the greener grass; the disappearance of…;the planned and the surprise; and the helicopter.
The last one reminded me of one of the other half’s elderly aunts who was in hospital for a routine procedure.
In came a young occupational therapist to check on Aunt’s post procedure health, which included asking her a few questions. These were things like: “do you know where you are?” and “what day is it?”
Finally, the therapist asked Aunt to write down a sentence; she responded thus: ‘I do not have dementia*.’
(*Pity the “Leader” of the “Free World” [edit: is there such a thing anymore?] can’t write down the same thing.)
And the longer dover allows you access with your obnoxious posting, the risk increases the blog won’t reach anywhere near it’s potential. You are a nett huge negative to this place.
And the longer dover allows you access with your obnoxious posting, the risk increases the blog won’t reach anywhere near it’s potential. You are a nett huge negative to this place.
Guest post: Vikki Campion – Aunty plays favourites
IF you defamed someone, would your boss pay the legal bill? That’s exactly what’s happened when the ABC paid the legal bills of journalist Louise Milligan who defamed someone on her social media accounts.
If it had been any other government agency that forked out $79,000 in damages and $50,000 in costs — paid for by the taxpayer — for the same crime, the ABC would go feral.
The ABC answering questions on notice recently told the Senate there was a distinction between official ABC social media accounts and ABC staff using their social media.
“In the former case, the ABC accepts editorial responsibility for content provided on official ABC social media accounts and editorial policies apply,” it said.
“In the latter case, the ABC does not accept editorial responsibility and editorial policies do not apply.”
So why did they pay Louise Milligan’s legal bills?
“Particular and exceptional circumstances,” we are told.
A private media company would have to explain to its shareholders if they covered the legal costs from an employee’s personal social media account. But the ABC is not a private media company.
Its shareholders are the Australian taxpayer who can’t attend an annual AGM. Since 2015, the ABC has had to pay court-ordered damages, costs, or settlements 18 times for defamation cases, and we don’t know the price.
We have a right to know this because we own and pay for this organisation whose operating budget is the price of two rural training hospitals, or $880.56 million a year.
As other media businesses struggle, the ABC has had the taxpayer-funded benefits of increasing them by 120.
When the ABC was asked on notice during Senate Estimates, who was handed an eye-watering bonus of more than $50,000, about the annual wage of a regional reporter that would make a few Cartier watches seem cheap, the ABC made a Public Interest Immunity Claim: “The ABC believes that disclosure of this information could result in an unreasonable invasion of privacy for the individual, resulting in undue public attention and speculation.”
An immunity never afforded Australia Post boss Christine Holgate — she of Cartier watch-gate — by the ABC.
And when asked about publishing unsubstantiated rape claims against Christian Porter and Bill Shorten from the 80s? “… that does not prevent in certain circumstances allegations of criminal conduct being reported”.
So no undue public speculation there? When Extinction Rebellion protest against something, the headline generally reads: “Grandparents fighting for the future of their grandchildren.”
But when backbencher George Christensen appeared at an anti-lockdown rally in Mackay, according to the ABC he “posed just metres from QAnon supporters”.
When Extinction Rebellion protests, they are carers; when George does, he is a terrorist.
When the ABC wants a dissenting voice from the Liberal Party, they go straight to Malcolm Turnbull.
But they never give Mark Latham the royal treatment, despite him being a former Labor leader.
What triggers the bush is when they don’t use regional reporters in their prestige programs.
A Four Corners hit job on Murray Darling Basin water was orchestrated from inner-city Ultimo instead of by the well-regarded ABC Shepparton correspondent Warwick Long.
Why have a city reporter do a rural story?
Ultimo urbane’s apparent assumption is their city kids are more discerning, while us rural types are sitting backwards on a horse eating a banana — a generalisation about some eight million Australians.
If they only talk to half of Australia, they only need half the budget, and we should give the other half to another view.
We could have The Drum with Julia Baird followed by The Drum with Peta Credlin.
We could have Late-Night Live with Philip Adams followed by Catherine Macgregor Live.
We could have Q&A with Virginia Trioli followed by Q&A with Alan Jones. Would Ultimo pay for Sky News? Of course not.
So why should the bush pay for someone else’s ABC?
The ABC buys the Akubra and claims to support the bush whenever they are under attack, so what new regional offices have opened?
Sydney ABC commentariat keeps calling for greater lockdowns — if they are the greatest advocate for staying at home, some Ultimo reporters should find a new home in Dubbo. When Senator Ben Small asked where ABC content makers lived by postcode, he was told that was “confidential” and that question remains unanswered and is overdue months after they took it on notice.
From Ultimo, they can see Glebe, Chippendale, Annandale, Pyrmont, and Surry Hills.
Moore Park is the bush. Parramatta is the outback.
As they say in the genuine regional areas, it’s cattle for the country; you buy the appropriate beast for the country you live.
The ABC’s country is the inner city, and this is the type of beast it is.
If the trotted out guilt trip is funding cuts would hurt the regions, then move your legal budget to the west of the Great Dividing Range, and bring your management too.
It bears repeating, considering just how many people are influenced by professional influencers who spend years, ‘grooming’ their audiences’ for the purpose of selling them what The Govts of The World are pushing for Global acceptance –
***feelthebernsays:
August 29, 2021 at 10:08 am
Things that need to occur.
Full disclosure of which social media influencers were paid to promote government policies re COVID19 & vaccines.
Not doing so is the same as Alan Jones & cash-for-comment.
AJ’s enemies still bring that up.
Full disclosure of the exemptions list (travel, quarantine & work).***
Gladys was just asked about liberties, the vaccinated/unvaccinated, the legal implications for the employer-employee relationship and government direction on this. As expected, she squibbed it. She wouldn’t say what the legal position was in regard to discrimination but then went on to say that in the future, business could deny service to the unvaccinated.
Naked, political ambition over the rights of the residents of NSW.
Sportsbet don’t have a market on the Canadian election.
Seems odd.
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After The Dem/Biden Theft of the last US ‘election’ and all the honest punters who GOT ROBBED BIG, it wouldn’t be surprising if this is the signal that no matter who the people vote for, that sock prancing creep Justin Trudeau will be re-installed, again.
Glad the Loudhailer, Keeper of the Pyrite Standard, Handmaid to Scotty Mengelsen, the Typhoid Mary of COVID-19, doesn’t want to talk about the out-of-control cases in NSW. Just wants to talk about vaccinations. Meantime the numbers keep going up and hospitals and ambulance services are being overwhelmed by the bushfire.
Today another 1,218 cases, 813 in hospital, 126 in ICU, 6 deaths.
Given his strident commitment to punishing scofflaws and independent minded citizens, he was awarded the Australian Police Medal (APM) in 2021 by Premier Gladys Berejiklian for his services to to the people of New South Wales as Health Minister.
The point I’m making about the comparison with the death camps is that not all the kids were permanently traumatized as a result. They picked themselves up, dusted off and ran normal lives.
Kids/people are far more resilient than what’s made out.
And I’m against lockdowns, but let’s not exaggerate.
Remember people, pre covid, everyone lived forever. Hospital / ICU stats I reckon are people that are close to passing for other health reasons. Old age being one of them. Wankers pushing this scam will latch on to anyone ready to break on through to the other side.
Policies and beliefs[edit]
In August 2019, Brad Hazzard came out in support of removing abortion as a criminal offence (after 119 years within the NSW Crimes Act 1900 section(s) 82–84)[22] via a bill he co-sponsored with 14 others of all different political parties and independents.[23][24] The bill passed the parliament on 26 September 2019. Hazzard also supported proposals to ban the controversial practice of conversion therapy at a state and national level, however no bill has been introduced as yet.[25]
Brad is a big believer in medical fascism. It’s for your own good, peasant. Besides the fact that zero COVID is positively psychotic, bow to the hat on the square or else. It’s very important that you bow to a symbol of government authority. Good job on enabling ACTUAL anti-vaxxers, chowder head (not to mentioning destroying trust in government at all).
PS how do you get herd immunity (80% of the population effectively vaccinated) if vaccine efficacy is 60%?
Does 8/6 = 1.33? Maybe because Brad is so clever, he can vaccinate 133% of the population.
What irks me is that every time some Premier or Chief Minister or the PM pronounces the latest brainfart about COVID, the MSM and social media obediently genuflect and proceed to attack anyone who disagrees.
That the latest brainfart contradicts last week’s brainfart, or the brainfart of another jurisdiction in Australia, let alone the rest of the world, never elicits even a whisper of dissent.
The polliemuppets must think they have died and gone to Heaven. No matter what they do, there are legions of powerful supporters and ‘influencers’ right behind them.
It’s the kind of dystopian nightmare previously only found in fiction or in the ugly history of tyrannical regimes.
<i>NSW Chief Psychiatrist Murray Wright said the ongoing lockdown, while necessary for public health reasons, was especially hard for adolescents who made up the bulk of self-harm and mental health problems in the 0-17 age group.”</i>
The NSW Chief Psychiatrist needs to take the NSW CHO aside for a long, unfriendly, discussion of real harm being caused in the state.
Nice enough day in my neck of the woods. So a long lunch shall commence with football on later. Thinking Bulldogs will buck their recent poor form and smash Essendon
More New Cat sewer overflow?
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mh
pharma firms report every side effects know to human in a catch all attempt.
Don’t be scared.
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Brad Hazzard’s wiki edited to reflect his genial 170+ IQ and love of der Grossneusudwalen Reich Volk.
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Hi Mark, thanks for this morning’s offerings.
Especially…
the greener grass; the disappearance of…;the planned and the surprise; and the helicopter.
The last one reminded me of one of the other half’s elderly aunts who was in hospital for a routine procedure.
In came a young occupational therapist to check on Aunt’s post procedure health, which included asking her a few questions. These were things like: “do you know where you are?” and “what day is it?”
Finally, the therapist asked Aunt to write down a sentence; she responded thus: ‘I do not have dementia*.’
(*Pity the “Leader” of the “Free World” [edit: is there such a thing anymore?] can’t write down the same thing.)
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Mater’s Bloody Mad #1: They’re coming for the kids!
Swearing on Wanker Cat?
What would the Pope say?
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JC, what are YOU doing here?
lol
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Birdie still about as popular as a pork chop in a synagogue. A synagogue!
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Interesting, Dot, that our NSW overlords won’t allow rapid antigen tests for workers anymore – it must be the jab. Not servitude?
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Guest post: Vikki Campion – Aunty plays favourites
On Wanker Cat?
Sad.
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Hehe, some Hi Alan! Grigsocks over at Wanker Cat.
LMFAO!
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Doxxing MV on Wanker Cat.
Hypocrites.
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Yes egg_. Duly noted.
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You’re the blog grub, jc.
And the longer dover allows you access with your obnoxious posting, the risk increases the blog won’t reach anywhere near it’s potential. You are a nett huge negative to this place.
Comedy gold.
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By a Grigsock.
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MV doxxed himself. Intentionally and repeatedly.
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You’re the blog grub, jc.
And the longer dover allows you access with your obnoxious posting, the risk increases the blog won’t reach anywhere near it’s potential. You are a nett huge negative to this place.
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lol, who wrote that?
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Guest post: Vikki Campion – Aunty plays favourites
IF you defamed someone, would your boss pay the legal bill? That’s exactly what’s happened when the ABC paid the legal bills of journalist Louise Milligan who defamed someone on her social media accounts.
If it had been any other government agency that forked out $79,000 in damages and $50,000 in costs — paid for by the taxpayer — for the same crime, the ABC would go feral.
The ABC answering questions on notice recently told the Senate there was a distinction between official ABC social media accounts and ABC staff using their social media.
“In the former case, the ABC accepts editorial responsibility for content provided on official ABC social media accounts and editorial policies apply,” it said.
“In the latter case, the ABC does not accept editorial responsibility and editorial policies do not apply.”
So why did they pay Louise Milligan’s legal bills?
“Particular and exceptional circumstances,” we are told.
A private media company would have to explain to its shareholders if they covered the legal costs from an employee’s personal social media account. But the ABC is not a private media company.
Its shareholders are the Australian taxpayer who can’t attend an annual AGM. Since 2015, the ABC has had to pay court-ordered damages, costs, or settlements 18 times for defamation cases, and we don’t know the price.
We have a right to know this because we own and pay for this organisation whose operating budget is the price of two rural training hospitals, or $880.56 million a year.
As other media businesses struggle, the ABC has had the taxpayer-funded benefits of increasing them by 120.
When the ABC was asked on notice during Senate Estimates, who was handed an eye-watering bonus of more than $50,000, about the annual wage of a regional reporter that would make a few Cartier watches seem cheap, the ABC made a Public Interest Immunity Claim: “The ABC believes that disclosure of this information could result in an unreasonable invasion of privacy for the individual, resulting in undue public attention and speculation.”
An immunity never afforded Australia Post boss Christine Holgate — she of Cartier watch-gate — by the ABC.
And when asked about publishing unsubstantiated rape claims against Christian Porter and Bill Shorten from the 80s? “… that does not prevent in certain circumstances allegations of criminal conduct being reported”.
So no undue public speculation there? When Extinction Rebellion protest against something, the headline generally reads: “Grandparents fighting for the future of their grandchildren.”
But when backbencher George Christensen appeared at an anti-lockdown rally in Mackay, according to the ABC he “posed just metres from QAnon supporters”.
When Extinction Rebellion protests, they are carers; when George does, he is a terrorist.
When the ABC wants a dissenting voice from the Liberal Party, they go straight to Malcolm Turnbull.
But they never give Mark Latham the royal treatment, despite him being a former Labor leader.
What triggers the bush is when they don’t use regional reporters in their prestige programs.
A Four Corners hit job on Murray Darling Basin water was orchestrated from inner-city Ultimo instead of by the well-regarded ABC Shepparton correspondent Warwick Long.
Why have a city reporter do a rural story?
Ultimo urbane’s apparent assumption is their city kids are more discerning, while us rural types are sitting backwards on a horse eating a banana — a generalisation about some eight million Australians.
If they only talk to half of Australia, they only need half the budget, and we should give the other half to another view.
We could have The Drum with Julia Baird followed by The Drum with Peta Credlin.
We could have Late-Night Live with Philip Adams followed by Catherine Macgregor Live.
We could have Q&A with Virginia Trioli followed by Q&A with Alan Jones. Would Ultimo pay for Sky News? Of course not.
So why should the bush pay for someone else’s ABC?
The ABC buys the Akubra and claims to support the bush whenever they are under attack, so what new regional offices have opened?
Sydney ABC commentariat keeps calling for greater lockdowns — if they are the greatest advocate for staying at home, some Ultimo reporters should find a new home in Dubbo. When Senator Ben Small asked where ABC content makers lived by postcode, he was told that was “confidential” and that question remains unanswered and is overdue months after they took it on notice.
From Ultimo, they can see Glebe, Chippendale, Annandale, Pyrmont, and Surry Hills.
Moore Park is the bush. Parramatta is the outback.
As they say in the genuine regional areas, it’s cattle for the country; you buy the appropriate beast for the country you live.
The ABC’s country is the inner city, and this is the type of beast it is.
If the trotted out guilt trip is funding cuts would hurt the regions, then move your legal budget to the west of the Great Dividing Range, and bring your management too.
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egg_. On MV. He posted using his real name, and then linked to the site where that was revealed. Why is anyone’s guess. Best to ask him.
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The high standards at Catholaxy blog – allowing a Grigsock to doxx folk.
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lol, who wrote that?
Makka.
Does he foolishly think that the hypocrites on that blog will maintain any impartiality or standards?
I’d rather scroll Birdie on the odd occasion.
Thanks again for the blog, Adam.
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I’d larf if MV took the wankers down.
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How about fvcking globalist asshole?
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Much better!
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Dover is Rosie not in drag.
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Duly noted.
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John Malkovich – Deepwater Horizon.
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It bears repeating, considering just how many people are influenced by professional influencers who spend years, ‘grooming’ their audiences’ for the purpose of selling them what The Govts of The World are pushing for Global acceptance –
***feelthebernsays:
August 29, 2021 at 10:08 am
Things that need to occur.
Full disclosure of which social media influencers were paid to promote government policies re COVID19 & vaccines.
Not doing so is the same as Alan Jones & cash-for-comment.
AJ’s enemies still bring that up.
Full disclosure of the exemptions list (travel, quarantine & work).***
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Sportsbet don’t have a market on the Canadian election.
Seems odd.
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*I’d larf if MV took the wankers down.*
Um, how?
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A sock in two drawers. You don’t see that every day.
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Wow.
I didn’t realise Brad Hazzard was such a decorated MP.
His wiki bio is interesting.
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Gladys was just asked about liberties, the vaccinated/unvaccinated, the legal implications for the employer-employee relationship and government direction on this. As expected, she squibbed it. She wouldn’t say what the legal position was in regard to discrimination but then went on to say that in the future, business could deny service to the unvaccinated.
Naked, political ambition over the rights of the residents of NSW.
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mh says:
August 29, 2021 at 11:33 am
Sportsbet don’t have a market on the Canadian election.
Seems odd.
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After The Dem/Biden Theft of the last US ‘election’ and all the honest punters who GOT ROBBED BIG, it wouldn’t be surprising if this is the signal that no matter who the people vote for, that sock prancing creep Justin Trudeau will be re-installed, again.
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Glad the Loudhailer, Keeper of the Pyrite Standard, Handmaid to Scotty Mengelsen, the Typhoid Mary of COVID-19, doesn’t want to talk about the out-of-control cases in NSW. Just wants to talk about vaccinations. Meantime the numbers keep going up and hospitals and ambulance services are being overwhelmed by the bushfire.
Today another 1,218 cases, 813 in hospital, 126 in ICU, 6 deaths.
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Sydney cops sent north over fears border anger will explode
Riot police and mounted officers from Sydney have been sent to the NSW-Queensland border ahead of more possible protests.
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George Costanza – Let’s Get Nuts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTY836hhY7o
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A man of many socks.
/Life socks
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A tale of two Cats?
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Given his strident commitment to punishing scofflaws and independent minded citizens, he was awarded the Australian Police Medal (APM) in 2021 by Premier Gladys Berejiklian for his services to to the people of New South Wales as Health Minister.
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Oh Dot! You are awful!
Excellent use of “scofflaws”. First rate.
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The point I’m making about the comparison with the death camps is that not all the kids were permanently traumatized as a result. They picked themselves up, dusted off and ran normal lives.
Kids/people are far more resilient than what’s made out.
And I’m against lockdowns, but let’s not exaggerate.
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Brad Hazzard Wikipedia
LOL. Read the Policies and Beliefs section before it is edited.
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NSW has recorded 1218 Covid-19 cases and six more people have died as the state reached the halfway mark to a 70 per cent vaccination rate.
Three of the people who died were in their 80s and three were in their 70s.
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No dead schoolchildren then.
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Remember people, pre covid, everyone lived forever. Hospital / ICU stats I reckon are people that are close to passing for other health reasons. Old age being one of them. Wankers pushing this scam will latch on to anyone ready to break on through to the other side.
If you ask about them….privacy!
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Policies and beliefs[edit]
In August 2019, Brad Hazzard came out in support of removing abortion as a criminal offence (after 119 years within the NSW Crimes Act 1900 section(s) 82–84)[22] via a bill he co-sponsored with 14 others of all different political parties and independents.[23][24] The bill passed the parliament on 26 September 2019. Hazzard also supported proposals to ban the controversial practice of conversion therapy at a state and national level, however no bill has been introduced as yet.[25]
Brad is a big believer in medical fascism. It’s for your own good, peasant. Besides the fact that zero COVID is positively psychotic, bow to the hat on the square or else. It’s very important that you bow to a symbol of government authority. Good job on enabling ACTUAL anti-vaxxers, chowder head (not to mentioning destroying trust in government at all).
PS how do you get herd immunity (80% of the population effectively vaccinated) if vaccine efficacy is 60%?
Does 8/6 = 1.33? Maybe because Brad is so clever, he can vaccinate 133% of the population.
moderated
Yeah great. Sports Sunday have Fitzsimian and Craig Foster on. Click
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We’ve got to get cops and prosecutors to walk off the job.
It might be the only way.
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Hazzard is just a stock standard double degree lawyer with a surfeit of pomposity and who is overwhelmed by the situation.
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What irks me is that every time some Premier or Chief Minister or the PM pronounces the latest brainfart about COVID, the MSM and social media obediently genuflect and proceed to attack anyone who disagrees.
That the latest brainfart contradicts last week’s brainfart, or the brainfart of another jurisdiction in Australia, let alone the rest of the world, never elicits even a whisper of dissent.
The polliemuppets must think they have died and gone to Heaven. No matter what they do, there are legions of powerful supporters and ‘influencers’ right behind them.
It’s the kind of dystopian nightmare previously only found in fiction or in the ugly history of tyrannical regimes.
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Kids/people are far more resilient than what’s made out.
Bedwetters suck on mummy’s virtual nipple with cigarette pacifiers.
Wanker Cat chockers with smokers/bedwetters?
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Meantime the numbers keep going up and hospitals and ambulance services are being overwhelmed by the bushfire.
Drama queen.
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<i>NSW Chief Psychiatrist Murray Wright said the ongoing lockdown, while necessary for public health reasons, was especially hard for adolescents who made up the bulk of self-harm and mental health problems in the 0-17 age group.”</i>
The NSW Chief Psychiatrist needs to take the NSW CHO aside for a long, unfriendly, discussion of real harm being caused in the state.
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Terry Pedersen says:
August 29, 2021 at 11:37 am
What proportion of frontline NSW ‘Elf workers are vaxxed, per the Press Conference Press question of weeks ago?
Did the four-eyed geek PS p1ssant at the Presser ever come back with an answer?
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Perry the Very Tedious One says:
<i>Absolute rubbish. The PCR test is the gold standard for diagnosing COVID-19.</i>
Actually Perry, that is the Iron Pyrites standard.
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Fragments of COVID found in sh1t in Tamworth, Arma!
Armageddon!
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Lol Axl Rose. 133 percent of the population.
Nice enough day in my neck of the woods. So a long lunch shall commence with football on later. Thinking Bulldogs will buck their recent poor form and smash Essendon
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Completely Unnecessary: 4 Newborns Die After Being DENIED Life-Saving Heart Surgery Because It Was Unavailable; Could Not Be Transferred to Another Facility Due to Australia’s Draconian Covid Travel Restrictions – (Video)
I hadn’t heard this before. The report doesn’t say whether the fuck-up was SA or victoristan’s doing; or both.
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Terrence going for the 6th LockDan of Covid
126 NSW people in ICU from Covid out of over 8,000,000 is a bushfire out of control.
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a stock standard double degree lawyer with a surfeit of pomposity and who is overwhelmed by the situation.
A Mining OEM I was working with as Safety Engineer used a barrister who was milking with wording on Safety Bulletins put out to joe Public.
Now they’re mil