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Die Zeit Proposes a Communist Manifesto for the 21st Century
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“The time in which the Basic Law was created was a time without climate change…”
So they think the climate was unchanging when the Basic Law was created (which according to Wikipedia was approved in Bonn on 8 May 1949 and came into effect on 23 May) but has since started changing?
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There was no climate change in the media or a subject of discussion where ever.
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Oh, now I understand, if the media doesn’t discuss something, it doesn’t exist.
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The Christmas Day storm of 1717 struck the coastal areas of the Netherlands, Germany, and Scandinavia. An estimated 14,000 people died as a result. In one village in Germany 900 houses were swept away. This was made worse for the survivors as subsequent snow and hard frosts were followed by another storm flood in February. If this were to happen today, it would be climate change in action for certain. No argument and no discussion. So, as these events are clearly not natural, Germany must have been suffering from climate change in 1717 and 1718, long before the Grundgesetz was written.
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The period of 1645–1715 is called Maunder Minimum and I wonder if the great sea floods that followed maybe related.
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Also during the Maunder Minimum:
“The ‘Great Storm’ of 1703 which commenced on Friday 26th November (old-style, 7th December new-style) was probably the worst ever experienced in England; it is described by Defoe in his work: “The Storm 1703″. This storm was associated with a deep secondary depression which swept across Ireland, Wales & central England.” ……..
“The tidal flood affecting the Thames on Sunday 30th(OS) was associated with this storm, though the tidal storm surge for this event was more significant on the Severn and along the Dutch coast. Twelve warships with 1300 men on board were lost in sight of land, Eddystone lighthouse was destroyed and practically all shipping in the Thames was destroyed or damaged. In London alone, 22 people were drowned, 21 people were killed and 200 injured by falling and flying debris. It was estimated that 8000 people lost their lives in the floods caused by the storm in the rivers Thames and Severn and in Holland. The damage due to the storm and flood in London alone was estimated to be £ 2 000 000.”
More at this link: WEATHER IN HISTORY 1700 TO 1749 AD
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Sea level must have been rising.
“Great losses sustained in Lancashire in December, 1720 by the violent overflowing of the sea”. (Diary of Nicholas Blundell)
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Very soon indeed, the mainstream media won’t exist, and they have NO-ONE but themselves to blame for it
Useful idiots sealing their own demise with their own lies. Perhaps they should wake up and open their eyes.
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Friggin wind!
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/bidens-320m-gaza-pier-has-detached-drifted-israeli-beach
Besides the aid being taken when it was unloaded as no security was present.
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are we sure it was the wind and not some MOSAD commando’s
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In Brussels, preparations are being made for Europe’s entry into war
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That is madness and I just don’t believe it. NATO was established as a defensive entity. Nothing has changed.
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I miss a /sarc tag in your post.
You remember Kosovo ?
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As NATO turns 75, its Crimes vs. Yugoslavia are Memory-Holed
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Réalpolitik obviates such arrangements. NATO does US bidding anyway.
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Without war, NATO serves no purpose. It’s redundant.
NATO can’t admit any country while that country is at war, and that’s the only reason WW3 hadn’t already happened.
Poor Ukraine is just expendable cannon fodder chipping away at Russia while the west keeps its hands clean, tut tutting at evil Russia, despite the blatant lie of the Minsk agreement.
We all know western troops are in Ukraine, without insignias, acting as merceneries and providing training.
NATO, the North Atlantic Terror Organisation knows the deal all too well…
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Let’s not lose our minds. Defeat by the Russians may turn out to be a good thing. For starters Climate Change will become a thing of the past & mass immigration will certainly stop immediately & probably be reversed & sanity of sorts will return!
It is unlikely to be good but the current EU dictatorship will also end in tears!!
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Given that the Ukraine Russia war is localised and will only resolve the ethnic side of things – minor territorial gains and a buffer against further western expansion as well. If Russia didn’t get Crimea back you would have a US fleet established in Sevastopol.
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Trump ending up as US President in November might save us from WWIII! The way the escalation in Europe is going is a real concern.
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Under Trump NATO might fold, and maybe Trump might save the US from itself.
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You’re making the mistake that the president actually runs the show, instead of being a figurehead, and a disposable one should he cross the neocons.
Ask JFK.
NATO ain’t what it used to be:
https://x.com/runews/status/1690264334088228865
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I said “might”; Trump has said multiple times he will stop the war if elected.
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Report — ‘Troubling’: UCLA Medical School Rankings Drop
by AMY FURR
24 May 2024
https://www.breitbart.com/education/2024/05/24/report-troubling-ucla-medical-school-rankings-drop/
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I want my critical safety personnel such as doctors, airline pilots and air traffic controllers selected on the basis of merit, not skin colour or gender. (When you book a flight, there should be something like an asterisk against the flight number to undicate if the pilot is a diversity rather than merit placement.)
All people forced through graduation or hired on the basis of “diversity” should be indicated.
Let Leftists visit diversity doctors and fly with diversity pilots and let the rest of us be colour blind and gender blind when choosing our professionals.
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Are our wokesters already going to diversity-hired dentists?
If not – why not?
Probably not fatal. But it may be painful.
Auto – asking for a friend.
Honestly!
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My dentist is Peruvian but she’s no diversity hire. Brilliant. Meritocracy facilitates diversity, so there is no need to force it.
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Best not to have an asterisk! 😉
Maybe a steaming cowpat icon? 😆
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Aloha!
SOULTION=UHAULS TO FLORIDA AND TEXAS
Cost of living in NYC rises 131% since 2021. Crime thrives in NYC and now nobody can afford to vote (D) any more.
NEW YORK (WABC) — A new report from the United Way of New York City and The Fund for the City of New York is shining a light on how hard it is to make ends meet.
The report released Tuesday, titled “The True cost of Living,” shows half of all families in New York City lack enough income to survive without assistance from the government, family or community.
Child care costs have become problematic for middle class New Yorkers. For example, one mother says she pays almost $2,700 a month for day care – which can be staggering when factoring in rent and all the rest.
According to the report, costs have increased 131% while median earnings have increased 71%.
