Open Thread – Saturday, 26 March 2022

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  1. Timothy Neilson says:

    Good to see a bowler get given player of the match.
    It has been getting to the stage that they could have renamed it “highest scoring batsman for the winning team”.


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  2. Steve trickler says:

    With J.K. Rowling copping flak, telling it the way it is…here we are.

    Hedwig’s Theme – Harry Potter // Danish National Symphony Orchestra (Live)


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  4. johanna johanna says:

    A bit of frivolity – not endorsing MJ’s personal life, but not trashing art because of it either – Billie Jean:

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


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  5. Steve trickler says:

    Sick the death of these CCP sell outs *****. Happy to see their nose rammed into their skulls….not physically, but proverbially…Words, not physicality. Get on your plane and fuck off back to China your filthy pieces of shit. ScoMo…join them…jump on board and join the filth.

    CCP *****, sympathizing bastards. Horrible people.

    ********************

    Ok, leaving that Labor crap, Friendly Jordies going stupid in minutes. You stupid imbecile ….YOU ARE A DISGRACE, C02 IS NOT A Threat…. pay us a visit here, sell out. C02 C02 C02
    C02, harmful…Friendly Jordies.
    Labor partying lying wankers. Equally measured against the Libs. Sort yourself out, Jordies. STFU, you are not winning the game…you are just climate change, Greta. Sick of pricks like you.

    But but but but but but, the friendly Jordies.
    IPCC. IPCC is my friend.

    No excuses for this espousing climate prick. Disgusting individual,
    peddler of lies.

    You are a disgrace, Jordies. Stupid prick.

    Do you wish to play ball? You are a piece of green piece of shit, wanker.

    All the shit about “Climate Change” is bullshit you smarmy piece of crap.

    A few spelling on errors my part. Jordies, needs a clip in the ear. I am sick of this prick sprouting bullshit. NO FUCK*ING EXCUSES FOR RETARDS GETTTNG SUCKED INTO THIS SHIT. You are a fuckwit on the subject, Jordie. Give it you best shot you piece of filth.

    A good debate and his anus would be handed to him…

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  6. Steve trickler says:

    I could have worded that better above. I am f*****g angry

    ******

    Dad happy with fourth shot, brother going for third… I have protected mum… Aunt is considering a third along with her partner…so so many people promoting this shit need to hang.

    Doctors and nurses included. IT IS NOT A VAX YOU F*CKING MORONS!

    Bill Gates has a chuckle in the background. I am sick to death of media whores not holding this prick to account. You can proverbially f*ck him over in under 5 minutes.

    Rogan was right, he’s a fat, man boob skinny arm piece of shit. Happy to see to see him dropped in central Africa with no communication.

    **** of the Earth.


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  7. mh says:

    PJW,

    I’ve altered the title:

    Another stunning victory for the Ukrainian military!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gG1prld0bAA


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  8. mh says:

    Elon Musk defends Russell Brand from media attack

    Elon Musk
    @elonmusk
    Replying to
    @Independent
    With so many mainstream media companies saying @rustyrockets
    is crazy/dangerous, I watched some of his videos. Ironically, he seemed more balanced & insightful than those condemning him!

    The groupthink among major media companies is more troubling. There should be more dissent.
    6:15 AM · Mar 19, 2022·Twitter for iPhone


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  9. Steve trickler says:

    Posting again on this new thread…why you may ask? They are doing Gods work.

    Absolute champions. They’ve sparked a movement, globally. A lot of divers with the skill sets are getting involved in doing the same thing.

    *****

    Adventures with Purpose.

    SOLVED: Missing 2-years Underwater (Miss Annie Lee Hampton)


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  10. Shy Ted says:

    In under 21s soccer, Swaziland beat Wales 5-1.
    Sorry, misread that. It’s Switzerland. Easy mistake to make if you only look at the pictures and surnames.


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  11. Steve trickler says:

    No one is going to dictate how I think.

