Thanks for WIP, Coldie. I don’t usually get the Trekkie (never saw Star Trek) or pop culture jokes, but the rest more than makes up for it. True LOL material every week. I wonder how many views they get?
If you thought that Russell Brand’s problems were the biggest story in the UK right now, think again. Think about a revolt brewing in the British Civil Service against gender ideology and a warning from within the ranks that identity politics are undermining government itself.
This is a 45-minute video for anyone who would like to understand the meaning and reason for the Mass. It gave me deeper insights into certain elements of my faith, and the Mass, that I had not realised before.
While many people go to Mass every week, few people know what it is to worship. We show up and do our best to “pay attention,” but for too many of us, this just means we watch closely. You have been given a gift that you have most likely left unused. This gift is unused because it is largely unknown. This presentation will uncover this unknown and unused gift so that you can stop watching the Mass and start worshipping at Mass.
kaysee says:
October 1, 2023 at 3:43 pm
2/ This game
You can add to the list Somalia and Libya.
The point is they lied every single day. Not just one lie. Vietnam and Afghanistan was unrelenting lies.
The New Atlas interview of Mark Sleboda made a good point about NATO trained troops: such as in Afghanistan and Iraq and how quickly they surrendered to the bad guys. The latter was such as disaster that the RAND corp did a study Will to Fight: Analyzing, Modeling, and Simulating the Will to Fight of Military Units and never got to the obvious reason.
I guess all those models just aren’t working…..mmmm COVID, Climate, diversity….
I know you probably missed it but Sukkot began on Saturday and so was Mohammed birthday. To celebrate the bday, ISIS ( more correctly called Salafists) blew up 200 or so probably Sufis (they are Sunni) in Baluchistan. The Sufis have a parade to celebrate the birthday. And this is how the former celebrate. Is this IntraIslamophobia?
Kremlin says it wants to see cool-headed leadership in Slovakia
Russia said it is watching political developments in Slovakia after the pro-Russian populist, and former prime minister, Robert Fico won a parliamentary election at the weekend.
When campaigning, Fico promised to halt military support for Ukraine and called on Kyiv and Moscow to reach a compromise to end the war.
On Monday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said it was ridiculous that European politicians like Fico were labelled pro-Russian.
“Now anyone who thinks about the sovereignty and independence of their country are getting called pro-Russian. We would surely like to see experienced and cool-headed leaders in Slovakia,” he said, in comments translated by NBC.
Reserve Bank of Australia governor Michele Bullock has spared borrowers from a 13th interest rate rise but warned at least one more increase may be necessary as the central bank tries to stamp out the worst inflation outbreak in decades.
Announcing the cash rate would be left at 4.1 per cent for the fourth straight month, Ms Bullock said on Tuesday the decision to keep interest rates unchanged at her first board meeting as governor was made in light of uncertainty around the economic outlook and signs the economy is cooling.
If you are unsure about the veracity of a news item, ask yourself: Who is narrating the story?
Do they have an agenda?
What you see reported in the media should not be swallowed as factual. Most would agree with this when it is the MSM. But in the context of the US Elections, the caution applies to both Legacy and “Conservative” media from all sources. I have explained this in last month’s US Elections thread. I will get to it again in the next few weeks/months.
Had the outcome not been of great global concern – who will win the WH in 2024? – this ongoing drama would provide much entertainment. It also continues to shed awareness and enlightenment on the main characters and their supporters.
I am repeating this – I try to verify but I can’t spend too much time. Some of the info/links are the facts, some not yet verified, some to be taken with a grain of salt. As for the memes floating around on social media, I keep tossing up whether I should share them on the blog or not.
Use your discretion when reading what gets posted.
Collin Rugg
@CollinRugg
JUST IN: Liberal journalist Josh Kruger was shot and killed early this morning in Philadelphia after an intruder entered his home and started shooting.
Just two days ago, Kruger responded to a tweet from Scott Adams, mocking him for his prediction that “there’s a good chance you will be dead” if Biden is elected.
“The Dilbert dude is like Nostradamus. Look at this prediction from 2020. Wow. Eerie.”
At the moment, no arrests have been made.
Two weeks before his death, Kruger posted on Facebook that someone had showed up to his house, searching for their boyfriend.
“A man I’ve never met once in my entire life.” The person referred to themselves as “Lady Diabla, the She-Devil of the Streets.”
The writer of Golda has attacked “creeping authoritarianism” in the entertainment industry amid criticism of the decision to cast Helen Mirren as the former Israeli prime minister Golda Meir.
Speaking before Friday’s release of the film about Meir’s leadership during the 1973 Yom Kippur War, Nicholas Martin said that concerns about casting gentiles in Jewish roles made him uncomfortable.
World Economic Forum “agenda contributor”, Mariana Mazzucato: Our attempt to vaccinate the entire planet failed, “climate change” is “too abstract” for people to understand, but the coming water crisis is something that everyone will get on board with.
They are planning to get rid of us. Too bad for them, some of us aren’t letting them succeed. So they are plotting new ways.
Florida Governor and GOP presidential candidate Ron DeSantis is alleged to have had an affair with Newsmax anchor Emerald Robinson after going “missing in action”
Check the Community note below the message.
Emerald says she has never met DeSantis so I hope she sues.
This is supposed to have taken place while Casey was undergoing chemo treatment.
Yes, please release all these photos immediately! And when you don’t, since I’ve never met the man — my lawyer will contact you regarding slander and libel.
It was revealed last month that Kim Reynolds’ husband has been diagnosed with lung cancer. She must be finding time to have this affair while her husband is undergoing treatment sessions.
I will point out that a previous federal government DID listen – The Howard government launched the NT intervention.
I suspect things have returned to how they were before the intervention in the NT. Because the issues would be cultural plus all Territory governments are crap.
A surge in long-term bond yields has pushed the Australian dollar to an 11-month low and may force Michele Bullock to deliver further cash rate rises
I saw/heard the commentary from Sky News Ross Greenwood yesterday on the RBA decision and governor comments.
Ross states that the RBA wants one more rate rise in its arsenal in the event of having put a final nail in the coffin of inflation. He leaves it at that without challenging that narrative. Rates here are not even in restrictive territory, and our lower rates are putting pressure on the dollar – which itself is inflationary.
– GOP House Speaker getting booted
– the Aussie dollar’s continued slide
– ASX 200 closing barely above it’s 2007 peak
– A referendum in 10 days that the government cannot explain
– A war that we are supporting with military equipment headed for certain defeat
Tony Abbott opining on the Voice referendum. I know that Tony isn’t loved & admired by everyone here but I rate him as a better Prime Minister than numerous of his predecessors and far better than all of his successors.
Every time I post a rant about participation, there will be a few who will come in and respond for a day or two. Then they switch back to lurking or whatever else.
There is so much by way of news and info. What is happening in our country and around the world. Posting news items, or our views on some subject or experiences. The topics, news items, opinions are just steaming out of my ears. There is so much to share and discuss and debate about. I could sit here for hours with info to post, but time does not permit.
My guess, mh, is probably that you and I are the only ones who have chosen this blog as their one and only Cat blog. I may be wrong – if that is so, I hope the others will let me know.
It doesn’t matter. I come here because I am greatly concerned about what is happened in the world and I want to do what I can by way of using this free platform that we have.
I’ll be here posting and sharing as much as possible, as time permits. If I am not here, it just means that I am very busy.
I posted a clip yesterday from the Trump team admitting they lie about DeSantis. So for those out there who have believed the messages from Trump-is-god and his team that DeSantis is Rino, pro-establishment, pro Soros, pro WEF and whatever other untruths have dropped from the MAGA posters, maybe facts don’t matter.
When it comes to campaign funds, we are told that his donors are Rinos or that his donors are dropping off because he is doing so badly in the polls.
If Trump is 50 points ahead of DeSantis, why do he and his team care about Loser Ron DeSantis?
Brutal and True… but RINO Ron is not going anywhere. There’s like $75,000,000.00 left in his billionaire funded Super PAC that needs to be spent hurting GOP 2024 chances so that the consultants that ruined his political future can enrich themselves.
