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Drama of the week was the supposed contrast between the Coles and Woolies Australia day support.
They appeared to be in lock step heading towards the woke end of town.
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I believe Coles was likely to follow Woolies lead but back down after the media uproar.
After the Bud Light example of Go Woke – Go Broke in the USA you would have though the Big Corporates in Australia might have learnt a lesson?
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Coles did follow Woolies, here’s a comment from an earlier thread:
Kalm Keith
January 18, 2024 at 1:40 am · Reply
I went to compare the Australia day offerings at both.
Nothing at W and it took two circuits of C to find their well hidden offerings at the back of the store.
I think it was a bit hypocritical.
Yes they can say that they stock stuff, but why do they want to hide it?
,,,,,
I eventually bought some paper cups with the message “l love Aus”.
At home I checked the fine print:
Designed in Australia.
Made In China.
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Both BlackRock and Vanguard are shareholders in Woolworths and they both push the globalist, woke agenda so presumably it’s they who are responsible for pushing the Leftist agenda of no recognition of the national patriotic holiday on Woolworths and other companies under their control.
https://capital.com/woolworths-group-shareholder-who-owns-most-wow-stock
Kmart Australia has Vanguard as a shareholder and already doesn’t sell patriotic items from a year or two ago.
Here is a list of US companies that Vanguard and BlackRock invest in and push the woke agenda.
https://blackrockvanguardwatch.com/
Presumably they are responsible for the recent controversy at Target USA in pushing LGBT propaganda to children (books and other materials) and transgender kids swimming costumes.
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Wokeworths
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They’re both heading in the same direction, so it’s Wokeworth and Woles.
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The Labor Goverment spends our money readily on woke issues such a “climate change” and allegations related to the “Me Too Movement”
As the saying goes “It is not what you know – It is who you know”. David Sharaz was good mates with “Mean Girl” Senator Gallagher
There is a lot more to this scandal
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I am rereading Orwell’s 1984 and amongst the many perceptive comments I enjoyed this;
“it was possible no doubt, to imagine a society in which wealth in the sense of personal possessions and luxuries should be evenly distributed, while power remained in the hands of a small privileged caste. But in practice such a society could not long remain stable. For if leisure and security were enjoyed by all alike, the great mass of human beings who are normally stupefied by poverty, would become literate and would learn to think for themselves, and when once they had done this they would sooner or later realise that the privileged minority had no function and they would sweep it away. In the long run a hierarchical society was only possible on a basis of poverty and ignorance.”
The internet democratised things for a while, but increasingly “wrongthink” is being removed, history rewritten and the “proles” kept in their place by an elite who largely have no idea what they are doing.
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I had never heard the terms “Misinformation and Disinformation” in common use until recently.
The word “truth” is much shorter and to the point.
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The terms of art developed by those working diligently to save us are …
misinformation – opinions that are wrong as determined by those working diligently to save us
disinformation – intentionally wrong information not emanating from an approved source that may harm the reputations and author-o-tay of such thingys as global ‘health’ officialdom or efforts to eliminate carbon … etc., ok for ‘them’ but not us … and
maliformation – truth that is not approved for dissemination by author-o-tay, or that is embarrassing or inconvenient for a specially protected group, which again is not us.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malinformation
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My definitions :-
Misinformation- information or advisory data provided by governments in emergency or general policy situations. Generally not supported by long term data , multiple studies or indeed just common sense. Usually supplied by politicians or government experts with little practical experience. Must be accompanied by alarming words and sayings such as “ unprecedented” , “ abundance of caution”, “ catastrophic” or similar.
Disinformation- information or advisory data provided by experienced or long standing experts working independently of government. This information provided in an attempt to advise the general public in a completely honest manner to avert unnecessary action as a result of misinformation.
Mal information – satire and comedy provided by some providers of disinformation in an attempt to ridicule the providers of misinformation. Usually accompanied by terms and phrases such as “WTF”, “ this idiot has no clue”. Most often directed at people with the names Anthony Fauci, Brett Sutton , Daniel Andrews , Chris Bowen , Anthony Albanese or those associated with globalistic organizations like WEF, WHO, UN
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Its range being restricted to the interval 1800-2019 Google ngram viewer shows nil for the horrid neologism malinformation; for such words the last five years is precisely the extent of one’s interest –that’s fine by me since soon enough the earth will be rid of us at the current rate of societal degeneration.
