Open Thread – Saturday, 29 January 2022

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  1. mh says:
    January 30, 2022 at 3:28 pm

    President Donald Trump to the Canadian truckers: “We are with them all the way!”

    https://twitter.com/RebelNewsOnline/status/1487612750704611335?s=20&t=6HtBe-hBf1XMw5-K78YwNw


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  3. Steve trickler says:
    January 30, 2022 at 4:16 pm

    Having a gander at Boyagin Nature Reserve.

    32°28’20.89″S 116°52’40.33″E

    I reckon they are tree stumps.

    Mockers, Scoffers, Haters & Trolls – “WAR” Part ( 19 )


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  4. Whalehunt Fun says:
    January 30, 2022 at 4:39 pm

    I’ve seen rocks before. And I know how they formed. Withoutthe existence of some pretend sky friend.


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  5. Steve trickler says:
    January 30, 2022 at 4:49 pm

    All the Biblical trees are myths.

    BS!


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  6. Steve trickler says:
    January 30, 2022 at 4:49 pm

    Well aware of Volcanism.


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  7. Steve trickler says:
    January 30, 2022 at 4:56 pm

    Russians vs The Americans? Who’d win in a dogfight?

    It is something we don’t want to see.Stive Morgan – the crossroads of time


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  8. Steve trickler says:
    January 30, 2022 at 4:59 pm

    All the Biblical trees are myths.

    Oops, ? that was missing.


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  10. Steve trickler says:
    January 30, 2022 at 6:08 pm

    Western Australia is full of brainwashed mask wearing dickwads!


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  12. Steve trickler says:
    January 30, 2022 at 6:32 pm

    Freezing cold over there, hot here. Go you truckies! Magic!


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  13. mh says:
    January 30, 2022 at 6:50 pm

    Premier hints third jab mandate on horizon

    Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has criticised anti-vaxxers, labelling them “wrong”, while hinting it will only be a matter of time before a third-jab mandate is implemented.
    The state reported 10,589 new infections and 20 deaths on Sunday.

    Currently only 31 per cent of Victorians have received a booster shot, despite hundreds of thousands of appointments now being available and 2.1 million people now eligible.

    Mr Andrews said movement around third dose mandates would likely happen in the next week or so.

    “I think it’s only a matter of time before the relevant federal agencies confirm that it is three doses to be protected,” he said.

    “There’s already been some mandating done for third doses, and there will be more.

    “Those who are not vaccinated have made the wrong choice. They’ve made a choice that puts so many other people at risk. I could not be more clear about that.”

    ***

    So now the narrative has flipped again.
    The vaxxed are once again at risk from the unvaxxed.
    This is getting silly.


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  14. Ragu says:
    January 30, 2022 at 7:35 pm

    Who are you going for in the pennis, mh?


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  15. cohenite says:
    January 30, 2022 at 7:43 pm

    This is amazing: 50 of the best insults from Don Rickles, many directed towards blacks, Jews and orientals. NO way would this be allowed today:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0DbQdPZjhI


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  16. mh says:
    January 30, 2022 at 7:47 pm

    Medvedev, but if Nadal wins good luck to him too.
    Nadal has been through a lot to stay at the top.

    ***

    I saw a headline last week ‘Who made Tennis the boss of summer?’

    The next day the headline was ‘Who made Tennis the boss of summer? Cricket did’.

    Didn’t read the articles, but when cricket serves up the ashes only, which was a one sided farce at times, then can only follow up with ‘The Women’s Ashes’, it makes it easy for Tennis Australia.


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  20. mh says:
    January 30, 2022 at 9:40 pm

    NEWSPOLL

    Alarm bells ring as Coalition, PM drop
    Popular support for the federal Coalition has slumped to the lowest levels since 2018, with Scott Morrison’s approval ratings also tumbling.
    8 MINUTES AGO By SIMON BENSON


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  21. mh says:
    January 30, 2022 at 9:45 pm

    No Novak bounce for ScumMo.


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  22. candy says:
    January 30, 2022 at 9:50 pm

    Poor Newspoll for LNP.

    I don’t think any of them would want to take over Scott Morrison’s job though. Unless they had sheer strength of belief, clear policies and direction and could stand up to Andrews.
    I’m not seeing that in any of them.


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  25. egg_ says:
    January 30, 2022 at 10:44 pm

    No Novak bounce for ScumMo.

    There’s Scumoron’s anti-Midas touch in action, again.

    Shades of Mar’n Trumble.


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  26. mh says:
    January 30, 2022 at 10:53 pm

    CH9 commentary team referring to Novak as ‘the other guy’.


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  27. mh says:
    January 30, 2022 at 11:31 pm

    …The shift in voter sentiment has been significant. Labor’s seven-point primary vote lead is the greatest the opposition has enjoyed this term, unsurprising perhaps considering the perception that the response to Omicron – in particular the supply of RATS and empty supermarket shelves – has been one of mismanagement.

    It matters not that the state and territory governments share equal if not greater blame for any or all of it. The culpability has been sheeted home to the commonwealth, largely from the premiers’ blame-shifting mastery of the politics.

    Morrison’s initial decision to shelve politics when it came to the premiers was based on the assumption he would get credit for Covid-19 management. That appears to be eluding him…


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  29. egg_ says:
    January 31, 2022 at 12:15 am

    Morrison’s initial decision to shelve politics when it came to the premiers was based on the assumption he would get credit for Covid-19 management.

    Hid behind the National Cabinet which enabled alarmists (with a political agenda) like Dr Kate Ahmad.


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  30. mh says:
    January 31, 2022 at 12:34 am

    Morrison talking tough against Kanye West.

    Don’t think that will give you a poll lift, ScumMo.


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  31. mh says:
    January 31, 2022 at 12:39 am

    Rafa and Medvedev still going at it after 5 hours.

    Quality still outstanding.

    Anyone mentioning women’s tennis in the same breath is a moron.


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  32. mh says:
    January 31, 2022 at 1:03 am

    Medvedev breaks back in the 5th.


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  34. mh says:
    January 31, 2022 at 1:13 am

    Rafa wins.
    Classic match.


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  35. Steve trickler says:
    January 31, 2022 at 1:43 am

    Harald Baldr: 55:58

    From the Himalayas.

    I am leaving Himalaya 🇳🇵


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  37. mh says:
    January 31, 2022 at 7:47 am

    The Age begins their coverage with this

    A tournament that was all about Djokovic at the start ended with one of the greatest finals of all time. And Djokovic was nowhere to be seen.

    The Age mentions the Joker twice, rather than celebrate Nadal.
    If they want to obsess about Djokovic, and they knew what they were talking about, the 5th set was very similar to the epic Djokovic v Nadal AO final from a few years ago in Melbourne where Nadal lost. This time Nadal emerged victorious.


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  38. mh says:
    January 31, 2022 at 8:34 am

    AFGHANISTAN

    Pregnant NZ journo embraced by Taliban
    A pregnant New Zealand journalist denied re-entry to her home country to give birth due to strict Covid-19 regulations said she has been offered refuge by the Afghan Taliban.
    By AFP


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  39. egg_ says:
    January 31, 2022 at 9:50 am

    the 5th set was very similar to the epic Djokovic v Nadal AO final from a few years ago in Melbourne where Nadal lost.

    Raffa often goes to 5 as he’s getting crotchety.


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  40. Steve trickler says:
    January 31, 2022 at 10:44 am

    Wion:

    The family of Canadian PM Justin Trudeau have been moved to a secret location as thousands rally in Ottawa against the govt’s policies. The PM who like to express his views on almost everything happening in the world keeps mum when it comes to his own turf. The last statement that the PM made was on Friday when he called the truckers a fringe minority.

    Canadian PM Justin Trudeau keeps mum on trucker protest in Ottawa | Latest World News | WION


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  41. mh says:
    January 31, 2022 at 10:52 am

    Craig Kelly put out a tweet this morning with 12 clown faces on it 🤡

    For someone that wants us to believe he will deliver us from tyranny, he might want to start getting serious.


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  43. cohenite says:
    January 31, 2022 at 11:39 am

    Good Lame pics; now some memes.


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  44. Ragu says:
    January 31, 2022 at 12:01 pm

    Craig Kelly put out a tweet this morning with 12 clown faces on it 🤡

    For someone that wants us to believe he will deliver us from tyranny, he might want to start getting serious.

    Yep.

    Whats curious is The Cossack getting chummy with UAP and instead running as an independent. What’s the deal with that?


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  45. Old bloke says:
    January 31, 2022 at 12:04 pm

    mh says:
    January 31, 2022 at 10:52 am

    Craig Kelly put out a tweet this morning with 12 clown faces on it 🤡

    For someone that wants us to believe he will deliver us from tyranny, he might want to start getting serious.

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

    When in Rome, do as the Romans do.

    When on Twitter, do as the Twitterarty do.


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  46. Old bloke says:
    January 31, 2022 at 12:23 pm

    Ragu says:
    January 31, 2022 at 12:01 pm

    Whats curious is The Cossack getting chummy with UAP and instead running as an independent. What’s the deal with that?

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

    He was going to run as an independent for the NSW Parliament in a bi-election for the seat of Strathfield but chose to contest the Federal election instead. He explains why here…

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lWyaN9vDcc&t=437s


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  49. mh says:
    January 31, 2022 at 5:15 pm

    Craig Kelly MP
    @CraigKellyMP
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    Canberra here we come 🚛🚚🚍🛻🚜🇦🇺


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  51. mh says:
    January 31, 2022 at 5:55 pm

    thebradfordfile
    @thebradfordfile
    It’s worth mentioning Joe Rogan has spent two years encouraging his listeners to get outside, exercise, eat healthy, and lose weight.

    We should be asking why the CDC doesn’t.
    10:12 AM · Jan 31, 2022

    My go-to guy is Graeme Richardson.


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  52. cohenite says:
    January 31, 2022 at 6:08 pm

    What an absolute grub biden is. Steve Hilton and Tammy Bruce on the Next Revolution go through biden’s complete racism and how he previously blocked a conservative female black judge from being appointed to the SC twice in 2003 and 2005:

    https://www.newsweek.com/who-janice-rogers-brown-black-dc-circuit-judge-biden-blocked-appointment-1674175


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  53. mh says:
    January 31, 2022 at 6:18 pm

    (Via The Age)

    Djokovic exclusion casts an inescapable shadow on Nadal’s win

    Astonishing, outrageous, unparalleled: Rafael Nadal’s 21st major title, the product of his first victory from two sets down in almost 15 years, is all of this and more. And yet it was galling, as the on-court trophy presentations extended beyond 1.30am, to see tournament director Craig Tiley basking in the Spaniard’s glory. For it is Tiley’s involvement in the Novak Djokovic debacle, in which the nine-time champion was deported from Australia and humiliated on a global stage, that has cast an inescapable shadow over one of tennis’ greatest feats.

    Two points need clarifying. The first is the sheer improbability of Nadal’s win, with a 35-year-old who had played just 12 tournaments since 2019 outlasting a world No.2 a decade his junior.

    The second is that most Australians, whose pro-Nadal partisanship throughout this five hour, 24 minute final made Melbourne feel like Madrid, do not give a hoot about the circumstances surrounding Djokovic’s absence. Even before a ball had been hit at the event, Jaala Pulford, Victoria’s acting Sports Minister, said: “I’m sort of hoping Rafa wins”.

    But Nadal’s advance into uncharted territory for the men’s game demands that we examine this moment not as pure theatre, but as pure sport. After all, it is one of sport’s immutable truths that to be the best, you have to beat the best, which in Nadal’s case leaves the faintest of asterisks against this final. While he drew on staggering reserves of resilience to vanquish Daniil Medvedev, the Russian was not the best player he could have faced in this draw. He was simply the best vaccinated player. The greatest danger to Nadal’s chances of this 21st championship was sitting 15,000 kilometres away in Belgrade.

    Medvedev, as he proved, is nobody’s pushover. His ability to survive even the most gruelling rallies extended Nadal to levels of stamina perhaps not even he knew he had. But the fact remains that Medvedev is not a threat on the scale of Djokovic – not even close.

    Only 11 months ago he was blown away by the Serb in straight sets, winning just nine games. Of the 12 Australian Opens staged since Nadal won his first in 2009, Djokovic had won eight of them.

    That is what makes Nadal’s accomplishment so distinct from his triumph in the Wimbledon twilight in 2008. Then, he was dethroning the undisputed No.1, the All England Club’s reigning five-time champion, Roger Federer. This time, the No.1 is nowhere to be seen. Not that most will care: the consensus in tennis is that Djokovic is a dangerous anti-vaxxer who deserves his pariah status. But when you are talking about the race to be the greatest male player who has ever lived, such judgments are as mawkish as they are trite.

    This era in men’s tennis is, and always was, about three players. And when one of them is sidelined solely because of a personal medical choice, that is a problem.

    Any disciples of Nadal would like nothing better than for his arch nemesis to be banned by vaccination requirements from Roland-Garros and the US Open, so that their man can forge further ahead in the all-time list. But the fact that this view is popular does not, alone, make it right. Any true lover of the sport should want Nadal or Djokovic to be duelling it out, not for their magnificent rivalry to be sabotaged by an off-court wrangle.

    By the standards of most sports, some argue Tiley should have resigned for his role in the Djokovic debacle – Tennis Australia incorrectly suggested the world No.1 would be eligible for an exemption to enter Australia while unvaccinated. Tiley’s job may have only been saved by the seductive storylines of the two finals, with Ashleigh Barty becoming the first homegrown winner for 44 years and then Nadal channelling his inexhaustible endurance to prevail.

    Against this romantic backdrop, it is tempting to relegate Djokovic to a footnote, but his omission damages tennis. If you do not believe this, then it is worth recalling a pre-tournament comment made by the champion himself. “If Novak is playing here, it’s better for everybody,” he said. “No doubt about that.”

    The Telegraph, London


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  54. mh says:
    January 31, 2022 at 6:51 pm

    Great stuff from Russell

    WHAT?! The Great Reset Is NOT a Conspiracy!
    501,280 views Jan 31, 2022

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXTPzFSx6oI


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  55. johanna johanna says:
    January 31, 2022 at 7:17 pm

    Yep, Biden’s blocking of a highly qualified black female judge because he didn’t like her politics says it all.

    American blacks need to get off the Dimmocrat plantation.


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  58. Steve trickler says:
    January 31, 2022 at 8:29 pm

    No deaths, so all is good. Bump and bruises…yes!

    Ultimate Crashes & Saves Compilation!


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  59. mh says:
    January 31, 2022 at 9:32 pm

    Trudeau memes

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  60. mh says:
    January 31, 2022 at 9:46 pm

    ScoMo cares

    PM to give $800 to Aussie workers
    Scott Morrison is about to offer two new bonus payments totalling up to $800 for hundreds of thousands of people. See if you’re eligible.


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  61. mh says:
    January 31, 2022 at 10:26 pm

    A rather soft response. Says he is going to “balance things out in the future”.

    Joe Rogan addresses Neil Young Spotify controversy & Misinformation

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


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  62. Steve trickler says:
    January 31, 2022 at 10:36 pm

    No more booze from the drive in bottle shop. Home delivery now…and the bloke delivering was wearing a mask….you are in the van alone you idiot!!

    I didn’t say anything. He was a nice bloke. I can’t say if he was stupid or brainwashed?

    So many retards in WA.


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  63. mh says:
    January 31, 2022 at 10:43 pm

    Sandgropers

    Free range, not free.


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  65. Steve trickler says:
    January 31, 2022 at 11:05 pm

    I got screwed looking for higher quality, vision and sound.Colin Hay – Be good Johnny (Live at the Corner) HQ

    This is not bad.


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  66. mh says:
    January 31, 2022 at 11:12 pm

    Boomer hippies Neil Young and Joni Mitchell raging for the machine.


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  67. mh says:
    January 31, 2022 at 11:39 pm

    Pauline Hanson’s Please Explain, Episode 12 “Please Explain Pork Barrelling”

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XguuCVHhS8o


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  68. Nelson_Kidd-Players says:
    February 1, 2022 at 12:19 am

    Just happened to watch the original video for Be Good, Johnny for the first time earlier this evening. Apart from the fashions, I thought it interesting that Johnny had a KISS backpack. Looks to have been filmed in Sydney, unlike Overkill, which was on the St. Kilda beachfront.


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  70. Ragu says:
    February 1, 2022 at 12:48 am

    Steve Vai has a new thing out. Heres Greenish Blues.

    https://youtu.be/0rSFpoDcnEQ


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  71. mh says:
    February 1, 2022 at 1:45 am

    LONDON — Senior civil servant Sue Gray has released the initial findings of her long-awaited investigation into the Downing Street “partygate” scandal.

    Prime Minister Boris Johnson is scheduled to deliver a statement to Parliament at 3:30 p.m. London time, before addressing all Conservative Party lawmakers in a meeting later this evening.


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  72. Mark A says:
    February 1, 2022 at 4:03 am

    Lame pics.

    A bit of a mixed bag today, travelling again.


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  74. Steve trickler says:
    February 1, 2022 at 7:43 am

    My cat is giving me headbutts.

    She’s an old dear.

    YEAR OF THE CAT Al Stewart


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  75. johanna johanna says:
    February 1, 2022 at 7:51 am

    Thanks for The Pretenders clip Steve – one of my favourites.

    It was a tribute to one of the band members who OD’d on heroin – Pete Farndon, I think. There were a few. She seemed to hire talented junkies as part of band policy.

    Like Robert Smith (The Cure) Chrissie Hynde had a remarkable ability to absorb new hires while retaining the band’s ‘sound.’

    Like most great artists, she is a fruitloop, but a very talented and driven one. I remember seeing a clip of her performing when she was hugely pregnant – and she still managed to project a very sexy persona. Never seen anyone else get away with it.

    She’s a one-off.


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  76. Black Ball Black Ball says:
    February 1, 2022 at 8:05 am

    Neil Young has made questionable comments in the past that if he were of the Right, he would be gone.


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  77. mh says:
    February 1, 2022 at 8:08 am

    Boris refusing to go.

    Says sorry.


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  78. mh says:
    February 1, 2022 at 8:13 am

    Liberty Quote

    You go to the supermarket and you see a faggot behind the fucking cash register, you don’t want him to handle your potatoes.
    — Neil Young


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  80. egg_ says:
    February 1, 2022 at 8:41 am

    Craig Kelly MP
    @CraigKellyMP
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    Canberra here we come 🚛🚚🚍🛻🚜🇦🇺

    Looks like calli’s advanced emoticons.


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  81. Ragu says:
    February 1, 2022 at 9:00 am

    On ya, Neil. Heres a couple of songs about the gay.

    https://youtu.be/-wTNTlWk3B8


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  82. egg_ says:
    February 1, 2022 at 9:32 am

    You go to the supermarket and you see a faggot behind the fucking cash register, you don’t want him to handle your potatoes.
    — Neil Young

    Says the “butch” singer.

    There’s plenty of gay singers et al with more talent in their little finger.


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  86. egg_ says:
    February 1, 2022 at 10:05 am

    NeoCov is the new “demon that doesn’t sleep”.

    Eh, Xi?

    Is Xi a master of “game theory”?

    Will NeoCov knock off all the VaxCat smokers?


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  87. Steve trickler says:
    February 1, 2022 at 10:13 am

    Little c88t Lue.

    I am going to expose you, ( Shop owner who’d no doubt would dob in a J00 to the Nazis, like all the others enforcing these breaches of the constitution.) I am going to rattle him.

    Film everything, folks. Film it all.


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  88. Steve trickler says:
    February 1, 2022 at 10:27 am

    Contemplating setting up a channel on various sites. I hate these pricks.


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  90. Ragu says:
    February 1, 2022 at 11:10 am

    Are any Canadians going to FOI Turdeau’s current malaise?


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  92. Shy Ted says:
    February 1, 2022 at 1:20 pm

    Girl Guides motto is “Be Prepared”
    Just as long as it doesn’t include wrongthink


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  95. Shy Ted says:
    February 1, 2022 at 1:31 pm

    Been watching too much TV of course. Always been one for not giving US sitcoms much of a chance to impress and quite honestly they don’t deserve it. So missed out on a few classics like Alf and Modern Family until much later. Well, I gave My Name Is Earl a go. Just brilliant. Wonderfully scripted, cast, acted. Best watched in sequence naturally but each episode a classic on it’ own. Hillbilly humour with all the stereotypy of Married With Children. Late arvo, 76, 3 or 4 episodes at a time. If you can get passed the first cringe or two you’re in for a treat.


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  96. Rossini says:
    February 1, 2022 at 1:37 pm

    To all who celebrate the new world order!
    “Happy Chinese New Year”
    Year of the Tiger!


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