Open Thread – Saturday, 05 March 2022

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  1. Barking Toad says:
    March 5, 2022 at 1:12 am

    Am I first?


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  2. mh says:
    March 5, 2022 at 1:21 am

    Shane Warne, brown bread.

    Heart attack.

    I kid you not.


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  3. mh says:
    March 5, 2022 at 1:26 am

    Shane Warne today

    Shane Warne@ShaneWarne
    Sad to hear the news that Rod Marsh has passed. He was a legend of our great game & an inspiration to so many young boys & girls. Rod cared deeply about cricket & gave so much-especially to Australia & England players. Sending lots & lots of love to Ros & the family. RIP mate❤️11:53 AM · Mar 4, 2022


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  4. Barking Toad says:
    March 5, 2022 at 1:33 am

    Fuck me – after Rod Marsh.


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  5. mh says:
    March 5, 2022 at 1:39 am

    South Australian police no longer need to be fully vaccinated to work in the sector after the state’s top cop backflipped on his own law.
    Back in November last year, a direction was issued under the Emergency Management Act making it compulsory for all SA Police employees to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19.

    Only a small portion of the force — less than 1.5 per cent or about 80 staff members — did not receive the jabs and weren’t allowed to engage in any police work or attend workplace settings.

    Although the majority of police received their two doses, Police Commissioner Grant Stevens announced on Friday that the rule would be revoked as of 7am on Monday and be replaced by a managerial direction.

    The commissioner — who is also the state co-ordinator who writes such directions — said he was “confident” the risks to his employees and members of the public could be managed through alternative controls rather than standing down his unvaccinated staff.


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  6. Kae says:
    March 5, 2022 at 1:41 am

    Shane Warne has died!


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  8. Cold-Hands Cold-Hands says:
    March 5, 2022 at 4:04 am

    A huge shock. Warnie was pure entertainment, & despite his air-headedness off the field, a deep & insightful thinker of cricket on the field or as commentator.

    Shane Warne was only 52. While he mightn’t have led the healthiest of lifestyles, I’m surprised that he has succumbed to heart disease. I can’t help thinking that vaccine injury might underlie this, but even if he gets an autopsy, they’re unlikely to test for markers of the vaccines or spike proteins to prove or disprove this.


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  9. Barking Toad says:
    March 5, 2022 at 4:28 am

    Agree entirely with your first paragraph ColdHands, not sure about the second.

    But yeah, needs considering.

    Warnie’s “out there” lifestyle might be a connection too. In Thailand.


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  11. Black Ball Black Ball says:
    March 5, 2022 at 8:58 am

    The Gatting ball is the stuff of legend. Although he beat many with this type of delivery, the fact it was his first ball in England, as Richie Benaud describes, with pressure on him to perform after his coming out series against West Indies, wow.
    Vale S K Warne


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  12. mh says:
    March 5, 2022 at 9:26 am

    Being the same vintage as Glen Boss and Shane Warne I would often use these two greats as markers as I aged.

    This week I heard Boss had ridden his last ride at the Saudi International meeting, which made me think of Warne and what he was up to – playing poker and travelling the world.

    Now Warney is not even with us 🙁


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  13. mh says:
    March 5, 2022 at 10:16 am

    She kept a straight face?

    RUSSIA BLOCKS FACEBOOK, ‘CUTS OFF MILLIONS’

    … Press secretary Jen Psaki said the White House was “deeply concerned” about the Kremlin’s latest move.

    “This is part of their effort to cut off a range of information,” she said in a briefing on Friday afternoon in Washington D.C.

    “There are concerning steps they have taken to crack down on any sort of information being shared with the public.

    “This is a pattern. It’s not necessary a new approach but it is a crackdown on information.

    “We are deeply concerned about this and concerned about the threat to freedom of speech in the country.”


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  14. mh says:
    March 5, 2022 at 10:48 am

    Shane Warne@ShaneWarne
    Thank u for all the get well messages-they really mean a lot. I’ve been double vaccinated so the Covid symptoms are mild, hopefully I will be up & about soon ❤️
    Still shattered about our second embarrassing loss at Lords last night as we’ve just gifted 2 wins away #thehundred 😩


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  15. Delta A says:
    March 5, 2022 at 10:49 am

    Steve trickler says:
    March 5, 2022 at 4:40 am
    I’ll never forget it.

    Neither will I.
    Watching with my son we just gasped and shook our heads, unable to believe what we’d seen. An incredible delivery.
    Thanks for all the good times, Warnie. And thanks Steve for posting that clip.


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  16. egg_ says:
    March 5, 2022 at 10:53 am

    Will Warnie’s Advanced Hair outlast him?


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  17. egg_ says:
    March 5, 2022 at 11:02 am

    Being the same vintage as Glen Boss and Shane Warne I would often use these two greats as markers as I aged.

    I used to use celebrity wonder couple Grant and Lisa Kenny and their wunderkind as a benchmark.


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  18. egg_ says:
    March 5, 2022 at 11:03 am

    Warnie won’t be able to attend the Mardi Gras today as Bruno?
    That’s one way of getting out of it.
    Did Fred Nile get his rainfall?


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  19. Shy Ted says:
    March 5, 2022 at 11:03 am

    And in today’ edition of colossal waste of taxpayer’ money, from the

    SBS – The New Breed
    3:00PM – 4:30PM
    This film documents the rise of a new type of business person: the social entrepreneur. The film captures the journey of three compelling millennials as they start businesses to tackle social and environmental issues.

    I shall update later when I’m feeling more sarcastic.
    Why don’t they go out and earn a honest living?


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  20. JohnJJJ says:
    March 5, 2022 at 11:24 am

    I know very little about the Russia Ukraine conflict, but there does seem to be three ‘perspectives’:
    1. Russian Gov is out to conquer the eastern block or at least as much as they can get. Imperial expansion model. Putin evil.
    2. Russia Gov wants to encircle and threaten the cities so it has the strongest negotiation position to carve out a bit of eastern Ukraine and keep Ukraine as a demiliarised buffer zone and/or
    3. It is all a long term strategy of China and Russia to establish a new world power configuration.
    Certainly, all the journos and experts who got it wrong in Afghanistan and Iraq over the last twenty years are in the number 1 category.
    This guy is in number 2. https://www.youtube.com/c/AlexanderMercourisReal


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  21. egg_ says:
    March 5, 2022 at 11:24 am

    It has been revealed that Jaimi Kenny, the daughter of Australian sporting legends Lisa Curry and Grant Kenny, who died on Monday at age 33, had been receiving treatment for an eating disorder before her tragic death.

    The price of celebrity.


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  22. egg_ says:
    March 5, 2022 at 11:29 am

    JohnJJJ says:
    March 5, 2022 at 11:24 am

    All of the above – toppling the crumbling US empire, rotten to the core, as Trump found out.


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  23. Covid ate my homework Covid ate my homework says:
    March 5, 2022 at 11:42 am

    R.I.P Warnie. Dean Jones was my benchmark so I’m kicking arse.


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  24. Shy Ted says:
    March 5, 2022 at 12:04 pm

    Coupla toons about YKW
    Shred
    Precedent


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  25. Covid ate my homework Covid ate my homework says:
    March 5, 2022 at 12:30 pm

    Just pondered the other night about Joe McCarthy and his loony assertions that the American government and Hollywood were infested with communist sympathizers and fellow travelers. What a nut! Booked into Bethesda with a toothache and came out in a hearse. Apparently his alcoholism was to blame and the cause of death was hepatitis, heart failure, renal failure and an abundance of corns on his toes. He got his reward.


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  26. Shy Ted says:
    March 5, 2022 at 1:07 pm

    Another suicide
    So, the precedence is set. The best line is

    The court also stressed that in France there is no law that forced him to be vaccinated.

    Much like Oz. Mandates ain’t law.


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  29. kaysee kaysee says:
    March 5, 2022 at 2:54 pm

    Visegrád 24

    Just today, EU countries imported €700 million worth of gas from Russia

    March 3, 2022
    EUR 660 million


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  30. kaysee kaysee says:
    March 5, 2022 at 3:01 pm

    Dr. McCullough Provides an Explanation as to Why Athletes Are Collapsing on the Pitch

    “When you have a surge in adrenaline and you have vaccine-induced myocarditis… that’s what triggers the sudden death.”


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  31. egg_ says:
    March 5, 2022 at 3:46 pm

    Under the Sphinx – The Hieroglyphic Evidence for The Real Hall Of Records
    Manu Seyfzadeh

    Interesting technical discussion.

    Seems Hawas and the Ancient Egyptian “Industry” act just like our Aboriginal Industry, viz Mungo Man, etc.


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  32. egg_ says:
    March 5, 2022 at 3:49 pm

    Rainbow Mardis Gras tonight, International Womens Day (IWD) tomorrow.

    No cross-fertilisation* with vag-less “women” celebrating IWD?

    *Rather an ironic term, given the circumstances.


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  34. kaysee kaysee says:
    March 5, 2022 at 4:09 pm

    Shaking my head.

    Grrrr…

    RUSSIA VS SANCTIONS: how they affect regular Russians

    The ordinary folk – whether Russians or Ukrainians – are caught up in the conflict and have to pay the price, literally and in other ways, for the stuff-up by so-called world leaders.


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  35. kaysee kaysee says:
    March 5, 2022 at 4:20 pm

    From January 28, so may already have been posted.

    Stew Peters:

    Klaus Schwab’s Social Contract:
    Vaccinate, Dominate, Crush & Exterminate “Useless Eaters”


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  37. Delta A says:
    March 5, 2022 at 4:38 pm

    Warnie’s top 5 balls:

    Thanks, cohenite.


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  38. cohenite says:
    March 5, 2022 at 4:53 pm

    Atheists v muslims 2012 in victoristan. This could not happen today:

    https://www.facebook.com/100000038277260/videos/937981969546403/


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  39. kaysee kaysee says:
    March 5, 2022 at 4:57 pm

    Searching for the truth, without taking sides, is like walking through a maze. Déjà vu – similar to two years ago trying to work out the truth about Covid.

    From the same news channel, Republic, in India.

    A few days ago

    This expert from Lisbon on Arnab’s panel didn’t just school him on his moderation skills, but also implied he was anti-national

    Yesterday

    Arnab Explains why India’s position is in its national interest


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  40. kaysee kaysee says:
    March 5, 2022 at 5:01 pm

    March 1

    Putin responds to a journo’s question on guarantees.


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  41. Boambee John says:
    March 5, 2022 at 5:06 pm

    cohenite

    If you are here, hop over to CL’s blog, the Putin shells Rupert Murdoch thread, and give Homer Paxton (aka Not Trampis, aka Non Mentis) a short lesson in the weaknesses of ruinables.


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  42. kaysee kaysee says:
    March 5, 2022 at 5:14 pm

    (A detour from the serious news.)

    It’s

    Caturday.

    Yep,

    It is.


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  43. egg_ says:
    March 5, 2022 at 6:07 pm

    Vaccinate, Dominate, Crush & Exterminate “Useless Eaters”

    Does Klaus Schwab have a furless cat on his lap?


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  44. mh says:
    March 5, 2022 at 6:20 pm

    Someone told me earlier that Warnie got the booster a week ago.

    Can anyone verify this?


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  45. Black Ball Black Ball says:
    March 5, 2022 at 6:34 pm

    Someone told me earlier that Warnie got the booster a week ago.

    He would have tweeted.


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  46. mh says:
    March 5, 2022 at 6:44 pm

    True dat, BB.

    ***

    Shane Warne
    @ShaneWarne
    ·
    Jan 14
    Novak is a great tennis player & one of the all time greats. No doubt. But he’s lied on entry forms, been out in public when he knew he had covid & is now facing legal cases. He’s entitled to not be jabbed but Oz is entitled to throw him out! Agree ? #shambles


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  47. kaysee kaysee says:
    March 5, 2022 at 6:54 pm

    Michael P Senger

    Meanwhile, in Western Australia, a mother of five with a terminal illness has been told her children can’t visit her in hospital in her final days due to upgraded COVID restrictions.


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  48. kaysee kaysee says:
    March 5, 2022 at 6:57 pm

    Someone told me earlier that Warnie got the booster a week ago.

    Can anyone verify this?

    What is the requirement to get into Thailand? Fully vaxxed and boosted?

    The current status of death is “suspected heart attack”.


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  49. mh says:
    March 5, 2022 at 7:20 pm

    Big Pharma gatekeepers (MSM) straight out of the blocks

    COVID anti-vaxxers exploit deaths of Shane Warne and Rod Marsh with claims vaccine was responsible

    Just asking questions.

    Apparently that’s not allowed in the New World Order.


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  51. cohenite says:
    March 5, 2022 at 7:32 pm

    Boambee John says:
    March 5, 2022 at 5:06 pm

    Thanks


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  52. mh says:
    March 5, 2022 at 7:37 pm

    George Christensen MP
    Mar 5

    Hello friends,

    Apologies to the non-Queenslanders, but the main point of this weekend’s email is to alert you to a protest against the Palszczuk Labor government’s impending extension of the pandemic powers.

    As mentioned in the last newsletter, if the Queensland parliament does not move to extend the pandemic powers then all of the so-called health directives come to an end and that includes workplace vaccine mandates. That’s exactly why, later this month, the parliament is going to vote on a proposed law to extend the pandemic powers.

    To protest this move, Queenslanders from Cape York down will be forming the Convoy to Brisbane and descending on George Street, Brisbane for the three days of parliamentary sittings from 15 to 17 March. Details can be found on the Facebook event listing of the Convoy to Brisbane — Parliament House (https://fb.me/e/4FlRIi0C4).


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  53. kaysee kaysee says:
    March 5, 2022 at 7:44 pm

    To protest this move, Queenslanders from Cape York down will be forming the Convoy to Brisbane

    Convoy like this one may help.

    “People’s Convoy”

    Thousands in attendance as people wave 50x150ft. American Flag in Indianapolis, IN.


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  54. Black Ball Black Ball says:
    March 5, 2022 at 7:52 pm

    Well I had something come across my desk. Ain’t Kilda v Geelong ladies football. The only highlight probably the tribute to S K Warne at the start. Because what followed was nothing short of atrocious. 2-6-18 Ain’t Kilda to 0-9-9 Geelong. Yes you heard that correctly kids. And they want equal pay to men. FMD


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  56. kaysee kaysee says:
    March 5, 2022 at 7:58 pm

    2/

    Andrea Bocelli, Matteo Bocelli

    Fall On Me


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  58. mh says:
    March 5, 2022 at 8:56 pm

    The Age has a column

    Warne’s untimely death a wake-up call for men in their 40s and 50s

    … The cricketer also faced a well-publicised battle with his weight, with his love of pints of beer and chicken and chips well-known. In 2019, he reportedly dropped 14 kilograms, after previously hitting almost 100 kilograms.

    Director of Victoria Heart, Dr Andris Ellims, a Victorian trained cardiologist and cardiac imaging specialist, said it was about managing various risk factors – only some of which are avoidable.

    Four of the biggest modifiable risks are high cholesterol (particularly low-density lipoprotein or “bad cholesterol”, as it more commonly known), high blood pressure, smoking and diabetes. But when it comes to the other three risk factors – age, gender and genetics – there is little we can do.…

    Just don’t mention the experimental Big Pharma vax being forced upon the population which has seen an explosion of myocarditis and pericarditis.


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  59. kaysee kaysee says:
    March 5, 2022 at 8:56 pm

    Who knew that there could be elements of truth and humour in news-reporting related to a war?

    CNN Pulls Out Of Russia After Putin Signs “Misinformation” Law

    CNN will no longer broadcast in Russia “while we continue to evaluate the situation and our next steps moving forward,” according to host Brian Stelter.


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  62. candy says:
    March 5, 2022 at 9:16 pm

    Shane Warne poor fellow must have felt very ill before the attack and was alone. Maybe for a few weeks he felt not right and was afraid to attend a doctor, thinking too young for anything really serious, as one would.


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  63. Black Ball Black Ball says:
    March 5, 2022 at 9:41 pm

    mh there was a tweet from the great bowler that he was on something he called ‘Operation Shred’ where he went on some fitness regime. So no ‘lipiditicism’ or whatever Teh Age iz on about


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  64. mh says:
    March 5, 2022 at 9:55 pm

    Candy,

    Shane was about to meet four mates for dinner while staying at his luxury villa in Thailand.

    He’s dropped dead suddenly at a relatively young age. I’ve posted countless stories of people in public life who ‘died suddenly’ at the same age without any further explanation. Now it’s Shane Warne they can’t just say ‘died suddenly’ and leave it at that. The media narrative now, if the Age is anything to go by, is that Shane was a ticking time bomb because of ongoing health issues. It’s just bullshit.


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  65. cohenite says:
    March 5, 2022 at 10:02 pm

    In 2019, he reportedly dropped 14 kilograms, after previously hitting almost 100 kilograms.

    I’m in trouble. I’ve hit 100 kgs.


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  67. mh says:
    March 5, 2022 at 10:10 pm

    Ok, not Shane’s own villa.


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  69. candy says:
    March 5, 2022 at 10:19 pm

    Possibly mh. As we know there are many unexpected deaths in young or youngish fit people after the vaccine and there is literally no research into this. Shut down. The good thing is that it looks as the booster is not on the agenda anymore.

    Just for now I think a person suffering and dying like that is distressing and for the kids and so on and other close relatives in some shock.


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  70. mh says:
    March 5, 2022 at 10:22 pm

    At least I know Glenn Boss hasn’t got anywhere near 100kgs.

    Ever.


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  71. egg_ says:
    March 5, 2022 at 10:23 pm

    Porsche 962C Long Tail vs Volkswagen T1 Transporter LM917K at Monza Full Course
    VirtuaSportsCars

    Some of the latest gaming SIMs approach virtual reality.

    The famous Porsche Le Mans 917 (1000hp +) engine in a VW Transporter.

    There are heaps of real life swaps e.g. 1200hp twin turbo V8 etc.


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  72. mh says:
    March 5, 2022 at 10:26 pm

    Just for now I think a person suffering and dying like that is distressing and for the kids and so on and other close relatives in some shock.

    Yes, close relatives like Shane’s parents.


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  74. Steve trickler says:
    March 5, 2022 at 10:33 pm

    Johnny FD:

    In this video I answer the toughest question of my life. Why I left Ukraine and didn’t stay to fight the war.

    WHY I LEFT UKRAINE: Why I Didn’t Stay and Fight. 🇺🇦


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  77. egg_ says:
    March 6, 2022 at 1:05 am

    Always assumed it was Jimmy Little’s golden voice singing:

    OFFICIAL Somewhere over the Rainbow – Israel “IZ” Kamakawiwoʻole
    1,196,505,897 views
    Apr 12, 2010

    Mountain Apple Company Inc
    1.41M subscribers
    CELEBRATING 1 BILLION VIEWS AND COUNTING!


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  78. mh says:
    March 6, 2022 at 9:33 am

    The ginger guy

    Is Klaus Schwab the Most Dangerous Man in the World?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G3nWyoQ5CQ


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  79. mh says:
    March 6, 2022 at 9:49 am

    Check this out. Retired Army Colonel Douglas MacGregor shocks Varney to his core on Fox Business. The Colonel is spot on:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHxZyPdo3L0


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  80. mh says:
    March 6, 2022 at 10:20 am

    Adam, just letting you know my last comment took 29 minutes to appear.

    Normally takes a couple of minutes.


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  81. Bazinga says:
    March 6, 2022 at 10:47 am

    mh, the (ret) colonels analysis makes sense. This is Occams Razor.


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  82. Bazinga says:
    March 6, 2022 at 10:51 am

    Is Klaus Schwab the Most Dangerous Man in the World?

    I would say, “is the pope a Catholic?”, but one can never be sure these days.


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  83. mh says:
    March 6, 2022 at 11:51 am

    mh, the (ret) colonels analysis makes sense.

    And look at this insanity:

    “The overwhelming majority of that 70 million will be in the lethal category,” Mr Morrison said.

    “We are talking missiles, ammunition, we are talking supporting them in their defence of their own homeland in Ukraine.”

    Better send the Ukranians a good supply of body bags,too.


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  84. Professor Fred Lenin says:
    March 6, 2022 at 11:58 am

    Just a thought ,I lived in a country town for years ,I remember cases where relatively young men died around Warnes age . In one family the father and two of three sons died before reaching fifty the third son just made 60 ,all seemed fit and died suddenly . Another 53 year old dropped dead in the street .Death is not picky about who it takes it seems .


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  85. Shy Ted says:
    March 6, 2022 at 12:13 pm

    Shy Ted says: March 5, 2022 at 11:03 am
    And in today’ edition of colossal waste of taxpayer’ money, from the
    SBS – The New Breed 3:00PM – 4:30PM
    This film documents the rise of a new type of business person: the social entrepreneur. The film captures the journey of three compelling millennials as they start businesses to tackle social and environmental issues.

    Ted’ TV review
    The New Breed

    Well, how did it go for the new breed of entrepreneurs? 2 trendy millennial chaps wanted to save the oceans by recycling old fishing nets into skateboards. But the Asians wouldn’t give them the nets, they had to buy them. And then ship them to China for processing, then on to America. It was getting expensive. Nobody else wanted to save the planet as much as they did. But wait, the skateboards needed wheels and bearings and these had to be bought! Then they couldn’t sell the skateboards because they were just black and people actually buy colourful ones. So if anybody wants a warehouse full of ugly, save the planet skateboards…

    Lady millennial wants to save the planet by selling socks with social justice messages but nobody in America (in her social circle) was willing to work for free so she had to outsource production to China and as it was a small order it wasn’t cheap but they arrived and she tried to sell them at a trade fair but it seems save the planet, expensive, ugly socks aren’t particularly popular so she sold only one pair to a smug millenial. So if anybody wants to buy a bedroom full of ugly, save the planet socks…

    I can’t for the life of me remember what the third product was other than more of the same. I’d tuned out by then. There were several more segments of people doing their bit, indoctrination in schools of how capitalism has failed, shrieking POC lady about the injustice of it all and one particularly satsifying segment where a super-millennial chap spoke to a room of 5 about how millennials were an unhappy and lazy generation, poverty-stricken and unemployable and loaded with college debt and no way to repay. He had a designer haircut, jeans, T shirt and fancy smart phone. And a useless degree. And it was all Margaret Thatcher’ and Ronald Reagan’ fault. It would be funny if it wasn’t so expensive for the rest of us.

    Thank heavens for TV recorders so you can skip quickly through it.

    No stars.


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  86. Professor Fred Lenin says:
    March 6, 2022 at 12:14 pm

    Thereisa country full of corrupt poiticians ,their president is in power trough a rigged election , the leaders are all old corrupt people , they oppress dissent and demand obedience ,they are firmly in the hands of billionaire corruptocrats, they invade other countries and kill innocent people to try to look powerfull . They live on borrowed money and have a debt to GNP rate of 125 debt to
    100 GNP, Russia? No ,a clue it’s capital isa Washington DC
    Russias debt 17.7 GNP 100


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  88. Shy Ted says:
    March 6, 2022 at 12:20 pm

    I watched a re-run of the MH370 mystery. One investigative journo was Ean Higgins. He wrote a book about it.

    Then he seems to have disappeared off the face of the earth.
    Odd.


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  90. egg_ says:
    March 6, 2022 at 12:27 pm

    Is Klaus Schwab the Most Dangerous Man in the World?

    His henchman Yuval Noah Harari ist ein Jude.


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  93. Black Ball Black Ball says:
    March 6, 2022 at 12:31 pm

    One could assume from your review Ted that it wasn’t about entrepreneurship at all. Rather anti capitalist screeds and blaming whitey.


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  94. Old bloke says:
    March 6, 2022 at 12:52 pm

    mh says:
    March 6, 2022 at 9:49 am

    Check this out. Retired Army Colonel Douglas MacGregor shocks Varney to his core on Fox Business. The Colonel is spot on:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHxZyPdo3L0

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

    We can safely assume that Col. MacGregor won’t be invited back for another interview.


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  95. mh says:
    March 6, 2022 at 12:59 pm

    We can safely assume that Col. MacGregor won’t be invited back for another interview

    ***

    Not with Varney lol

    I think he’s been on with Tucker, and Tucker runs his own race.


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  96. mh says:
    March 6, 2022 at 1:05 pm

    The only thing the Colonel did wrong was not have a glass of water next to him.


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  97. egg_ says:
    March 6, 2022 at 1:05 pm

    I watched a re-run of the MH370 mystery. One investigative journo was Ean Higgins. He wrote a book about it.

    Then he seems to have disappeared off the face of the earth.

    Better ask the Popular Mechanics tards who said you could make a cell phone call from 40,000 ft at 900 km/h back in 2001.


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  99. egg_ says:
    March 6, 2022 at 1:15 pm

    https://www.ft.com/content/50bb4830-6a4c-11e6-ae5b-a7cc5dd5a28c

    For thousands of years humans believed that authority came from the gods. Then, during the modern era, humanism gradually shifted authority from deities to people. Jean-Jacques Rousseau summed up this revolution in Emile, his 1762 treatise on education. When looking for the rules of conduct in life, Rousseau found them “in the depths of my heart, traced by nature in characters which nothing can efface. I need only consult myself with regard to what I wish to do; what I feel to be good is good, what I feel to be bad is bad.” Humanist thinkers such as Rousseau convinced us that our own feelings and desires were the ultimate source of meaning, and that our free will was, therefore, the highest authority of all.

    Now, a fresh shift is taking place. Just as divine authority was legitimised by religious mythologies, and human authority was legitimised by humanist ideologies, so high-tech gurus and Silicon Valley prophets are creating a new universal narrative that legitimises the authority of algorithms and Big Data. This novel creed may be called “Dataism”. In its extreme form, proponents of the Dataist worldview perceive the entire universe as a flow of data, see organisms as little more than biochemical algorithms and believe that humanity’s cosmic vocation is to create an all-encompassing data-processing system — and then merge into it.

    Ripe for manipulation by Sociopaths.

    Silicon Valley nerds hijacked by Sociopaths?

    Natch.


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