Open Thread – Saturday, 05 February 2022

Posted on February 5, 2022 by Adam D
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  1. Ragu says:
    February 6, 2022 at 3:22 pm

    Hey, Cardi!

    😁


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  2. kaysee kaysee says:
    February 6, 2022 at 3:24 pm

    For the past few weeks, rumours of a new variant in China

    Jan 11

    Dr Malone was right. There are tons of articles talking about a hemorrhagic fever virus circulating in China now that is triggering the CCP to lock down again

    Beijing Olympics start in 25 days


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  4. mh says:
    February 6, 2022 at 3:32 pm

    Thanks, Cardi.

    Apart from one or two weeks, Federal Parliament was basically shut down from November last year while ScumMo goes on a six month election campaign around Australia, shaking hands and washing people’s hair.

    I just wanted to make sure UAP isn’t getting left behind.
    I look forward to some lengthy UAP pressers with Craig talking about liberty and freedom.


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  5. kaysee kaysee says:
    February 6, 2022 at 3:43 pm

    Pastor Artur Pawlowski

    gives an impassioned speech to Canadian truckers and tells them to hold the line. If anyone knows what it’s like to live under a communist dictatorship it’s him.


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  6. kaysee kaysee says:
    February 6, 2022 at 3:59 pm

    ATHEIST RICHARD DAWKINS SWINGS TO ANTI-TRANS RIGHT IN GRASP AT BROADER INTELLECTUAL RELEVANCE

    Dawkins posted a tweet that he had signed the Declaration on Women’s Sex-based rights. He urges his followers to do the same.

    Having checked the document, I agree with him on this point. We can get frustrated about trannyism and how biological women are being sidelined by the fakes. In some cases, it also endangers the lives of women.

    It is not just women who need to sign it, men need to sign, as well.

    From the document on the WDI site:

    Women’s Declaration International (WDI) is a group of volunteer women from across the globe dedicated to protecting women’s sex-based rights.

    Sex is defined by the United Nations as “the physical and biological characteristics that distinguish males from females.’’ (Gender Equality Glossary, UN Women)


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  7. kaysee kaysee says:
    February 6, 2022 at 4:05 pm

    Albo dissing Libs infighting over Bananaby cancelling Insiders appearance, calling Libs dysfunctional.

    Albo has already written his victory speech.

    Curtains will be measured in the next few days.


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  9. kaysee kaysee says:
    February 6, 2022 at 4:36 pm

    Backlashes work. The left has been doing it for a long time. Now, the right is learning.

    Election Wizard

    Amid massive backlash, GoFundMe backpedals, saying it will now issue automatic refunds to those who donated to the Freedom Convoy

    GoFundMe

    To simplify the process for our users, we will be refunding all donations to the Freedom Convoy 2022 fundraiser. This refund will happen automatically—you do not need to submit a request. Donors can expect to see refunds within 7-10 business days.


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  10. kaysee kaysee says:
    February 6, 2022 at 4:41 pm

    Why do conservatives use GoFundMe when there are other options?

    Now, they are using the right fundraiser site. GiveSendGo is a Christian Crowdfunding site.

    GiveSendGo: Freedom Convoy 2022


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  11. cohenite says:
    February 6, 2022 at 6:11 pm

    This lady does some outstanding semi reversing. And she ain’t ugly either:

    https://www.facebook.com/watch?v=281844580607801


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  12. Cardimona says:
    February 6, 2022 at 6:43 pm

    https://youtu.be/2OyczQW07Rk

    AD0LF TRUDEAU REACTS TO CANADIAN TRUCKERS


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  13. kaysee kaysee says:
    February 6, 2022 at 7:02 pm

    Spotify Special Edition

    ♫♪ ●‿● ♫♪

    Moja
    .

    Mbili
    .

    Tatu
    .


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  16. mh says:
    February 6, 2022 at 8:39 pm

    ‘I don’t see why Craig could not speak on other big issues such as owning a home being out of the question for millions of Australians as the richer get richer and ordinary folk just keeping heads above water, the poor state of our education compared to the world, inflation creeping up, the scandals in nursing home care. All the things folks are worried about.’

    Candy, you are touching on problems there where the cause is central banks inflating asset prices with low or even negative interest rates, and justifying their actions by pointing to the CPI and saying there is still not enough inflation in the economy.

    The CPI figures that they have adjusted over the years to give a misleadingly low reading are now showing inflation rates approaching double figures. The US and UK are around 7 percent.

    Peter Schiff explains how if the US federal reserve put the rates up to where they need to be to combat inflation, with a 30 TRILLION dollar debt the US would be shown to be insolvent.

    Stagflation Will Shock the Markets


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  17. candy says:
    February 6, 2022 at 10:13 pm

    mh, I think UAP don’t need to solve these problems as they are a small little party but need to show they identify what are people’s worries and as a small party in parliament they will push the major parties to take notice and take action. that would be their success.


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  18. egg_ says:
    February 6, 2022 at 10:18 pm

    5MEO – Movie (FREE UNTIL 12AM, 6th Feb)

    Plants and animals using nerve toxins as a defense mechanism causing bewilderment is something profound?
    We don’t even understand how anesthetics work.


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  19. Steve trickler says:
    February 6, 2022 at 11:35 pm

    egg_ says:
    February 6, 2022 at 10:18 pm

    Good find and just in the nick of time.

    Cheers.


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  20. Steve trickler says:
    February 7, 2022 at 12:29 am

    Avi on Fox News.

    The Western Australia police barged into a church to check mask exemptions on a day with just 18 new local cases in a state that is almost 93% fully vaccinated.

    Bold: I am calling bullshit on that…anyway, here is the clip.

    Covid-Cops STORM Church during service


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  22. Steve trickler says:
    February 7, 2022 at 2:31 am

    Mach Loop.

    *****

    Elwyn R:

    This was four F-15 Eagle’s ATLAS Flight Low Flying in the mountains of North Wales UK near Dolgellau in the Snowdonia national par on the 20th January 2022. Filmed on a Sony AX 53 and the photos with a Nikon D850 300 prime lens.
    The 336th Fighter Squadron (336th FS), nicknamed the Rocketeers, is a United States Air Force unit. It is assigned to the 4th Operations Group and stationed at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina.

    USAF F15-E Strike Eagle Low Flying video in the Mach Loop 336th FS ‘Rocketeers’


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  23. Steve trickler says:
    February 7, 2022 at 3:26 am

    People need to hang.

    ****

    Stew Peters Show:

    Tragically, we weren’t in time to save Scott Quiner. But it looks like we were just barely in time to save Charles Hughes. Charles is the West Virginia paramedic who was taken hostage at a hospital for “Covid” despite not even testing positive for the disease. When Charles checked into his new care facility, Dr. Will Spencer noticed that he was severely injured. The bones in his hands were all out of place, dislocated. His elbows were out of joint, his shoulder was injured, there were bruises all over his body. In other words, Charles had been beaten in the hospital, severely. Dr. Will Spencer joins us.

    Hospital Patient Beaten While Sedated: Clergyman Witnessed Assault At St. Mary’s


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  24. mh says:
    February 7, 2022 at 8:34 am

    CM

    Fourth booster shot necessary, experts agree

    Leading health experts say a fourth jab will likely be necessary to protect Australians from Covid-19


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  26. Black Ball says:
    February 7, 2022 at 8:47 am

    Mmmyes, Paywallian.

    ‘The Morrison government has committed to a $3.28bn support package and will scrap its indexation freeze on the public broadcaster’s budget.’

    Supporting an organisation that hates him. Stupid, stupid man


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  27. Old bloke says:
    February 7, 2022 at 9:52 am

    mh says:
    February 6, 2022 at 1:59 pm

    I’m seeing Craig Kelly following the protest caravan around.
    His Twitter posts are full of anti ScumMo vitriol.
    I think he needs to start showing there is something else – where he is taking the party he leads, introduce some of the UAP candidates, talk about some of his policies and what needs to change in Oz politics.
    Right now I’m perceiving him as just another face in the crowd.

