Open Thread – Saturday, 04 February 2023

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  1. Old bloke says:

    Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Entry into the Kremlin – Imperial March

    He didn’t trip and stumble on the stairs either.


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  2. Old bloke says:

    The minister added Skerritt leaves behind a large legacy.

    He won’t have to front the Senate and answer questions from senators Rennick and Roberts again, that’s enough to drive him into early retirement.


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  3. Steve trickler says:

    Another update from Dutch.

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    Dutchsinse:

    Premiere in progress. Started 2 minutes ago

    The new warning areas down stream (following the arrows shown on the screen) take us to Italy, Albania Montenegro Bosnia, and Romania, as well as North Africa Algeria, and out to the Azores. M5.9 energy due to spread, meaning keep watch for upper 5.0 to low 6 over the next several days in all three locations.

    Most likely all three of the above will be struck.

    Additionally the flow should go through Romania to Poland and Netherlands, finally going out to the North Pole Svalbard.

    UK english channel should be on watch along the French Coast of Normandy, North to Wales for potential M4.0+ earthquake activity (not mentioned in this video but needs to be typed out now since I forgot to mention it).

    There is a very slight threat (as mentioned in the end of the video) that this event is not done yet, and additional large(er) earthquake activity could strike if the plate boundary is truly forming like it appears now. Hopefully it is not connecting to the Iranian plate — this would be a very big deal if a new plate boundary formed across Turkey back East to Iran across the ‘open area’ on the USGS plate boundary map.

    We are also watching the antipode (new zealand east coast all the way north to fiji) for a potential compensation antipode event that could be similar in size to the original M7.8 in Turkey in the next several days as well.

    Things have gone through the roof for the time being (seismically speaking) as the spread has now reached across all of Turkey from Istanbul back across the M7.8 epicenter, reaching back East towards the border with Iran at this point.

    2/06/2023 — Update — Large M7.8 Earthquake in Turkey / South Europe — New warning areas issued


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  4. mh says:

    Project Ukraine wasn’t a total loss though for the Americans, Europe has lost all their military equipment so the order books for the American armament manufacturers will be full for new equipment, and Europe has become totally dependent on the USA for energy supplies. That’s a big win for the USA.

    America to the Europeans: you send in your leopards, and we will send in the Abrams later. Once we have built them.

    America later: Ukraine? Oh yes, that little fella in the green shirt. What happened to him?


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  5. mh says:

    Speakers at the upcoming DC anti war protest

    https://rageagainstwar.com/#Speakers

    ***

    #10 on list of demands

    Free Julian Assange
    The US is charging Julian Assange with espionage and criminalizing our right to publish information that challenges the military-industrial deep state. He is imprisoned in the UK and being extradited to the US. The CIA plotted to assassinate him for exposing US war crimes. Free Julian Assange and all political prisoners.


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  6. mh says:

    Or you can listen to this jerk

    Staff Sergeant David Bellavia: “You Don’t Want War With The USA”

    https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AxnhDCCRGV4


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  7. mh says:

    MSM gets owned

    Why Hungary Defends Its Borders | Péter Szijjártó Foreign Minister of Hungary.

    https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4SUq58Zq4Rs


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  8. Steve trickler says:

    Malcolm Roberts:

    6 Feb 2023
    The 2023 Climate and Energy forum was held on the 2nd of February with a fantastic line-up of speakers.

    This is the full recording of my address to the forum showing just how baseless and environmentally damaging climate policies are.

    Malcolm Roberts addresses the Climate and Energy Forum


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  9. Steve trickler says:

    Taken from Dutch’s Twitch feed.

    DutchsinseOfficial Live Earthquakes — past 48hrs up to current

    Now 28 eqs 4.3 and above in turkey


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  10. Steve trickler says:

    Another 7.8 EQ in Turkey.

    Minutes ago.


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  11. Steve trickler says:

    Another 7.8 in Turkey just struck.


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  12. Steve trickler says:

    Ignore 6.36 pm. Double up.

    And now another 6.0 EQ.

    Crazy to watch in real time. This is historically significant.


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  13. Steve trickler says:

    Agenda-Free TV:

    Started streaming 4 minutes ago
    A new 7.5 earthquake has just hit Turkey, approximately nine hours after a 7.8 earthquake hit Turkey. Get the latest on the new Turkey earthquake in our LIVE breaking news coverage.

