Following on from the old thread, Ladas used to be sold here, but it’s been a while since I saw one.
The Niva was a small two-door 4WD that looked a little like a shrunken first-gen Range Rover. Just now reaching the end of production, apparently.
The Samara was a small hatchback or sedan, most notable by being a side business for Peter Brock when he was building hot Commodores. He quipped afterwards that the quality was so bad they virtually had to rebuild every car before they could sell them.
Stocks plummeted Friday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said in his Jackson Hole speech the central bank won’t back off in its fight against rapid inflation.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 1,008.38 points, or 3.03%, to 32,283.40, with losses accelerating into the close. The S&P 500 fell 3.37% to 4,057.66, and the Nasdaq Composite slid 3.94% to 12,141.71.
Ah, yes, self driving horses. I am thinking of the ones that did daily household delivery runs like milk or bread, where the milko or baker would be running between the cart and the houses while Dobbin plodded obediently to the next stop.
Not to mention the household horse in the country, which would reliably take its sometimes sleeping passenger home after a night of celebration at a neighbour’s place.
CNN Medical Contributor, Leana Wen, peddled fear and stigmatized the unvaccinated for two years in the name of Covid-19. She recently took to twitter with a sudden change of heart about masking her own children.
Alina Lipp, a German journalist, and Graham Phillips, a UK journalist, have had all their assets and bank accounts confiscated by their own governments.
They haven’t committed any crimes, they are being punished by their own governments because they are reporting the Ukraine war from a viewpoint different to Mr. Zelensky’s preferred storyline.
The West is dying, Gonzola Lira says “get out of the west”.
They haven’t committed any crimes, they are being punished by their own governments because they are reporting the Ukraine war from a viewpoint different to Mr. Zelensky’s preferred storyline.
The Rapture has happened, and most of the population has disappeared, leaving behind a desolate, empty world. Those left behind must scavenge, scrap, fight and even kill to survive.
Amid this landscape, a lone scavenger named Thomas makes his way through the world. Pitiless and willing to do anything to survive, he isn’t afraid to inflict violence. But when he comes face to face with a remnant of the past, it awakens dormant emotions in him, ones he thought were long forgotten.
Written and directed by Michael Woloson, this short drama riffs on the classic themes of the Western, where people must survive a harsh, dangerous environment, even if the attempts cost them their humanity. Handsomely shot and beautifully crafted, this film has a post-apocalyptic take on the Western genre. Instead of a raw empty West, the landscape is now the ravages of suburbia. But the survivors amidst the decimated dwellings are still as unflinching and merciless as their cinematic predecessors, and as quick to murder and maim.
True to the laconic nature of the genre, the writing features very little dialogue. Much of the film’s initial impact comes from its striking evocation of a ravaged, haunted world and economical world-building. Thomas’s encounters with the other hard-scrabble scavengers and vagrants are marked by their ruthlessness and silence, as they battle over the dwindling resources around them.
This silence is ruptured, though, when Thomas hears the sound of a guitar strumming in the distance. It alerts him to the sound of another person that might have something he wants or needs. But as he confronts the guitarist, he becomes intrigued by the music. Forcing the musician to play, Thomas’s hardened demeanor falls away, a transition captured by actor Joey Bader with a kind of wild, boyish innocence. He reveals a rusty sense of joy at the pure pleasure of hearing a familiar, beloved song — a sensation that’s relatable, and even primal, and one long forgotten in such a world as this.
The music at the heart of “The Jester’s Song” is iconic, well-known and beloved. But in this dystopian land, it becomes an ironic, even elegiac comment on what has been lost — or perhaps what was never achieved, much to society’s detriment. The beauty and tragedy of the film are how it captures both the lost beauty and primal happiness that music gives us, but also how fragile joy and happiness are, especially in a cruel, callous, dog-eat-dog world. The end of “The Jester’s Song” stays true to its world and vision, for better or worse, and invites questions of just how much humans shape their environment as much as are shaped by it.
Argentina stunned the All Blacks by beating the three-time world champions for the first time on New Zealand soil with a 25-18 victory in a Rugby Championship clash in Christchurch on Saturday.
The war for personal freedom is FAR from OVER! Disney is finally facing the consequences of their own actions! Leslie Manookian is backing the fight for freedom of Disney employees.
Want to see our energy future? Just look at Britain’s mess
Thousands of people will die in Europe this winter because of energy policies driven by a climate action agenda — not Putin’s war. It’s a global obscenity, dressed up as saving the planet.
Good Lord the All Blacks (a name no doubt in the crosshairs of the racist anti-racists) beaten on home soil. By the Pumas. The world has indeed has had its rotation reversed.
