diagnosis in Idaho by March wouldn’t they have continued to increase as more people got vaccinated?
Six months and 5.7 billion doses later, and numerous opportunities for others, including numerous cancer research facilities to review and find some evidence and yet nothing.
The only issue I’ve seen identified is people not getting regular health screenings and unrelated to covid vaccines cancers being missed.
As for William McBride. I believe it was him prescribing the thalidomide and it was one of his nurses who noticed a correlation between the birth defects and the medication and brought it to his attention.
Is there any evidence that the response by the medical community at the time was to flatly deny his allegations? Which is about the only response I see to Dr Cole’s claims.
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https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1438177939061882890?s=19
Fortification, confirmed.
Watch the numbers at the bottom of the screen.
2020 all over again.
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Top Ender proven totally right about Dud Subs. Good work.
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Or take raw data and make claims about that.
Your choice.
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Joe Biden billboard
“Making the Taliban Great Again.”
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Imagine being one of those several hundred staff in France now.
Quell horreur!
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Developing submarine “plans”, that is.
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The Sheriff says:
September 16, 2021 at 2:45 am
If Dutton has managed to tear up the ridiculous Pyne-Class bathtub contract with France, he will forever be remembered as a Churchillian hero of the 21st century.
Correct. Dutton has buried turdball and chrissy. Dutton is one reason to stick with the libs; now he has to fire every senior officer responsible for the outrages against BRS and the SAS.
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johanna says:
September 16, 2021 at 4:36 am
Lame pics.
Linky broke. Please fix.
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Nicki Minaj posts a Tucker Carlson clip
https://twitter.com/NICKIMINAJ/status/1438248319650656256?s=20
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Nicki Minaj
@NICKIMINAJ
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Right. I can’t speak to, agree with, even look at someone from a particular political party. Ppl aren’t human any more. If you’re black & a Democrat tells u to shove marbles up ur ass, you simply have to. If another party tells u to look out for that bus, stand there & get hit
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Replying to @NICKIMINAJ
you know he’s a white nationalist right?
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Can we lease two secondhand Virginia-class submarines from the USA straight away to get started on?
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TE, agree these will take a long time – but great news nonetheless – at last we have adults in charge of defence
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Nicky Minaj’s cousins friend
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Michael Smith is saying Marise Payne isn’t onboard with nucular. Still reading up so don’t roast me. If we do go down that route can we also get some X-ray specs.
I promise to only use them for good.
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Lame pics courtesy that Mark chap who never seems to sleep.
And how to communicate with journos.
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Nicki Minaj
@NICKIMINAJ
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You know how many US Presidents were white supremacists? Oh please. Just stay on topic. Y’all can’t do that. The topic is: asking questions is OK. but let’s make the topic: Nicki talks to white racists so that you can all sleep better tonight. Dummies
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Top Ender says:
September 16, 2021 at 10:00 am
Can we lease two secondhand Virginia-class submarines from the USA straight away to get started on?
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yes please…
Is it possible to port subs in Darwin????
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Gary Varvel ‘toon
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Et voila. Rien.
Pourquoi?
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Shy Ted says:
September 16, 2021 at 10:32 am
Lame pics courtesy that Mark chap who never seems to sleep.
And how to communicate with journos.
The chunk sign for friendship is a doozy.
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CM
“Scared” parents have claimed young children were forced to urinate in a bucket during a four-hour lockdown at a Gold Coast state school that also affected two daycares, while a teen wandered nearby streets allegedly armed with a knife and making threats.
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What sort of policing is this?
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One problem with porting anything big in Darwin is that the family members get restless and put pressure on the Service member. Whinges about rellies down south need me; too far away, too hot etc.
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So, Dutton has finally done what various Cats have previously advocated – pulled the plug on the French subs contract in favour of purchasing US nuclear propelled submarine technology. Presumably that includes provision of Virginia class subs until new Australian subs are built in SA.
The French will be compensated as there are termination clauses with specified fees payable based on contract stages reached.
Bad luck for Pyne’s consulting gig?
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Quick as a flash, our nuclear subs we haven’t got yet have been banned from NZ waters:
“Australian nuclear-powered submarines will be banned from entering New Zealand’s waters, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has confirmed.”
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“Australian nuclear-powered submarines will be banned from entering New Zealand’s waters, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has confirmed.”
Her and whose armed forces will stop us?