    New 7.5 Earthquake in Turkey after 7.8 Quake – LIVE Breaking News Coverage


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  14. Steve trickler says:

    Ignore 6.36 pm. Double up.

    Oops, that should read 9:36 pm.


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  15. Steve trickler says:

    The twilight walk with Cash in Santa Monica continues.

    ************

    woof bark growl:

    Cash 2.0 Great Dane meeting new people in Santa Monica 69


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  16. mh says:

    Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) decries continued US support for Ukraine, calling out the threat of China, as well as Hunter Biden.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8_T8uptPpM


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  17. Shy Ted says:

    Britistan’s Got Talent
    Judged by a panel of prostitutes


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  18. Shy Ted says:

    Alice fixed –

    Alcohol ban for communities and town camps to be reinstated: Fyles

    But wait, there’s more –

    An alcohol ban will be reinstated for all Aboriginal town camps and communities in the Northern Territory until communities can vote whether or not to opt-out, under new legislation pledged by Chief Minister Natasha Fyles

    But wait, there’s more (of your money) –

    while the Federal Government has promised $250 million for unspecified projects over an unspecified period of time in central Australia.


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  19. Shy Ted says:

    Lying liars lie.
    The air pressure there is 1001hPa. Cat 1 cyclone starts at 995hPa.
    I’ve just been through several sites to confirm, inc BOM, and they have scrubbed this little detail. So a cyclone is what they want it to be, not what it is.
    People in the vicinity of Freddy are warned about windspeeds approaching 39mph!


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  20. Old bloke says:

    This is a week old now so it may have been mentioned here previously….

    Japan Launches Official Investigation Into Millions of COVID Vaccine Deaths

    Here’s a thought; given John Skerritt’s resignation as the head of the TGA, how long before Brendan Murphy decides it’s time to depart to greener pastures?

    With official investigations into the horrendous vaxx deaths and injuries now starting in Japan (and Sweden I’m told?), those responsible for this outrage would not want to be around for any investigation here.


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  21. Steve trickler says:

    I wonder if he will remain in Australia? Senator Gerard Rennick rattled him under questioning many a time.

    24 Feb 2022
    When I asked John Skerritt, Head of the TGA, a few weeks back if any testing had been done on multiple booster shots he actually denied people are having booster shots every 3-6 months.
    What planet is this guy living on – they are rolling out booster shots now as we speak.
    Not only did he lie, he avoided answering the question about testing on booster shots.
    This is not surprising because as I posted on Facebook earlier, the Health Department admitted there is limited data on serious side effects from booster shots. I.e. adequate testing has not been done.

    Did the head of Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) just lie about booster shots?


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  22. kaysee kaysee says:

    It seems likely that, from April, all State and Territory governments (except Tas) and the federal government will be Labor.

    Vic, Qld and WA had very strict lockdowns. Yet these Labor governments won the elections during the past year and are back. How is it that the Coalition could not win these elections which should have been very easy considering the issues involved?

    Are all voters stupid that they vote back in their tyrants? Or is it that the LNP is so weak and spineless, it cannot hold strong on conservative values, unite and fight?

    In NSW, Dom the Perrottet Premier doesn’t deserve to win. Wearing a Nazi outfit to a party 20 years ago is a non-issue. What matters is that he is weak. He supports divisiveness with his signing up to the Voice agenda. Signing off 25 million last year, for a flagpole to fly an extra flag. His gutless absence last week from an event. His admission last year that the QR code was merely a ploy to keep the plebs under control. And he has as his political partner, Kean Green, who is a far leftie stooge in the Liberal party.

    Is Peter Dutton stalling on his decision re the Voice because of the NSW election? Or is he also under the spell of this call to “empower” the indigenous people? His decision on this issue will be his test as leader.


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  23. Steve trickler says:

    Stew Peters Network:

    Michelle Gershman is the heroic nurse who played a major role in the Died Suddenly movie last fall. She sounded the alarm that her hospital say 22 fetal deaths in just one month, a 500% increase over the norm.
    Everyday now, there is more and more evidence that what Gershman spoke out about is the truth. Now, her hospital is trying to shut her down and punish her for her bravery.

    Hospital PUNISHES Whistleblower Nurse; Prenatal Nurse Blows Whistle On 500% INCREASE In Fetal Deaths


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  24. kaysee kaysee says:

    Until recently, one would have thought that “the Greens” were the standard bearers for leftism. Far, far left. And woke. They could jump in to support any issue so as to gain votes of the most extreme misfits of society.

    To keep up and not miss out on its share of the voting pie, Labor moved from centre-left to lefter, and lefter.

    And the LNP eager not to lose out, moved from centre-right to centre-left and keeps moving left. In order to get their share of leftie votes. (But they haven’t asked themselves why any leftie would vote for them, when they can get the real stuff by voting Greens or Labor.)

    Now, the Greens have competition in their area of leftie specialisation. There’s a new party that is even woker than they are. Black is the new Green. Oops, that’s Blak. Blak Sovereign Movement. Read that as Racist Black Movement. Though that word “black/blak” is confusing. I looked carefully at its shrieking Lidia and quite sure that black/blak isn’t her skin colour.

    With all this leftward movement, the Conservatives have been ignored. There’s One Nation and a few politicians in the LNP. Maybe the Nationals (based on their Party decision to vote No on the Voice) and conservative Libs can ditch the Liberal Party and form a Coalition with One Nation. That would give Conservatives voters a better option to vote, and the party a better chance of winning seats.


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  25. kaysee kaysee says:

    Clearly, there is a serious problem with “Conservative” parties and politicians. They watch the woke scene and think that in order to get votes, they need to appeal to the left. And so they slowly compromise their beliefs and start moving wokewards.

    If they had the backbone and were willing to take the risk and stick to the conservative values, they may well be pleasantly surprised at the outcome. But it takes courage and guts.

    See how Giorgia Meloni won the election in Italy and the verdict on her first 100 days. May she stay on the same path and not get side-tracked (except for her views on the Ukraine conflict).

    Called a danger, now Giorgia Meloni is EU’s most popular leader

    When Giorgia Meloni became Italy’s first female prime minister last October her harshest opponents presented her as a danger to her country and to Europe….

    Instead Meloni, 46, has emerged from her unexpectedly smooth first 100 days in office, completed last week, as the most popular leader in the EU.


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  26. kaysee kaysee says:

    This Opinion piece published in Newsweek, last week.

    It’s Time for the Scientific Community to Admit
    We Were Wrong About COVID and It Cost Lives

    By Kevin Bass (MS MD/PhD student, medical school)

    As a medical student and researcher, I staunchly supported the efforts of the public health authorities when it came to COVID-19. I believed that the authorities responded to the largest public health crisis of our lives with compassion, diligence, and scientific expertise. I was with them when they called for lockdowns, vaccines, and boosters.

    I was wrong. We in the scientific community were wrong. And it cost lives.

    It is a lengthy article with a number of links but the comments prove that people are angry.
    One commenter writes:

    What is required is a post-World War II type of assessment on the basic principles under which any “public health system” operates and a codifying into TREATY LAW of those principles, so that public health officials, governments at any level (nation-wide, state, or local levels), future “task forces”, and health “experts” are all strictly constrained in their power and authority so NOTHING like this ever happens again.

    This has to be then signed onto by each Nation electing to affirm and abide by those principles.

    Nothing less will do.


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  27. Eyrie says:

    Anybody see a problem with this?
    Just the first para

    I don’t have a problem with it. It is the way it should be done. More like a sailplane on final glide off a cross country flight than a para glider though.
    It is an air traffic control problem not aerodynamics.


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  28. Old bloke says:

    Are all voters stupid that they vote back in their tyrants? Or is it that the LNP is so weak and spineless, it cannot hold strong on conservative values, unite and fight?

    That’s one of those questions where the answer to both alternatives is “Yes”.


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  29. mh says:

    Vic, Qld and WA had very strict lockdowns. Yet these Labor governments won the elections during the past year and are back.

    The voters perceive these governments as keeping them safe.


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  30. Steve trickler says:

    No need for trawling the net or watching MSM whores telling you what you are seeing on screen. Have a squiz at this.

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    Disaster Compilations:

    More than 4,300 people have died and rescuers are racing to pull survivors from beneath the rubble after a devastating earthquake ripped through Turkey and Syria, leaving destruction and debris on each side of the border.

    One of the strongest earthquakes to hit the region in a century shook residents from their beds at around 4 a.m. on Monday, sending tremors as far away as Lebanon and Israel.

    In Turkey, at least 2,921 people were killed and more than 15,800 others injured, according to Turkey’s head of disaster services, Yunus Sezer.

    In neighboring Syria, at least 1,451 people have died. According to the Syrian state news agency SANA, 711 people have died across government-controlled areas, mostly in the regions of Aleppo, Hama, Latakia, and Tartus.