I note from the Jane Ruby Show that Pfizer and Moderna do NOT have to perform clinical trials with their upcoming flu mRNA “vaccines”. FDA says no worrie$. How many people would know this?
Let that sink in.
Anyone still placing trust in .Gov and big pharma is screwed in the head.
The United Kingdom has rolled out a financial compensation program for individuals and families who have been harmed by the COVID-19 vaccine, despite repeated claims by U.S. corporate media entities denying any negative health impacts of the vaccines created by their largest advertisers.
Moderna is suing Pfizer and its partner BioNTech for patent infringement, claiming that the companies copied its technology to develop their COVID-19 vaccine.
Filing lawsuits in both the U.S. and Germany on Friday, Moderna said it believed the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine violated patented mRNA technology that it had begun developing years before the pandemic took hold.
Moderna accused Pfizer and BioNTech of copying its “groundbreaking technology” without permission to develop their own vaccine against the coronavirus.
“Pfizer and BioNTech took four different vaccine candidates into clinical testing, which included options that would have steered clear of Moderna’s innovative path,” the company alleged in a press release on Friday.
There is clearly nothing that our controlling authoritarian government fears more than an educated, healthy strong population of self sufficient independent individuals who can take responsibility for themselves.
On the contrary what they want are uneducated, unhealthy, unhappy, fearful people who are made compliant by that state of mind and by that state of being.
…“The society that separates it scholars from its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting done by fools.”
It is incumbent upon us as far as we possibly can to learn as much as we can and be as strong and healthy as we possibly can be.
This, to me, is why alternative media and blogs like these are so valuable.
The WEF, UN and our governments know they can control sheeple. But an educated society would resist control and would not fear the dictators. Having commentators such as Neil Oliver and others so clearly voice the truth and educate us on what is being done by these controllers helps us avoid the traps being set.
Country Liberals Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price later spoke out, calling the PM’s publicity stunt “clueless and out of touch”.
In a post to Facebook, Ms Nampijinpa expressed her disappointment in the PM.
She also said Aboriginal Australians have more in common with Native Americans than African-Americans.
“If the PM and Minister for indigenous Australians think Shaq’s experience with “lifting people up who are marginalised” is the answer to winning Yes votes for the Voice then it demonstrates just how clueless and out of touch they both are with what the needs of Aboriginal Australians are.
“I’ve no doubt Shaq’s a top bloke but it’s a bit insulting to call on a black American to help with black Australians as if this is all about the colour of one’s skin,” Ms Nampijinpa said.
It’s toxic muck that does f*ck all except kill or maim…by design.
It is hard to imagine how evil they are. People have died or are seriously ill as a result of those jabs. And these criminals are filing lawsuits over their killer-jab technology?
They are going to need their billions of $$$$ soon to pay for the lawsuits they will be facing from various agencies and organisations who are working on behalf of the victims.
“I’ve no doubt Shaq’s a top bloke but it’s a bit insulting to call on a black American to help with black Australians as if this is all about the colour of one’s skin,” Ms Nampijinpa said.
When I heard this story on the news this morning I thought that if it is okay for Shaq O’Neal (black African-American male) to be the representative for the “Yes” case, can Candace Owens (black African-American female) be called in to be the rep for the “No” case?
I found this bloke from the comment section on Dutch’s sussietube channel. He too believes in weather modification via EMF etc. Anyone wishing to dismiss this as BS….you have got a lot of catching up to do.
I admit to not knowing enough about him…if you wish to say he is a crackpot, have at it. I’ll keep watch a decide in due course.
Fed Chairman Jerome Powell’s speech contained little new stuff.
Basically restating that they will stick to the task to get inflation back to 2%.
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Following on from the old thread, Ladas used to be sold here, but it’s been a while since I saw one.
The Niva was a small two-door 4WD that looked a little like a shrunken first-gen Range Rover. Just now reaching the end of production, apparently.
The Samara was a small hatchback or sedan, most notable by being a side business for Peter Brock when he was building hot Commodores. He quipped afterwards that the quality was so bad they virtually had to rebuild every car before they could sell them.
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Gutho says:
August 26, 2022 at 8:47 pm
“When petrol cars began to take off, there were no subsidies to purchasers, petrol stations or oil companies.”
And they didn’t shoot all the horses
Excellent comment. Horses were also capable of full self driving once trained. Probably better than any sensors/algorithms available now.
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Oof
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I like his take on Fauci’s next job – defendant
https://kunstler.com/clusterfuck-nation/an-ill-wind/
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Ah, yes, self driving horses. I am thinking of the ones that did daily household delivery runs like milk or bread, where the milko or baker would be running between the cart and the houses while Dobbin plodded obediently to the next stop.