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Scomo is saying “nucular”.
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Top Ender says:
September 16, 2021 at 11:17 am
One problem with porting anything big in Darwin…
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TE
I should have said berthing.
But staffing will be a problem with an expanded submarine fleet in any case.
I hope the “guru’s” of strategy will scatter them.
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Top Ender says:
September 16, 2021 at 11:29 am
Quick as a flash, our nuclear subs we haven’t got yet have been banned from NZ waters:
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Might interfere with Chinese operations.
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While the French sub program may have been a bad idea i think going nuclear is even worse. Why don’t we try and be a little different?? How about some unique diesel submarines that do different things than nuc subs can do??
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Will the 99 year Darwin port lease be cancelled?
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“Why don’t we try and be a little different??”
Yeah right. And you want them by when and for how much?
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“Tell us more about your insights into covid in Israel and how the vaccines don’t work, both of you.”
Normal people would say 5000 cases a week, another lockdown, masks and passports in a country with >70% vaccination is a pretty major indicator of a failed vaccine.
Literally the definition of ‘doesn’t work’.
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“”””Yeah right. And you want them by when and for how much?”””
I think the Japanese make diesel subs. We could buy the first couple off the shelf.
We need to be different. Why go for the biggest and fastest all the time??
Same goes for the NBN. Why couldn’t we be a little different??. But Rudd signed us up for a 93% FTTP costing who knows what finished who knows when. BTW you could blame the sub disaster on Rudd. Apparently he did nothing for 6 years
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Neil, the main reasons – there are others – you want nuclears are range, endurance and stealth.
Having unlimited fuel means you can go around the world if necessary without refuelling. Refuelling is dangerous as you can be seen.
Endurance is linked to this. You can stay there on station for as long as you want.
Stealth means you can be always submerged. That means bad guys can’t find you.
Diesels are not the best at any of these.
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Neil says:
September 16, 2021 at 12:02 pm
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We need to be different.
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Like Howard & Costello different?
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I imagine it would be difficult to keep Covid-safe on a submarine. Has this been taken into account?
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@Neil
Not only, as TE says, That means bad guys can’t find you.
BUT also, The Object of War is to Win.
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Aussie Cossack 🇦🇺
The Police intimidation campaign against the Aussie Cossack has hit a significant milestone today with the latter entering please of “not guilty” to a dozen false charges. Charges range from breaching a public health order to various fabricated driving offences.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H50FoFSNUJk
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rosie says:
September 16, 2021 at 9:35 am
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Talk about missing the point.
Identifying medical disasters starts with anecdotes, as I said – so saying these are mere anecdotes, as if that means there’s no potential issue, is just stupid.
And you’re demanding “research papers” while in furious denial about the self-evident facts that no-one is going to fund such a paper and even if funding were available no such paper would have been finished already.
I’m not saying these claims are true, but there are no grounds to casually dismiss them.
And as for your cheap sneer at Dr McBride, look up “non sequitur” in the dictionary and reflect how bereft of logic that piss poor effort was.
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“Kneel, it was not a free decision. You were given a choice between the dagger and the cup. Hobson had it easy.
My only advice is to treat the unvaxxed with kindness.”
Oh, no problem there from my end – would that I had the resources to avoid it, as I would have. But they left me in an untenable position, where I either had to renege on commitments I had made, or take the jab. Since I always carefully consider before making such commitments, and because I believe that once made they should be kept, I felt I had no choice – this was a very “left-field” and unprecedented situation.
No, it wasn’t a “free” decision.
Nor could I, or anyone, make a fully informed choice – the data is just not available to do so.
Very unhappy that I have been “forced” to do this.
While I admire (and am somewhat envious of!) those who are holding out, I suspect it will get a lot worse for you before (if ever) it gets better. Fear not – this vaxxed individual still supports you if you choose not to get it. It should always and ever be “My body, my life – my choice” and there can and should never be coercion such as many, including myself, have felt. Such coercion is immoral, unethical and just plain wrong – regardless of your reason(s) for abstaining from “the jab”, whether it be medical, religious or anything else.
Vaccines are wonderful things, no question. They have saved many from severe illness, disability and death. But there are risks – most especially when there is no long term data available on potential “side effects”.
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When I was a kid, the perception of vaccines was they stopped you getting something.
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“When I was a kid, the perception of vaccines was they stopped you getting something.”
It is very interesting that the the definition of “vaccine” has changed recently on the US FDA and CDC web-sites – it no longer says it gives you “immunity”, now only “protection”.
Much like “anti-vaxer” changed recently to now include those who oppose mandatory vaccination.
Typical leftie practice – can’t win the argument, change the definitions.
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While the French sub program may have been a bad idea i think going nuclear is even worse. Why don’t we try and be a little different?? How about some unique diesel submarines that do different things than nuc subs can do??
Why don’t you ask bird; he might come up with a non black-hole, inertia free, gravity resistant, all chrome set of subs.
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“Her and whose armed forces will stop us?”
NZ will partner up with China to become
CHINZ and if there’s not too many of them now
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Laugh and think, this is Australia
Andrews allows picnics as 70pc target nears
Victorians will be able to meet in groups of five if vaccinated and two if unvaccinated, while two regional areas in NSW will enter lockdown tonight.
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Neil, the main reasons – there are others – you want nuclears are range, endurance and stealth.
Having unlimited fuel means you can go around the world if necessary without refuelling. Refuelling is dangerous as you can be seen. “”””””””
Why cannot we be a little different and create a niche market with diesel submarines which can do something the nucs cannot??
I have read that diesels are quieter than nucs because the nuclear reactor needs cooling system to keep the reactor cool.
I wonder if Abbott was PM whether we would have gone for the Japanese boats??
But for some reason we always want the biggest and fastest but maybe not the best for us.
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srrsays:
September 16, 2021 at 12:34 pm
Because President Trump didn’t give them a State Dinner
May be not that strange.
Donald Trump spent his life working with builders, movers & shakers at all levels (why do so many forget about all those ‘Top End Ground Dwellers’), around the world, people who knew why the world was shit (having to swim through seas of shit to get anything worthwhile done), and genuinely wanting to make the world less shit.
He also had an exceptional record from Military College where though he excelled in leadership he was barely remembered because he was not a braggart but helped other make the most of themselves and would not abide bullying of the young & weak.
He also has more than a couple of languages he can listen to understandingly.
He did such a good job of mixing & mingling amongst the good & bad of many key Nations & power blocks that he managed to shoulder through the gates that were supposed to only let Hillary into the POTUS chair.
From there he managed to pull off many much needed ‘impossibilities’ even that great miracle of bringing Peace To The Middle East.
This drew out yet more enemies from within, desperate not to go down with him when all rules were thrown to winds in order to reinstall the the long standing Dictatorship that then promptly rushed to undo all Trump’s good works, especially making the Middle East a Waring Hell Hole again.
Now people forget that The Dictatorship tried to disqualify & remove Trump from the get go, yet he lasted out his term and is arguably more loved now than during his peak as sitting POTUS and still holds Trusted Friend Status with countless known & unknown Global movers & shakers.
Another thing people forget is that Xi is hated amongst Chinese Communist Party Members for his solid record of being Anti-Corruption, yet he remains Leader and now he is drawing China back into itself, & going hard against Western Wokeness, something the majority sane Westerners are also desperate to do away with.
As to ‘China’s’ ‘Social Credit’ system, again, it was Western Traitors who sold them all the technology with the intention of China bug testing it before it’s Global implementation.
Anyway, back to Trump; he’s now got all his old allies (minus a few tested harder & found wanting during his sitting Presidency), plus others further tested & made while siting POTUS, and he also has a greater security network and insights into way above top secret intelligence that he never had before he smashed the Dictatorship the first time.
He smashed it so hard that on top of M.E. Peace, he rallied, sent & led a massive 22 Nation Force to Central & South America to tackle the problem of fentanyl & other drugs used by the Cartels, Chinese Mafia, “Others”*cough* Frankie Baby & Co.*cough*, and the rest, to cripple once sound Nations.
Truth is the first casualty in War, but strategic deception not only wrong foots the enemy but also flushes out enemies within which means The Good Guys also Have To Lie, Convincingly.
In this, no doubt greatest of World Wars, when micro drones and other new tools of war we know about are but toys compared to the next generation technologies only few are privy to, nothing played out in public media can be taken at face value, yet there is still a need to have some things made known, that will keep up the morale of those being asked to take great risks (even to being recorded by history as traitors rather than heroes who will only be known to God), lest they grow weary of keeping the faith just when their heroics are most needed.
