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They seem not to think or care about rubbing salt in the wounds of the victims of the “Father of the Vaccine”, with all their celebratory jig-dancing. The best that might be said is that as a selected president, he doesn’t have all that much power.
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Reminds me of this:
Jesus and Mary Magdalene
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Bob
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The vast majority of American Jews voted against Trump. So they are totally at odds with American Jews by fellating Trump.
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Torah Judaism
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Rare ‘blue sky’ in the UK
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Stew Peters goes on a tear from 45 min mark:
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Dutch Health Minister admits Covid a ‘military operation’
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‘Whitewash’: NZ Foreign Minister blasts Australian Covid inquiry
“You guys haven’t had a review, you’ve had a whitewash,” Peters said in Auckland about the Albanese government’s Covid inquiry released last month.
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Or this version
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Here lies the MSM
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Uplifting: winning racehorse & girl with cancer
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Senator Babet
@senatorbabet
My nigger nailed this one. One hundred percent. 💯
5:19 AM · Nov 11, 2024 · 2.7M Views
https://x.com/senatorbabet/status/1855691756588909040
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⬆️ Link to the Tate broadcast
https://x.com/Cobratate/status/1855671707836563905
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Rudd MUST be sacked as US Ambassador
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The Age
During Trump’s first term, the MSM ran with the ‘kids in cages’ hysteria, Trump bailed out telling Stephen Miller they were getting killed on this issue. Trump’s capitulation then led to huge caravans of people from Honduras, etc.
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Uplifting? – Bee Gees song – You Win Again
Is there weird symbolism in the video clip? Sigh. I don’t know. I just liked the song, the chorus.
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Surveillance state
POTUS:
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Dostoevsky’s birthday
Such an interesting thread! Including photo of manuscript draft of The Brothers Karamazov
But also
and
and on it goes
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Clint kills the local scum, then drags the harlot into the barn to teach her a lesson.
We’ll miss him.
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A message to Kevin Rudd
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Nicholas J. Fuentes
@NickJFuentes
Tonight Trump appointed Pete Hegseth his Secretary of Defense.
Hegseth is a fanatical neocon who worked for think tanks funded by Paul Singer, the Koch brothers, and Sheldon Adelson. He believes “Zionism and Americanism” are intertwined. Cool.
https://x.com/NickJFuentes/status/1856547459465433134
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Comments all going Dan’s way.
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Piers Morgan astonished that Dan is truth-telling.
I guess Piers believes Dan should be scared like everyone else.
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Rabbi Shmuley disgracing himself again
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This is such a no-brainer, the longer Albo fails to act the more his credibility as PM diminishes.
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The Age
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The Unz Review
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Caitlin Johnstone
@caitoz
The only intellectually honest reason to support Trump is because you’re a garden variety Republican and you support standard Republican agendas like lower taxes on the rich and low tolerance for human diversity. There is no honest basis to support Trump on antiwar grounds, or because you want the swamp of corruption to be drained from Washington. This was obvious to anyone who paid attention the last time he was president, but it is glaringly obvious now from all the warmongering swamp monsters he’s been packing his cabinet with.
This narrative so-called “MAGA Republicans” have about themselves as some new special breed of Republican who are meaningfully different from the Republicans of the past simply is not born out by any kind of material evidence. They’re not draining the swamp. They’re not fighting the deep state. They’re not ending the wars. They’re doing all the gross stuff Republicans have always tried to do while LARPing as brave rebels.
I despise the entirety of the Republican Party; it’s one of the most evil things humanity has ever produced. But in a sense I actually respect the Republicans who don’t pretend to be anything different from what they’ve always been more than I respect the frauds who pretend they’re waging some kind of populist insurgency against the establishment. At least the Ben Shapiros and the Fox News weird hair pundits are honest about who they are.
https://x.com/caitoz/status/1856695083841810557
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The world is so over the Haka
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Keith Woods
@KeithWoodsYT
🚨 The call to #BanTheADL over their disgraceful doxxing of a prominent X user is today’s top trending story on X!
Surely @elonmusk will now respond and explain if the ADL will be suspended for this blatant TOS violation.
https://x.com/KeithWoodsYT/status/1857149059967881666
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MAGA reality
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Just now
Round 8: Jake Paul defeats Mike Tyson by unanimous decision
By Manouk Akopyan
YouTube-sensation-turned-boxer Jake Paul defeated 58-year-old Mike Tyson by unanimous decision in their heavyweight fight at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on Friday night.
Fans seemed less than enthused by what they saw, with some people booing in the crowd.
Round 8 recap: It’s rinse and repeat for Paul, who outboxes Tyson in the last round, just like he did in all of the rounds before. It was a unanimous decision win for Paul. Tyson likely won only won round — the first round — at the best. Paul landed eight of 43 in the eight round. Tyson landed only one of 6.
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France-Israel match marked by scuffles, booing and a record-low attendance
A pre-match protest and minor scuffles between fans took place as France faced Israel in a poorly-attended Uefa Nations League match on Thursday evening.
Only 16,611 fans were in attendance at the 80,000 capacity stadium, mostly due to security concerns and a call for boycott, in what was the lowest turnout ever for a French national team match at the Stade de France in Paris.
The game ended in a goalless draw and was marked by some incidents inside the stadium.
There was audible booing from some fans during the Israeli national anthem ahead of the game and, about ten minutes into the first half, confrontations broke out between scores of matchgoers.
Videos shared on social media showed Israeli fans, some with their faces covered and with Israeli flags draped on their backs, attacking French fans …
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Harrison H. Smith ✞
@HarrisonHSmith
If you told me in high school that I would one day be the last anchor on Infowars when the Feds pull the plug, I would have slapped you in the face.
It’s a dream and a nightmare all rolled into one.
What a f..king wild timeline.
3:12 AM · Nov 15, 2024 · 49.6K Views
https://x.com/HarrisonHSmith/status/1857109329872085501
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Powerline’s The Week in Pictures: Run and Shoot Offense Edition
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Hartcher is such a dickhead
No one warms to Kevin Rudd. Ever.
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The Age
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Candy O got cancelled, but there is always someone else that steps up
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It’s not quite Advent yet, but kaysee, you might appreciate this bit of music for a Sunday, if you see it – a recent rendition of a childhood favourite: The Little Drummer Boy
(I’ll spare you Elvis’s favourite Christmas song etc – I may look to take that sort of stuff to X or somewhere in the new year – just to note a sort of “green shoots” feeling about the first sighting of all the little Christmas decorations and trinkets out on display at the corner store this year 🙂 )
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Haaretz
■ An Israeli reservist was killed in combat in the northern Gaza Strip, the IDF announced on Sunday morning.
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And what a perfect specimen of a Semite
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Thanks, mh and Esme….
In keeping with the season, we do have some carols posted here when we get to Advent.
Esme, if you have some favourites, go ahead and share them during Advent.
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Bishop Joseph Strickland
WHAT WILL IT TAKE?
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And for this Sunday…
Psalm 135:
Eksomologiste Slavite Gospoda (Praise the Lord)
This is an ancient Christian hymn based on Psalm 135. It is sung here, in Greek, by Nektaria Karantzi, a Byzantine female chanter from Greece. And the Children’s Choir of St Basil of Ostrog singing in Serbian. It is part of the concert at the Crypte of St Sava Cathedral, Serbia.
Nektaria sings one verse (Greek), the children follow with their verse (Serbian).
(See next comment for lyrics.)
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A Ponderable
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I wanted to find the lyrics, but it was difficult as it is a combination. I may have made some mistakes here as I don’t know Greek or Serbian, but this is what I managed to put together. There is no English version that is sung in the video, but I have (what may be) the corresponding section, below.
If you want to follow the lyrics while watching the video, you may want to open the video in a separate window.
Eksomologiste Slavite Gospoda (Praise the Lord)
Nektaria Karantzi (in Greek)
1/ Exomologiste to Kyrio oti agathos, Alliluia,
Hoti is ton eona to eleos aftou, Alliluia!
2/ Exomologiste to Theo ton Theon, Alliluia
Hoti is ton eona to eleos aftou, Alliluia!
3/ Exomologiste to Kyrio ton Kyrion, Alliluia
Hoti is ton eona to eleos aftou, Alliluia!
4/ To pisanti thamasia megala mono, Alliluia
Hoti is ton eona to eleos aftou, Alliluia!
5/ To pisanti tus uranus en sinesi, Alliluia
Hoti is ton eona to eleos aftou, Alliluia!