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

    He’s done a 3 part interview with Prof. David Flint in which he reveals a bit more about himself and his politics. I’ve seen the first two parts, I don’t think the 3rd part has been released yet.

    The first part is here…
    https://www.theepochtimes.com/party-factions-a-cancer-on-australian-democracy-mp-craig-kelly_4207083.html


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  28. Ragu says:
    February 7, 2022 at 10:02 am

    Coatsworth pushing boosters because “boo hoo my dad died”. in 2012. Alone. Because nick’s a turd.

    The entire medical establishment is running on the fumes of emotion and single anecdote fear-based regret.


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  29. candy says:
    February 7, 2022 at 10:04 am

    It’s hard to see why the ABC needs a support package. I reckon if it disappeared tomorrow 90% of Australians would not notice.

    I’ve always felt it is watched by mostly Greenish folks and Lib/Greenish folks eg. Sydney’s Warringah type suburbs very concerned with climate and other favoured cultural issues.

    Probably it has a strong role in communications with rural areas and during natural disasters and so on, so one should not overlook that.


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  31. mh says:
    February 7, 2022 at 10:57 am

    Sign of the times as UK slams door on Neighbours

    Maybe it was all the plots about getting covid boosters.


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  32. egg_ says:
    February 7, 2022 at 11:22 am

    I’ve always felt it is watched by mostly Greenish folks and Lib/Greenish folks eg. Sydney’s Warringah type suburbs very concerned with climate and other favoured cultural issues

    Their Australian Bourgeoisie Corporation.


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  33. shatterzzz says:
    February 7, 2022 at 12:50 pm

    I think he needs to start showing there is something else – where he is taking the party he leads, introduce some of the UAP candidates, talk about some of his policies and what needs to change in Oz politics.

    Why does UAP need “big out there” policies? .. Whatever else happens UAP is NOT gonna form gummint so why the need for any big ticket items all that can be hoped for is several seats in both the Reps & Senate to try to curb the excesses of whichever of the Libs/Labor get to govern!


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  35. mh says:
    February 7, 2022 at 1:06 pm

    Why does UAP need “big out there” policies?

    Who mentioned “big out there” policies?


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  36. mh says:
    February 7, 2022 at 1:12 pm

    You know it’s election time:

    Queensland has recorded 19 deaths and 4701 new Covid cases, while the Premier has announced the check-in app will be scrapped at businesses not under the vaccine mandate.


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  37. Steve trickler says:
    February 7, 2022 at 1:33 pm

    Justin Pierre James Trudeau: Truckers, leave now!
    Truckers: We are out of fuel.
    Justin Pierre James Trudeau: I’ve ordered the police to confiscate fuel supplies.
    Truckers: Nice! Thankyou.
    Justin Pierre James Trudeau: [ Slams his head against the wall]
    Truckers: Hit your head harder, blackface.
    Cops: We are just following orders.

    RCGT Park: Breaking news police confiscating fuel supply from new base camp 2-6-2022


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  39. cohenite says:
    February 7, 2022 at 2:43 pm

    Some new titles for the jaded:

    To Sex With Love: in her desperate quest to be a woman, Susan tried lover after lover.

    Play Now, Kill Later: she was a playwright’s daughter, but no man could master her lines.

    Strong Poison: did her lover suicide or was she a be-witching murderess.


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  41. Steve trickler says:
    February 7, 2022 at 2:59 pm

    FMD!

    Father is up to jab number 3…proudly doing his bit he says. F**K! And willing for number 4! cos the ABC says all is good.🤦‍♂️

    He will not get off his arse and do his own research. A slave to the MSM system. I am at a loss as to what to do. TV good, internet bad is his mindset. I’ve sent him links to get the ball rolling…instant dismissal.

    Depressing folks; it’s taking a toll on my psychological health.


