Open Thread – Saturday, 17 December 2022

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  1. Steve trickler says:

    I thought my vision was going wonky due to screen time. Big tumor in my brain.

    Fun times ahead.


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  2. mh says:

    For real, Steve?

    Sorry to hear that.


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  3. Old bloke says:

    Yet, no country came close to the travel reluctance shown in Japan, where some 35% of respondents said they don’t intend to travel again.

    Australia 9%

    I’m in the 9% due to circumstances rather than choice. I won’t take the clot-shot and I think I’m still banned from air travel (?) because of that.


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  4. Old bloke says:

    Sorry to hear that Steve, when will you be going for surgery?


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  5. Steve trickler says:

    mh says:
    December 19, 2022 at 6:07 pm

    Shit scared, dude.


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  6. Steve trickler says:

    Old bloke says:
    December 19, 2022 at 6:20 pm

    We find out tomorrow.
    Until then, let’s have some fun.


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  7. Cold-Hands says:

    Happy birthday, Delta. Have a good one.


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  8. Cold-Hands says:

    Sorry to hear about the tumour, Steve. Fingers crossed that it’s benign.


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  9. PerryJ says:

    Steve, sorry to hear the news.
    As Cold-Hands says, fingers crossed.


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  10. mh says:

    The new way

    Mother ‘shocked’ after energy company installs prepayment meter while she’s out

    Channel 4 News
    2.4M subscribers


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  11. Steve trickler says:

    Electromagnetics to the head and body? Most are clueless on the subject.

    4/29/2022 — Secret Super Weapons That Drive Disarmament Negotiations – Lt. Col. Thomas Bearden


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  12. mh says:

    More Colonel

    Further 18 videos at the link

    103,654 views 18 Dec 2022
    Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor (19) – Your home for analysis of breaking news and in-depth discussion of current geopolitical events in the United states and the world.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDK2w9ZnYYk


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  13. mh says:

    A quickie

    Why Abandoning Captured Ukrainian Territory May Be Putin’s Masterstroke l John Mearsheimer Explains

    CRUX
    1.65M subscribers

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3xP1OTfSvk


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  14. win says:

    Thinking of Steve and wishinh him well.


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  15. mh says:

    Don’t Epstein me bro

    FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was sent back to a Bahamas jail Monday after a reported plan for him to waive his extradition to the U.S. stalled.

    Reports over the weekend indicated that Bankman-Fried would consent to extradition, but the former crypto billionaire told a different story Monday, demanding to see a copy of his federal indictment before agreeing to return to the U.S. He will return to Fox Hill jail rather than surrendering himself to U.S. custody.


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  16. Delta A says:

    Shocking news, Steve.

    Here’s hoping for the best possible news today.


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  17. Delta A says:

    Cold-Hands says:
    December 19, 2022 at 6:53 pm

    Thank you, Cold-Hands.I had a fabulous day with family.


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  18. rosie says:

    Best wishes for successful treatment and recovery Steve, a close family member had one that developed as a secondary cancer removed last year then treatmentfor a bunch of little ones, still ongoing.
    Its not fun at all.


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  19. Eyrie says:

    Best wishes, Steve.


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  20. johanna johanna says:

    Unhelpful, to say the least, ‘rosie.’


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  21. rosie says:

    Why would you bother making that comment ‘Johanna’?
    I was trying to be sympathetic,something you obviously cannot comprehend.
    It isn’t easy, that’s a fact.


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  22. calli says:

    For Steve. My daughter, a survivor, loved this stuff. Be brave.


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  23. Old bloke says:

    The western world is drowning in lies, lies from government, lies from the media, and lies from academia. Lying is so pervasive it’s unescapable, it permeates everything in our society.

    I watched two short videos this morning where lies from the governments, media and academia were the main takeaway.

    The first one was from Brian Berletic (The New Atlas) where he critiques an article in the Forbes magazine about the de-radicalisation of segments of the Ukrainian Army which is an outright lie –

    Western Media Whitewashing Extremism in Ukraine

    The second video was from Gonzalo Lira who was talking about the report which suggests that unvaxxed people are having more motor vehicle accidents than the vaxxed and he cites a recent video from Dr. John Campbell which shows what a monstrous lie this is –

    2022.12.19 Traffic Deaths and The Medication

    Gonzalo concluded by saying that the western world is now in the same situation as the Soviet Union was just before its downfall, it’s held together by lies and incompetence in its political class.


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  24. mh says:

    They will love him

    After months of denying any interest in the role, former Labor prime minister Kevin Rudd has been appointed as Australia’s next ambassador to the United States.


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  25. kaysee kaysee says:

    40% of students at liberal arts colleges now identify as LGBTQ, study finds

    The report, titled “Diverse and Divided: A Political Demography of American Elite Students,” stated:

    Liberal arts colleges are the least politically diverse. Many have almost no conservatives, and thus very low viewpoint diversity. But they have high sexual diversity, at nearly 40 percent LGBT.


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  26. kaysee kaysee says:

    NYT Publishes Crossword Resembling Swastika

    Donald Trump Jr.

    Disgusting! Only the New York Times would get Chanukah going with this is the crossword puzzle. Imagine what they would do to someone who did this and was not ideologically aligned with them? I’ll give them the same benefit of the doubt they would give those people… EXACTLY ZERO


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  27. kaysee kaysee says:

    Re that Trump exercise

    According to “Covid and Coffee Newsletter” he has just found a way around campaign funding regulations as “buyers got something of value”

    This is the question that all “buyers” – Conservative and centre-right – should ask themselves:
    What is it they really want? What is it they value?
    What is their main criteria when they are supporting a candidate?

    a/ To look back:
    Do they desire revenge for the stealing of the 2020 and mid-term elections?

    Or

    b/To look ahead:
    Do they (Americans) want a better country and (the rest of those who live elsewhere) a better world for the next generation? Where there is peace and freedom? Equality and justice? Being evaluated on merit and content of character not colour of skin or sex or whatever else?


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  28. kaysee kaysee says:

    Steve………

    Keeping you in my prayers.


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  29. Cardimona says:

    Fingers crossed for you, Steve.


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  30. Shy Ted says:

    Fingers Xed, Steve. If you need a new brain, get a politician’. Never been used.
    I’m not a fan of graffiti but I could be persuaded


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  31. Shy Ted says:

    Not all toons need to be funny. An honest one
    By 2030 you will own nothing and be happy. Well, some will
    It’s the build, back, better catchphrase you’ve go to watch out for


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  32. kaysee kaysee says:

    Chris Frantz

    This is the craziest tweet on this site.

    OpenAI engineer calculates the cost to build a Google killer and comes to $50m for the em-bedding.

    $50m for a ChatGPT that knows everything that’s on the internet, almost instantly.

    Unbelievable.

    This is a very real existential threat for Google.


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  33. kaysee kaysee says:

    We saw plenty of this in 2020. Big cases, evidence, going to win.
    Will this be the same?

    Kari Lake:

    Earlier

    “They have built a house of cards here in Maricopa County. I think they’re all wondering what I’m gonna do. I’ll tell you what, I’m not just gonna knock that house of cards over. We’re going to burn it to the ground.”

    Now

    BREAKING: Our Election Case is going to trial. Katie Hobbs attempt to have our case thrown out FAILED. She will have to take the stand & testify.

    Buckle up, America.
    This is far from over.


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  34. Shy Ted says:

    Apparently 13,000,000,000 vaxxes have been given. If 1 vax was made every second it would take 32 years to make 1,000,000,000 doses. So a quick back of the envelope calc – in 2 years they would have to make 208 every second. Plus vials, labels, caps, packaging, syringes, alcohol swabs and on and on. You’d need at least 40 biolabs in the Ukraine to achieve that.
    In Oz, 64,382,557 Total doses administered. 137,141 Total adverse event reports. Phelps says her AE report wasn’t acknowledged!


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  35. kaysee kaysee says:

    The first one was from Brian Berletic (The New Atlas) where he critiques an article in the Forbes magazine about the de-radicalisation of segments of the Ukrainian Army which is an outright lie –

    Western Media Whitewashing Extremism in Ukraine

    If the war has continued for ten months, the fault lies with NATO and the western media. They have led Zelensky to believe that he can win the war, on whatever terms he wants. The propaganda is harmful not just to Ukraine and Russia but to the world, as well.

    Kissinger is part of the WEF cabal but even he has called for peace negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow. And this is Ukraine’s response.

    Kyiv slams Kissinger over call to negotiate with Russia for peace


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  36. mh says:

    19 Dec 2022
    “INTERVIEW: People in the #Donbas have been shelled and killed since 2014. And they can’t be part of #Ukraine any more. #Ukraine is indiscriminately attacking what it claims are its own people #JohnnyMiller

    George Galloway

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3re9sfS_dtE


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  37. mh says:

    Former federal MP Dr Kerryn Phelps says she and her partner experienced vaccine injury, calling for tests for long COVID and vaccine injuries as well as more research on the long-term harms of the coronavirus and immunisation side effects.…

    In a submission to an ongoing parliamentary inquiry on long COVID Phelps said she and her wife had both been injured after receiving COVID vaccinations.

    She said her wife, Jackie Stricker-Phelps, suffered long-term symptoms including ongoing nerve pain and fatigue following her first injection, while Phelps herself experienced symptoms including breathlessness and irregular blood pressure following her second shot…


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