Open Thread – Saturday, 11 February 2023

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  4. Admin Admin says:
    February 11, 2023 at 9:49 am

    Speaking of Blog rules, I’ve have been permanently blocked at Powerline

    Cold-Hands,
    I do not know how the Powerline blog is run. But your experience there may be due to an automated function to block and ban all comments that contain some words. It may seem harsh to get banned after one comment.

    Should it be 3 strikes and you are out? Easier said than done.

    For websites and blogs that allow comments, there is a lot that happens at the back end. There are the real commenters but also trolls, d**kheads, bots. There is plenty of Spam and Trash. There are also errors/typos/some words that the system will block and that has to be sorted by the system admin.

    If a blog has been there for many years and has hundreds or thousands of commenters it is hard to keep track of first “offence” or repeat. So the blog may decide to just ban any comment with those words. Or use a commenting system that will do it.

    Otherwise it will need moderators 24/7.


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  5. mh says:
    February 11, 2023 at 9:50 am

    THEY DID IT

    Russell Brand

    Surprise surprise – you were right about Nord Stream all along.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDA2-HMcNZ8


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  6. Admin Admin says:
    February 11, 2023 at 10:13 am

    To explain a bit more what happens at the back end.

    Posters on conservative sites want free speech. The blog owners want to allow free speech, without any rules, but at the same time you have to draw a line somewhere.

    While some people use **** words in every sentence and want the freedom to say (and post) whatever they want, there are readers (posters and lurkers) who will turn away from a blog where certain swear words are allowed to be used. There’s few who enjoy rudeness and abuse on a site but other readers may be turned off by this type of interaction.

    Is it better to lose commenters who want to swear and abuse or lose those who don’t like swearing and abuse?

    If we had a blog poll: How many on this blog use or don’t mind the **** words and how many don’t like the use of those words?

    How does a blog or website owner handle all that?

    We can all slip up sometimes and forget that we are not sending a text msg or email to a friend who is used to the ****

    There are blogs that do not permit the use of certain words. Banned.
    On this blog, I’ve suggested self-moderation so I don’t need to block or ban those who know the rules.


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  7. Admin Admin says:
    February 11, 2023 at 10:25 am

    The disappearing comments that were brought to my notice.

    The word “remarkable” should now get through.

    The word “em-bed” (as one word) cannot be used. Haven’t been able to sort that. I’ve asked our tech expert to check it. For now, it needs a hyphen to get it past WordPress.

    The bug with the time delay in viewing comments cannot be sorted as any attempt causes unmasking. The commenters who log in as registered or have the Save box checked will have no problems but others are not able to see the latest comments as soon as they are posted.

    Remember to check that Save my name checkbox if you are an occasional commenter and not aware of the bug.


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  8. mh says:
    February 11, 2023 at 10:31 am

    HOLY SH*T, This Just Happened In Ukraine

    Russell Brand

    Zelensky’s cracking down on corruption in the Ukraine. But hang on, an allegedly corrupt oligarch is now linked to Hunter Biden! This story keeps getting stranger.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr-UN5vxwYo


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  9. johanna johanna says:
    February 11, 2023 at 10:55 am

    The Powerline comments section has pretty strict rules, as well as a caveat for the admin to delete or ban if he/she thinks it is warranted.

    That said, as Adam points out, there are software glitches in play as well. Twitter is a good example – while leftist moderators are often at fault, sometimes it’s just the software that applies sanctions to apparently innocuous comments.

    Whatever the site manager does, there will be a downside. For example, at Sinc’s back in the day he banned the use of the word ‘Jew’ because of a persistent anti-Semite who kept creeping in under aliases – guess who? Trouble was, it meant that if someone put up a comment using the word ‘jewellery’ it got blocked.

    There are no perfect solutions, just like everything else in human affairs.


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  10. Steve trickler says:
    February 11, 2023 at 11:12 am

    A fabulous ending. The old bloke is still going strong at 95.

    ********

    Fleccas Talks:

    This Week in Culture #135


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  11. mh says:
    February 11, 2023 at 11:13 am

    Starlink Internet CUT! Ukraine Brags Of Using Drones To Deliver Chemical Weapons

    iEarlGrey

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvraO-tg6tY


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  12. Steve trickler says:
    February 11, 2023 at 11:35 am

    A nurse in hospital agreed with me on this. They still have to wear them when dealing patients, knowing it is all BS.

    ***********

    The Jaxen Report with Del Bigtree.

    New Study Shows Masks Don’t Work Against Illness, But What Does?

    Link.


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  13. johanna johanna says:
    February 11, 2023 at 12:22 pm

    Steve, the ideologues are sweeping under the carpet all the hard earned knowledge that we have about the importance of ventilation.

    I think it was Florence Nightingale who brought awareness about the need to avoid stale, germy air from accumulating around sick people.

    As for masks, they don’t prevent transmission of nasties inwards, but they do restrict the expelling of your nasties outwards.

    It might seem counter-intuitive, but the key is dilution. If you breathe fresh air outside, it has all sorts of nasties in it – but the dose is so low it doesn’t matter. Wearing a mask means that the bugs that you would normally expel to be diluted into harmlessness get a nice warm, wet place to multiply and be breathed back in again.

    On the few occasions when I was forced to wear a mask, I wore it for no more than an hour, and then sterilised it with hot water, soap and disinfectant before re-use.

    Making someone wear a mask all day is like keeping a kid in a dirty nappy all day, possibly worse.


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  14. johanna johanna says:
    February 11, 2023 at 1:13 pm

    Re ventilation, I should also mention the current trend to save on your huge energy bills by sealing up your house.

    Yes, it saves on your energy bills, but no, it is not good for your health.


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  15. Steve trickler says:
    February 11, 2023 at 1:16 pm

    johanna says:
    February 11, 2023 at 12:22 pm

    As for masks, they don’t prevent transmission of nasties inwards, but they do restrict the expelling of your nasties outwards.

    I was watching all and sundry in hospital, touch their mask, fiddle with their mask and proceed to touch everything whilst going about their duties without gloves…the face nappies became a source of contamination in my book.


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  16. Steve trickler says:
    February 11, 2023 at 1:20 pm

    I don’t think gloves would have mattered either. Oops.


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  17. kaysee kaysee says:
    February 11, 2023 at 1:51 pm

    From the Australian

    The debate on the Indigenous voice to parliament has shifted as Anthony Albanese offers more engagement and detail on the referendum while ramping up the risk of a failed vote.
    and
    Mr Albanese told parliament that Australia’s international reputation was on the line and that a No result could damage some key economic….

    Albo warns us that if the referendum fails it will affect Australia’s international reputation and also the economy, as it could impact relations with trade partners.

    Well, Albo, let’s see.

    Since international reputations are affected by the decisions made in a country, Australia (the Albanese govt.) has cancelled trade with China due to its treatment of its citizens, the Uyghurs, the people of Hong Kong, Taiwan, any dissidents. Australia has vowed to never ever trade with China because of its reputation on human rights.

    Australia has also firmly told Indonesia that it will not trade with it due to the issues connected to West Papua.

    It will not deal with Ukraine due to its suppression of the opposition parties and media.

    All those visits to China and meeting with Chinese govt by Albo and Wong were to point out the failings of China and its bad reputation. Those trips weren’t to beg Commie China to resume trade with Australia.

    Yes, if the voters of Australia, a democratic nation, decide to reject the Voice, it will cast a huge stain on our reputation and all our trading partners will blacklist us.

    Jacinta Price says it: ’emotional blackmail’

    One of the comments:

    If it comes down to who precisely knows what is good for Aborigines, and that comes down to just two people. Either Jacinta Price or Anthony Albanese, I will pick Jacinta each and every time.


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  18. Steve trickler says:
    February 11, 2023 at 1:51 pm

    Those two dogs @2:02 look like they belong in a qwerty freak show. I’d be happy to take the piss out of the owners if walking by.

    Geez.

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

    Lt. Rowdy:

    Lt. Rowdy Mini Horse Representing Valley Community Cavalry First Time @ Rodeo Drive 2023 (4 of 11)


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  19. kaysee kaysee says:
    February 11, 2023 at 2:02 pm

    This is how politicians deal with the really big issues.

    I get lots of letters in this job.

    But I particularly appreciated this one from 8 year old Elle, asking me to change the symbols on pedestrian lights, so they don’t all look like men.

    I know it is not nice of me to be cynical, especially about a sweet 8-year old girl. But I must ask a few questions:

    – Is Elle related to Greta?
    That is, are her parents in the same activist group of families that don’t mind using their school-aged kids to further their own woke agendas?

    – Did Elle skip school and sit outside the electoral office of Kate Thwaites where she wrote her letter?

    – Will 8-year old Elle still be ‘Elle’ in a few years or ‘Il’ after transitioning, having discovered that ‘she’ is a ‘he’ and ‘his/their’ parents will be very supportive?

    – Maybe she/he/they will, at the age of 10 or 12 years write a book about their life experiences facing gender discrimination against wymyns and trans peoples?

    – Lastly, can the public meet Elle to understand whether she sees these men-pedestrian lights when she is a busy pedestrian rushing to get to work or a passenger in a high-end luxury car?


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  20. JohnJJJ says:
    February 11, 2023 at 2:07 pm

    then sterilised it with hot water, soap and disinfectant before re-use.
    If I had to wear the mask, I used the freely available alcohol in hand sanitizers. After all, if it can kill the VIRUS on your hands, it should do it on the mask. Just part of the bizarre logic of COVIDays.
    The density of the virus in the air was never questioned, but was always in the background. Seems obvious that small hits would help strengthen you. But who knows. I guess we will never find out.


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  21. kaysee kaysee says:
    February 11, 2023 at 2:09 pm

    Gender Paygap

    Women should be paid the same as men.

    It’s as simple as that.

    But right now, there’s not enough transparency around the gender pay gap in workplaces.

    That’s why we’re introducing a bill to fix that.

    Question Time, PM:

    Can we see the real data from companies and employers where two people – one man and one woman – doing the exact same work, same hours, same skills, same experience, same responsibilities, qualifications – but the man gets paid more than the woman?

    I do trust the government, of course. And the Prime Minster, even more. They are really concerned about equality and women’s rights.

    Nothing about the lefty-woke agenda, getting votes and keeping up with the Greens’.


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  22. kaysee kaysee says:
    February 11, 2023 at 2:13 pm

    Gender Equality, again

    I am honoured to be Australia’s new Ambassador for Gender Equality.

    I look forward to promoting 🇦🇺’s commitment to gender equality and the human rights of women and girls, and persons of diverse gender identities.

    The Ayes have it.

    What an inspiration for young weemen everywhere.
    Elle’s role model?


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  23. kaysee kaysee says:
    February 11, 2023 at 2:27 pm

    Steve,

    Glad to know that all went well with the surgery.


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  24. Steve trickler says:
    February 11, 2023 at 2:43 pm

    @Dovers. Comment did not appear.

    Elizabeth (Lizzie) Bearesays:
    February 11, 2023 at 1:45 pm
    A disgrace to humanity.

    Attacks like this on Rosie are uncalled for.

    She mentions that hydroxychlorquine had FDA approval withdrawn as it caused heart palpitations in Covid patients. Well, yes, that was the reason offered, without further consideration of this drug’s utility, nor taking into consideration of its widespread use and general population safety. This unusual side effect was at that time a very convenient excuse to knock out further research.

    However, the side effect is real. Hydroxychloroquine does cause heart palpitations in some people.

    Rose was simply reporting a fact. The FDA did use this reason. Perhaps she could have added that it provided a convenient excuse to push attention onto prevention by vaccines rather than by other preventatives or treatments. But this ad femina abuse of Rose should stop.

    State why you think she is wrong rather than abuse her in the most dreadful manner for a truthful statement. Who the hell do you think you are, Trickler and Matrix, so be so vile and pick up so many upticks for it? Why do people want to agree with such vileness here?

    BS!

    You, like Rosie, have defended Big Pharma since the get go and played along with people getting that sh*t injected into their arms as if it was a good thing. “I’ve read heaps of epistemological studies”…you probably still think the vaccination schedule for everyone is all honky-dory. Kids getting injected immediately after leaving birth canal? No problem in your book, right?

    It ain’t. It all needs to be questioned, so my advice is STFU.

    DEL BIGTREE Presents The Vaccine Safety Project

    ICAN CEO and ‘The HighWire’ host, Del Bigtree, presents ‘The Vaccine Safety Project,’ a comprehensive presentation on Vaccine Safety and Policy in America.
    The presentation explains the framework in place to monitor safety, shortcomings of the current vaccine licensing process, details the history of vaccine safety, and establishes the failure of the current system to establish the safety of the CDC’s recommended vaccine schedule.

    https://rumble.com/v2883xk-del-bigtree-presents-the-vaccine-safety-project.html


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  25. Admin Admin says:
    February 11, 2023 at 3:52 pm

    Steve trickler says:
    February 11, 2023 at 2:43 pm

    Steve,
    Please check the blog rules, especially this link.

    Read the second paragraph, carefully. Read the third paragraph and the rest of that comment.


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  26. Steve trickler says:
    February 11, 2023 at 4:16 pm

    Admin says:
    February 11, 2023 at 3:52 pm

    Noted. I’ll chill.


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  27. kaysee kaysee says:
    February 11, 2023 at 6:31 pm

    The Nord Stream Pipeline

    1/
    PJW

    US intel blew up the Nord Stream pipelines and the media is more interested in talking about Chinese balloons.

    Biggest story of the year


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  28. kaysee kaysee says:
    February 11, 2023 at 6:33 pm

    2/

    How America Took Out The Nord Stream Pipeline

    Seymour Hersh
    Feb 8

    The New York Times called it a “mystery,” but the United States executed a covert sea operation that was kept secret—until now


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  29. kaysee kaysee says:
    February 11, 2023 at 6:43 pm

    Pfffizerrr has some friends on the Project Veritas board.
    Or they just twisted some arms.

    It doesn’t matter. James O’Keefe is Project Veritas. So say the major donors.

    Cease and Desist’ letter sent to Project Veritas Board
    by major donors as James O’Keefe’s future with company is in peril

    “The big wig donors to Project Veritas are not taking the board actions against James O’Keefe lying down,” says a source, according to Swig. “Looks like they have hired a big name law firm that sent a letter which seems to suggest the board is running afoul of Virginia law and exposing themselves to substantial liability!”


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  30. kaysee kaysee says:
    February 11, 2023 at 6:56 pm

    Just searched for job description of a custodian and found this info:

    Custodians clean and maintain buildings of institutions such as schools and hospitals. In some instances, custodians mow lawns, rake leaves and shovel snow.

    There are more details, but do you know why I wanted the job info?

    This Washington university requires custodians to get on board with DEI

    Job listings on Eastern Washington University’s (EWU) “Employment Opportunities” website appear to require applicants to get on board with Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion ideology as a condition of employment, from custodian to associate dean.

    Each job requires the applicant to write a “Diversity Response” describing how they will “apply an approach that is supportive to the diverse needs, including universal access, of our students, faculty, staff, and the public.”

    They’ll have thousands of custodian/janitor applicants rushing for a job with this awoke employer.


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  31. kaysee kaysee says:
    February 11, 2023 at 7:03 pm

    A baby

    with Down Syndrome was just adopted and this is him smiling at his new mother ❤️

    My heart can’t, This is the cutest thing ever.


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  32. kaysee kaysee says:
    February 11, 2023 at 7:16 pm

    How It’s Made

    Cinderella’s Ball Gown

    400+ hours of work in 6 minutes!


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  33. mh says:
    February 11, 2023 at 7:51 pm

    Australia all out for 91 and India go 1-0 up in the series.


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  34. rosie says:
    February 11, 2023 at 8:35 pm

    Can I just point out there is no vaccine recommendations for children under the age of five in Australia?
    In the US and maybe a few other places children aged between 6 months and five years can get a quarter dose.
    If you want people to have parental rights in relation to gender identity (and I certainly do) you have to respect them in relation to vaccinations too, dont you?


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  35. Steve trickler says:
    February 11, 2023 at 9:04 pm

    rosie says:
    February 11, 2023 at 8:35 pm

    Yes, it varies from place to place, however, everyone needs to watch the Del Bigtree clip above. You will not see anything like it in the bought and paid for Big Pharma sponsored MSM.

    You will certainly not see it on breaky TV.

    Ask yourself, why? Most do not have a clue about it and it’s deliberate in keeping it hidden.

    No hard feelings. Safe travels.

    Transformers – Dam Scene | N.B.E. One (HD)


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  37. Steve trickler says:
    February 11, 2023 at 10:31 pm

    The guy is a JET!

    Do not try this at home, you’ll screw the record player up and damage your vinyl.

