Open Thread – Saturday, 29 April 2023

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  1. mh says:

    These guys are entertaining, easy to listen to, but tackling the big issues

    War Machine THRILLED To See Tucker Carlson Go

    The Jimmy Dore Show

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLs2PkRtVZQ


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  2. mh says:

    Teach that spoilt brat a lesson

    Noosa man facing 40 lashes, 5 years jail after ‘naked, drunk’ rampage

    A young Queenslander is facing 40 lashes and five years in jail after a naked, drunken rampage and alleged assault in an ultraconservative Indonesian province where Sharia Law is enforced.


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    It does not affect regular commenters only a very few of those who post on rare occasions. In some cases the problem has gone away after the commenter has posted a few comments. Could be another bug? Maybe WordPress does not recognise it and assumes it is a new commenter?

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  4. JohnJJJ says:

    ultraconservative Indonesian province where Sharia Law is enforced
    Nah it is selectively enforced. They sell booze there. I don’t think the big A said in the Kooran that “alcohol is haram (forbidden) expect to tourists”. But I think drunken rampage is definitely out.


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  5. JohnJJJ says:

    Evidently we now have
    Defence Accelerator will address the very real and urgent need to turn emerging technologies into game-changing capabilities.
    “ASCA will be a key element of the Defence innovation, science and technology program. Priorities for the program are hypersonics, directed energy, trusted autonomy, quantum technology, information warfare and long-range fire.”
    “Delivering emerging disruptive technologies into the hands of the war fighter is critical. ASCA will respond to our highest priorities, bringing essential capabilities to our forces at the speed of relevance.”
    WOW!
    May I humbly suggest that the ADF ask the victors in warfare and not forever follow the defeated. It seems the Taliban, Vietnamese, Shia in Iraq could give ADF a few pointers. As the US solider said in “Generation Kill” – ” we always lose to people in pajamas”


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  6. kaysee kaysee says:

    Interesting…

    MAHA has concrete proof for court evidence SARSCOV2 does not exist

    And there is concrete proof that the vaxx is not safe.
    Health professionals know it.

    1/
    Interview with Reluctant vaccinator

    This Australian nurse has quite the tale to tell as a reluctant vaccinator.

    2/
    Nurse died suddenly

    Estevan, SK – 29 year old nurse Meaghan Riley Elizabeth Seipp died suddenly on April 21, 2023.

    Healthcare workers need to start speaking up for their dying colleagues.


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  7. kaysee kaysee says:

    The BBC

    1/
    If you are farrrrr right and want to be employed by the BBC.

    A questionnaire

    2/
    BBC chairman Richard Sharp has resigned after breaking rules over dealings with Boris Johnson ahead of his appointment.

    The ex-chairman’s connections


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  8. kaysee kaysee says:

    The European Union

    1/
    Mislav Kolakusic MEP

    Today, the European Union is led by men in dresses…..

    2/
    Qwerty

    This is Ursula von der Leyen’s Europe.


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  9. kaysee kaysee says:

    Dr Vernon Coleman

    The End of Cash is Terrifyingly Close
    – Why don’t People Care?

    Central bankers, bankers and left wing politicians are all desperately keen to eradicate cash and to force everyone to use digital money – in the form of credit cards, debit cards, crypto-currencies and accounts with organisations such as PayPal. Scores of central banks already have their digital currencies ready – eventually they’ll be moulded into a single global currency known as the Universal Monetary Unit or Unicoin.


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  10. kaysee kaysee says:

    Tucker Carlson
    @TuckerCarlson
    ·
    Apr 27
    Good evening

    That Tucker Carlson video from 2 days ago is racking up millions of views – at this point it has over 76 million who have watched at least a part of it (includes over 22 million who have watched the full video).

    But the Fox News slot that was Tucker’s is quickly dropping the number of its viewers and having a domino effect on the shows that follow it.

    The American Spectator
    Tucker Carlson and the Struggle for Civilizational Sanity


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  11. kaysee kaysee says:

    It is not about merit or the best person for the job. It is about DEI/WEF/reset agenda. That results in an incompetent head of government.

    Scotland’s First Minister

    1/
    Neil Oliver and Dan Wootton
    Humza Yousaf is a ‘victim of his own inability’ and has ‘failed at everything!’

    ‘The SNP have no interest in, and far less the ability to, run a country. All they do and all they’ve ever done is promise utopia and the undeliverable.’

    2/
    SNP the butt of the joke
    as MSPs burst out laughing at Humza Yousaf grilling in FMQs

    Members of the Scottish Parliament burst out laughing earlier today as both Labour and the Tories ripped into First Minister Humza Yousaf over the SNP’s ongoing donations scandal.


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  12. Old bloke says:

    eventually they’ll be moulded into a single global currency known as the Universal Monetary Unit or Unicoin.

    True for some (us included) but definitely not Universal in the true meaning of that word. The BRICS nations are going their own way and they want to be completely out of the western banking system. There’s a heap of nations waiting to get into BRICS, even our next door neighbour Indonesia, none of these nations want to leave their reserves in western banks in case they offend Babylon and find their reserves seized and sanctions applied.

    They surely don’t want any of this vaporous Unicorn money, and they won’t leave any money lying around with an untrusted partner. They will keep and use their existing currencies. It’s already happening, the Saudis are selling oil to all takers in their own currencies, they even sell oil to Kenya and accept Kenyan Shillings.

    What will be the exchange rate between a Kenyan Shilling and a Unicorn?


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  13. mh says:

    The ugly Australian strikes again

    Australian arrested, accused of spitting in imam’s face in Indonesian mosque


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  14. mh says:

    Wests Tigers beat the Panthers 12-8 at a wet Bathurst.

    They were locked up at half time 8-8, so I took the juicy Sportsbet odds of $8.00 – due to the conditions.

    Go the Tiges! 🐅


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  15. mh says:

    London: Australia’s partner in the $368 billion AUKUS defence deal has been left red-faced after official documents about one of its Astute-class submarines were found in the toilets of a local pub.


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  16. mh says:

    DeSantis Dined With Miriam Adelson And Top GOP Megadonors in Israel Before Signing Florida Hate Crimes Law

    Chris Menahan
    InformationLiberation
    Apr. 28, 2023

    https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=63732


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  17. Woolfe says:

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  18. mh says:

    Paul Hookem 🇺🇸
    @PaulHook_em
    Trans student(a man) who is allowed to use the girls locker room, beats a girl who is outspoken about wanting him out. There are multiple videos of him attacking other girls at the school in Riverside California.

    These types of incidences are occurring across America. When will enough be enough?

    https://twitter.com/PaulHook_em/status/1652007308518408212?s=20


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  19. mh says:

    ABC News CENSORS RFK JR Interview Over THESE Claims!

    Anthony Brian Logan

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KfwmCwCcIY


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  20. Woolfe says:

    I posted it on the mad cat for those that are interested. Sounds like a wordpress thang


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  21. johanna johanna says:

    DeSantis Dined With Miriam Adelson And Top GOP Megadonors in Israel Before Signing Florida Hate Crimes Law

    So?

    Spit it out, please. What is notable about that?


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  22. mh says:

    Governor Ron DeSantis went straight from dining with top pro-Israel GOP megadonors during his trip to Jerusalem on Wednesday to signing an oppressive hate crime law to jail critics of Israel in Florida.


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  23. Perplexed of Brisbane says:

    JohnJJJ says:
    April 29, 2023 at 11:03 am

    May I humbly suggest that the ADF ask the victors in warfare and not forever follow the defeated. It seems the Taliban, Vietnamese, Shia in Iraq could give ADF a few pointers. As the US solider said in “Generation Kill” – ” we always lose to people in pajamas”

    We only lose because we are not prepared to do what it takes militarily to win. Well our pollies aren’t. And now they are using testimony of our enemies to try and destroy our premier SF unit.

    The SAS in Vietnam were called ‘Phantoms of the Jungle’ because the Viet Cong had no idea of their whereabouts or their actions.

    The problem is that when you are fighting an enemy dressed in pyjamas, they don’t look like combatants which is upsetting to the gentle of disposition and those who want an excuse to emasculate and demoralise our military (see pollies of both sides).


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  25. kaysee kaysee says:

    The problem is that when you are fighting an enemy dressed in pyjamas, they don’t look like combatants which is upsetting to the gentle of disposition and those who want an excuse to emasculate and demoralise our military (see pollies of both sides).

    The bigger problem is when those social justice warriors, sitting in their comfy offices overlooking some nice harbour views, are sipping their lattes and thinking that they know what is really involved in fighting battles.

    They have absolutely no idea what it must be like to have to make split-second real life and death decisions – kill or get killed.

    The pollies are too spineless to defend the soldiers.


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  26. kaysee kaysee says:

    What is the most important issue in the western world today? Difficult to pick.

    Is it the economy, climate hoax, Covid scam?
    What about the culture wars, specifically the qwertyism aimed at children?

    1/
    Elon Musk- Bill Maher
    Woke Mind Virus

    Most parents have no idea how bad it is

    2/
    Drag Queen
    teaching a 7-year old

    3/
    Anyone against their agenda, is on the list.


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  27. mh says:

    Even as Florida governor, DeSantis is clearly not America First.

    Ron DeSantis
    @GovRonDeSantis
    I promised to be the most pro-Israel Governor in America and our bold agenda for my upcoming Business Development Mission to Israel includes many historic firsts and strengthens Florida’s ties with Israel, the only democracy in the Middle East.
    8:42 AM · May 25, 2019

    American politicians should be more concerned with democracy in America.


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  28. kaysee kaysee says:

    The microchip

    So convenient.
    Isn’t it fab?


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  29. kaysee kaysee says:

    The Coronation of the multi-culti, diversity, woke, NWO King

    King Charles will pray aloud at Coronation
    and pledge to serve all faiths

    The tone will be clear from the outset, when eight non-Christian clerics will form a “faith procession” leading the way into Westminster Abbey.

    It will include representatives from the Jewish, Sunni and Shia Muslim, Sikh, Buddhist, Hindu, Jain, Bahai and Zoroastrian communities.


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  30. kaysee kaysee says:

    Charlie and the Archbishop of Canterbury are working on a ceremony to be a “show of commonality between the religions” that will help break down barriers.

    While the Church of England is so busy getting inclusive, it has been excluded from the Anglican Communion.

    Calvin Robinson:
    ‘The new religion of woke has replaced the old faith of Christianity. Shame I say, shame!’


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  31. mh says:

    Washington celebrates the sacking of the one remaining MSM voice that challenged the regime.

    NowThis
    @nowthisnews
    Pres. Biden: ‘We really have a record to be proud of. We vaccinated the nation, transformed the economy … But the job isn’t finished — I mean, it is finished for Tucker Carlson.’ #WHCD

    https://twitter.com/nowthisnews/status/1652501816578543622?s=20


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  32. mh says:

    Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said he is against transgender females participating in girls and women’s sports during an appearance on CNN on Saturday.

    Kennedy, 69, cited the hard work that women have had to put in over the past 30 years to develop their field as he elaborated on his opinion.

    ‘I am against people participating in women’s sports who are biologically male,’ the Democratic presidential candidate said. ‘I think women have worked too hard to develop women’s sports over the past 30 years. I watched it happen, and I don’t think that’s fair.

    He’s better than Ted.


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  33. The Sheriff says:

    Trump should ask RFK Jr to be his VP to form a unity ticket to Save America


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  34. mh says:

    CNN host tells RFK that he loves his wife, plus more

    Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. interview on CNN Smerconish (2023)

    Michael Smerconish

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL5w9g0ReQI


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  35. johanna johanna says:

    Here is a link to Fox News reporting of the Florida anti-hate legislation:

    TAMPA, Fla. – Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law Thursday a bill that targets hate crimes following a series of recent anti-Semitic incidents’ across Florida.

    The law, which DeSantis made official during a trip to Israel, makes harassing or intimidating someone based on their religion or ethnicity a hate crime that can be prosecuted as a third-degree felony.

    This law applies to all religions and ethnicities, but the bill’s sponsors decided it was necessary about several anti-Semitic reports.

    RELATED: ‘There’s hate out there’: Anti-Semitic flyers placed outside South Tampa homes

    “At a point that you start attacking individuals for their religion, you start intimidating specific individuals, you start harassing certain individuals, then that becomes problematic,” said John Ellis, the chair of Tampa’s Jewish Community Relations Council. “It’s not really a question, is this really free speech anymore? This now is starting to fall into a realm where you may have a level of criminalization, and you’re seeing this statute saying ‘we in the state of Florida are not going to tolerate that type of activity.’”

    Throughout the state in recent years, there have been neo-Nazi demonstrations where people were harassed; swastikas were spraypainted or projected onto buildings, walls and roads; and pamphlets with anti-Semitic messaging have been tossed into yards in the Tampa Bay area.

    I don’t agree with ‘hate’ being put in front of any form of lawbreaking. It smacks of deciding which crime victims are more special than others.

    I have never understood why the many State laws that include this term as a special category have not been challenged in the Supreme Court. Whatever happened to equal justice? Courts have the capacity to give a heavier sentence if some thug has targeted an elderly person because they cannot defend themselves, or a disabled person ditto, or a crime based on racism, etc, etc.

    Also, the First Amendment is often breached by laws such as this one – and there are lots of them all over the US. But, they are rarely challenged because the MSM would depict it as being mean to the disadvantaged.

    One thing is for sure – my deep scepticism about De Santis has been reinforced.

    And no, I don’t think it’s a Jewish conspiracy, although they obviously lobbied for this. Rather, it is just another example of spineless politicians not standing up for free speech – and they are legion.


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  36. mh says:

    How the US Sold Australia a China War

    Cyrus Janssen
    344K subscribers

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87N4HZs9XX4


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  37. mh says:

    The cartoonish anti semitism that turned up in Florida seems a little too convenient.

    Paid FBI LARPers?

    Arsen Ostrovsky
    @Ostrov_A
    America, 2023.

    I’ve seen some disgusting antisemitism in my time, but this is another level. Just horrified!

    The group here is ‘Goyim Defense League’, a pure neo-Nazi, white supremacist, antisemitic hate-group.

    https://twitter.com/Ostrov_A/status/1628500212082696194?s=20


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  38. johanna johanna says:

    Agree, mh, very suss indeed.


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  39. kaysee kaysee says:

    For the past hour+, I have been catching up with what is new on the sites that I visit – news, videos, clips, memes. I save these links as I go through them, if they are worth saving and sharing. I am trying to post as much as I can on this blog but have more to post than time permits. If I see myself in 7 -8 consecutive comments, I stop as I don’t want to hog up the thread and bore everyone. Some say they want to take part but don’t have anything to share.

    We have to choose how we respond:
    – Apathy and passivity.
    – Or get in and share in this pool of information by things we learn elsewhere, opinions we form by what we read here or other sites, or our experiences.

    I have set myself this challenge this afternoon: I am going to try and post everything I have saved up this past hour+ so others can learn and share with others. Especially with those who still don’t realise what is really happening outside the fake MSM world.

    Posted a short clip from the Bill Maher- Elon Musk interview, yesterday. Here is the entire video. I am watching it right now … multi-tasking.

    Both Bill and Elon need to read the Bible (and history) rather than display their ignorance on the subject of slavery. Otherwise, it is an informative discussion.

