Open Thread – Saturday, 18 June 2022

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  1. mh says:
    June 20, 2022 at 7:32 pm

    UAP website

    20 JUN 2022
    Media release

    Ralph Babet elected to Senate in Victoria

    United Australia Party Chairman Clive Palmer has congratulated Ralph Babet on his election victory in the Victorian Senate.

    “The party is very pleased to announce that the United Australia Party will have representation in the upper house following Ralph Babet’s outstanding election win in Victoria,” Mr Palmer said.

    “As a former business owner, Ralph understands at the grass-roots level what is required for economic prosperity in this country.

    “He will take the fight to the mainstream parties to deliver a better economic future for all Australian families,” Mr Palmer said.

    “As predicted by the United Australia Party prior to the election, increasing interest rates are putting Australians under growing levels of mortgage stress.

    “The United Australia Party in the senate will always ensure that the major parties do not forget about the hardships faced by Australian families.

    “As Paul Keating once said, Australia is in danger of becoming a banana republic. The United Australia Party is committed to holding Labor and the Liberals accountable for their actions and adding positively to the national debate for a better democracy for all,’’ he said.

    Meanwhile, Mr Palmer said that the United Australia Party would be highlighting instances of electoral fraud by the AEC in the 2022 federal election.

    “There are concerning elements regarding actions of the AEC which we will be bringing to light by presenting evidence,” Mr Palmer said.

    The United Australia Party has also announced it would be fielding candidates in all seats at the upcoming Victorian state election.

    “We will be running candidates in all Victorian seats to give the people an opportunity to elect representatives that care about the issues facing Victoria and all of Australia,” Mr Palmer said.

    Former Federal Leader of the United Australia Party, Craig Kelly, has been appointed national director of the party, it has also been announced.


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  3. Steve trickler says:
    June 20, 2022 at 8:32 pm

    Good luck breaking into this blokes joint. You’d be f***ed!

    Peta folk, go away.

    *********

    Rearrangement in Puma Messi’s room!


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  4. mh says:
    June 20, 2022 at 8:45 pm

    Coal is king

    Germany has said the deteriorating gas market situation means Europe’s largest economy must limit the use of natural gas for electricity production and burn more coal for a “transitional period.”

    Economy Minister Robert Habeck on Sunday warned that the situation is going to be “really tight in winter” without precautionary measures to prevent a supply shortage.

    As a result, Germany will seek to compensate for a cut in Russian gas supplies by increasing the burning of coal — the most carbon-intensive fossil fuel in terms of emissions and therefore the most important target for replacement in the transition toward renewable alternatives.


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  6. mh says:
    June 20, 2022 at 9:37 pm

    These guys are good, although the guy doing all the talking stutters and splutters at times:

    God Help Us! The War has been Surrendered!

    In the Interests of the People

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmQoKco7fW0


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  7. mh says:
    June 20, 2022 at 9:59 pm

    How Marine Le Pen silenced her critic

    …Jean-Luc Melenchon’s left-wing NUPEs took 131 seats. But the biggest surprise of the night was the success of Marine Le Pen’s National Rally. They won 89 seats, a result beyond the wildest dreams of Le Pen, whose party had only eight MPs in the last parliament.

    ‘We have achieved our three objectives,’ declared a triumphant Le Pen, who had been predicted to win around 25 to 50 seats. ‘That of making Emmanuel Macron a minority president, without control of power and that of pursuing the political recomposition essential to democratic renewal.’…

    https://www.spectator.com.au/2022/06/how-marine-le-pen-silenced-her-critics/


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  9. mh says:
    June 21, 2022 at 7:58 am

    Australian ‘axed to death’ in Pakistan

    An Australian woman has allegedly been hacked to death with an axe by her father-in-law in Pakistan following an argument about bringing her children back home to Australia. Sajida Tasneem was allegedly gagged and killed in front of her father at a home she shared with her in-laws near the city of Sargodha in the country’s north on June 11.

    According to a news report by BBC Urdu, Tasneem had been pressured by her husband, Ayub Ahmad, to leave their home in Perth and relocate to Pakistan with their three young children. She had wanted to return to Australia to give the children a better education, but her parents-in-law had confiscated the family’s passports and opposed the move.

    In a Pakistani police report verified by The Age, Tasneem’s father, Sher Muhammad Khan, said his daughter had been arguing with her father-in-law, Mukhtar Ahmad, when he attacked her. Khan told police he found Ahmad hitting Tasneem in the head with an axe, and she died at the scene. Police said a person has been arrested and charged with murder, and an Australian Department of Foreign Affairs spokesperson said consular assistance is being provided to the family.


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  10. mh says:
    June 21, 2022 at 8:03 am

    Peter Schiff
    @PeterSchiff
    Don’t get excited about #Bitcoin being back above $20K. 20 is the new 30. This is just another bull trap. Nothing drops in a straight line. In fact, this slow motion crash has been extremely orderly. No sign yet of any capitulation that typically forms a bear market bottom.
    5:51 AM · Jun 20, 2022


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  11. mh says:
    June 21, 2022 at 10:35 am

    Not cock and bull

    Rugby league has made a ruling on transgender athletes, banning them from competing in this weekend’s Test matches and the upcoming women’s World Cup, which will be held concurrently with the men’s event in October and November in England.


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  12. Old bloke says:
    June 21, 2022 at 11:48 am

    mh says:
    June 20, 2022 at 5:51 pm

    As for Clive’s investment, if Ralph Babet is a freedom fighter
    I think $100 million is still worth it.

    Clive loses those amounts down the back of the couch.

    I would have thought that the $100 million would have bought a larger vote for the UAP than what transpired. Riccardo Bosi’s crew for example didn’t spend a cent on advertising yet they weren’t too far behind the UAP where they fielded candidates.
    Greenway NSW, UAP candidate won 4.3% of the primary vote, Bosi was on 3.3%.

    There was only one seat contested for Bosi in Western Australia, Andrew Hastie’s seat of Canning. The UAP candidate won 2.59% of the primary vote, Ashley Williams (A1 candidate) wasn’t too far behind on 1.81%.

    If I was to ask 100 people at random about Riccardo Bosi, I’m sure most of them have never heard of him, so I’m puzzled at his vote given the total absence of advertising dollars.


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  13. mh says:
    June 21, 2022 at 12:49 pm

    Courier Paywall

    Police & Courts
    ‘You like it rough’: Gay man accused of raping female friend

    An openly gay Queensland man is standing trial accused of raping his female friend in her own bed for his own “sick selfish sexual gratification”, a court has heard.


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  14. Steve trickler says:
    June 21, 2022 at 1:16 pm

    Thinking of Marie:

    Bourne


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  15. Steve trickler says:
    June 21, 2022 at 2:15 pm

    Tony Heller:

    Europe is having hot weather which the press says is hottest June weather since 1947.and is due to global warming. They chose to ignore more than 1.000 years of inconvenient European history, including the hottest and driest year of 1540.

    “in line with scientists’ predictions”


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  16. mh says:
    June 21, 2022 at 2:28 pm

    Recession incoming

    No recession on horizon: RBA chief
    Philip Lowe has played down fears that climbing interest rates here and abroad will send Australia into a recession.


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  17. kaysee kaysee says:
    June 21, 2022 at 2:42 pm

    Hot off-the-press of the New World Order media.

    What causes these health problems?

    Heart
    .

    Strokes
    .

    Clots
    .


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  18. kaysee kaysee says:
    June 21, 2022 at 2:48 pm

    There’s more health news.

    How climate change could be exacerbating the spread of diseases like monkeypox and Japanese encephalitis

    The globe is still grappling with COVID-19, but Australians have had to get their heads around the symptoms and risks associated with a number of other new diseases.

    Take Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV), which was found in the country’s south-east for the first time early this year.
    The mosquito-borne virus is still rare, and cause for caution rather than alarm.

    But it’s just one example of the kinds of health challenges scientists say we should expect to see more of as the globe continues to warm.


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  20. kaysee kaysee says:
    June 21, 2022 at 3:11 pm

    How Marine Le Pen silenced her critic

    There is much that is depressing in the world. But a lot that is hopeful too. I will post more links on that, a bit later, but headlines like these are cheery stuff.

    Populism Rising: Macron Loses Majority, Le Pen’s Party Gains 81 Seats

    Poll: Biden Lowest Approval yet

    I saw a toon somewhere – forgot to save the link – about Macron on the phone to Schwab asking how this could have happened. The planned rigging didn’t work?


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  21. kaysee kaysee says:
    June 21, 2022 at 3:52 pm

    I would have thought that the $100 million would have bought a larger vote for the UAP than what transpired. Riccardo Bosi’s crew for example didn’t spend a cent on advertising yet they weren’t too far behind the UAP where they fielded candidates.

    Clive Palmer had the money but didn’t use it wisely. It was spread thin over the entire country, contesting all seats in both houses. The Teals focussed on a few seats and won 6-7 in the lower house and 1 in the upper.

    If Palmer is serious about the UAP and has spare millions, he needs to get in professionals with skills in planning, strategy, advertising and the whole polling game. Have clear goals and pay the experts to do their assigned job. Instead of a noisy campaign of ads all over the place, plan well and work towards the goals.

    The time to begin is now. And be prepared to learn from the lefties.

    How the ‘persuasion window’ helped the teals win


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  22. Entropy says:
    June 21, 2022 at 5:35 pm

    It’s about Clive. It’s always about Clive. He doesn’t care if the UAP wins seats or not.


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  23. mh says:
    June 21, 2022 at 5:52 pm

    A British blood donor said he was turned away after refusing to answer a question asking if he was pregnant, citing that he is a man in his 60s, according to reports.

    Leslie Sinclair, 66, told the Daily Mail he has given 125 pints of blood over the past five decades. But on his last trip to a clinic in Stirling, Scotland, he was told to fill out a form that asked if he was expecting a child or had been pregnant in the past six months.

    After noting that he is a male, the clinic staff said they could not accept his blood unless he provided an answer despite a push by officials to attract new blood donors…


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  25. Fat Tony says:
    June 21, 2022 at 6:41 pm

    What causes these health problems?
    Heart
    Strokes
    Clots

    Pick me! Pick me! I know that one!!
    It’s The “unvaccinated”….


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  26. kaysee kaysee says:
    June 21, 2022 at 6:48 pm

    I have been wondering if there are some of you on this blog who would like to take part but think you don’t have something to share.

    There are political toons that need posting. I would do it but with so much else to post, I find myself beaten by time. I know mh posts a few toons but if there are others who want to join in, here are some links.

    The Townhall political toons site. To the right side on this link page is the word Cartoonists. Clicking that will give you a list of names…. from there the latest toons.

    And Dilbert.

    There are also the Aussie cartoonists like Leak, Knight and others if one has subs to those papers.

    Check out the links. If there are Good toons, post them here. I know “Good” is a relative word – what may amuse some will be unfunny to others.


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  27. kaysee kaysee says:
    June 21, 2022 at 6:54 pm

    There are serious battle-ready people out there. Prepared for the fight-back.

    Here is one.

    America, this is the big dick energy and truth that we need. There is a reason they fear us, we are the majority by God let’s start acting like it.


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  29. kaysee kaysee says:
    June 21, 2022 at 7:06 pm

    Want some more cheering up?

    Disney’s Woke ‘Lightyear’ Bombed All over the World

    So the child groomers at the Walt Disney Company decided to gay up the Toy Story franchise, and it not only laid an egg here in America, it bombed all over the world.

    Gee, what a shock

    And

    Netflix Preparing for More Layoffs as Stock Languishes

    Netflix is reportedly preparing for another bloodbath in the form of a new round of layoffs this week — the latest austerity measure as the far-left-wing streamer’s stock continues to languish at depressed levels.


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  30. mh says:
    June 21, 2022 at 7:14 pm

    The New Atlas
    133K subscribers

    Ukraine’s Minister of Foreign Affairs has a plan to achieve victory for his nation. All it requires is the West creating and transferring over a full-scale army and air force-worth of heavy weapons.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhXoNVFQ-xs


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  31. kaysee kaysee says:
    June 21, 2022 at 7:28 pm

    Danger Dan Reviews:

    BREAKING!!! Bill Shorten makes sense! Adam Bandt

    I have a few questions for Labor – Albo, Billy and the rest.

    Will you be keeping to your pre-election promise that Labor will not be doing any deals with the Greens? That includes in the Senate?

    Or will you kiss and make up with Bandt and his team?


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  33. kaysee kaysee says:
    June 21, 2022 at 7:53 pm

    ˘◡˘

    Break time

    1/

    Have you ever eaten eggs like this?

    it tastes crispy like fried chicken


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  35. Shy Ted says:
    June 21, 2022 at 8:04 pm

    Elon has a son. I mean, daughter.
    Tesle or Tesla?
    You’ll be sorry if you click and even sorrier if you scroll down.


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  36. mh says:
    June 21, 2022 at 8:07 pm

    1970s inflation, now strikes

    Britain’s RMT Union confirmed Monday that planned railway strikes will go ahead this week after talks with train companies failed to reach an agreement over jobs, pay and conditions. Around four-fifths of trains are cancelled, with further strikes planned later this month and in July.


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  37. kaysee kaysee says:
    June 21, 2022 at 8:09 pm

    ‘Through gritted teeth’:

    Why Brittany Higgins rape case delayed

    The trial of the man accused of raping Brittany Higgins has been delayed in the wake of an “extraordinary” Logies acceptance speech from Lisa Wilkinson…

    ACT Chief Justice Lucy McCallum said her judgement was made “through gritted teeth”, warning the line between allegation and a finding of guilt had been “obliterated”.

    “The recent publicity does in my view, change the landscape because of its immediacy, its intensity and its capacity to obliterate the important distinction between an allegation that remains untested at law and and one that has been accepted by a jury giving a true verdict according to the evidence,” she told the court.


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  38. Black Ball says:
    June 21, 2022 at 8:11 pm

    So Collingwood fine De Goey 25k for dallying in Bali with a lady. Despite no drugs like Bailey Smith, no complaints from lady about impropriety. No crime committed. Mark Robinson in particular needs to examine their role in this, he’s led the witch hunt.


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  39. Black Ball says:
    June 21, 2022 at 8:13 pm

    How on earth did Lisa Wilkinson get a Logie fer fark sake?


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  40. kaysee kaysee says:
    June 21, 2022 at 8:25 pm

    How on earth did Lisa Wilkinson get a Logie fer fark sake?

    There are questions being raised about whether her acceptance speech amounts to contempt of court as she had been warned before the Logies.


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  42. mh says:
    June 21, 2022 at 8:30 pm

    If we are back to the 70s…

    PAN’S PEOPLE “Top of the Pops” 1970’s (2)

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


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  44. mh says:
    June 21, 2022 at 10:25 pm

    The Left take a look at Our Ralph

    Australia’s newest Senator is a viral internet sensation who never left the fringe

    https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/politics/australian-politics/2022/06/20/senator-ralph-babet-victoria/


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  45. Black Ball says:
    June 21, 2022 at 10:32 pm

    I’d like to see her hauled up kaysee. These morons have gotten away with a lot of shit.


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  47. mh says:
    June 21, 2022 at 10:58 pm

    In celebration of Germany returning to coal power this week:

    Scott Morrison Brings in Lump of Coal Into House of Representatives

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ea5bOaPkZpc


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  48. Black Ball says:
    June 21, 2022 at 11:04 pm

    Yes mh, those were the days. If only SloMo held true to what he uttered.


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  49. mh says:
    June 21, 2022 at 11:23 pm

    The Times
    @thetimes
    ·
    Jun 20
    🔺 NEW: A Russian tennis player has circumvented Wimbledon’s ban on all competitors from her country by changing her nationality to Georgian


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  50. Ragu says:
    June 22, 2022 at 6:47 am

    I didnt notice anything, did youse?

    Cloudflare outage on June 21, 2022

    https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-outage-on-june-21-2022/


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  51. mh says:
    June 22, 2022 at 6:55 am

    Coal is King

    Lefties are ‘eating their words’ over coal use

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHj0K-8m8Ys


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  52. Ragu says:
    June 22, 2022 at 7:02 am

    Razörfist – remember the fallen

    https://youtu.be/pezxuKmtWHY


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  53. mh says:
    June 22, 2022 at 7:26 am

    #foxnews #thefive
    Joe Biden is not fine – nothing is fine: Watters

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZd-sWe3ZaI


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  54. mh says:
    June 22, 2022 at 8:02 am

    I’m sure they will be challenging the narrative

    Naomi Osaka launches media company in partnership with Lebron James


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  55. Ragu says:
    June 22, 2022 at 8:10 am

    Lolz, they’re going to make money cutting into ESPNs territory? Pull the other one, goo comes out of it


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  56. candy says:
    June 22, 2022 at 8:32 am

    Adam Bandt taking a terrific salary courtesy of taxpayers and removing the Australian flag.

    Its extraordinary that he could not see the impression he is making with such acts. Living in a complete bubble of his own mind or grievances but living in a very favourable economic situation unlike many Australians.

    I wonder how long his leadership will last.


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  57. candy says:
    June 22, 2022 at 8:55 am

    There are questions being raised about whether her acceptance speech amounts to contempt of court as she had been warned before the Logies.

    I feel Lisa Wilkinson sees herself like a kind of queen of Australia, wanting to make her mark in history in bringing in the glorious republic she and her husband envisage. That she knows best about “guiding Australians” and was hoping to influence the Court in regard to the Higgins case.

    The republic issue with the new government must be thrilling to her and Peter Fitzsimons. I suspect they have big personal ambitions in that arena before they get too old.


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  58. Arky says:
    June 22, 2022 at 9:29 am

    People who have got used to credit card debt in low interest times are about to get themselves wholesale into a world of shite.
    l.e. almost everyone under the age of forty.
    That car loan to buy the Cortina at 33 and 1/3 percent in 1985 was a lesson well learnt, and a lesson that many are about to learn for themselves for the very first time.


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  59. Arky says:
    June 22, 2022 at 9:56 am

    In 2019 I did some modelling with the debt cycle.
    There are three signals in the debt cycle: a ninety year signal, a forty odd year signal and a seven year signal.
    Each signal is an almost perfect sine wave.
    Interest rates are the inverse function of the combination of those three signals. As I repeatedly said on the old cat, some time in the mid 2020s interest rates would go vertical through the x axis.
    It’s come a little earlier than my projections indicated, but not by much.
    Based on the graphs I drew back then, interest rates have a long way to go over the next few years*
    ..
    * As always, do your own research, not financial advice.


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  60. Arky says:
    June 22, 2022 at 10:04 am

    Another contrarian prediction I made repeatedly, as people were playing Biden resignation lotto, was that Biden would see out his full term, or damn near.
    Anyone now want to bet against that?


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  61. mh says:
    June 22, 2022 at 10:36 am

    Another contrarian prediction I made repeatedly, as people were playing Biden resignation lotto, was that Biden would see out his full term, or damn near.
    Anyone now want to bet against that?

    More interesting would be Biden’s next gaffe.

    ie shit himself in public, declare war on New Zealand.


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  62. Shy Ted says:
    June 22, 2022 at 11:03 am

    Spoof, which is a shame but likely very close to the truth. Courtesy Michael Smith.


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  64. candy says:
    June 22, 2022 at 12:24 pm

    The strange thing about the flag cost was Premier Perrottet not batting an eyelid originally until it was pointed out to him.

    Although it looks like he’s gone the full appeasing the Left scenario and there may some group he is aiming to please with the utterly insane quote for a flag installation.

    Like former PM Morrison he swings to whatever way he thinks will shore up votes.


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  65. candy says:
    June 22, 2022 at 12:35 pm

    Arky there’s a fair way to go in the current term the old perve Biden has to get through.

    Strange eyes he has, like no light there.


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  66. mh says:
    June 22, 2022 at 12:43 pm

    ‘Very appealing’: Novavax’s one-stop shot in Australian trials

    Novavax’s chief medical officer says the company is looking to bring more R&D to Australia, including trials of its combined coronavirus and influenza vaccine.

    No thank you.
    I will continue to use something called my ‘immune system’.


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  67. JohnJJJ says:
    June 22, 2022 at 12:51 pm

    Shy Ted says:
    June 22, 2022 at 11:03 am

    Spoof, which is a shame but likely very close to the truth. Courtesy Michael Smith.
    PLUS:

    Risk management consultation:
    1. Flag pole security including manufacture, delivery, storage and ongoing. Crowd management included.
    2. PR reputation and cyber attack risk security
    3. Climate change risk security
    TOTAL $2.5 million first year with $1.2 million per year subject to any developments such as glacier melt, drought and Russian hacking. Quote valid for 7 days only.


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  68. mh says:
    June 22, 2022 at 2:31 pm

    Two Courier Mail stories

    A 54-year-old Queensland woman has died after falling into a fire at a popular campground in northern New South Wales.

    And

    The newlywed tragically killed in a golf buggy accident on Hamilton Island has been identified. It comes after authorities revealed the frantic attempts by witnesses to save her.


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  69. mizaris says:
    June 22, 2022 at 2:42 pm

    So Collingwood fine De Goey 25k for dallying in Bali with a lady. Despite no drugs like Bailey Smith, no complaints from lady about impropriety. No crime committed. Mark Robinson in particular needs to examine their role in this, he’s led the witch hunt.

    AND NO MENTION of the BIBLE either!!!!


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  70. kaysee kaysee says:
    June 22, 2022 at 2:42 pm

    The BrittanyGate saga is turning into LisaGate scandal.
    Here’s hoping it backfires and Bruce Lehrmann is proven innocent.

    Lisa Wilkinson slammed by former 10 colleague Tim Bailey

    A former on-air colleague of Lisa Wilkinson publicly called for her to “pull her head in” over Sunday’s controversial Logies speech….

    Meanwhile, Seven’s Sunrise co-host Natalie Barr expressed shock on-air this morning that the contents of Wilkinson’s Logies speech may not have been vetted by legal representatives.

    “You know, we have our own lawyers, we often consult them before we put a story to air,” she said.

    It comes as Wilkinson’s husband, author Peter FitzSimons, was yesterday dragged into the saga. His role in scoring Higgins a role in securing a lucrative book deal could be explored at her sexual assault trial. It was revealed in court on Tuesday that FitzSimons had been subpoenaed.

    They could also subpoena the woke panel that awarded her the Logie for an allegation not the truth.

    More in the Daily Mail.


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  71. kaysee kaysee says:
    June 22, 2022 at 2:54 pm

    Gays Against Groomers

    Kitty Demure

    This is amazing. Drag queen, Kitty Demure, has a message for parents that take their children to drag shows and drag queen story hours: STOP IT.

    .

    Grand Old Evan

    I don’t this this is about the kids at all. I think this is the result of a bunch of ADULT BABIES who seek out and demand constant validation from everyone around them – including children


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  73. Ragu says:
    June 22, 2022 at 3:39 pm

    Peter FitzSimons, was yesterday dragged into the saga. His role in scoring Higgins a role in securing a lucrative book deal could be explored at her sexual assault trial. It was revealed in court on Tuesday that FitzSimons had been subpoenaed.

    Contender for Dickhead! of the weeeeeek


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  74. Fat Tony says:
    June 22, 2022 at 3:43 pm

    mh says:
    June 22, 2022 at 12:43 pm
    ‘Very appealing’: Novavax’s one-stop shot in Australian trials

    Novavax’s chief medical officer says the company is looking to bring more R&D to Australia, including trials of its combined coronavirus and influenza vaccine.

    I have now come to the No-Confidence stage in Big Pharma / Big Gov and I don’t think I can now trust any “vaccine”.


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  75. kaysee kaysee says:
    June 22, 2022 at 4:22 pm

    Can we learn from Europe before it is too late?

    Why is Germany taking emergency steps over energy consumption?

    Germany is firing up its coal stations and taking other emergency steps to reduce its dependency on Russian gas this coming winter.

    The Dutch, too


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  76. kaysee kaysee says:
    June 22, 2022 at 4:32 pm

    From the NYT

    Covid facts

    (Source)

    .

    Wearing a mask for virus protection?

    More facts


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  77. Fat Tony says:
    June 22, 2022 at 4:42 pm

    Can we learn from Europe before it is too late?

    Ahh….NO

    Australia is scheduled for re-wilding & depopulation, to be used as a game reserve for the Parasite Class, a granary & for mining.

    So there is no need to upgrade the power generation systems.


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  78. Arky says:
    June 22, 2022 at 4:54 pm

    Arky box joint jig and router table prototypes:
    https://youtu.be/rxw–R8LeNE


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  79. mh says:
    June 22, 2022 at 5:40 pm

    LONDON — U.K. inflation hit 9.1% year-on-year in May as soaring food and energy prices continue to deepen the country’s cost-of-living crisis.

    The 9.1% rise in the consumer price index, released Wednesday, was in line with expectations from economists in a Reuters poll and slightly higher than the 9% increase recorded in April.

    ***

    Pan’s People – You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet (Bachman Turner Overdrive)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_4TAnJ4GKg


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  80. mh says:
    June 22, 2022 at 6:13 pm

    #Ukraine #russia #Biden
    Ukraine Russia War Update – Col Douglas Macgregor

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4rWfPPR-V8


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  81. mh says:
    June 22, 2022 at 6:30 pm

    Biden: we need more money for vaccines for children and the “second pandemic”.

    Disclose.tv
    @disclosetv
    NOW – Biden: “There’s gonna be another pandemic.”

    https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1539349914446086145?s=20&t=FiBWt7VtVEWpTrVEMz8jNA


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  82. kaysee kaysee says:
    June 22, 2022 at 6:48 pm

    The world is waking up.

    Anti-inflation protests

    Ecuador
    .

    London
    .

    Ireland
    .


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  83. Candy says:
    June 22, 2022 at 6:53 pm

    Peter Fitzsimons and Lisa Wilkinson really do believe they are above the law.


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  84. kaysee kaysee says:
    June 22, 2022 at 6:55 pm

    paywalled

    Courier Mail

    Voted Green or teal?
    It’s only fair you lose power and gas first


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  85. kaysee kaysee says:
    June 22, 2022 at 7:00 pm

    This is the correct Courier Mail link.

    But the article is also here.

    Voted Green or teal?
    It’s only fair you lose power and gas first


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  86. Steve trickler says:
    June 22, 2022 at 7:13 pm

    Bald:

    🇬🇧 Having travelled to weird and distant locations over the last four years I thought it was finally time to visit my own nation, Great Britain. A land with a rich history and as you’ll see if you watch this video, some absolutely great people who are as funny and friendly as you’ll find anywhere else in the world.

    This Is Britain! 🇬🇧 ( Nation of Madlads )


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  88. kaysee kaysee says:
    June 22, 2022 at 7:34 pm

    1/
    Trump Plays Nice About Potential 2024 Showdown With DeSantis,
    but How Long Will the Geniality Last?

    Before the 2016 Republican Party primaries were over, Trump had burned nearly every other candidate to the ground with personal attacks, from “Low Energy Jeb” Bush, to “Little Marco” Rubio, to “Lyin’ Ted” Cruz. To believe it would be any different if other candidates join Trump in the 2024 race would be a fool’s game.