Ron DeSantis raised roughly $10 million to $15 million in the third quarter, with Never Back Down, the super PAC supporting the Florida governor, collecting an additional $10 million to $20 million, Republican donors backing his presidential bid tell The Dispatch.
The Trump team tells lies about DeSantis, mocks and ridicules him but wants him to drop out of the race so that they can get their hands on the his campaign funds. By 1 October, the story was that he would be out of funds and hence would have to drop out.
RDS isn’t going anywhere. He has plenty by way of funds and support.
About those polls … I’ll get to that another day.
Trump is trying to get the RNC to cancel any further debates to focus all manpower and money on winning the 2024 election (I have the link to this statement). Based on those polls, he is the only one who can beat Biden. Why is that?
My guess, mh, is probably that you and I are the only ones who have chosen this blog as their one and only Cat blog.
I expect so.
I did that for a reason.
No one on here is going to post the stupidity that we were subject to at the old Cat.
Posts – not comments – arguing that the RBA governor should be sacked for not creating enough inflation. Yes, really.
The GOP have the majority in the House. What have they been doing?
In-fighting. Who endorsed McCarthy in January? Trump.
Now one of Trump’s greatest supporters, Matt Gaetz, along with 7 other GOP members, got the support of the Democrats to get rid of McCarthy. Dems only to happy to help in wrecking the GOP.
Think about that.
Gaetz has probably learnt the art of teaming up with Dems against Republicans from the god, himself. (Links can be supplied)
Re the House Speaker booting:
1/
Is this irony? Or just a lack of self-awareness?
Stop the aid.
Negotiate neutrality for Ukraine.
Go home.
CNBC
The dramatic ouster of U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has raised questions about the future of the country’s supply of aid to Ukraine.
McCarthy, who has previously backed U.S. support for Ukraine, was removed in a no confidence vote led by members of his own party on Tuesday.
That comes amid a growing divide within the Republican party over the continuation of U.S. aid. The U.S. is by far the biggest provider of military aid to Ukraine.
No one on here is going to post the stupidity that we were subject to at the old Cat.
This is what I like about this blog. There is a set of rules that allows free speech but not the low level abuse or ridicule of commenters. Disagree, debate, yes. But not abuse. At the old Cat, to find comments with news required scrolling past abuse, trolls and in-fighting. That is all okay for those who are on the blog 24/7. But if you just want to catch up with news and good comments, you had to wade through pages.
I’m done with trying to encourage others to participate in a blog that is free from trolling and insults. Using this opportunity of this platform to share and speak freely, within the blog rules. There is so much happening in the country and the world that can be shared and discussed.
If any others want to take part, welcome.
If they don’t want to do so, that’s okay.
Thought for the month: “Never trust a man who can look a pretty woman in the eye”
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For Justine and Volodymyr
Are we the baddies?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWvpvlT9pJU
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Thanks for WIP, Coldie. I don’t usually get the Trekkie (never saw Star Trek) or pop culture jokes, but the rest more than makes up for it. True LOL material every week. I wonder how many views they get?
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US HoR rep pulls fire alarm to delay Budget vote.
Need I say that he is a Dimmocrat?
People who merely walked around in the building have been sentenced to years in jail, and in one case, shot dead while unarmed.
Unbackable odds that Jamaal will be slapped on the wrist with a soggy bit of muslin.
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Garrison
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Rowan fires!
‘How dare you?’ Rowan Dean hits out at Noel Pearson over ‘offensive’ Voice speech
Sky News Australia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayE76bbv764
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Playing war games
1/
Rand Paul
We’re sending $100 billion to Ukraine that just canceled it’s elections.
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2/
This game
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3/
The business game
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Gender wokery in the British public service
is being challenged by public servants
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It’s a bit wet in New York.
NYC Underwater: The Day Nature Rewrote the Record Books
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Ok folks, tipping time.
It’s the greatest night in Aussie sport – the NRL grand final.
I’m tipping Brisbane Broncos to beat the Panthers by 8.
🏆
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WEF man in the UK is going to be dumped?
Tory civil war:
Grassroots Conservatives call for Sunak to be OUSTED in leaked messages
2/
Who will replace him? Do the real Conservatives have the numbers?