    *********

    Eli from Russia:

    Anything I publish now from Russia now will be taken very sensitively, but from this week I will continue to share my travels in the Far North. My channel is my hobby, passion, job, routine and a big part of my life. If you know that my videos will inflame negative emotions in you – don’t watch it. ♥️

    My winter trip in the Coldest republic of Russia | the Lena Pillars, Yakutia


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  12. kaysee kaysee says:

    Dilyana Gaytandzhieva

    4 years ago I was expelled from the European Parliament for confronting the US Assistant Secretary of health over Pentagon-funded biolabs in 25 countries accross the world. I was smeared by US media as “fake news”. Who is the fake news now?


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  13. kaysee kaysee says:

    Dr. Paul Alexander:

    Pfizer offered me $1 million & $50,000 month wage…

    …was this to stop writing & hammering them/Bourla?; I have had limited patchy broken income due to being cancelled, smeared; I said NO!

    I joined McCullough, Malone, Vanden Bossche, Oskoui, Rische, Tenenbaum, Trozzi, Wolf, Urso et al. willingly, to wage battle for society & our children as doctors & scientists & governs failed, evil


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  14. Mh says:

    Taylor Hawkins, the longtime drummer for the rock band Foo Fighters, has died. He was 50.

    There were no immediate details about how Hawkins died, though the band said in a statement on Saturday AEDT that his death was a “tragic and untimely loss”.


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  15. Fat Tony says:

    Taylor Hawkins, the longtime drummer for the rock band Foo Fighters, has died. He was 50.

    Phew – glad I’m in my late 60s – don’t know if I could survive my 50s in this day & age…


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  16. kaysee kaysee says:

    Call a Dictator, a Dictator.

    Trudeau’s visit to Europe and the EU Parliament.

    Croatian MEP, Mislav Kolakusic

    German MEP, Christine Anderson


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  17. kaysee kaysee says:

    Romanian MEP, Cristian Terhes refused to attend Trudeau’s EU speech.

    He put out this statement.

    Last month, this was his response.


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  18. Steve trickler says:

    Keep going, bloke.

    Adventures with Purpose – Australia.

    God knows how many people are in water here. Speculation is futile, but if they are, may this bloke find them.

    *******

    Downunder Dan Diving. (AWP OZ )

    Down Under Adventures With Purpose search for missing person Dale Nicholson Cold case


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  19. Cardimona says:

    On, the Foo Fighters’ drummer, from the Courier Mail website…

    The rock music world is in shock after the Foo Fighters’ drummer Taylor Hawkins was found dead in his hotel room while on tour in Colombia.

    The American band confirmed the tragic news on their social media channels at 2pm Saturday (AEDT).

    “The Foo Fighters family is devastated by the tragic and untimely loss of our beloved Taylor Hawkins,” the statement read.

    “His musical spirit and infectious laughter will live on with all of us forever.

    “Our hearts go out to his wife, children and family, and we asked that their privacy be treated with the utmost respect in this unimaginably difficult time.”

    The cause of his death is unknown, and comes as the band were touring South America where they were about to perform at Picnic Stereo Fest – a major musical event in Bogota.

    The Foo Fighters have since cancelled their performance.

    According to a report translated from Colombian national daily newspaper El Tiempo, a preliminary police report indicated that “the cause of death is yet to be established; according to some versions of those close, the death could be associated with the consumption of (drugs)”.

    El Tiempo reported Hawkins had been suffering chest pains and staff at the luxury Casa Medina Hotel called emergency services.

    But the musician had already died when paramedics arrived.


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  20. mh says:

    “the cause of death is yet to be established; according to some versions of those close, the death could be associated with the consumption of (drugs)”.

    Consumption via a needle to the upper arm administered by a health professional.


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  21. mh says:

    COVID Under Question: Raelene Gotze

    senatormalcolmroberts Published March 24, 2022

    https://rumble.com/vyb2fw-covid-under-question-raelene-gotze.html


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  22. Steve trickler says:

    Johnny FD:

    Even though I enjoyed my time in Budapest and Hungary, I couldn’t resist a cheap $35 flight and a great deal on a $44 a night apartment in Athens. I also embarrassingly didn’t didn’t that Greece was still part of the Schengen zone and was trying to save visa days. But either way, I’m glad I made the journey, and it was a great one!

