Open Thread – Saturday, 02 April 2022

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  1. Steve trickler says:

    Music, takes you places. This bloke is good…yes, yes, I can understand not all will like it.

    ******

    State Azure:

    Tau Sigma (Deluge)


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  2. Fat Tony says:

    Ahhh…premature self-congratulation.


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  3. srr says:

    I left Dover’s Cat because there were those supporting War Crimes who’s comments weren’t deleted, unlike the comments of others who ‘offended’ them!

    Well, this may explain why Knuckle Dragger et al have NO PROBLEM with ADVOCATING WAR CRIMES, and why Dover did NOT delete their Pro-War Crime comments –

    “From the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service – Ukraine has informed Britain that it does NOT, that it does NOT intend to comply with the Geneva Convention on the treatment of Russian Prisoners of War … the West is not only aware of Kiev’s gross violations of International Humanitarian Law but it is also trying to help it avoid responsibility.”

    At The Duran, prompted to start at the quote –
    https://youtu.be/yaOhHD1p3xQ?t=4985

    Yes, it may be propaganda, but propaganda reporting what Australian Public Commenters (on a form of ‘Australia’s Most Influential Political Blog’), are also happy to advocate for AND what Ukrainian Military happily video and send out to the world to see.


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  4. Carpe Jugulum says:

    Good Moaning

    Top Ten Woo Hoo


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  5. egg_ says:

    Australia’s Most Influential Political Blog

    Vaxallaxy?


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  6. egg_ says:

    The Australians Figured Out Some Problems With Toast + Freedom 500 DAY IS HERE!!!
    Cleetus Macfarland

    c. 3 min in – Disel Brothers and an LS-swapped Lamborghini


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  7. mh says:

    Australia’s Most Influential Political Blog

    Dover’s Cat?
    I haven’t visited.
    Is it big?
    A Big Site?
    Who are the influential writers on this site?

    * No links please.


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  8. egg_ says:

    LS-swapped Lamborghini…

    Event pace car!


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  9. egg_ says:

    kkkovid

    Spotted on YouTube comments, hehe.

    Eh, Corn Pop?


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  10. calli says:

    I’m there, mh.

    It can’t be all bad.

    But you guys have all the best emojis.

    And the “No D*ckheads” policy. 😇


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  11. Ragu Ragu says:

    Who are the influential writers on this site?

    Struth.

    That is all.


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  12. mh says:

    #Russia #India #SergeiLavrov
    Sergei Lavrov India Visit: Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov meets Indian EAM S Jaishankar

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbWalO0w57k


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  13. mh says:

    Ron DeSantis New Campaign Song, Sweet Florida, Performed By Lynyrd Skynrd’s Johnny Van Zant

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO-VQlT7mgM


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  14. Ragu Ragu says:

    Joe Rogan with some guy, on Bezos phone getting hacked.

    https://youtu.be/wPdVMdFCMj8


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  15. Shy Ted says:

    Different takes
    1
    2


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  16. Fred Lenin says:

    Russia ,India,China ,formidable trio ,if they create a trading currency it will make the US dollar into an IOU from a bankrupt ,with 30 trillion IOUs in debt .
    Now the rouble is tied to gold it has defeated american sanctios,well done Russia , beat the bully .


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  17. Steve trickler says:

    I can handle 50 degrees centigrade + with ease as long as I am hydrated.

    Not sure how I would go here.

    *****

    Eli from Russia:

    COLDEST PLACE on Earth (-71°C, -96°F) Why people live here? | Oymyakon, Russia


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  18. Shy Ted says:

    How to spot a tranny. Lesson 1.


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  19. candy says:

    Dover’s Cat?

    Who are the influential writers on this site?
    ——————————————

    C.L. does not comment there I don’t think anymore, which is a shame. There’s a great deal about travel, cars, food and so on. And that core of bullying.
    Twostix and struth are always interesting.


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  20. kaysee kaysee says:

    Those sanctions against Russia are working so well.

    German Chemical Giant Warns Of “Total Collapse” If Russian Gas Supply Cut

    CEO of Germany’s multinational BASF SE, the world’s largest chemical producer, has warned that curbing or cutting off energy imports from Russia would bring into doubt the continued existence of small and medium-sized energy companies, and further would likely spiral Germany into its most “catastrophic” economic crisis going back to the end of World War 2.