    Elon Musk (Full Interview)
    Real Time with Bill Maher


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  40. kaysee kaysee says:

    Yesterday, when I commented about the qwerty issue (6:57 pm), I was going to post a clip that I had seen on twitter, but it had been removed by the uploader. I wondered what the story was.

    Came across it again, today. Until now, the west have been treating both Muslims and qwertys as protected species. Christians have been demonised for their stance on the homosexuality and trannyism, but Muslims get a free pass. How will the west choose when it has to be one or the other?

    1/
    Germany
    This is where the fragile alliance on the Left between Islam and LGBTQYKKK will come apart.

    2/
    More on the above.

    3/
    Satanists in Boston
    Satanists DESTROY BIBLE today in Boston in an event featuring multiple transgender keynote speakers.

    Waiting for them to do the same to the Quran.


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  41. kaysee kaysee says:

    The Remnant Underground

    Cancel Tucker, Cancel Tradition:
    Why Globalists Can’t Handle the Truth
    .

    Think about it


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  42. kaysee kaysee says:

    Vivek Ramaswamy

    “The First Amendment is a promise.
    The Second Amendment is how we deliver that promise.”

    .

    Switzerland


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  43. kaysee kaysee says:

    The Voice

    Amanda Stoker and Chris Kenny


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  44. kaysee kaysee says:

    More on qwertyism.

    1/
    Norwegian man

    Transgender Norwegian man identifies as a Disabled Woman despite having no disabilities.

    2/
    MAP = Minor Attracted Person = paedophile

    I peeled this off the hand dryer in the gents toilets at Lancaster Services yesterday. Made me feel sick. This was just after 2 boys aged about 10 had come in. It’s not just women and girls that need protecting

    3/
    Drag Queen

    13 year old boy Drag Queen performs an explicit Strip Club dance routine in front of a crowd of men. The event was sponsored by a gay adult men’s hookup and sex app.


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  45. kaysee kaysee says:

    If this comes to Oz, there won’t be much free speech happening here.

    Ireland is about to pass one of the most radical hate speech bills yet. Merely possessing “hateful” material on your devices is enough to face prison time


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  46. kaysee kaysee says:

    I didn’t pass the challenge test. 😞
    More to post but I gotta go.

    A puzzle


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  47. Cold-Hands says:

    I didn’t pass the challenge test. 😞
    More to post but I gotta go.

    A puzzle

    Stack the two apples & with one cut, slice off a third of each apple. Thus the two sliced off bits equal 2/3 of an apple, the same amount left on the original apples.


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  48. JohnJJJ says:

    I didn’t pass the challenge test
    Ha – one thrust of the knife.

    To brighten everyone’s day, we can all finish this May 1st by singing along:

    Bandiera Rossa

    Red flag will be triumphant
    Red flag will be triumphant
    Red flag will be triumphant
    Long live socialism and freedom!


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  49. mh says:

    Tucker Carlson: We were shocked to learn this

    1,611,875 views Premiered on 16 Dec 2022 #Tucker #FoxNews

    Fox News host Tucker Carlson gives his take on a source saying the CIA was involved in JFK’s assassination on ‘Tucker Carlson Tonight.’

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


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  50. mh says:

    suzy
    @Suzy_1776
    Piers Morgan doesn’t let RFK Jr finish speaking about vaccines…

    https://twitter.com/Suzy_1776/status/1652401914837884929?s=20

    ***

    RFK in fact gets in a lot of important points.


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  51. I’m nervous about hate-speech laws as it’s not hard to imagine it being used against idealogical enemies and that could be me.

    3AW has a Jewish guy on speed dial. Last week he was going on about how a swastika daubed on a school was as bad as a knife through the ribs, apparently. I appreciate the sensitivities touched but feel as though a daily dose of cement may be a better solution than the hate laws that are being rolled out.

    But maybe I’m just a mature white male exercising my superpower of letting offence slide off like water off a duck’s back.