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but the word “truth” is so subjective, as is the word “fact”
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“the great mass of human beings who are normally stupefied by poverty, would become literate and would learn to think for themselves,”
Nope, never going to happen! The greatest chance was the internet, an what do we get?? Videos of cats, dogs and humans all doing stupid things and “influencers” pouting around the screen sharing their dissolute lifestyles. I long for the days when bandwidth was so low we wrote everything and videod nothing, but now everything comes from some talking head trying to make themselves famous no matter what tripe they are talking.!
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The masses hanker for trivia, however a few of us remain selective, sorting the wheat from the chafe. The internet is a very useful tool and I don’t know where we would be without it.
China is the epitome of Orwell’s nightmare, he could not imagine the Netizens being the driving force behind a revolution.
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Taking this a little further, young people in the UK are thinking for themselves, thanks to the web.
‘A third of UK teenagers believe climate change is “exaggerated”, a report has found, as YouTube videos promoting a new kind of climate denial aimed at young people proliferate on the platform.’ (Helena Horton environment reporter Guardian)
Eric Worrall is running the story at wuwt.
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‘climate denial’
My nomination for the STUPIDEST word of the year. Which climate is being denied? Depends on the classification: there’s either five, twenty-seven, three hundred and sixty, as klima in Latin means slope, angle, or degree (360 degrees in a sphere) or 720 (considering both latitude and longitude).
Believers are flat-earthers, ie. one climate to ruin them all.
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Our elite do not seem to understand that if you allow in Millions of refugees or legal migrants then they will want somewhere to live, either temporarily or permanently.
This is from Melbourne
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12967305/Massive-queue-Croydon-Melbourne-housing-crisis-homebuyer.html
However this scene could be repeated from the Canary Isles to New York, From Sweden to Germany
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The RBA dropping interest rates to next to zero to please their political masters which then sent off a boom in real estate prices has also been a major factor. Inflation in the cost of building materials has also sent many homebuilders broke who work to fixed price contracts.
Another stuff up by politicians and corrupt Public Serpents
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Yes, a perfect storm of low interest rates, high immigration, inflation and builder bankruptcy.
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My local council is doing a review of “Tiny Homes” so that parents will be able to have their adult children live on their allotment.
A sign of the times.
With the long term future of Teslas in doubt – Elon Musk is covering his bets with a US$ 50,000 tiny home!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JMrfSFQdpo&ab_channel=EnesPlus
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Boxabl’s $3 Billion Dollar Fraud | Elon Musk’s Tiny-Home Scam.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hocU7uRzMOc
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I remember holidaying with an Italian boyfriend in the 80s, and being amazed at how multi-generations lived in the same house – split up on different floors – the parents having extended upwards to put their offspring into with their own families. It was enviable in a suffocating kind of way.
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For retirees:
Low interest increases the price of houses, which are a major factor of cost of living.
Low interest devalues cash.
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Have these specialists not heard of Munchausen syndrome by proxy? Muchausen by Proxy is a mental illness and a form of child abuse. The caretaker of a child, most often a mother, either makes up fake symptoms or causes real symptoms to make it look like the child is sick.
Being “trans” is the latest woke fad and woke parents will be forcing their own children to have their bodies mutilated (far worse that what some Muslims counntries do).
Just when you thought the “Left” could go no lower – the mutilation of children is the “Lefts” next big thing.
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Freezing rain encases parts of Germany
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Wir frieren uns den Arsch ab
Unser früherer Anführer hätte VW niemals zulassen dürfen, diese nutzlosen Elektroautos zu produzieren
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Hundreds of flights cancelled in Germany amid snow and freezing rain
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Missing quote, browser problems, why ever…:
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Kennedy more popular than either Biden or Trump.
https://dailysceptic.org/2024/01/16/rfk-more-popular-than-trump-or-biden/
Whilst Trump and Biden obviously motivate their close followers, the general public do not want either of them, whether because of Biden’s age and left wing politics or Trumps manner. A couple of years ago I had thought Ron DeSantis would make a very creditable showing as a younger and more restrained version of Trump himself, but he has made little impact. He came over to the UK last year and was very unimpressive, although he seems to have done a good job in Florida. Perhaps he is best suited to a local rather than National stage?