Malcolm Turnbull didn’t even have Donald Trump’s number to call & congratulate him for becoming POTUS.
Turnbull then got dumped and POTUS Trump gave Prime Minister Morrison a State Dinner.
Now Crazy Bad Biden did a Turnbull & forgot PM Morrison’s name when announcing one of Team Trump’s greatest accomplishments.
… and anyone who thinks this AUSUK deal was just cobbled together under Biden or even the work of Obama, Hillary & Co., should think again, deeply …
P.S. this Aussie Nuke Subs announcement is also the first time I’ve read mention of the deep sea technologies I wrote about very many years ago.
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“I have read that diesels are quieter than nucs because the nuclear reactor needs cooling system to keep the reactor cool.”
Maybe. The problem with the frog deal is they were converting nuke subs into diesels; the worst of both worlds.
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srrsays:
September 16, 2021 at 12:50 pm
🙂
… and as a related aside, can you image when all those Pro-Jab Dobber’s realise that all this modern tech that helps anyone become a Member of the Modern Global Stasi, is also the tech that Records them as those who can’t be trusted by their fellow countrymen? 😉
Matthew 12:37
[New King James Version]
For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
Note; “your” words, includes the words you put in other’s mouths but NOT the words others put in your mouth.
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srrsays:
September 16, 2021 at 1:04 pm
🙂 I pictured it straight away.
Remember that ‘Free Willy’ the Orca movie images in it’s posters, the Obama “O” posters, and that Aussie Explosive Company, Orica’s symbol?
“Ah, the Orca’s Free to work in our waters now.”, was the first thing that sprang to my mind.
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Woke Milley’s Nuclear Coup
[Trump Calls For TREASON Trial]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iva_A160OQo
Sep 16, 2021
The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters
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”” Maybe. The problem with the frog deal is they were converting nuke subs into diesels; the worst of both worlds. “””
I would really like to know who idea that was. Govt has the final say but i doubt they went against Departmental advice. Trouble is our Journalists are useless in this country and never hunt around for answers i would like to know. For all i know Turnbull likes the French so we for the French submarine
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As to the “fake news” comment of Trump’s that Carl & Callum have trouble with in this –
Woke Milley’s Nuclear Coup
[Trump Calls For TREASON Trial]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iva_A160OQo
Sep 16, 2021
The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters
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I explain a lot of it here –
https://newcatallaxy.blog/2021/09/14/open-thread-tues-14-sept-2021/comment-page-5/#comment-17626
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There will be a half page ad in tomorrow’s Australian by Alan Moran and his group about the bullshit of alarmism. Keep an eye out for it.
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AUKUS is awkward to say.
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Consider the origin is due to the Frogs.
So FAUKUS. Pronounced Forkus
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Re: De-Salination Plants, Wind Farms & other Green Boondoggles –
One thing that can be said for them is that while Global Green Anti-Humanity Loons have been savagely putting the breaks on everything that healthy Nations need, their pet Green Projects have at least kept generations of Western men’s Trade Skills practiced and further developed.
This means we have a working army that can jump straight into vital, geo & mechanical engineering, logistic and other real world projects.
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vaccine mandate response
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“I have read that diesels are quieter than nucs because the nuclear reactor needs cooling system to keep the reactor cool.”
Maybe. The problem with the frog deal is they were converting nuke subs into diesels; the worst of both worlds.
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Nah – nucular (tks Scomo) subs are much quieter than diesel subs.
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[Trump Calls For TREASON Trial]
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Yeah – yawn. You’re getting all frenetic again – like you were when Sinc banned you.
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“””” Nah – nucular (tks Scomo) subs are much quieter than diesel subs. “””””
I don’t think i have seen a single reference saying nuclear submarines are quieter than diesel when a diesel is using its batteries. Why would they be quieter??
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This will probably give Delta A the creeps.😘
Batshit insane!
Ghost Rrider – Uppsala Run – DESHAKED
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Reality kicks in and thumps you in the head.
Aussie Cossack:
People in the Police, break ranks.
Tombraiders: NSW Police arresting the living to protect the dead at a Sydney Graveyard..
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If the Chinks invade then Aussies could be subject to draconian measures such as curfews and lockdowns enforced by soldiers. It will be illegal for Aussies to protest, and they will get thrown in prison for trying to organise resistance to these extreme measures.
boom~tish
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