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  52. mh says:

    A couple from Don Jr

    Donald Trump Jr.
    @DonaldJTrumpJr
    It’s been almost a week since Fox News fired Tucker Carlson & Ron DeSantis STILL hasn’t found the courage to say a word about it. Wonder why?

    We already know he flip-flopped on Ukraine because of his donors, so i guess it’s unsurprising that he’s afraid to cross Paul Ryan & Fox.
    11:44 PM · Apr 30, 2023

    ***

    Donald Trump Jr.
    @DonaldJTrumpJr
    It’s insane what’s happening in the “free world”
    Quote Tweet

    Keith Woods
    @KeithWoodsYT
    ·
    Apr 28
    Ireland is about to pass one of the most radical hate speech bills yet. Merely possessing “hateful” material on your devices is enough to face prison time.

    Not only that, but the burden of proof is shifted to the accused, who is expected to prove they didn’t intend to use the… twitter.com/FreeSpeechIre/… Show more
    https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1652777674962612229?s=20


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  53. JohnJJJ says:

    Saw a great film Cuckoo (Kukushka) on youtube, free. Set at end of WW2 in Finland. Charming, humorous and very real. Cuckoos were snipers left behind by the Fins as they retreated to take out the Ruskies.


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  54. Woolfe says:

    The work experience stenographer moderators are asleep at the wheel for the Paywallian Epstein story this morning.


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  55. JohnJJJ says:

    The slow death of science. The Lancet has become a laughing stock. An interesting blow by blow description of the primacy of ideology in scientific journals.


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  56. mh says:

    Shocked!

    The Reserve Bank of Australia has shocked financial markets and borrowers by lifting the cash rate target by 0.25 percentage points to 3.85 per cent.


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  57. mh says:

    AFR reports

    Twenty-one of the 30 economists surveyed by Bloomberg had forecast the cash rate to be left on hold.

    lol


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  58. mh says:

    ABC asks readers for help

    Help the ABC investigate mortgage lending

    38m ago
    By Gareth Hutchens

    KEY EVENT
    Our investigations team would like your help.

    Today’s hike will increase the pressure on borrowers who took out large loans while rates were at historic lows.

    ABC Investigations has launched a crowdsourced investigation into mortgage lending in Australia.

    They’re investigating how we got into this situation, who is to blame and what needs to change – and they need your help.

    If you have a mortgage, or if you work in lending, regulation or financial support services, they want to hear from you.

    Go to abc.net.au/lending to share your story.


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  59. johanna johanna says:

    3.85% must be a tremendous boost to people who have savings held in banks. The value of their money is eroding every day as they try to save for a home deposit, retirement, whatever.

    And if you really believe that the actual inflation rate is in the 7-8% region, I have not only the Sydney Harbour Bridge, but also San Francisco’s Golden Gate, on sale at bargain prices.


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  60. mh says:

    3.85% must be a tremendous boost to people who have savings held in banks. The value of their money is eroding every day as they try to save for a home deposit, retirement, whatever.

    You can get that sort of interest for a six month term deposit, but most bank savings accounts will pay almost nothing.


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  61. mh says:

    John Campbell BANNED from YouTube

    Dr. Suneel Dhand
    332K subscribers

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaP5-CQP0wg


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  62. mh says:

    Sunrise
    @sunriseon7
    “People know that their pay isn’t keeping up with prices in the economy and at some point interest rates rises are about the be part of the pain”

    Shadow Treasurer @JEChalmers says “there is a lot of anxiety around breakfast tables” today ahead of an expected interest rate hike.

    7:51 AM · May 3, 2022

    https://twitter.com/sunriseon7/status/1521245944062558210?s=20

    The sunrise host asks Jim Chalmers exactly one year ago:
    “If we are still sitting here – if you get in – a year down the track and rates are still going up, will YOU take responsibility?”

    Jim didn’t answer, he gave a word salad.