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  44. Steve trickler says:
    February 7, 2022 at 3:40 pm

    Danger Dan:

    The psychopath from the Northern Territory is hell-bent on jabbing every living organism on the planet. With the first and second jabs still being rolled out, the unhinged Michael Gunner is already planning on forcing the fourth jab on his hapless citizens. Get out while you still can!

    A Nightmare on Booster Street: Michael Gunner


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  47. mh says:
    February 7, 2022 at 4:05 pm

    Email from George Christensen, Saturday

    Hello freedom lovers!

    I watched with pride over the past few days as thousands of Australians uprooted their lives and drove to the nation’s capital to send a message to all politicians: we want our freedoms back!

    Quite frankly, our freedom was never something anyone had the right to take away. But yet it has been taken away, with lockdowns, ‘no jab, no job’ mandates, discriminatory vaccine certificate systems, State border closures, international travel restrictions, curfews, mask mandates, bans on treatments… the list goes on and on and on.

    I will be joining protesters in Canberra today and throughout the week. I have urged them to hold the line and not give in to intimidation or violence. The mainstream (fake news) media will be watching the crowd like a hawk, looking for a slip-up so that they can report that protesters were a violent mob. We mustn’t give them that opportunity!

    By and large, the vast majority of freedom protesters around the country have been peaceful with only but a few exceptions. That hasn’t stopped the fake news from claiming otherwise though and this has fed into the popular narrative that those opposed to vaccine mandates and other restrictions are fringe-dwellers who need to be shunned. The truth is the opposite. We are concerned mums and dads. We are sacked front line workers — police officers, nurses, paramedics, doctors, pilots. We are sacked workers from hospitality, retail, airports, marine ports and mining. We are Australians who see the very fabric of our nation — freedom — being set alight in response to a virus with a 99.73% survivability rate.

    I see these everyday Australians when I attend freedom rallies in my home town of Mackay and elsewhere. And, despite criticism from the media and political elite, I am proud to stand side by side with them in support of freedom.


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  48. calli says:
    February 7, 2022 at 4:10 pm

    Depressing folks; it’s taking a toll on my psychological health.

    Steve, it isn’t up to you to change his beliefs. It is not your responsibility. You have done all you can do, more than most.

    Be there if the wheels fall off.


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  49. Steve trickler says:
    February 7, 2022 at 4:30 pm

    Point taken, calli.


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  50. mh says:
    February 7, 2022 at 4:50 pm

    Steve, your dad could be yanking your chain.


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  51. Steve trickler says:
    February 7, 2022 at 5:04 pm

    mh.

    Huge pressure from him for me to get the jab. Huge! He only knows about the subject from MSM TV…chiefly the ABC.

    The situation is f*cked.


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  52. johanna johanna says:
    February 7, 2022 at 5:09 pm

    Steve trickler says:
    February 7, 2022 at 2:59 pm

    FMD!

    Father is up to jab number 3…proudly doing his bit he says. F**K! And willing for number 4! cos the ABC says all is good.🤦‍♂️

    He will not get off his arse and do his own research. A slave to the MSM system. I am at a loss as to what to do. TV good, internet bad is his mindset. I’ve sent him links to get the ball rolling…instant dismissal.

    Depressing folks; it’s taking a toll on my psychological health.

    Snap, calli. I was just about to say that you cannot be responsible for what other people do or believe, but if you love them, you can be around to offer support and pick up the pieces.

    It sounds weird, but you should not take it personally. It is not directed at you. Take a step back.

    Easier said than done, of course.


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  53. mh says:
    February 7, 2022 at 5:18 pm

    Huge pressure from him for me to get the jab.

    From who?
    Your dad wouldn’t be in the workforce would he?
    The real pressure is on those that have to earn a living.


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  54. mh says:
    February 7, 2022 at 5:19 pm

    Sorry, Steve. Misread your post.


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  55. mh says:
    February 7, 2022 at 5:29 pm

    Even though I have never checked into a supermarket ever, I’m still pleased my premier has scrapped the QR codes.

    Make sure your state government does the same.