Suella Braverman understands the migration problem and isn’t a pushover.
‘Slap in the face!’
Braverman snubs invite to discuss migration with Archbishop Welby
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I knows nuthings about this tippings and beatings. 😉
How about this sporty story, instead?
A Samsunspor fan
waved at the team bus passing every week and then one day gets a surprise.
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Dammit! I have to watch on CH9, not Fox.
Don’t stuff it up, CH9.
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And for this Sunday……
This is a 45-minute video for anyone who would like to understand the meaning and reason for the Mass. It gave me deeper insights into certain elements of my faith, and the Mass, that I had not realised before.
Fr. Mike Schmitz:
Pray The Mass Like Never Before
.
A Ponderable
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H/T score Penrith 8 Broncos 6
Very brave first half from the Broncos.
I’m still tipping them.
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kaysee says:
October 1, 2023 at 3:43 pm
2/ This game
You can add to the list Somalia and Libya.
The point is they lied every single day. Not just one lie. Vietnam and Afghanistan was unrelenting lies.
The New Atlas interview of Mark Sleboda made a good point about NATO trained troops: such as in Afghanistan and Iraq and how quickly they surrendered to the bad guys. The latter was such as disaster that the RAND corp did a study Will to Fight: Analyzing, Modeling, and Simulating the Will to Fight of Military Units and never got to the obvious reason.
I guess all those models just aren’t working…..mmmm COVID, Climate, diversity….
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Broncos went 24-8 up in the second half.
Penrith Panthers came back to win 26-24.
The real tragedy, I forgot to cash out 😢
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I need Payne Haas to win the Clive Churchill medal.
There’s a chance …
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Nathan Cleary wins the Clive Churchill.
Freakish performance to get the Panthers back in it.
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I know you probably missed it but Sukkot began on Saturday and so was Mohammed birthday. To celebrate the bday, ISIS ( more correctly called Salafists) blew up 200 or so probably Sufis (they are Sunni) in Baluchistan. The Sufis have a parade to celebrate the birthday. And this is how the former celebrate. Is this IntraIslamophobia?
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The US proxy war is losing support in Eastern Europe
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Avi at his best
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He backflips off a cliff into a lake. Yes, really.
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CNBC
Kremlin says it wants to see cool-headed leadership in Slovakia
Russia said it is watching political developments in Slovakia after the pro-Russian populist, and former prime minister, Robert Fico won a parliamentary election at the weekend.
When campaigning, Fico promised to halt military support for Ukraine and called on Kyiv and Moscow to reach a compromise to end the war.
On Monday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said it was ridiculous that European politicians like Fico were labelled pro-Russian.
“Now anyone who thinks about the sovereignty and independence of their country are getting called pro-Russian. We would surely like to see experienced and cool-headed leaders in Slovakia,” he said, in comments translated by NBC.
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AFR
Reserve Bank of Australia governor Michele Bullock has spared borrowers from a 13th interest rate rise but warned at least one more increase may be necessary as the central bank tries to stamp out the worst inflation outbreak in decades.
Announcing the cash rate would be left at 4.1 per cent for the fourth straight month, Ms Bullock said on Tuesday the decision to keep interest rates unchanged at her first board meeting as governor was made in light of uncertainty around the economic outlook and signs the economy is cooling.
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Helpful Tips and Suggestions
1/ Carry a ballpoint pen to write your answer on a ballot paper.
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2/ If you haven’t made up your mind, here’s a hint.
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3/ Once this vote is done, we need to remember that:
Everyone needs a voice
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4/ If you are in the hot seat, just say:
I want to go home. Now.
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the central bank tries to stamp out the worst inflation outbreak in decades.
What did they expect when the government borrowed and printed heaps of money and threw it into the economy?
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If you are unsure about the veracity of a news item, ask yourself:
Who is narrating the story?
Do they have an agenda?
What you see reported in the media should not be swallowed as factual. Most would agree with this when it is the MSM. But in the context of the US Elections, the caution applies to both Legacy and “Conservative” media from all sources. I have explained this in last month’s US Elections thread. I will get to it again in the next few weeks/months.