    MIX MASTER MIKE – Best DJ Scratch & Turntablism ✨🏆✌️🏆✨ DMC world Dj Championship EP 4


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  38. Steve trickler says:
    February 11, 2023 at 11:29 pm

    The greatest character in the Marvel universe. Phil Coulson.

    He sh*ts all over the woke characters. If you haven’t watch Agents of Shield, lucky you. Season 1 is shit, after that, it is a absolute ball-tearer.

    Have fun.

    Coulson Interrupts the Broadcast – Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 4×19


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  40. rosie says:
    February 12, 2023 at 12:02 am

    Don’t watch breakfast TV in particular or free to air in general.
    I’m not to watch randoms on YouTube either.
    It’s interesting how people trust conventional medicine when the chips are down.


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  41. Steve trickler says:
    February 12, 2023 at 12:14 am

    rosie says:
    February 12, 2023 at 12:02 am
    Don’t watch breakfast TV in particular or free to air in general.
    I’m not to watch randoms on YouTube either.
    It’s interesting how people trust conventional medicine when the chips are down.

    Yet, you are still sucked in by Big Pharma. Try as you will, you can not hide from it. You, linking to Facebook fact checking sites was telling. Remember that?

    I like how say “randoms”. Interesting. They can back up their claims.

    Enjoy the rest of your holiday.


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  46. rosie says:
    February 12, 2023 at 4:44 am

    I dont use Facebook either.


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  47. rosie says:
    February 12, 2023 at 4:54 am

    Big pharma developed and manufactured the medication that makes life much better for asthmatics, antibiotics have probably saved millions of lives and new and innovative drugs are keeping a family member alive, so yes, I’m a fan of Big Pharma.


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  48. Steve trickler says:
    February 12, 2023 at 8:44 am

    rosie says:
    February 12, 2023 at 4:54 am
    Big pharma developed and manufactured the medication that makes life much better for asthmatics, antibiotics have probably saved millions of lives and new and innovative drugs are keeping a family member alive, so yes, I’m a fan of Big Pharma.

    The same mob who are responsible for promoting antibiotics (one example) and there continual use…having them dished out like lollies to kids in a candy store. GP’s are under their spell. Probably the most corrupt and evil people on the planet, rosie, who’s health of the individual is not at the forefront with their thinking.$


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  49. Steve trickler says:
    February 12, 2023 at 8:47 am

    and their continual use…


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  50. mh says:
    February 12, 2023 at 8:57 am

    DeSantis Hosts Roundtable On Legacy Media Defamation Featuring Covington Grad Nicholas Sandmann

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OukekOgN6zM


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  51. Steve trickler says:
    February 12, 2023 at 9:05 am

    I tried posting in full. W-Press says nope.

    Dr Vernon Coleman MB ChB DSc

    Why Infectious Diseases are a Huge Problem (Again)
    6TH OCTOBER 2022

    Link


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  52. Steve trickler says:
    February 12, 2023 at 9:23 am

    I watched someone clean and disinfect a bed in hospital. It was a joke. The hand rails were partially cleaned, adjust and fiddle with the mask and not proceed to clean the hand rails in full.

    True story.

    Doc Coleman was in my head all the way through. If people wish to say I am full of sh*t, so be it.


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  53. Steve trickler says:
    February 12, 2023 at 9:54 am

    Let’s see if this gets through.

    Doc Coleman:

    Passing Observations 141
    11TH FEBRUARY 2023

    1: Three of my old videos are now available once more on this website. Just go to the video button to see them. The three newly republished videos are: ‘The Coming Global Food Shortage’ (13th June 2020), ‘We are fighting for our future’ (18th June 2020), ‘Have you been put on a list and left to die’ (June 18th 2020).

    2: Why is diversity considered such a wonderful thing? Why does every city, town and village have to be cosmopolitan? I realise that probably no more than seven and a half billion people think as I do about this, but I’ve had enough diversity. I’m full up with the stuff. I am overflowing with it. I like local traditions – mine and everyone else’s – but if I want to see foreign peoples and foreign customs I can travel. And foreigners can come to England and sit by log fires in country pubs and eat spotted dick with custard. The conspiratorial globalists want to destroy history and culture because they know that these things give us our individuality and humanity. Diversity is fashionable with the woke (oh how I loathe them) but why do they feel the need to force it upon the rest of us? I’ve had more than enough diversity, thank you, and I can manage very well without any more.

    3: According to Human Rights Watch, Ukraine is using banned rocket launched landmines and/or cluster bombs which look like toys (and which I seem to remember were made and used by the Israelis). The mines are fired to land in and around homes. The idea is to injure children and to create misery and block hospitals. Some of Ukraine’s supporters say this shouldn’t be investigated until the end of the war.

    4: The UK is the second biggest donor to Ukraine (after the USA). The British Government has given far more money and far more arms than the British people can afford. I don’t remember being asked if I wanted to be at war.

    5: Transparency and accountability no longer exist in modern political life. There isn’t a politician in the world whom I would trust to buy me a bag of sweets. They’d either steal my money or eat all the sweets.

    6: The Russian economy is doing much better than the American economy and much, much better than the British economy. India, which is now buying cheap Russian oil, is doing very well.

    7: Why did the Americans and the British break off peace talks with Russia?

    8: We pay for the Bilderberger meetings. We pay the salaries of most of those who attend. We pay their expenses. We pay for their massive security. Why are we not allowed to know what they discuss and what they decide? It seems clear to me that they are plotting behind our backs and are planning a World Government. (If that’s not true they could always publish their deliberations.)

