Open Thread – Saturday, 19 March 2022

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  1. Shy Ted says:
    March 23, 2022 at 1:07 pm

    FMD moment of the day. National Press Club right now. Former Socceroo Craig Foster. Complete loon. give hima couple of minutes. Reads the autocue about as well as Brandon.


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  2. Ragu Ragu says:
    March 23, 2022 at 1:55 pm

    Craig Foster

    Didn’t he get into trouble for holding his daughter during the anthem for some game of kick n dive?

    Is his re-education at the National Centre of Resilience complete, Comrades?


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  4. kaysee kaysee says:
    March 23, 2022 at 3:10 pm

    NYT and Candace Owens

    Rather than just a link to the article, I’ll first present it as the messages between two sides.

    Message1
    .

    Message2
    .

    Message3
    .


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  5. kaysee kaysee says:
    March 23, 2022 at 3:14 pm

    More on that story:

    Candace Owens Goes Viral
    With Response To New York Times Reporter’s Email Citing, Yup, The New York Times

    and the pics, thanks to Powerline.


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  8. Steve trickler says:
    March 23, 2022 at 3:44 pm

    Alex can build a house with his eyes closed. One sharp bloke…moving on.

    Check out the prices of these cars!

    Modern Russian Cars and Prices / Inside Russian Famous Car Dealership after Sanctions / March 2022


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  9. kaysee kaysee says:
    March 23, 2022 at 4:01 pm

    Shy Ted says:
    March 22, 2022 at 12:02 pm

    I’m afraid Brave search just isn’t as good as DDG. Any suggestions

    I posted this a few weeks ago. The article was written before DDGo went DDGone.

    11 Privacy-Focused, Alternative Search Engines to Google

    I’ve switched over to the first one – Startpage. Don’t know if there’s any fiddling with how the listings take place. It feeds from Booooooooogle, so that may be affected. But it’s supposed to be privacy focussed – that is a plus point.


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  10. kaysee kaysee says:
    March 23, 2022 at 4:19 pm

    JohnJJJ says:
    March 22, 2022 at 8:27 pm

    I don’t mind at all. I prefer an IT system with problems and smart people. “IT Slick” is not for me.

    That is a perceptive statement.

    Many get drawn to the shiny bells and whistles. We have to decide what matters in our life, quickly sift through the many available menus, and pick what has value for us.


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  12. kaysee kaysee says:
    March 23, 2022 at 5:08 pm

    Resetter Schwab says:

    One

    The next pandemic is already waiting for us and it’s climate crisis.

    …

    Two

    WEF – “we are here to design the great narrative”


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  13. Ragu Ragu says:
    March 23, 2022 at 5:16 pm

    Daniels reported that she “will go to jail before I pay a penny” in a post, in response to the ruling

    Good luck with that. With her background prison may not be the rug bonanza she thinks it to be.


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  14. Barking Toad says:
    March 23, 2022 at 5:35 pm

    Telstra – pricks.

    I made a mistake 2 months ago trying to pay the arrears on my new Telstra bill before being cut off. Trying to ensure the payment was immediate.

    Using the MyTelstra App I tried to use their option of “One Off Direct Debit”. Loaded the details including bank account but nothing happened about amount etc. Paid the overdue amount by BPay instead.

    Next thing I know the “One Off Direct Debit” means a recurring direct debit to my bank account whenever a bill is due.

    Off to their App to view “payment options” and selected “cancel direct debit”. “We can’t cancel your direct debit at the moment try again later”. This went on for weeks. Same message when I tried to change the bank account details (to an empty one).

    Got online to the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO). Response was quick – referred to Telstra to be resolved. Action later if no response from Telstra. Contacted by Telstra and direct debit was eventually cancelled – no explanation about failure to do this via their App/Website.

    Before this was resolved I had an unrelated email from Telstra about my Plan (no device owed, just service). I think this was because I was on their system as “direct debit”.