Had the outcome not been of great global concern – who will win the WH in 2024? – this ongoing drama would provide much entertainment. It also continues to shed awareness and enlightenment on the main characters and their supporters.
I am repeating this – I try to verify but I can’t spend too much time. Some of the info/links are the facts, some not yet verified, some to be taken with a grain of salt. As for the memes floating around on social media, I keep tossing up whether I should share them on the blog or not.
Use your discretion when reading what gets posted.
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It is said that before elections “all politicians lie and make promises”. In the case of the US primaries, “it gets ugly, that’s the way it is”.
I’ve also heard Trump supporters defend him and say he is not a “politician”. So does that mean he does not lie like all politicians?
1/
Then and Now
Here’s #Trump2016 getting owned by #Trump2024. #MAGA
Then (Feb 2016)
He said he would build a wall and get Mexico to pay for it.
Now (Oct 2023)
He admits it could not be done. He knew there was no legal mechanism to get that done. But he still made that an election promise.
Not a lie? Not a politician?
And MAGA doesn’t mind that they were lied to in order to get their vote.
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2/
2 October 2023
What he says
It is unfair [he] doesn’t have a jury
but
The Facts:
Trump isn’t getting a jury in his $250 million civil fraud trial
because his lawyers failed to ask for one
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Collin Rugg
@CollinRugg
JUST IN: Liberal journalist Josh Kruger was shot and killed early this morning in Philadelphia after an intruder entered his home and started shooting.
Just two days ago, Kruger responded to a tweet from Scott Adams, mocking him for his prediction that “there’s a good chance you will be dead” if Biden is elected.
“The Dilbert dude is like Nostradamus. Look at this prediction from 2020. Wow. Eerie.”
At the moment, no arrests have been made.
Two weeks before his death, Kruger posted on Facebook that someone had showed up to his house, searching for their boyfriend.
“A man I’ve never met once in my entire life.” The person referred to themselves as “Lady Diabla, the She-Devil of the Streets.”
Kruger says they even threatened him.
Wow.
https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/1708925067588194478?s=20
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Golda writer hits out at casting critics after Helen Mirren row
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Billy Gates
Solving the population problem
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2/
Mariana Mazzucato
They are planning to get rid of us. Too bad for them, some of us aren’t letting them succeed. So they are plotting new ways.
And we can counter that. Toss in some parody too.
TIME LIES – The Great Hear Set
(feat. Klausi McSchwab)
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This is from the Trump team.
1/
Trump campaign admitting they blatantly lie about DeSantis
because lying is ‘effective’.
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2/
The Emerald affair
Check the Community note below the message.
Emerald says she has never met DeSantis so I hope she sues.
This is supposed to have taken place while Casey was undergoing chemo treatment.
3/
The Reynolds affair
It was revealed last month that Kim Reynolds’ husband has been diagnosed with lung cancer. She must be finding time to have this affair while her husband is undergoing treatment sessions.
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Sky News host Caleb Bond calls out Yes23’s latest ad of the campaign which posits the Voice as the “only solution” to Indigenous issues.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZghrN2oByE
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I will point out that a previous federal government DID listen – The Howard government launched the NT intervention.
I suspect things have returned to how they were before the intervention in the NT. Because the issues would be cultural plus all Territory governments are crap.
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A lengthy vid from Russ
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I note the number of subscribers is going up, not down.
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AFR
I saw/heard the commentary from Sky News Ross Greenwood yesterday on the RBA decision and governor comments.
Ross states that the RBA wants one more rate rise in its arsenal in the event of having put a final nail in the coffin of inflation. He leaves it at that without challenging that narrative. Rates here are not even in restrictive territory, and our lower rates are putting pressure on the dollar – which itself is inflationary.
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Yes23 using devious means to win Referendum
1/
Selling purple merchandise ahead of Voice referendum
despite Australian Electoral Commission warning
2/
Yes23 campaign deletes tweet suggesting No voters could put a cross
on Voice to Parliament ballot
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Very quiet at the Cat, kaycee
No one else left that has an opinion on:
– GOP House Speaker getting booted
– the Aussie dollar’s continued slide
– ASX 200 closing barely above it’s 2007 peak
– A referendum in 10 days that the government cannot explain
– A war that we are supporting with military equipment headed for certain defeat
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Tony Abbott opining on the Voice referendum. I know that Tony isn’t loved & admired by everyone here but I rate him as a better Prime Minister than numerous of his predecessors and far better than all of his successors.
