Open Thread – Saturday, 6 November 2021

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  1. Muddy says:
    November 11, 2021 at 1:29 pm

    … on the tail end of a page.


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  2. Muddy says:
    November 11, 2021 at 1:34 pm

    Tired of Killing – Mont Brehain, October, 1918.

    The price of victory was paid with the lives of many very gallant officers, N.C.O.s and men whose loss in the closing stages of the war – perhaps in our last battle all regret.

    So wrote the philosophical war diarist of the 24th Australian Infantry Battalion, 6th Brigade, 2nd Division, of the 1st A.I.F. on the 5th of October, 1918. It was indeed their last battle of the Great War, not only for the 24th Battalion, but for the infantry of the ANZAC Corps as a whole.

    Unless you are a scholar of the 1st A.I.F. in the Great War, chances are you may not have heard of the location the war diarist was writing of – the name was unfamiliar to me until I became aware of a family connection.

    Mont Brehain was a village east of Bellicourt, a major obstacle in the Hindenburg Line of German defences which had recently been penetrated by another Australian division.

    I do not understand enough about the battle and its context to deliver a concise, lucid summary here, suffice it to say that the battalion gained their objectives and achieved another ‘win’ for the generals on paper. For a tired and understrength battalion (as many of them were at this stage of the war) however, the cost of success again ate into their physical and perhaps emotional, strength.

    “B” Coy. alone, whose strength at the beginning of the operation was but 90 men claim[ed] to have killed 200 Huns and to have captured 200 Prisoners, 100 machine guns, 9 minenwerfers and a Field Gun. Our Prisoners were no fewer than 380, but as men were few, and the Pioneer Bn. was known to be mopping up in rear, they were sent back uncounted.

    In his report, the Commanding Officer wrote:

    “It is impossible to estimate the number of enemy killed by my Bn., but never before has it inflicted such heavy casualties. Vickers Gun, Lewis Gun, Rifle and Revolver ran out of ammunition repeatedly, extra supplies were sent forward and much was salved from casualties. German guns were freely used on the enemy, and the battlefield was littered with German dead.

    “All the men say they are tired of killing,” wrote the battalion war diarist.

    One of the 49 24th Battalion men Killed in Action or Died of Wounds (the battalion also suffered 75 Wounded in Action and 8 Missing), was my Great, Great Uncle, Corporal Norman Allen Grant. He was a tailor’s presser from Yackandandah in northern Victoria who enlisted on the 6th of July, 1915 and served in the 13th Light Horse Regiment and the 1st ANZAC Mounted Regiment prior to joining the 24th Infantry Battalion in France. On the 4th of October, 1917 he received a gunshot wound to the right shoulder and was sent to England to recuperate. Almost exactly one year later at Mont Brehain he was killed and later buried at the Calvaire British Cemetery. The sole effects as delivered to his mother amounted to a damaged fountain pen in a leather case, a ‘housewife’, a pair of socks and a devotional book.

    Apart from these dry facts garnered from his service record, I know almost nothing about my great, great uncle, but I can’t help wondering what his emotional state may have been prior to this, his last day on earth. Did he feel as jaded, as worn-down and ‘tired of killing’ as his fellow soldiers did?

    [Author – Muddy. Source: [AWM4/23/41/37].


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  3. Ragu says:
    November 11, 2021 at 1:37 pm

    《“Can-do capitalism”, not “don’t do governments”. I think that’s a good motto for us to follow not just in this area, but right across the spectrum of economic policy in this country.》

    Dear lord. Make him stop. Nonaspirated moderna, lightning bolt, CCP ricin in his shandy. Anything.


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  4. Barking Toad says:
    November 11, 2021 at 1:42 pm

    Thanks for posting that Muddy.


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  5. Muddy says:
    November 11, 2021 at 1:44 pm

    Not Without its Sorrow… A Christmas Greeting from France, 1918.

    I hesitate to quote from a document verbatim and then put it forward as the sum total of a blog entry, however on occasion I believe it is warranted to minimise the commentary and let the original author speak for him/her self. Such is the case with the following, a suggested text for a Christmas greeting to loved ones for the men of the Australian 23rd Infantry Battalion, A.I.F., then in France. It has been extracted from the October, 1918 battalion newsletter. The writer was not to know that their war would end within weeks:

    It is difficult to send you a sincere Christmas Greeting. It is intended for those we love – are you not among the number – and we do not expect that joy will be singing in your hearts in these days. And so my greeting is tentative. Take as much of joy as you desire and know that it is not more than my thoughts wish you.

    And there is reason for an increased happiness this Christmas in comparison with those of the past four years. We feel that we are on the floodtide of success, which is overwhelming the enemy in its intensity, and carrying us on to the shores where we will meet you again.

    If our hearts are not yet singing they are near boiling point. And we can leave our message at that. The hope is high in us that our next greeting will be more intimate and wholly exultant. It shall be sealed with the seal of close and immediate companionship.

    The year has not been without its sorrow; keen and keenly felt. Companions of many happy hours have disappeared from the familiar ranks. Where I stood beside a pal I now stand alone. But as a solace and a strength I have always had the knowledge of your affection.

    This Christmas message is some acknowledgement of that debt; of the constant thought expressed in so many letters during the past year. Do not think to find me hard and callous, for suffering has taught me the value of life’s sweeter things. And I have found them typified in your ever affectionate remembrance.

    My thought is ill-expressed, for I am a soldier, but I wish you a Christmas of quiet joy, and so remain, ever your affectionate …

    [Editor – Muddy. Source – “The Red and White Diamond” (news sheet) in AWM4 23/41/37].


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  6. Barking Toad says:
    November 11, 2021 at 1:45 pm

    Anyone still got a sub to the Oz who can cut/paste the article by The Mocker about Malturd, the Miserable Ghost?


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  7. Muddy says:
    November 11, 2021 at 1:51 pm

    Remembering the ‘Broken.’

    Shattered Anzacs by Marina Larsson focuses not on the dead of the Great War, but on those who survived and returned home wounded – in body or mind – and the impact this had on their families. Larsson makes the point that these sacrifices – the loss of limbs, sight, lung function, or mental capacity – are just as worthy of acknowledgement as the roughly 60,000 men who were killed outright.

    One of the roughly 150,000 wounded who returned to Australia was a man named Ernest Francis Healy. Frank Healy was a single, 27 year-old ‘painter and letterer’ from Dudley, Newcastle, N.S.W. when he enlisted in the 1st A.I.F. on the 21st of August, 1914, and was assigned the number ‘98’ which shows just how keen he was to volunteer.

    He embarked with the 1st Australian Field Company Engineers just two months later, and after training in Egypt, was amongst those who landed at Gallipoli on that now fateful day, the 25th of April, 1915. Healy acted as a stretcher-bearer for a time, but roughly three weeks after landing, he was shot by a Turkish sniper and paralysed, as the bullet had lodged in his spine.

    After being hospitalised in Egypt, Frank returned to Australia and was admitted to the 4th Australian General Hospital at Randwick, Sydney, in mid September the same year, where a crowd reportedly in the thousands was waiting to greet him and his fellow wounded.

    As the first ‘cot case’ to be admitted to Randwick, he was interviewed by a journalist for the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper, and was philosophical in his response: “We did not go over for a holiday, you know. We represented the N.S.W. covering party, and we got it hot … to tell you the truth, you enjoy it while it lasts, but really don’t keep a tally of what you doing. It’s just like a nightmare.”

    While Healy mentioned his brother of the 16th Infantry Battalion who had been killed, he stated that if he was able to recover from his wounds, he would return and “get home on those Turks,” though in all probability, the newspapers of the day may have written these words for him had he not uttered them himself.

    He was complimentary of the treatment he had received in hospital in Egypt: “all that could be expected under very trying conditions,” though he mentioned – as others did – that they had received no Red Cross comfort parcels, however “other presents from local people made up for them.”

    Healy was the proud owner of a ‘Turkish dog,’ which he had somehow managed to bring back (smuggle?) with him, and which at the time of his interview was in government quarantine. The miniature spaniel named ‘Gallipoli’ was found “in a Turkish camp we took” and journeyed with him to hospital in Egypt where it walked with other patients (as Healy himself was unable to) and became quite popular, to the point where he was “patted on the head from the General downwards.”

    Laying “helpless on an air cushion,” Healy became a long-term resident at Randwick, and a “familiar figure to thousands of visitors.” For five years he had the use of his own tent, nicknamed ‘Canary Cottage,’ which had been set up for him near the entrance to the hospital grounds.

    There is no record of what Sapper Healy’s feelings were as the subject of local ‘fame,’ however on the occasion of the visit to the hospital in 1920 of His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales, he was honoured with the opportunity to meet the Prince and present to him a deluxe edition of the book “Remnants from Randwick,” written and illustrated by the residents. On the same occasion, the visiting royal renamed No.4 General Hospital Randwick, the Prince of Wales Hospital.

    It is not known if Healy married, for a later newspaper report mentioning a ‘Mrs. Healy’ did not state if she was a wife or mother. In about 1927 or ’28, he was recorded as residing ‘in his home’ at Lane Cove, where the fundraising efforts of his community allowed the erection of a ‘motor garage’ to house the car which had been “specially constructed for his use.”

    Sadly, however, he was “robbed… of what would have been one of his last pleasures in life” when, after 13 long years of complete dependence upon others, and the denial of the opportunities that his able-bodied peers were able to experience, Frank Healy collapsed and died on Thursday the 9th of August, 1928. It was, as one newspaper called it ‘The End of a Weary Road.”

    So as you reflect today, or on Anzac Day or another such commemorative occasion, please spare a thought not only for those sacrificed their physical life, but also for the broken ones like Sapper Frank Healy, who gave their quality of life, and whose struggles endured long after the last casualty list had been published.

    [Author – Muddy. Various references including Marina Larsson, Shattered Anzacs, UNSW Press, 2009, and others].


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  9. Black Ball Black Ball says:
    November 11, 2021 at 1:58 pm

    In short, Turnbull has been true to his undertaking not to provide a running commentary on Morrison’s performance, except in the areas of foreign policy, relationships with foreign leaders, defence, climate change, disaster management, renewable energy, electoral strategy, national security, the media landscape, vaccination rollout, ministerial composition, personal integrity, and budget allocations for renewables. Did I miss anything?


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  10. Muddy says:
    November 11, 2021 at 2:03 pm

    All Over – the 4th Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, WW1.

    On the 10th of November, 1918, the 4th Squadron of the Australian Flying Corps, then based at Ennetiers in France and equipped with 21 serviceable Sopwith Snipes, flew a collective total of 80 hours and 10 minutes of ‘war time,’ dropped six 25-pound bombs on the enemy, and expended 1,000 rounds of small arms ammunition in strafing the same. An offensive patrol of fourteen aircraft escorting a bombing raid to Hal in the early afternoon observed 3 enemy Fokker Biplanes over Enghien, but it appears that these were not directly engaged.

    The following day, Armistice Day as it is now known, just two Snipes flew offensive patrols for a total ‘war time’ of 1 hour and 45 minutes, and both were back on the ground by 1100 hours when all hostilities were to cease. No enemy aircraft were seen, no bombs dropped on troop or transport concentrations, and no rounds fired. The war was all but over.

    Less aggressive activity continued however, as the Squadron (which had previously flown the Sopwith Camel) was one of four chosen to go forward with the Army of Occupation, and flying still posed a danger even without the presence of the enemy, for three days following the Armistice, a pilot, Lt. L.K. Swann died in hospital of his injuries following an aircraft accident on the aerodrome at Ennetieres. Swann, who had won the Military Medal with the 40th Battalion A.I.F. before being commissioned and trained as a pilot with the A.F.C., had been taken on strength of the 4th Squadron only five days previously. He died of a fractured skull and internal injuries.

    The Squadron was stationed at Bickendorf, near Cologne, Germany from mid December, 1918 until March the following year when it began the journey home via the United Kingdom, arriving in Melbourne in mid June, 1919 prior to disbandment.

    In its almost three year history, including 11 months of operational experience in France, the Squadron suffered 35 killed and 16 wounded.

    [Author – Muddy. References: AWM4 & NAA: B2455 series. Details available upon request].


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  12. Delta A says:
    November 11, 2021 at 2:26 pm

    Excellent posts, Muddy. Thank you.


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  13. egg_ says:
    November 11, 2021 at 2:39 pm

    PM Morrison has stolen the “can-do” nickname/phrase that related to Campbell Newman in his heyday in Brisbane. He was a “can-do” Lord Mayor, that’s for sure.

    I wonder who wrote his Net Zero load of hogwash speech?

    Scumoron can do net zero?

    Fact check – true!


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  14. egg_ says:
    November 11, 2021 at 2:40 pm

    Marn Trumble could do net zero even better!


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  15. cohenite says:
    November 11, 2021 at 2:51 pm

    Rumour is newsome has GBS or Bells Palsy after getting the chunk virus jab; couldn’t happen to a nicer jerk:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VE8mVwzQPDA


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  17. Barking Toad says:
    November 11, 2021 at 5:02 pm

    Thanks for that Black Ball @01:21pm.

