Open Thread – Saturday, 31 December 2022

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  2. johanna johanna says:
    December 31, 2022 at 7:51 am

    Wishing contributors, lurkers and Adam a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year.

    Let’s hope it’s better than the last couple!


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  3. Siltstone says:
    December 31, 2022 at 8:35 am

    I second that Johanna


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  11. mh says:
    December 31, 2022 at 9:45 am

    Sam Bankman-Fried is Very Sorry – South Park

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXFkCHzI1kg


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  12. Mak Siccar says:
    December 31, 2022 at 9:46 am

    I third that Johanna. Happy 2023 to one and all.


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  13. PerryJ says:
    December 31, 2022 at 9:47 am

    The device’s blood oxygen sensor becomes less accurate the darker the user’s skin is, a US plaintiff claims

    Apple Watch is racially biased – lawsuit


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  14. mh says:
    December 31, 2022 at 9:59 am

    Andrew Tate Arrested In Romania AGAIN! Is Greta Thunberg To Blame?

    Anthony Brian Logan

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEC583939cA


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  15. mh says:
    December 31, 2022 at 10:34 am

    Economic predictions for 2023

    I’m thinking 2022 was more 2007, and the big economic shocks are still to come.
    2022 saw US tech stocks and crypto get wrecked.
    2023 will see the main share indexes tumble further.
    House prices will continue to decline everywhere that the cost of credit rises.
    The US economy will likely fall into recession at some time in 2023, however Fed will be unable to lower rates due to inflation remaining high as US government spending shows no signs of reducing – ref 1.7 Trillion omnibus bill.

    Global events:
    Ukraine war to continue with Russia settling for a war of attrition as the US continues to borrow to fund their proxy war.


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  16. mh says:
    December 31, 2022 at 11:09 am

    Three dead, Payne Haas’s mum in hospital after horror two-vehicle collision on Gold Coast

    https://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/three-dead-payne-haass-mum-in-hospital-after-horror-twovehicle-collision-on-gold-coast/news-story/11414ffdda0675dd65b3b2c0471447ce

    ***
    Two Mercs collide

    … while Uiatu “Joan” Taufua, the mother of Broncos forward Payne Haas and sole occupant of the other vehicle, was taken to hospital in a stable condition with an arm injury.

    The black Mercedes, allegedly driven by Ms Taufua caught fire, with the 46-year-old Bonogin woman freed from her car by police.…

    Only minutes before the crash, police allege the black Mercedes involved in the collision was observed driving dangerously along Bonogin Rd near Calanthe Lane.

    She has an extensive rap sheet

    https://www.9news.com.au/national/queensland-news-payne-haas-mother-uiatu-taufua-court/bac89547-e9e9-4519-9325-55be3ee738d1

    The mother of rising NRL star Payne Haas has walked free from court despite pleading guilty to a vicious road rage attack against a delivery driver.

    Joan Taufua who is the mother of Broncos player Payne Haas, one of the most recent additions to the NSW Origin team, faced the Southport Magistrates Court on Wednesday, charged with assault occasioning bodily harm, while in the company of others.

    The mother of 10, who has lately been making headlines for all the wrong reasons, appeared in court for sentencing, after she assaulted delivery driver Keith Tyler for cutting her off in a Gold Coast McDonald’s drive-thru.

    ***

    And from September

    The mother of Brisbane Broncos prop Payne Haas will be behind bars for a month after assaulting security staff at the Star Casino.

    Uiatu “Joan” Taufua, 46, pleaded guilty in Southport Magistrates Court on Thursday to punching and spitting at security staff at the casino in May…


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  17. Cardimona says:
    December 31, 2022 at 11:41 am

    Speaking of letters to the editor, yours truly got some ink in the Herald Sun today – with the punch-line edited off, of course.
    Here’s what was printed…

    My sincere thanks go to Rita Panahi (“Covid censors exposed”, 30/12) for cracking the dam that has been blocking the truth about Covid.

    It has been incredibly frustrating for those of us with scientific and research training, and who attempt to share truth with our fellow Australians via newspapers, to have been called “crazy conspiracy theorists” and locked out – in my case for two years.

    The fact is nobody needed to die of/with Covid. Nobody needed to be coerced into injections with known side effects. There was no need for lockdowns or masks or distancing or hysteria.