    The “White Helmets” group, officially known as the Syria Civil Defense, reported 740 deaths in opposition-controlled areas. Much of northwestern Syria, which borders Turkey, is controlled by anti-government forces amid a bloody civil war that began in 2011.

    The epicenter of the 7.8-magnitude quake was 23 kilometers (14.2 miles) east of Nurdagi, in Turkey’s Gaziantep province, at a depth of 24.1 kilometers (14.9 miles), the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said.

    A series of aftershocks have reverberated throughout the day. The largest, a major quake that measured 7.5 in magnitude, hit in Turkey about nine hours after the initial quake, according to the USGS. That aftershock hit around 95 kilometers (59 miles) north of the original.

    Video from the scene in Turkey showed day breaking over rows of collapsed buildings, some with apartments exposed to the elements as people huddled in the freezing cold beside them, waiting for help.

    A host of countries have sent rescue workers to help the stricken region, where a colossal effort to find and free trapped civilians is underway. A cold and wet weather system is moving through the region, further hampering that challenge.

    Monday’s quake is believed to be the strongest to hit Turkey since 1939, when an earthquake of the same magnitude killed 30,000 people, according to the USGS. Earthquakes of this magnitude are rare, with fewer than five occurring each year on average, anywhere in the world. Seven quakes with magnitude 7.0 or greater have struck Turkey in the past 25 years – but Monday’s is the most powerful.

    M7.8 & 7.5 Earthquakes DEVASTATE Turkey & Syria – Feb. 6, 2023 Gaziantep’te deprem [Part 1]


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  31. JohnJJJ says:

    AS the Yanks are having so many problems over the Balloon and it seems their intelligent service has missed all the other ones, I am offering my services as a Balloon Monitor. At $5,000 USD a day, plus weekly neck massages, I will look up constantly and immediately call North American Aerospace Defense Command when I spot a balloon.


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  32. Old bloke says:

    I don’t have a problem with it. It is the way it should be done.

    I don’t know much about aviation Eyrie, but how would a pilot react if the plane was forced off-course by a wind shear on its final approach, or if the pilot miscalculated his distance from the end of the runway? Wouldn’t the pilot want all engines running to get out of a tricky situation, i.e., to abort the landing attempt and to regain altitude?

    Also, don’t the engines need to be running to enable reverse thrust to help brake the plane upon landing?


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  33. mh says:

    The remains of the China spy flight shot down by the U.S. over the Atlantic Ocean this past weekend are heading to an FBI processing lab in Quantico, Virginia, senior U.S. government sources tell Fox News.

    The balloon remnants are set to be analyzed in the coming days.

    Blow it to smithereens, then analyse the remains.

    Marvellous.


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  34. mh says:

    ANZ said variable mortgage rates would increase by 0.25 percentage points from February 17.


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  35. Eyrie says:

    I don’t know much about aviation Eyrie, but how would a pilot react if the plane was forced off-course by a wind shear on its final approach, or if the pilot miscalculated his distance from the end of the runway? Wouldn’t the pilot want all engines running to get out of a tricky situation, i.e., to abort the landing attempt and to regain altitude?

    Also, don’t the engines need to be running to enable reverse thrust to help brake the plane upon landing?

    They aren’t going to turn the engines off. They will pull back the throttles to “flight idle” at Top of Descent. Not much fuel gets burned then. Once the flaps are lowered on final approach the drag increases and the power will be brought up to stabilise the approach in speed and approach slope. The idea is not to have to burn fuel to fly level at various times during the descent profile, particularly at the lower altitudes where the jets get thirsty.


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  36. mh says:

    Greetings dear truth seekers

    Why did the ‘SPY BALLON’ become a Symbol of the Failure of U.S. Air Defense and U.S. Politicians?

    BORZZIKMAN
    124K subscribers

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ejDqeSGOLw


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  37. Eyrie says:

    The voters perceive these governments as keeping them safe.

    Yep. Spent half an hour with my local State member yesterday. During the lockdown in Queensland his office and he cold called 4000 constituents nearly all of whom were grateful that the government was keeping them “safe”. Double facepalm.


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  38. Steve trickler says:

    Eyrie says:
    February 7, 2023 at 6:21 pm

    If my memory serves me correct, the Russians have been doing that for ages. 🤔


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  39. mh says:

    Another ’50 points’ of rate hikes expected over next three months: ANZ Chief Economist

    Sky News Australia

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs8slHAQERI


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  40. Eyrie says:

    Likely so. Everyone wants to do it but when there is heaps of traffic it is difficult. With precise satnav, ADSB (sends current location, speed, altitude, track) and a piece of software you should be able to do this.


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  41. Perplexed of Brisbane says:

    mh says:
    February 7, 2023 at 5:14 pm
    Vic, Qld and WA had very strict lockdowns. Yet these Labor governments won the elections during the past year and are back.

    The voters perceive these governments as keeping them safe.

    Normally LNP voting oldies in blue ribbon LNP seats voted for Labor because they perceived she kept THEM safe. That saved her bacon and because the LNP were too gutless and craven to oppose her, she has been pretty much been guaranteed the job for as long as she wants – probably up to the Olympics.


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  42. Steve trickler says:

    Malcolm Roberts:

    Join me for the second Malcolm Roberts show where we talk to Dr Peter Ridd about the state of the Great Barrier Reef, his fight for academic freedom all the way to the High Court and the importance of debate in science.

    The Malcolm Roberts Show #2 – Dr Peter Ridd


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  43. Steve trickler says:
  44. JohnJJJ says:

    Blow it to smithereens, then analyse the remains.

    Marvellous.

    It means you can insert whatever you like into the smashed up bits. I figure that is why they didn’t just take it down gradually. It’s a balloon after all!


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  45. mh says:

    Information Liberation

    The Pentagon on Monday claimed that the Chinese “spy balloon” they blew to smithereens with a $400,000 Sidewinder missile may have been carrying “explosives” to self-detonate.

    We’ll just have to take The Pentagon’s word for it.


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  46. mh says:

    First they came for the eggs, and I did not speak out.

    Then they came for the bacon…

    Hey! Get your hands off my bacon, cv#@$! 🥓


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  47. mh says:

    SOTU address tomorrow.

    Sadly the real President won’t be there.

    Donald Trump Introduces First Lady Melania to Putin 🥰 #путин #trump #shorts

    https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NPWs4BpNC5E


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  48. Steve trickler says:

    Cash and Rowdy – 2022.

    *********

    woof bark growl:

    Cash 2.0 Great Dane at the Westfield outdoor mall 8


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  49. mh says:

    Posting to watch later

    Also PJW

    Jordan Peterson calls for regime change in Iran

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nyEpQ7ZRmY


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  50. Leon L says:

    Eyrie re aircraft descents. It is all fine in theory to do flight idle descents. But have a look at track miles flown in the name of safety and any fuel savings have disappeared. In Oz, we face the most severe aviation challenges in the world, with our weather and hugely crowded airspace (sarc.)

    Here in BNE, you wouldn’t know we had two runways given the institutionalised ATC systems. We are still running things like it is 1960.


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  51. Eyrie says:

    Leon L. I once wrote to Dick Smith and told him trying to reform Australian aviation was what Simon Bolivar said about politics in South America “it is like trying to plow the sea”.
    CASA and AirServices are a bunch of unaccountable brigands living off the work of honest men and women.


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  52. Old bloke says:

    They aren’t going to turn the engines off. They will pull back the throttles to “flight idle” at Top of Descent.

    So it’s like someone driving their car down a hill who puts their car into neutral and lets gravity take them to the bottom. There’s not much fuel savings to be made here, though it’s probably different in a large jet plane.


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  53. kaysee kaysee says:

    In today’s Australian – the paper – (can’t find the link to that online article but there is an update*) there is a headline article describing the indoctrination taking place in schools to favour the Yes side on the Voice. If you have children/grandchildren at school, you may already be aware of this.

    Maybe, they should allow school students to vote, too, while they are supervised by their lefty educators. A recent Newspoll also claimed a majority of those polled support the Voice. All this makes is seem pointless for the No case to bother, as it is all a Done deal.

    There is an article in the Quadrant about a book:
    Beyond Belief: Rethinking the Voice to Parliament

    I just read the article (not the book). It costs $30 and if you can afford to buy gifts for those in your circle who are not firmly in the NO camp, get them as early birthday, anniversary, Easter, Christmas or whatever other reason gifts. Or buy one copy and pass it around. Details of where to buy are in the article.

    The Book Every Australian Needs to Read

    (* The update article in the Oz is Dictator Dan defending the school propaganda.)


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  54. kaysee kaysee says:

    I commented yesterday on voters, governments and lockdowns. From your replies, it would seem that it was voters who felt safer with the strict rules and thus voted their despots back in to continue to protect them.

    Old bloke
    That’s one of those questions where the answer to both alternatives is “Yes”.

    and Perplexed of Brisbane
    Normally LNP voting oldies in blue ribbon LNP seats voted for Labor because they perceived she kept THEM safe. That saved her bacon and because the LNP were too gutless and craven to oppose her…

    are closer to the mark.

    Many voters heard whoever shouted louder. Or rather, the only side that was grimly telling them how dangerous the virus was and how they were being kept safe. So MSM-brainwashed (stupid) voters believed because there was no strong opposing side calling out the fakery.

    More on that …. continued in next comment.


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  55. Steve trickler says:

    Dutchsinse:

    Premieres 8 Feb 2023
    This update covers Turkey in detail, the new possible plate boundary forming, as well as what to watch for over the next several days across the whole plate.

    Additionally, this update covers a fair amount of the rest of the planet, including full detailed lookup of seismic information for the United States.

    At the end of this video I discuss a formation I discovered on the New Madrid Seismic Zone here in Missouri, as well as where it points to (somewhat controversial conclusions I have on this).

    Overall, this update covers the whole planet including South America, Central America, Asia, and Europe.

    2/07/2023 — Full Earthquake update on Turkey, Europe, Asia, and USA — Don’t be scared, be prepared


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  56. kaysee kaysee says:

    The no strong opposing side – applied only in states where Labor was in government.

    The LNP Federal Government under Scotty imposed restrictions, and pushed the vaccines and mandates. But they lost the election, last year.
    In SA, the Liberal state government lost, last year.
    Quite likely, next month, NSW Liberals will lose the election. And NSW had some harsh restrictions, too. Ask Aussie Cossack.

    So the same Covid scamdemic, vaccines, lockdowns, mandates, in varying degrees, in the same country. But the Labor governments at state and federal level benefitted from the Covid scam. The Liberal governments were losers.
    The question is why?

    Elections around the world.
    Take a look at the US, Brazil. Yes, fraud was a factor. But the ruling Conservatives lost, and the Left won.
    Take a look at Canada, France, NZ. The ruling Left were voted back in.

    The big exception is Italy.
    Similar problems of Covid, lockdowns, mandates, restrictions, economy, immigration.
    The centre-right coalition defeated the centre-left coalition.
    What was different there?

    The Left don’t budge on their policies, but Conservatives are prepared to water down and compromise to please voters. As I said in my comment yesterday, why doesn’t the right-wing realise that the left will not vote for them. The moderately left voters will vote Labor. The very left will vote Green.

    Those on the right (the politicians) lose because they have no fire in their belly. They have no firm convictions that they will fight to defend and are not passionate about the country.

    We need more of the Pauline Hanson, Malcolm Roberts, Alex Antic, Gerard Rennick kind of politicians. Patriots. You don’t have to agree with all their views and decisions, but they are fighting for what’s best for the country.


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  57. kaysee kaysee says:

    I come here and rant (voice my opinion and analysis on what is taking place in Oz and globally), not because I am a ranter. Or because I am sitting in a basement trolling the internet sites to post comments. Or I am bored and lonely and need the company of other bloggers. Or I love seeing my online persona going rah…rah…rah…

    We are living in times where we have to make a choice. We are either on the side of the traitors (the globalists and their minions in the govt, media and other agencies) or we are patriots fighting back. Staying quiet and passive is not an option. Either we speak up whenever we have opportunities or by our silence and meek compliance support the globalists.

    I don’t want to look back (whether in months or years), when it is too late, and regret that I did not speak up or do something when I had the chance.

    We may be inclined to not bother with fighting back because we are too busy or think that there is no point because it is too late and all is lost.

    It ain’t over until we, the mere plebs, give up, comply, surrender, keep quiet, stay disunited or unconcerned and let the despots continue to do what they are trying to do.

    When I think there is a rantable topic and I have some 🕗, I shall rattle away at my keyboard (keeping the blog rules in mind). And since everyone who comes in here has a scroller, they can ignore my rants, if they so choose.


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  58. kaysee kaysee says:

    I don’t always remember to follow this advice.

    If you want to rant and are typing a long comment, do it offine and then copy it into the comment box. You may have to do some re-formatting.

    If WordPress, for some illogical reason, doesn’t like what you’ve said, it will disappear your comment. Gone. And with it all that you spent several minutes typing up.

    I have sometimes forgotten to apply this advice and had comments that have vanished. If it is one or two sentences, you can re-type. But a few paragraphs can be too much of re-work.


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  59. kaysee kaysee says:

    Pigeons have something surprising in common with artificial intelligence

    The humble pigeon has a brain that rivals high tech artificial intelligence, a new study explains. Researchers at the University of Iowa say the common city bird is one of the smartest creatures in the animal kingdom — with wits that match the best robots.


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  60. kaysee kaysee says:

    The fembots are here waging the discrimination battle.

    Gender-neutral God to be considered by Church of England

    The move has been criticised by conservatives, who have warned that “male and female imagery is not interchangeable”. However, liberal Christians have welcomed it, claiming that “a theological misreading of God as exclusively male is a driver of much continuing discrimination and sexism against women”.


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  61. kaysee kaysee says:

    But missing when there are real discrimination issues to fight over.
    Like supporting Bethany Hamilton.

    Surfing champion Bethany Hamilton has just announced she will NOT compete in the World Surf League anymore if they allow biological men to surf in the women’s events.


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  62. Old bloke says:

    Those on the right (the politicians) lose because they have no fire in their belly. They have no firm convictions that they will fight to defend and are not passionate about the country.

    This is why Meloni is the exception you mentioned above, she is a passionate person, though so too are most Italians.

    That also explained Abbott’s electoral success, he spoke with passion and conviction prior to the election, then we never heard from him again after he won.

    Regarding left or right etc., it amounts to nothing. We are living in a vassal state, as is most of Europe, so our “leaders” follow whatever instructions they are handed by the powers in Babylon. It doesn’t matter where these national and state leaders see themselves on the political spectrum, they get their orders from someone else so there policies are identical.


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  63. Old bloke says:

    I should have added, I think that Meloni is very cute and I would have voted for her.


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  64. Steve trickler says:

    Update from Mark. He’s had two heart attacks recently.🤔 He’s also told GB News to piss off due to censorship / contractual reasons.

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    Mark Steyn:

    3 Feb 2023
    Mark’s first on-camera appearance in two months

    An update from Mark


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  65. mh says:

    Regarding left or right etc., it amounts to nothing. We are living in a vassal state, as is most of Europe, so our “leaders” follow whatever instructions they are handed by the powers in Babylon. It doesn’t matter where these national and state leaders see themselves on the political spectrum, they get their orders from someone else so there policies are identical.

    So true.


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  66. mh says:

    Sunday Mail/Courier Mail

    Nightmare: Cyclone Freddy forming in Coral Sea

    Queensland’s first tropical cyclone of the year is likely to develop into a nightmare category-three storm that will share the name of an iconic horror movie star.

    Today via BOM

    Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle has developed over the northern Coral Sea. Gabrielle is forecast to continue to track to the south during the rest of Wednesday and then southeast from Thursday, remaining well offshore of the Queensland east coast.

    Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle is expected to strengthen further during Thursday, becoming a severe tropical cyclone.

    The system is forecast to track near Norfolk Island over the weekend.

    Did Freddy transition?


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  67. mh says:

    Kamala for once trying NOT to laugh

    Caleb Hull
    @CalebJHull
    ·
    4h
    Replying to
    @CalebJHull
    Biden just said we only need another decade of oil use and everyone laughed at him 😂😂😂

    https://twitter.com/CalebJHull/status/1623150201434169344?s=20&t=EkpHDtbB81ShfXhj9qWIHA


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  68. mh says:

    Trans Rights Activists OCCUPY Oklahoma Capitol… Where Are The FEDS?

    Anthony Brian Logan

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNm-3HaVezc


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  69. Shy Ted says:

    The airline gliding to save fuel article specifically says “gliding down to the tarmac”.
    Anyway, onto important matters. Is Harry a soprano now?


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  70. Shy Ted says:

    Funny.
    Not funny
    I wouldn’t press play and I certainly wouldn’t watch to the end


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  71. mh says:

    Thanks to the informative PJW ⬆️ I am now investigating gym hoes

    How I pull men at the gym😍

    https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ENhCDLvVKNc


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  72. Cold-Hands says:

    When I think there is a rantable topic and I have some 🕗, I shall rattle away at my keyboard (keeping the blog rules in mind).