Not to mention the household horse in the country, which would reliably take its sometimes sleeping passenger home after a night of celebration at a neighbour’s place.
Much safer and smarter than any self driving car.
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Bloody boats. BOAT – bring out another thousand. Interweb says very high fish activity, as yesterday and it certainly was. Curses.
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Corporate Wokeness Is a Joke, Even to the Wokest of the Woke
Article in American Thinker
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Fleccas Talks:
THIS WEEK IN CULTURE #111
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Charles makes ‘highly unusual’ daily visits to Queen as health fears grow
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Del Bigtree:
CNN Medical Contributor, Leana Wen, peddled fear and stigmatized the unvaccinated for two years in the name of Covid-19. She recently took to twitter with a sudden change of heart about masking her own children.
CNN’S LOCKDOWN-LOVING CONTRIBUTOR DOES AN ABOUT FACE
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Don’t you get sick of those self obsessed strange people concerned about their pronouns and gender identification.
Has there every been a more narcissistic generation?
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I skip past them, Old bloke.
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The Persecution of Alina Lipp and Graham Phillips
Alina Lipp, a German journalist, and Graham Phillips, a UK journalist, have had all their assets and bank accounts confiscated by their own governments.
They haven’t committed any crimes, they are being punished by their own governments because they are reporting the Ukraine war from a viewpoint different to Mr. Zelensky’s preferred storyline.
The West is dying, Gonzola Lira says “get out of the west”.
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Their plan doesn’t seem to be working. So time to attack those not on their side.
Have Western Sanctions Against Russia Failed?
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Peanuts and Beetle Bailey
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Dilbert and Dennis
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A headline that sums up wymmins sports.
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Where would you find Mein Kampf in the library?
Pronoun advice
Grr, my puter is being such a PITA ATM.
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Jihad Watch
Geller
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Luckily neither ScoMo or AnAl would pay 7, 9 or 10 to do the same
And if I had a list of Aussie layers who have upheld our right and freedoms the last 2 years…
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Could you solve the monkeypox jigsaw?
We’re from the gummint and we’re here to help
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Linda Burney meets blackfella
400 and a bit now
30 squid to meet him online. I do hope the SFL go for the jugular with this paid endorsement.
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Help me out here. Is it ScuMo or AnAl who has the new coin named in their honour?
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A picture paints 100 words Well, these pics certainly do.
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Omeleto:
The Rapture has happened, and most of the population has disappeared, leaving behind a desolate, empty world. Those left behind must scavenge, scrap, fight and even kill to survive.
Amid this landscape, a lone scavenger named Thomas makes his way through the world. Pitiless and willing to do anything to survive, he isn’t afraid to inflict violence. But when he comes face to face with a remnant of the past, it awakens dormant emotions in him, ones he thought were long forgotten.
Written and directed by Michael Woloson, this short drama riffs on the classic themes of the Western, where people must survive a harsh, dangerous environment, even if the attempts cost them their humanity. Handsomely shot and beautifully crafted, this film has a post-apocalyptic take on the Western genre. Instead of a raw empty West, the landscape is now the ravages of suburbia. But the survivors amidst the decimated dwellings are still as unflinching and merciless as their cinematic predecessors, and as quick to murder and maim.
True to the laconic nature of the genre, the writing features very little dialogue. Much of the film’s initial impact comes from its striking evocation of a ravaged, haunted world and economical world-building. Thomas’s encounters with the other hard-scrabble scavengers and vagrants are marked by their ruthlessness and silence, as they battle over the dwindling resources around them.
This silence is ruptured, though, when Thomas hears the sound of a guitar strumming in the distance. It alerts him to the sound of another person that might have something he wants or needs. But as he confronts the guitarist, he becomes intrigued by the music. Forcing the musician to play, Thomas’s hardened demeanor falls away, a transition captured by actor Joey Bader with a kind of wild, boyish innocence. He reveals a rusty sense of joy at the pure pleasure of hearing a familiar, beloved song — a sensation that’s relatable, and even primal, and one long forgotten in such a world as this.
The music at the heart of “The Jester’s Song” is iconic, well-known and beloved. But in this dystopian land, it becomes an ironic, even elegiac comment on what has been lost — or perhaps what was never achieved, much to society’s detriment. The beauty and tragedy of the film are how it captures both the lost beauty and primal happiness that music gives us, but also how fragile joy and happiness are, especially in a cruel, callous, dog-eat-dog world. The end of “The Jester’s Song” stays true to its world and vision, for better or worse, and invites questions of just how much humans shape their environment as much as are shaped by it.
A lone scavenger fights to survive after a massive apocalyptic event. | The Jester’s Song
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Powerline’s The Week in Pictures: Back to School Edition.