    He warned further in the interview that many Germans are currently greatly underestimating the consequences of what Russia shutting off the taps would mean… nothing less than a historic crisis:


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  21. calli says:

    You must be looking at a different site, candy.

    Speedbox, Steve Kates and Peter Smith have all put up interesting threads in the last few days. C.L. commented last night about Grace Tame.

    As for “bullying”, is this site a safe space now? I think not. I hope not.

    Like many commenters, I lurk around all the Cats, but mercifully for you guys comment mostly over at Dovers. Struth and Twostix comment where they wish, and I notice one of them looked like taking up digs here. For some reason he decided not to.

    Divide and conquer isn’t healthy, but it can be mischievous. The rivalry is fun, but please keep it honest.


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  22. candy says:

    calli, I think it helps to look at Dover’s site from a fresh view. There’s loads of nasty comments of a personal nature that have nothing to do with current affairs, economic/government or social issues that are interesting right now. It’s taken a different track.


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  23. kaysee kaysee says:

    The New England Journal Of Medicine, one of the most prestigious medical journals conducted a trial on the efficacy of ivermectin for Covid patients. Their conclusion:

    We did not find a significantly or clinically meaningful lower risk of medical admission to a hospital or prolonged emergency department observation (primary composite outcome) with ivermectin administered for 3 days at a dose of 400 μg per kilogram per day than with placebo. We found no important effects of treatment with ivermectin on the secondary outcomes.

    The evidence supporting the role of ivermectin in the treatment of Covid-19 is inconsistent.

    It looks like the “trial” was designed to discredit ivermectin.
    It involved patients who already had Covid for 7 days and at least one risk factor. But ivermectin was given for only 3 days.

    But that is not the correct protocol. Ivermectin should be given in the early stages. There are other supplements, including Zinc, which need to be given. There may be other medicines which need to be added. The treatment needs to be continued until full recovery takes place.


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  24. kaysee kaysee says:

    Alex Berenson, who early on dismissed ivermectin, is happy with the New England trial because it fits his view. So his headline reads:

    Ivermectin fails again.

    If you scroll to the comments, he gets ripped apart. There is one MD, Martha72, who describes how she has successfully treated patients with ivermectin.


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  25. mh says:

    Without knowing too much about him, I get the sense Alex Berenson is a globalist shill.


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  26. kaysee kaysee says:

    BBC interviews Ukrainian soldier with Nazi symbol

    The British broadcaster has interviewed a Ukrainian soldier sporting an infamous Nazi symbol on his uniform. Back in 2014, it reported on the role of neo-Nazis in the Donbass conflict and made a documentary about racism and anti-Semitism in the country.


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  27. kaysee kaysee says:

    Aussie Deplorable

    Topher Field moving to Tassie to contest the Senate for the Liberal Democrats. All the best to him and congratulations on his escape from Afdanistan!


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  28. egg_ says:

    The rivalry is fun, but please keep it honest.

    The “no dickheads” rule is challenged whenever Dover’s Ladies Pages are down.


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  29. kaysee kaysee says:

    Scientists finally finish decoding entire human genome in major breakthrough:
    “We finally got it done”

    Scientists say they have finally assembled the full genetic blueprint for human life, adding the missing pieces to a puzzle nearly completed two decades ago.

    An international team described the first-ever sequencing of a complete human genome — the set of instructions to build and sustain a human being — in research published Thursday in the journal Science.


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  30. egg_ says:

    George Christensen:

    “Tuesday was Budget Day in Canberra.
    I just happened to be grabbing lunch in the parliamentary cafeteria. (Nothing fancy. Just pork with fried rice and a coffee). As I was waiting for my coffee, I cast my eyes around the cafeteria. The place was packed. I felt like yelling out “WHY ARE YOU ALL HERE?” but I already knew why.
    Why, you ask? Well, Tuesday was Budget Day in Canberra. That’s why.
    Rent-seekers from across the nation had descended on Canberra for the annual show we call the Federal Budget. From the welfare lobby through to the bigwigs from our banking cartel, they were all there… to get their hands on your money.
    If you’ve ever wondered why you pay so much in tax, this is the reason.
    Too many non-profits and private corporations now think they are entitled to get their hands on your tax dollars.
    In my maiden speech to the House of Representatives in 2010, I railed against taxation, saying:
    There are only a few things more detestable to me than someone mooching directly off your income, even if it’s the State and its supposedly for the common good. Income tax should go.
    I revisited that theme in my valedictory speech, when I said:
    Taxation is theft. The more money we allow working Australians to keep in their pockets, the better.
    Given how much waste and rent-seeking I have seen over the past 11 years I’ve been in parliament, I can tell you that your money is better in your pockets than in government coffers or in the hands of whomever they decide to dole out your hard-earned to.
    If you want an example of the kind of trash that your taxes get spent on, look no further than the recent round of arts grants. The Daily Telegraph reported:
    More than $10 million of taxpayer funds have been handed out in the latest round of government art grants – but questions have been raised about why “political activists masquerading as artists” are being handed so much cash.
    The list of some of the eyebrow raising projects include a performance artist who ends up “getting naked and putting something up her butt” while “popping nangs” during performances and a filmmaker who includes splices of gay amateur pornography.
    The whole arts grants fiasco rightly led Christian activist Lyle Shelton to bemoan the “Morrison Government’s lack of will and courage to fight the culture wars” with the “latest splash of taxpayer money to LGBTIQA+ sexual and other radicals.”
    Thankfully, the Federal Budget gives some of our own money back to us in the form of increasing the tax offset for low and middle income workers to $1,500 this year and cutting the fuel tax in half for six months, reducing the price at the bowsers by 22 cents a litre.
    I say again: that money is better in your pocket than in the coffers of government.”


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  31. calli says:

    egg_ I did thank you politely for letting everyone use the porch when the lights went out.

    That’s the thing about hospitality. You never know when it will be returned. 🎉


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  32. Delta A says:

    I think it helps to look at Dover’s site from a fresh view. There’s loads of nasty comments of a personal nature that have nothing to do with current affairs

    That’s called ‘stoushing’, a long time tradition at Sinc’s Cat, now enjoyed by many on Dover’s Cat. Not for the prissy or faint-hearted and yes, sometimes it gets quite ridiculous> But we all have a scroll function.

    Dover’s Cat also features daily special posts (as did Sinc’s) which promote serious and very interesting discussion. And yes, CL regularly appears, although he also maintains his own excellent site.

    Both Cats – Adam’s and Dover’s – are excellent. There’s enough divisiness in this world without agitating for more by playing one conservative blog against another.


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  33. Steve trickler says:

    Let’s have a squiz.

    ******

    Johnny FD:

    Today I show you around the coolest cafes, restaurants, and spots in Athens. We meetup with other subscribers of the channel for traditional Greek food, followed by drinks at the bar. Stay to the end for an update on the fundraisers for Greece.

    THIS IS the COOLEST Neighborhood in ATHENS | GREECE 🇬🇷


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  34. kaysee kaysee says:

    George Christensen’s final speech to the Federal Parliament

    George Christensen, delivers his final parliamentary speech, touching on reasons why he is leaving parliament, achievements, COVID response, the sugar industry, banks, insurance, and the broken state of politics, as well as his assessment of priorities for conservatives.


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  35. kaysee kaysee says:

    𝙍𝙄𝙎𝙀𝙈𝙀𝙇𝘽𝙊𝙐𝙍𝙉𝙀

    World Govt Summit Here it is,the announcement of a NWO, revolving around Digital Currency and ID…The end of Cash is near, your whole life will be locked into a Digital Wallet, that can be turned off at the flick of a switch. It’s now or never, 𝙍𝙞𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙧 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝘿𝙞𝙚


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  36. kaysee kaysee says:

    ˘◡˘

    Break time

    1/

    Christina Perri

    A Thousand Years


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  37. egg_ says:

    That’s called ‘stoushing’

    Gutless pile-ons are not “stoushes”. Would-be “stoushers” have bucked in-person invites by Arky and Tail Gunner – keyboard “stoushes” only.


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