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Cartoon/meme via Andrew Tate
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How Israel will affect Ukraine – Intel Round Table w/Larry Johnson & Ray McGovern
Judge Napolitano
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr-eefUfSPQ
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The day has arrived.
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J.Leak
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For Yes.
The Liberal Party and its broad church
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The referendum booklet didn’t provide the description of the Proposed Law.
Will this be how The Majority Vote?
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To other Windows 10ers out there.
If it hasn’t already happened,
There’s a Biggggggg update coming up with 25 fixes.
You have been warned.
Nice way to spend a Saturday afternoon ……
I don’t mind the updates. Just wish they would provide the pop-up notification and options like they used to in Windows 7.
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It is one week since the Hamas attack in Gaza. Across the media, a great deal of discussion. People are reacting by splitting up into factions/groups and choosing a certain position.
Much of it is a response to what is being fed from whatever source they are following. We are all at the receiving end and not immune to the info flowing out. But instant reactions are can be emotional and not rational.
Why and how have we reached this stage?
Where are we headed?
We learn when we ask questions and listen to other opinions even if at first they may seem to be some conspiracy theory or not in line with what we believe. We can dismiss it later if it is completely baseless.
Ben Bradbury
Some thoughts …..
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KGB defector Yuri Bezmenov’s warning to America
This was filmed in 1984.
In the video, Yuri explains:
“Ideological Subversion” is broken up into 4 phases:
1/ Demoralization
2/ Destabilization
3/ Crisis
4/ Normalization
When Yuri is describing the first phase, Demoralisation, he talks about a person refusing to understand even when shown the proof. He says:
He [the person] will refuse to believe it until he is going to receive a kick in his fat bottom. When the military boot crashes, then he will understand ……
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Poland
Dominik Tarczyski
Polish Law and Justice Party
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Tarczyski-1
Poland is NOT worried about Friday’s “Day of Jihad.”
There will be no jihadis in Poland because they don’t let them in
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Tarczyski-2
Democracy in Poland
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Hungary
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Viktor Orbán
Responses to Orbán’s post:
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Still, it’s better to ride the wave of updates than put them off. Nefarious types would be interested in any weaknesses the updates are meant to repair and try to use them against vulnerable computers.
There’s settings to pause updates if you look but anyone who does that probably ends up with a backlog. My Lenovo work laptop updates pretty fast despite its age while my ‘vintage’ home PC takes some time…
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Voice Referendum
Counting in progress
Sky News The Voice Debate
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AEC – Tally room
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I decided not to use that option because I know I will forget about the updates.
Win7 used to have the pop-up window to let you know that there are updates ready for download. If you were in the middle of something on your computer and did not want the interruption, you could delay it by a few hours. Then when you are ready, you set them to begin and go off to do other tasks.
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From Sky News
Overall
NO vote is ahead across Australia.
YES camp hopes are on Tassie.
The further away you get from Tas, the more likely the NO vote.
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Sky News Australia’s chief election analyst Tom Connell has called NO as the winner in the national Voice to Parliament referendum.
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Pauline Hanson 🇦🇺
@PaulineHansonOz
Australia has voted No to the Voice of Division.
Today we are One Nation, One Country, One Mob.
Thank you Australia 🇦🇺
https://x.com/PaulineHansonOz/status/1713110443706003673?s=20
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Great lady, great Australian.
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65% No in QLD after 30% of votes counted.
This will have implications on federal politics.
Albo may get rolled before the next Federal election.
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Courier Mail
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SBS coverage is ignoring the aboriginal audience that voted no.
It’s an echo chamber of losers.
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Albo speaking.
Should of been a resignation speech.
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You won’t be seeing this on SBS
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Powerline’s: The Week in Pictures: Mass Hypocrisy Edition.
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Bolt – telling it like it is
‘Brilliant day’: Andrew Bolt reacts to Voice referendum defeat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqRdoI2Aqfs
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Check out the comments, lol
‘Cool your jets’: Fiery debate erupts between Chris Kenny and David Littleproud
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMdIt1qFjao
Kenny needs to step down for a few months.
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Watching Sky News
Chris Kenny is really embarrassing himself now.
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All six states have voted No
Australia is united.
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QLD No vote now over 68%
I cannot see how the PM will still be there leading Labor at the next election, going up against Qlder Peter Dutton.
Just look at the turnover of PMs since 2007.
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‘Sit back for once and listen’: Andrew Bolt lambasts Chris Kenny on Voice take
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0W88sB8AROQ
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Chris Kenny needs to put the big boy pants on and go and do something he understands.
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The people spoke
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Choc delivers
Anthony Mundine launches into an unhinged rant about the Voice as No vote wins – saying it would have ‘enslaved humanity’
‘This was about the World Economic Forum, what they wanted to do to enslave humanity, and use aboriginal peoples to do that,’ he said …
… ‘I’m just disappointed in a lot of people that I thought that sold out, got paid, pushed this Yes campaign.
‘I want Australia to walk as one, it doesn’t matter what you are.’
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12630473/Anthony-Mundine-launches-unhinged-rant-Voice-No-vote-wins-saying-enslaved-humanity.html
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‘40 beheaded babies’ : How media amplified an unconfirmed story | The Big Picture S3E3
Middle East Eye
787K subscribers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFtE9HMtiOc
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So far
Yes 39.75
No 60.25
But Labor not getting the message
Not ready, so they will have to re-educate Australians.
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Pauline Hanson 🇦🇺
@PaulineHansonOz
Thank you One Nation. You were the backbone of the No vote.
https://x.com/PaulineHansonOz/status/1713316825155666412?s=20
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Actor Not Sure if He’s Supposed to Support Israel or Palestine
Ryan Long
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0Pw_TxBe7w
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All six states and the Northern Territory. The ACT was the only place where the Yes vote won.
I was listening to a Professor of something or the other was talking on the ABC yesterday as the NT votes were coming in. She couldn’t believe that the polling stations in the remote Aboriginal settlements were all coming in with a strong No vote.
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Ryan Long (again)
Hamas Responds to Mia Khalifa’s Support
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Tp8-zO5riJo
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Brilliant analysis from the bald one on
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I want to thank Julian Leeser for supporting the Yes case and resigning from the front bench. This allowed Jacinta to get appointed as shadow Indigenous minister.
Currently, the NT seats in the lower house are taken by Labor. If Jacinta could get one of those in the next election, it would be good. She needs to get to the House Of Reps.
She has passion, fire and love for the country. She is an intelligent person. She has leadership qualities. It would be easy for her to learn what she needs to about the workings of government.
This is an article from earlier this month, in the Oz.
Paywalled – so I haven’t read it.
Regardless of October 14’s referendum result, Price will be the biggest winner
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Brisbane press gallery
The commenters are well-pleased.
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Bill Maher
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A few years ago, on Islam
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This week, on HBO’s “Real Time
Your Moral Compass Is Broken’
if You’re a Lefty Siding with a Regressive Terror Group over Progressive Israel
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mh, I have been following reports on this story from the day it broke but have not commented on it. The reporter in this Middle East Eye video is pushing the pro-Palestine case and so is going with the story that the killing of babies is not true.
Warning: Graphic images.
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AI generated images
The released images have been put through image software to determine where it is “human” or “fake”. That has set up a controversy. Depending on which side a person supports, the photo got labelled accordingly.
One side said it was human baby, the other side said it was a puppy. Looking at the photos, it would seem strange for a healthy puppy to be placed in a baby body bag. Also, why would there be stains on the sheet if there is healthy puppy?
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Doll or baby?
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The Telegraph – article
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News dot com
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Culture Critic
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Lipstick on the Mirror
Ladies would you please …..
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MAGA-Trump
This entire primary cycle between Trump and his supporters:
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Bill Maher
Welcome to Country
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Rukshan Fernando
@therealrukshan
North Territory No.
Canberra Yes.
Tells you everything you need to know
https://x.com/therealrukshan/status/1713159377027481999?s=20
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Just letting all commenters here know that I am going to be busy with some projects over the coming weeks.
I will still come in and post comments. There is plenty happening, so I’ll find something to add to the threads. But the long rantings ^.^ and posts will be on hold till time permits.
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The hunt for Hamas
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Israel has issued warnings to the Gaza residents to leave the areas that they will be targeting. They have dropped leaflets on the city.
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Hamas leaders rumoured to be sitting safely in hotels in Doha and have told residents not to leave.
They tell the civilians to stay because it is their home and they should stay there. Real reason is to use these residents as human shields in the hope that Israel will not attack if there are civilians.
Questions have been asked about why hospitals and schools are being targetted by the IDF. It’s because Hamas is known to use these locations to store weapons.
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On the other side of Gaza is Egypt.
Hamas and Egypt
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The Border
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The Map
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Question asked:
Why don’t these rich Arab nations take in Palestinians?
They are quick to protest about the plight of the Palestinians, so why don’t countries like Saudi Arabia take them in?
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Egypt Can Save Gaza’s Civilians
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KC, I linked above, but will link again.
This is superb analysis of Hamas and the politics of Palestine, and explains so much:
@guycharles9105
6 hours ago
Probably your best ever broadcast, Brian – I couldn’t stop listening and I have learned so much about a conflict that, unlike the Ukraine, I had been woefully ignorant of until now. You explained so many anomalies about the true reasons for the Hamas attack and their affilations, the apparent Israeli unpreparedness and how the attack benefits their government, and of course how the USA continues to control virtually every major player in this as in most other global conflicts.
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Bookmarked to watch later.
I asked that as a rhetorical question.
It is strange that the West has accepted refugees who are Muslims when there are so many Christians in refugee camps who should be taken in here. It would be a seamless integration and assimilation.
If the Middle East and the Muslim world are quick to protest and shed tears for their own people, why don’t they take them in. In fact, they can take all the Muslims from the Western nations too, and we could live in peace.
On the subject of the massacre, there are plenty of questions about how it could have taken place. I watched a video where Col Macgregor said that it is too early for us to know what really happened.
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And for this Sunday…..
Ūnus
We’ve seen videos of what happened on the streets of New York, in the past week, by supporters of the massacre in Gaza.
There was on Tuesday, another procession of around 3000 people also moving through the streets of New York.
The presence of right order in the midst of a disordered city gives hope to a people.
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Duo
Yesterday, in the church of Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Poznań , Poland
Warriors of Mary.
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Trēs
I wanted to find the English translation of the lyrics of that hymn, and came across this:
Oldest Polish Hymn – “Bogurodzica” (PL/EN lyrics)
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Quattuor
A request from the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa,
on behalf of all the Ordinaries of the Holy Land:
On Tuesday, 17 October everyone hold a day of fasting, abstinence and prayer.
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Keith Woods
@KeithWoodsYT
🇮🇱 Former Israeli PM Naftali Bennett loses it when asked about killing children in Gaza:
“Are you seriously asking me about Palestinian civilians? What is wrong with you? We’re fighting Nazis”
Goes on to justify targeting the innocent by pointing to the firebombing of Dresden.
https://x.com/KeithWoodsYT/status/1712505761962607026?s=20
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Turkish President unloads on Blinken
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The Spokesman’s reply is quite amusing.
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An interesting reversal of principles when Jews are the victims
via Power Line
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Queensland voted 69% NO
The Premier’s response?
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All you wicked racist homophobic misogynistic voters who voted No better watch out, Albo is after revenge.
After “The Voice”: Aussie PM Vows to Refocus on Renewable Energy – WUWT.
Blackout Bowen will be unleashed on us.
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As the post-mortems continue, perhaps some self analysis would be appropriate – this is from Nick Cater behind the paywallian
Albanese should recognise the result as a call for the end to the policy of separatism that began under Gough Whitlam and has yet to be challenged. The self-determination policy, as it was called, was intended to empower Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people by granting them control of settlements where they might practice their traditional customs.
The descent of these Rousseauean-inspired idylls into welfare sinkholes riddled with social dysfunction was immediate and is now all but irreversible. The most tragic mistake was the assumption that Aboriginal people held abnormally strong communal values that rose above the wishes of any individual. The free market barely operates across much of central and northern Australia.
Adopting capitalism may have brought a couple of billion people out of poverty in the last 30 years, but in large parts of remote Australia, it is effectively banned.
Saturday’s result provides an opportunity to liberate Aboriginal Australians from the debilitating assumption that they are victims from birth. It is a chance to break the tyranny of low expectations. Every Indigenous citizen should be able to exercise their full rights as citizens to alter the course of their lives for good or ill.
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Australians know best. The Voice Referendum. Anthony Albanese Thomas Mayo – Danger Dan – 3 mins.
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Reality check
@HebrewHammerArmsCo
9 days ago
150,000 odd land claims across Australia now… Redlands Shire said the cost to fight the land claims in Redlands will be $210 million… Everyone’s rates will skyrocket… Virtually all of the East Coast of Australia now has land claims.. It will cost billions to fight the claims and the Aussie tax payer will be paying the Aboriginals legal fees…
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Land of make-believe’: ACT the only state or territory to vote Yes for the Voice
Sky News Australia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8G5hZ-k3qL4
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They Push Ahead With Treaty and Division
Daily Insight
15.1K subscribers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GU_1RsgoMd8
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⬆️ The QLD LNP leader – a treaty f-wit – must be replaced.
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Not just in Queensland, the Feds are talking about continuing regardless of the referendum result.
Government still pursuing TREATY despite referendum result – Australian Agenda – 9 mins.
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Haaretz.com
@haaretzcom
“Anyone who wants to thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state has to support bolstering Hamas and transferring money to Hamas,” Netanyahu told his Likud party’s Knesset members in March 2019. “This is part of our strategy”
https://x.com/haaretzcom/status/1711329340804186619?s=20
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mh says:
October 16, 2023 at 11:03 pm
I also get their feed, Haaretz would sell out Israel if they could establish a communist regime.
I doubt that quote, Netanyahu is not stupid and a patriot, he has his faults by the very nature of being human.
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Agree, Kevin, I’d want to see a primary source for that ‘quote.’
Seems totally out of character.
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kaycee, I have W10 and an old PC, but the last update took about 15 minutes.
I get an icon on the lower right hand of my screen when an update is in the works. It asks me to nominate a time to do it. I turn it on when I am doing something else.
Frankly, I don’t understand why it takes so long, or is so unexpected.
No fan of MicroSatan, but in this case I don’t think it’s their fault.
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From behind the paywallian
Ummm, seems to be a bit short on the detail.
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Interesting topic
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He’s from Ukraine. And he’s here to help…
Peace broker-1
‘Not the right time’:
Israel rejects Zelensky’s visit – report
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Peace broker -2
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Peace broker -3
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The power of EU. Or should we say WEF globalists?
Polish opposition looks set to oust ruling nationalists
in major political shift
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johanna, maybe, there are different versions/builds of Windows10?
Or updates can be affected by programs and apps on the computer?
It was so slow that I checked with online forums and there were similar complaints.
whirlpool
Ten Forums
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Being told that 80% of indigenous people supported the Voice wasn’t an attempt to impact the voting process through misinformation?
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Luton car park fire caused an estimated loss of £30 Million. There was somewhere between 1,200 to 1,500 cars lost in the fire, and the structure itself collapsed. I’d be very wary about using these multi-storey car parks in the future.
Who is responsible for losses of the Luton Airport Carpark Fire? – BlackBeltBarrister – 5 mins.
The commentator said that the fire started from a diesel Range Rover but some experts say that particular model was a diesel electric hybrid. The hybrid version has a smaller battery underneath the front passenger’s door which appears to be where the fire was coming from according to photos of the event. Nevertheless, the diesel Range Rovers, hybrids and otherwise, have a history of catching on fire so insurance companies now won’t cover them.
Multi-storey car park owners will probably be required to install fire suppression infrastructure soon, more costs to them.
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When will Bibi start wearing green T-shirts?
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DeSantis organised the evacuation of around 270 Americans from the war zone and got them safely to America.
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Trump Influencer has this “news”
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Three GOP candidates
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Opinion piece on Trump
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Question for Vivek from voter
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Article in the Spectator
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I’ve made this point in other comments as well as in this Narrative Post.
What is the truth about any major event that is currently in the world arena?
At this stage, my head is spinning trying to absorb the info coming in from different directions about the crisis in the Middle East and the Israel-Palestine conflict. I am trying to stay with facts, but …… what is the fact? Who can vouch for it?
Who is the villain/bad guy and who is the victim/good guy?
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Word Salad
from Kim Iverson
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This is Benjamin Netanyahu
talking to the World Economic Forum in January of 2021 about COVID ……
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Bibi is part of the regime that runs America.
Israel is an outpost of this regime.
Ukraine was supposed to be another Israel – however that one hasn’t quite gone to plan.
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Having divided Australia for nothing, Anthony Albanese must resign – ADH TV – 3 mins.
He won’t resign, he’ll just double down on stupidity.
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Whatever side you are on, you should still have knowledge of what it’s like for those under the bombardment of Israel:
Killing Gaza
https://vimeo.com/549520612
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Yenta from Brooklyn
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AF Post
@AFpost
Jewish pundit Mark Levin threatens Samson Option if America doesn’t supply Israel with weapons.
https://x.com/AFpost/status/1713813118307221902?s=20
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The Age
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This
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An Israeli air strike killed hundreds of Palestinians at a Gaza City hospital crammed with patients and displaced people, health authorities in the besieged enclave said.
A HAMAS rocket went off course .. plenty of visual & eyewitness accounts available ………
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Latest Greg Reese
Zionism and the Creation of Israel
https://banned.video/watch?id=652edc188f439c2cf4442254
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DeSantis organised the evacuation of around 270 Americans from the war zone and got them safely to America.
Cheap political trick and nothing to do with his job as governor of Florida.
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Progressive liberal memes never get old
World War 3!
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AFR
US response to Israel-Hamas war draws fury across Middle East
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It is quite easy to align ourselves to one side of the current conflict: Israel or Palestine.
Some agree with retribution. What will be the end result?
On the day of the massacre, this was published by the heads of churches in Jerusalem.
Statement on Peace and Justice Amidst Unfolding Violence
This week,
the Latin Patriarch of Holy Land, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, said on Monday that he would be willing to exchange himself for the child hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza.
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We need to take a deep breath and think about what is to come. And if this is the only way to end the current conflict.
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This is a fairly balanced preview at the Israel-Hamas war. If I had online access, I would have posted the article.
Paywalled in the Oz
Ground war will be slow, bloody, unspeakably brutal
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Julian Assange
on Wars and the Media
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Dec 2022
Efrat Fenigson
interviewed by Avi Yemeni
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Arrest Sunak!
Tory MP Threatens To Prosecute UK Govt Over Israeli War Crimes
Novara Media
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWEKbVcXL4s
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From the smh
The symbolism would be far greater if instead of 1 week, it was 65,000 weeks of silence to reflect. After that period, they can have their Voice, Welcome to country, acknowledgements and whatever else they want.
As long as we don’t have to hear anything about the voice, get welcomed to our country or have to acknowledge that the land belongs to any tribe for the next 65,000 weeks.
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Three links here for those who think and analyse.
And are able to identify great leaders by their abilities and actions.
Read the entire articles.
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Adam Kinzinger on DeSantis Airlift: ‘You Can’t Do That!’
DeSantis: ‘Hold My Beer.’
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There’s More to the DeSantis Airlift Story Than We Realized
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DeSantis Sends Cargo Planes Full Of Supplies To Israel
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President Joe Biden is greeted by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after arriving at Ben Gurion International Airport.
How touching
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In this video, Bret Weinstein interviews Efrat Fenigson. It took place a week ago. The discussion covers several topics including the questions around the border breaches, the attack and the meaning of freedom.
The Israel Attacks:
Beyond the Obvious with Efrat Fenigson
(1hr 43mins)
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Paul Murray, the Beetrooter, Pauline
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Malcolm Roberts has got the TGA squirming.
Australia Needs Independent Drug Scrutiny — the TGA is Compromised – 14 mins.
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