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Not so sweet-as, brother
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A bloke walking his dog.
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wolf bark growl:
Cash 2.0 Great Dane on Main Street in Ventura 3
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Stew Peters:
The war for personal freedom is FAR from OVER! Disney is finally facing the consequences of their own actions! Leslie Manookian is backing the fight for freedom of Disney employees.
Disney’s Pedo, Vaxxed Cult Exposed: Vax-Obsessed, Trans, And Gays Finally Face The Consequences
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#CNBC
CNBC’s Rick Santelli: I apologize for insensitive coronavirus comments
7 Mar 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8H_Sh7XG4I
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Looking back, Rick’s initial comments are totally valid.
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Good Lord the All Blacks (a name no doubt in the crosshairs of the racist anti-racists) beaten on home soil. By the Pumas. The world has indeed has had its rotation reversed.
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I note from the Jane Ruby Show that Pfizer and Moderna do NOT have to perform clinical trials with their upcoming flu mRNA “vaccines”. FDA says no worrie$. How many people would know this?
Let that sink in.
Anyone still placing trust in .Gov and big pharma is screwed in the head.
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The Victims:
The British Government Has Begun Paying $140,000 for COVID-19 Vaccine Damage Victims
The Villains:
Pfizer-BioNTech ‘surprised’ by Moderna lawsuit
alleging they copied COVID-19 vaccine technology
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Neil Oliver
‘…coercion is coming down the line for us all… ’
Around the 19:25 minute mark, Neil says
This, to me, is why alternative media and blogs like these are so valuable.
The WEF, UN and our governments know they can control sheeple. But an educated society would resist control and would not fear the dictators. Having commentators such as Neil Oliver and others so clearly voice the truth and educate us on what is being done by these controllers helps us avoid the traps being set.
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Additions to The Mock.
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Another thought provoker.
Whatever your beliefs, it’s a great slide show none the less.
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Wise up:
Judge for your self.
p2 volcanic ash & great flood event
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Moderna accused Pfizer and BioNTech of copying its “groundbreaking technology”
No it is not. It’s toxic muck that does f*ck all except kill or maim…by design.
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GTV last Stand:
Country Liberals Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price later spoke out, calling the PM’s publicity stunt “clueless and out of touch”.
In a post to Facebook, Ms Nampijinpa expressed her disappointment in the PM.
She also said Aboriginal Australians have more in common with Native Americans than African-Americans.
“If the PM and Minister for indigenous Australians think Shaq’s experience with “lifting people up who are marginalised” is the answer to winning Yes votes for the Voice then it demonstrates just how clueless and out of touch they both are with what the needs of Aboriginal Australians are.
“I’ve no doubt Shaq’s a top bloke but it’s a bit insulting to call on a black American to help with black Australians as if this is all about the colour of one’s skin,” Ms Nampijinpa said.
Albanese is an out of touch clown
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It is hard to imagine how evil they are. People have died or are seriously ill as a result of those jabs. And these criminals are filing lawsuits over their killer-jab technology?
They are going to need their billions of $$$$ soon to pay for the lawsuits they will be facing from various agencies and organisations who are working on behalf of the victims.
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When I heard this story on the news this morning I thought that if it is okay for Shaq O’Neal (black African-American male) to be the representative for the “Yes” case, can Candace Owens (black African-American female) be called in to be the rep for the “No” case?
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Candace would probably not be allowed in the country, kaysee.
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Greg Reese
The Trump Vaccine
https://banned.video/watch?id=630a11ee5cf44d2d9f325cc3
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She dared me to
Brian Stelter writes his autobiography
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Andrew Tate
on freedom
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Americans and Tax
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WEF
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Freedom Alliance – Halifax
(An Oz version would be good.)
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Tech Company Accused Of ‘Bias and Racism’ For Using A.I. to Make Indian Customer Service Workers ‘Sound Whiter’
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Bumper crops under threat in OZ?
I found this bloke from the comment section on Dutch’s sussietube channel. He too believes in weather modification via EMF etc. Anyone wishing to dismiss this as BS….you have got a lot of catching up to do.
I admit to not knowing enough about him…if you wish to say he is a crackpot, have at it. I’ll keep watch a decide in due course.
CAT farmers should at least have a squiz.
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The Great Oz Flooding Event Begins
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Today is the feast day of St Augustine of Hippo, one of my favourite saints.
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This is the famous quote from his book Confessions.
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Here is an excerpt from the book – the section where the quote appears. (Book I, Chapter 1)
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If you want a pdf of the entire book, here it is. (around 200 pages)
Augustine: Confessions
(*The above are translations from Latin, so there are variations depending on the translator.)
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Peanuts and Beetle Bailey
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Dilbert and Dennis
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