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: