Open Thread – Tuesday 17 August 2021

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  1. cohenite says:

    Current muslim terrorism figures; I wonder whether the talifucks will initiate an uptick:

    https://www.thereligionofpeace.com/


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  2. TailgunneR says:

    I’m not a law obeyer.
    Hehe
    straya


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  3. ikamatua says:

    ” The firm may not be woke at all, but just afraid that fossil fuels will eventually be outlawed.”
    ..
    Oil is used for a lot more than just fuel. We will always need oil.
    Unless we start harpooning female Labor PMs for the blubber reserves stored in their arses, oil wells will exist forever.


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  4. Roger says:

    Nobody is allowed to win wars anymore.

    —————————

    I suspect the Taliban would beg to differ.

    And on an altogether grander scale I don’t think Xi would nod sagely either.

    There are people who don’t care to play by our rules.

    Somewhere between the end of WWII and Vietnam we forgot this, not least due to Soviet infliltration and manipulation of our student and peace movements and the prog-left march through the universities and professions.

    I note the US State Department is full of buttoned down Ivy League types who imagine the Taliban are open to appeals to “inclusivity”. They are fools.

    Stick a fork in the West; it’s done.

    The only worthwhile task is preserving what we can of its heritage, like the Celtic monks did during the Dark Ages.


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  5. JC says:

    Love this song. Hit the top of the charts too and stayed there for weeks.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEaKX9YYHiQ


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  6. ikamatua says:

    “In the 1990s, policymakers finally stood up to the industry and acted. Congress held hearings and state attorneys general sued the tobacco companies. In 1998, almost every state in the U.S. came together to approve the largest civil settlement in U.S. history, the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (MSA). This court settlement between 46 states and the District of Columbia and the major tobacco companies forced them to end some of their more egregious marketing practices and provided for annual payments to the states for some of the medical costs of caring for the 16 million Americans who have smoking-caused illnesses. The settlement was huge: $206 billion over the first 25 years and the payments continue indefinitely into the future.”
    ..
    If you had divested yourself of tobacco in 1998, reading the “writing on the wall” for big tobacco, you would have f*cked yourself.


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  7. ikamatua says:

    35% of oil is used for shit other than transport fuels.


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  8. TailgunneR says:

    Life’s about to get hard for the Clean.
    Strap up, bastards.
    No surrender
    I’m but a simple working man. They’ll never break me.
    Bring it, motherfucker.
    I’m going on offence.
    What Would the Desert Rats Do?
    Hehe, fight on with a grin.
    Straya!!!
    See you in Heaven, mates


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  9. a reader says:

    I’ll take December 27 please. I think it would be hugely ironic as the day Weather Underground was started


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  10. kaysee says:

    Interested in the Biden Lotto but it is really tough to pick a date. Who is going to call for Xiden to step down? What are the alternatives?

    Khamala? unpopular.
    Peloxi? same as above.

    ‘You Will Not Pin This Sh*t on Me!’ Kamala Harris Refused to Face American People as Afghanistan Collapsed

    According to multiple reports, Harris was asked to address the American people on Sunday about the unraveling situation in the war-torn country, but refused. As the Taliban threatened the lives of thousands of Americans and allies in Kabul, pressure mounted on the White House to look the people in the eye and explain what happened. Yet, no one did.

    A well-placed source inside the White House informs Becker News that Kamala Harris objected to addressing the nation on Sunday. The source reports that Kamala Harris could be heard screaming, “They will not pin this s*** on me!” Furthermore, the source reports that Jill Biden was at Camp David deflecting calls being made for Joe Biden.


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  11. cohenite says:

    Following up from Carpe’s book on when they scrape biden out of office I reckon another one would be when the next big muslim terrorist attack occurs on Western soil.

    Also when the chunks have a serious shot at Taiwan and/or set up another base in Australian owned Antarctica.


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  12. Mick Gold Coast QLD says:

    Muddy says at 6:51 pm:

    ” …
    Battles are not just won … kinetically, on the physical battlefield anymore.
    … war is a competition for influence … Astute operators who can dominate the information space might score victories in the broader political sense against opponents with greater kinetic battlefield resources.”

    That is so … so … insightful! 😁😂🤣

    I doubt any of the tough fella drongos present are capable of unpacking this systemic, structural, unconscious, incomprehensible metric for me – for the moment I must remain just like poster “Muddy”, with absolutely no clue what he is mumbling about!


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  13. TailgunneR says:

    “who don’t care to play by our rules.”
    Rules are for losers.
    That’s old thinking.
    Embrace MadMax
    The revolution is gonna be messy.
    Very messy.
    Fight to win or surrender like sheep.
    Choose wisely, no backsies.
    Australia is ded
    Straya beckons, for those willing to step to.
    😎🤘
    It starts here.
    Organise your cell.
    Freedom of action, as long as it brings down the zeitgeist.
    It all has to burn.

    Time for change.