    Changed Plan was to bring forward due date for bills by two weeks and charge in advance for the next month – offering a $10 monthly discount A nice little cash flow boost from customers who happen to be on direct debit.

    Telstra Shop employee confirmed that anyone upgrading for a new phone to pay monthly will be required to sign up for direct debit and pay the monthly amount in advance.

    I understand Optus are doing the same – monopoly?


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  15. Steve trickler says:
    March 23, 2022 at 6:03 pm

    Stick that f*****G up crap up your bum, I am happy to stick the needle in your eyeball.

    Some of the most disgusting people on planet earth are doctors and nurses…happy to see them hang.

    Swing from a lamppost you bastards.

    But, but but but but but but….you are disgusting horrible individuals. I do not give a **** if you have spent 30 years in your jail.

    Scum of the Earth. Happy to see your nose rammed through your head.

    Despicable individuals.


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  16. Ragu Ragu says:
    March 23, 2022 at 6:23 pm

    2 crises.

    Steve, whats up? Who do you want to put in an evolutionary dead-end.

    Toad, the live-in special lady friend had a similar experience recently with the ato. Kept getting the ‘algorithm sez no’ from the the phone lady, so countered with ‘well, I’ll default and we’ll start again’. Algorithm sez no.

    It was like a magnesium fire in here. Lit a cigarette off her arm and bailed.


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  17. Steve trickler says:
    March 23, 2022 at 6:38 pm

    Listen to this B*tch.

    Sick of this shit, more then happy to ram a fist into her throat. She is despicable human being.

    Stick your PCR and RAT tests up your arse. Happy to beat the shit out of both.

    Fist to throat. Any threat to mum and I’ll kill you.

    There are no words to describe this UNSCIENTIFIC crueltyShe is a clown, 100% disgrace. Moron.


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  20. mh says:
    March 23, 2022 at 7:07 pm

    Two months ago

    Sweden’s seven-time grand slam champion Mats Wilander likened Barty’s dominance in women’s tennis to Federer and predicted she would have her competitors chasing her for years to come.

    “She can win 10 more slams in my book,” Wilander said on Eurosport during the Australian Open.

    Today

    Ash Barty has retired from tennis.


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  21. Steve trickler says:
    March 23, 2022 at 7:24 pm

    Liam Bartlett is a f*ckwit…just like that fat pig, Susannah Carr….and that dickwad Rick Ardon.

    MSM whores. Horrible disgusting filthy creatures.

    Die you bitch, you are one of the worst fat pigs on planet earth.

    No apologies.

    She is a fat bitch and mole. She’s a pig.


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  22. johanna johanna says:
    March 23, 2022 at 7:25 pm

    Toad, years ago I bought a modem from Telstra, cost about $400. The one they sent me didn’t work, so I called them and they agreed to send me another – which then appeared on my next bill as 2 modems, $800. It took me numerous phone calls and about 4 months to get a credit, plus since I refused to pay the second charge they kept cutting my internet off because computer says I am $400 in arrears.

    Their billing system has always sucked – when I worked in the Communications Department more than 20 years ago, we had one guy who did nothing but deal with complaints to the Minister about it. Pretty much every complaint turned out to be valid.

    Never, never, under any circumstances give them access to your bank account!


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  24. kaysee kaysee says:
    March 23, 2022 at 7:34 pm

    Rafael Nadal reveals he had a BREATHING problem in his Indian Wells final defeat

    Nadal after losing in straight sets..”I have problem to breathe. I don’t know if it’s something on the rib, I don’t know yet. When I’m breathing, when I’m moving it’s like a needle all the time inside here,” If this one blows, serous questions will be asked

    More here.


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  26. mh says:
    March 23, 2022 at 8:01 pm

    Dirty Harry (1971) on 7Mate tonight.

