Open Thread – Saturday, 08 October 2022

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  1. Steve trickler says:

    Good to read that Jared / Team from Adventures with Purpose, has found another lost soul.


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  2. Shy Ted says:

    Reading a bit about the various scandals in Qld, well, as much as you can. The hiding of detail is pernicious. IMO you can go into any such gummint organisation and find few people with actual qualifications and experience and an abundance of folk who are well meaning but lack any expertise. They tend to be the most vocal and are there to put bums on seats or have the lived experience supported by job descriptions written by a contortionist. In the country anyway. I’m sure I got whiplash from shaking my head in disbelief at what I was hearing.


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  3. johanna johanna says:

    Amazing stuff from Adventures With Purpose, Steve – thanks for posting.

    Also, I am glad I deliberately chose not to live somewhere that is prone to earthquakes (although we do get the odd tremor here.) Your man Dutchsinse seems to be on the money for those who do.


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  4. johanna johanna says:

    Ted, Queensland has always had scandals, as have almost every other State. Usually, they just involve graft about land deals and the like, but the ones involving the forensic lab and Mackay Hospital benchmark a new low.

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  5. johanna johanna says:

    Comment just disappeared.

    Oh, well. 🙂


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  6. Old bloke says:

    A bloke named Steve from Perth (not our Trickler) went for a ride from Perth to the top of Cape York. That’s nothing spectacular in itself but he took the back roads and the bush tracks to get there.

    Part 1. Any Excuse to Travel the Country – Goin’ to the shops to get some milk!

    Part 2. Crossing The Nullarbor’s Derelict Old Eyre Highway – Milk Run Eps 2


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  7. Old bloke says:

    Part 5. Off Centre Rally – OCR 2022 – Adel’s Grove – Milk Run Eps 5

    Part 6. We’re Gunna Get Wet Feet! – Milk Run Eps 6

    Episode 6 takes him from Normanton to half-way up Cape York, so there will be an episode 7 to come, not yet released.


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  8. johanna johanna says:

    I had no idea that there is a volcano (in Italy) that has been erupting off and on since 1932.

    The Stromboli volcano.


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  9. mh says:

    ‘No escape’ amid looming 35pc power price hike

    Commercial energy users are in the firing line over energy price spikes, sparking a warning of an emissions cut ‘through demand destruction’.

    Meh. Australia doesn’t need commercial enterprise.


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  10. mh says:

    They must be Islamophobes

    Iran protests are proving a durable challenge to the Islamic republic

    The demonstrators’ main tactic – women removing the mandatory headscarf – is a kind of everyday civil disobedience that is hard to contain.


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  11. mh says:

    Trump is going to start WW111

    Trump Calls for Russia-Ukraine Peace Negotiations to Prevent World War III

    https://sputniknews.com/20221009/trump-calls-for-russia-ukraine-peace-negotiations-to-prevent-world-war-iii-1101650252.html


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  12. Steve trickler says:

    It is obvious. Add Mount Everest to the mix. Decide for yourself, folks.

    [ Whispering ] Once you see the trees, they can not be unseen.

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    hangman1128:

    Pay close attention to all the surrounding landscape.
    It’s all tree remains that are still standing and scattered all across this earth, it’s world wide, everywhere!
    The Biblical Trees stood taller than we could possibly imagine!!!

    Biblical Tree Remains And Their Majestic Size


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  13. mh says:

    One for the liberal progressives

    Shock, questions after gruesome killing of gay Palestinian

    Jerusalem: The severed head and decapitated torso of a 25-year-old Palestinian were discovered on the side of a road in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, police said, confirming gruesome details of a killing that shocked Palestinian society.

    But accounts that the victim, Ahmad Abu Murkhiyeh, was a gay man who feared persecution for his sexuality and had sought asylum in Israel two years ago turned the terrible crime into a socially and politically explosive case.…

    …As news of Abu Murkhiyeh’s death spread, a starkly different version of events emerged from Israel. LGBTQ organisations and emergency shelters helping gay asylum seekers said they knew he was gay and desperate to escape the Palestinian territories, where he was a target.

    Rita Petrenko, founder of al-Bait al-Mokhtalef (“The Different House”), an Israeli gay rights organisation catering to the Arab community, said Abu Murkhiyeh’s fear was distinct when they met in 2020.

    “He told me people not only in his family but in the village wanted to kill him,” she said, adding that he fled to Israel as word of his sexual orientation spread through Hebron two years ago. “He was scared of his brothers, his uncles, his cousins.”…


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  14. Steve trickler says:

    The pilot went mental. That was impressive. I didn’t expect that from a F-16.

    Russian pilots, hold my vodka…

    Nice work, Elwyn

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    Elwyn R:

    By far the best F16 display I have ever seen! hats off to the BAF F-16 Fighting Falcon display pilot: “Vrieske” with the darkening skys and glow from the afterburner and flares truly was special.

    Spectacular Sunset F-16 Dream Viper Sanicole Airshow + Flares Dusk


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  15. mh says:

    Tightening – now with new added stimulus

    Bank of England strengthens emergency stimulus to help ease market turmoil


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  16. Steve trickler says:

    I rate both pilots in the same category. From Russia with love.

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    Airguardian:

    Sergey Bogdan (Сергей Богдан), chief test pilot of the Sukhoi Company and Hero of the Russian Federation performs a mind-boggling flight performance with the famed russian 5th generation fighter aircraft, the Sukhoi Su-57 during MAKS 2019 airshow on August 31st at Ramenskoe airport in Zhukovskiy.

    In the previous video we saw a different display by a different pilot that introduced many high-speed segments to which Bogdan’s own performance adds up with unearthly, gravity defying and pretty aggressive post-stall maneuvers flown with masterful showmanship, taking advantage of the many features from this magnificient aircraft design.

    Unlike in past MAKS editions, now we finally see the Su-57 being pushed closer to the limits of what the airframe is capable of, delighting the onnlookers with pure amazement.

    Moreover, on August 27th, President Putin and President Erdogan met at the airshow to discuss a possible deal including export versions of the Su-35 and the Su-57. If Turkey ends up inking a contract to acquire any of these russian-made fighter jets, it will be a big deal for the russian aerospace industry. The negotiations are still developing.

    The Sukhoi Su-57, previously designated T-50 (Сухой Су-57 / T-50) is a single-seat, twin-engine, stealth fighter aircraft with multirole capability but designed for air superiority and attack operations. This jet aircraft is the product of the PAK-FA (ПАК-ФА, Перспективный авиационный комплекс фронтовой авиации, literally “Prospective Aviation Complex of Frontline Aviation”), a fifth-generation fighter programme of the Russian Air Force. The first prototype performed the maiden flight on January 29, 2010. Deliveries of production aircraft to the Russian Air Force are expected to begin in 2018.

    The fighter is intended to succeed the MiG-29 and Su-27 in the Russian Air Force and to serve as the basis for the Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) while complementing the recently built fleets of SU-35S and SU-30SM. The initial production batch are to be delivered with a highly upgraded variant of the AL-31F engine, extensively used by the Su-27 family while a totally new turbofan jet powerplant is being designed from scratch. In fact the first prototype of this engine has already been fitted into a SU-57 airframe and has already begun testing.

    The Su-57 has a blended wing body fuselage and incorporates all-moving horizontal and vertical stabilizers. The aircraft incorporates thrust vectoring nozzles and has adjustable leading edge vortex controllers (LEVCONs) that improve high angle of attack behaviour. The advanced flight control system and thrust vectoring nozzles make the aircraft highly maneuverable in both pitch and yaw, enabling it to perform post-stall maneuvers such as the Pugachev’s Cobra and the Bell maneuver, along with doing flat rotations with little altitude loss. The aircraft’s high cruising speed and normal operating altitude is also expected to give it a significant kinematic advantage over older fighter jet generations.

    MAKS 2019 ✈️ Sergey Bogdan Steals the Show with the Su-57 – HD 50fps


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  17. mh says:

    One India News gets resumed in the comments for the term ‘far right’

    9 Oct 2022 Supporters of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party gathered in front of Berlin’s Reichstag building on Saturday to protest rising prices in Germany. The party’s co-leader accused the government of waging war on its own people by sanctioning Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuRAjeUN7o4


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  18. mh says:

    LMAO

    BBC correspondent in Kyiv interrupted as rockets strike city

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4eroTpLg4Y


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  19. Shy Ted says:

    Just what we need. Tony Burke is bringing Disney to Straya and has already forked out $17m to make it happen. 400 local jobs (subsidised to a tune of $42k each)

    To date, $412 million has been committed under the Australian Government’s Location Incentive, to attract 36 international productions to Australia. This will generate more than $3.09 billion in private investment, providing more than 22,200 employment opportunities for local cast and crew, and creating work for over 22,200 businesses that support these big productions.

    Clearly someone hasn’t read about how many Disney workers have been arrested for sex crimes against children. Or maybe they have…


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  20. mh says:

    George Galloway

    Will it be the end of the world as we know it with the #Ukraine war?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HiDEL2sNpg


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  21. Steve trickler says:

    Not a big fan of rice noodles.


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  22. mh says:

    Nobel economics prize awarded to U.S.-based economists including Bernanke for work on financial crises

    Bernanke kicked the can down the road.
    Now America has run out of road.
    Next up, world war.


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  23. Steve trickler says:

    Formula One is boring. I just watched the highlights.


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  24. Shy Ted says:

    On Ch9 now –

    Under Investigation Gangs of Sydney 8:40PM – 9:40PM
    Pulls back the curtain on the city’s dark underbelly as Sydney’s gangland wars get bloodier, with over a dozen killings in 18 months.

    Despite photos of the crooks, names of the crooks (Hamzy and Alameddine), plucky Liz Hayes has managed to not mention M……s or I…m. Plucky Liz looks like she’s been in makeup since last Thursday.


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  25. mh says:

    One of those new ultra-safe playgrounds

    Girl has fingers ‘severed’ at playground
    A young girl has suffered an horrific injury while playing at a local park, with fire and rescue services called to free her.

    https://www.couriermail.com.au/lifestyle/parenting/girl-has-fingers-severed-by-playground/news-story/1df2b7b481c8d10d41e8f62e023db1af


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  26. Old bloke says:

    mh says:
    October 10, 2022 at 8:25 pm

    George Galloway

    Will it be the end of the world as we know it with the #Ukraine war?

    It’s a funny old world when an old commo like George Galloway says that Trump is the only person speaking sense in the US.


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  27. Steve trickler says:

    Most people do not know the people who screwed this sport up. It was Tony George, Max Mosley ( F1) and the France Family from Nascar.

    Paul Page in fine form.

    1992 Indianapolis 500 Finish

    Anyway, let’s go back in time and have some fun.


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  28. mh says:

    All council playgrounds require are monkey bars, swings, and one of those web things for kids to climb over.

    The rest is bullshit.


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  29. mh says:

    Ted’s link ⬆️

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    Zelensky 3 days ago:

    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky praises Australian-made Bushmasters that are performing ‘masterfully in real combat’.


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  31. Steve trickler says:

    Happy to see Gulag HQ get smashed from a meteor. Biggest bunch of wankers on the planet.


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  32. Steve trickler says:

    A dickwad from sussietube.

    I cringe every time you talk with Aussie Cossack. He supports Russia, but that’s against what you stand for in reference to China and HK/ Taiwan.

    And you support that dickhead that doesn’t change his shirt. I guess you are a breakfast television watcher…useless.


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  33. mh says:

    COVID enforcers must be held accountable: Rita Panahi

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvVaKFB65lw


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  34. mh says:

    Globalists gone wild!

    You’re Not Going To Believe This! | Mark Steyn & Eva Vlaardingerbroek

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


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  35. mh says:

    George Galloway

    INTERVIEW: After 20 years of the War on Terror we’re now celebrating terrorism. #AlexRubinstein

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg4b7c9b4Wo


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  36. johanna johanna says:

    Thanks for posting that.

    Never let them forget.


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  37. Arky says:

    Steve trickler says:
    October 11, 2022 at 4:24 am
    A dickwad from sussietube.

    I cringe every time you talk with Aussie Cossack. He supports Russia, but that’s against what you stand for in reference to China and HK/ Taiwan.

    And you support that dickhead that doesn’t change his shirt. I guess you are a breakfast television watcher…useless

    ..
    He has a point.
    The world is reorganising around two systems.
    The remnants of what was, but now isn’t going to be, the NWO; and a central axis around Russia, China and perhaps India.
    It is obvious now that the central axis has been planning to disengage for quite some time now.
    It must also be dawning on our dumbarse ex- globalists leaders that they are going to need the working man in his more raw form to fight the coming battle. I think sissyism, identity shite, welfarism and general soft- cockery is about to go out of fashion.


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  38. Arky says:

    Patriotism, the working man, families and effort are about to become things again.
    Expect Hollywood to remake Smokey and the Bandit and Deathwish.


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  39. Arky says:

    No one wants to watch some saggy- arsed bint playing Doctor Who or an angry minority chick as Gandalf while they are having to convince the majority of poor, working, ordinary lads to go and get their guts blown out for freedom.


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  40. Arky says:

    It is said that politics is downstream of culture.
    Incorrect. They create culture to get you to do what they want you to do.


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  41. mh says:

    Attempting to transition to a man has its downsides

    KC Miller
    @KCMiller1225
    Just for some perspective: this is what almost five years of hormones does to a teenage girl. Remember, I’m 21.

    https://twitter.com/KCMiller1225/status/1579132480975941633?s=20&t=GmIC4TPvzplOGhHuQqitkw

    ***

    “This is what I mean by hair loss,” she says, lowering her head to show a balding head of hair.

    “It just keeps getting worse. It keeps thinning. It keeps receding backwards… um, and I’m not exactly sure that’s coming back.”

    We’ve all been there.


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  42. Old bloke says:

    Arky says:
    October 11, 2022 at 10:08 am

    He has a point.
    The world is reorganising around two systems.
    The remnants of what was, but now isn’t going to be, the NWO; and a central axis around Russia, China and perhaps India.

    Russia, China and Iran will be the big three, they will be joined by a lot of smaller satellite nations, the Stan countries, North Korea, and later (most regrettably) by Edom. Edom is found in eastern/central Europe, particularly in eastern Germany, and also in the Samurai class in Japan.

    The Prophet Daniel called them the ten-nation kingdom of iron and clay, i.e., things which don’t stick together very well.They will eventually go to war against each other, China will send an army to fight against Iran possibly because Iran (the Mahdi, called the anti-Christ in the Bible) will attempt to force Islam on China and the Chinese want to retain Han superiority.

    It must also be dawning on our dumbarse ex- globalists leaders that they are going to need the working man in his more raw form to fight the coming battle.

    These people have been seduced by Lucifer and think themselves to be untouchable and will be the rulers of the whole world. Their power comes from one nation called the Daughter of Babylon by the Prophets, and Mega Babylon (Babylon the Great) in Yeshua’s Revelation. That nation will be destroyed by fire in just one hour, then the motley collection of the ten nations will fill the power vacuum left behind, but only for seven years.


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