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When you look are RFK Jr now aged 70 (while there is a family resemblance) it is easy to forget that he is the third of eleven children of senator and attorney general Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy. How time flies.
The Kennedy brothers certainly had a liking for matters sexual!
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Large swaths of American voters have no idea who RFK Jr. is.
Or that he is a POTUS candidate.
The 2024 election is TRUMP or NOT TRUMP.
The Democrat’s entire strategy is “stop MAGA”.
In Biden’s last major speech, he uttered Trump’s name 44 times.
The Trump phenom is unprecedented.
If Trump can be neutralized, the WHO will fade back to obscurity.
Monkey Poxes, or Disese Xs will not longer consume pixels.
Among the many things inspired by his rise to POTUS was a new word … ‘Pandemic’.
At my pre and early Pandemic coffee shop, there was a regular patron that wore a face mask imprinted with …
“This was All Preventable”.
Meaning, if Hillary had won, Pandemic wouldn’t have happened.
The dominant contagion infecting the globe in 2019 was TDS.
In my part of The US, the people still wearing masks, will continue to do so until Trump ascends or descends to the Astral Plane.
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True, from my sources.
As for RFK Jr, I did think he was sensible and well spoken but a bit dull to succeed in politics. After seeing him in a vid interview I think he has no chance against fiery opponents, and I am dubious about the general run of his economic policies.
Being dead right about assassinations and the climate scam, can not by themselves gain mass support.
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If anyone wants to watch the Davos summit as they try to take over the world you can do so live, by registering here
https://view.mc.politico.eu/?qs=eb2aafa3924a66a5ecea8dc0dd03dfebab442851613dd197e407a0f2f45113513282e3cc940c0445e61e4ea12b12a873b630e5aa91e63e5cb38666e37f132dc1dd8f247d1399e48008efc45a0bf60439
I note that Kevin Rudd is one of the speakers.
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If we had emojiis here I’d post a horrified face.
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You can. Open a notepad program or similar. Create an emoji and copy and paste it into your comment here. 😎️
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Here is an appalling example of Australia’s racist immigration policy.
The non-Australian wife of an Australian special forces soldier who died who also has a child with him is not allowed to stay in the country, presumably because she is white and the wife of a patriot, while Australia is at the same time importing hundreds of likely prospective terrorists.
https://youtu.be/yKMnwlrOt1Y
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Whatever happened to the “Ten Pound Poms”?
They have been replaced by Chinese and Indians (and terrorists from the Middle East).
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The misery of EV ownership is already upon us. Had no idea it would happen so quickly!
From the NYT:
Electric Car Owners Confront a Harsh Foe: Cold Weather
Extrapolate to other situations. .. such as high density cities and holiday weekends
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You forget, Raving, that EV’s have been too successful in the fight against global warming. A wise person would now dial the battery vehicle ownership down in order to achieve the perfect weather.
Too many EV’s are now causing global cooling. They must be stopped or at least limited ownership to counteract the cold conditions we are now seeing.
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Winter Woes – Green New Deal Turns Deadly
“Over 150 million Americans are under a winter chill advisory due to life-threatening temperatures. Every state besides Hawaii has issued some form of caution to residents as nearly 80% of the nation faces below-freezing weather. Extreme weather highlights the importance of fossil fuels, as there is NO reliable alternative.
Texas is on the verge of having another power grid failure of the ERCOT system. Around 11,000 Texans experienced power outages on Monday. In 2021, a winter storm devastated the state, millions lost power, and hundreds lost their lives, causing state leaders to move further from renewables. Governor Abbott blamed solar and wind energy reliance for thrusting the state into a lethal situation, and called the Green New Deal “a deadly deal for the United States of America.”
EV owners across the nation are already feeling the impact. Tesla owners in the Chicago area have been unable to charge their vehicles due to the extreme cold. The frigid temperatures have caused the charging stations to become congested with non-charging and abandoned cars, leading to a challenging situation for the owners. Cold weather, in general, will hurt the ability of electric vehicles to charge properly, requiring the battery to be preconditioned to accept a fast charge.
Yet, the US government wants to implement electric school buses and military vehicles.