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  14. TailgunneR says:

    Mick, go re-oil your fkn boat or whatever has been faggots do.
    You’ll not be spared.
    Go to the lifesaving club for a Parma or the latest GC cultural event, whatever TF counts up there and leave the fighting to others.
    We won’t forget, collaborator.
    See you at the gallows, mate 👊👊👍👍


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  15. Bruce of Newcastle says:

    The firm may not be woke at all

    JC – They’re woke in the worst way. Kloppers, who was vege before it was a thing, was full on already well before this last decade of lurid climate pron. None of which has actually occurred, nor is even evident on the real world data. But good luck trying to tell them that in between their Davis and Bilderberg confabs.

    I own no BHP shares btw.

    By contrast Glencore doesn’t seem as woke although they’ve had similar pressure.


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  16. TailgunneR says:

    I’m warming to the Talibs.
    They’re ZFG.
    And they never surrender.
    Go, you good things!


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  17. JC says:

    Oil is used for a lot more than just fuel. We will always need oil.
    Unless we start harpooning female Labor PMs for the blubber reserves stored in their arses, oil wells will exist forever.

    Dude, if the oil is used for other purposes other than fuel, then it’s technically not a fossil fuel, right? Get it?
    The point is they could ban it for that specific use. Let me correct that comment… it’s not that they could ban it. They will try very hard to do so.


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  18. Bruce of Newcastle says:

    Davos not Davis. Grr.


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  19. MatrixTransform says:

    capable of unpacking this systemic, structural, unconscious, incomprehensible metric for me

    there’s nothing more graceful than a goose in flight


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  20. TailgunneR says:

    Has anyone ever seen MickGC& Gen.Mark Milley in the same room together?


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  21. JC says:

    By contrast Glencore doesn’t seem as woke although they’ve had similar pressure.

    Brucie, Glazenberg has caught the green bug too recently.


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  22. ikamatua says:

    “then it’s technically not a fossil fuel, right?”
    ..
    So what?
    The number of assets producing it are still making money and competition is reduced by lack of investment in new assets and exploration.


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  23. Bruce of Newcastle says:

    Has anyone ever seen MickGC& Gen.Mark Milley in the same room together?

    If you flip his initials and add a bit Mark Milley becomes Wank Willey.


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  24. ikamatua says:

    Coal is supposedly the dirtiest of the dirty.
    And it’s at astronomical prices now.


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  25. JC says:

    JC – They’re woke in the worst way. Kloppers, who was vege before it was a thing, was full on already well before this last decade of lurid climate pron. None of which has actually occurred, nor is even evident on the real world data. But good luck trying to tell them that in between their Davis and Bilderberg confabs.

    Brucie, if they had sold the coal assets during his time, the firm would be better off as coal assets had a higher valuation.


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  26. Cassie of Sydney says:

    “Brucie, Glazenberg has caught the green bug too recently.”
    ——————————————————————-
    Pity there’s no vaccination for that bug.


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  27. Muddy says:

    Mick Gold Coast QLD says:
    August 18, 2021 at 7:30 pm

    I’m sure everyone appreciates your clarification and elucidation of the points I was struggling to make, Mick. I know I certainly do. I admire your combination of humility and wisdom.


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  28. rickw says:

    “The Biden Adventure”

    We’re past the heavily listing stage, we’re now capsized.


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  29. Bruce of Newcastle says:

    Brucie, Glazenberg has caught the green bug too recently.

    Haha.

    Glencore buys 100pc of Australia’s Rolleston coal mine (17 Aug)

    Switzerland-based mining and trading company Glencore will take 100pc ownership of the Rolleston thermal coal mine in Australia’s Queensland, after agreeing to buy Japanese firm Sumitomo’s 12.5pc stake and having completed the purchase of a 12.5pc stake previously held by Itochu in June.

    With Swiss persons you should always watch what the hands are doing.


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  30. Carpe Jugulum says:

    Biden Lotto
    Carpe 24 Sept
    Calli 10 Sept
    Delta A 1 Oct
    aReader 27 Dec
    ZK2A 30 Oct
    BBS 25 Nov
    Custard 18 Sept
    Joanna 7 Oct
    Rosie 19 Sept 22
    Zippy 1 June 22


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  31. Fat Tony says:

    Carpe Jugulum says:
    August 18, 2021 at 7:50 pm

    Carpe – put me down for 11th September please


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  32. Mick Gold Coast QLD says:

    Bruce of Newcastle says at 7:43 pm:

    ” Has anyone ever seen MickGC& Gen.Mark Milley in the same room together?

    If you flip his initials and add a bit Mark Milley becomes Wank Willey.”

    Thanks a million Bruce of Newcastle. I had the misapprehension that you were more discerning with your preferred company.


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  33. Bruce of Newcastle says:

    Mick, you might’ve gathered I don’t have much time for Gen. Milley.


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  34. wivenhoe says:

    And no one lower in the order of succession than the VP has ever replaced a President.

    The main worry will be if it does go beyond VP and you get Pelosi.


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  35. rickw says:

    Carpe,

    December 1 please.


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  36. JC says:

    Brucie

    Glazenberg is sth African and Australian citizen. He’s not a Swiss native.

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=81d3AAJ9Dag


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  37. Bar Beach Swimmer says:

    Old bloke says:
    August 18, 2021 at 4:08 pm

    OB, tonight on Credlin Mark Latham said that the legislation surrounding workers’ rights is extensive and should provide enough assistance against employer moves to introduce mandatory vaccination. The completion of the privacy forms covering our immunisation status is a view to that – a way to stymie the other half’s employer if any pressure is applied. Latham said he has a post up on his FB page that details all the legislation that protects workers, which I’ve asked if someone with a page could put up.


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  38. kaysee says:

    Does anyone stop and think of the children?
    They are not playthings to be used by sqwertys trying to prove they are a “family”.

    Pete Buttigieg And Husband Chasten Announce They Are Now Parents

    “For some time, Chasten and I have wanted to grow our family,” Buttigieg wrote in a tweet Tuesday. “We’re overjoyed to share that we’ve become parents! The process isn’t done yet and we’re thankful for the love, support, and respect for our privacy that has been offered to us. We can’t wait to share more soon.”


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  39. Franx says:

    Bruce
    Ha. Harry Lime would agree.


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  40. FlyingPigs says:

    Mick Gold Coast QLD always reminds me of ‘Grumpy Grandpa’.


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  41. Tailgunner says:

    Transhumanism- just say NO
    Stay Clean
    #resist


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  42. cohenite says:

    Fox News Prime has a little montage of the Australian idiots like Chant – don’t talk to your friends -, the hunchback – you can’t lift your mask to drink a beer outside – as examples, along with horseface from NZ, as the worst examples of chunk virus hysteria in the world currently.


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  43. Rohan says:

    Carpe, November 1th pls


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  44. Carpe Jugulum says:

    Biden Lotto
    Carpe 24 Sept
    Calli 10 Sept
    Delta A 1 Oct
    aReader 27 Dec
    ZK2A 30 Oct
    BBS 25 Nov
    Custard 18 Sept
    Joanna 7 Oct
    Rosie 19 Sept 22
    Zippy 1 June 22
    Rex Anger 6 June 22
    Fat Tony 11 Sept
    Rick W 1 bDec


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  45. Bruce of Newcastle says:

    JC, give me a break please? I haven’t just emerged from 50 years in an nuclear fallout shelter. Kloppers was South African too, but that doesn’t make BHP South African. Glencore is well known in the business for keeping their cards close to their chests. And they’ve been domiciled in the land of bankers and cow bells for roughly forever.


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  46. TailgunneR says:

    Has MickGC ever posted anything but Gold Coast wisdom?
    Lol
    Cultural giants up there.
    Skasey writ small.
    See you in Majorca, mofos!
    Gay white shoes are compulsory.


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  47. cohenite says:

    24/12/2021 for me.


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  48. TailgunneR says:

    ” ‘Grumpy Grandpa’.”
    Yeah, mal riders.
    Never get barrelled, always upset.
    Only ones worse are kneeboarders.


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  49. Fat Tony says:

    TailgunneR says:
    August 18, 2021 at 8:16 pm
    “Has MickGC ever posted anything but Gold Coast wisdom?”

    Nah – he’s a cranky old shit – probably married to Rosie Notaclue


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  50. ikamatua says:

    You’re all as demented as Biden.
    He has a machine behind him.
    If he is out of office the machine stops taking in money.
    They won’t let him leave.


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  51. JC says:

    Brucie

    You implied Glazenberg is Swiss . He’s not.


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  52. Carpe Jugulum says:

    Biden Lotto
    Carpe 24 Sept
    Calli 10 Sept
    Delta A 1 Oct
    aReader 27 Dec
    ZK2A 30 Oct
    BBS 25 Nov
    Custard 18 Sept
    Joanna 7 Oct
    Rosie 19 Sept 22
    Zippy 1 June 22
    Rex Anger 6 June 22
    Fat Tony 11 Sept
    Rick W 1 Dec
    Rohan 1 Nov
    Cohenite 24 Dec


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  53. Old School Conservative says:

    I’m going long on Biden lotto.
    He’s too useful a puppet for his handlers to remove their hands from up his arse.
    Even if they have to do a “Weekend at Bernies” with a dead or decayed President.

    Carpe, please put me down for Monday January 20th, 2025.


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  54. Bruce of Newcastle says:

    You implied Glazenberg is Swiss .

    I suggest you learn to read, JC, rather than looking at currency movements all day. I know who Mr Glasenberg is and have done for a long time. I even know who Marc Rich is without looking him up on Wikipedia. I might even have worked in that industry occasionally, like three decades-ish. Sheesh.


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  55. Old School Conservative says:

    TailgunneR says:
    August 18, 2021 at 8:18 pm
    ” ‘Grumpy Grandpa’.”
    Yeah, mal riders.
    Never get barrelled, always upset.
    Only ones worse are kneeboarders.

    Rubbish.
    I used to paddle a goat boat. Much more infuriating for the grommets than mals. At least mals could turn on a wave. Slowly.