    Will I watch it again?… 🤔


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  28. mh says:
    March 23, 2022 at 8:37 pm

    ‘Russia invited’: Vladimir Putin plans to attend G20 in Bali

    Will be great to see our next PM shirt-front him.


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  29. kaysee kaysee says:
    March 23, 2022 at 8:39 pm

    It is strange that these woke folk can turn on their sensitivity meter when it suits their cause. That is, the person is on the same bar of their lefty spectrum. Say, a Higgins or a Tame.

    This is a cheap shot at another woman, from the Labor party, who has just been buried.

    Completely out of touch with the entire issue. Should have asked the Mean Girls for advice between twittering.

    Jane Caro on the night following K Kitching’s funeral.

    I wonder, if I died tomorrow – which I sincerely hope I don’t – will any news organisation search my Twitter feed for trolls and abusive tweets and tacitly imply their bullying hastened my demise? No? No, I didn’t think so. Sensible of them.


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  30. mh says:
    March 23, 2022 at 8:43 pm

    Winning

    Stormy Daniels must pay $300k to Donald Trump after losing defamation case appeal


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  31. kaysee kaysee says:
    March 23, 2022 at 8:52 pm

    This is the SCOTUS nominee.

    Ketanji Brown Jackson Can’t Define What A Woman Is:
    “I’m Not A Biologist”

    Two questions from Senator Blackburn.

    One
    .
    Two
    .


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  32. mh says:
    March 23, 2022 at 8:54 pm

    Seeing as the Quad had been in the headlines, interesting the history:

    The Quad ceased following the withdrawal of Australia during Kevin Rudd’s tenure as prime minister, reflecting ambivalence in Australian policy over the growing tension between the United States and China in the Asia-Pacific. Following Rudd’s replacement by Julia Gillard in 2010, enhanced military cooperation between the United States and Australia was resumed, leading to the placement of U.S. Marines near Darwin, Australia, overlooking the Timor Sea and Lombok Strait. Meanwhile, India, Japan, and the United States continued to hold joint naval exercises under Malabar.

    During the 2017 ASEAN Summits in Manila, all four former members led by Abe, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and US President Donald Trump agreed to revive the quadrilateral alliance in order to counter China militarily and diplomatically in the “Indo-Pacific” region, particularly in South China Sea. Tensions between Quad members and China have led to fears of what was dubbed by some commentators as “a new Cold War” in the region.


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  34. Old bloke says:
    March 23, 2022 at 9:27 pm

    kaysee says:
    March 23, 2022 at 9:02 pm

    🐹

    One

    Edible footwear, provide your own toe jam.


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  35. Steve trickler says:
    March 23, 2022 at 9:54 pm

    It sucks. Full blown sh*t show.


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  36. mh says:
    March 23, 2022 at 10:35 pm

    Hillary Clinton
    @HillaryClinton
    Bill tested negative and is feeling fine. He’s quarantining until our household is fully in the clear. Movie recommendations appreciated!

    Deep Throat?


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  37. Ragu Ragu says:
    March 23, 2022 at 10:59 pm

    Dirty Harry (1971) on 7Mate tonight.

    Will I watch it again?… 🤔

    I started to let my hair grow, not because of Neil like homo-ness, but because at middle age and broke it is all I have left.
    The wife enquired ‘wtf is going on with that stupid mop?’
    ‘Dunno. Reckon I might grow it out like Inspector Callahan’

    I just now a cheaper brown suit and I’ll be set. Good times.


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  38. mh says:
    March 23, 2022 at 11:15 pm

    For the Dirty Harry ad breaks

    PJW

    Female Ukrainian Refugees Encounter Swedish Diversity
    100,786 viewsMar 23, 2022

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxEMZq8BUbc


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  39. mh says:
    March 23, 2022 at 11:43 pm

    Now Magnum Force.


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  40. Ragu Ragu says:
    March 23, 2022 at 11:45 pm

    Not watching Callahan. Tuned into the Sadhguru and Rogan podcast. There is a lot of overlap of Magnum 44 and the pusuit of happiness.