    LEAVING BUDAPEST for ATHENS 🇭🇺 🇬🇷


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  23. mh says:

    #FoxNews
    Tucker: We may not have enough food soon

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohGa1DcA6BI


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  24. mh says:

    It’s possible that we will be told that Taylor Hawkins died of a heroin overdose, but most likely we will be told it was from natural causes.

    Here is a very recent interview

    #60MinutesAustralia
    Foo Fighters: Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins open up on life and music | 60 Minutes Australia
    23,785 viewsMar 26, 2022

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEL9LO_VXQA


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  26. Cold-Hands Cold-Hands says:

    Good to see a bowler get given player of the match.
    It has been getting to the stage that they could have renamed it “highest scoring batsman for the winning team”.

    Pretty much the selection criteria for “Player of the Series”, Khawaja.


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  27. egg_ says:

    Taylor Hawkins, the longtime drummer for the rock band Foo Fighters, has died. He was 50.

    Phew – glad I’m in my late 60s – don’t know if I could survive my 50s in this day & age…

    +1

    We tail end batsmen of the Baby Boom missed out on the Cupcakeification of following genertions.


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  28. mh says:

    #RepublicTV #MultiPolarWorld #ArnabDebates
    Has Ukraine War Ended America’s Glory Days & Created A New World Order? | Arnab LIVE
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz-CCKuPgso

    * The term New World Order when used here is not a Klaus Kissinger NWO.


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  29. candy says:

    Biden calls for regime change in Russia.
    Hoping the mid terms will be okay if he says things like that, I guess.
    I don’t think the Dems look further ahead than trying to make Biden look less demented and reduce voter negativity towards them. If they think people like to hear such dangerous statements and it brings in voters, they will get him to say it.


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  30. mh says:

    Sean Penn supporting a fellow actor

    #CNN #News
    Sean Penn vows to destroy Academy Award if Zelensky isn’t invited to speak at Oscars


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  31. mh says:

    WION
    5.66M subscribers

    Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the West is trying to cancel Russian culture. He also added that an attack on culture is like Nazi book burning.

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


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  32. Steve trickler says:

    Views from Russians.

    *****

    1420:

    Have you ever been to Ukraine?


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  33. JohnJJJ says:

    The best Robert Barnes rave to date. Uninterrupted on the Duranhttps://youtu.be/z3uegH-t-mE


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  34. mh says:

    It appears that Dave Grohl led the charge in the music industry for vaxxed-only shows.

    His father was also a Washington Insider.


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  35. mh says:

    🔴LIVE: President Trump Rally in Commerce, GA

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhmTrlyV2DU


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  36. mh says:

    I meant MTG Marjorie Taylor Greene.

    Short speech though.


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  37. Shy Ted says:

    Pretty funny version of The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald originally by Gordon Lightfoot. NSFW


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  38. Shy Ted says:

    It was my first day at the Medium Secure Forensic Psychiatric Unit (MSPU). Having gone through a series of airlocks and heavy gates I wondered what a High Secure unit was like! Clanking, whooshes of air, jangling of keys – just like on TV. There were three wards, which usually have prominent local names but are alphabetically A, B and C, in most units and are for acute cases, stable and for rehabilitation, and stable and preparing for release. Being a young, fit man I was destined for A, there being a fair amount of aggression and I would be expected, as part of a team, to manage it before it escalated. After all, mentally ill murderers come here.

    But this was day 1 and everyone goes to B for a gentle introduction and informal assessment from other staff – “are they sensible, fit, strong enough to cope with what may come?” A member of staff showed me through the double doors – “look through the window. Safe? Go through quickly, close behind you, wait. Repeat for second door but press doorbell and preferably wait for staff to clear your entry.” I was in. Alone. He hadn’t followed. Unbeknown to me this was the first test. I walked to the nurses station, the “goldfish bowl” and knocked on the door. I was terrified already. A large chap got up and asked me just to make myself at home on the ward. I could come in in a few minutes for handover. I sat at a dining table and then remembered the training, “never let anyone get behind you”, so I went and stood by a wall in a clearly visible area.

