Open Thread – Saturday, 05 March 2022

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  1. Barking Toad says:

    Am I first?


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  2. mh says:

    Shane Warne, brown bread.

    Heart attack.

    I kid you not.


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  3. mh says:

    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:

    Fuck me – after Rod Marsh.


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  5. mh says:

    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:

    Shane Warne has died!


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  7. Cold-Hands Cold-Hands says:

    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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  8. Barking Toad says:

    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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  9. Black Ball Black Ball says:

    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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  10. mh says:

    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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  11. mh says:

    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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  12. mh says:

    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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  13. Delta A says:

    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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  14. egg_ says:

    Will Warnie’s Advanced Hair outlast him?


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  15. egg_ says:

    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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  16. egg_ says:

    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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  17. Shy Ted says:

    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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  18. JohnJJJ says:

    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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  19. egg_ says:

    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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  20. egg_ says:

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


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  22. Shy Ted says:

    Coupla toons about YKW
    Shred
    Precedent


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  23. 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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  24. Shy Ted says:

    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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  25. kaysee kaysee says:

    Visegrád 24

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

    March 3, 2022
    EUR 660 million


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  26. kaysee kaysee says:

    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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  27. egg_ says:

    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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  28. egg_ says:

    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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  29. kaysee kaysee says:

    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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  30. kaysee kaysee says:

    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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  31. Delta A says:

    Warnie’s top 5 balls:

    Thanks, cohenite.


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  32. cohenite says:

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

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


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  33. kaysee kaysee says:

    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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  34. kaysee kaysee says:

    March 1

    Putin responds to a journo’s question on guarantees.


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  35. Boambee John says:

    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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  36. kaysee kaysee says:

    (A detour from the serious news.)

    It’s

    Caturday.

    Yep,

    It is.


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  37. egg_ says:

    Vaccinate, Dominate, Crush & Exterminate “Useless Eaters”

    Does Klaus Schwab have a furless cat on his lap?


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  38. mh says:

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

    Can anyone verify this?


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  39. Black Ball Black Ball says:

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

    He would have tweeted.


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  40. mh says:

    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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  41. kaysee kaysee says:

    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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  42. kaysee kaysee says:

    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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  43. mh says:

    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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  44. cohenite says:

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

    Thanks


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  45. mh says:

    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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  46. kaysee kaysee says:

    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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  47. Black Ball Black Ball says:

    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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