    There were existing well-known safe drugs that cured Covid. Our own Professor Thomas Borody told us this in 2020. Our governments, in lockstep with the globalist controlled WHO, blocked their use.

    Those who think there’s no such thing as a globalist cabal, despite them meeting in plain sight in Davos as the WEF, need to change their thinking quick-smart.

    And here’s the part left off…

    They control the UN and the WHO, and the whole Covid debacle was planned and implemented by them.

    If you don’t want your children and grandchildren living as serfs under a global dictatorship, if they’re allowed to live at all, you must take action now by telling your ALP-LNP-Green UNiparty MP that you know what they were part of – and never electing any of them in future.


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  18. JohnJJJ says:
    December 31, 2022 at 11:59 am

    There is never much to do on NYE, so I rate the acts at the WOMADELAIDE festival 2023, using my WOK-E-Rating system.
    Seems ‘climate‘ is down this year.
    The ideal performing act blurb, taking from the band descriptions, is
    ” A collective of mixed heritage collaborators exploring problem solving, through self empowerment, by exposing the status quo political gender.Together, we/us/them spotlight the minority voices using authenticity and those who resisted and escaped slavery while focusing on women’s rights, racism, inequality and Africa’s exploitation at the hands of colonial powers. In summary we/us/them heal and reach across differences.”

    WHAT A BAND!!!Available for weddings and parties.


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  19. kaysee kaysee says:
    December 31, 2022 at 1:26 pm

    Tales from Hollywood

    1/
    ‘Always Felt Like An Outsider’:
    Tom Cruise Sick Of Hollywood, Looking To Plant Roots Outside Of Tinseltown

    “Tom’s always felt like an outsider in Hollywood,” said the source. “He’s extremely dedicated to his craft and has an old-fashioned work ethic and doesn’t have time for the rest of the B.S.”

    2/
    Christian Actor Reveals He Was Blacklisted by Hollywood
    Because He Wouldn’t Abandon His Faith

    “I couldn’t get a job because people thought I was this crazy religious guy. But that wasn’t the case. I love my wife, but I love my acting, too.


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  21. kaysee kaysee says:
    December 31, 2022 at 1:32 pm

    We are constantly reminded to Trust the Science and the Researchers.

    This Canadian “study” is analysed by Dr Vinay Prasad
    His short bio:
    MD MPH; Physician & Professor Hematologist/ Oncologist Professor of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Medicine Author of 450+ Peer Reviewed papers

    Unvax’d Get into More Car Accidents?!?!

    What?! Is the new Canadian study true? Useful? I explain


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  22. kaysee kaysee says:
    December 31, 2022 at 1:35 pm

    Mental disorder caused by peer pressure?
    Or is it just a contagious virus?

    Almost 40 percent of students identify as LGBTQ
    at liberal arts colleges: survey

    “Liberal arts colleges are the least politically diverse. Many have almost no conservatives, and thus very low viewpoint diversity. But they have high sexual diversity, at nearly 40 percent LGBT,” stated the report…


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  23. kaysee kaysee says:
    December 31, 2022 at 1:52 pm

    Speaking of letters to the editor, yours truly got some ink in the Herald Sun today – with the punch-line edited off, of course.

    Look on the bright side, Cardimona.

    They published a section of the letter and let through two sentences with true uncomplimentary references: one re WHO, the other re WEF.

    Next time, they may let in more.


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  25. kaysee kaysee says:
    December 31, 2022 at 2:01 pm

    When the clock strikes midnight …… 🕛

    ’twill be time for …

    Auld Lang Syne

    (from the west coast of Ireland)


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  26. Steve trickler says:
    December 31, 2022 at 2:59 pm

    Plenty of smiles for all. Kids are happy.

    ********

    woof bark growl:

    Cash 2.0 Great Dane deer 2022 at the mall 2


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  27. Woolfe says:
    December 31, 2022 at 3:21 pm

    If the actor was Christian and Black would he still have trouble getting work. McDough was good as the evil Casino owner in Yellowstone.

    I mean if you look at any of the shows coming out of the US you would think there population was 90% black, not 14%


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  28. mh says:
    December 31, 2022 at 5:04 pm

    This could also be the story of 2023

    The Gap Band – You Dropped A Bomb On Me (Official Music Video)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17lkdqoLt44


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  31. Woolfe says:
    December 31, 2022 at 6:46 pm

    Come in from the other cat, an Armstrong refugee


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  32. mh says:
    December 31, 2022 at 7:04 pm

    Courier Paywall

    Troubled years: Payne Haas’ mum’s licence suspended, just weeks out of jail

    Payne Haas’ mum was just weeks out of jail and allegedly driving on a suspended licence when she was involved in a horrific crash that killed three members of the same family.


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  33. Shy Ted says:
    December 31, 2022 at 7:18 pm

    On 23 Aug 22, Murat Dizdar from Dept Education (DOE) was grilled over the ‘NAPLAN cheating scandal’ at Walgett, NSW.
    A boy who was unable to read had a score of 34/36.
    He was related to Anne Dennis – the Aboriginal Education Consultative Group president & the NSW Aboriginal Land Council chair for the North West region.
    Nathaniel Train was trying to get NAPLAN tests observed to prevent cheating. It required a staff vote to do this.
    It’s uncertain from the documentation whether this occurred.
    The NAPLAN cheating scandal is much bigger than Walgett.
    It is a HUGE scandal & mainstream media have been quiet about it. Could this be corruption from high places!?
    It would seem that educating Australian Indigenous children is secondary to making (a lot of) money. This is (part of) what Nathaniel Train was trying to expose.

    Watch from 1.15 to 2.30


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  35. Steve trickler says:
    December 31, 2022 at 8:28 pm

    I was walking out of the Deli and made face to face contact with one of the most stunning ladies I’ve ever seen in my life.

    “Wow, bloody hell!”

    It just popped out of the mouth. I hope she was cool with it.


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  38. Steve trickler says:
    December 31, 2022 at 9:14 pm

    Going to soak in the Ocean.


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  39. Cold-Hands says:
    December 31, 2022 at 11:10 pm

    Happy New Year to everyone. I wish you all health & happiness in 2023 AD. and thanks to Adam for hosting- it’s much appreciated.

    Here’s Powerline’s Week in Pictures: Happy New Year Edition.


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  40. johanna johanna says:
    January 1, 2023 at 5:48 am

    Thanks, Coldie.

    Always appreciate your postings of WIP.


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  41. Delta A says:
    January 1, 2023 at 11:00 am

    Happy New Year, and thanks to Adam and all the regular posters.


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  42. Shy Ted says:
    January 1, 2023 at 11:15 am

    Happy New Year folks. Only 3 more to go (if you follow Q)


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  43. mh says:
    January 1, 2023 at 11:42 am

    204,257 views 1 Jan 2023
    Journalist Whitney Webb sits down with Redacted’s Clayton Morris for a dense conversation about her bombshell new book on Jeffrey Epstein’s deep connections to the world’s biggest power players. She exposes the deep corruption and cover up at the heart of the western power structure.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q28wkPhMQrY

    Skip the fluff in the first five minutes. Excellent guest, a few pointless interruptions from Clayton, but worth checking out.


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  45. Woolfe says:
    January 1, 2023 at 12:41 pm

    Here is my morning Twitter go to list
    Prof. Freedom
    @prof_freedom
    Freedom is not my real name but my goal. 99% here because of Covid restrictions & masks. Tweets 82% German / 18% English. Pronouns: leave/me/alone
    eugyppius
    @eugyppius1
    “Science denialist” -Chelsea Clinton; “One of Twitter’s biggest COVID nincompoops” -JayMan; “well known for Covid minimizing” -long covid spam account
    Dr.Snekotron
    @snekotron
    The Babylon Bee
    @TheBabylonBee
    Fake news you can trust. Follow our podcast account
    @babylonbeepod
    🎧 JOIN US at #BeeLIVE Feb. 24.
    William M Briggs
    @FamedCelebrity
    Statistician to the Stars! Ex-SSgt. EVERYTHING YOU BELIEVE IS WRONG http://amzn.com/dp/1087987156/ PRICE OF PANIC http://amzn.to/3qr2pFf UNCERTAINTY http://amzn.to/2JPhRKv
    David Burge
    @iowahawkblog
    Karma’s janitor
    Dr Jordan B Peterson
    @jordanbpeterson
    Best-Selling Author | Clinical Psychologist | #1 Education Podcast | Listen to the podcast here:
    Alex Berenson
    @AlexBerenson
    Author of Tell Your Children and Pandemia. Back and better than ever. For more information, sign up for my Substack at http://alexberenson.substack.com
    Elon Musk
    @elonmusk
    Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry
    @pegobry
    Fellow
    @EPPCdc
    . Twitter is for jokes and thinking outloud. #JusticePourLola

