Open Thread – October 2023

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  1. Old bloke says:

    Just thinking about that Malcolm Roberts video above, how long before the bureaucrats appearing before a Senate Estimates committee refuse to testify without having legal representation. When the word “malfeasance” starts to be heard, it’s time to engage legal assistance.

    Poor old Professor Brendan Murphy, remember when he was appearing on the evening news with PM Morrison as new lockdown and vaccine mandates were announced, what a jolly good fellow he was, probably had the right school and Lodge credentials, now Morrison is gone and good old Murphy is left to carry the can.


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  2. mh says:

    They were all on board the Yes campaign.

    I don’t want my taxes gifted to them.

    Synagogues and mosques will be given help to upgrade security under a $50 million federal plan to protect communities in the wake of the Hamas terror attack on Israel as parliament divided on the killing of Palestinians in a hospital in Gaza.

    Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton backed the increased spending to shield 177 schools, places of worship and community facilities after a security warning about the danger of spontaneous violence.


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  3. mh says:

    Interesting interview with a Saudi political analyst

    Arab countries condemn hospital bombing | Support pours in for Palestine | Gravitas

    WION

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s01LBoJ09Y0


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  4. mh says:

    Mohammed Zubair
    @zoo_bear
    Hello @GoldsteinBrooke, That’s not an Israeli Pregnant woman. It’s an old video of mexican cartel removing the heart of a man.

    https://x.com/zoo_bear/status/1714740166047523174?s=20


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  5. mh says:

    LNP withdraws support for ‘divisive’ Path to Treaty

    The LNP has axed its support for a Path to Treaty in a major policy reversal driven by Queensland’s overwhelming rejection of the Voice referendum.


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  6. mh says:

    The Treasurer’s priorities lie elsewhere

    AFR

    Treasurer Jim Chalmers skipped international economic meetings with foreign finance ministers and central bank governors in Morocco last week, staying home to campaign on the Voice to parliament.

    Dr Chalmers did not attend the Group of 20, International Monetary Fund and World Bank meetings that the treasurer usually attends to assess developments in the global economy and liaise with foreign counterparts.


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  7. shatterzzz says:

    Treasurer Jim Chalmers skipped international economic meetings with foreign finance ministers and central bank governors in Morocco last week,

    Shirley not! .. isn’t it against Liars pardy policy to skip an O/S freebie .. Luigi & the chap will be very unhappy 1st class seats went empty …..


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  8. mh says:

    I’d say Albo was desperate.

    Treasurer Dim Jim wouldn’t have chosen to ditch the overseas trip for a week selling a shit sandwich to Queenslanders.


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  9. mh says:

    Grim Jim

    Treasurer Jim Chalmers warned that conflict in the Middle East could drive oil prices even higher, as economists predict next week’s inflation figures will exceed Reserve Bank forecasts and trigger a 13th interest rate rise.

    The Treasurer agreed that conflict in the Middle East will increase the jobless rate and also means inflation could be higher for longer than both the Treasury and the Reserve Bank currently forecast.

    Solutions required, Jim.


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  10. mh says:

    Two Labor ministers say Palestinian-Australians are feeling forgotten in the unfolding political reaction to the Israel-Hamas war and that civilians in Gaza are being subjected to collective punishment.

    Industry Minister Ed Husic and Early Childhood Education Minister Anne Aly urged for de-escalation of the conflict on Thursday morning, in strong comments that push the Albanese government to step up its support for Palestinians.

    Meanwhile

    Dutton tells PM to fly to Tel Aviv to show support for Israel


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  11. kaysee kaysee says:

    Malcolm Roberts has got the TGA squirming.

    Australia Needs Independent Drug Scrutiny — the TGA is Compromised – 14 mins.

    Every health regulatory body in the world has to be held accountable for their approval of these untested jabs.

    Greater scrutiny needs to be on how the vaxx was approved for children.

    8-year-old COVID vaccine poster child dies from heart attack

    An eight-year-old boy from Israel has tragically died of a heart attack, three years after appearing in a government-sponsored video that promoted the COVID vaccine for children.