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  41. Ragu Ragu says:
    March 24, 2022 at 12:01 am

    Basically, his philosophy is Platonian.


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  42. Ragu Ragu says:
    March 24, 2022 at 12:35 am

    The parallel of the guru (aristocratic lineage defining his self by an ability to think) and Plato (Aristo, thinker) and the use by both the Guru and the three thousand year old man by using open-ended questions in response to a question is very interesting.


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  43. mh says:
    March 24, 2022 at 12:35 am

    LONDON — U.K. inflation came in at an annual 6.2% in February, its highest since March 1992, as soaring food, fuel and energy costs continue to deepen the country’s cost of living crisis.

    More sanctions, Boris!


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  45. Steve trickler says:
    March 24, 2022 at 3:13 am

    Oops, I went overboard with the criticism of the two on channel stokes…Nah, I didn’t. Fat pig and prick…


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  47. mh says:
    March 24, 2022 at 7:45 am

    The ginger guy

    Virtue Signaling About Ukraine!

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


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  48. mh says:
    March 24, 2022 at 7:58 am

    So Putin is a war criminal.

    If only he’d used ‘Shock and Awe’ tactics like America did in Iraq. Bad Putin!


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  49. mh says:
    March 24, 2022 at 8:03 am

    PJW

    Transgenders Fleeing Ukraine Told They’re Men by Border Guards

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKzJtX4g0tw


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  50. Delta A says:
    March 24, 2022 at 12:23 pm

    PJW nails it again.

    Thanks, mh.


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  52. Steve trickler says:
    March 24, 2022 at 12:36 pm

    Pilot suicide? I’d be surprised if the black boxes are salvageable.

    ****

    Blancolirio:

    China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735 Crash 21 March 2022


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  56. Steve trickler says:
    March 24, 2022 at 12:59 pm

    Andrews is a prick…I wonder what would happen if his family was in the same situation? The wanker would probably drop the “rules” in a flash.

    ****

    Avi:

    Olivia Newton-John’s daughter speaks out against heartless Melbourne hospital policy


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  57. mh says:
    March 24, 2022 at 1:15 pm

    The Age

    Think Omicron’s just a mild cold? Think again

    Be dismissive about Omicron at your peril, says a dad who witnessed his (vaccinated) youngest son become violently and frighteningly ill.

    🤔


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  59. Vicki says:
    March 24, 2022 at 1:37 pm

    Re Omicron: Yes – a 70s friend (regular gym attendee) had 4 days in ICU with Omicron, was given an anti-viral pill (probably new Pfizer thingee) and is home but still has fluid on lung. We speculate that he may have had high viral load from the inner city gym. But, like any flu, it can challenge an older constitution. BTW he was triple vaxxed.


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  60. mh says:
    March 24, 2022 at 2:15 pm

    BTW he was triple vaxxed.

    I remember when these were called “breakthrough cases”.

    The good old days.


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  61. Barking Toad says:
    March 24, 2022 at 2:24 pm

    Johanna @ 7:25pm yesterday….

    Yep – won’t make that mistake again.


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  62. Steve trickler says:
    March 24, 2022 at 4:04 pm

    Emotional scenes.

    ****

    Johnny FD.

    46:42

    GOING BACK TO UKRAINE 🇺🇦 REFUGEES AT THE BORDER


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  63. mh says:
    March 24, 2022 at 6:18 pm

    The Kill Shot, the Money Ball or whatever you want to call it. It is just devastating to the immune system, and I’ll tell you why. If you look at the recent Stanford study, and I am just going to read a couple of sentences from the Stanford study: ‘The spike protein in the CV19 vaccines that everyone is talking about is called the Lentivirus. The Lenti contains a combination of HIV, types one through three, SRV/1, which is AIDS, MERS and SARS.’