California plans to ban gas-powered vehicles by 2035 under the Advanced Clean Cars II, which will ban ALL gas car sales. California has routinely seen its power grid weaken due to extreme weather. In the summer of 2022, the California Independent System Operator called for a “voluntary energy conservation” during the upcoming Labor Day weekend due to the failing power grid. They are asking residents to refrain from charging their cars between 4 PM and 9 PM, which is when demand peaks. “If left unmanaged, the power demanded from many electric vehicles charging simultaneously in the evening will amplify existing peak loads, potentially outstripping the grid’s current capacity to meet demand,” Cornell University’s College of Engineering stated.
The state estimates it will need 1.2 million charging stations by 2030, but they have a mere 80,000 currently. California does not have the infrastructure to implement this zero-emission ban without toppling the entire power grid. So, electric vehicles alone have the potential to take down California’s power grid.
Clearly, we are amidst a period of global cooling and not warming. This is part of nature’s cycle — we cannot intervene. The globalists have descended their private jets at Davos to discuss climate change and how they can eliminate the least desirable carbon — YOU. They will plot how to limit the public’s usage of essential resources, causing people worldwide to suffer under the belief that they must go without to save the world.
The New Green Deal has become deadly in America and all climate change initiatives threaten civilization at large. The globalists will never convince free thinkers that they must save the planet by limiting indispensable resources that are essential for certain states and nations to remain inhabitable.”
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/world-news/climate/winter-woes-green-new-deal-turns-deadly/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=RSS
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Coldest January night in 14 years.
UK weather latest: Tonight could be even colder than last night; is your office following the rules on heating?
Dr. Viner, please comment.
Yeah, I know it’s the weather.
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It’s the usual mix of press exaggeration/pre-announcement and weather statistics bingo.
So far we only had the coldest January night since 2019, note January, not all winter months. And it is the Scottish Highlands!
By the weekend spring temperatures of +12 to +15C are expected widely across the UK.
At the moment it looks more likely than not that the mean CET will end up warmer than ‘average’ for January 2024.
A lot of people will find this unbelievable given the hysterical way the MSM has reported the brief chilly spells like the day after tomorrow!
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Here in Devon we have few frosts, although we had minus 4 on Monday night.
Not all temperatures are equal. We have had several days of 5 degrees, overcast and a very strong wind. It was perishing.
The same temperatures the last couple of days but with continual sun and no wind made it a pleasure to be out. Personally I am looking forward to the strong winds, rain but temperatures of 14c forecast for Sunday onwards
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“Not all temperatures are equal. We have had several days of 5 degrees, overcast and a very strong wind. It was perishing.”
Thanks for this statement Tony, it just took me back almost 80 years to how my mother described cold.
Nithering was just a cold day that made you shiver, perishing on the olther hand was a day cold enough to actually make you “perish”.
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How is wind power helping the UK during this cold snap?
The usual propaganda is that “This new wind farm will produce power for x thousand homes”
A look at instatanous demand (every 5 minutes) at
https://www.bmreports.com/bmrs/?q=generation/fueltype
shows that at 11.40am on 17 Jan 2024 wind power was only providing 11% of what gas and coal were providing
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It hasn’t been that bad, between 5 and 15GW.
It hasn’t been the usual cold weather associated with a big stagnant anticyclone, but a swift northerly Arctic blast.
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More happenings at Davos –
“Tom Woods writes:
“The World Economic Forum is currently holding its annual meeting in Davos. Argentine president Javier Milei was invited to speak, and did he ever rise to the occasion. Milei delivered his remarks in Spanish, so an interpreter did simultaneous translation. That means the text I’m quoting from is choppy and imperfect, but it’s good enough to give you an idea of what was said. I can share only excerpts, in order to keep this issue at a manageable length, but these excerpts will certainly give you a sense of the speech:”
More at
https://chiefio.wordpress.com/2024/01/15/w-o-o-d-15-january-2024-new-year-same-old-mess/#comment-168484
A link
““Long Live Freedom” — Argentinian President Javier Milei Trashes Socialism and Calls Out Elites at WEF (VIDEO)”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/01/long-live-freedom-argentinian-president-javier-milei-trashes/
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Sems to be a reasonable guy ! 😀
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He also denounce the idea that Humans are destroying the planet !.👍
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https://twitter.com/BGatesIsaPyscho/status/1747706494450106850
When do they throw Schwab et al into a volcano?