    Speaking of Blog rules, I’ve have been permanently blocked at Powerline for posting an innocuous (non-verbal & family-friendly) image *but* captioning it with “L*G*B/F*J*B”. Apparently, to the bedwetting never-Trumpers there, that constitutes “gratuitous vulgarity in a comment” sufficient for a permanent ban (on the first offence). Their blog, their rules, but I shan’t be bothering with interacting with them again.


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  73. mh says:

    ‘Here’s The Real State Of The Union…’: Trump Responds To Biden’s 2023 SOTU

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzWMo75DcMc


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  74. Cardimona says:

    Did Freddy transition?

    I noticed that, too, mh.
    I sent an LTE to my regional daily, which (unsurprisingly) did not get ink.

    The Editor
    The Cairns Post

    How curious. The BoM has named the cyclone north of WA, “Freddy”. The media have named a low east of Queensland, “Freddy”, (Freddy to flirt with coast, 07/02).

    While the BoM’s website doesn’t refer to the eastern system as Freddy, and their media spokesman isn’t quoted calling it Freddy, newspapers and TV are.

    To check BoM’s work, the US military’s Joint Typhoon Warning Center is pretty accurate. They agree the WA’s system is TC Freddy.

    How much else gets lost in translation between weather agencies and the media?

    (88 words)


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  75. mh says:

    I see Trump is saying millions billions and trillions in his SOTU reply.

    Maybe he has his mojo back

    Billions (Trump remix)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeqEC66E7hk


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  76. mh says:

    WEF latest

    Zelensky touched down at London Stansted Airport and was embraced by UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who will host him at Downing Street before the Ukrainian president visits King Charles III at Buckingham Palace.


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  77. mh says:

    Member for Monash Russell Broadbent on vaccine injured constituents:

    Even the Liberal Party Members of Parliament know it…

    Aussie Cossack
    161K subscribers

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


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  78. Steve trickler says:

    Good interview from Stossel. Pompeo makes some good points in many cases, but it is hard to ignore his alphabet agency background and the BS they’ve been involved with in the past. A lot has to be weighed up. Comments of sussietube are split down the middle. I’ll watch it again in the future.

    55:57

    Judge for yourself.

    ***********

    John Stossel:

    I talked to Mike Pompeo for an hour. He often surprised me, and sometimes ticked me off.

    The FULL Mike Pompeo: On Edward Snowden, Classified Documents, JFK Files, and working for Trump


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  79. Steve trickler says:

    Classic.

    Will (Matt Damon) breaks down exactly why he shouldn’t work for the NSA.

    Good Will Hunting | ‘NSA’ (HD) – Matt Damon | MIRAMAX


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  80. mh says:

    Sunak & King Charles Meet With Zelensky. UK Promises Long Range Weapons Pilot Training To Kiev

    iEarlGrey

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67rICHZ62PI


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  81. Steve trickler says:

    kaysee.

    The big day with the knife is tomorrow. Thanks for all the kind words and others, too.

    I’ll watch a Cash clip and then try and sleep…

    I love you – Guy Acts Loopy While Sedated


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  82. mh says:

    That guy doing the iEarlGrey videos ⬆️ was interviewed by George Galloway recently.

    I believe his name is Mike Jones and after leaving the military found Britain too expensive and moved to Russia.
    I think that is his house in St Petersburg. Nice dogs he has there playing in the snow.


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  83. mh says:

    Jonathan Greenblatt
    @JGreenblattADL
    Disturbing that at a time of rising anti-Jewish violence, when growing numbers of Americans believe in antisemitic conspiracy theories, @joerogan would use his immense platform to spew antisemitic tropes about Jews and money.

    Righto

    “You know, the idea that Jewish people are not into money is ridiculous. That’s like saying Italians aren’t into pizza!” Rogan said, laughing. “It’s f***ing stupid. It’s f***ing stupid!”


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  84. Cold-Hands says:

    Best of luck for the op, Steve.


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  85. mh says:

    Seymour Hersh Unveils the ‘Mystery’ of the Nord Stream Pipeline

    On Wednesday, Seymour Hersh, one of the world’s leading investigative journalists, published an article revealing one of the most recent “mysteries” of the geopolitical games that the United States sponsors abroad.

    Hersh presents valuable information for understanding the characteristics of Washington’s covert operations. His article is reproduced below:

    How America Took Out The North Stream Pipeline

    https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Seymour-Hersh-Unveils-the-Mystery-of-the-Nord-Stream-Pipeline-20230208-0011.html


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