And 36% of households lacked enough income for basic needs in 2021.
The latest findings show 50% of working-age New Yorkers are struggling to cover costs. And roughly 3 million New Yorkers struggle to afford healthy food.
Go HERE to see more!
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Australia, especially Victoria, is heading in the same direction and for similar reasons.
And like NY, we can no longer afford to vote for politicians.
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Aloha!
Add Canada and EU and UK to the list and it seems like some sort of billionaire cartel has this entire Western demise choreographed! Problem is which billionaire cartel is it? The one in Davos or is it the one in Davos, Switzerland? We need a panel of climate scientists to figure that out! Anyone have a spare $5mil their not needing today?
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Just as long as it doesn’t become like the Democrat refugees from Kalifornia. Kaliforina refugees have moved to places like Colorado, after California had been ruined by Democrats, were there still vote Democrat. ????
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Agh! Where not were.
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…and they not there!
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It’s taken 10 days to control a fire at the Otway Mesa Big Battery in San Diego. After 10 days there are now “only” 15 firefighters assigned to the job.and they are expected to be there for another 7 to 10 days.
There was a Tweet on X.
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Have you also noticed they don’t call them “batteries” anymore? The PC name is “energy storage facilities”.
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On the other hand 20 tractor trailer loads with millions of cells and elaborate operating software is a bit big to be called a battery.
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Not really.
Battery: (noun), an array of similar things
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Aloha!
San Diego air pollution! If it was Exxon and one of their ships leaked oil it’s a billion dollar fine. What the fine for the “battery fire”?
I made my fortune working in Silicon Valley in the 1980s. It was the right time in the right place! It was that window where the Valley still had a bit of hatred of politics and politicians and so did as little lobbying in Washington DC as possible. That all changed when the CEOs there figured out their bonuses could go into outer space if they colluded with politics and changed science into politics. Al Gore showed the way forward for the most corrupt Silicon Valley I have ever seen in my life. My 1980s self could not work in the 2024 Valley today. My morals would not allow it. The Valley is now a place where political corruption, global slavery, science fraud and global eco destruction are footnotes on their balance sheets!
Climate will go down as the worlds largest transfer of wealth from Western taxpayers to WEF/CCP billionaires in history next to the Biden covid vaccine mandate. Millions are dying globally for “green” and not even a whiff of a Nuremberg Trial. It proves ESG and DEI is fraud.
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Well said Kaimu.
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Mr. Kaimu: (Lemme know if you want me to drop the Mr., I do it to everybody.) I second Mr. M. I can recall folks like Hillary Clinton and Barry Obama giving out with rhetoric like “future bends towards…” or “history moves toward…”. While they bent the future in their own direction. As a result of this culture, we see a second-tier dem medical bureaucrat named “Morens” (Fauci underling?) able to frustrate disclosure laws- by asking the FOIA Office how to do that!! Ahh well, if it takes 3-4 years to find out, holding him to account could take …. forever?
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But try finding anything about it in the lamestream media
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My guess is that they’re having difficulty getting a suitable headline, which I think could be along the lines of:
” Battery fire drowned: No impact on grid”
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As usual interesting the lack of msm coverage down under despite being part of the same cliff our current government and institutions (CSIRO) are leading us over.
A more balanced report posted by The San Diego Union-Tribune shares the following:
-Power from energy storage projects managed by the California Independent System Operator has grown from a mere 250 megawatts in 2019 to 6,617 megawatts in July of 2023. By 2045, the state plans to have 52,000 megawatts online.
-But, while relatively rare, there have been instances of thermal runaway when batteries overheat. It has happened in hand-held devices, electric vehicles, e-bikes and in battery storage facilities.
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Its funny how they talk about them as if they are generators
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Worldwide there is around one Big Battery fire a month – where is the Main Stream Media on this one?
Where are the envirnmental standards for the location and design of these Big Battery facilities?
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Otay Mesa would probably qualify as the world capital for electric battery fires if authorities were honest enough to identify what the cause of the almost yearly event fires had been!
A search for ‘Otay Mesa scrap yard fires’ brings up events in 2017, 2018, 2020 and 2021 at recycling centres. While final comment that the fires started with EV wrecks being recycled is not made I’d suggest the likelihood would be pretty high. What would scrap yard recycling centres have in common …. Car wrecks maybe? Either that or there is a firebug on the loose, which again you would think would warrant a comment to alert the public to be aware.
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Aloha!
SAVE US FROM THE WEF
The WEF owns the DNC in America.
WATCH THIS VIDEO HERE
A few things stand out in the video.
1-Notice the sparks on the ground as that is the grid blowing up like transformers.
2-Notice wind turbines next to a 140mph wind hardly turn the turbine blades.
3-Notice the wind turbine debris blowing is now wrecking havoc on the land and people.
4-Notice the bent in half wind turbine is a write off.
Now notice how much less electric power will be available to that local community and how it will be months or years before any new wind turbines are reinstalled, if ever. If I were an insurance company I would refuse to insure any solar panels or wind turbines in a tornado belt after this. Where’s Blackrock?
Do you really think the DNC and Jennifer Granholm and Bill Gates can save us from EF4 tornadoes and Cat5 hurricanes by 2040? You really think Bill Gates and Biden can control the entire planet Earth extreme weather? They couldn’t even save Lahaina and it was full of solar panels and EVs and surrounded by wind turbines!
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Here is a nice map of right wing whale lovers done by left wing greenies at Brown Uni.
https://www.climatedevlab.brown.edu/post/against-the-wind-a-map-of-the-anti-offshore-wind-network-in-the-eastern-united-states
But sadly I am not on it so it is incomplete. Their extremo rhetoric is priceless.
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A sample of their wacko rhetoric: “As public relations and obstruction specialists actively engage local groups to block offshore wind projects, the climate and environmental justice consequences are dire. Offshore wind projects may struggle to get off the ground, locking us into catastrophic climate consequences experienced disproportionately by Black, Indigenous, Latine, and low-income communities.”
Woohoo
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So “climate change” is “racist”?
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So “Climate Change” is bad for people of colour?
https://notrickszone.com/
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In the name of raising the nations spirits…
https://www.rt.com/news/598…
You’ve been drafted!
King Chuck the Smuck must be running low on his slave labor.
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With the amount of electrical energy required to support the increasing needs of Data Centres and AI (just to name a few) then how will that energy be supplied? Not with Wind Choppers, hail damaged Solar Panels or exploding Batteries.
No, it will be supplied by Coal, Gas and Nuclear. A modern Economy needs electrical Power 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 365 days a non Leap Year – 366 days for a Leap Year.
End of story and the end of a fictitious Energy Transition which is just a pipe dream of ‘Pollies’, Climate Alarmists, alleged Elites and the UN.
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Yes, the very technologies, Big Data centres and AI, the Left are using to control, trace, track, monitor and propagandise to us, cannot run on expensive, random power.
They use staggering amounts of electricity. By 2025 they are expected to use one fifth of all the world’s energy. https://www.energycouncil.com.au/analysis/big-data-a-big-energy-challenge/
They must use proper technological solutions developed for inexpensive, reliable, 24/7 power delivery, that is coal, gas, nuclear and real hydro (not SH2).
Expensive, random wind and solar are strictly for the Proles, not for the Elites.
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See my post at #25
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If “climate change” is causing increasingly unstable severe weather, storms, hail, floods etc then why would any intelligent civilisation seek to be totally reliant on renewable energy systems seriously impacted and susceptible to that very same weather?
/Asking for lefties everywhere since they can’t see it.
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“Knowingly or not, they are executing a strategy laid out for them by climate obstructionists in 2012.”
It is hard to obstruct climate, but one can move to a more likable one.
I’ve no idea what the “2012” references.
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That is apparently a meeting by some anti-wind people. Conspiracy theories need starting points.
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I see Prof Will Happer’s CO2 Coalition is there, a recipient of a donation but fundamentally an evil right wing organization. Even worse, conservatives using facts and physics to fool people. It’s a new world where the foot soldiers of the counter revolution are physics professors in their mid 80s trying to take over the world.
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There is no doubt that the real rate of inflation in Australia is FAR HIGHER then the Government claim, currently supposedly 3.6% per annum. Ref: https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/economy/price-indexes-and-inflation/consumer-price-index-australia/latest-release
I often ask housewives who are familiar with supermarket prices (unlike politicians) and they regularly estimate in the range 25-30%. My experience of prices in general such as hardware products from Bunnings is that it’s at least thst much. I also just bought some Vitamin K2 from Ebay and that’s gone from $43.50 last year to $59.50 now, an increase of over 36%.
There is no question we are being lied to. No one I speak to thinks real price inflation is a mere 3.6%.
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The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is really the Corrupted Price Index. And this CPI is no reflection of the day to day cost of living increases experienced by Consumers.
With electricity prices going through the roof over the past few years then this feeds into most areas of the Modern Economy and price increases occur just about everywhere.
And then there are the ongoing supply issues causing supply side inflation.
Then there is the ongoing increased spending being made each year by the Feral Guv’ment and States/Territories. The Budget shows deficits for years to come after this year’s managed forecast small surplus.
An inflation rate of 3.6% pa is laughable. And the RBA knows this and is the reason why the cash rate will not be reduced anytime soon. It may even be increased with an inflation shock imported from the rest of the World.
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An example –
https://www.bunnings.com.au/hakuna-pets-small-essential-pet-door_p3962391
Now $31.5, was about $26 around Xmas
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By politicians? No, surely not, they are our representatives. We vote for them. We have given them our money and the control levers of our future. Contemptible traitors elected by fools.
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My car insurance has risen almost 40% in one year. I’m dreading the renewal of my home & contents policy. Holiday accommodation also up by 30-40% and groceries by (my estimate) around 15-20%.
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Yes, my car insurance went up by 44% with no increase in risk factors or claims.
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You had a theft from your car recently.
Even if you did not make a claim it is symptomatic of the crime wave sweeping across Melbourne.
The insurances companies are noticing the trend and increasing our premiums.
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So I left NRMA Insurance and went to GIO and saved a lot.
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It’s well worth shopping around for everything these days, but especially insurance. Also, NEVER assume that the company you’ve bought insurance from the last ten years will offer you a competitive renewal. In most cases, they will try to rip you off. Once, when my renewal came through, I jumped online to get other quotes but first thought I would get a quote from the company I was already with. Guess what? A new policy was around $100 less than their own renewal!! It caused a fuss when I called them to cancel the renewal but, when they asked if they could have a go at matching the other company, I struggled not to laugh when I said, “Actually, the lower quote is from YOU!”
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just Received Investemnt Property Building & Contents Insurance due Mid-June – 29.1% increase
I suppose I should be grateful as own property Building and Contents Insurance increase last Oct 34.8% Increase
NSW Government Land Tax this year increase 13.4%
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Oh yes.
My land tax for a rental property in Vicdanistan went up by nearly three times.
The Government in Vicdanistan is trying to force investors (read “evil capitalists” according to the Left) out of the rental property market.
Everyone I know who owns rental properties in Vicdanistan is selling them, often buying interstate or reinvesting in commercial property (where the tenant pays the tax).
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David just been up to Mackay to see Wife’s investment 2 storey 1998 build 100 sq m townhouse
$275K rented at $430 per week
Mackay young vibrant city, ALDI opened as we were there, Entertainment Cpmplex, Several Private Schools, Public & Private Hspitals, the region’s growth is fueled by a diversified economy, including resource and engineering sectors, agribusiness, construction, education, logistics, and tourism
The age composition of Mackay is focused towards families with children, with 20.7% of the population aged 0-14 years (compared to the Queensland average of 19.4%), 66.2% aged 15-64 years (Queensland average: 65.3%), and 13.1% aged over 65 (Queensland average: 15.3%).
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Sounds great, but bloody ‘ot, innit? I struggle in high humidity so Brisbane is about as far north as I can survive for any length of time.
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George Christensen now on the Mackay Council 😉
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David, do you remember . Hawke/Keating’s assault on rental housing? From memory it included abolition of negative gearing., and it lasted two years..
The pages in the Saturday SMH which used to advertise new housing switched to refurbished housing.
The capital that was taken out of housing was then put into heavily promoted tourism, where Hawke, could smash it with the Pilot’s Strike..
Again from memory. it didn’t cause rents to rise as much as I expected. There must have been a lot of empty houses
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” currently supposedly 3.6% per annum.”
Just a typo, 36% as we have all found.
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On Friday morning I heard John Persutto, “leader” of the pretend conservative Liberal Party in Victoriastan interviewed on radio 3AW.
He is utterly clueless and uninspiring and has little chance of winning the next election in 2.5 years. In any case, there will not be much left to salvage by then. He is opposed to nuclear power and remains opposed to fracking.
He is trying to win against Labor by being even more woke and more Left wing than they are. That won’t work because it seems, even in Victoria, many voters want rational policies and an alternative to Labor. He is no alternative, and possibly even worse.
Vote for conservative-oriented parties such as:
-United Australia Party
-Libertarian Party
-One Nation
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I get requests for donations from the Liberals. So the last time I wrote that I could not donate as long as John Persutto was Victorian leader. They need someone who has had a real job and who thinks women are women. Hasn’t anyone noticed that a plain speaking conservative leader with strong beliefs wins in a landslide?
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That’s why he was installed, so the voters won’t upset the current cosy corruptocracy so convenient for the cabal.
Notice the funky VicLibs have been choosing unelectable front men ever since they were booted out by a lie?
Last election they made doubly sure by fronting the Guy who lost the unloseable election the previous time.
Reality is stranger than fiction because fiction has to be believable.
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Skeptocynic,
The Libs don’t want to win as the “prize” is to run an economy that is going off a cliff . They don’t want to pick up excrement even if its highly polished . It would appear that no one intelligent does , thus the idiots in charge .
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Is there nobody left with a sense of civic duty?
There’s only a handful of good men and women in Australian politics, and none of them are in the Victorian Liberals.
Victorian Liberals, what a bunch of spineless selfish little pussies.
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I get material from Little proud an the Nationals. I tell them that if they maintain their support for net zero than you are worthless. Same with NFF ( national farmers). Which seem to be run by green hobby farmers.
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.In 2.5 years all the conservative voters will have left the state.
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“New Study: Warming Temperatures In China The ‘Main Factor’ Explaining Rising Crop Yields”:
https://notrickszone.com/2024/05/24/new-study-warming-temperatures-in-china-the-main-factor-explaining-rising-crop-yields/
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Good news if true.
All lifeforms love warmth.
Civilisation thrives during naturally warm periods such as the Minoan, Egyptian, Roman and Medieval warm periods.
Sadly, I think the trend is toward cooling rather than warming as we come to the end of the interglacial.
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Except for those that don’t. Polar dwellers, extremophiles by the thousand. 😉
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Fun Facts:
The thermal limits to survival are well documented for many types of organisms, but the thermal limits to completion of the life cycle are much more difficult to establish, especially for organisms that inhabit thermally variable environments. Current data suggest that the thermal limits to completion of the life cycle differ between the three major domains of life, bacteria, archaea and eukaryotes. At the very highest temperatures only archaea are found with the current high-temperature limit for growth being 122 °C. Bacteria can grow up to 100 °C, but no eukaryote appears to be able to complete its life cycle above ~60 °C and most not above 40 °C.
The lower thermal limit for growth in bacteria, archaea, unicellular eukaryotes where ice is present appears to be set by vitrification of the cell interior, and lies at ~-20 °C. Lichens appear to be able to grow down to ~-10 °C. Higher plants and invertebrates living at high latitudes can survive down to ~-70 °C, but the lower limit for completion of the life cycle in multicellular organisms appears to be ~-2 °C.
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014IJAsB..13..141C/abstract#
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They are just skirting the NASA report that between 1988 and 2014 world tree leaf cover increased 14%. (by my calculation, twice the size of the Continental US by theirs) And incidentally that CO2 also went up 14%.
That result is just too devastating. It means CO2 goes up and trees go up in direct proportion. Which busts carbon credits, carbon farming, sequestration, the entire basis of the rocketing electricity prices and the reason people buy Chinese windmills and solar panels.
So their explanation is the tiny temperature change. Pull the other leg.
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And another Continental US in trees since then. Let me guess, crop yields up 21%?
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I just got a meme to that effect “fact checked” on Farcebook. They said that despite more trees, CO2 is evil anyway.
That should indicate their true agenda.
The meme had a picture of a forest and said:
Fake Fact Check at https://climatefeedback.org/yes-plants-need-carbon-dioxide-no-that-doesnt-mean-its-harmless/
And remember, trees are bad because forests need to be cut down to make room for more windmills.
Of course, only about 3-4% of all CO2 in the atmosphere is of anthropogenic origin.
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Microsoft CoPilot
You
Yes, plants need carbon dioxide. No, that doesn’t mean it’s harmless.
Copilot
Absolutely! The relationship between plants and carbon dioxide is intricate, and while CO2 is essential for photosynthesis, it’s not entirely harmless. Let’s explore this further:
1. Photosynthesis and CO2:
. Photosynthesis is the process by which plants, algae, and some bacteria convert carbon dioxide (CO2) and sunlight into glucose (a form of sugar) and oxygen.
. During photosynthesis, plants absorb CO2 from the atmosphere through tiny pores called stomata in their leaves.
The absorbed CO2 is used to create energy-rich molecules (like glucose) that fuel the plant’s growth and maintenance.
2. Benefits of CO2 for Plants:
. Growth: Adequate CO2 levels enhance plant growth. In controlled environments (such as greenhouses), increasing CO2 concentration can lead to faster growth and larger yields.
. Carbon Sequestration: Plants act as carbon sinks, sequestering CO2 from the atmosphere. Forests, grasslands, and other ecosystems play a crucial role in mitigating climate change by storing carbon.
3. Not Entirely Harmless:
.While CO2 is necessary for photosynthesis, excessively high levels can have negative effects:
.Climate Change: Elevated CO2 contributes to global warming and climate change. It’s a major greenhouse gas.