    9: NATO doesn’t think that the Russians will use nuclear weapons. I don’t think they care whether or not the war in Ukraine becomes a nuclear war. They don’t seem to understand that nuclear war is like tic-tac-toe. Whoever makes the first move will win. Oh, and the NATO generals don’t seem to know that no one has ever conquered Russia. The Russians know their land. Ask Napoleon about Moscow. Ask Hitler about Stalingrad. Is it too absurd to suggest that the conspirators (who all have access to nuclear shelters and well-equipped super yachts) want a nuclear war as part of their population control

    10: Surveys now show that ‘medical tyranny’ is now the world’s No 1 fear – above everything else. I’m not surprised.

    11: The UK’s National Health Service is now more unpopular than at any time in its history. And it’s not the strikes which have made it so unpopular (though they haven’t helped).

    12: What’s the difference between globalists and Nazis? I can’t think of any real difference except the uniforms and the boots.

    13: In the UK, waiting times for treatment are now approximately five times longer than they were long before the fake pandemic caused massive disruption. The waiting time for cancer referrals and procedures is ten times worse than it was in 2011. The NHS has become a killing machine.

    14: It is not true that the NHS is short of staff. The truth is that the NHS has too many staff members but most of them are doing the wrong things. There are far too many administrators and far too many diversity officers. And far too much time and money is wasted on stupid red tape. The NHS could be a far better organisation with half the staff and half the money. (Read my short book NHS: What’s wrong and how to put it right if you want to know the cure.)

    15: Dogs which are not on leads should (and soon will) be banned from all footpaths, all parks, all beaches and all public spaces. The number of uncontrolled dogs running around is responsible for an epidemic of deaths and injuries caused by dogs. And owners who don’t pick up after their dogs should be fined £1,000,000 per offence. In the UK alone around 50 children a year go blind because of infections caused by dog excreta in parks and on beaches. No one seems to care about this.

    16: The worst racism in our history is now directed at white Christians. The worst sexism is directed at white men over the age of 50.

    17: The idea that breakfast is a crucial meal came from an employee of Kellogg’s. I wonder why.

    18: In the UK, more knee and health replacements are now done outside the NHS than are done within it.

    19: In the UK the Royal Mail has allegedly made postmen and postwomen carry digital devices which send a message to their boss if they stand still for a moment and chat to a lonely householder. I despair, I truly do.

    20: Why do so many people expect me to do complicated things on my 2G telephone? The other day I was sent a text asking me to reply ‘yes’ or ‘no’. I made five attempts to respond and then got a message back saying ‘We do not understand’. And do you know what – I bet there are five million people in the UK who couldn’t even try to answer. Or wouldn’t even receive the question. We are now together outside society. In 2004 I wrote a book called Why everything is going to get worse. I didn’t know just how much worse.

    Link


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  55. mh says:
    February 12, 2023 at 11:21 am

    Media weather porn fail:

    Norfolk Island spared of cyclone damage, Queensland’s hottest day of the year | 9 News Australia

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

    ***

    CH 9 did find a fallen tree on Norfolk Island plus a panel missing on a roof, but somehow managed to tie in a hot day in Ipswich.


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  56. mh says:
    February 12, 2023 at 12:25 pm

    🔴 ABL LIVE: Canadian UFO, Idris Elba, Fetterman, Crazy Traffic Stop, IRS vs tips, and more!

    Anthony Brian Logan
    969K subscribers

    ***

    Fetterman never recovered from his stroke and is in and out of hospital.


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  58. kaysee kaysee says:
    February 12, 2023 at 1:55 pm

    This afternoon, I am going to rant on a topic that is very important to me. What has been happening causes both sadness and anger.

    I don’t know how many readers on this blog share my concerns in this area, but I’ll post, anyway. There is a great deal of info, especially related to the past 10 years. This is a small part.

    I have written it offline, just in case WP doesn’t like some words and disappears the comments.


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  59. kaysee kaysee says:
    February 12, 2023 at 2:02 pm

    1/

    You may consider yourself to be Conservative or centre-right and are concerned about the NWO, WEF, Great Reset. But may also rate yourself as an atheist/agnostic or non Catholic. So news related to the Catholic Church and what is happening there may not seem of much consequence.

    Here’s why it is important.

    The Catholic Church is most likely the only major institution/organisation currently standing in the way of the Great Reset and New World Order.

    Think major issues: abortion, euthanasia, “SSM”, trannyism, “feminism”, “gender equality” (women priests), removing prayer, God, Bible, faith from the public square, persecuting Christians. Add Covid, vaccines, climate change and anti-Russian propaganda.

    If they (the Resetters and their minions) can destroy the Catholic Church, they can then comfortably get on with their reset and world dominion. They have been getting a lot of co-operation in their agenda 2030 from the current reign in the Vatican.

    All those faithful cardinals, bishops, priests, Catholic media, church and lay organisations that have been battling various causes – for pro-life/anti-abortion, anti-euthanasia, anti-SSM, anti-genderism, pro-faith and traditional teachings of Catholicism, pro-family, pro-freedom – are fighting against the NWO. They are fighting to save the world from tyrants and the destruction of the values, life and freedoms that we have enjoyed for centuries.

    The left, and those who do not understand western civilisation, have taken all of its benefits without considering the contribution of Christianity to the very comfortable lives they enjoy today.

    They imagine that it all just happened – just like the Big Bang.


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  60. kaysee kaysee says:
    February 12, 2023 at 2:11 pm

    2/

    The globalist agenda has been to get their protégées/puppets into top roles in government and organisations so that their plan can be implemented.

    Examples:
    Canada (Trudeau), NZ (Ardern)
    Did Canadians or New Zealanders consent to the globalist interference in their countries? No.