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  57. mh says:
    February 7, 2022 at 6:52 pm

    Steve, you have to find the funny side sometimes

    HEATHER MCDONALD COLLAPSES ON STAGE
    … Hospitalized, Cause Unknown

    Comedian Heather McDonald fell hard during a show in Tempe, Arizona, but it was no joke … it was a medical emergency.

    Eyewitnesses tell TMZ … the former “Chelsea Lately” star was headlining the sold-out show, when she delivered her second joke … “I’m vaxxed, double vaxxed, boosted … and flu shot and shingle shot and haven’t gotten COVID and Jesus loves me most.”

    As soon as she delivered the joke, she just collapsed and hit her head on the floor. Everyone thought at first it was all part of the act, but it was not. She was conscious, but clearly, all was not well. An EMT and a nurse happened to be in the audience … they rushed up on stage to provide first aid.

    The 911 call came in as a seizure, but no one really knows yet. An ambulance came and paramedics tended to Heather…

    Heather tells us she never had COVID and, as she said in her set, she’s fully vaxxed and boosted.

    https://www.tmz.com/2022/02/06/heather-mcdonald-comedian-collapses-hospitalized-show/


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  58. Nelson_Kidd-Players says:
    February 7, 2022 at 7:17 pm

    My Mum’s had her third jab,Steve T, and is worried I’ve had none even though C19 lightly swept through our household a month ago. I’ve decided it’s not the battle worth picking (it would be against MSM TV news, doctors and specialists) so I just hope the chamber is empty with each jab she’s had. Can’t wait for the insanity to end; by election time, if not sooner.


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  59. Steve trickler says:
    February 7, 2022 at 7:24 pm

    This is from a year ago. Let me tell you, the cops attitude towards this crew has taken a 180 degree turn. They considered them ‘cowboys’ at the time. Not anymore.

    Take a look. Their attitude was piss poor. They did apologize later on…no freaking choice!

    Today, the police will not dare criticize them. They are now considered a valued resource. Hopefully something similar to this comes to Australia. No doubt the skill is available here….duh.

    It is great to know they have told TV, we are not interested in doing any series for them. 10 shows over ten weeks was stipulated…curtailing their ability to react to anything new. Big buck$ on offer. Jared said, nope.

    For those commentating on Sussietube about the production? Families involved will no doubt cherish these clips pertaining to them for the rest of their lives, so f8ck off!

    SOLVED 3-Day-Old Missing Person Case.. (Antonio Amaro-Lopez)


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  60. Steve trickler says:
    February 7, 2022 at 8:21 pm

    Nelson_Kidd-Players says:
    February 7, 2022 at 7:17 pm
    My Mum’s had her third jab,Steve T, and is worried I’ve had none even though C19 lightly swept through our household a month ago. I’ve decided it’s not the battle worth picking (it would be against MSM TV news, doctors and specialists) so I just hope the chamber is empty with each jab she’s had. Can’t wait for the insanity to end; by election time, if not sooner.

    Mum has had none, like me. I’ll heed the advice from calli and jo and just let it play out and zip my lip. The thing is, dad is in the East, me on the West coast.

    Avoiding the conversation will be difficult.

    *******

    Music hunt time.


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  63. JohnJJJ says:
    February 7, 2022 at 9:08 pm

    An excellent expose of the Ottawa council in their own words. Illustrates the privilege a government job gets you. They are a product of a safe society. Almost the same as the USA School Boards and our many bureaucracies ( esp Victoria). No concept.
    OTTAWA Council PLOTS MASS ARREST of FREEDOM TRUCKERS While BEGGING Police from Robert Gouveia


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  65. mh says:
    February 7, 2022 at 9:34 pm

    First Blood just starting on 7Mate.

    Few movies can match the first 20 minutes.


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  66. mh says:
    February 7, 2022 at 9:40 pm

    Ads already.

    Farkin’ ell.


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  67. mh says:
    February 7, 2022 at 11:46 pm

    OTTAWA
    Freedom Convoy ADDRESS TO THE NATION – Feb.6, 2022 “State of Emergency Update”

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D3sYDMNiD4


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  69. Steve trickler says:
    February 8, 2022 at 2:35 am

    Who’d dob in Anne Frank?

    Caller: She’s not wearing a mask!
    000: Who?
    Caller: My neighbour!


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  72. cohenite says:
    February 8, 2022 at 8:02 am

    Mark Dice:

    Joe Rogan Is Finished!

    People are idiots, although one guy knew the old Triceratop was extinct.

    Some Memes.


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  74. mh says:
    February 8, 2022 at 8:39 am

    These bastard globalists.

    The Age

    Grill’d burgers to cost more as it bets big on meatless movement

    As meat and beef prices continue to rise, the burger chain has made a huge bet on the growing alternative meats sector.


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  77. mh says:
    February 8, 2022 at 12:07 pm

    Peter Thiel, the tech investor and conservative provocateur who has advised Mark Zuckerberg for nearly two decades at Facebook parent Meta Platforms, will step down from the company’s board after Meta’s annual shareholder meeting in May.

    Thiel, who joined the board in 2005 after an early investment in Facebook, plans to increase his political support of former President Donald Trump’s agenda during the 2022 election and doesn’t want his political activities to be a “distraction” for Facebook, according to person close to Thiel.


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  78. Black Ball says:
    February 8, 2022 at 12:58 pm

    Adem Somyurek in today’s Hun:

    ‘Why am I putting up a motion on Tuesday morning to have myself and 24 other current and former Labor MPS referred to IBAC for a serious corruption investigation?
    The answer is we participated in the biggest political scandal in Victoria’s history and benefitd by winning office.
    I am not claiming to do this because I only now realise that the red shirts was a rort. I barracked for Daniel Andrews and his team as they fought to ensure the matter would not be investigated by the Ombudsman, even going as far as the High Court and reportedly wasting $1m of taxpayers money.
    Labor MPs had no choice but to barrack for Andrews and his team, they had exploited they ALP’s stringent party discipline and in doing so compromised MPs by coercing them into complying with what was a corrupt scheme.
    Andrews’ elevation to opposition leader was due to a factional deal. When MPS in the Bracks/Brumby governments looked to the future, he never came up as a potential leader. Andrews had many enemies due to his skulduggery as a fashion apparatchik. Many of these enemies were now in parliament and took great pleasure in torturing him during the long years in opposition.
    He was allowed to assume the leadership to absorb the bad times of the early years before a serious contender from the right could emerge. Andrews knew that even if the Right did not find a candidate, the Left had Jacinta Allan. Further, the recently elected and factionally better connected Jill Hennessy would receive support from the Left powerbrokers over him if he did not win.


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  79. Shy Ted says:
    February 8, 2022 at 1:08 pm

    Steve T, those underwater rescue guys vids are very interesting. On a slightly related note about missing people, years ago in Mt Isa a young man disappeared off the face of the earth. Backstory, drunken night out, fight with lady friend, drove off, disappeared. Discovered some years later at the base of a hill just outside town called Telecom Hill as there was a tower up there. Was a popular venue for young lovers after dark, great views, privacy etc. He had driven off the hill at full speed and landed under a small cluster of a handful of trees which are a very sparse commodity out there, died on impact. Suicide.
    The country is very harsh, rugged ground and difficult to traverse and any vehicle stands out like dog’ balls. But it was so well hidden by the trees, pure fluke, and so quickly covered in red dust ad thoroughly destroyed in the impact that it just didn’t stand out despite air searches. Almost every passing visitor goes up there for the views and it was a fave for my dog walks. Nobody noticed anything for several years.
    There’s nothing hard about disappearing in the outback.
    There was another suicide, chap laid off, work being his only positive in life, simply walked along the road to Cloncurry, sat down at the side of the road, probably amongst some bushes and died. Regular passing traffic but not found for months.
    There’s a certain balance with nature when you hear this


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  80. Black Ball Black Ball says:
    February 8, 2022 at 1:17 pm

    ‘This desperation drove Andrews to be a good opposition leader. But it had a significant downside. It made Andrews push the boundaries well beyond what was acceptable and compromise his MPs in the process.
    In the lead up to the 2014 state election campaign, Andrews discovered a new campaigning technique referred to as field campaigning. Andrews figured he had a competitive advantage in this area through labour parties and the union movement’s activist base.
    Andrew’s would share with shadow cabinet his vision of having workers in uniforms, firefighters, nurses, ambulances and other service providers calling constituents directly to canvass for support. He was particularly excited about the United Firefighters Union because it had big trucks and sirens.
    He was like a child, eyes beaming as he talked about the prospect of having the fire trucks and sirens campaign for him during the lead up and at polling booths.
    Andrews’ obsession with the field campaign created many political problems for him in the years ahead as the taxpayer was forced to pay a high price for the field campaign and the UFU deal that delivered the fire trucks. His passionate advocacy soon turned into action as then treasurer John Lenders began to do the rounds of MPs to hand over their staffing entitlements.
    Upper house MPs, in particular, were singled out and isolated for refusing to join the scheme. We were told we had an easy life in the upper house while our lower house colleagues were in the trenches fighting to get us into government. We participated because we were told parliamentary services had ticked off on the scheme.
    The red shirt scandal involved the parliament paying for the wages of electorate officers who did not attend the office of the MP who employed them. Instead, they sat in a campaign office and campaigned for Labor. The parliamentary leadership of the ALP coerced about 25 Labor MPs to sign false documentation stating the officers had performed electorate office work for them. The Ombudsman called this scheme an “artifice”.
    The Ombudsman handed down a scathing report but did not refer to the matter as corrupt. According to legislation, the Ombudsman is compelled to notify IBAC if the Ombudsman has reasonable suspicion that the scheme was corrupt. The Ombudsman did not.’


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  81. mh says:
    February 8, 2022 at 1:23 pm

    OTTAWA
    “Offense to beep your horn” Ottawa Police Jones Arrests Old Man


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  83. Black Ball Black Ball says:
    February 8, 2022 at 1:35 pm

    ‘Before the Ombudsman’s report, there may have been some doubt on whether the MPs had such broad powers to direct the duties and responsibilities of their staff; by not referring to the red shirts as corrupt, the Ombudsman’s report reluctantly accepted the broad interpretation. The government did not accept the Ombudsman’s recommendation.
    IBAC and the Ombudsman had been given a reference by the Attorney-General and the upper house in relation to a television program that featured me. The two integrity bodies launched a joint investigation called Operation Watts. I expected these allegations to be dispatched by the IBAC/the Ombudsman within months.
    I was surprised when I found out last October that Operation Watts would be conducting a public examination because IBAC/the Ombudsman now deemed any random engagement by electorate officers in factional matters as “serious corruption”, even though there is no breach in legislation.
    This indicates a very important shift in the Ombudsman’s position. It is important that red shirts now be publicly examined before Operation Watts because red shirts was a premeditated, centrally organised and therefore a gold-standard rort of electorate office staff.
    Given the new circumstances and the narrow terms of reference of Operation Watts, it is in the public interest for the terms of reference to be extended to include the most significant political scandal in Victoria’s history, which also influenced the result of an election.’


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  84. Shy Ted says:
    February 8, 2022 at 1:38 pm

    Ottawa Twatter thread
    You look at the comments, typical lefty ideology but you look at the pics and doesn’t look like any trucker or supporter.
    A bit like the other chap
    Colour me surprised.


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  86. Ragu says:
    February 8, 2022 at 1:49 pm

    Thanks for that, Black ball.

    What can we expect to happen? Somyurek gaoled for snitching and the rest off with a fine? Andrews steps down to spend time with the family?


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  87. mh says:
    February 8, 2022 at 2:01 pm

    This sounds good

    Craig Kelly signs anti-vax protesters into Parliament House

    Freedom lovers in Parliament House.