.Ocean Acidification: When CO2 dissolves in seawater, it forms carbonic acid, leading to ocean acidification. This harms marine life, especially organisms with calcium carbonate shells (like corals and mollusks).
.Air Pollution: In urban areas, high CO2 concentrations (often associated with poor ventilation) can affect human health, causing headaches, dizziness, and fatigue.
4. Balancing Act:
. Optimal Levels: Plants thrive when CO2 levels are around 300–400 parts per million (ppm). However, this varies by species.
. Human Impact: Human activities (such as burning fossil fuels) have significantly increased atmospheric CO2 levels, currently exceeding 400 ppm.
In summary, while CO2 is essential for plant life, it’s crucial to strike a balance. Managing CO2 emissions and promoting sustainable practices are vital for both plant health and the planet’s well-being. 🌿🌍
If you have more questions or need further clarification, feel free to ask! 😊
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Where is the mention of water vapour being the most significant “greehouse gas” and that at current CO2 concentrations CO2 is staturated and so further increases in CO2 have little effect on global temperature?
Selective editting!
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Google’s “AI Overview” can give false, misleading, and dangerous answers
From glue-on-pizza recipes to recommending “blinker fluid,” Google’s AI sourcing needs work.
If you use Google regularly, you may have noticed the company’s new AI Overviews providing summarized answers to some of your questions in recent days.
If you use social media regularly, you may have come across many examples of those AI Overviews being hilariously or even dangerously wrong.
Factual errors can pop up in existing LLM chatbots as well, of course. But the potential damage that can be caused by AI inaccuracy gets multiplied when those errors appear atop the ultra-valuable web real estate of the Google search results page.
“The examples we’ve seen are generally very uncommon queries and aren’t representative of most people’s experiences,” a Google spokesperson told Ars. “The vast majority of AI Overviews provide high quality information, with links to dig deeper on the web.”
After looking through dozens of examples of Google AI Overview mistakes (and replicating many ourselves for the galleries below), we’ve noticed a few broad categories of errors that seemed to show up again and again. Consider this a crash course in some of the current weak points of Google’s AI Overviews and a look at areas of concern for the company to improve as the system continues to roll out.
– Treating jokes as facts
– Bad sourcing
– Answering a different question
– Math and reading comprehension
– The same name game
– Not wrong, exactly…
– Getting better all the time
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glue on pizza is not a factual error, they use glue for the adverts to make it look like gooey stringy cheese, AI is being truthful, all the pizza you see in ads has glue on it.
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“Benefits of CO2 for Plants:”??
“Adequate CO2 levels enhance plant growth.” NASA says CO2 is a fertilizer.
What absolute scientific rubbish.
All living things are MADE from CO2 and only CO2 as hydrocarbons. And water. Hydrated carbon dioxide. Carbohydrate. Sugars. There is little else.
Humans
Mass% Atoms
Oxygen 65 24.0
Carbon 18.5 12.0
Hydrogen 9.5 62.0
Nitrogen 2.6 1.1
Total 95.6 99%
Even calcium for bones is 1.3% in mass and only a tiny 0.22 percent as atoms. Super strong super lightweight bones are miracles of engineering.
But humans in atoms in a crude but interesting analysis
24O 12C 62H 1N
OR 2O 1C 5.2H
Or 2(H2O) plus CH(1.2) and you get the idea. Hydrated hydrocarbon. The human body is 55% to 75% water. The rest could be described as HC strings, long chain hydrocarbons, the basis of coal, oil, gas. Even DNA is carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorous, and hydrogen.
No surprise then that all living things when dried burn. Or when buried produce methane or turn to pure hydrocarbon. It’s not great mystery.
NASA and this commentary would have you believe CO2 produces something which “fuel the plant’s growth and maintenance”.
And they are reluctant to see CO2 as anything more than a bit useful. Food perhaps? Encouragement? Fertilizer?
I call Shennigans.
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You get the feeling with the Greens that any idea of chemistry is a waste of time. Only they could have banned the element Chlorine from humans.
Chlorine as in NaCl or saline. Sea water. PVC. Chlorine is essential humans and such sales provide our nervous system conductivity. Having the right amounts of NA and K are essential. We are wired with these ions.
Now they want to make out CO2 and Carbon are unnecessary. Useful but we can live without carbon dioxide. Surplus to our requirements? Even unfortunate?
Life is all a carbon dioxide life form. Our energy is fuelled by solar power and sugars.
Without Carbon Dioxide the world would be a bare wet rock spinning in space with zero life.
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There are 92 natural elements. But you get the impression that people think there are endless numbers. Half are extremely uncommon.
And 3/4 of them are not in the human body at all.
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The attempts by NASA and the CSIRO to pass CO2 off as a luxury, an avoidable compound, a fertilizer are just appalling.
I am prepared to assume ignorance rather than malice, misdirection, but I wonder.
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Ocean acidification (sic) – When past carbon dioxide levels were many times higher than today and then dropped to very low levels, where did it all go? Into the oceans obviously, with no detrimental effect, as we still have corals and shellfish in abundance today.
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Read the fact check. Verdict: drivel
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Coal’s Importance For Solar Panel Manufacturing
I wonder whether the CSIRO and others have told Tennis Elbow and Bonehead Blackout Bowen this – And that the soon to be $1 Billion “Built in Australia Future” Solar Panel factory in the NSW Hunter Valley will need Coal and lots of it for the refined silicon –
Solar power and coal are closely interlinked. Today, there is not one single solar panel that can be produced without coal (or even oil and gas). The coal is required as a reducing agent for silicon making and as source for heat and electricity for the industrial process required to manufacture solar panels, not only in China. As unpopular as it may be, the world requires coal, even for the so called “energy transition”.
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2024/05/23/coals-importance-for-solar-panel-manufacturing/
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So mining is done with fossil fuel power. Smelting is based on fossil fuels. Transport is based on fossil fuel. Manufacturing is based on fossil fuel. All in vast quantity. And the entire point is to reduce the use of fossil fuels? Spot the contradiction.
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Likewise the average CO2 output per human is 200 ml per minute. We need to hold our breath for climate change! Those that can outlast a 2 year old (looking at you Greta!) throwing a tantrum win!!!!
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Australia would have Nett Zero if the 1.4 Billion Chinese held every tenth breath. We could pay them with free coal.
(Humans breathe out about 3 tons of CO2 per year. That would be a saving of 4.2Billion tons of CO2/10 = 420Million tons of CO2. Australia’s entire CO2 output is official 465.2Million tons. Problem solved)
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Just imagine how expensive Australian made solar panels will be.
Presumably the one billion dollars, which will no doubt blow out to be far more, will be used to subsidise the cost.
And Australia already has so many solar panels that the power from them can’t be used at certain times.
It’s insanity.
Such insanity can only be brought about by ignorance which itself comes from decades of the Left deliberately dumbing-down the education system, now an indoctrination system.
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Just look at the Aboriginal Industry in Australia – most of the $ Billions of Taxpayers’ money goes into the pockets of middle men (and women) along the way with very little getting to those really in need.
Calls for an audit fall on deaf ears.
The same will occur with goverment mandated manufacturing in Australia.
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Look at the “big men” and what they drive in coastal locations where settlements are located.
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But David,
Our politicians, of all colours, have told us they don’t pick winners. I just didn’t realise they were being honest for a change.
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Told us a bloody lot of other things too!
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“Presumably the one billion dollars, which will no doubt blow out to be far more, will be used to subsidise the cost.”
I see you have your comedian’s hat on today David. Any taxpayers’ money going into this venture will eventually land in the bank accounts of a handful of already-wealthy elites.
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A lively trawl through the reality of the Gubmint’s new “Fuel Efficiency” caper:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aobJV8MAmew
Caveat:
Per Ronald Reagan; the nine most frightening words in the English language:
“I’m from the Government and I’m here to help”
Starting point: NO Oz government in the last 60 years has been remotely “trustworthy”, let alone “useful”.
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FWIW
“Driving stick shift has become a niche craft in America”
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2024/05/21/stick-shift-driving-manual-transmission-school-driving-lessons/73100898007/
https://instapundit.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/cursive_and_stick_shift_3-29-23.jpg
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I never had a car with gear automatic, and I never won’t. 😀
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I preferred a manual transmission but driving in city traffic and including towing a large boat or caravan automatic is a better comfort option and with 6-speed automatic transmission with option to change manually with no clutch has become my choice.
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In Australia, stick shift is an effective anti-theft device.
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Best option for grandparent’s vehicles.
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https://www.motortrend.com/features/last-manual-supercars-list/
Koenigsegg Reinvents The Manual! How The CC850 Transmission Works
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Hvb6J96KiSM
Pagani Utopia – Manual Gearbox!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WU8R7cR-gKA
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Recommended viewing for the day, one of Peter Sellers finest
The Party
Oh, the political incorrectness of it all.
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Also recommended “Don’s Party” – Election night 1969
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDUgvcq0GJE
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Kingswood Country anyone?
Ted Bullpit from Wombat Crescent has no equal. 😁
https://youtu.be/tsiV06Qq6aI?si=aGYOQELw6aS6W9B4
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A film called ‘The Party’ is on GEM Ch 92 quite soon today. Hope it’s the right one. It’s hilarious.
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And then, for the ultimate in NON PC, there’s ‘Father Ted’.
Tony.
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I didn’t know there was a market for trout sox
Our taxes at work. Police advise to be on the lookout for people with fishing rods. They’re gateway rods.
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YYY Guy,
Its being prosecuted because the “T” is already taken in LGBTQ…..
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What will happen to climate policy when labor wins the UK election?
… and immigration policy too?
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Both will be even worse than now, as difficult as that is to imagine.
Rather than some of the world’s most uneducated, violent, anti-Western, anti-women, unsophisticated people finding their own way to Once Great Britain, UK Labour will go out of their way to import them in even greater numbers than at present.
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Under Australian Labor Prime Minister Albanese, Mr Wong, The Ministers in charge of overseeing the detainee debacle, Andrew Giles and Clare O’Neil the Australian Labor Party is going to rename itself as the Australia Labor Muslim Party!
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‘Hitler would be proud’ of the rise in antisemitic acts targeting Australia’s Jewish community, warns Peter Cosgrove</strong>
Sir Peter Cosgrove has delivered a stark message to those people carrying out antisemitic acts targeting Australia’s Jewish community, warning “Hitler would be proud”.
From the Comments
– If I wasn’t so busy looking for photo opps in my new plane I’d help out Ring me next week when I’m in my car
– But don’t ask me any questions, and always remember it’s not my fault.
– Well all I can say is hopefully the Australian people will let Albanese/Labor know what they think of his lack of calling out the antisematic protests & comments at the next election…Hope pandering to the people in your electorates are worth going down in history of being the Government that went soft on antisemitism..
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Well, you can say what you like about Hitler, but he did kill Hitler. (Thanks Jimmy Carr!)
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It may have been his wife Eva. Eva had enough of this.
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No, just the Australian Communist Party. First the Jews. Then the Christians. It’s all been done before.
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Just look at Australia under Labor!
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Including multiculturalism.
As compared to multi-cultural society.
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And one wonders why Sunak chose an election date on which he was certain to lose.
It’s almost as though he wants Labour to win…
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British PM Sunak’s Family is Richer than King Charles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7s7vNIecs8
India’s revenge!
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It’s what happens when you defenestrate a popular leader, although admittedly Boris Johnson did marry an extremist Green party girl. He made choices. Although it is very worrying that Rishi has blocked (Conservative) Boris Johnson supporters from standing. So perhaps he is another banker like Malcolm, a watermelon too.
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No kidding …
Conservatives want to bring back mandatory national service
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Labour Party to Give 16 and 17-Year-Olds the Right to Vote in the UK if Elected
The Labour Party will reportedly give 16 and 17-year-olds the right to vote in one of its first acts if victorious in the general election, in an apparent attempt to cement their grip on power.
Labour sources have told The Times of London that should the party take control of Downing Street — as is widely predicted to happen at the July 4th election — a Sir Keir Starmer government would look to lower the voting age in England within its first year in office.
The move would add around 1.5 million teens to the voter rolls, marking the largest expansion of the electorate since the voting age was lowered from 21 to 18 by the Labour government of Harold Wilson in 1969.
With low-information young voters tending to favour left-wing parties, the move would likely increase the number of voters for Labour, with a recent YouGov survey finding that Labour holds a 57 per cent to 8 per cent advantage over the Conservative Party among 18 to 24-year-olds.
YouGov’s director of political analytics, Patrick English said: “We would generally expect that lowering the voting age would be electorally advantageous to Labour, as younger people are significantly more likely to back them over the Conservatives, or indeed any other party.
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Can illegal immigrants vote in the UK?
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It is important to note that the proportion of the overall population in the UK who identified as “Muslim” increased from 4.9% (2.7 million) in 2011 to 6.5% (3.9 million) in 2021.
There is a rule of thumb that once the Muslim population hits 10% a country is basically stuffed – 100% is the next target.
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King Charles should refuse to sign that into law.
Royal Assent isn’t it? Withhold it on the grounds of [think of something].
Call it what it is: ‘election tampering’.
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Uni-party politics. Your choice, bad or more bad.
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There is a lot to be said for a benevolent dictator.
“A benevolent dictatorship is a government in which an authoritarian leader exercises absolute political power over the state, but is perceived to do so with regard for the benefit of the population as a whole.”
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An outstanding human enters the senate and his charismatic style later gets him elected into the Reps. From there its a hop, skip and jump to become PM, but never a dictator.
In Moscow and Beijing its a different story.
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Notice how the major agenda items, like Nutz Zero, continue on from administration to administration? Tory, Labour, Coalition, Libs, Socialists, Dems, Republicans.. It doesn’t matter. Someone comes along and starts to do some meaningful checks on the bureaucrats and they are gone in a matter of days. Gone.
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‘Experts’ claim disaster-proofing necessary for Canadian hospitals due to climate change
https://thepostmillennial.com/experts-claim-disaster-proofing-necessary-for-canadian-hospitals-due-to-climate-change
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To Keep BASF going –
“The German chemical company BASF is moving its plants from its founding site in Ludwigshafen to countries with more favorable conditions (energy prices).
A green user complains that there are enough unused areas for wind turbines in Rhineland-Palatinate.
I ask GROK:
“In order to provide BASF in Ludwigshafen with a continuous supply of energy from wind turbines in Rhineland-Palatinate, a battery with a capacity of at least 20 TWh (terawatt hours) per year would be required.
To store 20 TWh of energy, you need 20,000,000,000 kWh / 13.5 kWh per battery = 1,481,481,481.48 batteries. Since you cannot use fractions of batteries, you would need at least 1,481,481,482 batteries.”
https://www.smalldeadanimals.com/2024/05/25/we-dont-need-no-stinking-giant-fans-93/
Might need something to charge the batteries too?
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In 2017 Germany experience 5 continuous weeks of very low wind (Dunkelflaute) in winter when solar output is virtually non-existent.
This was before Germany shut down its remaining Nuclear Reactors.
Having 5 weeks of battery backup will cost several Trillion Euros!
https://energy-charts.info/charts/power/chart.htm?l=en&c=DE&year=2017&week=02&source=public
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Per courtesy of https://richardsonpost.com/howellwoltz/36095/brics-nations-have-come-together/
What happens to those trillions and trillions of US fiat dollars floating around in petro deals and international settlements that are no longer needed (or used)? Like an overabundance of any commodity, their value lessens and lessens until demand and supply align.
Where will it end? Voltaire perhaps said it best:
“Fiat currency always eventually returns to its intrinsic value–zero”
Our world is in for radical changes in the year 2024. Buckle up.
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Penguinite,
There are still a lot of US currency being used for international transactions . However this is in decline as more and more countries see sanctions and inflation as serious threats . The BRICS group will soon expect payment in native currencies or gold . Interesting times indeed .
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And the bolt will hit flood level if US/EU knock off those Russian assets
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police warns they can’t meet the government’s goal for all-electric fleet by 2030
https://tnc.news/2024/05/25/rcmp-ev-mandate/
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I hear that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police have been trialing one of these.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgivf7DfY_s
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So no electric horses then?
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Electric horse? That reminds me. My father once bought a pony for the grand kids. He wasn’t any good.
We were doing a 4 horse muster, and this was the fourth horse. So instead of one of the youngsters I, then an adult, rode this pony.
He refused to go, even for an adult.
So I got the cattle prodder and jabbed him on the rump.
He went.
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FWIW
“Biden’s $320M Gaza Pier Has Detached & Drifted Onto Israeli Beach”
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/bidens-320m-gaza-pier-has-detached-drifted-israeli-beach
Should have consulted Herod the Great?
https://www.britannica.com/place/Caesarea
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Sorry, but this report/story needs a Pier Review before it can be published.
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Trump was right
https://wibc.com/318909/trump-says-everything-biden-touches-turns-to-sht/
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Even Obama agrees with that
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FWIW
“Environmentalists Can’t Find Their Way Out of a Brown Paper Bag”
“Environmentalists have been wrong about many things: their date-setting, their climate models, and even their paper bags. And now (drum roll please), we have reached the reductio ad absurdum in the grocery bag debate. The dog caught the car. ”
More at
https://pjmedia.com/victoria-taft/2024/05/25/confirmed-environmentalists-are-eating-their-own-n4929340
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FWIW
Some thoughts on the US Memorial Day Weekend
“Memorial Day is remembrance for those who died in service of defending this nation.
It is not “Veterans’ Day”; that’s for those who served and weren’t killed. Perhaps for some it was worse than being killed, of course; there are plenty who were seriously maimed of course but do not confuse the two.”
More at
https://www.market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=251372
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HOW CAN I WATCH THE INDIANAPOLIS 500 on US Memorial Day? Stan Sport will carry live, ad-free coverage of the Indianapolis 500 from 1am Monday (AEST).
A Kiwi and an Aussie are 1 and 2 on the starting grid.
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Not much to remember, the USA has never been invaded, so no-one has ever been killed defending it.. Oh wait, that island they invaded and took over, Hawaii, does that count??
How about all the Indians killed when the whites invaded? Is this memorial day for them?
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A Sign Of the Times
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2024-05-24/nvidia-earnings-smash-again-spot-ethereum-etfs-are-coming
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Sunday sarcasm
It’s quite acceptable to clap and cheer when your Boeing touches down on the tarmac. 😁
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https://babylonbee.com/news/flight-attendant-on-a-boeing-gives-presentation-on-what-to-do-in-the-unlikely-event-of-a-safe-landing
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That’s not a new phenomenon. It can really happen. Back in 1990 I was on a flight from Orlando to New York and the landing approach was the worst I’ve ever experienced but I was amazed when almost all of the passengers stood and applauded as we finally travelled along the tarmac.
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That always happens on Ryan Air flights. At least the ones I’ve been on.
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Was flying in the U.S. a few days after 9/11. Passengers applauded after a short flight into LA. Guess they reason to do so after what had just happened.
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Apparently Biden is once again using racial division in his re-election campaign. He gave an adddress at a university a couple days ago in which he disgracefully described America as a racist nation and Memorial Day message sanctified George Floyd, calling for that lovely man to be ever remembered.
The Democrats will not rest until America has another civil war.
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Roll out the fentanyl mixed with xylazine also known as “Tranq,”
According to the CDC, 107,735 Americans died between August 2021 and August 2022 from drug poisonings, with 66 percent of those deaths involving synthetic opioids like fentanyl.
One way to deal with “Climate Change” – fewer humans (or zombies)!
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They seem to be rolling with the term ‘ethno-nationalism’*.
Pelosi rolled it up the pole several times in her banjo player Oxford debate.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35nh7qkPYXo
Wondering if a ‘two state solution’ in the Mid-East is an ‘ethno-national’ solution.
Is ‘people of color’ an ethno-national term?
Are China and Japan ethno nations?
Practically politically, there is only one group of people that aren’t allowed to be an accepted ethno.
Or not, I get a bit confused about what’s ethno and what isn’t.
* https://www.bitchute.com/video/6ttHb_64tRA/
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GEERT: Bird Flu – a Distraction from COVID?
Geert Vanden Bossche challenges leading Public Health experts and the WHO to acknowledge the error of mass Covid vaccination predisposing their populations to other viral infections.
Quote: “I continue to reiterate that society in highly C-19 vaccinated countries will be caught off guard, and that the immunological naivety of the public/ global health community and scientific-medical community will only exacerbate this effect.”
https://philipmcmillan.substack.com/p/geert-bird-flu-a-distraction-from
Bird flu – nothing
Monkeypox – nothing
Covid – nothing
Nothing much happening for the top 3 MSM scare campaigns.
I think Geert’s prediction of a tidal wave of illness (for the multi vaxxed) is right, but not for Covid-19.
Fakevax ™ has set the stage for the real new player, and data is starting to build on that.
It starts with “S” 😉
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I don’t for one minute think the massive mistakes made by health authorities over Covid was due to “naivety”.
Incompetence? You bet.
Greed? Yes.
The pursuit of power and fame? Also yes.
Outright evil? In some cases, yes, yes and YES.
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Super Chikungunya, no doubt.
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America Is About To Run Out of Power: Here’s Why
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Tesla Australia has announced retail price cuts which of course will result in second-hand depreciation increasing for trade-in valuations.
I believe that the EV owner panic time is not too far into the future as dealers say no thanks or offer scrap value.
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This is why the only way the charging network will ever get built is with taxpayers’ money. No sensible private company would risk their own money.
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I was told this weekend that private enterprise recharging stations are imposing limits of charging time and/or dollar value accepted per charge.
Too bad if the EV driver cannot get what level of charge is required.
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Chiefio has a look –
“Climate The Movie, The Cold Truth
Has a LOT of the “name names” in the opposition to the scam of “Global Warming”. Presented in a very approachable manner. Has the real science in it, but in small bites, with context to “get it” without strain for those not inclined to spend years digging at it…”
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And read the comments too (IMO)
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Fire in an e-bike shop in Sydney;
https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/50-people-evacuated-after-bike-shop-in-chippendale-goes-up-in-flames/news-story/35b0bed5bdb4fc8493ecaf449e39c54e
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“The Lithium-Ion Battery ‘Energy Storage’ Facility Blaze You Hadn’t Heard About…Is Still Burning UPDATE”
https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2024/05/24/the-lithium-ion-battery-energy-storage-facility-blaze-you-hadnt-heard-aboutis-still-burning-n3788991
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FWIW
“Artificial intelligence and cybercrime”
Guess who’s first cab off the rank?
https://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2024/05/artificial-intelligence-and-cybercrime.html
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Copper Cannot be Mined Fast Enough for EVs and Net Zero Transition
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FWIW
“HHS Set to Roll Out Bird Flu Vaxes by the Millions”
“It appears Pandemic 2.0 is truly in the works as all of the pieces fall into place: the media terror campaign, the gain-of-function work in U.S. labs, the alleged jump from animals to humans, and now the announcement of new vaxes to be produced by the feds.”
https://pjmedia.com/benbartee/2024/05/24/hhs-set-to-roll-out-bird-flu-vaxes-by-the-millions-n4929330
I guess they don’t want to waste them by throwing them out?
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Dovetails nicely with extending the coal plants life in NSW.
https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/news/minns-government-gives-funding-to-build-671-new-charging-points-across-state/news-story/1d48b92c62a43334f0b1bf2028e414a2
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I don’t remember taxpayers having to build petrol stations. And worse so that they can run on coal? Why should the taxpayer fund all this? Shouldn’t it be in the ongoing cost of running an electric car instead of adding to the cost for people who do not want electric cars? Why is everything about Global Warming about robbing the poor to pay for lifestyle choices for the well off? Shouldn’t the electricity vendor or more specifically the wind and solar vendors fund all this? Or under the new socialist government, is that us again?
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