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  12. Old bloke says:

    Dutton tells PM to fly to Tel Aviv to show support for Israel

    I think that the last thing Netanyahu wants at the moment is having Albo show up. Zelensky wanted to go when Biden went, Netanyahu told him not to bother.

    That photo you posted yesterday of Netanyahu and Biden embracing was funny, like two wooden figures who wanted the photographers to bugger off quickly. Netanyahu and Biden loathe each other.


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  13. kaysee kaysee says:

    Victoria’s Secret ditches prioritizing wokeness over ‘sexiness’
    after sales drop

    Lingerie chain Victoria’s Secret is reportedly ditching its woke, feminist makeover of recent years as it hasn’t translated to business success.

    Since the brand decided to move away from its “hyper-sexualized” image – as BusinessOfFashion.com described it in a recent article – Victoria’s Secret has seen a significant revenue drop.


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  14. mh says:

    The final comment suggests Pauline Hanson was a big influence on the LNP backflip

    Queensland LNP withdraws support for state Indigenous treaty laws

    Sky News Australia
    3.67M subscribers

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xICmLsfxS7Y


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  15. kaysee kaysee says:

    Dutton tells PM to fly to Tel Aviv to show support for Israel

    Nah.
    He’s busy.


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  16. Old bloke says:

    Greater scrutiny needs to be on how the vaxx was approved for children.

    Agreed, the way it was given to children in Australia was on Roberts mind in that session. Administration of the drug to children was approved only for children who had existing co-morbidities, yet it was also given to other healthy children without approval.

    This was the first point when Roberts asked the TGA if they understood the word “malfeasance”.


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  17. Old bloke says:

    The Australian Medical Professionals’ Society (AMPS) has taken it upon themselves to conduct an independent inquiry, and they’re taking it to Parliament House, Canberra.

    On Wednesday 18 October, a panel of Australian and international experts will address an audience at Parliament House in an effort to answer the question: What is causing Australians to die at unprecedented rates?

    Too Many Dead – An inquiry into Australia’s excess mortality – Cairns News


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  18. kaysee kaysee says:

    It pays to be a journo….

    Fox News’s Bret Baier Lists DC Home for $32 Million
    — a Potential Record

    If it goes for the listing price, it’ll be the most expensive DC sale of all time.

    Take a look.
    You might find some useful ideas to jazz up your mansion, too.


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  19. kaysee kaysee says:

    Jackson Hinkle: Why America Firsters Have Become Israeli Firsters | MOATS with George Galloway Ep282

    mh, in Galloway’s interview with Jackson Hinkle, there was a convincing discussion between the two of them on the Israel-Palestinian conflict.

    I decided to check out Hinkle’s twitter account. It is not as sane as I hoped it would be. Seems like some kind of rabble-rousing where it is less about facts and more about personal agenda.

    A post from him today:

    🇮🇱 Republicans want war against Gaza.
    🇺🇦 Democrats want war against Russia.

    🇺🇸 Communists like me want war against the American deep state who are lying us into more foreign wars.

    We are not the same.

    With this image of himself.

    He sees himself as a Commie?

    So many claiming they are America First/MAGA fighting a war against the US deep state. But in reality, they are being divisive and fighting each other.


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  20. mh says:

    KC, young Jackson Hinkle is a ‘goodwill ambassador’ to North Korea. lol

    He is not claiming he is AF. You can fight the US deep state and not be AF or a Trumper.

    But sometimes he brings something to the table, like his recent demolition of Piers Morgan.


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  21. mh says:

    Seeing as you mentioned MOATS, Scott Ritter was filling in for GG yesterday

    SLAUGHTERHOUSE 5 – MOATS with George Galloway Ep 283

    George Galloway
    312K subscribers

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGNbkzhaZq8


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  22. mh says:

    Latest from Brian

    Ukraine Uses ATACMS as Offensive Culminates, Israeli Military Targets Civilians Ahead Urban Op

    The New Atlas

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lTEhDL-3Qk

    ***

    Pinned by The New Atlas
    @TheNewAtlas
    7 hours ago
    🇮🇱🇵🇸Hospital Strike in Gaza: There is debate about which munition was used with a focus on JDAM aerial guided ordnance however the damage seems more consistent with guided rockets Israel would be using with its M270 multiple-launch rocket systems.