Children’s choir (in Serbian)
1/ Slavite Gospoda, jer je dobar Aliluja ;
jer je doveka milost Njegova;Aliluja
2/ Slavite Boga nad bogovima Aliluja ;
jer je doveka milost Njegova.Aliluja
3/ Slavite Gospodara nad gospodarima Aliluja ;
jer je doveka milost Njegova;Aliluja
4/ Onog, koji jedan tvori čudesa velika Aliluja ;
jer je doveka milost Njegova;Aliluja
5/ Koji je stvorio nebesa premudro Aliluja;
jer je doveka milost Njegova; Aliluja
Final verse sung together by Nektaria and the choir
Slavite Boga nad bogovima Aliluja ;
jer je doveka milost Njegova.Aliluja
English version
1/ Praise the Lord, for He is good, Hallelujah!
For His mercy endures forever, Hallelujah!
2/ Praise the God of gods, Hallelujah!
For His mercy endures forever, Hallelujah!
3/ Praise the Lord of lords, Hallelujah!
For His mercy endures forever, Hallelujah!
4/ To Him Who alone does great wonders, Hallelujah!
For His mercy endures forever, Hallelujah!
5/ To Him Who by wisdom made the heavens, Hallelujah!
For His mercy endures forever, Hallelujah!
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I posted my first YouTube comment ever on this video, and it lasted less than 5 min.
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FACT CHECK: Was Dan Bilzerian Right About Judaism?
The Muslim Skeptic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxZOTixhK94
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Keith Woods
@KeithWoodsYT
Jonathan Greenblatt called myself and @jakeshieldsajj “disgusting antisemites”, then called for my censorship because I started the #BanTheADL campaign
Glad we woke so many people up to what a monster this guy is
https://x.com/KeithWoodsYT/status/1858152754302033993
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Alan Jones everywhere in the news. I don’t know anything about any of it, but, rightly or wrongly, have found myself feeling sick, and sorry for him, the so very publicly “accused”, and wondering why, why now – at the age of 83. Another smug-seeming woman journalist in the background, a troublingly familiar suggestion of going looking for something, and people being nudged to come forward. Different people, different cases, of course, but it isn’t easy to forget the images of Cardinal Pell for one, and Craig McLachlan for another, going to and from the “courts of justice”, seeing the effect the process had on them. And it isn’t hard to see why many sniff yet another ideologically driven show trial.
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Piers Morgan, Dan Bilzerian, and Holocaust Denial • 38m ▶
RON UNZ • NOVEMBER 18, 2024 • 5,100 WORDS
https://www.unz.com/runz/piers-morgan-dan-bilzerian-and-holocaust-denial/
https://www.unz.com/CONTENTS/AUDIO/runz/Unz-BilzerianHolocaust.mp3
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I agree, Esme. Whilst I have been aware of media reports accusing Jones of distasteful conduct in the past, I am deeply suspicious of the publicity and public recital of allegations. Jones is entitled to his day in court and a jury empanelled to determine if the allegations are proved and whether these were illegal. I will not be reading any media reports of the trial proceedings as I do not consider these impartial.
I am not in favour of censoring news. I do think that the presumption of innocence is not served by spreading unproved allegations and innuendo for profit.
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Thanks, Interested observer
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Alan Jones was the only decent commentator on Sky News during Convid.
Then Sky News sacked him. Predictably.
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Yes, something about “advertising”, sadly. Doesn’t reflect well.
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Neocons all the way
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Keith Woods
@KeithWoodsYT
🇯🇵 Japanese television explains that the US supports Israel because Jews dominate positions of influence and create powerful lobby groups like AIPAC
Nov 19, 2024 · 1.1M Views
https://x.com/KeithWoodsYT/status/1858524407397859828
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Email from Tucker Carlson Network
This is why we’re on the verge of nuclear war
The Biden administration’s decision to permit Ukraine’s use of American missiles against Russia is the most evil and reckless policy development of our lifetimes.
It could lead to a nuclear war.
This didn’t have to happen. Had it not been for America’s foolhardy leadership, this conflict would have ended months ago and more likely never would have started in the first place.
You won’t hear that from the mainstream media, but it’s unquestionably true. Glenn Greenwald joined today’s Tucker Carlson Show to explain why, reveal the profound hidden significance behind Biden’s action, and preview the hurdles Donald Trump will need to overcome to get this resolved.
Glenn Greenwald tells Tucker:
“The Ukrainians can’t use those missiles on their own. In other words, if they want to launch these missiles, it’s not just the U.S. giving them the missiles and telling them, ‘No problem, go and use them.’ It requires the direct involvement of the United States and/or a major NATO country.”
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Rudd toon
(Lethbridge)
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That is good.
Bob Moran’s book turned up today, a happy surprise early Christmas present for someone
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UK totalitarianism targeting family farms
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Some “on the right” calling anti-foreign-state graffiti justification for implementing a “surveillance state” here. Similar to the manipulation of the UK riots. It’s good, for some of us, to be free of the fake sides, but still we’re so divided. As they want us.
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The Age
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This is better from Labor, but they need to grant a visa to Candace Owens.
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Heard this on the radio, but don’t expect much in the way of fair and balanced commentary from the media. If only Australia had sought to “tiptoe” around – rather than trample on – its own citizens’ human rights during the fake pandemic.
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Israel is FURIOUS we didn’t grant this woman a visa, but celebrated getting Candace Owens’ visa cancelled.
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Thanks, mh, for trying to point out the good. It’s too easy to focus on the negative.
This is pretty:
Christmas prep
(Just a bit of ‘pre-seasonal cheer’, kaysee – I know it’s not even December yet 🙂 )
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I came across this article by Bettina Arndt when browsing, which reinforces my unease at the process Alan Jones has been subjected to. Bettina blogs at bettinaarndt.substack.com
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Thanks again, Interested observer.
That statement’s probably a little harsh. There were other commentators who raised some objections. So he wasn’t the only one. It was just wrong that they sacked him – apparently for being too truthful.
As a woman, and having experienced a bit of life – a few different “stages” and “players” (in the Shakespearean sense) – I can try and put myself in the hypothetical feminist journalist’s shoes for a moment. I can sort of see – hypothetically – the seductive pull of a years-long mission to “take down” a grotesque caricature of the “predatory, abusive male”, especially if he’s of a different – and tribally loathed – political persuasion. (Obligatory disclaimer: real, serious abusers do exist. They may not be paraded in front of us by the media, for whatever reason.). The influence of ‘cliques’ and ‘clubs’ – ideological or otherwise – can be as strong in the adult world as at high school. Perhaps stronger, when you add the promise of professional accolades and other perks to the mix.
We’d seen the “spending of hundreds of thousands from our police budget trying to prove some decades-old claims of gropes” etc, before, and the dirt-digging “recruitment campaigns”. To me, this sort of apparently belated harvesting and piling of accusations onto one individual seems a not-so-distant relative of Hollywood’s unsubtle efforts to minimise and dissipate claims of abuse within the acting industry by seeking to #MeToo in every other faintly similar experience, in every other industry or non-industry all over the world. The one seeking to ensure that, whatever happens, some mud will stick; the other, hoping that the mud spreads so far and thin as to become barely perceptible.
Even so, if you’d asked me five years ago, I probably couldn’t have imagined the presumption of innocence being tossed out the window quite so brazenly and cavalierly as this, with “There is no better time to come forward” sounding more like a dodgy advertising slogan than a sober statement of policing.
Now, a bit older, a bit sadder but wiser, I no longer expect much of any of the “trusted institutions”. I already know none of us are “safe” with them. If the last half-decade didn’t teach us that then we weren’t really paying attention. But, for so long as we have some semblance of “free speech” – that too now silently slipping away – then we can still at least raise our little voices of support, or objection.
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Powerline’s The week in Pictures: Dance Craze Transition Edition
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When the Jews run the news
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Is it wrong to prefer Enya’s version to the famous sopranos’ (Sissel, Dame Joan and so on)?
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George Christensen
Victory for Free Speech
Nation First celebrates Labor’s Misinformation Bill finally being abandoned.
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That’s encouraging, mh.
I can’t link to it but there’s some good commentary on the legal system in The Weekend Australian , and something on (the largely unobserved) International Men’s Day – about how these days are a bit silly, really, but if we have them they should be celebrated equally.
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Thanks for sharing this song, Esme.
There is such a subdued and low key manner to her appearance, and yet her voice shines through. Lovely and soothing to listen to. It is poetic; so, too, are some of the comments.
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Speaking of love, can harsh words spoken to a loved one be retracted and forgiven?
She wants Relationship advice
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Some Voices of Reason in the pursuit of truth.
Brad Miller-1
Brad Miller-2
Greg Lukianoff
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Here’s a fine example of ignorance pushing the Zionist propaganda.
If you wonder why you get called an “anti-semite” or how, despite so much available info, there are actually people in this world who are still pro-Israel/ pro-Zion, pro-genocide, listen to this German show host (Jasmin) interviewing Prof. John Mearsheimer. (The clip is from a longer version interview.)
Mearsheimer interview – short clip
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Professor Jeffrey Sachs (a Jew) explains how:
Israel owns US
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Proof of ownership
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Esme, if they are paywalled articles, there are still ways to get the articles for public reading outside the paywall. Such as the webpage archive and similar sites.
If you post the paywalled links here, someone can check the archive and repost the new links.
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Shout out to the other Cat sites
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Mis/DisInfo bill is dead (for now) ‘but the Social Media Minimum Age’ legislation is still on. This is supported by Dutton & Co.
Anyone who wants to join the battle, here are some links.
Social media legislation
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Digital ID
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And for this Sunday….
Today is the Feast of Christ the King (Novus Ordo).
It was celebrated last month in the Vetus Ordo.
At the Name of Jesus
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A Ponderable
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That’s what I thought, kaysee. I don’t know a lot about opera but found it interesting that her rendition was so moving while perhaps lacking the technical perfection of operatically trained singers.
As to relationship advice, I’m not sure I’m best placed to provide that on here. I don’t know about the whole “spectrum” business – they seem to use that all over the place these days. But no-one can be all things to one person, so I think it would be unfair to expect that and unreasonable to try. I’m sure you’d agree there’s always room for forgiveness in a relationship, especially a marriage.
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I’ll have to work out how to use these, kaysee – I was reading from the old-fashioned paper copy!
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Esme,
Go here: https://12ft.io/
Then paste the Age link below into ‘clean webpage’ bar
‘No one should live this fear’: Australian student hit in alleged Israeli military shooting arrives home
https://www.theage.com.au/national/no-one-should-live-this-fear-australian-student-hit-in-eye-in-israeli-shooting-arrives-home-20241124-p5kt25.html
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Doesn’t seem to work, mh… but here’s one link
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=TAWEB_WRE170_a_GGL&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theaustralian.com.au%2Finquirer%2Ftuesday-was-a-big-day-for-men-did-you-blink-and-miss-it%2Fnews-story%2Ff676a5a363fb4aa3b62ed68fe9b3b910&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium&v21=HIGH-Segment-1-SCORE&V21spcbehaviour=append
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https://www.theaustralian.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=TAWEB_WRE170_a_GGL&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theaustralian.com.au%2Finquirer%2Fthe-unmistakable-whiff-of-mob-justice-after-alan-joness-arrest%2Fnews-story%2F653538bef05307a375c66e5d48525c28&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium&v21=HIGH-Segment-1-SCORE&V21spcbehaviour=append
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Nicholas J. Fuentes
@NickJFuentes
Donald Trump has just appointed Scott Bessent for Treasury Secretary.
Bessent is a homosexual hedge funder manager who worked for George Soros for 10 years and received a $2 billion investment from him for his firm in 2015.
Swamp remains undefeated.
9:23 AM · Nov 23, 2024 · 1.2M Views
https://x.com/NickJFuentes/status/1860101833290842190
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The Age
We will ‘comply with international law’ on Netanyahu arrest: Wong
Foreign Minister Penny Wong has given her strongest indication that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would be arrested if he travelled to Australia, saying any decision “will be informed by international law, not by politics”.
Wong said she would not “speculate on hypotheticals” about the likelihood of an arrest, striking a more cautious tone than senior politicians from other International Criminal Court member states who have explicitly said they would detain Netanyahu if he entered their territory …
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Let’s see what those precious apostles of culture have been up to.
Hmmm
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COL. Douglas Macgregor : Netanyahu Arrest Warrant !!! – PLUS – Russia fires ICBM into #Ukraine !!!
Judge Napolitano – Judging Freedom
487K subscribers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPJmh_bAxlA
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“Sudden and Unexpected”
Multiple ‘Fit & Healthy’ Michigan Hunters Drop Dead from Heart Attacks
Cavatina from The Deer Hunter
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INTERVIEW: Aussie Cossack rides on
George Galloway
507K subscribers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=800ld2vh4MU
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Informed Consent Matters (Miri AF)
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David Kurten
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Irish Lawyer Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh KC
“…to the displaced, the starving, the bereaved, the widowed and maimed. To the daughters left motherless, and the mothers cradling their children’s tiny shrouds…”
Don’t think the answer’s as simplistic – and sexist – as a “women-led” future, though.
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To Elon Musk’s boast that “AI will be incredible”
Robin Monotti
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Bob Moran
Can’t recommend his book enough. For the words as well as the pictures:
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