    The same in the Catholic Church. In my rant last week (5 Feb), re the Catholic church and the problem of sexual abuse, I mentioned it is not the faithful heterosexual priests or laity.

    As per the globalist agenda via the “Mafia” the plan to get Bergoglio into the top job had been on pre-2005. It did not succeed in 2005 (when Benedict was elected) but they got him in 2013 (when Benedict resigned).

    The aim is to get rid of the teachings of the Church on abortion, euthanasia, homosexuality – to make killing babies and useless people quite okay, and homosexuality and lgbtism mainstream and acceptable.

    The teaching of Catechism of the Catholic Church, is clear:
    homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered and
    under no circumstances can they be approved.

    Yet, at the top level there are supporters of the globalist agenda. We can’t clean up the church with these unfaithful “shepherds” in charge.

    Three articles (comment 3) and the next (comment 4) will give an idea of the unfaithful shepherds vs. the faithful ones.


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  61. kaysee kaysee says:
    February 12, 2023 at 2:21 pm

    3/
    a/
    Jan 2023
    ‘Being Homosexual Is Not a Crime,’
    Pope Francis Reiterates in New AP Interview

    “Being homosexual is not a crime. It’s not a crime. Yes, but it’s a sin. Fine, but first let’s distinguish between a sin and a crime,” the Pope told the AP.

    The remark promises to be a point of controversy. ……

    b/
    Feb 2023
    Departing from Africa, Pope Francis renews call to end anti-sodomy laws

    The Pope’s mounting pressure on Africa in particular comes at the same time as a heavy push from the West to have Africa embrace homosexuality. The pressure has come in the form of loans and grants being contingent on such moves.

    African Catholic bishops, however, remain firmly in support of anti-sodomy laws that protect school children form LGBT indoctrination in classrooms and also protect society from pedophilia, bestiality, pornography, adultery, prostitution and other sexual perversions that destabilize society.

    c/
    Feb 2023
    Pope Francis launches ‘ecological conversion’ training center
    at papal summer residence

    Pope Francis has launched an education center in the traditional Papal summer residence of Castel Gandolfo to promote the “ecological conversion”

    This is part of the globalist end-game plan.
    Homosexuality (ok), abortion (ok), global warming (not ok) ……


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  62. Steve trickler says:
    February 12, 2023 at 2:24 pm

    Stew Peters Network:

    Project Veritas exposed one of the most evil and corrupt organizations of all time.
    Jodi O’Malley joins Stew to discuss her new book and the suspicious timing behind the Project Veritas decision to oust James O’Keefe.
    Has the Project Veritas board been paid off by Pfizer?
    This is a war of good versus evil.
    We must have courage, keep fighting for the truth, and trust in God.

    Project Veritas Whistleblower Speaks Out On James O’Keefe Ouster & The Value Of COURAGE!


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  63. kaysee kaysee says:
    February 12, 2023 at 2:30 pm

    4/

    I begin to despair about what is happening in the world, but even more in the Catholic Church. But we have good shepherds and leaders, and here is one of them.

    Bishop Athanasius Schneider, Bishop of Kazakhstan.
    He knows what persecution is and what we need to do to resist the current regime in the Vatican. His advice:

    Stay in the Church but do not obey evil commands.
    Keep the Faith, and God will see to the rest.

    Bishop Schneider on Crisis, Disobedience, & the SSPX
    A Michael Matt Interview

    …

    (The rant on the topic is over. For now.
    Will be continued.🕗 )


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  65. Steve trickler says:
    February 12, 2023 at 2:50 pm

    Stew Peters Network:

    “None of the kids survived and that’s how I knew it was right to not obey.”
    According to Vera Sharav the covid pandemic is a mass genocide just like the Holocaust!
    Global tyrants no longer need gas chambers because they have bioweapons and digital concentration camps.
    Fear and constant propaganda are used to keep people in line.
    Former New York governor Andrew Cuomo should be tried for the premeditated murder of nursing home patients.

    PLANDEMIC Vaccine Holocaust Is Here Repeating History: Mass GENOCIDE Is Now GLOBAL


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  66. mh says:
    February 12, 2023 at 3:03 pm

    The Bombing Scandal Exposed (Ep. 1948) – The Dan Bongino Show

    https://rumble.com/v290ldy-the-bombing-scandal-exposed-ep.-1948-the-dan-bongino-show.html

    ***

    Putting this up to watch later.
    Dan focuses at the beginning on Victoria Nuland, the Deep State Jew.


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  68. Steve trickler says:
    February 12, 2023 at 6:28 pm

    Rant central!

    A good friend decided he wanted to adopt a Greyhound from the RSPCA. He has a large property in the hills and walked his previous dog twice daily…he works from home. The dog was rescued from a car wreckers of all places, blind in one eye and probably the most ugly dog you can imagine. He was so affectionate being in a loving home, you couldn’t help but love him. He stroked out and died recently.

    Anyway, my friend goes to RSPCA and the fat bush pig with green dyed hair and glasses knocked him back because he doesn’t have a fence. Absolute bullsh*t! He has a huge shed which his previous dog used to sleep if not inside. They had a kid, and decided it was best to let him sleep outside.

    The dog he wanted to adopt was a gorgeous specimen, now resides in cage, instead of on a massive property and getting walked twice daily because of the useless fat bitch that said nope!

    F*ck the RSPCA! Very much like PETA, the dog will likely be euthanized soon if it doesn’t find a home in a suburban backyard from people who have to work ( no fault of theirs ) where as this dog, my mate wanted adopt, would be now having a good life and not be waiting for the owners to get back home from work.

    I am f*cking pissed off!


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  69. kaysee kaysee says:
    February 12, 2023 at 6:40 pm

    I Thought I Was Saving Trans Kids. Now I’m Blowing the Whistle.

    There are more than 100 pediatric gender clinics across the U.S. I worked at one. What’s happening to children is morally and medically appalling.

    Today I am speaking out. I am doing so knowing how toxic the public conversation is around this highly contentious issue—and the ways that my testimony might be misused. I am doing so knowing that I am putting myself at serious personal and professional risk.


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  70. kaysee kaysee says:
    February 12, 2023 at 6:44 pm

    Luna Confronts Ex-Twitter Executive

    Feb 9, 2023

    At today’s House Oversight Committee hearing, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) grilled Yoel Roth, the former Global Head of Trust & Safety at Twitter, over the Hunter Biden laptop story.

    The House Oversight Committee on Wednesday held a full committee hearing on government-big tech collusion and suppression of speech in regard to the Hunter Biden laptop report.

    Republican members were prepared, brought in the evidence, and executed brilliantly at the hearing.


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  71. kaysee kaysee says:
    February 12, 2023 at 7:09 pm

    It’s a real mystery
    why Disney+ lost 2.4 million subscribers in Q1 2023


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  75. Shy Ted says:
    February 12, 2023 at 7:51 pm

    Steve, tell your doggie mate to get on Gumtree and browse or even place an ad. Lots of freebies and very low cost.
    3 days til Valentines. 2 gifts in 1
    The winning lawyer and the losing lawyer


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  77. Steve trickler says:
    February 12, 2023 at 9:11 pm

    Shy Ted says:
    February 12, 2023 at 7:51 pm

    He’s going back tomorrow and trying again. I said film everything on his phone.


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  79. Steve trickler says:
    February 12, 2023 at 9:25 pm

    Jon Voight:

    1 Jul 2022
    Actor Jon Voight has posted a video to his Twitter page where he called for Joe Biden’s impeachment, declaring the president has “wronged this nation’s glory” and must be immediately removed from office.

    ‘He’s wronged this nation’: Jon Voight calls for Biden’s impeachment


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  80. mh says:
    February 12, 2023 at 9:30 pm

    Seeing as Alex Jones turned out to be right on most things, is it time to revisit this claim?

    Alex Jones and the Fish People

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzNeg9D-EZ4


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  82. Old bloke says:
    February 12, 2023 at 9:57 pm

    2023.02.12 A Message to Germans—Nord Stream Bombing – Gonzalo Lira – 11 mins.

    A great problem has occurred, the commentariat have all accepted Seymour Hersh’s account as fact, oblivious to the fact that Norway wasn’t in any way involved. Seymour has been fed information from an anonymous source who wants to muddy the waters and pass blame to another party who wasn’t involved.

    The problem is that Norway, which has denied involvement, may prove that it wasn’t involved, therefore the “mystery” goes back to an unresolved status, and those in the commentariat who have promoted Hersh’s theory will be shown as unreliable commentators, and Seymour Hersh’s own reputation will also be damaged.

    The sole guilty party is shown here:
    SITREP 10.3.22 – The HAAWC Missile System – If it looks like a duck!


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  83. mh says:
    February 12, 2023 at 10:06 pm

    Old bloke, your formatting makes it look like your argument is Lira’s argument.


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  84. Steve trickler says:
    February 12, 2023 at 10:18 pm

    Old bloke says:
    February 12, 2023 at 9:57 pm

    He’s copped a lot of grief posting that.


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  86. Old bloke says:
    February 12, 2023 at 10:41 pm

    My apologies, I’ll try again.

    Lira’s argument is that Norway blew up the pipelines (Hersh’s claim) and they were encouraged to do so by the USA.

    This muddies the water, Norway has denied the claim and if they can prove that they weren’t involved, then Hersh’s theory goes into the garbage bin.

    Hersh’s anonymous source is attempting to shield the sole perpetrator and if/when Norway proves it wasn’t involved, then there goes Hersh’s claim and reputation, along with those in the commentariat who have amplified it.

    It’s worth noting that a Norway to Poland gas pipeline was opened the same day the Nord Stream pipelines were destroyed which could be said to show Norway’s evil intentions, i.e., become a monopolistic energy provider.

    I’d bet that those “in the know” in Norway now realise how deadly their ally in the US is. Expect to see marauding dragon prowed Viking ships raiding the US east coast soon.


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  87. Steve trickler says:
    February 12, 2023 at 11:00 pm

    Funny reading people say John Williams was the best. He ripped off everything from Gustav Holst. Hans is cool though.

    Mintox:

    Hans Zimmer – Man Of Steel Dolby Atmos®


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  88. mh says:
    February 12, 2023 at 11:14 pm

    This muddies the water, Norway has denied the claim and if they can prove that they weren’t involved, then Hersh’s theory goes into the garbage bin.

    The problem I have with that argument is the western legacy media already threw the theory in the garbage bin.


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  89. mh says:
    February 12, 2023 at 11:24 pm

    AMERICA F#K YEAH! MUSIC VIDEO Team America World Police THEME SONG

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LasrD6SZkZk


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  93. Old bloke says:
    February 12, 2023 at 11:54 pm

    If we’re on the topic of Icehouse classics, you have to include Great Southern Land.


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  94. Elizabeth (Lizzie) Beare says:
    February 13, 2023 at 12:04 am

    Steve T. I’ve always liked your music choices and I hope that you recover well from your surgery. You suggested I should look at your comments here, so I have. I wish this site all good things and successes. Long live Catallaxy in all iterations.