    Whatever next!


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  89. kaysee kaysee says:
    February 8, 2022 at 2:45 pm

    It is tough going for the lefties. Even Bill Maher is mocking them.

    Brent Baker

    Medical establishment “wrong a lot…wrong about lockdowns” and a lot more. @BillMaher points to Johns Hopkins study spiked by all of legacy media.


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  90. mh says:
    February 8, 2022 at 2:45 pm

    White bread is for anglos, says academic

    Prime Minister Scott Morrison eats “normal white bread”.

    That’s what he told Sunrise host David Koch last week when he was asked if he preferred sourdough or multigrain.

    The seemingly innocuous comment about the PM’s breakfast preferences did not go unnoticed and formed a talking point on ABC panel show The Drum.

    One of the show’s guests sent social media into a spin when she embarked on a rather bizarre explanation of what Mr Morrison’s comment really show us about the man who leads the country.

    “I think the comment about the white bread was really interesting,” said Nareen Young, who is Professor for Indigenous Policy at the University of Technology Sydney.

    “Who eats white bread in this country? Anglo men. I come from a working class background.

    “We had brown bread because we were healthy. I think it shows a deep lack of understanding about who works in this country.

    “I think that there’s a deep intersection of race and class … I do think there are some politicians who understand what the working class looks like. It’s not white anglo men.”


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  91. kaysee kaysee says:
    February 8, 2022 at 2:51 pm

    ValGlass2.0

    Next time you march for your freedom and against government overreach remember this when these boys in blue shoot you with rubber bullets.

    Equality!

    According to VicPol:

    The coppers were not marching, they were just walking.

    Must remember that for the next rally. We are not marching, we’re just having a walk.


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  92. JohnJJJ says:
    February 8, 2022 at 2:55 pm

    I can’t see this ending well. OTTAWA under PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE from FREEDOM TRUCKERS Launches COUNTER-INSURGENCY
    Seems that it is an insurrection orchestrated from the USA. The woman is hysterical. The others are clowns. If the military gets involved, we’ll see the reality.


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  93. egg_ says:
    February 8, 2022 at 3:28 pm

    The coppers were not marching, they were just walking.

    It is horse-mounted-Plod procedure NOT to mix with pedestrian traffic, but to stay to the side of the conveyance.

    /Not shooting, waving.


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  95. egg_ says:
    February 8, 2022 at 3:42 pm

    OTTAWA under PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE from FREEDOM TRUCKERS Launches COUNTER-INSURGENCY
    Robert Gouveia Esq.

    Posted many of his useful legal videos on the stolen Election.


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  97. kaysee kaysee says:
    February 8, 2022 at 4:03 pm

    ‘The Morrison government has committed to a $3.28bn support package and will scrap its indexation freeze on the public broadcaster’s budget.’

    It won’t get the Coalition any votes from the lefties. He just lost more votes from the righties.

    Should have stuck to Marketing in some obscure ad agency.


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  98. egg_ says:
    February 8, 2022 at 4:10 pm

    Morrison scuttles ‘build back better’ agenda

    PRIME Minister Scott Morrison has told global business leaders his government did not view COVID-19 as an opportunity to create a “State-centred” economy.

    He instead backed a more sustainable business-led recovery.

    In a speech to the Davos Agenda 2022 virtual summit hosted by the World Economic Forum, Mr Morrison laid out Australia’s way through the global pandemic and its approach to supporting economic recovery and resilience over the next decade.


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  99. kaysee kaysee says:
    February 8, 2022 at 4:10 pm

    Why does UAP need “big out there” policies? .. Whatever else happens UAP is NOT gonna form gummint so why the need for any big ticket items all that can be hoped for is several seats in both the Reps & Senate to try to curb the excesses of whichever of the Libs/Labor get to govern!

    UAP doesn’t need “big out there” policies. But it needs to present itself to undecided voters as a credible party.

    Will it win enough seats to form a government in its own right? That is asking a lot of a new party. But we can hope it will pick enough seats to hold the balance of power.


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