    Israel has admitted it is using M270s to strike targets in Gaza as early as October 11, 2023.

    The damage seems significantly higher than any rocket militant groups in Gaza use.

    If militant rockets were this powerful, I think we’d see a completely different story unfolding across Israel as 100s if not 1000s of these rockets are launched.


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  23. mh says:

    Andrew Tate
    @Cobratate
    Alex Jones x Andrew Tate: The 10-Minute Interview

    Watch now:

    https://x.com/Cobratate/status/1715030885995573284?s=20


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  24. mh says:

    Queensland dumps TREATY. Maybe: Annastacia Palaszczuk Treaty Backflip

    Australian Agenda

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NShCdyLFu8


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  25. mh says:

    Transgender former men’s sports star Danielle Laidley was included on Maxim Australia’s ‘Hot 100’ list of women on Wednesday, ranking ahead of three politicians and two well-known sports wives …

    https://www.rt.com/news/585355-laidley-hot-list-maxim-women/


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  26. mh says:

    The White House issued an apology Thursday after an image posted to their Instagram account accidentally showed the faces of covert US special ops agents during a photo op with Joe Biden in Israel.

    Meme


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  27. mh says:

    The Blame Game | Pauline Hanson’s Please Explain

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rg2fR4Ge7dY


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  28. Old bloke says:

    Are there still employers who insist that all staff have had the jab?

    Global Oncology Alert: Unsettling Trends Post Covid-Booster Shots, A Plea for Pause – IMREAL LIFE with Danny Jovica – 5 mins.

    Leading Oncologist Prof. Angus Dalgleish rings alarm bells about a concerning rise in cancer relapses post Covid-booster shots. With stories pouring in from worldwide, it’s time to question – Is the ‘booster’ boosting more than immunity? #HealthFirst #CriticalInsights

    Angus Dalgleish: Professor of Oncology at St George’s Hospital Medical School, London: “At the end of last year I reported that I was seeing melanoma patients who had been stable for years relapse after their first booster (their third injection). I was told it was merely a coincidence and to keep quiet about it, but it became impossible to do so. The number of my patients affected has been rising ever since. I saw two more cases of cancer relapse post booster vaccination in my patients just this last week.
    Other oncologists have contacted me from all over the world including from Australia and the US. The consensus is that it is no longer confined to melanoma but that increased incidence of lymphomas, leukaemias and kidney cancers is being seen after booster injections. Additionally my colorectal cancer colleagues report an epidemic of explosive cancers (those presenting with multiple metastatic spread in the liver and elsewhere). All these cancers are occurring (with very few exceptions) in patients who have been forced to have a Covid booster whether they were keen or not, for many so they could travel.
    So why are these cancers occurring? T cell suppression was my first likely explanation given that immunotherapy is so effective in these cancers. However we must also now consider DNA plasmid and SV40 integration in promoting cancer development, a feature made even more concerning by reports that mRNA spike protein binds p53 and other cancer suppressor genes. It is very clear and very frightening that these vaccines have several elements to cause a perfect storm in cancer development in those patients lucky enough to have avoided heart attacks, clots, strokes, autoimmune diseases and other common adverse reactions to the Covid vaccines.
    To advise booster vaccines, as is the current case, is no more and no less than medical incompetence; to continue to do so with the above information is medical negligence which can carry a custodial sentence.
    No ifs or buts any longer. All mRNA vaccines must be halted and banned now.”


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  29. mh says:

    The Colonel thrashing out a few geopolitical scenarios

    Col. Douglas Macgregor: Can the US support two wars?

    Judge Napolitano – Judging Freedom
    216K subscribers

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTjEy1Fic9s&t=50s


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  30. mh says:

    Important to hear this side of the story

    Empire Files: Israeli Army Vet’s Exposé – “I Was the Terrorist”

    TeleSUR English
    201K subscribers

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Rk1dAIhiVc


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  31. mh says:

    Comment from above link

    @kevinlind4741
    4 days ago
    I WAS in the SADF (South African Defence Force) 1990-1994. I served three 3-months tours of duty, in various South African townships, in 1991, during “apartheid” and we NEVER did (what the IDF did and still does, to the Palestinians) to the local people, living in the South African townships. We were there to protect and mostly, to STOP the “faction fighting”, between the Zulu and Xhosa tribes. What the IDF, are doing and have been doing in Israel, to the Palestinian people, is NOT “apartheid”, it is what the Nazi’s, did to Jewish people, in the ghettos, of Lodz and Poznan, which is ETHNIC CLEANSING, but slowly, so that the world won’t notice.


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  32. mh says:

    Quick back up from the boys following Joe Biden’s idiotic address to the nation

    Col. Douglas Macgregor: Biden bringing the US to war.

    Judge Napolitano – Judging Freedom
    217K subscribers

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iq1SjC7u8l0


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  33. kaysee kaysee says:

    I want to ignore the outside world and this war in the Middle East, be selfish, and focus on my own project lists. But I feel a need to share on this blog my reflections because I find myself learning from what I am gaining from what I read elsewhere. If no one shares, we don’t learn. And are the poorer for it. Same as in the past few years.

    Main topic of global discussions:

    2020-2021: Covid
    2021-2022: above + Covid vaxx and deaths
    2022-2023: above + Ukraine-Russia war
    2023 -……. : above + Israel-Palestine conflict

    Two weeks now since the Hamas massacre in Gaza. I check out what is being published in the Legacy media because it gives me the “news”.

    Beyond that, I have been listening to talkback radio to get the views from Aussies. And I check twitter to pick the info there, mostly from US posters.

    There is a minefield of biases and deliberate misinformation out there, so it is quite difficult. But I want to take in as much info as possible and learn from sources and opinions outside my limited bubble so that I can eventually arrive at a conclusion that is carefully thought through, reflected on and objective.


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  34. kaysee kaysee says:

    People are taking sides based on whatever they believe or want to believe or think is right. Which is okay. The problem is the hostility, name-calling and labels not just between the right-wing and left-wing, but between people (conservatives) who until two weeks ago were in agreement, and on the same side.

    You get labelled if you don’t follow the expected response.

    If you have questions about:………….. You are:
    Global warming ……………………….Climate denier
    Gender ideology………………………Homophobe, transphobe, bigot
    Covid jabs …………………………….Anti-vaxxer
    BLM /Voice…………………………Racist
    Ukraine war………………………..Putin apologist
    MAGA and Trump…………………..TDS-er

    and now
    Israel-Palestine conflict………..Anti-semite


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  35. kaysee kaysee says:

    Two videos:

    1/
    11 October
    If Piers Morgan would let his guests speak with less interruption, it helps to hear the other person. There is some attempt at a civilised debate here.

    Israel-Hamas War:
    Piers Morgan Debates Palestinian Mustafa Barghouti Over Conflict
    .

    2/
    19 October
    Memri TV, Al Arabiya Network

    The interviewer Rasha Nabil asks Khaled Mashal, Hamas’s external leader, some tough questions. Mashal is based in Qatar.

    Interview with Khaled Mashal


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  36. kaysee kaysee says:

    There are many people, all over the world, who have not followed the complex politics of the Middle East, until now. They genuinely want to understand what is happening and are focussed on the loss of lives and the suffering of ordinary people.

    They are also concerned with the problems in their own backyard and paying their own bills.

    Some comments:

    – People are acting like they understand the whole situation in Israel/Palestine, yet they don’t live there. It’s EXTREMELY complicated, and has been for some time. I hate Hamas, but I’m not going to act like a foreign government is telling the WHOLE truth.

    – I don’t trust my own government, but y’all want me to trust someone else’s?

    – Policy disagreement on Israel is not the same as antisemitism

    – If you have a “unique loyalty” to a foreign nation, then please go live there. I’ll pay for your flight out, no round trip ticket.

    – I’ve lost over 20 followers so far because I question some of the reports and demand verified intel. I was called a terrorist sympathizer because I made the comment the loss of innocent lives, especially children, on both sides is tragic. I will continue to question though.

    War-1
    .

    War-2
    .

    Ben Shapiro on War
    Then and Now
    .


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  37. kaysee kaysee says:

    He is not claiming he is AF. You can fight the US deep state and not be AF or a Trumper.

    See this:

    🇮🇱 LauraLoomer you can’t call yourself MAGA and support Israel first.

    🇺🇸 I am the true MAGA = AMERICA FIRST

    Hinkle is just 22 years old. In a few months, he has amassed a following of over a million on twitter. I would agree with someone who does not support war, but his activism is Commie-driven and I am wary and suspicious of his motivation.

    In his interview with Galloway, he said that Jesus was a ‘Palestinian Jew’ and George nodded to that. Whenever someone claims that Jesus was a Palestinian, it is obvious they have an agenda and are distorting facts.

    During his earthly ministry, Jesus was a Jew and lived in the Kingdom of Judea, which was a part of the Roman Empire. Rome changed the name of Judea to Palestine, much later.

    If someone can provide facts to prove otherwise, I’d be happy to check that out.


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  38. kaysee kaysee says:

    Hinkle interviews Scott Ritter

    Ritter provides a short history lesson on Israel, Netanyahu and War.
    22 mins.

    It is a quick summary of the past few decades and how the conflict has reached this stage. Sometimes, long, detailed videos are hard to digest but Ritter provides an overview in under 20 minutes.


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  39. mh says:

    kaysee says:
    October 21, 2023 at 7:22 pm
    Hinkle interviews Scott Ritter

    Thanks.

    That got a lot of views in a few hours.


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  40. Old bloke says:

    In his interview with Galloway, he said that Jesus was a ‘Palestinian Jew’ and George nodded to that. Whenever someone claims that Jesus was a Palestinian, it is obvious they have an agenda and are distorting facts.

    During his earthly ministry, Jesus was a Jew and lived in the Kingdom of Judea, which was a part of the Roman Empire. Rome changed the name of Judea to Palestine, much later.

    If someone can provide facts to prove otherwise, I’d be happy to check that out.

    50 years or so ago, all Jews living in Israel identified as being a Palestinian Jew. The Jewish daily newspaper in Jerusalem was called The Palestinian, the name Israel was not adopted till after the British protectorate ended in 1948.

    It was only after Yasser Arafat achieved notoriety, and he identified as a Palestinian, that the term started to apply to a mixture of people, predominately Arabs, who were living in Israel and along the eastern side of the Jordan River in present day Jordan.

    The name Palestine was applied to the land by a Roman general after he had put down the last Jewish uprising against Rome. He named the land after the Philistines who he was told were the Jews greatest enemy. This was long after Jesus (Yeshua, the abbreviated form of Yahoshua meaning Yah’s Salvation) walked the earth so Jesus was never a Palestinian Jew in any possible meaning.

    He was of the Tribe of Judah, and a descendant of King David in both his paternal and maternal lines. His paternal line is found in the first chapter of the opening book in the New Testament, the Book of Matthew, and his maternal lineage is in the Book of Luke.


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  41. Old bloke says:

    First I’ve heard of it, Spain had plans to invade and take over the British colony of Sydney in the colony’s early days. It never happened though so we all missed out on midday siestas.

    How Europeans Almost Divided Australia | History – 12 mins.

    Sydney residents feared a Russian invasion in the 1850’s, hence they built fortifications such as Fort Denison in Sydney harbour. This was when England was fighting the Russians during the Crimean War, Russophobia dates back many years


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  42. mh says:

    Joe Biden: Were there not an Israel the USA would have to invent an Israel to protect her interest in the region.

    https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4962369/user-clip-joe-biden-israel-usa-invent-israel-protect-interest-region#


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  43. Old bloke says:

    Redacted News on the disappearing bank branches and ATMs throughout the Anglosphere.

    Oh Sh*t! Thousands of these just disappeared overnight! Get ready for CBDC’s | Redacted News – 18 mins.

    Bank West, a small WA bank, sent out a letter to customers last week advising them that they would limit the amount of money which their customers could transfer to crypto currency every month. The promoters of CBDCs don’t want competition from the crypto currencies.


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