    Turnbull is such a miserable xunt!


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  18. FlyingPigs says:
    November 11, 2021 at 5:33 pm

    thanks @Muddy


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  19. FlyingPigs says:
    November 11, 2021 at 5:40 pm

    How will you stop this Scumo?

    Lucky Australia doesn’t build any more dams nor irrigation schemes.

    A freak 1870s climate event caused drought across three continents.

    https://www.newscientist.com/article/2183901-a-freak-1870s-climate-event-caused-drought-across-three-continents/


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  20. FlyingPigs says:
    November 11, 2021 at 5:47 pm

    Obviously communism is a more organized and efficient killer of populations.

    Cannot always rely on war nor natural drought.

    Let’s go Covid!


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  22. FlyingPigs says:
    November 11, 2021 at 6:10 pm

    Taliban Holds a Parade for ‘Islamic Emirate Army’ with US Military Gear, Vehicles, and Choppers Provided by Biden
    By Joe Hoft
    Published November 10, 2021 at 8:20pm

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/11/taliban-holds-parade-islamic-emirate-army-us-military-gear-vehicles-choppers-provided-biden/


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  23. FlyingPigs says:
    November 11, 2021 at 6:21 pm

    Black Ball says:
    November 11, 2021 at 6:05 pm

    Speaking of xunts, LeBron James has form.

    LOL


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  24. Muddy says:
    November 11, 2021 at 6:29 pm

    11 November 2021
    Dear colleagues,

    The SCHHS [Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service] is committed to ensuring that our workplace enhances the health, safety and wellbeing of our employees, promotes respectful relationships, gender equality and a zero tolerance for violence.

    I am pleased to share with you that the SCHHS is embarking on a workplace accreditation program with White Ribbon Australia who are part of a global social movement working to eliminate gendered violence. Their mission is to have ‘a nation where every woman is free from all forms of men’s violence and abuse’. Throughout the accreditation journey, the goal for our Health Service is to actively promote a respectful, safe and inclusive workplace culture by taking active steps to prevent and respond to violence.

    What is gendered based violence?

    International and national research identifies that the common factor in violence against women, men and people with diverse identities, is that it is overwhelmingly perpetrated by males. While men can also be victim/survivors of violence and abuse, from females and also same-sex male partners, research shows that males and females experience different kinds of violence, in different contexts, and with different impacts.

    Why is gendered violence a workplace issue?

    Experiencing violence can impact a person’s health, safety, wellbeing, attendance and performance at work; and
    Everyone has the right to feel safe and supported at work.

    The White Ribbon Australia workplace accreditation program will provide the SCHHS with the tools to strengthen our organisational culture of respect and equality, while equipping staff with the knowledge and skills to address the issue of violence, both within the workplace and the broader community.

    How can you be involved?

    Support White Ribbon Day 2021 on Friday 19 November. A stall will be available in the foyer of SCUH to promote White Ribbon Day. Please visit to show your support;
    The workplace accreditation program is everyone’s responsibility. Join the SCHHS White Ribbon Working Group to assist in the accreditation process by expressing your interest to SC-HRProjects@health.qld.gov.au; and show your support for this important initiative by completing a five minute survey to commence the SCHHS White Ribbon workplace accreditation audit…

    Kind regards,
    Dr Peter Gillies
    Health Service Chief Executive


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  27. FlyingPigs says:
    November 11, 2021 at 6:57 pm

    Muddy says:
    November 11, 2021 at 6:29 pm

    11 November 2021
    Dear colleagues,

    I wonder how many people enter his hospital with minor surgery needs and leave through the mortuary????


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  28. FlyingPigs says:
    November 11, 2021 at 7:01 pm

    @Muddy

    do you think I can send a white feather to Dr Peter Gillies
    Health Service Chief Executive


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  30. Black Ball Black Ball says:
    November 11, 2021 at 7:26 pm

    Cannot differentiate between Albo and SloMo.


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  31. Ragu says:
    November 11, 2021 at 7:30 pm

    《I wonder how many people enter his hospital with minor surgery needs and leave through the mortuary????》

    The normal amount


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  32. Black Ball Black Ball says:
    November 11, 2021 at 7:30 pm

    Tom Minear on the upcoming federal election. Much in there to digest


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  33. FlyingPigs says:
    November 11, 2021 at 7:40 pm

    and some folk need to follow this site https://www.thefreedomsproject.com/


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  35. FlyingPigs says:
    November 11, 2021 at 7:43 pm

    Ragu says:
    November 11, 2021 at 7:30 pm

    《I wonder how many people enter his hospital with minor surgery needs and leave through the mortuary????》

    The normal amount

    heaps


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  36. candy says:
    November 11, 2021 at 7:49 pm

    Bob Carr pops up and says the unvaccinated should be stripped of Medicare.
    He’s dealing in dangerous waters with that. I don’t think any of the premiers want well known identities to suggest that and have the media take up the story.

    I think it would make Dan Andrews quite nervous.


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  37. mh says:
    November 11, 2021 at 8:11 pm

    Bob Carr can suck my dick.


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  38. FlyingPigs says:
    November 11, 2021 at 8:22 pm

    Bob Carr is the best Australian communist I know and did his utmost to set up the destruction of NSW.

    Diktator Dan is following la Carr playbook.


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  39. Black Ball Black Ball says:
    November 11, 2021 at 9:09 pm

    Bob Carr can suck my dick

    What would Paul Keating say 😂


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  40. FlyingPigs says:
    November 11, 2021 at 9:26 pm

    AdamD

    I mistakenly reported my own comment at 8:22 pm


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  41. candy says:
    November 11, 2021 at 9:41 pm

    The next election state or Federal will be fascinating. I think it will be Federal and I think March, is just a guess.
    Scott Morrison may be counting on folk saying Labor is worse as far as the economy is concerned and that is true, but knows that a segment of people who approve of the UAP may stop him getting over the line. But he is counting by March COVID won’t be an issue and people won’t feel as strongly about the government authoritarianism.

    I think also he is counting on swaying Craig Kelly with something or other, if he has to.
    Morrison is a very clever politician, never underestimate that chap. He is truly cunning and has a tremendous support circle advising him. Is my opinion.


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  42. Black Ball Black Ball says:
    November 11, 2021 at 9:47 pm

    Yes candy. But if Craig Kelly had any sense, he would resist Slomo’s overtures. The United Australia Party have already advertised that you cannot trust Labor or the Coalition.


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  43. candy says:
    November 11, 2021 at 9:51 pm

    The United Australia Party have already advertised that you cannot trust Labor or the Coalition.
    ***
    True Black Ball, and if they go back on that by doing deals they are
    completely done for. Minor parties exist because of unhappiness with the major parties’ policies. It is the reason for their existence in the first place.


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  44. mh says:
    November 11, 2021 at 9:51 pm

    Steamy around SE QLD tonight.

    Brisbane currently has a App Temp°C of 29.3

    Strictly aircon only.


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  45. mh says:
    November 11, 2021 at 10:00 pm

    ‘The United Australia Party have already advertised that you cannot trust Labor or the Coalition.’

    ***

    United Australia Party

    No Liberal, Labor or National member will stand up for Australia. We need to change that so join the United Australia party today and stand up to protect and defend our country.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65pua3t444c


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  46. Steve trickler says:
    November 11, 2021 at 10:21 pm

    Inner city Perth.

    The frogs are going off! Drowning out the sound of the birds. Rain two days ago and out they come.


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  47. Black Ball Black Ball says:
    November 11, 2021 at 10:25 pm

    Minor parties exist because of unhappiness with the major parties’ policies. It is the reason for their existence in the first place.

    That is correct. And the only reason for their continued existence is slutty deals with the party in government. Adam Bandt (spit be upon him) with Labor an example.
    The worst in this covid shitshow remain Fiona Patten from Reason Party and Andy Meddick. Fuckwits both.
    Now it raises an issue for me. Is voting for those niche parties worth it? There is nothing substantial on their websites about financial responsibility for instance.
    I am all ears.


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  48. mh says:
    November 11, 2021 at 10:28 pm

    Look at this silly cvnt:

    ‘Abbott calls on ‘quiet’ culture warriors

    Tony Abbott has declared ‘it is time for the quiet Australians to speak up’ and for centre-right political leaders to become cultural warriors.’

    ***

    The centre right political leaders in Australia, Tony?
    The ones that didn’t say a word when Victorians got shot by VicPol for protesting against the world’s longest lockdown.
    Craig Kelly is worth 50 of you.


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  49. mh says:
    November 11, 2021 at 10:35 pm

    ‘Now it raises an issue for me. Is voting for those niche parties worth it? There is nothing substantial on their websites about financial responsibility for instance.
    I am all ears.’

    ***
    lol

    The RBA currently ‘buys’ Commonwealth bonds at the rate of 5 Billion AUD per week and has been all year.
    We have a projected 2 TRILLION AUD Federal govt gross debt.
    This is the ‘financial responsibility’ of the UNiparty, mostly the Coalition.


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  51. mh says:
    November 11, 2021 at 10:51 pm

    Disclose.tv
    @disclosetv
    ·
    18h
    Judge in Rittenhouse trial screams at the prosecutor.

    https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1458487908810125313?s=20


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  53. mh says:
    November 11, 2021 at 11:33 pm

    WSJ

    ‘Covid-19 Vaccines and Myocarditis Link Probed by Researchers

    Several theories are under investigation seeking to explain heart-inflammation conditions among small numbers of vaccinated’

    ***

    Extremely rare
    Rare
    Small in number


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  54. mh says:
    November 12, 2021 at 12:00 am

    Extremely rare
    Rare
    Small in number
    ***
    2022:
    Myocarditis is the new normal
    Myocarditis made me a better person
    Be thankful you are still alive you selfish bastard


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  55. Steve trickler says:
    November 12, 2021 at 12:16 am

    Avi, is shit scared mentioning, Klaus.


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  56. mh says:
    November 12, 2021 at 1:02 am

    Bill Gates finally catches up with what I have been saying – the vaccines are rubbish

    Ezra Levant 🍁
    @ezralevant
    Bill Gates just admitted that the Pfizer and Moderna mRNA vaccines don’t work well.

    https://twitter.com/ezralevant/status/1458213301951807488?s=20


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  57. mh says:
    November 12, 2021 at 1:39 am

    ‘A spokesperson for Kyle Rittenhouse discussed the seventh day of the nationally-watched homicide trial in which the defendant took the stand and testified.

    David Hancock slammed President Joe Biden on “The Ingraham Angle” Tuesday evening for casting Rittenhouse as a White supremacist in a tweet one year ago. “Don’t forget the candidate for the U.S. president himself last year prior to the election called Kyle Rittenhouse a White supremacist. Joe Biden called him a White supremacist; that is appalling. I can’t even gauge how wrong that is.”

    The spokesperson also blasted the media for getting the facts wrong about the Rittenhouse case.

    “The media has been absolutely irresponsible and purely abhorrent with this entire situation. They are parroting the same false information time after time. They even do it to this day. No, he didn’t cross state lines with a weapon. That was known last year. Apparently, the media doesn’t care for accurate information. It’s appalling,” he said. “It’s almost as if they don’t want to know the facts. Then they will have to stay the truth.”


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  58. mh says:
    November 12, 2021 at 8:44 am

    ‘A man in New Zealand who was shot dead was counted as an official COVID death because he tested positive for the virus after he was deceased.’

    ***

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI2joNg5HTw


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  59. Ragu says:
    November 12, 2021 at 8:54 am

    《We have a projected 2 TRILLION AUD Federal govt gross debt.》

    That escalated quickly. It was $800B a short while ago. Serious question, is this stupid country now over the magical 80% debt to GDP hole?


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  60. Ragu says:
    November 12, 2021 at 8:59 am

    Myocarditis

    Brought to you by pfizer


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  61. Ragu says:
    November 12, 2021 at 9:02 am

    https://youtu.be/1X9tC0oYu10

    3 giraffes die after covid vaccine.

    WTF is going on in the world


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  62. mh says:
    November 12, 2021 at 9:07 am

    Great lady

    ‘Hanson threatens ‘mayhem’ over vaccine mandates’

    Pauline Hanson has labelled Scott Morrison a “coward”, declaring One Nation will make it difficult for his government to pass any legislation this year unless it takes action to oppose vaccine mandates.’


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  63. mh says:
    November 12, 2021 at 9:19 am

    Craig Kelly MP
    @CraigKellyMP
    ·
    1h
    SEE YOU IN MELBOURNE ON SATURDAY.

    Enough is enough.

    Dan’s Blackshirts have stolen my medical files after their disgraceful ‘raid’ on Dr Mark Hobart.

    I’m looking forward to standing with you for our Freedoms.

    Starting Victorian State Library this Saturday 12 noon.