    And according to The New Yorker, Trump associates are already trying to kill a bid by DeSantis.


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  89. kaysee kaysee says:
    June 22, 2022 at 7:39 pm

    2/
    From the Daily Wire

    Majority Of Americans Want Fresh Face,
    Not Biden Or Trump, Poll Says

    I agree with some of the points in this comment below the article.

    I think Trump was the best of two bad choices the first time he won. While I think he did a lot of good, he wasn’t good at picking out people who were good at their jobs and loyal to him. His massive ego was both a help and a hindrance. If he gets elected again, he’s going to continue being a lightening rod for the left. DeSantis has all of Trump’s positive attributes, but is better at navigating the political shark infested waters, and doesn’t have the same ego issues that kept Trump from admitting to, and correcting, his mistakes.


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  91. mh says:
    June 22, 2022 at 9:08 pm

    Alex Jones talking to Mike Tyson.
    This isn’t the banned Tyson podcast, but a discussion elsewhere.
    I haven’t watched this right through as listening to a stoner is painful.
    However, at this point Tyson educates Alex on “The Toad”:

    https://youtu.be/WFuV-VSowlo?t=657


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  92. mh says:
    June 22, 2022 at 9:31 pm

    UK goes back to the seventies

    Railway staff on Merseyside have secured a 7.1 per cent pay rise, setting a higher benchmark for salaries than the government would like.

    Merseyrail’s one-year pay deal with members of the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association (TSSA) is only 2 per cent below annual CPI inflation, which hit a 40-year high last month. The RMT union, whose members are striking in their tens of thousands nationwide, is consulting on whether to accept a similar offer from Merseyrail.

    Britain faces a second day of travel disruption caused by the knock-on effects of yesterday’s national rail strike. Services are slowly resuming but will only hit 60 per cent of their usual volume.


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  95. mh says:
    June 22, 2022 at 10:28 pm

    Paywallian

    Navratilova hails trans bans as step forward

    Global tennis icon Martina Navratilova says the ‘topsy turvy’ gender stances of world sporting bodies are now heading in the right direction.
    By JESSICA HALLORAN


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  96. mh says:
    June 23, 2022 at 7:18 am

    Eggs, bacon, coffee, and Russell Brand

    #JimmyDore #Tucker #foxnews
    Jimmy Dore on Tucker – This Is EPIC

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeeyDaBxVN8


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  97. mh says:
    June 23, 2022 at 7:58 am

    VIC

    Unvaccinated teachers to be welcomed back to schools as mandate ends

    Unvaccinated teachers, school staff and childcare workers will be free to return to work from next week, just two months after hundreds were officially terminated over their refusal to be inoculated against COVID-19.

    The vaccine mandate that requires all education staff to have had three doses will expire at midnight on Friday and school leaders have been briefed on what they need to do to redeploy unvaccinated staff, as well as how to respond to any objections by parents.

    Parents will not have the right to pull their children out of a class because a teacher is unvaccinated nor to be informed of any school staff member’s vaccination status.

    The vaccine mandate will end in all mainstream schools, but will remain in force in specialist schools.


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  99. Shy Ted says:
    June 23, 2022 at 9:30 am

    It’s a bit early in the morning for things to offend me but they managed.
    Just the title and toon
    With a link to the offensive bit of busybody dogooders
    You can scroll over the Our Work, Our Focus or Our Positions bit to get an idea but I wouldn’t click on them cos you just know what it’s going to say.


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  100. JohnJJJ says:
    June 23, 2022 at 11:04 am

    If you haven’t discovered Active Self Protection, this is a good info on what happened in the Uvalde school and the Bortac (Border Patrol Tactical Unit). Bortac ignored the local police and went straight in to kill the shooter. Federal SWAT Cop Talks Tactics and Training! Special Agent Jeff (ASP Podcast)
    Boy, am I going to work on my neural pathways!


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