Open Thread – Thursday 12 August 2021

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  1. Professor Higgins says:
    August 13, 2021 at 4:04 pm

    Top Ender says:

    August 13, 2021 at 3:52 pm

    …who is biggles on this blog?

    I am Biggles, and so is my brother.

    Algy is usually Knuckles, except when the crikket is on, and then he is Ginger.

    Bertie is Lizzie with a monocle.

    I am all of the above.
    And also Top Ender is another of my socks.
    Sometimes I wonder if writing five books on military history to keep the charade going was all worth it.


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  2. Crossie says:
    August 13, 2021 at 4:05 pm

    Gladys has completely lost the plot. A 90 year old man died in palliative care and she insists we must prevent these deaths. It seems nobody is allowed to die from now on or we will be welded into our homes.


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  3. Sancho Panzer says:
    August 13, 2021 at 4:05 pm

    Worst virus in a century, RacerX.
    Worse than the Spanish Flu.
    A name which I strongly object to, by the way.


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  4. TailgunneR says:
    August 13, 2021 at 4:07 pm

    My man, Hunter Bidan, lost another laptop.
    Russian drug dealers.
    Nice work, son!
    As per his naked convo recorded on another camera with the hooker in front of him.
    Lol, what a mess


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  5. Knuckle Dragger says:
    August 13, 2021 at 4:07 pm

    egg_rooms, at 3.06, 3.26:

    It’s probably not your fault you’re all yap, no actual activity. Much like a flabby handbag dog.

    Oh. Yes it is.

    Your ‘last report’ at 3.26 is well over a year out of date. You’ll have to get onto your brother attempted-doxxer Faulty to get the archives, to see where you went wrong. Again.

    Funny little fat man.


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  6. Sancho Panzer says:
    August 13, 2021 at 4:08 pm

    Mater published a link to the death rate earlier this morning.
    .032 of 3/8 of a poofteenth.
    A breakdown by decade of the ages of the deceased would be more telling.
    Under 60 would be s.f.a


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  7. Crossie says:
    August 13, 2021 at 4:08 pm

    The NSW Labor leader, Chris Minns, has also pushed for a national vaccine passport program, saying it is “the only way forward” and would give people hope for some return to normality.

    ——————-

    And this is the alternative premier? I also noticed the qualified “some” return to normality. None of these horrible people have any interest in letting us get back to normal, ever.


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  8. Rabz says:
    August 13, 2021 at 4:10 pm

    Seriously, does anyone work at the ALPBC who isn’t rooting someone who also works at the ALPBC?

    The subset of ALPBC filth gettin’ it on with labore and greenfilth pollies.


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  9. Professor Higgins says:
    August 13, 2021 at 4:11 pm

    Come on, man!
    Who hasn’t lost a laptop or two just killing time in the company of Russian hookers waiting for a drug deal to go through?


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  10. TailgunneR says:
    August 13, 2021 at 4:11 pm

    Join the resistance, today!
    Think of the airfare savings!
    And the invermectin…
    Straya


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  11. Knuckle Dragger says:
    August 13, 2021 at 4:12 pm

    Professor Higgins,

    Last night I finished your tome on medieval combat.

    Most instructive, it was. I did wonder how blokes could swing pleases whilst wearing armour from dawn till dusk.

    Bravo, sir.


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  12. Crossie says:
    August 13, 2021 at 4:15 pm

    RacerX says:
    August 13, 2021 at 3:59 pm
    Paul Kelly talking now at Scommo’s presser tells us 10,000 covid cases so far for the year and 39 deaths. I know we’re supposed to be living in fear of the delta strain but that death rate is only that of a bad flu.

    ——————

    Every death will be attributed to COVID from now on.

    It’s been reported on the news a few minutes ago that an older woman was found dead overnight in her home. First, how do they know it was COVID? And if it was known previously why was she not in medical care? Wouldn’t this be negligence on the part of NSW Health?

    But let’s lock up people even more tightly so that if they die they may not be found for months.


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  13. TailgunneR says:
    August 13, 2021 at 4:15 pm

    Remember when Don Jr had to go before Congress to explain a 15 minute meeting with an obvious Hillary op, Russian girl with a “Hillary dirt file to sell?
    Pepperidge Farms remembers.
    Hunter is good odds to have a bad, single car accident very soon I’d say.
    5/1


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  14. Runnybum says:
    August 13, 2021 at 4:16 pm

    Higgins is you biggles?, prove it to me by flying an A340.


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  15. thefrollickingmole says:
    August 13, 2021 at 4:17 pm

    Gunner.

    Bigger story in the US is Tucker Carlson going to Hungary to conduct journalism.

    Nothing newsworthy in the son of the current president losing a computer full of Kompromat to Russian crims, especially not after a 4 year campaign of “wussia, wussia, wuassia” based on a dodgy dossier paid for by ‘Illerys team.

    And we all know the media would never publicize any of Trumps shady business dealings in any way at all.


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  16. twostix says:
    August 13, 2021 at 4:19 pm

    Lol. To do what?

    Establish that we have right to walk our front door and in public without a government licence.


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  17. Knuckle Dragger says:
    August 13, 2021 at 4:19 pm

    Pleases.

    Please.

    *poleaxes*


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  19. Zulu Kilo Two Alpha says:
    August 13, 2021 at 4:21 pm

    “ABC’s James Valentine mocks the public broadcaster paying $79,000 in damages to Liberal MP Andrew Laming

    Sophie Elsworth
    Media writer
    @sophieelsworth
    An hour ago August 13, 2021

    The ABC has mocked the taxpayer-funded broadcaster’s $79,000 payout to Coalition MP Andrew Laming after he was defamed in a social media post by high-profile Four Corners reporter Louise Milligan.

    The payout to Dr Laming was ordered by the Federal Court on Wednesday, with the media organisation also agreeing to pay Dr Laming’s legal costs as well as their own — leaving the ABC with an overall legal bill which is likely to be in excess of $80,000, on top of the damages.

    On Thursday, the ABC’s Media Bites segment — which the broadcaster’s website describes as “the show that casts a critical eye over the media industry, watching the watchers and commenting on all forms of media, spin and communications” — made light of the defamation payment, which resulted from Milligan posting about an unproven incident involving Dr Laming.

    ABC Sydney’s afternoon radio host James Valentine – who was filling in for regular Media Bites host Paul Barry – joked about the national broadcaster’s handling of public funds.

    In the short clip which has already attracted tens of thousands of views online, Mr Valentine said: “They (the ABC) are forking out $79,000 plus costs to MP Andrew Laming over a tweet by the ABC’s star reporter Louise Milligan.

    “Who said we don’t put your money to good use.””
    *******************************************************************************

    SHUT IT DOWN!
    FIRE THEM ALL!


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  20. Rabz says:
    August 13, 2021 at 4:23 pm

    NSW Labor leader, Chris Minns

    A vile mediocrity with delusions of adequacy now that Beryl G has gone stark staring bonkers.

    I’ve been musing a bit of late about how much worse of we would have been had labore been in power federally and in NSW since the last elections.

    The concept of minnimax, albansleazey and dunderhead dan trying to out hysteria each other over the last 18 months is too hideous to contemplate.


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  21. Runnybum says:
    August 13, 2021 at 4:24 pm

    Hey biggles, how is your wife, is he ok?


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  22. a reader says:
    August 13, 2021 at 4:29 pm

    Rabz it’s a situation I entertain regularly. My local member is beyond hopeless (Lieberals) but the opposition candidate was even worse. The Minion is a shocking showpony desperate for attention but Beryl has lost her bottle and Perottet doesn’t seem to be able to reign her in anymore. Health Hazzard is a disaster but who the hell is Ryan Park his supposed “opposite number?” Has anybody hear from Monsiuer Park, ever?


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  23. Runnybum says:
    August 13, 2021 at 4:30 pm

    ZK2A, if you ever think the political class in Australia are ever going to shut down the ABC then you have a head full of rocks.


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  24. TailgunneR says:
    August 13, 2021 at 4:32 pm

    https://rumble.com/vl0uu5-hunter-cracks-up-again-reeeeee-stream-8-11-21.html
    Latest Salty Reeee stream.
    He’s just getting better &better.


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  25. areff says:
    August 13, 2021 at 4:32 pm

    so, where can you get a counterfeit vax certificate?


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  26. Gab says:
    August 13, 2021 at 4:40 pm

    ”so, where can you get a counterfeit vax certificate?”

    Areff is asking for a friend, as am I.


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  27. Runnybum says:
    August 13, 2021 at 4:43 pm

    so, where can you get a counterfeit vax certificate?”

    —————————————

    Canberra.


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  28. C.L. says:
    August 13, 2021 at 4:46 pm

    This is real – this is in Forbes…

    Posting the whole thing so the dishonesty of ‘reporter’ Peter Suciu can be fully, er, appreciated:

    Hunter Biden Trending On Twitter Again – Highlighting The Potential Spread Of Misinformation As Well As Our National Divide.

    Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, found himself the topic of conversation once again on social media, and by Thursday afternoon there were more than 133,000 tweets related to the younger Biden. Many were openly mocking him, while others came to his defense – as links to a story that was were first posted to a British tabloid on Wednesday were shard across Twitter.

    Breaking News Or Uncorroborated Rumors?

    The Daily Mail newspaper, which had previously posted numerous stories about the content from a laptop that reportedly had belonged to Hunter Biden, claimed it had “unearthed footage” in which the president’s son told a prostitute in Las Vegas that Russian drug dealers stole another of his laptops.

    The content of said laptop(s) has been controversial since it was first reported in the lead-up to last year’s presidential election. Since then, a number of stories emerged after the younger Biden had reportedly left a laptop at a Delaware repair shop. Biden has maintained he has no recollection of ever dropping off the laptop.

    However, it allegedly had a plethora of damning content. Yet, as Newsweek also reported, if the video posted on The Daily Mail this week were true, Hunter Biden would had to have lost three computers containing sensitive information including one in Las Vegas, one in Delaware and yet another that was reportedly seized by federal agents.

    While the story sounds incredible, many who have been openly vocal in their opposition to President Biden have quickly shared the story on social media.

    That post was liked more than 10,000 times and retweeted some 2,429 times – even as there was no corroboration that the story was in anyway factual. Instead that one story was posted, reposted and circulated like it was fact.

    Sean Spicer, former White House press secretary and White House communications director under President Trump also jumped on the story, posting, “For everyone who opined that Trump was controlled by Russia and scrutinized every action & tweet from his kids, maybe it’s worth noting that Hunter Biden claims Russian stole his laptop..at least think about it.”

    This isn’t the first time that content from a laptop purported to belong to Hunter Biden has trended on social media for its content. Many hundreds of others called for an investigation, despite the fact that Hunter Biden holds no office.

    “It’s an effort to not let the story die,” said technology and telecommunications analyst Roger Entner of Recon Analytics.

    It could be seen a way to target the current president by way of his family, and it may not be coming just from average Americans however.

    “We don’t know how many of those are actually Americans or and how many are foreign trolls that benefit from fanning the divisions in our country,” added Entner.

    Biden Defenders

    As many took aim at Hunter Biden, many others rallied to his defense – at least in a roundabout way, by pointing out potential transgressions made by the family of former President Trump. In those cases numerous allegations, which haven’t actually been proven, were also called up as fact.

    In this way, it could be argued that social media has essentially weaponized rumor, innuendo and hearsay as misinformation. But it also makes it very difficult to actually debate these issues rationally.

    “It’s worrisome because rumor makes for dangerous policy,” explained Matthew Schmidt, Ph.D., coordinator of international affairs at the Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice and Forensic Sciences at the University of New Haven.

    “But it’s also not new,” said Schmidt. “Benjamin Franklin published widely read papers that had obviously fake news in them, and pamphleteers distributed thousands of what we’d today call blogs – but on paper! In the absence of other forms of mass communication, the printed word had enormous effect on what people believed about public figures.”


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  30. Zipster says:
    August 13, 2021 at 4:48 pm

    While Tom is on strike, I have automated downloading most US toons. Will work on Oz toons. Feel free to peruse. The scripts check for new toons every hour so fresh toons should be available in the morning.

    The invite for the discord is Catallaxy Refuge , I think there is a 10 minute wait period before you can log to the discord. Discord is a chat app not a blog app, so feel free to chat with other cats.

    If there are toons you would like to see, then please DM on the discord.


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  31. C.L. says:
    August 13, 2021 at 4:53 pm

    The Australian is reporting…

    NSW to crack down on singles bubble.

    Citizens will now “be forced to register their companion” under a strict new regime.

    Like a dog.

    The Australian understands that people will have to register their companion through Service NSW, which will be accessible to police officers conducting checks.


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  32. Runnybum says:
    August 13, 2021 at 4:54 pm

    Hey King of Swaziland, is the boozer ‘ Why Not’ on the road to Manzini still there?


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  33. Bar Beach Swimmer says:
    August 13, 2021 at 4:55 pm

    Cardimona says:
    August 13, 2021 at 3:38 pm

    Cardi, doing God’s work. Thank you.


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  34. amortiser says:
    August 13, 2021 at 5:02 pm

    Watched that Tucker Carlson YouTube video on Ron DeSantis.
    What was the big boobed red head in the bottom left hand corner doing?


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  35. TailgunneR says:
    August 13, 2021 at 5:04 pm

    “in reality they will have been tested extensively on Muslim Chinese political prisoners.”
    I’ve always wondered why THEY are so keen to get this stuff into me.
    The Vaxx is the weapon.
    Welcome to the clean underclass
    😃👍😎😎
    When I went to the Georgia Guide Stones it said something like 500m humans…
    Weird
    We fight?


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  36. cohenite says:
    August 13, 2021 at 5:04 pm

    While Tom is on strike

    Come back Tom, the pay rise has been approved.


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  37. Professor Higgins says:
    August 13, 2021 at 5:06 pm

    Thanks Winston.
    How about those sycophantic “I stand with Cuomo” headlines?
    I particularly loved “I am not a pervert. I am just Italian”.
    What a turd.
    “I am a demonstrative, passionate Italian. That is why I grab women on the arse in the office.”


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  38. Runnybum says:
    August 13, 2021 at 5:06 pm

    Oh king of Swazi, you don’t remember the Why Not? What about the Lugogo holiday inn?


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  39. TailgunneR says:
    August 13, 2021 at 5:09 pm

    Will the Venetian/”Rothschilds” Iron Bank support our cause?
    No.
    We crowdfund it.
    Will we lose?
    Probably.
    With some honour at least.
    👍👍


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  40. DrBeauGan says:
    August 13, 2021 at 5:11 pm

    “Watched that Tucker Carlson YouTube video on Ron DeSantis.
    What was the big boobed red head in the bottom left hand corner doing?”

    ___________________

    Annoying everyone.


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  41. TailgunneR says:
    August 13, 2021 at 5:12 pm

    I proclaim this the neoCathouse.
    We moderate ourselves.
    Meow


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  42. C.L. says:
    August 13, 2021 at 5:15 pm

    Your a href=”https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-13/coronavirus-covid-19-live-blog-updates-lockdown-cases-sydney-nsw/100373178#live-blog-post-1202848300″>Liberal Prime Minister just spoke to the media:

    “We’ve got to do the right thing by each other. We’ve got to do the right thing by our neighbours, our communities, our city, our country. You can do that by following the rules, staying at home, getting vaccinated and getting tested.”

    “That is what is being asked of Australians and that is how you get through. There isn’t an alternative way. There is not some alternative world where you don’t have to have these restrictions and somehow the virus doesn’t kill large numbers of people. That world doesn’t exist.”


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  43. Speedbox says:
    August 13, 2021 at 5:21 pm

    areff says:
    August 13, 2021 at 4:32 pm
    so, where can you get a counterfeit vax certificate?

    I don’t have a link because I heard it on the wireless but apparently you can get a fake QR code device for your phone. Looks identical on your phone, scans with the same confirmed ‘tick’ etc. so it could be shown to an enquiring shop assistant or plod but…..it’s completely fake. Its a façade. It doesn’t send any data or register.

    The wireless had a man on from some technology centre who said he couldn’t understand why people would want to use such a thing but yes, he knew they were available.


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  45. TailgunneR says:
    August 13, 2021 at 5:25 pm

    “Trumps shady business dealing”
    The most investigated dude in history?
    The Weapon.
    Clean as a whistle.
    And WWF Hall of Famer.
    Badass


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  46. Makka says:
    August 13, 2021 at 5:26 pm

    Why am I not shocked…

    Yep, the word has been received. Toe the line or you will find more judges on the bench to join you..


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  47. Rockdoctor says:
    August 13, 2021 at 5:27 pm

    Another tid bit I was thrown from someone I was talking to in Townsville today. Roads with a lot of NSW plates and Cairns business names/dealer stickers getting about. Apparently similar story in Mackay. Seems people are judging with their feet.


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  48. cohenite says:
    August 13, 2021 at 5:27 pm

    Here are 10 reasons why it’s so important for you to sign the pledge today to stand against the radical Greens:

    The Greens will reverse tax cuts for middle-income Australians.
    The Greens want a Labor-style super-profits tax on the mining, oil and gas industry, which would kill hundreds of thousands of Australian jobs, and fall on the shoulders of blue collar workers.
    The Greens will bring back a climate tax, leading to massive hikes in your household power bills.
    The Greens want net zero emission by 2040 and 100 per cent renewable energy by 2030, attacking business and making power bills even more expensive.
    The Greens want to defund the police.
    The Greens will defund our military and open the borders to illegal immigrants.
    The Greens will cancel Australia’s missile defences, weakening our nation.
    The Greens will tear up our military alliance with the United States.
    The Greens will make what they call ‘hate speech’ a crime, and choke your free speech.
    The Greens will axe school chaplains and replace them with ‘Safe Schools’ gender warriors to indoctrinate our kids into gender fluidity.

    https://www.advanceaustralia.org.au/


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  49. TailgunneR says:
    August 13, 2021 at 5:28 pm

    “John Howard was a good guy but he’s killed us all”
    Lol, epic
    Stop dooming, king.
    The game is just about to get interesting.
    Always Accelerate
    MadMax is coming
    Get prepped.


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  50. ikamatua says:
    August 13, 2021 at 5:29 pm

    All the Arky Rants here, including the Arky Covid News Conference 2:
    https://rumble.com/c/c-1012003


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  51. Zulu Kilo Two Alpha says:
    August 13, 2021 at 5:32 pm

    Here are 10 reasons why it’s so important for you to sign the pledge today to stand against the radical Greens:
    ********************************************************************************

    From memory, the Greens were supporting a levy on high income earners, and death duties.


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  52. thefrollickingmole says:
    August 13, 2021 at 5:32 pm

    TailgunneR says:
    August 13, 2021 at 5:25 pmI should have added a /sarc tag…


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  53. m0nty says:
    August 13, 2021 at 5:35 pm

    The game is just about to get interesting.
    Always Accelerate
    MadMax is coming
    Get prepped.

    Yeah righto, Mudguts.


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  54. Indolent says:
    August 13, 2021 at 5:35 pm

    STUDY: COVID19 Vaccine TERMINATES 4 out of 5 pregnancies via “spontaneous abortions”

    https://civilianintelligencenetwork.ca/2021/07/05/study-covid19-vaccine-terminates-4-out-of-5-pregnancies-via-spontaneous-abortions/

    “A shocking new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine reveals that when pregnant women are given covid vaccinations during their first or second trimesters, they suffer an 82% spontaneous abortion rate, killing 4 out of 5 unborn babies.”

    Obfuscated, of course, but there in the data.


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  55. TailgunneR says:
    August 13, 2021 at 5:37 pm

    “Because the Jews have gotten the jump on us”
    When attacking a large concrete section with a jackhammer, always go with the bite sized pieces.
    Think global, Act local.
    #resist


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  56. calli says:
    August 13, 2021 at 5:37 pm

    C.L. says:
    August 13, 2021 at 4:46 pm
    This is real – this is in Forbes…
    ______________

    Unbelievable.

    That thing who wrote it must have studied Orwell for tips. Reminds me of Mark Studdock in That Hideous Strength and what he was expect to produce while massaging the truth.

    I wonder if the author was initiated in the Objectivity Room, or whether it just came naturally.


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  57. cohenite says:
    August 13, 2021 at 5:38 pm

    Sometimes will need to drop my girls at your place. And get them back the same condition I left them in?

    What sort of cats are they bird?


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  58. TailgunneR says:
    August 13, 2021 at 5:39 pm

    “some sort of tough guy seduction routine?”
    Hehe
    Game101


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  59. shatterzzz says:
    August 13, 2021 at 5:40 pm

    The federal cabinet has reportedly backed a proposal for vaccine certificates for quarantine-free international travel.
    I luv this sort of gummint blackmail .. I meanz, seriously, how many folk are panting to fly anywhere? I suppose in the political flying is a big deal but reality is in the real world most folk are trying to put food on the table rather than gazing, desperately, skywards ….


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  60. Rorschach says:
    August 13, 2021 at 5:41 pm

    thefrollickingmole says:
    August 13, 2021 at 3:06 pm
    DO IT.

    https://www.pinterest.at/pin/780882022864023402/

    _______________________________________

    OI!! Are you smiting me?

    “Not even in the face of Armageddon. Never compromise.”


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  61. H B Bear says:
    August 13, 2021 at 5:42 pm

    Seriously, does anyone work at the ABC who isn’t rooting someone who also works at the ABC?

    An occupational hazard of circle jerks.


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  62. Sancho Panzer says:
    August 13, 2021 at 5:42 pm

    I ordered Mad Max.
    I’m getting Bambi and Princess Bride.


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  63. Ruprecht says:
    August 13, 2021 at 5:44 pm

    Inconceivable!


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  64. mh says:
    August 13, 2021 at 5:45 pm

    ‘Gladys has completely lost the plot. A 90 year old man died in palliative care and she insists we must prevent these deaths.’
    ***
    What’s the average age of a covid death now in Australia?


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  65. Ruprecht says:
    August 13, 2021 at 5:47 pm

    Oh

    “ Jordan Shanks loses preliminary fight in John Barilaro defamation case
    Being sued for defamation: Jordan Shanks-Markovina, also known as Friendlyjordies.
    Shanks, also known as Friendlyjordies, is being sued in the Federal Court over two videos he published on his YouTube channel last year.”


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  66. H B Bear says:
    August 13, 2021 at 5:47 pm

    I see the Bird netting has been about as successful as the Covid app.


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  67. TailgunneR says:
    August 13, 2021 at 5:52 pm

    You know all the normies are going to be rolling personal QR codes within a year, right?
    straya


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  68. Rorschach says:
    August 13, 2021 at 5:52 pm

    Ruprecht says:
    August 13, 2021 at 5:44 pm

    Inconceivable!

    ___________________________
    Vizzini: You fell victim to one of the classic blunders — the most famous of which is, ‘Never get involved in a land war in Asia’ — but only slightly less well-known is this: ‘Never go against a Sicilian when death is on the line’! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!”


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  69. TailgunneR says:
    August 13, 2021 at 5:54 pm

    “The girls have cousins for a fella that can hold a pistol well and yet still is trustworthy.”
    Lol, the Manosphere reads “horny”!
    👍😎😎
    Come at me, cuzy’s!!


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  70. mh says:
    August 13, 2021 at 5:55 pm

    NSW says tough titties:

    Craig Kelly MP
    @CraigKellyMP
    ·
    8m
    DISGRACEFUL that BreastScreen NSW has temporarily closed a number of its screening clinics & mobile vans, including one in my Hughes Electorate

    These closures are putting people at risk as early detection is critical in cancer treatment

    SHAME


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  71. cohenite says:
    August 13, 2021 at 5:58 pm

    Cohenite you may have a false sense of security because of your racial handicap.

    I identify as an oyster bird. Oysters have no race and are citizens of the world.


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  72. egg_ says:
    August 13, 2021 at 6:01 pm

    I ordered Mad Max.
    I’m getting Bambi

    ———————————-

    Bambi meets Godzilla
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5R-rbzcEM8A


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  73. TailgunneR says:
    August 13, 2021 at 6:01 pm

    “You’ll get shot in the back then the Jews win”
    We can’t defeat them?
    That’s loser talk!
    I always order a white-supreme pizza, extra anchovies.
    We’ll win in the end.
    Because we know how to make war better than anyone.
    It’s gonna get messy!
    Haha


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  74. Elizabeth (Lizzie) Beare says:
    August 13, 2021 at 6:03 pm

    “Obfuscated, of course, but there in the data.”

    The data table is comparing the incidence in the general population (as calibrated from studies of deleterious pregnancy effects) with the deleterious effects found in the study population. The table suggests that the incidence of both spontanious aborition and still birth in the study population of pregnancies is within normal populaton parameters. This has been misread by the commenters, who have taken the general population incidence as the incidence in the study, making assumptions then on the basis of the table as to when women received their vaxx.

    This sort of misreading really does need correction to stop widespread panic. I am not someone who likes to interfere with normal pregnancy unless there is convincing evidence of safety and need to interfere, and I would prefer longer term studies with a wide sample population with much more controlling for variables, but even so, sheer misreporting needs to be called out.


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  75. Crossie says:
    August 13, 2021 at 6:04 pm

    We are being informed on the news that restrictions will be tightened. They should just come out and say that beatings will continue until morale improves.


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  76. TailgunneR says:
    August 13, 2021 at 6:06 pm

    The Ghosts of Tobruk are about to catch some new headlines.
    Sooner or later.
    Balaclavas are back in business.


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  77. TailgunneR says:
    August 13, 2021 at 6:07 pm

    Lizzie!
    Stepping into the Holocaust denial forum!
    Nice.
    Double Vaxxed yet?
    Cruising for the Vaxxed I heard?
    🤣🤣


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  78. TailgunneR says:
    August 13, 2021 at 6:10 pm

    “we can’t leave possessions in safe-keeping”
    I’m a good thief, but I never steal off the deplorables.
    Your girls/goods are safe at the bunker.
    Bunnings is fair game.
    #resist


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  79. TailgunneR says:
    August 13, 2021 at 6:12 pm

    “I ordered Mad Max.
    I’m getting Bambi”
    We’ll be chaining communists to burning cars soon enough.
    Hehe
    Pendulum, motherfuckers!


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  80. calli says:
    August 13, 2021 at 6:14 pm

    Lizzie! Welcome back to the swamp.

    Make sure you wear your Louboutin galoshes! 😀


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  81. Mark A says:
    August 13, 2021 at 6:15 pm

    H B Bear says:
    August 13, 2021 at 5:47 pm

    I see the Bird netting has been about as successful as the Covid app.
    ‘—————————————–
    Depressing.
    We should’ve waited for Dot, I think.
    There is still time Dot. Go for it.


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  82. TailgunneR says:
    August 13, 2021 at 6:19 pm

    Antarctica has always been Australian territory.
    The resources are OURS.
    The Ruhr valley writ large.
    NeoStraya.
    We take what we want and youse can get fucked.
    Hi United Nations!


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  83. calli says:
    August 13, 2021 at 6:19 pm

    Just for those interested in what you might be paying for new houses and renos. The price of steel has risen by 49% over the past six months.

    Makes the closure of the Newcastle steelworks because uncompetitive seem a trifle premature.

    Enjoy your Tiny Homes, suckers!


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  84. TailgunneR says:
    August 13, 2021 at 6:22 pm

    It’s not a Lockdown without a nightly curfew, faggots
    🤣🤣


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  85. calli says:
    August 13, 2021 at 6:22 pm

    Idiots gotta idiot, Mark A.

    It has been educational watching just who are the rank opportunists when there’s minimal supervision. After a brief flurry, some have settled down. Not so the 🦚.


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  86. Elizabeth (Lizzie) Beare says:
    August 13, 2021 at 6:27 pm

    “Lizzie!
    Stepping into the Holocaust denial forum!
    Nice.
    Double Vaxxed yet?
    Cruising for the Vaxxed I heard?”

    Hiya, Tailgunner. Not really wanting to blog right now, but when I see things that might terrify pregnant women unless corrected I feel a moral duty* to correct the misreading of an epidemiological paper. Whether it is a good paper or not. Actually, it is OK, which is why it is published, but limited in sample and controlling factors.

    *As a mum of four and grandmother of six.
    Pregnacy is fraught enough without major extra concerns. Especially in the first trimester where miscarrying is easily around 12% in population terms. 🙂


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  87. cohenite says:
    August 13, 2021 at 6:29 pm

    There’s no holding the bird when the music of the spheres claims him.


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  89. calli says:
    August 13, 2021 at 6:40 pm

    No one interested in the price of steel? Okay.

    I’ll just leave it there so you can ponder the ramifications. Fortunately we still produce cement and blue metal in quantity. And we have plenty of sand.

    The brickworks will be back to full production hopefully by Christmas.


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  90. Elizabeth (Lizzie) Beare says:
    August 13, 2021 at 6:40 pm

    “We are being informed on the news that restrictions will be tightened. They should just come out and say that beatings will continue until morale improves.”

    Made me laugh, Crossie. I agree that the current health communication leaves much to be desired. And that’s even if you might agree that some health measures may be necessary until vaxx levels ramp up for another few weeks. But not necessarily full-scale lockdowns, which are basically pain with no gain in the current situation. Zero cases is not going to be attainable, nor even desirable in terms of herd immunity. I think Gladys is tacitly recognising this, but held back by ideologues.


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  91. Bruce of Newcastle says:
    August 13, 2021 at 6:40 pm

    The fall of Lebanon this year has been breathtaking. All self inflicted.

    Beirut Goes Dark As Economic Tailspin Sees Dire Fuel & Electricity Shortages (12 Aug)

    I have no idea where bottom is. Eating each other? Not out of the question. Just goes to show what happens when a bunch of nutters like the Hezbies get effective control of a place. Afghanistan, such as it is, is next.


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  92. Dot says:
    August 13, 2021 at 6:41 pm

    It seriously might be time to get a restraining order against Bird.


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  93. Dot says:
    August 13, 2021 at 6:42 pm

    *calli says:
    August 13, 2021 at 6:40 pm
    No one interested in the price of steel? Okay.*

    Gold right now.

    Have you seen the price of tin?


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  94. Elizabeth (Lizzie) Beare says:
    August 13, 2021 at 6:44 pm

    Cats, please remember the disclaimer on all satire:

    Not A Death Threat

    If you actually mean it, you shouldn’t be here.


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  95. Dot says:
    August 13, 2021 at 6:44 pm

    *C.L. says:
    August 13, 2021 at 4:53 pm
    The Australian is reporting…

    NSW to crack down on singles bubble.

    Citizens will now “be forced to register their companion” under a strict new regime.

    Like a dog.

    The Australian understands that people will have to register their companion through Service NSW, which will be accessible to police officers conducting checks.*

    Thanks lad.

    Idiotic and tyrannical.

    We’re in the very best of hands.


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  96. m0nty says:
    August 13, 2021 at 6:45 pm

    Gunner and Bird teaming up is a grim sight.


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  97. Elizabeth (Lizzie) Beare says:
    August 13, 2021 at 6:46 pm

    “It seriously might be time to get a restraining order against Bird.”

    Indeed. Making serious death threats on a carriage medium is a criminal offense.

    One can only hope that satire is involved, as in NADT.
    But it is a fine line, to be cautiously trod, not flagrantly flaunted.


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  98. Bruce of Newcastle says:
    August 13, 2021 at 6:49 pm

    Good to see you drop by Lizzie!

    I was hoping Lady Nilk might also, so I could say how much I liked her king parrots and especially her friendly brushtail. Banana slices, luxury!

    Still oodles of currawongs at Cafe Bruce. The grey butcherbirds obviously have kids since they’re quite clucky – obsessively collecting vast quantities of food from the head waiter. And the noisies’ eggs have hatched this week or so, so they’re now collecting bread bits for their newest bunch of kiddies.


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  99. Runnybum says:
    August 13, 2021 at 6:50 pm

    I knew you wouldn’t last 3 weeks.

    Time to start bragging again.


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  100. Runnybum says:
    August 13, 2021 at 6:52 pm

    King of Swaziland, have you ever been to Swaziland?


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