    [Too many links in one comment – Admin]


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  46. mh says:
    January 1, 2023 at 1:42 pm

    Never forget what the Police did to us.

    Aussie Cossack
    160K subscribers

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_RFLtp38lM


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  47. kaysee kaysee says:
    January 1, 2023 at 2:51 pm

    I had planned to start off my Open Thread postings, for this year, with some light stuff.

    But as I was not here when the death of Pope Benedict was announced yesterday, around 10 pm our time, (he passed away 9.34 am, 31 December 2022, Rome time) a brief comment on this.

    Benedict was 95 and ill. So the news should not be a surprise. He was a faithful shepherd of the Church – not perfect, as none of us are – and now gone to his eternal rest. I had hoped he would be here for at least a few days of the New Year 2023.

    As long as he was on this earth, residing there in the Vatican, Benedict was a reminder to the NWO-WEF globalist, marxist, modernist cabal in the Church that they are on the wrong path.

    His death marks the end of an era in the Catholic Church. Eternal rest to the soul of Joseph Ratzinger / Pope Benedict XVI.

    What happens to the Catholic Church from here on?

    Perhaps the seat of Peter is now vacant.


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  49. kaysee kaysee says:
    January 1, 2023 at 3:06 pm

    Some more wishes

    Cat and Mouse Game
    .

    From the Monkeys
    (an old one – pretend you didn’t see the year)
    .

    Elves-ishing
    .


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  50. kaysee kaysee says:
    January 1, 2023 at 3:28 pm

    Something from History. 250 years ago.

    The Most Famous New Year’s Day Hymn, ‘Amazing Grace,’
    Celebrates 250 Years

    Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023 is the 250th anniversary of this famous hymn written by Rev. John Newton, an Anglican priest and former captain of slave ships, who later in life joined William Wilberforce and worked to abolish slavery in the British Empire.

    Newton wrote “Amazing Grace” for his Anglican congregation — St. Peter and Paul Church in Olney Buckinghamshire, England — to sing on New Year’s Day, Jan. 1, 1773.


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  51. kaysee kaysee says:
    January 1, 2023 at 3:32 pm

    All Over The World, 50 Countries Sing

    Amazing Grace


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  52. Shy Ted says:
    January 1, 2023 at 8:22 pm

    Voted best video of 2022
    That’s why they need to run the world.


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  53. Steve trickler says:
    January 1, 2023 at 9:22 pm

    Cash! Enjoy the walk.

    ***********

    woof bark growl.

    Cash 2.0 Great Dane New Year’s Eve 2022 at the mall


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  54. Steve trickler says:
    January 1, 2023 at 10:45 pm

    Dead dove on the neighbours veranda and crows / ravens were putting berries around it.

    A bird funeral. Amazing to watch.

    True story.


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  57. mh says:
    January 2, 2023 at 12:52 am

    Greg Reese

    15 Minute Cities and the Right to Travel

    https://banned.video/watch?id=63b03c50779ce20772cf208b

    ***

    “Melborn” gets a mention.


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  59. mh says:
    January 2, 2023 at 9:15 am

    The Age

    Why it’s getting harder to find your patch of sand on the beach

    The rise of shelters and other modern equipment has left beachgoers scrapping for a spot in the sun.

    Oh.

    I thought it was rising sea levels.


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  60. JohnJJJ says:
    January 2, 2023 at 9:49 am

    Good interview with Whitney Webb on her “One Nation Under Blackmail: The Sordid Union Between Intelligence and Crime that Gave Rise to Jeffrey Epstein”. Astounding knowledge for a 30 year old. Beck is his usual superficial self, but at least he shuts up and gives her a free chance to talk.


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  61. mh says:
    January 2, 2023 at 10:47 am

    Novak playing in 10 mins ATP Adelaide.

    Anyone know where to watch this? I have free to air and Foxtel.


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  62. Shy Ted says:
    January 2, 2023 at 10:48 am

    A man walked into his house and was delighted when he discovered that someone had stolen all of his lamps.

    It’s hard to explain puns to kleptomaniacs because they always take things literally.

    I, for one, like Roman numerals.

    I refused to believe my roadworker father was stealing from his job, but when I got home, all the signs were there.

    Shoutout to anyone wondering what the opposite of in is.

    I have an inferiority complex, but it’s not a very good one.

    People say I’m condescending. That means I talk down to people.

    Who is this Rorschach guy, and why did he paint so many pictures of my parents fighting?

    There’s a fine line between hyphenated words.

    The difference between a hippo and a Zippo is that one is heavy and the other is a little lighter.

    I was so surprised when the stationery store moved.

    I sympathize with batteries. I’m never included in anything either.

    Apparently, you can’t use “beefstew” as a password. It’s not stroganoff.

    I hate Russian dolls; they’re so full of themselves.

    The baby knew she was ready to be born because she was running out of womb.

    Velcro, what a rip-off!

    Of all the inventions of the last 100 years, the dry-erase board has to be the most remarkable.

    This is my stepladder. I never knew my real ladder.

    AD

    The average person is really mean.

    My son told me he didn’t understand cloning and I told him, “That makes two of us.”

    My favorite time on the clock is 6:30, hands down.

    I love my furniture. My recliner and I go way back.

    You can’t plant flowers if you haven’t botany.


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  64. Bazinga says:
    January 2, 2023 at 12:30 pm

    Dead dove on the neighbours veranda and crows / ravens were putting berries around it.

    plating up/food presentation?


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  65. mh says:
    January 2, 2023 at 12:32 pm

    Looks like Sportsbet stuffed up.

    Now showing

    Tomorrow 3 Jan
    10:00
    58 Markets
    Novak Djokovic v Constant Lestienne


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  66. mh says:
    January 2, 2023 at 1:04 pm

    ‘The Elites Will Assassinate Me’ | Andrew Tate

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


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  67. kaysee kaysee says:
    January 2, 2023 at 1:41 pm

    One World Government

    1/
    NEW ZEALAND
    NZ Wants To Restrict Free Speech To Protect Religious Minorities

    Under the direction of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, the New Zealand government is preparing to toughen up their hate speech laws to protect “religious groups.”

    2/
    SWEDEN:
    Immigrant Kids Outnumber Swedes In Major City, Swedish Now Minority Language In Schools

    Two thirds of children in the Swedish city of Malmö are from immigrant backgrounds, with researchers suggesting that Swedish should not be used in schools to aid in their education.


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  68. kaysee kaysee says:
    January 2, 2023 at 1:48 pm

    Surveillance via chips

    a/ Digital Currency

    “All Western Currencies Are Mysteriously Converging Right Now Almost As If for Preparation of the Introduction of the Digital Klaus Schwab Mark.”

    b/
    Here in Oz
    Senator Gerard Rennick

    Last week I spoke with Cory Bernardi about the threat of a centralised digital currency.
    I said that currency is not the word to describe a form of surveillance and the central banks should not be implementing it.
    Our bureaucrats can’t be trusted to be accountable or transparent.


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  69. mh says:
    January 2, 2023 at 2:02 pm

    Australian Associated Press

    The mother of NRL star Payne Haas is expected to be charged with three counts of manslaughter over a Gold Coast hinterland car crash that claimed the lives of three people.

    Uiatu “Joan” Taufua, 46, remains under police guard in Gold Coast Hospital after the accident at Bonogin on Friday afternoon.

    Susan Zimmer, 70, her partner Chris Fawcett, 79, and Ms Zimmer’s daughter Stephanie, 35, were killed in the two-vehicle crash on the isolated hinterland road.

    Police allege Ms Taufua was driving erratically shortly before the crash and refused to stop when officers attempted to intercept her vehicle.

    While police did not launch a pursuit, the accident happened moments later about 1km further along the road.

    Taufua, the sole survivor of the crash, remains in the hospital in a stable condition with numerous fractures and other injuries.

    She declined a police interview on Monday and she is expected to be charged with three counts of manslaughter.

    Police are due to provide an update on the case on Monday afternoon.


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  70. kaysee kaysee says:
    January 2, 2023 at 2:02 pm

    Covid: Looking Back

    1/
    Some of the believers of the past year are slowly turning into non believers.
    So we (anti-vaxxers) need to forgive them and kiss and make up?

    Silje_Schevig

    Double vaxxed respected Norwegian clinical psychologist @Silje_Schevig calls for complete suspension of the covid mRNA jabs because of clear evidence of more harm than good.

    2/
    Twitter Censorship of Scientific Discussions

    Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, one of the co-authors of the Great Barrington Declaration, to discuss the revelations in the Twitter Files that his scientific perspective was “shadowbanned,” whether the government was behind the blacklist and suppression, the consequences of censoring COVID lockdown conversations, and more.


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  71. kaysee kaysee says:
    January 2, 2023 at 2:10 pm

    How are you all faring this Christmas season?
    Food? Drink? Resolutions?
    Going well or need help?

    ᵔᴥᵔ

    Un
    What three words do you see?
    .

    Deux
    Exercise time
    .

    Trois
    Hangover?
    .


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  72. Cold-Hands says:
    January 2, 2023 at 2:28 pm

    Pope (emeritus) Benedict XVI’s funeral will be this Thursday.


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  73. Steve trickler says:
    January 2, 2023 at 3:14 pm

    My bullsh*t meter just spiked @1:37. 5000 horsepower! He’s full of sh*t. People need not exaggerate.

    John Zappia runs around 3500 horsepower and he would be smiling at such a claim. He’s been in the 5:50’s at over 250 mph.

    Street Outlaws FIRST 1/4 MILE Races.. Easy 5 second passes?


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  75. mh says:
    January 2, 2023 at 4:53 pm

    Courier Paywall

    BREAKINGGold Coast7 minutes ago
    Four dead, scores injured, as helicopters collide near SeaWorld

    Four people have died and many more have been injured after two helicopters collided near SeaWorld on the Gold Coast


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  76. mh says:
    January 2, 2023 at 5:02 pm

    Just put Sky News on to see if they had the local disaster latest.
    Weather, ads, then some Rabbi get together in America on a third Sky Channel.
    To put it bluntly, Sky News is hopeless.


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  77. Cold-Hands says:
    January 2, 2023 at 6:29 pm

    the local disaster latest

    That’s one thing that #theirABC can usually manage.


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  84. PerryJ says:
    January 2, 2023 at 7:12 pm

    A few days late. Should have been posted in the old year.

    Granlund

    Whamond


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  86. Delta A says:
    January 2, 2023 at 9:37 pm

    Thanks, again, for the toons, PerryJ. I look forward to them every day.


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  87. mh says:
    January 3, 2023 at 4:54 am

    Why do some Ukrainians want to be part of Russia? BBC News

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QGFZev_h7g


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  89. Shy Ted says:
    January 3, 2023 at 9:39 am

    Yeah, about that Wuhan Convid nightmare
    You can just read the comments or click through very quickly to see absolutely nothing to confirm the story. In fact quite the opposite. Healthy people in masks everywhere. I think it’s made especially for those mongs in Canbra


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  90. Shy Ted says:
    January 3, 2023 at 10:32 am

    Remember Mother and Son with Ruth Cracknell and Garry McDonald? It seems Arthur has been out in the sun too long


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  91. kaysee kaysee says:
    January 3, 2023 at 1:45 pm

    Is Trump really the pro-Conservative, pro-Christian, pro-life, MAGA leader and hero that many thought he was and still believe him to be?
    Does he deserve to win in 2024 as President of the USA?
    1/
    It is getting more and more obvious that Donald Trump is only concerned about Donald Trump. He would rather the Dems win in 2024 if he can’t be the GOP candidate for the Presidency.

    Trump Appears To Float Third-Party Threat If GOP Won’t Back Him

    2/
    Conservatives consider the Roe v Wade issue as the most important achievement of the Trump Presidency. Anyone who is firmly pro-life and anti-abortion, and is a Trump supporter, would need to think again, very carefully, if they still support him. And if they are Americans, would they still vote for him?

    Celia Parker

    We can but hope. Did anyone really think Trump was genuinely pro-life?

    Some details here.


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  92. kaysee kaysee says:
    January 3, 2023 at 1:57 pm

    The ‘Voice’ is a Great Idea …
    Apart from All the Reasons it Will Be a Disaster

    Nine Reasons the Aboriginal Voice to Parliament is a Dud

    Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has promised a referendum [this] year to include an Indigenous Voice to Parliament in The Australian constitution.

    His proposal is unnecessary, discriminatory, divisive, misleading, distracting, hurried, elitist, highly political and little more than a vanity project

    Aside from all of that, I don’t see any problem with it!


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  93. johanna johanna says:
    January 3, 2023 at 1:58 pm

    Conservatives consider the Roe v Wade issue as the most important achievement of the Trump Presidency.

    Rubbish.

    She has no mandate to speak on behalf of ‘conservatives.’

    I can think of many achievements of the Trump presidency which are more important, and were actually done by Trump himself, not by the Supreme Court.


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  95. Old bloke says:
    January 3, 2023 at 2:09 pm

    I can think of many achievements of the Trump presidency which are more important, and were actually done by Trump himself, not by the Supreme Court.

    Yes, I agree. I liked Trump’s foreign policy in particular, his declaration in his speech at the UN that the policy of unipolarity and American hegemony was dead was stunning for a US President.


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  96. kaysee kaysee says:
    January 3, 2023 at 2:34 pm

    Rubbish.

    She has no mandate to speak on behalf of ‘conservatives.’

    The quote in your comment is my opinion. It wasn’t in the blockquote.

    3 articles here.

    Nov 2016

    Why Christians Overwhelmingly Backed Trump

    Despite predictions to the contrary, Trump won among conservative women and evangelicals. Abortion may have been a major factor.

    ….And despite the vulgar language Trump was heard using in the Access Hollywood tape, which many social conservatives found off-putting, 81 percent of white evangelical Christians still voted for Trump, as did the majority of people who attend religious services once a week or more. (Catholics were slightly more divided than born-again protestants, but 60 percent still went for Trump.)

    Trump’s embrace by these groups might signal the importance of abortion—an issue on which at least a fifth of Americans say they will not compromise when voting. In 2015, 21 percent of Americans said they would only vote for a candidate who shared their abortion views, up from 13 percent in 2008.

    Vice-President-elect Mike Pence’s abortion stance is well known: As governor of Indiana, he signed one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the nation.


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  97. kaysee kaysee says:
    January 3, 2023 at 2:37 pm

    2/
    June 2022

    Trump’s lasting legacy grows as Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade

    When he ran in 2016, he promised that he would appoint conservative and pro-life judges to the federal courts starting with the U.S. Supreme Court. And he kept his word,” said Ralph Reed, an evangelical leader and chair of the The Faith and Freedom Coalition, who was criticized in some corners for his embrace of Trump. Those in the faith community that felt it was worth taking a chance on Donald Trump in 2016 have been vindicated.


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  98. kaysee kaysee says:
    January 3, 2023 at 2:41 pm

    3/

    June 2022

    For the fall of Roe v. Wade, thank Donald Trump

    Overturning Roe v. Wade has been the overarching, seemingly impossible goal of the pro-life movement for almost five decades. Now that it has finally been achieved, four words should be on the lips of every pro-life conservative today: Thank you, Donald Trump.

    Looking back on Trump’s chaotic presidency, some understandably ask: Was it all worth it for a few conservative justices? To which I answer: Yes. A thousand times, yes….

    No, this doesn’t forgive Trump’s behavior after the 2020 election. But knowing what I know now, am I grateful for Trump’s four years in office? You bet I am. Millions of precious unborn lives will be saved as a result of this decision. And Trump made it possible.


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  99. johanna johanna says:
    January 3, 2023 at 3:52 pm

    My comment wasn’t directed at you, Kaysee. Why did you think it was?


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  100. johanna johanna says:
    January 3, 2023 at 3:55 pm

    OK, you have clarified that it was your opinion (which wasn’t clear from the original).

    My comment stands. You don’t speak on behalf of ‘conservatives.’ No single individual does.


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