Open Thread – Saturday, 04 March 2023

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  1. Steve trickler says:

    Nice work.

    Soundtrack from the 1967 John Huston, Ken Hughes, Robert Parrish, Joe McGrath, Val Guest film, “Casino Royale,” with Peter Sellers, Ursula Andress, David Niven, Woody Allen, Joanna Pettet, William Holden, Daliah Lavi, Deborah Kerr & Orson Welles.

    Casino Royale (1967) • The Look of Love • Dusty Springfield


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  2. mh says:

    New Hershey’s Chocolate Cringe Commercial Goes Off The Rails Woke

    Mark Dice
    1.85M subscribers

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwXc4KTdzNo


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  3. Steve trickler says:

    Cash is cool.

    He looks at the white dane.

    Cash 2.0 Great Dane at the Simi Valley street fair 2022 (12 of 12)“What the f*ck are you going to do?”


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  4. mh says:

    30% More Young People Now DYING Of Heart Attacks – New Study

    The Jimmy Dore Show

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QR7vfSir10o


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  5. Steve trickler says:

    I’d like to see Stevo and Cash, down town in LA. Peter Santenello has the contacts. You’d see about twenty people walking and protecting this dog.


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  6. Shy Ted says:

    They ruin everything. Used to live at a beach S of Adelaide. Pretty much close to paradise if that was your thing. Just a bit too far out for most people so it was quiet except for public holidays. No local employment and poor public transport. They’re building 1700 low income housing units there. Wonder what will happen next. 1700!!


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  7. Shy Ted says:

    The company you keep.
    Just a slow takedown of the crooks.


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  8. Shy Ted says:

    Couple of weeks old but I missed it.
    I like this line –

    officers have been briefed on new procedures for recording interactions with conspiracy theorists and those spouting religious-related ideology

    Me reading interent links – “good God! Jesus! Christ!” and so on.


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  9. Steve trickler says:

    Bald and Bankrupt:

    4 Mar 2023
    🇨🇴 Having checked into my hotel in the centre of Bogota I decided to go and take a walk around and see what the city had to offer. What I found was a place littered with rubbish, toxic smells and well, let’s just say the world’s oldest profession. However despite all that the people were extremely friendly and we met some Venezuelans who told me what to expect on my journey to their country. Join me on a street tour like no other…

    This is part four of the Latin America journey from Cusco to Caracas.

    Gracias a mi chama Lucy para ayudar con translations.

    Solo On Bogota’s Dirtiest Street 🇨🇴


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  10. Steve trickler says:

    Dr Vernon Coleman MB ChB DSc

    When Vaccines meet Science Fiction
    3RD MARCH 2023

    The following paragraphs are taken from the book Anyone who tells you vaccines are safe and effective is lying: Here’s the proof – which was published in 2011

    ‘The vaccine industry never stops looking for new opportunities and researchers are constantly talking about introducing new vaccines. Although new vaccines are forever being introduced, vaccines are rarely if ever withdrawn – even though the diseases involved may be rare or mild. The drug companies can always warn: ‘If the vaccine isn’t given then the disease will come back.’

    The search for new vaccines for old diseases is endless. Some plans are imaginative. Scientists have apparently developed a banana vaccine by creating genetically engineered banana plants. There are plans to develop bananas which `protect’ against hepatitis B, measles, yellow fever and poliomyelitis. Other scientists have developed a genetically engineered potato designed to be used as a vaccine against cholera. The active part of the potato remains active during the process of cooking and so a portion of genetically engineered chips could soon be a vaccine against cholera. (I am not making this up.) According to a British nursing magazine, nurses are now calling for a vaccine to help stop the norovirus. Giving a vaccine is, presumably, easier than washing your hands. Similarly, fat people are constantly demanding a vaccine to enable them to keep eating cakes without ever getting fatter. There are, so I am told, vaccines in the pipeline for just about everything ranging from asthma to earache. There is a planned genetically engineered vaccine which will provide protection against 40 different diseases. The vaccine, which will contain the raw DNA of all those different diseases, will be given to newborn babies to provide them with protection for life. Inevitably, countless scientists around the world have spent enormous amounts of money and energy trying to create a vaccine against AIDS. A vaccine that makes sex safe will be worth a fortune.

    Naturally, the pharmaceutical industry is constantly searching for more and more new vaccines and wherever they spot the beginnings of a market, a demand, they will do their best to serve up something appropriate. I have lost count of the number of times I have read of researchers working on a vaccine to prevent cancer.

    Meanwhile, the drug companies continue with the old faithfuls; the profitable cash cows which keep the billions pouring in. Every year new flu jabs appear on the market.’

    Link


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  11. Shy Ted says:

    The stylish Dr Jill
    First Lady (to wear a shower curtain)


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  12. Old bloke says:

    Cranky old Olaf Scholz is off to the Whitehouse to get a new set of instructions, there won’t be a press conference after the meeting as reporters may ask embarrassing questions about Nord Stream.

    Joe will tell Olaf to start preparing for a new round of sanctions, this time against China. Germany depended on cheap Russian energy and cheap Chinese imports, they will be screwed completely when Babylon takes on China.

    Our economy will be screwed too when Joe tells Albo to stop all exports of coal, iron ore, gas, farm produce etc. to China, the well-off Australians will be those who can afford to live in a tent.

    Biden, ‘I had a nurse.’ Lavrov, Germany humiliated. Is Putin winning? Poroshenko strikes again. U/1 – Alex Christoforou, 29 mins.


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  13. kaysee kaysee says:

    New Hershey’s Chocolate Cringe Commercial Goes Off The Rails Woke

    Why are celebrities and sportsmen and women going along with qwertyism? Could it be for their own personal gain?

    Ex-NBA star Dwyane Wade’s son, born Zion Malachi Airamis Wade, has legally changed his first name to Zaya in an L.A. court on Friday and is now officially a “female,” even in the face of opposition over the move from his birth mother….

    In her court filing, Funches-Wade, 41, alleged that Wade is only indulging the teen’s transgender wishes because there is a lot of money to be made from endorsement deals.


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  14. kaysee kaysee says:

    When Vaccines meet Science Fiction
    3RD MARCH 2023

    The following paragraphs are taken from the book Anyone who tells you vaccines are safe and effective is lying: Here’s the proof – which was published in 2011

    Are all vaccines unsafe and ineffective?
    There is plenty of proof about the Covid vaxxes.

    1/
    37-year old mother

    A 37 year old mother of two, has been told she has just months to live after being told she has been diagnosed with lung, shoulder, spine, and pelvic cancer.

    She was told her cancer symptoms were just the side effects of her Covid vaccine before she was given just months to live.

    2/
    Bollywood actress

    Bollywood actress and former Miss Universe recently took to social media and revealed that she had suffered a heart attack just two days ago.

    “She is deemed one of the fittest Bollywood divas in the industry, with a healthy lifestyle and strict workout regime.


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  15. kaysee kaysee says:

    Our economy will be screwed too when Joe tells Albo to stop all exports of coal, iron ore, gas, farm produce etc. to China, the well-off Australians will be those who can afford to live in a tent.

    We are not prepared to learn from the mistakes of Europe and the US. That’s because the script for what the government should do is being dictated by the same instructors.

    Biden’s Offshore Wind Dreams Face Rising Controversy, Opposition


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  16. kaysee kaysee says:

    Roald Dahl ebooks ‘force censored versions on readers’
    despite backlash

    Owners of Roald Dahl ebooks are having their libraries automatically updated with the new censored versions containing hundreds of changes to language related to weight, mental health, violence, gender and race.

    Who is responsible for the censored versions?

    REVEALED: Roald Dahl books were neutered by woke consultants
    aged eight to 30 – led by ‘non-binary, asexual, polyamorous relationship anarchist who is on the autism spectrum’


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  17. kaysee kaysee says:

    I posted plenty of information (in my post and comments) on the subject matter of last week’s post.

    There is a different take on the topic. Is there anyone who is willing to respond to this comment?

    I hope there are some of you who will reply and share your thoughts in that thread.


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  18. Steve trickler says:

    A lot of people think this is tin-foil hat territory. Those that say so are usually ignorant f-wits. People who pretend to know about the subject and dismiss it are a c-word.

    1:16:50.

    Worth every minute.

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

    The HighWire with Del Bigtree

    Del tackles the taboo topic with Chemtrails and weather modification, questioning Lead Researcher for ‘GeoEngineering Watch,’ Dane Wigington, on his findings from US Patents, military whistleblowers, and even lab-studied samples from cloud seeding. Is it a global conspiracy?
    #TheDimming #ChemTrails #GeoEngineering #WeatherModification

    TACKLING THE CHEMTRAIL CONTROVERSY


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  19. Steve trickler says:

    kaysee says:
    March 4, 2023 at 3:00 pm

    You are pixels on a screen and I love you to bits. If I was to comment on such subject matter, Adam would take a proverbial cricket bat to my head.


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  20. kaysee kaysee says:

    If I was to comment on such subject matter, Adam would take a proverbial cricket bat to my head.

    May I offer a suggestion?

    On issues that are hot topics, type up your answer offline, in a document. Read it, edit it. Cut off anything that is not in keeping with the rules. Make sure you are providing your opinion or experiences without being rude or inflammatory. Don’t take what anyone says, personally. Don’t get personal in your response.

    I use the offline option for my longer comments because WordPress can suddenly have a hiccup and what I have typed is gone. But I also make sure to read what I am saying, edit it, take off any bits that shouldn’t be said on a public blog before I hit that Post Comment button. I still sometimes let through some things I regret when the comment appears, but I try most of the time to say what I want to, without breaking the rules.

    We are fighting to save the world in our own small ways. With a bit of time and effort, it is possible to speak up and share what we think, on a platform that is available for free.


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  21. Old bloke says:

    There is a different take on the topic. Is there anyone who is willing to respond to this comment?

    There is much in AB Test’s rant which I agree with, for example I noticed that when the protests began in Sydney against the mandates, lockdowns, etc., the protestors were predominately from western Sydney which is where most of Sydney’s Muslim population resides. I cheered them on then and congratulate them now for taking a stand.

    He’s wrong though to lay the blame for the degeneracy of western society exclusively at the feet of the Boomers. I’m in that generation as are most of my friends and acquaintances, and none of them like what’s going on and none of them supported it. It seems to me that most of the supporters of gay marriage, transgenderism, and the other weird stuff are in the younger generations.

    Similarly Boomers aren’t responsible for high house prices. AB Test is right to say that prices are way too high and it’s a struggle to afford a house in most Australian capital cities, but that’s a government caused problem, i.e., limiting the amount of land available for residential development and ridiculously high taxes and stamp duties on house purchases.

    Boomers aren’t without their faults but they aren’t responsible for all the evils in this world.


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  22. mh says:

    There is much in AB Test’s rant which I agree with, for example I noticed that when the protests began in Sydney against the mandates, lockdowns, etc., the protestors were predominately from western Sydney which is where most of Sydney’s Muslim population resides. I cheered them on then and congratulate them now for taking a stand

    I was going to write something similar.
    We supported the Lebs on the old Cat for doing this.
    As Aussie Cossack said at the time, thank God for multiculturalism in Australia.
    If I had to pick on a demographic during the lockdown era it would be white gen X females.


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  23. mh says:

    Health Minister Yvette D’Ath has blamed unaffordable GP visits for a spike in serious emergency presentations, which is clogging our EDs.

    Not the Vax then.


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  24. mh says:

    Decline of the West

    Ashley St. Clair
    @stclairashley
    “Butt baby” sex toys are being sold and marketed as “weapons of ass destruction”

    This is so sick & demented

    https://twitter.com/stclairashley/status/1631648782243774465?s=20


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  25. mh says:

    Around 30 men marched up a busy street in Sydney’s inner west on Friday night chanting the Lord’s Prayer and Hail Mary in a protest slammed by the local Greens MP.

    The men, associated with the anti-LGBT group Christian Lives Matter, were filmed marching on King Street in Newtown praying the rosary, as part of protests sparked by an offensive joke about Jesus by a queer comedian on The Project on Tuesday.

    “Huge turnout with the boys praying powerful rosary in Newtown tonight,” the group’s founder Charlie Bakhos wrote on Instagram.

    Videos showed the men, escorted by several police officers, forming a circle to recite the Lord’s Prayer before marching up the street, with a person at the front holding rosary beads above his head…

    https://www.couriermail.com.au/lifestyle/men-march-through-newtown-chanting-hail-mary-in-intimidating-protest-after-the-projects-jesus-sex-joke/news-story/9df0f774a70c654b26be345dcb66c9e7


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  26. Steve trickler says:

    This takes me back to Carnarvon, 1982. I was in grade two and my parents divorced soon after.

    Posted previously.

    That Kombi ride and motor sound stills plays in my head on our way to Perth…mum had a Supertramp cassette on constant playback.

    Memories with this song. I was sitting on the floor at my neighbours and mum was discussing leaving dad…too young and oblivious to the conversation at the time. I remember it all now.

    Jon and Vangelis – I’ll Find My Way Home (with lyrics)


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  27. Steve trickler says:

    True.

    “You are at your very best when things are worst.”

    Starman – Scene: The Human Race (1984 HD)


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  28. Cold-Hands says:

    Oops. I erred in putting three links in a post. Beetle Bailey, Dilbert & Dennis the Menace will appear once approved by Admin.

    Blondie.

    Family Circus


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  29. Cold-Hands says:

    I must have been too late for yesterday’s Spooner; The Australian’s editorial cartoon is the Johannes Leak one I posted last night.


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  30. Steve trickler says:

    RPH wants feedback on my hospital visits via an app (no way am I downloading that sh*t)…I’ve looked all the nurses in the eye and conveyed my thoughts, and asked to pass it on to the surgeon. The paper file is big enough.

    There was one nurse / doc?, training and going into anesthetics, wearing glasses…she was gorgeous and was so comforting before going under. Impossible to get her out of my head.

    Lovely lady.

    True story.


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  31. Cold-Hands says:

    They’ll need to re-work all those old “Fly united” jokes…

    UNITED AIRLINES TOUTS ALL-LGBTQ FLIGHT CREW

    The comments identify the obvious misplaced priorities.


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  32. Steve trickler says:

    Bonkers!

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

    The Lion Whisperer:

    It’s Lion Moving Day! Filmed back before Kevin’s injury, watch the chaos and joy that always comes when the lions move around. While herding these big cats, Kevin talks about why these moves are important and why he can’t simply put all the lions in one big area.

    This video is dedicated to Siam ‘The Catnip King’ who has sadly passed away.

    Why Does Kevin Richardson MOVE the LIONS? | The Lion Whisperer


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  33. Steve trickler says:

    I love this dog. A perfect note to crawl into bed after watching that.

    *********

    woof bark growl:

    Cash 2.0 Great Dane meeting new people in Redondo Beach 16


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  34. mh says:

    New World Order

    ‘God’s Natural Order Is Under Attack’: 16-Year-Old Student Arrested for His Biblical Values

    CBN News

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGFv3Uapc8g


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  35. mh says:

    🔴 LIVE: PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP DELIVERS REMARKS AT CPAC 2023 IN DC

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

    ***


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  36. mh says:

    Listened to a fair bit of Trump’s speech.

    I just don’t find him inspiring anymore. Good luck to him, but … meh


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  37. JohnJJJ says:

    Boomers aren’t without their faults but they aren’t responsible for all the evils in this world.
    Actually the poster illustrates what is happening perfectly. Without a god and the concept of evil, he has to blame some one. So he reaches for the BS sociology categories. Fair enough. But there is no doubt that Islam is the answer – the spiritual embrace -for a lot of people. Jordan Petersen is just not enough. And it doesn’t take that many to swing the whole of society. My thoughts are here


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  38. mh says:

    JohnJJJ says:
    March 1, 2023 at 11:52 am
    Well my prediction is that the population in many countries will convert to Islam gradually. There is nothing to stop it. LGBTQRST, faux tolerance, scientism, diversity, climatism has no moral strength. The West has lost all the wars since the 1950s. Now it is rotting internally. Soon the Dykes on Bikes with become the Jihadi Breeders.

    The Age

    WorldPride Sydney
    PM joins 50,000 for Pride March across Harbour Bridge


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  39. mh says:

    That’s all! NATO is Shocked by the Flight of the Ukrainian Army from Bakhmut!

    BORZZIKMAN
    124K subscribers

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


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  40. mh says:

    2 Mar 2023
    Over the weekend, I was alerted to a completely inappropriate Drag Queen event involving children.

    It got even WORSE, with parents directing me to another inappropriate organisation targeting BABIES, named Caba Baba Rave.

    What you are about to watch is horrifying.

    This has nothing to do with diversity or inclusion. It’s called grooming.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDChqH4BlRQ


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  41. mh says:

    Courier Mail headline

    ‘Forced to watch 50s porn’: Aussie sperm donor’s fury

    The horror! No fake tits.

    You would think it was ‘over-50s porn’.


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