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.
Charlotte admitted she had found a resilience she didn’t know she had.
“Part of it is that you’ve got no choice,” she says.
“At the start I crumbled a little bit but you’ve got to change your mindset and it was finding the positives in every day… that’s still what gets me through.”
Newly unearthed webinar footage shows Australia’s US Ambassador and former prime minister Kevin Rudd calling recently re-elected Donald Trump a “village idiot” and “incoherent”.
Sky News host Sharri Markson revealed exclusive footage of Mr Rudd making the comments, which come from the years after Mr Trump’s first term in office and add to a growing list of Mr Rudd’s public criticism of the US president-elect.
Despite describing Mr Trump as a “political liability”, a “problem for the world” and a “traitor to the west”, the former Labor prime minister was appointed US Ambassador in 2022. …
Trump poised to tap far-right figure for immigration crackdown
Washington: A far-right nationalist known for stoking racist conspiracy theories about white people being replaced by immigrants is set to be appointed by Donald Trump as his top aide overseeing policy.
As Trump moves to consolidate his power in Washington, the president-elect is expected to appoint his former immigration adviser, Stephen Miller, as his deputy chief of staff for policy, giving him an expanded role to carry out the Republican’s second term agenda…
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.
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.
Australia backs UN vote on ‘permanent sovereignty’ for Palestinians
Australia has backed a United Nations resolution recognising Palestinians’ “permanent sovereignty” over resources in the occupied Palestinian territories in Gaza and the West Bank in a significant shift from its previous stance.
The federal government broke with the United States and Israel in two UN votes on Thursday, the latest in a series of votes that have angered local pro-Israel groups in Australia.
Australia joined with 155 countries to support a UN committee vote on a draft resolution recognising the “permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources, including land, water and energy resources”. …
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.
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.
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 …
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 🙂 )
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.
An Open Letter to My Brother Bishops (and to the lay faithful!)
Many people have asked what it will take for more than a few bishops to finally speak up against the false messages constantly flowing from the Vatican under the leadership of Pope Francis, and I ask myself the same question over and over:
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).
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!
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
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.
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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