Podcast on ‘The Voice Referendum’ with Hon. Tony Abbott AC | 28th Prime Minister of Australia – 16 mins.
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Yes, mh, I’ve noticed that.
Every time I post a rant about participation, there will be a few who will come in and respond for a day or two. Then they switch back to lurking or whatever else.
There is so much by way of news and info. What is happening in our country and around the world. Posting news items, or our views on some subject or experiences. The topics, news items, opinions are just steaming out of my ears. There is so much to share and discuss and debate about. I could sit here for hours with info to post, but time does not permit.
My guess, mh, is probably that you and I are the only ones who have chosen this blog as their one and only Cat blog. I may be wrong – if that is so, I hope the others will let me know.
It doesn’t matter. I come here because I am greatly concerned about what is happened in the world and I want to do what I can by way of using this free platform that we have.
I’ll be here posting and sharing as much as possible, as time permits. If I am not here, it just means that I am very busy.
We’ll do what we can, for as long as we can.
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I posted a clip yesterday from the Trump team admitting they lie about DeSantis. So for those out there who have believed the messages from Trump-is-god and his team that DeSantis is Rino, pro-establishment, pro Soros, pro WEF and whatever other untruths have dropped from the MAGA posters, maybe facts don’t matter.
When it comes to campaign funds, we are told that his donors are Rinos or that his donors are dropping off because he is doing so badly in the polls.
If Trump is 50 points ahead of DeSantis, why do he and his team care about Loser Ron DeSantis?
1/
8 August 2023
Lou Dobbs
2/
30 September 2023
Don Trump Jr
3/
03 October 2023
Ron DeSantis Donors Upbeat About Third-Quarter Fundraising
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Here’s the clue: Follow the money.
The Trump team tells lies about DeSantis, mocks and ridicules him but wants him to drop out of the race so that they can get their hands on the his campaign funds. By 1 October, the story was that he would be out of funds and hence would have to drop out.
RDS isn’t going anywhere. He has plenty by way of funds and support.
About those polls … I’ll get to that another day.
Trump is trying to get the RNC to cancel any further debates to focus all manpower and money on winning the 2024 election (I have the link to this statement). Based on those polls, he is the only one who can beat Biden. Why is that?
1/
Trump’s campaign machine is bleeding cash for legal expenses
.
2/A Viewpoint
3/
Nominees chosen on Polls?
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I expect so.
I did that for a reason.
No one on here is going to post the stupidity that we were subject to at the old Cat.
Posts – not comments – arguing that the RBA governor should be sacked for not creating enough inflation. Yes, really.
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The GOP have the majority in the House. What have they been doing?
In-fighting. Who endorsed McCarthy in January? Trump.
Now one of Trump’s greatest supporters, Matt Gaetz, along with 7 other GOP members, got the support of the Democrats to get rid of McCarthy. Dems only to happy to help in wrecking the GOP.
Think about that.
Gaetz has probably learnt the art of teaming up with Dems against Republicans from the god, himself. (Links can be supplied)
Re the House Speaker booting:
1/
Is this irony? Or just a lack of self-awareness?
2/
Mike Garcia
.
3/
Chip Roy
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Stop the aid.
Negotiate neutrality for Ukraine.
Go home.
CNBC
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This is what I like about this blog. There is a set of rules that allows free speech but not the low level abuse or ridicule of commenters. Disagree, debate, yes. But not abuse. At the old Cat, to find comments with news required scrolling past abuse, trolls and in-fighting. That is all okay for those who are on the blog 24/7. But if you just want to catch up with news and good comments, you had to wade through pages.
I’m done with trying to encourage others to participate in a blog that is free from trolling and insults. Using this opportunity of this platform to share and speak freely, within the blog rules. There is so much happening in the country and the world that can be shared and discussed.
If any others want to take part, welcome.
If they don’t want to do so, that’s okay.
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