Open Thread – Saturday, 12 February 2022

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  1. mh says:

    By Adam Creighton 13 Feb 2022 The Australian

    Scientists at leading American and British universities have slammed Australia’s expulsion of tennis star Novak Djokovic as “authoritarian” in new research that condemns Northern Territory’s “lockdown of the unvaccinated” as “punitive, discriminatory and coercive… and counter-productive”.

    Amid growing protests against vaccine mandates throughout the world, including in Paris, Ottawa and Canberra, nine leading scientists from universities including Oxford, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, have urged mandates be dumped in light of evidence they were “scientifically questionable, ethically problematic, and misguided”.

    “Denying individuals education, livelihoods, medical care, or social life unless they get vaccinated does not appear to coincide with constitutional and bioethical principles, especially in liberal democracies,” they added in a research paper published last week.

    Singling out Australia, Austria and Germany for locking down the unvaccinated, the authors warned the “risks and harms” from mandates to combat Covid-19 had reached a point where they “far outweighed the benefits”.

    Australia deported Mr Djokovic from Melbourne in January on public health grounds after the tennis number one refused to reveal his vaccination status, prompting an international furore.

    “The explicit characterisation of Mr Djokovic as a threat to Australian ‘civil order and public health’ underlines concerns of vaccine mandates and passports as a tool for authoritarian behaviour,” the authors said…

    … The research condemned Northern Territory chief minister Michael Gunner, who drew international attention in January, ordering a lockdown of unvaccinated residents following similar policies in Germany and Austria a month earlier.

    “If you are anti-mandate, you are absolutely anti-vax, I don‘t care what your personal vaccination status is. Your personal vaccination status is not relevant. If you campaign against the mandate…If you say ’pro-persuasion’, stuff it, shove it. You are anti-vax,” the territory leader said at the time…


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  2. Steve trickler says:

    Wankers.

    *****

    Cossack:

    The moment when the Police refused to protect a child during a stand off with the LRAD Sonic weapon. PS. – These are SONIC weapons (LRAD) – I incorrectly said “super-sonic” weapons. )

    Canberra Police REFUSE to protect child from LRAD


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  3. Steve trickler says:

    Once upon a time, I watched this channel for the motorcycle racing. How things change.

    Via the Marcel Irnie channel:

    World Awakening – FREEDOM CONVOYS Feb.13, 2022 | IrnieracingNews


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  4. Ragu says:

    Thanks, newspaper jerks.

    The Unintended Consequences of COVID-19 Vaccine Policy: Why Mandates, Passports, and Segregated Lockdowns May Cause more Harm than Good

    https://archive.ph/TQwxh


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  5. Ragu says:

    Good morning, Steve. Can’t sleep?


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  6. Steve trickler says:

    Up early, Ragu.

    You are correct.


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  7. mh says:

    Jarryd Hayne sexual assault convictions quashed on appeal, retrial ordered

    The former footballer was convicted last year of two counts of sexual intercourse without consent after an incident in Newcastle in September 2018.


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  8. cohenite says:

    Couple of funny Lame pics; here’s some memes.


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  9. mh says:

    Climate and integrity crusading independent federal MP Zali Steggall failed to disclose a six-figure political donation from the family trust of a multimillionaire coal investor, who is accused of tax fraud, for almost two years, an audit of her campaign financing has found.


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  10. Ragu says:

    Expect a mental breakdown from the Chook Lady. I met her once at a Sports doo and she looked on the brink of self-ignition


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  11. Ragu says:

    “Keep it together.

    Even though I may feel like it, I probably wont ignite.”


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  12. mh says:

    Super bowl any good?


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  13. JohnJJJ says:

    I’ve got a couple of mates in Ottawa and here is my prediction. Ottawa is irrelevant now – the mayor is bumbling around. Trudeau and the bureaucracy will keep this going for a while until it affects the general public with empty selves and other real inconveniences. At that stage the military (probably the Reserve at first) and RCMP will move in with full force and equipment and move the trucks. Possibly with help from the USA on the bridges. So it is in the interest of Trudeau gov to keep it going for the time being. He will be seen as the hero.
    BUT Evidently the federal gov is taking a vote on Monday about COVID. So I hope I am wrong.


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  14. candy says:

    It’s probably not appropriate for a PM’s wife to give an opinion on the personality of a visitor to the PM’s residence. Where would this kind of thing end? It could become very subjective and biased.

    Unless it was an abusive interaction, I can’t see that a grumpy young lady should be an issue for the PM and his wife in their station in life. I can’t see that Mrs Abbott would have involved herself like that publicly.

    Obviously a setup by Scott Morrison to get his lovely wife involved and so help his ratings.


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  15. Shy Ted says:

    Record number of Be My Valentine texts for me today. One. I think it’s spam.


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  16. Steve trickler says:

    Via Sky News.

    Liam Bartlett has been a f-wit for as long as I can remember…hang on, all the MSM in Perth are f-wits. All of them.

    ‘Fake news shill’: Republican Kari Lake slams Australian reporter during leaked interview


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  17. mh says:

    The Age

    Tears as workers move in on Collingwood Children’s Farm community gardens

    As the sun rose over Collingwood Children’s Farm community gardens on Monday morning, illuminating rows of overgrown plants and vegetables, Lyndale Cooper – chained to a fence out the front – burst into tears as men in fluorescent orange vests appeared.

    Allotment renters at the veggie garden expected their plots to be razed from Monday, with workers first coming in to remove some of their possessions – things like pots, garden implements and compost bins…


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  18. Steve trickler says:

    Liam, got owned.

    Made my day. 😊


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  19. Steve trickler says:

    Danger Dan:

    Do we actually need a Prime Minister? It appears that we don’t.

    The Spineless Eunuch: Scott Morrison

    0:54


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  20. Ragu says:

    Tears as workers move in on Collingwood Children’s Farm community gardens

    What happened? Developer maaaaates get the land?


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  21. Delta A says:

    I posted this on DoverCat:

    Just had a quick chat with Daughter. She is still hyped and super angry about wicked tactics used against the protesters. They actually sounded a warning siren and then depoyed LRADs, sonic weapons which caused headaches, palpitations and general malaise.

    She had researched sonic weapons before leaving on Friday and so she easily recognised them on federal 4WDs and on Parliament House. Many AFP looking evil and threatening in their black riot gear. One spied some children near the front of the crowd and walked over to suggest to the parents that the kids might be more “more comfortable” back a bit.

    I’m shocked that a democratic government would do this to its own people, especially whilst excusing BLM and ER protesters. Aussie Cossack was in the middle of it.

    I can’t post links atm, but Aussie Cossack made some vids. Perhaps some kind Cat could post them.


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  22. Steve trickler says:

    Hello, Delta. Cossack clip upthread.

    ***

    GTV:

    LRAD – SHAMEFUL NEW LOW


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  23. Old bloke says:

    Delta, here’s Cossack talking to the police about the LRAD weapons.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-pWUZMGhAU

    Why did the police use them against a peaceful protest?


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  24. Old bloke says:

    From Wikipedia regarding the LRAD Sonic weapons:

    Can sonic waves hurt you?
    Extremely high-power sound waves can disrupt or destroy the eardrums of a target and cause severe pain or disorientation. This is usually sufficient to incapacitate a person. Less powerful sound waves can cause humans to experience nausea or discomfort.

    Why were they used against a peaceful crowd?


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  25. Shy Ted says:

    Aussies react to Jenny Morrison
    Really? Bridie Jabour and Ilic? Real Aussies in the comments.


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  26. Steve trickler says:

    This is scary sh*t…NHS esque.

    *****

    Stew Peters Show:

    Ever since Scott Quiner died, the Stew Peters Show has vowed to expose the truth about Mercy Hospitals and how they and other death care facilities have been treating patients. Scott, like thousands of nameless others, had absolutely zero reason to die. He died because he was left malnourished and put on the death protocol by doctors who thought he deserved it for not being vaccinated.
    Sam Shirley was 47 years old, a successful salesman and baseball player who died tragically and unexpectedly on December 13th, 2021, in St. Gabriel’s Hospital, Little Falls, Minnesota.

    Serial Murder Suspects Identified: Calculated Killing Continues In America’s Hospitals


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  27. mh says:

    Just highlighting the ignorance of The Age

    Liberal MP took unproven ivermectin drug
    By Angus Thompson

    Liberal MP Russell Broadbent, who is unvaccinated to COVID-19, has declared he took the banned horse de-wormer ivermectin when he contracted the coronavirus last month…

    Ivermectin is on the World Health Organisation list of ESSENTIAL MEDICINES.


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  28. Steve trickler says:

    ACT police are a joke.

    The saving grace is the silly bitch is on show for the WORLD. Me thinks more will develop with this story.

    Sleep well, love.


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  29. cohenite says:

    Steve Hilton on the latest about the Durham enquiry showing conclusive proof that shrillary and the swamp actively spied on Trump before and AFTER he became POTUS with illegal hacking of the Whitehouse and Trump properties and then the confected wussia hoax. Unfuckingbelievable:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZNItuVc7HM


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  30. Ragu says:

    God bless Trump, and all the haploids that sail in him


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  31. Steve trickler says:

    Some nice looking trucks in this clip. The horse @4:30? Unfazed.

    ***

    Via the Marcel Irnie channel:

    Coutts- Milk River Border Blockade Update Feb 13, 2022 | IrnieracingNews


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  32. Shy Ted says:

    Pretty much all health services, including GPs, have treatment protocols for pretty much everything they encounter. The official line is the purchase of treatments from big pharma at reduced costs for bulk purchases. These protocols are created at the highest levels, recommendations made and then signed off on by health ministers. Lowly doctors have no choice to follow the guidelines because funding is attached. “Wrong” treatment, no money, investigate your practice.
    I’ll give you an example, aged care with dementia. We like to think those with dementia are reverting to a childlike state where all their needs, feeding, toileting etc require assistance. Sadly not true of many. There’s a 7 point scale of behavioural problems and the severity of same, aggression, sexual disinhibition, wandering, screaming and similar. It can be very distressing for those involved and can be quite/very dangerous to the sufferer and those around them.
    As the brain is deteriorating, no particular medication is going to control symptoms. Psycho-geriatricians do lots of research into which medications tend to be best for which behavioural problem. If there’s only one problem only one medication is prescribed. But if two, two meds. 3? 3 meds and so on until the sufferer is on a cocktail of meds, small amounts but it’s impossible to tell what works. Almost all have side effects such as mental slowing and constipation and this just complicates the picture. The highest levels sign off on which med for which behaviour (it’s all sales to big pharma).
    It’s called BPSD. No need to look too hard into it. This is a bit easier to understand
    So, back to unvaxxed Convid protocols, Stew Peters and Scott Quiner. Treating doctor has no choice but to follow the protocols and as we are very well aware, treatments the treating doctor may want to use such as Ivermectin, hasn’t got the tick of approval whereas harmful protocols such as intubation and ventilation have.
    Old people don’t actually die from the flu, they die from the complications, usually pneumonia which is bacterial and treatable.
    So doctors hands are tied as are the specialists to whom they report and seek guidance, they have no choice.
    The daily exposes we read about are the result of this process. Specialists are carefully cultivated by big pharma with all the perks!
    Example – Vioxx was withdrawn after an increase in heart attacks. Wait… now available on the shelves at chemists. No prescription required!
    Same with PPE, personal protective equipment for health staff. Gets recommended and sales skyrocket. It’s a sewer of corruption.


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  33. mh says:

    If you’re into this sort of thing

    Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige & Kendrick Lamar FULL Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdsUKphmB3Y

    And 50 Cent


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  34. Steve trickler says:

    mh says:
    February 14, 2022 at 6:45 pm

    G’day.

    I had to skim through that. It was atrocious!

    Muck music!


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  35. mh says:

    Exclusive: Roger Stone Responds To Durham’s Bombshell Findings That The Deep State Illegally Spied On Trump

    https://banned.video/watch?id=6209a5dc7e19dc022cbe6c26


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  36. mh says:

    Kamala Harris asked why Tupac wasn’t in the half time show.


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  37. Steve trickler says:

    I need to get that Super Bowl show out of my head. All of it was 100% crap.

    *******

    Interstellar Suite // The Danish National Symphony Orchestra (Live)


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  38. Shy Ted says:

    Gilbert & Sullivan thanks Cressida Dick for her contribution to crime fighting on her departure to… your guess is as good as mine. Team Amwerica World Poice?


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  39. mh says:

    60 minutes gets reamed.

    Check out the comments too, and this is a News dot com video

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OY1dLJ7YKAk


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  40. Steve trickler says:

    Worth revisiting.

    No Kevlar nappy on the motor, chest exposed. I still shake my head. FMD.

    WORLD RECORD RAW FOOTAGE AND SOUND! LARRY “SPIDERMAN” MCBRIDE GOES 5.50 at 264 MPH ON TOP FUEL BIKE!


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  41. Ragu says:

    Shy Ted says:

    February 14, 2022 at 6:44 pm

    Thanks for that. Opium for the jaded.


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  42. mh says:

    Dirty Harry on 7Mate tonight.

    The 70s. When there were cops still after the bad guys.


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  43. Steve trickler says:

    Liam is f*c*ed.

    No good nights rest for this prick. He’ll be staring at the ceiling for weeks ahead.


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  44. mh says:

    I wonder what Harry Callaghan would make of VicPol

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQ9_whbuukQ


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  45. Steve trickler says:

    A lot a former British Tornado pilots will be spewing!

    Glory days.

    RAF GR4 Tornado Farewell, Mach – Loop

    F**k all from the Poms flying through there these days.


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  46. Steve trickler says: