Open Thread – Saturday, 13 May 2023

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  1. mh says:

    Syria Welcomed Back Into Arab League & U.S. FLIPS OUT

    The Jimmy Dore Show

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7JDZsEHWXc


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  2. Shy Ted says:

    Gimmegration.
    Watch the 2 short vids.


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  3. kaysee kaysee says:

    This week, I finally started on a long pending, real life project. There is plenty to do and it will take a while, but at least now it has moved from the back-burner to a work-in-progress.

    I have dozens of links to sites saved in my bookmarks folder. Some of them I check daily, others occasionally. These sites provide me with the news items that I post in the comments on the blog.

    Two points:

    a/Some of you have shared that you don’t have anything to post. In my rant earlier this week, I offered some suggestions. If you are genuinely interested in active participation in this blog – where we are mostly sharing and discussing news items – I have thought out a solution. I have picked out a few links to sites. You can bookmark some of the links posted below and check them out if and when you want to take part.

    The sites will have current news, latest news, general news, nice-to-know news and, in the case of MSM , some fake news (which is good for us to be aware of).

    b/ Like a few others here, I follow the policy of “Post and Go”. If I have something to post, I post it and leave it for the audience. I don’t worry about what others will think about it or whether they will read what I have posted or whether they will reply to my comments. My part is to share what I am learning – that’s all.

    Links

    1/
    Seven News

    2/
    Sydney Morning Herald

    3/
    ABC


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  4. kaysee kaysee says:

    4/
    News dot com

    5/
    Sky News

    6/
    Cairns News

    If you have subscriptions to some of the paywalled sites like The Australian, that will help the rest of us who don’t.


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  5. kaysee kaysee says:

    7/
    Breitbart

    8/
    New York Post

    9/
    Gateway Pundit

    So these are a few links, but they will have enough stories to post ….. if you want to join in and contribute.

    🐒 🐯 Old Jungle Saying 🐘 🐻

    Where there’s a will, there’s a way.
    Where there’s no will, there’s no way.
    🤔


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  6. kaysee kaysee says:

    Stripping the ABC of its public funding
    the only way to fix the broadcaster after ‘arrogant’, monarchy-bashing coronation coverage

    They hijacked an event huge numbers of Australians were looking forward to (and wanted to celebrate) in order to push their own agenda—promoting the dumping of the monarchy for a republic and expressing shame and anger over Australia’s history.

    This was not the night to do that.


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  7. johanna johanna says:

    Kaysee, posting a link without a description is a waste of time.

    I don’t ever click on them, never will.

    A one line description makes all the difference.


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  8. Interested observer says:

    Behind the pay-wall

    The wolf no longer in sheep’s clothing

    Does Albanese accept that he is leading an activist, interventionist government, enlarging its reach across society, the environment and the economy – cloaked in a traditional, process-driven approach that is masking how significant these changes really are? “Yeah, I do,” he responds, leaning forward. Does he see himself leading an ambitious, reformist government? “I want to change Australia for the better,” he ­replies. “We live in an economy and a society that is increasingly globalised … with new technology the pace of change is faster today than it was 10 years ago, and that was faster than it was 20 years ago … so, you need government to be prepared to do things and to lead.” Warming to his theme, Albanese adds: “We [are] aimed at transformative reforms.” Is this what he believes Labor governments should always do? Is it also in Albanese’s DNA that governments should seek to change the country significantly and change lives too? “Absolutely,” he responds. To be sure, he has lived it. The Albanese story – growing up in public housing with his mother, Maryanne, on a disability pension – is well told. He knows what governments can do. “I want to make a difference each and every day,” he says. It’s perfect timing for Albanese. He knows that there is, post GFC and pandemic, an appetite for a bigger government role in the economy and society for those caught in the trap of intergenerational inequality and prolonged low wage growth.


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  9. shatterzzz says:

    The Albanese story – growing up in public housing with his mother, Maryanne, on a disability pension – is well told.

    Beats me! .. I’ve always read that she was on single parents pension .. 1st time I’ve heard mention of disability …..
    Still, in these woke times disability always beats single parent when the cards are played …… LOL!


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  10. shatterzzz says:

    Gimmegration.
    Watch the 2 short vids.

    Danistan and a noticeable absence of the OAP pepper-spraying, black-shirted, stasi “wannabes” in the “Indian” vid .. can’t be right,
    shirley, Melbournes most putrid don’t take “race” into account when shadowing “peaceful” demonstrations?
    NEVER FORGET .. NEVER FORGIVE!


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  11. mh says:

    Interesting vid

    As always with Steve, skip the infomercial

    Chile Election Shock! Patriots Win Supermajority!!!

    Dr. Steve Turley
    1.09M subscribers

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


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  12. mh says:

    Excess deaths, new UK data

    Dr. John Campbell

    274,247 views 12 May 2023

    ‘Brits are dying in their tens of thousands – and we don’t really have any idea why’

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiWj9Jf2o-I


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  13. mh says:

    Andrew Bridgen explains why he left the Conservative Party after his comments on Covid vaccines

    GBNews

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74ED_hfA9bE

    ***

    @philipshahak2532
    6 hours ago (edited)
    GB News invite him on only to attack him with the usual tactics. Andrew Bridgen is a genuine British hero

    @suzannenorth308
    6 hours ago
    This woman sounds desperate to shut down her guest’s evidence.

    @glynsayer5404
    7 hours ago
    Nana once said people who refuse the jab should be put in prison that’s why she is so defensive

    @gainsbourg66
    6 hours ago
    Her final comment “Andrew is of course not a vaccine expert” sums up her ignorance and bigotry.
    In fact, he is the only MP in the Commons with a background in biological science and virology.
    Like so many of the jabbed, rather that express regret she’s in denial and is probably afraid


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  14. Interested observer says:
  15. kaysee kaysee says:

    Kaysee, posting a link without a description is a waste of time.

    I don’t ever click on them, never will.

    A one line description makes all the difference.

    johanna, what is the context of your comment, please?


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  16. kaysee kaysee says:

    After defunding the police, self defence not allowed

    All the info on this Neely case is not yet available. Will Daniel Penny get convicted?

    Will depend on the witnesses and the jury.


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  17. kaysee kaysee says:

    On the subject of freedom, which is more important:
    Freedom of Speech or Freedom in the use of your money?

    Neil Oliver
    ‘…it’s time to think the unthinkable!’

    ….digital enslavement is coming down the tracks! On the 4th of July, Independence Day in the United States, the American Federal Reserve is launching the digital dollar and where America goes the world follows….


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  18. kaysee kaysee says:

    All of a sudden, ivermectin is safe again

    On May 3, 2023, the TGA quietly announced it was removing the prescribing restrictions on ivermectin. These restrictions were imposed on September 10, 2021 in an effort to stop doctors prescribing the drug to treat Covid.

    These original restrictions were described as an ‘extraordinary intervention’.


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  19. kaysee kaysee says:

    Either Elon Musk Thinks We’re Stupid or the WEF Controls Him

    Is Elon Musk stupid? No. But for a guy who tends to make all the right moves, he certainly stepped in a pile of globalist dung by hiring Linda Yaccarino as the new CEO of Twitter. She may be qualified. She may be smart. She may have all the right skills to get Twitter to be as profitable as possible. But there are five words attached to her that will paint the company as a globalist organization that America First patriots cannot trust.

    “World Economic Forum Executive Chair.”


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  20. kaysee kaysee says:

    1/
    Dr. Jessica Rose Issues Dire Warning:
    “The Next Thing Is Coming”

    2/
    Prepare For The New Marburg Pandemic Soon….
    Attorney Todd Callender


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  21. mh says:

    Someone think of the Big Pharma advertisers!

    Joe Has Dementia
    @RokerGlasses
    In 36 seconds, you’ll have all you need to know re: the new CEO of Twitter.

    Linda Yaccarino, interviewing Elon Musk this year, 2023:

    “What does it mean to the advertisers? Have you de-risked the opportunity of their campaigns landing in these awful hateful places?”

    Listen 👇

    https://twitter.com/RokerGlasses/status/1657156586425442305?s=20


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  22. Shy Ted says:

    Hilarious headline of the day

    Demand for Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander legal services in Australia has increased by “up to 100 per cent since 2018”, but Ms Warner says funding from the Commonwealth for the past five years hasn’t reflected that.

    So, twice as criminal in just 5 years! They need a Voice.


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  23. Interested observer says:
  24. Interested observer says:

    Behind the pay-wall – what is in store for Australian taxpayers.

    Treaty deals between Aboriginal Australians and state governments are likely to be worth hundreds of millions of dollars apiece and factor in the number of Indigenous people killed in historic local massacres, as Queensland looks to New Zealand and Canadian agreements to guide its new reconciliation laws.

    Days after passing a treaty process touted as “setting the standard” in Indigenous-government relations, Queensland cabinet minister Craig Crawford told The Australian the amount of land taken by British colonial forces and the impact of massacres could be key considerations in formulating the value of each deal made with local Aboriginal groups.

    The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnership Minister’s comments come as Victoria and NSW pursue their own treaties with local Indigenous groups, while the federal government has committed to enacting the Uluru Statement of the Heart in full – from enshrining an Indigenous voice to parliament to pursuing treaty-making and truth-telling.

    While it was “very hard” to give an exact estimation of the cost of future treaties, Mr Crawford said about 80 of the treaty settlements that had been finalised in New Zealand “nearly all cost tens or hundreds of millions of dollars” and the cost varied depending on the number of people killed and the amount of land taken by colonial forces in each area.

    “So I think that will give us a bit of a guide to get an idea as to what that looks like in a Queensland context,” he told The Australian.

    “But it depends on things like the level of impact that occurred in that particular part of New Zealand, what the history record shows, the level of massacres, the amount of land that they’ve lost.


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  25. The Sheriff says:

    I wonder what the KGB archives would reveal about funding and support for indigenous separatism.


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  26. Woolfe says:

    Will Daniel Penny get convicted?

    Its New York, jury will be picked to ensure he does.


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  27. johanna johanna says:

    I wonder what the KGB archives would reveal about funding and support for indigenous separatism.

    Well, the Russkies were up to their necks in funding environmentalists in the UK and Europe, so it wouldn’t surprise me at all.


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  28. johanna johanna says:

    A bit of context for the above comment – when fracking opened up huge opportunities for greater energy independence in the UK, suddenly a bunch of well-funded groups sprang up to declare that it would cause earthquakes, poison the water supply, yada yada yada.

    This was despite a mountain of evidence that fracking, done properly, was as safe as all, and safer than some, other sources of fossil fuels. It has been used in the US since 1947, so not at all the new and frightening technology it was depicted as.

    But the scare campaign worked, and the Brits had to buy – you guessed it – Russian gas.


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  29. mh says:

    Jew Albert Bourla says if you reject Pfizer then you’re rejecting science.

    Sorry Albert, I’m not walking quietly to become an excess death statistic.

    142,973 views 15 May 2023 #TheJimmyDoreShow

    Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla was recently asked by a Reuters reporter whether he blamed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and others for the kind of vaccine skepticism that led many across the globe to refuse the COVID vaccine. Not surprisingly, Bourla said yes and went on to say that by rejecting the Pfizer vaccine these people were rejecting science itself.

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


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  30. kaysee kaysee says:

    The failure of the government led to the death of Jordan Neely, a mentally ill man with a history of violence. Now Daniel Penny who stepped in to protect others on an NYC subway train is the “villain”.

    His legal fund via Give Send Go has raised almost 2 million – currently at USD $ 1,920,510.

    Daniel Penny’s Legal Defense Fund

    Daniel Penny is, a twenty-four-year-old college student and decorated Marine veteran, facing a criminal investigation stemming from him protecting individuals on a NYC subway train from an assailant who later died. Funds are being raised to pay Mr. Penny’s legal fees incurred from any criminal charges filed and any future civil lawsuits that may arise, as well as expenses related to his defense. All contributions are greatly appreciated. Any proceeds collected which exceed those necessary to cover Mr. Penny’s legal defense will be donated to a mental health advocacy program in New York City.


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  31. kaysee kaysee says:

    Coors Shows Bud Light How It’s Done With New Commercial
    Takes Anheuser-Busch to the Train Station

    In the beer industry, Coors is seizing an opportunity to land a punch at its competitor Bud Light, which has been floundering in the wake of a controversial social media partnership.

    The company roped in Yellowstone star Cole Hauser, known as Rip Wheeler, to voice their new commercial celebrating 150 years of brewing.


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  32. kaysee kaysee says:

    Tom Hanks Takes A Stance Against Cancel Culture:
    “Let Me Decide What I Am Offended By”

    Hanks is doing press for his debut novel, “The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece.” He’s reacting here to a certain movement in publishing these days, one in which classic books, that contain language and certain ideas, though once accepted, now considered offensive, are being revised/re-written.

    In an interview with BBC, Hanks says that nobody should tell him what he should be offended by.


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  33. Shy Ted says:

    Oh noes, woke Aussie undies
    In answer to the question “how dumb can you get?” I give you Bonds.


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  34. Old bloke says:

    Excess deaths, new UK data

    Dr. John Campbell

    274,247 views 12 May 2023

    It was interesting that there has been no increase in cancer deaths as this was one of the fears from the vaxx. Heart diseases and other blood related deaths are still going through the roof, but cancer doesn’t figure in those stats.

    Deaths through liver disease are on the increase also though.


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  35. Shy Ted says:

    And from Netflix Woke 1.1/10
    Which is better than 2%

    The dialogue is also laughably childish as is the acting.

    Viewers said


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  36. mh says:

    Does the anti-war left even exist?

    UK set to give more aid to Ukraine as Zelenskyy visits Britain

    Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has welcomed his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy to his countryside residence in a surprise visit by the president.

    The British government is expected to “confirm the further U.K. provision of hundreds of air defence missiles and further unmanned aerial systems including hundreds of new long-range attack drones with a range of over 200km,” or 124 miles.

    “These will all be delivered over the coming months as Ukraine prepares to intensify its resistance to the ongoing Russian invasion,” Downing Street said in a statement.

    During their meeting today at the prime minister’s official countryside residence Chequers, Sunak will discuss with Zelenskyy what support Ukraine needs from the international community, both in terms of immediate military equipment and long-term defenses, the government said.

    Zelenskyy’s trip to today comes after the Ukrainian president’s tour of several European capitals in recent days as he tries to win more military support ahead of the country’s much-vaunted counteroffensive in Ukraine.


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  37. Cold-Hands says: