Open Thread – Tuesday 14 September 2021

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  1. Steve trickler says:

    Hey Neil.

    Did Australia screw East Timor over in anyway shape or form since they gained independence? Genuine question.

    You should be full bottle on it.

     

     

     


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  2. Neil says:

    “” Neil, are you grieving the departure of Gladys?”’

     

    My first thought is that i am rejoicing

     

    But i would not like to be in govt

     

    If i was Premier i would resign and let someone else do the job


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  3. Neil says:

    “””You are boring, Neil [ middle finger ]”””

     

    Howard got East Timor their independence

     

    You can get stuffed


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  4. Steve trickler says:

    🤣 Neil.

    [ Two hands with the middle finger ]

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

    Polonaise – Jon and Vangelis

     

     


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  5. mh says:

    Neil says:
    October 2, 2021 at 9:53 pm

    “” Neil, are you grieving the departure of Gladys?”’

     

    My first thought is that i am rejoicing
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    Exactly. As a Sydneysider you know Howard’s comment was ridiculous.

    “Life for the unvaccinated will be very difficult indefinitely.”

    Good riddance, Gladys.


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  6. cohenite says:

    East timor isn’t independent, the chunks own it.


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  7. Neil says:

    “””  when he sold the NW gas to the chunks in a contract with NO fucking inflation clause which means they are getting the gas so cheap they can sell it back to us for a great profit “”

     

    It is news to me that the PM has anything to do with banana, wheat,  wool, iron ore prices etc

     

    Perhaps you are making stuff up???


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  8. Neil says:

    “””Good riddance, Gladys””

     

    I get that but what is next??


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  9. Knuckle Dragger says:

    Oh good.  This, again.  cohenite:

    ‘Howard could have closed down the abc but didn’t’

    Correct.

    ‘He could have stopped turdball but he encouraged him’

    Also correct.

    ‘He disarmed Australia;

    Absolutely correct.

    ‘He joined the paris accord’

    Extremely correct.

    ‘He’s a fucktard.’

    Correctomundo.  A soft Communist, he paved the way for the idiocy to come.  Allowed that pompous fuckwit Rudd into the big chair so he could have ‘summits’ with butchers’ paper with hairy Byron Bay women, which in turn put even softer hand-patters like Abbott and maniacs like Turnbull in charge of the lollies.

    People can safely lay the disgrace this country has become at Howard’s stinking feet.


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  10. mh says:

    Neil, if there is any righteousness left in Australian society, the UNiparty must come to a swift end.

    United Australia Party is the way forward as far as politics.

    And Aussies must not cooperate with lockdowns and Big Pharma mandates.


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  11. mh says:

    NRL GF to host 40,000 fans after QLD avoids lockdown
    Suncorp Stadium will host close to 40,000 fans for Queensland’s maiden NRL grand final after revelations the state government won’t order a snap Covid lockdown.


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  12. cohenite says:

    “Perhaps you are making stuff up???”

    STFU. The feds have to sign off on such deals. Howard was out there spruiking it. Try not to be a such a dickhead.


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  13. Steve trickler says:

    Another soundscape from State Azure.

    [Scroll Alert]

    I can understand this music is not for everyone, but gee whiz, he’s very good at his craft. Big screen, dark room and a good sound system work a treat. A couple of glasses of red wine also help.

    Azure:

    Been struggling with time a bit lately. So I decided to setup a smaller system for a while using my Intellijel 7U case with ES-9 connected to the laptop and a couple of FX pedals. Since I’m also in a larger room it gave me a good opportunity to use my Sirui 35mm Anamorphic lens again for some nice cinematic visuals. Recorded direct to DAW. Video shot on a Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4k with a Sirui 35mm Anamorphic lens. Editing and colour grading done in Da Vinci Resolve.

    Hereafter – Ambient Modular Performance (Rings, Chainsaw, Nebulae, Freak, Microcosm, Bitwig)


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  14. mh says:

    Devon blues
    @BeachLife7

    PROTESTERS IN THE UK WENT TO THE AUSTRALIAN EMBASSY TO SHOW SOLIDARITY WITH OUR AUSSIE BROTHERS AND SISTERS

    https://twitter.com/BeachLife7/status/1444212951695728643/photo/1


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  15. mh says:

    Real Mark Latham
    @RealMarkLatham

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    9h

    After 99 days of the failed Berejiklian Sydney Lockdown, how does this statement make any sense? Berejiklian consistently enabled Chant to lockdown harder and then break the National Reopening Agreement. Liberal pom-pom waving is not actually analysis.

    Quote Tweet

    James Morrow
    @pwafork

    · 11h

    Anyway, whatever ICAC ultimately finds – and keep in mind a lot of people have had their names trashed before being ultimately cleared – one suspects Gladys’s chief sin for many here was blowing up the Covid Zero hysteria and being a loud voice for re-opening the country.


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  16. jo says:

    I hope the Israelis turn Iran to glass. More likely F35 low level conventional attack leaving the development site radioactive. I still prefer the first option.


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  17. Bar Beach Swimmer says:

    Steve,

    I really enjoyed John & Vangelis – I’ll find my way home.

    Thanks for putting it up.


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  18. Bar Beach Swimmer says:

    Bears repeating:

     

    <quote>After 99 days of the failed Berejiklian Sydney Lockdown, how does this statement make any sense? Berejiklian consistently enabled Chant to lockdown harder and then break the National Reopening Agreement. Liberal pom-pom waving is not actually analysis</quote>

    Spot on.

     


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  19. Neil says:

    “””””””””” The feds have to sign off on such deals. Howard was out there spruiking it. Try not to be a such a dickhead.”””””””””””

     

    So??

     

    But what would the PM know about commodity prices?? Do  know what a good price for coal or wheat would be?? Surely the market sets the price not the PM


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  20. Shy Ted says:

    Still working on the best response to the Karens of all sexes that question why you aren’t wearing a mask. Nothing works because you know you’re dealing with dumbarses but “get vaccinated, you’ll be fine” which leads into “I am vaccinated” and “so why are you wearing a mask?” Instant enemy. Fine by me. Anybody with better responses? Save me going to prison for murder?

    Wish I could do this.


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  21. Eyrie says:

    East Timor should have been left with the Indons. Not even Gough Whitlam, the Indons  or the USA wanted a people’s Democratic Republic Of East Timor in 1975 in the middle of the Indon achipelago. Would have had a Soviet Navy base in no time at all.

    It was pointless posturing to “free” them in 1999.


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  22. Shy Ted says:

    Carve a pumpkin, that is. Not what you dirty-minded folks were thinking.

    So much left lunacy around this morning. Don’t know where to start. That bloke Laurel Hubbard, weightlifter, is NZ female athlete of the year.

    https://twitter.com/lporiginalg/status/1443648020361322502Maybe this one just pipped it for the gold.  Oops

    Pathetic and alarming in equal quantities.


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  23. cohenite says:

    You’re seriously defending howard signing off on an agreement to effectively give away the NW gas deposit. Is that what you’re doing.


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  24. mh says:

    Remember the government Covid app? It worked by your mobile recognising that your mobile had been within close range of someone else’s mobile for a period of fifteen minutes. Fifteen minutes was based on the science showing that being the estimated minimum timeframe for transmission to occur when an infected person was close by.

    This science would have to call into question some of the mask fines that have been handed out in Australia.


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  25. mh says:

    Qld Premier lays out the rules, and it’s all based on medical science:

    ‘Her message was clear. Behave.

    “Can I say to people who are attending, you have to check into the stadium, you have to wear your mask in there and you can only remove your mask when you are seated if you are eating or drinking,” she said.

    “That doesn’t mean sitting there with a beer and having the mask off — it’s only when you are drinking.

    “We have to do this to keep everyone safe so I am making it very clear that these are the conditions that have been put on by Dr Young and that is what I expect everyone to do.”


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  26. mh says:

    Neil, who should we free next?


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  27. John Angelico says:

    Gee whiz. A surprise with the intro and outro.

    James Bond Theme – Dr. No // The Danish National Symphony Orchestra (Live)

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

    Great work by the conductor- he must have co-ordinated the whole thing through telepathy.

    Or a paintball shot, maybe?


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  28. Bar Beach Swimmer says:

    I only read the heading, so it could be wrongly reported in The Oz – (who trusts the msm any more?); but if the gist of it is true, what right does Chant have to say anything about Gladys – “She worked tirelessly.”

    She’s a public servant(?) no opinion of politicians is in her remit.  And Perrottet should sack her for it.

    Also, great to see Constance about to resign – hopefully, more  will depart.


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  29. Black Ball says:

    Wow. Just wow. From the Hun:

    ‘Victoria’s bus network will transition to a zero emission fleet, with the government awarding a new contract for a third of the metropolitan network.

    Melbourne based Kinetic, which operates SkyBus and runs local bus routes across Australia and New Zealand, was on Saturday awarded the 2.3 billion dollar contract to commence from January 31 next year.

    36 locally made and fully electric buses will be introduced to the network by mid 2025, including 5 by June next year.

    More than half of the franchise fleet -341 of 537 buses – will be replaced with low or zero emissions vehicles.

    “This is a 10-year investment that will transform our buses,” Public Transport Minister Ben Carroll said.’

    Transformed into road clogging bollards. What a time to be alive.


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  30. Black Ball says:

    Bar Beach Swimmer, would be most delicious if Chant were dismissed. But then the cries of sexism would be heard from Mars.


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  31. Neil says:

    “””””” You’re seriously defending howard signing off on an agreement to effectively give away the NW gas deposit. Is that what you’re doing.”””

     

    Are you telling me when we sell commodities eg wheat, wool, iron ore etc, the PM sits around the table and haggles the price??

     

    What would the PM know about the price for our exports?? The market sets the price.


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  32. Ragu Ragu says:

     

    More than half of the franchise fleet -341 of 537 buses – will be replaced with low or zero emissions vehicles.

     

    My calculator puts that at $6,744,868/bus. How much for a standard Volgren bus

     


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  33. Knuckle Dragger says:

    ‘What would the PM know about the price for our exports?? The market sets the price.’

    Howard should have exported Joe Burns years ago, although the market price would be 0.  Like his recent Test performances.


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  34. Ragu says:

    M

    …

    《That doesn’t mean sitting there with a beer and having the mask off — it’s only when you are drinking.》

     

    Raid the Cakko beforehand and tape a bunch of straws together and tape the free end to your mouth. For hygiene purposes of course.

     

    Unfortunately, the thousands of cops they’ll have patrolling the concourse are humourless cocks and want to punish the world because no one turned up to their 21st.

     

     

     


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  35. kaysee kaysee says:

    Australia’s Freedom Fighter, Monica Smit, Addresses CIC

    Monica is in demand overseas.

    《 Australia’s freedom fighter, Monica Smit, addressed the Catholic Identity Conference with an empowering message from which we can all benefit: No one is too small or too weak to make a difference. With God, all things are possible. 》


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  36. kaysee kaysee says:

    Does Clive have proof for this claim?

    Pfizer and AstraZeneca Paid Lobbyists to Direct Australia’s Leaders to Push Vaccine Mandates

    《 Clive Palmer, leader of the United Australia Party claimed ousted New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian was told she wouldn’t be charged in a corruption probe if she imposed a vaccine mandate.

    Palmer made these statements a couple weeks ago but it has garnered a lot of attention this weekend after Berejiklian resigned in disgrace following a corruption probe.

    Two weeks ago, Palmer said Pfizer and AstraZeneca were paying lobbyists tens of millions of dollars to direct Australia’s liberal leaders to push the double jab. 》


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  37. mh says:

    ‘…Berejiklian made history for overseeing one of the most fascistic regimes in modern history like nothing we have witnessed in the Western world.
    It appears she was bowing to Big Pharma lobbyists and special interest groups once again proving Covid mandates have NOTHING to do with science or saving lives.
    Clive Palmer told reporters of Berejiklian: “The only way she gets out of the inquiry is if she pushes the double jab.”


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  38. kaysee kaysee says:

    You don’t have to win or even place in an event or have the correct genitalia for this:

    Trans athlete Laurel Hubbard named ‘Sportswoman of the Year’

    《Laurel Hubbard, the New Zealand weightlifter who competes on the women’s team, though she is a biological male who identifies as transgender, has been named “Sportswoman of the Year” by the University of Otago.

    The award was given to Hubbard on Tuesday. Hubbard was the first trans woman to compete in the Olympics on behalf of a women’s team. Hubbard did not win, or place, in the weightlifting events for which the lifter had qualified, surpassing much younger, female New Zealand lifters to gain a spot on the team.

    Hubbard received the award from the University of Otago in Dunedin, on New Zealand’s South Island. The Sportswoman of the Year award has never before been given to a biological male, meaning Hubbard’s taking of the prize makes a notable mark in the 113 year history of the award, according to the Otago Daily Times.》


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  39. incoherent rambler says:

    push the double jab

    =======

    This sort of talk is getting me excited. I’m off to find a towel.


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  40. Terry Pedersen says:

    Slummer, you are such a dope. Here is what Chant actually said, in context.

    She was asked questions and responded correctly.


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  41. egg_ says:

    Hello Egg

    The 3 stages for NSW to move out of stay at home orders have been announced:

    70% full vaccination target reopening starts for fully vaccinated people – expected to be Monday 11 October.

    80% full vaccination target further easing of restrictions for fully vaccinated people – expected to be Monday 25 October.

    Wednesday 1 December opening up NSW for everyone whether vaccinated or not.


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  42. egg_ says:

    “The only way she gets out of the inquiry is if she pushes the double jab.”

    Was the “double jab” Maguire’s speciality?

     

     


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  43. egg_ says:

    She was asked questions and responded correctly.

    What percentage of NSW ‘Elf frontline wukkas are Frankenvaxed?

     

     


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  44. shatterzzz says:

    Does Clive have proof for this claim?

    Clive doesn’t need proof! .. this 2021 when all that is necessary is to make the statement .. providing proof is soooo 2019-ish .. LOL!


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  45. kaysee kaysee says:

    The ignorant public. Totally brainwashed. They love a dictator.

    Need a counter-petition: Go, Gladys, Go

    Multiple online petitions urging Gladys Berejiklian to stay on as Premier gain thousands of signatures

    《 In the less than 48 hours since the resignation of NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian, a change.org petition has amassed nearly 40,000 signatures with pleas to keep her in power.

    Titled “Don’t let Gladys Go,” it’s one of around 30 petitions which have been started which contest Ms Berejiklian’s exit as the leader of the NSW Liberal Party.

    Change.org said it was extremely unusual for an outgoing party leader to see this level of support. 》


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  46. kaysee kaysee says:

    this 2021 when all that is necessary is to make the statement