We’ve all enjoyed the meltdown over Elon Musk’s buyout of Twitter. Celebs have stomped off Twitter in a huff at the horrific prospect of a tad more free speech on the platform. Commentators have exhausted their thumbs by scouring their thesauruses for the most shrill language with which to denounce Musk’s racist / supremacist / fascistic decision to dig his claws into social media. Campaigners have wailed that Musk’s takeover may be good news for the ‘most deceitful political smut peddlers’ but it’s dreadful for the rest of us. It might even kill us. Musk-owned Twitter will be ‘lethal’ says the Guardian’s George Monbiot. That’s lethal as in ‘sufficient to cause death’. To the bunker!
It has been a hoot. Snowflakes melting at the dawn of a potential new era of freer tweeting – what’s not to like? And yet it might now be time to park the Schadenfreude. Because behind all these enjoyable temper tantrums, behind all the memeable hissy fits thrown by freedom-fearing influencers, something very serious is taking place. We are witnessing nothing less than a battle for control of the internet. It isn’t only the usual suspects of the cancel-culture mob and Current Thing celebs who are dismayed at Musk’s modest proposal to permit more speech online. So are government figures, globalist technocrats and well-funded political campaign groups. And there’s nothing funny about these people’s agitation against Musk.
Victorian chief health officer Brett Sutton is in isolation after contracting Covid-19.
Professor Sutton revealed on Friday that he was feeling quite sick and couldn’t imagine the experience without vaccinations.
“Feeling pretty rubbish, tbh. Razor blade throat and painful cough,” he posted on Twitter.
“Clearly not the same for everyone. Can’t imagine how it might have been – for me – without three doses of vax.
The interesting thing is she has no desire to see her son on the throne before she dies.
No one wants to see Charlie in the big chair, he’s way to involved in politics to do the job. Lizzy knew that she had to stay out of politics hence she’s done a good job, Charlie will just ruin the business.
Kathy Barnette is in a statistical three-way tie with David McCormick and Dr. Oz who’ve largely ignored her campaign until new numbers show Kathy is now a contender. And just like that, everything but the kitchen sink is being thrown at the Barnette campaign beginning yesterday ahead of Tuesday’s primary day. Hear Barnette answer all the accusations and tough questions from Stigall here.
Now Netflix is publishing an update to its corporate culture memo for the first time in nearly five years…
From the Artistic Expression section
“Not everyone will like — or agree with — everything on our service,” the continues. “While every title is different, we approach them based on the same set of principles: we support the artistic expression of the creators we choose to work with; we program for a diversity of audiences and tastes; and we let viewers decide what’s appropriate for them, versus having Netflix censor specific artists or voices.”
I am pre-releasing the footage of me showing up at one of Black Lives Matter founder’s, Patrisse Cullors, multiple mansions.
Remember she fake cried and said I harassed her?
LIAR.
I kindly spoke to a white security guard (who remained silent) through a gate:
Travel safely and enjoy this wonderful country before you, and we, can’t enjoy it any longer without genuflecting and kissing the ‘sacred’ ground that the pollies and serpents have declared that we walk on.
End of rant.
P.S. The virtual reality show at the RFDS on the harbour is fantastic.
Chris Stigall interviews Kathy Barnette and asks for answers to questions raised by Salena Zito.
Great, frank interview; glad she got the platform for it.
Salty Cracker, who is as MAGA as one can get, supports Barnette and notes the Republican machine has gone for her of late via the MSM and others, now that she is a real contender.
Travel safely and enjoy this wonderful country before you, and we, can’t enjoy it any longer without genuflecting and kissing the ‘sacred’ ground that the pollies and serpents have declared that we walk on.
It’s interesting that Mercouris in his YouTubes on the Ukraine situation says that EU mandates that they not buy Russian oil will likely be paid lip service only (cours du jour) as the Greek shipping magnates move the majority of the oil and won’t have that.
Mercouris says that EU politicians such as the Greek PM know their place – below the magnates – unlike the EU Parliament and its bureaucrats.
Scummo’s sphincter puckered when the airlines were rattling their sabres over a year ago over isolations – likely why the Frankenvax was pushed so hard, being rolled out via the Military, no less.
Great, frank interview; glad she got the platform for it.
She comes across as a very intelligent person. She could explain each question with a detailed response.
In an interview with Laura Ingraham, a Black man said that they supported her and that Republicans could lose the Black community over this treatment of Barnette.
Republicans could lose the Black community over this treatment of Barnette.
Trump should tread warily.
He ‘put his money where his mouth is’ with ‘The Apprentice’ co-star Omarosa Manigault Newman, however badly that turned out (the Apprentice was about greed/power, after all).
IMHO Trump is not a good judge of character, probably looks more to their utility, like a Corporate leader would – not good in the long term, as he should have learned whilst in office.
Apparently Trump went to school with Dr Oz and Oz has been a stalwart Trump supporter over the years – publicly, even when the chips were down.
Why is 2000 Mules not being mentioned in some Conservative media sites? Breitbart is one. Carlson is another.
Tucker Carlson presents himself as a supporter of truth and free speech. Another view is emerging.
IME traffic snakes are amplified by Asian drivers, due to slow reaction times, overly cautious (due to ineptitude) and high self-interest/low self-awareness – viz: they would probably stop and try to catch ‘the chicken crossing the road’ for dinner, oblivious as to whether ‘(Frozen) Chicken Van Man’ is bearing down on them.
The classic Asian driver will check North/South/East/West at a busy intersection and then floor it on an orange light*, leaving you stranded on the red light.
Perth Freedom Rally today. There’s a few thousand there, not as big as previous rallies but it’s a cold rainy day here today so most people would want to stay home and keep warm. I also had an email from my local UAP candidate urging everyone to man the pre-poll voting booths rather than attend the rally so that probably contributed to lower numbers.
I can’t make out what any of the speakers were saying but the crowd seemed to be appreciative. There’s probably better video of the rally coming from Freedom Media WA but nothing has been posted yet.
What a day. Just left SE Qld and had to travel to parts unnamed and watching the weather for a week or two with great interest. Sometimes I think I have a guardian angel watching over me cos could have gone several routes, each with it’s own perils but managed to pick the best. Could have gone via Warwick or Sunny Coast which was not dissimilar but decided for over the range, just bypassing Toowoomba. Let me tell you it was still pretty horrendous with visibility down to 100m, worsened by overtaking trucks and cars with no lights on, completely unaware of their invisibility. The top of the Great Dividing Range was driving in cloud and, towing a load, scary, but made me one of the slowcoaches with no idea where the next rise, turn or dip might be. I guess folks up there know the roads far better and plough on regardless. It was joyous to leave it behind and just plod along, marveling at the greenery in all directions where normally it would be dry. In the distance I saw the sun breaking through and wrongly thought it would be a much easier trip thereon. Hah! Showers, low cloud, simply terrible roads with patchwork repairs and a desperate eye on the next little town with a motel welcoming weary travelers. All closed!
Used to the vagaries of Australian weather I had gathered a few essentials for a night or two in a truck rest area but the weather closed in each time and, while once I wouldn’t have baulked at it, I’m older now and just couldn’t face a cold, damp might in a swag on the ground with 12 hours of night. So I’ve booked in for a night in a motel, on dark, f**k the cost. Naturally mein host is Chinee.
While I’ve been able to avoid the worst of the Convid rules over the last two years through monumental life changes, the most simple of routine tasks has been, as you know, turned into a expedition, most recently my blood pressure medications being out of stock or in short supply. “Is my time up?” I was seriously thinking, albeit a purposeful act by gummint!
Well, I may as well live a little and tick a few more boxes on the bucket list. You can’t just up and leave what has become your normal existence, you need the right vehicle, the increasingly hard to find right place to go and the right little pieces to make it all come together. What was once a mere formality has become the most difficult endeavour. A replacement part for the evil internal combustion engine has taken two months! The garage to replace said part had a Convid closure and the mechanic had a week in hospital with what sounded like a vax injury. But the mechanical part eventually fell into place and everything else was upended because of the delay.
In the exasperation you’ve all endured the last two years my little guardian angel guided me to a a Gumtree search and there it was. Middle of nowhere, place you’ve likely never heard of but absolutely famous for something iconic and truly Aussie. Bing, bang, bong, it’s mine and I’ve got two weeks to make it happen. That was two weeks ago and not a day went by without me saying to myself, “not going to happen”.
Had a fallback plan to temporarily reside with a dear old friend who trusts gummints and the media implicitly and has lined up for the series of vaxxes and, guess what, now has a minor, persistent problem that she would have shrugged off with a heathy immune system. As do several other friends and acquaintances. As predicted by the banished.
Sorry about the rant, I’m well and truly and deservedly pissed as I usher in my new life. The available TV channels have gone from 20 to 5! Even worse, the 5 MSM ones!!!
Another tortuous few hundred kms tomorrow and likely for 2 more days. Many years ago I moved from Broome to Katherine in late December. The blackest of wet seasons and I was in a Willy’ Jeep. No roof, doors or any type of protection and no alternative. Cloudbursts to my left and right all the way but it was like the Almighty had ordained a clear path on the actual road for my trip and as I rolled out my swag for the night I just knew someone up there liked me and would see I was OK. And so it was. I actually slept terribly because pet dingo was alarmed several times each night by a clap of thunder only a short distance away. Drag it into the swag and listen to the symphony that a wet season is and drift into slumber til the next thunderclap.
Yep, up North for “Winter” though I swore I’d never do another wet season. They’ll never find me up there. I could murder a bar of chocolate right about now. Might even see the sun late tomorrow.
Podium?
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Why Millennials Can’t Take a Joke | Carolla, Saget, Barr, Callen & Miller| COMEDY | Rubin Report
The Rubin Report
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egg_ has gone to bed so I have the podium all to myself!
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A sobering analysis from Brendan O’Neill. The EU is truly evil.
https://www.spiked-online.com/2022/05/13/elon-musk-and-the-battle-for-control-of-the-internet/
An extract.
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I had milder symptoms with no vaccines.
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Should there be an official declaration?
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Crypto toon
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Courier Mail
I agree.
The interesting thing is she has no desire to see her son on the throne before she dies.
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Ultra MAGA Diffuses Propaganda ReeEEeE Stream 05-13-22
Salty Cracker
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Poor ole Moonbat, still saving the planet in his diesel VW Golf?
/Particulates
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No one wants to see Charlie in the big chair, he’s way to involved in politics to do the job. Lizzy knew that she had to stay out of politics hence she’s done a good job, Charlie will just ruin the business.
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Watching the local footy. Bad idea because I have delusions now of playing again. Best I have a can
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Black Ball, how’s your brother, did he eventually get the help he needed?
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Old Bloke yes. He is somewhere where he is getting the treatment needed. From what he said, might be another couple of weeks from coming home
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Pauline Hanson’s
Please Explain “Political Ads” – Episode 26
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I came across this on the Michael Smith site.
There is a Millions March rally on today. Can’t find much about it, except the Sydney one with Boikov.
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I am listening to the podcast now.
Chris Stigall interviews Kathy Barnette and asks for answers to questions raised by Salena Zito.
The Chris Stigall Show
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Greetings from Darwin. Thought I’d test drive Adam’s Improvements.
And Mak, thanks for the heads up on fine pubbing in Glenn Innes. Not sure we are going that way but if we are will drop in.
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What happens when you are going wokely-broke?
You update your Culture memo.
Netflix Updates Corporate Culture Memo
From the Artistic Expression section
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Who is telling the truth?
Candace Owens
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Callie.
Travel safely and enjoy this wonderful country before you, and we, can’t enjoy it any longer without genuflecting and kissing the ‘sacred’ ground that the pollies and serpents have declared that we walk on.
End of rant.
P.S. The virtual reality show at the RFDS on the harbour is fantastic.
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It’s
Caturday.
Yep,
It is.
Oh,
Yes.
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That’s a rant, Mak?
You haven’t read mine?
Usually, a minimum of 500 words. 🙂
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Great, frank interview; glad she got the platform for it.
Salty Cracker, who is as MAGA as one can get, supports Barnette and notes the Republican machine has gone for her of late via the MSM and others, now that she is a real contender.
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The death spiral.
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It’s interesting that Mercouris in his YouTubes on the Ukraine situation says that EU mandates that they not buy Russian oil will likely be paid lip service only (cours du jour) as the Greek shipping magnates move the majority of the oil and won’t have that.
Mercouris says that EU politicians such as the Greek PM know their place – below the magnates – unlike the EU Parliament and its bureaucrats.
Scummo’s sphincter puckered when the airlines were rattling their sabres over a year ago over isolations – likely why the Frankenvax was pushed so hard, being rolled out via the Military, no less.
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Some Salty nicknames:
Justin Trudope
Jen Nut-Psaki
Jen Blaki (PC replacement)
Layton better not steal the last one, following the latest faux furor.
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The sTeal Greens about to steal the Election from Scummo?
Karmic.
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Belief in ability as a forty, fifty something year old, bears no relation to fact.
Take your medicinal alcohol with the comfort from ancient thought -> ‘Leave that shit to young people’
Your role now is philosopher king. Maybe magic water runner for the young ones. But not player.
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US baby formula shortage:
Inspectors saw bacteria risk at Abbott baby formula factory last year
Bogus recall?
Biden admin stockpiling baby formula for illegal immigrants (Brian Craig and now some Senators and FOX News)?
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I don’t have the time to Photoshop these images to local Aussie settings.
Replace Congress with Parliament
One
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Replace Biden with LNP/Labor/Greens
Two
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(Layton?) Latham
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She comes across as a very intelligent person. She could explain each question with a detailed response.
In an interview with Laura Ingraham, a Black man said that they supported her and that Republicans could lose the Black community over this treatment of Barnette.
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One of the best Biden memes evah!
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DNA bank
Black Rock owns Ancestry.com
Your DNA is safe with them
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Trump should tread warily.
He ‘put his money where his mouth is’ with ‘The Apprentice’ co-star Omarosa Manigault Newman, however badly that turned out (the Apprentice was about greed/power, after all).
IMHO Trump is not a good judge of character, probably looks more to their utility, like a Corporate leader would – not good in the long term, as he should have learned whilst in office.
Apparently Trump went to school with Dr Oz and Oz has been a stalwart Trump supporter over the years – publicly, even when the chips were down.
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Perhaps when she lets go “long and loud” farts* in distinguished company, like Biden, is the time to go?
*c/- Camilla Parker-Bowles
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They want you to forget!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQ2KSCrsBYQ
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2000 Mules
Why is 2000 Mules not being mentioned in some Conservative media sites? Breitbart is one. Carlson is another.
Tucker Carlson presents himself as a supporter of truth and free speech. Another view is emerging.
1/
Dinesh D’Souza
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2/
Fox News Is Headed For Disaster
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3/
2000 Mules and the Big Truth
An article by Sean Fitzpatrick
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Break time
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Bob Marley & The Wailers
Three Little Birds
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Traffic jam solution
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Pinocchio politicians unmasked!
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IME traffic snakes are amplified by Asian drivers, due to slow reaction times, overly cautious (due to ineptitude) and high self-interest/low self-awareness – viz: they would probably stop and try to catch ‘the chicken crossing the road’ for dinner, oblivious as to whether ‘(Frozen) Chicken Van Man’ is bearing down on them.
The classic Asian driver will check North/South/East/West at a busy intersection and then floor it on an orange light*, leaving you stranded on the red light.
*Standard M.O. for any incompetent driver.
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Sunrise on Ft. Lauderdale Beach in Ron DrSantis’ Free Florida
Brian Craig
LIVE
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New York Parade Reminds the World of the 30-year Saga of Falun Gong
SOH News
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Perth Freedom Rally today. There’s a few thousand there, not as big as previous rallies but it’s a cold rainy day here today so most people would want to stay home and keep warm. I also had an email from my local UAP candidate urging everyone to man the pre-poll voting booths rather than attend the rally so that probably contributed to lower numbers.
I can’t make out what any of the speakers were saying but the crowd seemed to be appreciative. There’s probably better video of the rally coming from Freedom Media WA but nothing has been posted yet.
Perth Freedom Rally
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Congrats to Admin for getting the “Quote” and “Link” buttons working. Posts go up straight away now too, there used to be a ~5 minute delay.
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Musk has been leant on?
Elon Musk Says His Deal to Buy Twitter Is on Hold
The Tesla CEO dropped the bombshell on Friday morning, citing uncertainty about the number of fake accounts on the platform.
c/- SOH News
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Musk and Dorsey have been a regular feature on SpaceX livestreams, often discussing digital currency.
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What a day. Just left SE Qld and had to travel to parts unnamed and watching the weather for a week or two with great interest. Sometimes I think I have a guardian angel watching over me cos could have gone several routes, each with it’s own perils but managed to pick the best. Could have gone via Warwick or Sunny Coast which was not dissimilar but decided for over the range, just bypassing Toowoomba. Let me tell you it was still pretty horrendous with visibility down to 100m, worsened by overtaking trucks and cars with no lights on, completely unaware of their invisibility. The top of the Great Dividing Range was driving in cloud and, towing a load, scary, but made me one of the slowcoaches with no idea where the next rise, turn or dip might be. I guess folks up there know the roads far better and plough on regardless. It was joyous to leave it behind and just plod along, marveling at the greenery in all directions where normally it would be dry. In the distance I saw the sun breaking through and wrongly thought it would be a much easier trip thereon. Hah! Showers, low cloud, simply terrible roads with patchwork repairs and a desperate eye on the next little town with a motel welcoming weary travelers. All closed!
Used to the vagaries of Australian weather I had gathered a few essentials for a night or two in a truck rest area but the weather closed in each time and, while once I wouldn’t have baulked at it, I’m older now and just couldn’t face a cold, damp might in a swag on the ground with 12 hours of night. So I’ve booked in for a night in a motel, on dark, f**k the cost. Naturally mein host is Chinee.
While I’ve been able to avoid the worst of the Convid rules over the last two years through monumental life changes, the most simple of routine tasks has been, as you know, turned into a expedition, most recently my blood pressure medications being out of stock or in short supply. “Is my time up?” I was seriously thinking, albeit a purposeful act by gummint!
Well, I may as well live a little and tick a few more boxes on the bucket list. You can’t just up and leave what has become your normal existence, you need the right vehicle, the increasingly hard to find right place to go and the right little pieces to make it all come together. What was once a mere formality has become the most difficult endeavour. A replacement part for the evil internal combustion engine has taken two months! The garage to replace said part had a Convid closure and the mechanic had a week in hospital with what sounded like a vax injury. But the mechanical part eventually fell into place and everything else was upended because of the delay.
In the exasperation you’ve all endured the last two years my little guardian angel guided me to a a Gumtree search and there it was. Middle of nowhere, place you’ve likely never heard of but absolutely famous for something iconic and truly Aussie. Bing, bang, bong, it’s mine and I’ve got two weeks to make it happen. That was two weeks ago and not a day went by without me saying to myself, “not going to happen”.
Had a fallback plan to temporarily reside with a dear old friend who trusts gummints and the media implicitly and has lined up for the series of vaxxes and, guess what, now has a minor, persistent problem that she would have shrugged off with a heathy immune system. As do several other friends and acquaintances. As predicted by the banished.
Sorry about the rant, I’m well and truly and deservedly pissed as I usher in my new life. The available TV channels have gone from 20 to 5! Even worse, the 5 MSM ones!!!
Another tortuous few hundred kms tomorrow and likely for 2 more days. Many years ago I moved from Broome to Katherine in late December. The blackest of wet seasons and I was in a Willy’ Jeep. No roof, doors or any type of protection and no alternative. Cloudbursts to my left and right all the way but it was like the Almighty had ordained a clear path on the actual road for my trip and as I rolled out my swag for the night I just knew someone up there liked me and would see I was OK. And so it was. I actually slept terribly because pet dingo was alarmed several times each night by a clap of thunder only a short distance away. Drag it into the swag and listen to the symphony that a wet season is and drift into slumber til the next thunderclap.
Yep, up North for “Winter” though I swore I’d never do another wet season. They’ll never find me up there. I could murder a bar of chocolate right about now. Might even see the sun late tomorrow.
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Baby drowned in three inches of bathwater when her lawyer mother fainted a day after taking AstraZeneca Covid vaccine
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10812887/Baby-drowned-three-inches-bathwater-mother-fainted-day-taking-Covid-jab.html
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