    UNITED WE STAND


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  64. mh says:
    November 12, 2021 at 9:47 am

    ‘Dan’s Blackshirts have stolen my medical files after their disgraceful ‘raid’ on Dr Mark Hobart.’

    ***

    🤔


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  66. cohenite says:
    November 12, 2021 at 9:58 am

    Blast from the past: what the left thought of Abbott; apparently the abc was producing t-shirts with this on it.


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  67. mh says:
    November 12, 2021 at 10:17 am

    Comment on Fox News dot com

    freedomusa130
    1 hour ago

    absurd mandate that will either 1) backfire in the courts or; 2) backfire in the next election cycle, or 3) both.. Americans do NOT like to be forced to do anything. This is not Australia and we will not forget.


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  68. mh says:
    November 12, 2021 at 10:27 am

    Pauline links to the Courier story

    Pauline Hanson 🇦🇺
    @PaulineHansonOz
    ·
    1h
    END COVID JAB COERCION

    Pauline Hanson has labelled Scott Morrison a “coward”, declaring @OneNationAus will make it hard for his government to pass any legislation this year unless it takes action to oppose vaccine mandates.


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  69. Steve trickler says:
    November 12, 2021 at 10:29 am

    Mark Dice / Rittenhouse.

    NOT GUILTY


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  70. egg_ says:
    November 12, 2021 at 10:41 am

    “Can-do”

    Let’s go Scomo!


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  71. mh says:
    November 12, 2021 at 11:02 am

    Cricketers are different

    ‘McGowan bends rules in bid to save Perth Test

    WA plans to allow ­England and Australia players to spend only five days in quarantine add to the growing animosity towards the state’s hard border stance.’


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  72. shatterzzz says:
    November 12, 2021 at 11:06 am

    3 giraffes die after covid vaccine.
    WTF is going on in the world

    Of more concern .. why was anyone jabbing giraffes?


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  73. mh says:
    November 12, 2021 at 11:21 am

    Milwaukee County Zoo prepares to give 50 animals COVID-19 vaccine

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwQ6zBlrd20


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  74. mh says:
    November 12, 2021 at 12:18 pm

    Brandon

    “I’ve adopted the attitude of the great negro at the time, pitcher in the negro leagues, went on to become a great pitcher in the pros, in the MLB after Jackie Robinson, his name was Satchel Paige,” Biden declared without skipping a beat.


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  75. mh says:
    November 12, 2021 at 12:44 pm

    ‘Positive COVID case temporarily shuts Crown restaurant

    Rockpool Bar and Grill at the Crown complex has been forced to close after a COVID-positive employee worked at the restaurant on Friday and Sunday last week.’

    ***

    FMD. Dan is still doing the elimination strategy?


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  76. Shy Ted says:
    November 12, 2021 at 1:38 pm

    The White Ribbon Project is already an accreditation in some states. You have to pass the test to work. You fail the test if you disagree that any of the ridiculous propositions about what DV is. No comply, no workee.
    Standard lefty coercion. As you will find out.


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  77. Shy Ted says:
    November 12, 2021 at 1:42 pm

    Email from WA Health –
    I’m sending out a bulk message to candidates who I felt may be suitable & interested in the below opportunity. My apologies if this is contrary to what you have recently told me, but due to time constraints I am Unable to send out individual messages.
    Covid-19 has had a significant impact on clinical staffing Australia wide, as a direct result of this WA Country Health Services, Emergency Operations Cell are seeking skilled nursing staff willing to deploy to the following regions;
    Midwest: Dongara Health Campus, Exmouth Hospital, Morawa Hospital, Mullewa Hospital, Morgan House Three Springs, Geraldton Hospital
    Kimberley: Broome, Derby Hospital, Halls Creek Hospital, Kununurra Hospital, Wyndham Hospital
    Wheatbelt: Boddington Hospital, Corrigin Hospital, Cunderdin Hospital, Dalwallinu Hospital, Kununoppin Hospital, Narembeen Memorial Hospital, Northam Hospital
     Contracts will be offered to nurses that are available from 2 weeks to 6 months.
    We would like to hear from you immediately if you are interested & available to assist to contract.
    If you are not available, a brief reply message with your current circumstances would still be appreciated.
     Thank you for your time and consideration