    A young man, perhaps mid 20’s approached and offered his hand to shake. The training said “don’t”, so I didn’t. “Well done, passed your first test. I’m Ray,” he laughed. I was put at my ease. “Anything interesting in your bag?” “Um…” “Well done, you wouldn’t be in here if there was. It’s best to sneak chocolate bars and such things in your socks. Everybody does.”

    “Can’t go a shift without a chocolate bar,” I replied, much more at ease. In a few moments we were laughing like old friends. I hoped all the staff were going to be like that, friendly, fun. And then one of the nurses from the goldfish bowl summoned me for handover. I took a pace or two, Ray didn’t move. “Aren’t you coming for handover?” I asked. He smiled, “not me, I’m a psychopath. You just failed your first test.”

    The nurses had a good laugh at my expense. They had all been through it somewhere in the forensic system. Initiation. Just to let you know you haven’t got a clue what you’re doing.

    Ray was 24 and had just spent 4 years in Broadmoor, without incident, so he had been moved to a MSPU as part of his return to society. The story was that as a 19 year old he had attacked and killed his grandmother with an axe and then chopped off her finger for the wedding ring which he had then sold locally. Easily caught and convicted he had ended up in Broadmoor because he scored so highly on the Psychopathy Checklist and, though incurable, he was unlike other murderers, needed a formal diagnosis, “treatment”, ongoing risk assessment and recommendations for release or not. On some weekends he would go to the local pub for lunch with two staff members. They reported he immediately gravitated towards the eligible young ladies and had them in the palm of his hand in a few minutes – “superficial charm” and was not at all concerned what their boyfriends and suitors thought.

    I had a couple of shifts on B ward and then moved to A. Never saw Ray again. Decades later I was doing a shift in a different forensic unit, halfway around the world. A young man on the ward had just been diagnosed as a psychopath and the psychiatrist had the job of telling him, which he did. I was merely his nurse for the day.

    “How can I be a psychopath? I haven’t done anything.”

    True, he hadn’t. Petty crimes, several short jail sentences but a thorn in the side of inmates and institutions alike. Prison inmates wanted to kill him because he “just never lets up, never leaves people alone” – “constantly seeks stimulation”.

    For some reason I thought of Ray. The internet had been created and a world of information is at your fingertips. So I did an internet search. And another. And another. Nothing. You’d think an axe murderer would be on the first page of a search. I remembered what a very experienced forensic nurse told me years ago. “If they’re famous, or infamous, you can’t really hide them. But if they’re kept out of the news, and they are, new identity, the crime we’re told they did is not what they actually did. Released on licence into the community, monitored, strict conditions. Don’t usually re-offend. Still a psychopath! Might be living next door to you!”

    I met my second diagnosed psychopath two years later. He was eight years old. “Biological psychopath”. A very controversial diagnosis. Twenty years later he was one of the main suspects in a kidnapped and murdered child case. He wasn’t the perpetrator but had embarked on a career of serious crime and could easily have done it.

    The diagnosis of psychopath can only be made by qualified professionals. You have to do the training course, pass and then use the official screening tools. Few do so few people are diagnosed. If you score 30/40 or more on the test, you’re a psychopath. 28/30, despite being a heinous criminal, you’re not.

    I’ve lost count of the number of people I’ve interviewed (and met) and walked away thinking “psychopath”. Many of them were very likeable. Even more have completely pulled the wool over my eyes. But I can only thinking of a handful who chilled me to the bone. Nothing menacing about them, just the words they used and the way they used them and a very dubious event in their past.


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  39. Black Ball Black Ball says:

    Andrew Rule in today’s Hun isn’t pleased with Their ABC.

    ‘Our ABC has done it again. It has just spent a barrowload of taxpayers’ money on an embarrassing farrargo of fact, fiction and fluff that deliberately muddies inconvenient facts linking the Waterhouse family to the worst scandals in Australian sports history.
    It’s new 8 part podcast series, The Ring In, could and should have been a fearless forensic re-examination of the facts surrounding the Fine Cotton ring’in scandal in early 1984.
    But the podcast is not fearless or forensic. It tries to be funny, and misses there, too. Instead, it’s makers have played fast and loose, with witnesses misled into thinking they we