Asking for
a friendthe planet.30
Argentina’s Javier Milei Warns Davos to Abandon Socialism: ‘The West Is in Danger’
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FWIW
“Exposed: Moderna’s Vaccine Against Vaccine Dissent”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/01/exposed-modernas-vaccine-against-vaccine-dissent/
More “truth serum”
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Apologies if this has already been posted.
“More than 7,000 Covid-related hospital admissions could have been prevented in the UK in the summer of 2022 if the population had received the full number of jabs recommended, according to research in The Lancet.”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-67980238.amp
No questioning of the fact that in many cases being fully vaccinated meant 3+ jabs in just a few months! No one think that’s odd?
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American Diabetes Association trying to normalize fatness with new recommendation that obese diabetics eat more PROCESSED SUGAR
One of the latest pieces of bizarre “fat acceptance” propaganda to come from the establishment is a “sweet and sour cucumbers” recipe from the American Diabetes Association (ADA) that encourages diabetics to add a whopping 60 grams of processed sugar to their pre-fermented cukes.
Calling those who run the ADA “sadistic biomedical profiteers,” Armageddon Prose‘s Ben Bartee says the recipe is “damn near criminal” in that it advises diabetics to consume the opposite of what they should be eating for their condition.
“Diabetics should all, without exception, in perpetuity until their metabolic dysfunction is resolved and insulin sensitivity restored, be on either ketogenic or extremely low-carb diets,” Bartee writes.
“To the metabolically compromised, sugar is poison, and all the more so when it’s processed and unfiltered through fiber.”
https://citizenwatchreport.com/american-diabetes-association-trying-to-normalize-fatness-with-new-recommendation-that-obese-diabetics-eat-more-processed-sugar/
Insanity.
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Thursday wtf: whitewater rafting – think of the children!
https://va.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_s79sgolCbF1w5pr9j.mp4
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Great pass… great catch!
It’s only water…
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The BOM haven’t given up yet. Despite their prediction (guess!) that Summer would be the hottest and driest on record (Proved wrong so far, as most of us expected) they are now predicting that February will be hotter than normal. I guess their masters at the WEF are behind it.
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They are digging themselves into a deeper hole, less to do with the WEF and everything to do with dodgy models.
BoM hasn’t joined the dots, failing to factor Hunga Tonga into the mix means they know nothing.
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Their Bombardier are OD-ing on troppos and lows on their 7-day animated map: there’s lows all over the show, even a sneaky lil’ one dropping down from Tonga this weekend and bulls-eyeing us, directly, on Sunday (maybe). Looks wet, wild & windy… followed by a short, sharp southerly which means SNOW for down south. Surprise!
The mysteries of weather forecasting.
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BoM defends their forecasting, but still no mention of Hunga Tonga.
https://www.beefcentral.com/news/bom-defends-el-nino-forecast-after-widespread-criticism/
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“How Important Is Your Dog in Your Family and Social Life?”
https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/canine-corner/201705/how-important-is-your-dog-in-your-family-and-social-life
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I asked Fido about this and we agree it’s overstated.
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I asked Wolfy and he said it was RUFF that more people didn’t own dogs, that cat owners were BARKING up the wrong tree, and that most owners were BONE idle and didn’t walk their dogs enough, which gave me PAWS for thought.😁
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..most owners were BONE idle and didn’t walk their dogs enough, ..
Yes, dogs have owners, cats have staff..
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Third of UK teenagers believe climate change exaggerated, report shows
A third of UK teenagers believe climate change is “exaggerated”, a report has found, as YouTube videos promoting a new kind of climate denial aimed at young people proliferate on the platform.
Previously, most climate deniers pushed the belief that climate breakdown was not happening or, if it was, that humans were not causing it. Now, the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) has found that most climate denial videos on YouTube push the idea that climate solutions do not work, climate science and the climate movement are unreliable, or that the effects of global heating are beneficial or harmless.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/16/third-of-uk-teenagers-believe-climate-change-exaggerated-report-shows
That’s a major trend shift towards “clean energy won’t work”, “science is unreliable” and “policies are harmful”.
Duh.
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Jordan Peterson loses appeal against the Ontario College of Psychologists requiring him to undergo social media training.
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/exclusive-jordan-peterson-loses-fight-with-psychology-college-over-mandatory-social-media-training
Peterson has tweeted:
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Propaganda and arse-covering lessons, beloved by the bureaucrats in any profession!
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Rachel Maddows announces on air that MSNBC won’t be broadcasting Trump’s Iowa victory speech because in their opinion it’s not particularly newsworthy. They expect it’s basically a campaign speech in which Trump will air his usual “grievances” and “lies”.
How do they know something is untrue in a live feed?
The censorship of Trump is on for the 2024 campaign.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUf2mV44AIo
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Sorry. Mixed up video. That youtube clip was from last year. Not from just the other day. But Maddows said the same thing about not broadcasting the Iowa speech and the exact same quote “There’s a cost to us as a news organisation of knowingly broadcasting untrue things”.
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So… No political broadcasts or interviews with politicians evermore??
You’ll never get any truth out of any of them!
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“How do they know something is untrue in a live feed?”
“presumption spelled with a capital P”?
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How a farmer deals with a climate loon
https://twitter.com/MAGA__Patriot/status/1747638227584860347
Anatoly would have done it with one arm. 😆
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A strong increase in the SOI could mean the end of El Niño.
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This is absolutely extraordinary:
JP Morgan CEO Finally Tells The TRUTH About Trump
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pfdv4K1k6JE
(3m 56s video)
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FWIW
Sweden scraps Agenda 2030 goals
“https://twitter.com/PeterSweden7/status/1747736888943727010
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Waiting, Waiting, Waiting”
“After 12 years of frustration, Mark Steyn’s brave battle for freedom of speech reaches court today”
https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/after-12-years-of-frustration-mark-steyns-brave-battle-for-freedom-of-speech-reaches-court-today/
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Another look
“BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY BLAME GAME”
https://richardsonpost.com/cliff-reece/34507/bureau-of-meteorology-blame-game/
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Aboriginals paving the way for Aussie space travel? 😊️
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The world’s greatest threat right now!!
“The World Economic Forum has surveyed the world’s experts and issued its 2024 “Global Risks Report.” The international elite of experts have declared that the number one threat to humanity is not terrorism or pandemic or even climate change (which is second), but “misinformation and disinformation.” Of course, that means that the only hope for humanity is censorship and speech controls.”
https://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/356801-2024-01-17-world-economic-forum-declares-disinformation-to-be-the-worlds-greatest.htm
Meanwhile… quietly going forward.. Not the world’s greatest threat at all I am sure..
Bayer is going to replace urea with GMO nitrogen-fixing bacteria, via their subsidary Ginko. Their report to the SEC included-
“The genetically engineered organisms and materials that we develop may have significantly altered characteristics compared to those found in the wild, and the full effects of deployment or release of our genetically engineered organisms and materials into uncontrolled environments may be unknown.
In particular, such deployment or release, including an unauthorized release, could impact the environment or community generally or the health and safety of our employees, our customers’ employees, and the consumers of our customers’ products.
In addition, if a high profile biosecurity breach or unauthorized release of a biological agent occurs within our industry, our customers and potential customers may lose trust in the security of the laboratory environments in which we produce genetically modified organisms and materials, even if we are not directly affected.
Any adverse effect resulting from such a release, by us or others, could have a material adverse effect on the public acceptance of products from engineered cells and our business and financial condition”
https://needtoknow.news/2024/01/bayers-modified-soil-microbes-could-trigger-a-genetically-engineered-doomsday/
Not, ‘we don’t know what will happen when we release these bacteria we discovered as a by-product of our bioweapons research, but we’ll sell them anyway…’
..and we thought Varroa or Fire Ants were a problem!
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I read today that an Indian airline has just placed a massive order for Boeing 737s. Do they run an extra risk of legal liability if one falls out of the sky where it is a Boeing “quality escape” causing the deaths?
The case could be made that the airline “should have known better”, after all the damn thing was said to be the “safest ever” before the door plug blew out, fortunately at a low altitude. There but for the grace of God…….
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Vivek Ramaswamy Endorses Donald Trump After Iowa Caucus
Trump Promises Vivek An Administration Position Running The White House 7-Eleven
Babylon Bee
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Why India needs more planes – and Fossil Fuel to fly them until Elon Musk can produce the Cyberplane.
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The economy of India, business and private air travel is growing fast. They need more planes but there are not many choices – Europe is destroying its industry, an order with Airbus could be cut or canceled in a few years by Airbus.
The 737 is still very safe, that can not be said about the 737-MAX but that version is not being bought.
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