    So I replied –
    Hi, I hope you are well. Would love to work in WA again but absolutely refuse to help out those criminal and incompetent politicians and public servants for the mess they have made. They have to wear the wrath of the people. And the excess deaths. This is the definitive article – https://spectator.com.au/2021/11/just-the-facts-coronavirus-in-australia-by-the-numbers-updated/
    595 deaths from the vaccine!! Of course due to the rules about reporting these are massively on the low side. If Mark McGowan wants to know why WA hospitals are struggling with patient numbers, if they really are, it’s vaccine injuries. Watching with interest and certainly no dig at you but you did ask for feedback. Regards,


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  78. Shy Ted says:
    November 12, 2021 at 1:44 pm

    Excellent headline with prickture (new word, pic of a prick). No need to read, you already know.
    https://richardsonpost.com/david-archibald/24244/the-hunt-for-australias-most-prolific-mass-killer/


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  79. Steve trickler says:
    November 12, 2021 at 1:45 pm

    No hiding from the fact that some of the most switched on human beings reside at Quadrant.


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  81. Shy Ted says:
    November 12, 2021 at 1:48 pm

    Unmasked lady puts mask on dog.
    You thought I just made up that line, didn’t you?


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  82. egg_ says:
    November 12, 2021 at 2:04 pm

    Unmasked lady puts mask on dog.

    Will no one think of the giraffes?

    Where’s Arma?


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  84. Eyrie says:
    November 12, 2021 at 2:32 pm

    Were the giraffe’s coerced?


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  86. kaysee kaysee says:
    November 12, 2021 at 2:41 pm

    Monica Smit:

    Official SOS from Australia

    More here:

    Protest on our behalf at your nearest Australian Embassy or Consulate


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  87. kaysee kaysee says:
    November 12, 2021 at 2:48 pm

    Israel’s Omega Drill simulates outbreak of a new COVID-19 strain

    Israeli government has announced the launch of a nationwide practice exercise in a ‘combat rehearsal’ format to evaluate the country’s readiness for a potential outbreak of an unknown new strain of the COVID-19 virus.

    Israel‘s Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, who has often referred to the next viral mutation, yet to be discovered, as the ‘Omega strain’, announced the exercise appropriately dubbed the ‘Omega drill’ on Wednesday.


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  90. cohenite says:
    November 12, 2021 at 4:16 pm

    Salty attends to the left liars about Rittenhouse:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Np4ukAOFBfc


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  93. kaysee kaysee says:
    November 12, 2021 at 4:54 pm

    Canadian becomes world’s first patient to be diagnosed as suffering from ‘climate change’

    A Canadian facing breathing issues was diagnosed as possibly the first patient in the world suffering from “climate change,” as doctors said heatwaves and poor air quality were responsible for his condition.

    Dr Kyle Merritt, responsible for the diagnosis of the senior citizen from Nelson in British Columbia who suffered from asthma, said this was the first time in a decade that he wrote climate change as a cause of suffering.


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  94. johanna johanna says:
    November 12, 2021 at 5:23 pm

    Can anyone explain this remarkable assertion at TheirABC:

    Further north, capacity at Burrendong Dam in the NSW Macquarie Valley has risen to 109 per cent overnight, pushing the storage into the flood surcharge zone.

    However, Burrendong Dam has a capacity of 150 per cent, which means that no change to the current low rate of water releases will be required.

    No wonder young ‘uns are illiterate and innumerate, if this is the language of the water authorities, dutifully repeated by the MSM.

    The word ‘capacity’ seems to have changed its meaning completely, or the concept of percentages has been revised to the point of no return. Or perhaps both.

    It is ironic that while we live in an age where precision in technology has reached undreamed of heights, and governs every aspect of our lives, the public discourse is steadily undermining precision in language and numeracy.


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  95. Delta A says:
    November 12, 2021 at 6:05 pm

    You must learn to trust the (new) science, Johanna.


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  96. johanna johanna says:
    November 12, 2021 at 6:25 pm

    I first noticed the undermining of science many years ago in the climate wars. People started talking about ‘wholistic’ and ‘interdisciplinary’ approaches which included psychology, history and a bunch of other non-scientific parts of academe who wanted to get in on the act (and the grants and prestige).

    It all went downhill from there.


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  97. Barking Toad says:
    November 12, 2021 at 6:35 pm

    But, but Johanna, Timmee Flummery said the dams would never fill!

    What’s going on?


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  100. Steve trickler says:
    November 12, 2021 at 7:25 pm

    News from the tree lopper.

    We are pretty safe down here…so don’t stress.

    11/12/2021 — Earthquake Forecast for whole planet next 7 days — Be Prepared


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