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  63. shatterzzz says:

    “And if you really believe that the actual inflation rate is in the 7-8% region”

    they keep the “official” inflation figures low the same way they do the “unemployment” figures .. selective reporting conditions and lotza exclusions ..
    Just another game gummints play ..!


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  64. shatterzzz says:

    Can’t say I’m surprise3d by the 25points rise today .. after all, the only reason they went for 25points last time was cos the 50 points they wanted wouldn’t have looked good after all the adverse publicity.. so 2 in a row x 25points was a safer call …..!


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  65. mh says:

    The backdrop to the rate hikes is a rental crisis.

    So if you are one of those that borrowed to the max while the rate was at 0.1%, the thought of walking away or foreclosure is not flash.


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  66. mh says:

    For some, there is always moving back with your parents.

    Jerry Seinfeld:

    Jerry: There’s no way that moving in with your parents is a sign that your life is right on track. There is no way you could fake this, even. “Yeah, things are great. I met a terrific girl, I got a great job, I’m making a lot of money, and if everything goes according to plan, I’m gonna be moving back in with my parents soon.” It’s like getting busted on a parole violation and thrown back into the slammer. “In the opinion of the board, you need further rehabilitation I’m afraid.” And you go back into that little room of yours, you feel so huge. It’s like you could take your bed and just crush it in your hands. You can hold your parents between your fingers going, “Why was I so afraid of you people when I was growing up?”


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  67. mh says:

    Just catching up with this great Jimmy Dore episode from 2 weeks ago.

    168,185 views 14 Apr 2023 #TheJimmyDoreShow

    It’s been more than 20 years since the US and its allies invaded Iraq in what is now widely acknowledged was a war crime based on lies. And yet many of the same perpetrators who pushed those lies and the Iraq invasion remain prominent and respected members of the foreign policy establishment as they today push the Ukraine War.

    Jimmy and Americans’ Comedian Kurt Metzger talk to British politician and talk show host George Galloway about his principled opposition to the Iraq War.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-d9Csq41kg


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  68. mh says:

    Malema on the flip flopping of the ANC

    Julius Malema Respond to Ramaphosa leaving ICC & Warning Western Cape Premier about arresting Putin.

    Daily Updates ZA
    102K subscribers

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  69. Old bloke says:

    News website Semafor reports that Zelensky called Rupert Murdoch to get Tucker Carlson fired. Carlson, in one of his recent broadcasts, called Zelensky a “strip club manager”, we can’t have people saying things that contradict the official narrative.

    From the 12 minute mark….
    Kirby, 100K casualties in Bakhmut. Odessa May 2. Elensky called Fox News Murdoch. Ireland 1984. U/1


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  70. mh says:

    AFR

    Snowy Hydro has advised of a likely delay of up to a further two years for its troubled Snowy 2.0 pumped hydro storage project in NSW, and a cost blowout beyond the revised $5.9 billion estimate.

    The latest delay looks set to intensify worries about the ability of the National Electricity Market to continue supplying reliable power as coal power stations accelerate their closure plans.


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  71. kaysee kaysee says:

    The slow death of science. The Lancet has become a laughing stock. An interesting blow by blow description of the primacy of ideology in scientific journals.

    The (Un)Scientific American is vying for top seed in the laughing stock category.
    Here’s Why Human Sex Is Not Binary

    Ova don’t make a woman, and sperm don’t make a man

    They must be flying these flags from their rooftops.


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  72. kaysee kaysee says:

    3.85% must be a tremendous boost to people who have savings held in banks. The value of their money is eroding every day as they try to save for a home deposit, retirement, whatever.

    For the past year, we have been hearing about the stress faced by mortgage holders. What about those on the other side – those with savings in banks? For the past decade they have received poor returns.

    Did people buy homes without factoring in the reality of rates rising and falling as well as changes to incomes?


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  73. kaysee kaysee says:

    News website Semafor reports that Zelensky called Rupert Murdoch to get Tucker Carlson fired.