    In the Stanford study, the best-known Lentivirus is the human immune deficiency pathogen, which causes AIDS. This is why we are seeing autoimmune and neurodegenerative decline after the Covid 19 (Vax), especially the booster…It permanently changes the genome of the cell. That is why this is so terrifying to us in the medical community. We just don’t know how to attack this.

    https://www.infowars.com/posts/frontline-doctor-millions-will-get-aids-from-covid-vax-by-the-fall/


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  64. mh says:
    March 24, 2022 at 6:42 pm

    Millions Will Get AIDS From Vax by Fall – Dr Elizabeth Eads

    https://rumble.com/vy7eix-millions-will-get-aids-from-vax-by-fall-dr-elizabeth-eads.html

    ***

    ArseArm Injected Death Sentence


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  65. Steve trickler says:
    March 24, 2022 at 8:20 pm

    You have to be kidding me. WTF! Meat cultured from celebrity flesh. This it totally f*cked up.

    The question is, how many retards would consume it?

    *****

    GTV 2

    Soylent Green is now a THING


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  66. Steve trickler says:
    March 24, 2022 at 9:29 pm

    Worth your time. Agree or disagree with him, this harassment he’s copping is BS.

    *******

    Cossack:

    Simeon Boikov counter-attacks “A Current Affair” and “The Daily Mail”


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  67. mh says:
    March 24, 2022 at 10:30 pm

    Stunning claims – Clive got better!

    #7NEWS
    Clive Palmer makes stunning claims of recovery from COVID-19 as cases soar in Queensland | 7NEWS

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9iVf7N7-s8


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  68. mh says:
    March 24, 2022 at 10:52 pm

    Paywallian

    FOURTH DOSE STRATEGY

    Covid triple threat fears as winter looms
    Australia faces the near certainty of new Covid-19 variants, waning immunity from vaccination and rising cases as it heads into winter, epidemiologists have warned.
    By NATASHA ROBINSON

    Of course! The answer is MORE VACCINES!


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  69. Steve trickler says:
    March 24, 2022 at 11:09 pm

    This is eye opening. Third world conditions in downtown LA…I knew it was bad, but damn.

    ****

    Peter Santenello:

    Inside Skid Row – With Soft White Underbelly’s Mark Laita 🇺🇸


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  70. Black Ball Black Ball says:
    March 25, 2022 at 12:42 am

    I’m out. Thank you for your absolute supreme service. Im here with a lady friend who is completely oblivious to world machinations.


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  71. egg_ says:
    March 25, 2022 at 2:20 am

    The Real Anthony Fauci: Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health (Children’s Health Defense)

    RFK Jnr’s book per the interview with Tucker Carlson in the Trust the Govt thread.


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  73. rosie says:
    March 25, 2022 at 7:51 am

    Clive got better after throwing the kitchen sink at it, and consulting how many doctors here and overseas, six? eight?
    Most people who get omicron experience very mild symptoms and only need a couple of panadol.


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  74. mh says:
    March 25, 2022 at 7:54 am

    A warning from veteran who went to Ukraine
    Mar 23, 2022

    “The reality is far from what you’ll see on the TV”

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


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  75. Eyrie says:
    March 25, 2022 at 9:43 am

    Clive allegedly had delta according to a TV news I saw last night.


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  76. Ragu Ragu says:
    March 25, 2022 at 10:40 am

    Perhaps Clive knows his health history better than a bunch of nobodies on the internet. Plus he has the means to engage eleventy Drs. In short, who gives a shit.


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  77. Mh says:
    March 25, 2022 at 11:44 am

    They wanted Clive to go on a ventilator
    But he said no no no


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  78. rosie says:
    March 25, 2022 at 11:46 am

    Exactly.
    Ordinary people cant punt with their health like Clive can.


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  80. mh says:
    March 25, 2022 at 12:10 pm

    Hunt confirms 4th jab for over-65s, vulnerable people

    The additional booster shots will be available from pharmacies, GPs, Indigenous health services and mass vaccination hubs, Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt says. Immune-compromised people who have already received a fourth shot will now be able to get a fifth.


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  81. Shy Ted says:
    March 25, 2022 at 12:14 pm

    Not The Bee
    No need to watch but you can click at various stages to get the gist. At one point there’s a subtitle that says there’s a NZ conference. So I braved it. They’ve been doing it for years.


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  82. Shy Ted says:
    March 25, 2022 at 12:15 pm

    Now THIS is a conservative and patriot.


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  83. Eyrie says:
    March 25, 2022 at 12:21 pm

    Wow, Ted, organised by one Dr Cat Pause.
    Really?


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  84. candy says:
    March 25, 2022 at 12:21 pm

    Clive Palmer might be quite robust in himself and have some good immunity despite the big stomach and all.
    Good luck to him. He has a wife and passel of young kids who need him.


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  85. Old bloke says:
    March 25, 2022 at 12:37 pm

    Black Ball says:
    March 25, 2022 at 12:42 am

    I’m out. Thank you for your absolute supreme service. Im here with a lady friend who is completely oblivious to world machinations.

    I envy people like that, those who view the world through rose tinted glasses.

    Ignorance is bliss.


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  86. Old bloke says:
    March 25, 2022 at 12:51 pm

    mh says:
    March 25, 2022 at 7:54 am

    A warning from veteran who went to Ukraine
    Mar 23, 2022

    “The reality is far from what you’ll see on the TV”

    PJW covered this a few days ago.

    What Happened to People Who Volunteered to Fight For Ukraine?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1udDZIByHd4


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  87. johanna johanna says:
    March 25, 2022 at 1:09 pm

    Reminds me of stories about misinformed romantics who went to fight against Franco in the Spanish Civil War.

    It was nothing like the tales of derring-do they imagined.


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  88. JohnJJJ says:
    March 25, 2022 at 2:23 pm

    Shy Ted says:
    March 25, 2022 at 12:14 pm
    Not The Bee
    No need to watch but you can click at various stages to get the gist. At one point there’s a subtitle that says there’s a NZ conference
    He rendered us a great service.


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  92. mh says:
    March 25, 2022 at 6:42 pm

    #Ukraine #Russia #Putin
    Russia Ukraine War – Col. Doug Macgregor: What Can Happen Now?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXmIT6JW9pM


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  93. Shy Ted says:
    March 25, 2022 at 6:56 pm

    Wanna be a Supreme Court Justice? Take this simple test.


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  94. mh says:
    March 25, 2022 at 7:22 pm

    Clive Palmer might be quite robust in himself and have some good immunity despite the big stomach and all.
    Good luck to him. He has a wife and passel of young kids who need him.

    And a country who needs him.

    Look at the UNiparty dickheads running the place now.

    Australia Needs Clive 🇦🇺


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  97. mh says:
    March 25, 2022 at 7:56 pm

    Oz

    China’s ambassador Xiao Qian asked to meet Scott Morrison soon after arriving in Australia to deliver a message from Xi Jinping, but the Prime Minister declined to take the meeting.

    Morrison was too busy washing someone’s hair or pushing a mop.


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  98. ghi says:
    March 25, 2022 at 7:58 pm

    Labor leader Anthony Albanese has come under fire for saying men can’t have babies.

    Albanese participated in an interview with The Daily Telegraph this week, where he declared his party was not for the woke left and answered a round of rapid-fire questions.

    One of those questions was “can men have babies?” to which Albanese responded “no”.

    Link


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  100. Steve trickler says:
    March 25, 2022 at 8:12 pm

    That clip mh posted@ 6:42 pm with Col. Doug Macgregor is deserving of your time. I can’t envisage many gigs from him on MSM outlets. What he says doesn’t fit their war mongering narrative.


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