    Big Pharma have some uses – antibiotics saved my life in 2021 during lockdown when I was left with a massive internal infection due to no doctor being willing to lay a hand of me to see what was wrong. Last minute antibiotics to the rescue there. These days people don’t die from minor (or major) infections turning into blood poisoning, but they used to die in droves from that in the pre-antibiotic days. The very helpful anaesthetics used today in surgery are a great improvement on the ether on a cone mask that used to put me under as a child. These too are a product of pharmaceutical research. It is a necessary part of modern life, ‘tho often flawed and careless and sometimes immoral.

    As for the Covid jabs, I have consistently made it clear in anything I write that I have been against them for children especially, and for people not at risk who are not aged. I think they should never have been approved for widespread population use as they have too high a rate of dangerous side effects. I am aged eighty, and consequently took a gamble on the unknown risk of the AZ jabs when they were first developed, but I have never supported mRNA jabs, tho’ AZ is still DNA with a viral vector. I accepted Novavax non-mRNA or DNA, as a booster, but won’t have any other jabs, as the data suggests regular jabs are harmful as well as useless (and they may have been so from the start) – the jury is out there for older people. The data is scattered and often poorly disaggregated and the viral variant in exposure may also be an issue. Alpha was very severe, Omicron, which I have had, was a nothing burger for me as for most people.

    It is true that I have read a few epistemological studies, as part of studies in the philosophy of science, but I think you really mean, in the jab context, epidemiological studies. I have a masters degree majoring in epidemiology (MPH) and so I have had to learn the ropes of that type of research and the complex statistics and study designs used for good studies. Raw data that looks convincing may, when properly analysed and all variables are accounted, be less convincing than it at first seems. Dr. John Campbell on Youtube has provided and still provides some clues as to how to read epidemiological studies, and to the politicisation of these too.

    Jay Battycharia from Harvard is an epidemiologist I admire and I signed the 2020 Great Barrington Declaration he initiated against lockdowns.


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  96. mh says:
    February 13, 2023 at 12:10 am

    Hot off the press – Cori Bernardi

    Startling allegations’ US was behind the ‘sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines’

    Sky News Australia
    3.08M subscribers

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmsiu9cAVj4


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  97. Steve trickler says:
    February 13, 2023 at 12:44 am

    Elizabeth (Lizzie) Beare says:
    February 13, 2023 at 12:04 am
    Steve T. I’ve always liked your music choices and I hope that you recover well from your surgery. You suggested I should look at your comments here, so I have. I wish this site all good things and successes. Long live Catallaxy in all iterations.

    Big Pharma have some uses – antibiotics saved my life in 2021 during lockdown when I was left with a massive internal infection due to no doctor being willing to lay a hand of me to see what was wrong. Last minute antibiotics to the rescue there. These days people don’t die from minor (or major) infections turning into blood poisoning, but they used to die in droves from that in the pre-antibiotic days. The very helpful anaesthetics used today in surgery are a great improvement on the ether on a cone mask that used to put me under as a child. These too are a product of pharmaceutical research. It is a necessary part of modern life, ‘tho often flawed and careless and sometimes immoral.

    As for the Covid jabs, I have consistently made it clear in anything I write that I have been against them for children especially, and for people not at risk who are not aged. I think they should never have been approved for widespread population use as they have too high a rate of dangerous side effects. I am aged eighty, and consequently took a gamble on the unknown risk of the AZ jabs when they were first developed, but I have never supported mRNA jabs, tho’ AZ is still DNA with a viral vector. I accepted Novavax non-mRNA or DNA, as a booster, but won’t have any other jabs, as the data suggests regular jabs are harmful as well as useless (and they may have been so from the start) – the jury is out there for older people. The data is scattered and often poorly disaggregated and the viral variant in exposure may also be an issue. Alpha was very severe, Omicron, which I have had, was a nothing burger for me as for most people.

    It is true that I have read a few epistemological studies, as part of studies in the philosophy of science, but I think you really mean, in the jab context, epidemiological studies. I have a masters degree majoring in epidemiology (MPH) and so I have had to learn the ropes of that type of research and the complex statistics and study designs used for good studies. Raw data that looks convincing may, when properly analysed and all variables are accounted, be less convincing than it at first seems. Dr. John Campbell on Youtube has provided and still provides some clues as to how to read epidemiological studies, and to the politicisation of these too.

    Jay Battycharia from Harvard is an epidemiologist I admire and I signed the 2020 Great Barrington Declaration he initiated against lockdowns.

    Bold, they should not have been given to adults let alone kids. They are not vaccines, they are an experimental drug and you got sucked in. No hiding away from the fact. Just like my brother and and Dad. You carry around antibiotics like lollies in your hand bag.

    I’ll give a more detailed response tomorrow, Elizabeth. The truth is, Doc Coleman is someone I trust over you. With that said, if we were in a crowd, I would not hesitate to launch myself with a flying fist to protect you.

    Your faith in Big Pharma needs to be checked and counter balanced. They are one of the most evil industries in the world. Happy to see most of them put against and wall and shot between the eyes.

    ..on seconds thoughts, no further commentary from me. I’ll leave it as it is. Disgusting horrible people who would prescribe a drug over juicing vegetables and not giving true health advice.

    “Take a pill”…yeah, f*uck off.


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  99. Steve trickler says:
    February 13, 2023 at 1:04 am

    My skin graft is oozing fluids. You toss and turn at night and the bandage has come loose.

    I didn’t ask about wound management. Big mistake on my part…alarm set and of I go in the morning to the GP.

    I screwed that up! Brown fluid and blood….oh sh*t!


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  100. Steve trickler says:
    February 13, 2023 at 1:31 am

    Just spoke to my friend who is a nurse. The brown fluid is likely the antiseptic they give. “Get your arse to a GP” he said.

    Yep, I will. The shoulder is good though. Pigs arse sitting in the emergency room at the hospital. F*ck that.


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