    Looks like there must have been a long line of those wanting Tucker gone. Blackrock may have been another. But who delivered the final blow?

    Tucker, Blackrock and the SIFI Two-Step


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  74. kaysee kaysee says:

    After Tucker’s firing from his show (he is still on contract with Fox News) there seem to supporters springing up from unexpected areas.

    There’s the Jimmy Dore show videos (posted by mh). And there are others, including:

    1/
    The Dissident Right Loses Its Voice—for Now

    An ode to Tucker from Peachy Keenan

    2/
    A job offer


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  75. kaysee kaysee says:

    The rise and fall of the Western empire. It rose and then it went the way of DEI, BLM, Qwertyism, NATOism, WEFism.

    And now it is in free fall.

    France
    1/
    French Revolution 2.0

    2/
    Marseille demonstration

    3/
    French MP – the vaxx


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  76. kaysee kaysee says:

    Italy

    1/
    EU and UN
    – Flag burning

    2/
    Lampedusa
    Meloni is unable to defend the Italian borders

    …..

    3/
    Ireland
    New law

    This is absolute insanity.. Ireland has passed a new law making it illegal to share non-mainstream media news. Any content that is shared online that fact-checkers deem as hateful content will carry a jail sentence. Content such as saying illegal immigrants aren’t welcome, drag queens don’t belong in schools… will carry a prison sentence.


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  77. kaysee kaysee says:

    What’s happening in the non-western world?

    1/
    BRICS

    #BRICS trading group is gaining steam while US Dollar is losing steam. As of 2021 18.5% of all trades were settled in Yuan, by 2022 it jumped to 26.6%.

    Iran is trading in Yuan
    Iraq is trading in Yuan
    India is trading in Yuan
    Brazil is trading in Yuan
    France is trading in Yuan
    Russia is trading in Yuan
    Sri Lanka is trading in Yuan
    Argentina is trading in Yuan
    Saudi Arabia is trading in Yuan

    It’s only a matter of time for Yuan to takeover the US Dollar as the world reserve currency unless something drastically changes.

    2/
    This meme in the above thread would explain the current world scenario of east vs west. But it missed out some points like qwertyism.

    3/
    Traditional Countries Stop Biden Administration Sexual Agenda for Children

    The 22 countries were Algeria, Belarus, Brunei Darussalam, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Iraq, Iran, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Syria, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Yemen, Uganda and Zimbabwe.


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  78. kaysee kaysee says:

    The apple puzzle is probably a trick question.

    Is the answer closer to this?

    Or this?


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  79. JohnJJJ says:

    Traditional Countries Stop Biden Administration Sexual Agenda for Children
    In my work over many countries and many years, this is the issue that will destroy Western influence and power in other countries. Not wars,oil, military spending, CIA shenanigans, United Nations, NGOs, ICC.. it will get down to LGBTQRSTUVW in public, trans and children. As long as EU, UK, USA and the rest push this woke ideology they have had it. The rest of the world knows it is evil.


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  80. mh says:

    15 years ago, Penny Wong had the same public position on gay marriage as Vladimir Putin.

    Youngsters now wouldn’t believe you if you told them. That’s how quickly vassal nations bend to the will of the American oligarchy.

    Good to see African nations giving American officials some sex education – go fv$* yourself!


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  81. mh says:

    These grannies now have their knives out for Trump.

    New York: Donald Trump was accused of sexual assault by a second woman in writer E Jean Carroll’s civil rape case, with the alleged victim telling the court he was all over her “like he had a zillion hands”.

    Jessica Leeds, 81, told jurors in a Manhattan courtroom on Tuesday (US time) that the former US president grabbed her chest and ran his hand up her skirt as they sat side-by-side on a New York City-bound jet in the 1970s.


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  82. Old bloke says:

    This doesn’t really come as a surprise…

    Former Aussie PM tipped for UK defence sector role


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