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Busselton jetty is the longest wooden piled jetty in the Southern Hemisphere, at 1841 metres or 1.14 Miles in length, used to load ships with timber from the South West of Western Australia from 1865 till 1971 when the last ship called there, and since then it has slowly developed into what is now a huge tourist attraction.
There is a solar powered train that can take you out to the end of the jetty, a 20 minute ride. At the end there is an underwater Observatory, one of only six on the Planet, and eight metres below the surface is an observation room with 11 windows, and it can give up to 44 people a wonderful view of fish and the coral of an artificial reef, an astonishing place to visit, not just the observatory, but the whole jetty precinct really.
Outside the gift shop and interpretive centre is a sign on the entrance wall, and I had to wait a while till I had a clear view of it to take an image.
Here’s the link below to that image and when it opens up, click on the image again, and it will open at a much larger size.
At the right of the screen you’ll see a scrolling bar, and you can navigate up and down the length of the jetty, with the start of the jetty at the bottom of screen.
The day before this visit, I visited the lighthouse at Cape Leeuwin.
In and around the South West of this State of WA are some of Australia’s wonders really, and everywhere I visited was an experience which will live with me now for a very long time.
Link to Busselton Jetty Image.
Tony.
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Your reports are much enjoyed. Thanks.
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A “selfie direction dial” at the end?
What direction I wonder?
/LOL
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Originally there were two jetties, with the existing rail jetty joining the main promenade jetty further out – that’s why there is a bend in the jetty. But cyclone Alby, sweeping down the WA coast in April 1978, destroyed the first 700 metres of the main jetty, cutting it in three places. So it was decided to completely remove the main jetty and only retain the rail jetty. The same cyclone also destroyed the jetty at Rockingham, closer to Perth.
The last time I swam off the main jetty, mate filled his bathers with bluebottle jellyfish when he jumped in, requiring a trip to the local hospital.
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Tony,
At $50 PP to go on the jetty (and limited time due to bus) we passed on it . I have been on a lot of jetties but never paid for the privilege before…
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It’s not the jetty itself per se, but the wonderful experience of the underwater observatory at the end.
Read about it at my latest Post. (that’s umm, pretty shameless, Tony) With 14 images.
The Visit To Busselton Jetty
Even including my guess as to what the selfie direction dial is, right at the very end.
On the day of my visit, they set up a large tent between the Observatory and the end of the pier, and as we got off the train, the next ‘crowd’ got onto the train for a function inside that tent.
Tony.
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The extent and impact of vaccine status miscategorisation on covid-19 vaccine efficacy studies
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If the ‘Virus Crisis’ Jabs were so good then why were so many Boosters needed?
How many other proper vaccines needed boosters?
I can’t think of any.
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I meant to say – ‘How many vaccines needed a booster’ and not ‘other proper’……………..
Too early in the morning and all that.
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The idea of a booster dose is totally normal. A lot of vaccines only generate temporary immunity. Our immune system is pretty good at knowing whether a threat is real or not, and by definition, a vaccine is supposed to not be a real threat, hence our immune system often can’t be bothered generating a big response.
Many vaccines in the normal series are multiple doses. DTP. Hepatitis B. Meningococcal ACWY. Pneumococcal. RSV. MMR. Haemophilus influenza. Polio.
I’m not endorsing the childhood program, just saying boosters are common.
https://www.healthywa.wa.gov.au/Articles/A_E/Childhood-immunisation-schedule
Sorry. I didn’t see John Connor II had already answered this.
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Not trying to defend the wu-flu jab (which I never got).
I guess it depends on the definition of booster, but the Hepatitis A and B vaccine is a multi-part affair for (reportedly) 20-ish years immunity. I had this 10-15 years ago before travelling to less pleasant countries. I am not sure if it has changed since.
A Japanese Encephalitis vaccine is only good for about 12 months or so, before a booster is needed. I can’t report on its efficacy though.
Tetanus boosters are handed out pretty frequently to those with injuries – do they need to be… I can’t say, but it is not a disease I’d want, so jab away.
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“but it is not a disease I’d want, so jab away.”
The first jab affects the brain to develop compliance and support, so the boosters can be administered without argument.
That’s what I’d do as a vaccine manufacturer, so I’m sure they do too! The Covid fiasco has certainly developed my sense of cynicism for any Govt vaccine, I’d be a lot more “do they need to be” before I took any these days.
Are we making whole populations that cannot live without medical interventions all the time, an industry making trillions from keeping people alive who will die immediately the industry collapses? ..or will they find out all the pills they took each day were not necessary and they’re still alive a decade later?
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Re “industries collapsing”, what would happen to statins if a cheap, natural fix for Heart Disease were to be discovered?
Why is it so hard to get definitive answers to questions like:
Does Olive Oil help or not?
Is vitamin K2 useful or not?
I believe there was a study on rats that showed some promise for vitamin K2?
I’m not endorsing it … but I thought at the time there was enough there to make it a candidate for a study on humans.
But Statin Manufacturing is a money spinner for Big Pharma and their ‘co-conspirators’ the doctors — “Here’s your script for a statin everyday!” , “Duh, thanks Doc!… and thank Big Pharma for me, next time you get a freebie holiday to their ‘conference’ ” — that they won’t want a natural remedy to appear. The incentive is not to look for one.
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I’ve covered the Tetnus vaccine. Data shows it works remarkably well. People have antibodies against tetnus even 60 years later. Hence it’s a vaccine that gives very long term protection. It’s just a shame it’s bundled with Diptheria and Whooping Cough, so you don’t get the choice to customize. (DTP)
https://joannenova.com.au/2022/04/tetanus-vaccines-work-so-well-we-may-not-need-the-ten-year-boosters-only-a-30-year-one/
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Welcome to the “Matrix”?
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In 1950s N.Z. a child got a polio vaccine, and one for tetanus.
Polio might have been two shots, and that was it for life.
I’ve had one tetanus booster in the last 40 years ; probably didn’t need it.
So that is what used to be normal.
I scratch my head at the current normal list of vaccine multiple doses plus boosters.
What happened?
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Of course natural immunity was still a thing then , and we all got measles chickenpox mumps whooping cough and assorted fevers and colds.
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Hepatitis A
Hepatitis B
Haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib)
Measles-mumps-rubella (MMR)
Shingles
Pneumonia
Tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis (Tdap)
Tdap (every 10 years)
Varicella
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Miscategorisation- A mystery Resolved?
Going back a few years now, The Australian States were publishing weekly statistics of Covid Hospitalisations, ICU Admissions and Deaths by Vaccination Status. The motivations seems to have been to encourage people to take the Covid vaccines.
Victoria dropped out earlier when the stats were’nt very favourable but NSW kept on until Dec 2022, issuing their last report on 31 Dec 2022.
https://covidlive.com.au/report/vaccination-status/nsw
The numbers clearly suggested that more doses of Covid Vacc were associated with increased rates of hospitalisation, ICU admission and Death but were not corrected for the numbers in each group.
The mystery was the No Dose group, which had no admissions and No ICU but 6 deaths. How did that happen? Did they die suddenly at home? Did they die of Covid?
It now seems to me that those deaths were the result of miscategorisation. They had a dose of Covid Vacc but died soon after. People were not counted as vaccinated until 2 weeks after they had the jab!
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I suffered for about 18 months with a frozen shoulder and I have met many people who have been similarly afflicted with this very painful condition. It is generally the left arm (their non dominant side) the side you usually get jabbed in. I thought, is it because of the Covid jabs? I did a search and found this https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8930777/ How many people have been impacted and not made the connection or is it just coincidence? My shoulder took about 18 months to reach about 95% of its previous normal state.
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Remember the death of Adriana Takara
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NSW doesn’t seem to currently warn against getting vaccinated in proximity to an infection with Covid. They just say it’s unnecessary as the benefit of the vaccine won’t be utilised due to the infection having achieved similar naturally.
It’s entirely likely that NSW Health said don’t get vaccinated while infected simply because they didn’t want infected people out and about trying to get vaccinated with people who hadn’t been, as the vaccine was being rolled out then. Likely not because of any risk of the two events together.
There is some thought that a combo of vaccination and infection can have the individual feeling worse than either event on its own.
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Ruling tomorrow: https://lettersfromaustralia.substack.com/p/court-set-to-rule-on-whether-covid
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“you tell them what they want to hear and when you get power, you do what you like” Greens leader Adam Bandt.
The Australian. Adam Bandt will issue an election ransom note to Anthony Albanese demanding capital gains and negative gearing tax breaks be axed and that a blanket freeze on rent increases be imposed in return for the Greens’ support in a hung parliament.
Amazing. What’s next? Death taxes? He is breaking his own rule and possibly dooming the minority government. None of this is even pretend Green as in environmental. Nor is their anti Semitism.
The chance of Dutton winning just improved dramatically with Leninist Greens leader Bandt now making is demands, why is the question? What have tax breaks to do with Green policy? Communist policy yes, not Green. It’s a shotgun blast to both feet.
The bien pensant members of the planet saving Greens have investments. Workers and their children are middle class with apartments, capital gains on their own homes (Doctors)(children of doctors), public servants, CFMEU/ETU and would be terrified of capital gains tax, death duties, negative gearing removal, a freeze on rents. And this also would terrify the upper middle class Teals who 90% of the time vote with the Greens.
Now Albanese has a real problem. I cannot understand Bandt’s tactic and expect he will go into denial.
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And one great thing about the 2001 Renewable Energy(Electricity) Act and the 2023 Safeguard Mechanism which are ripping tens of billions of dollars from employees and employers across Australia is that outside this blog almost no one knows they exist. And the money does not go to the government!
So why not repeal them both? The immediate drop in electricity prices and inflation would be dramatic. All the (offshore) windmills and huge costs in power lines and total nuisance solar panels would stop overnight.
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The red thumb is meaningless. The firsts is a statement of fact. So is the second plus the suggestion of repeal which logically follows.
So someone supports ripping tens of billions of dollars from Australians to go overseas for nothing at all? Obviously. Must be a recipient of the cash.
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It is ALWAYS about the “SPILLAGE”.
ALWAYS.
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Labor with Greens having the balance of power with the Communist Albanese as PM and the Communist Bandt as Deputy PM is truly a nightmare scenario.
And I think it’s highly likely to happen.
References for Al-bozo and Bandt being Communists:
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We actually have historical data to show that in this election, greens policy will definitely be implemented by a labor minority government, as was the famous case of Juliar Gillard and the carbon tax.
I don’t support the weak left labor light Liberals either, but if they were serious about winning they should have an add campaign with Adam bandt controlling Albo with puppet strings and listing all the things the greens want done, which is higher taxes, higher migration, higher everything that will exacerbate the cost of living situation.
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What are people’s general opinion here of Trump and Elon? Whenever I look at the situation playing out today with Trump and Elon, I can’t help but be reminded of Albert Pike’s comment (the most famous Freemason who ever lived) when he said: “Whenever people need a hero, we shall supply him”.
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>Albert Pike’s comment…when he said
The fact that someone said something once doesn’t mean that all heroes are provided by the Freemasons.
When you have any evidence for your suspicions kindly share that instead of just an unsubstantiated vague suspicion.
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I think he has surrounded himself with heroes, people who don’t need the job and sacrifice a great deal. Elon Musk’s sacrifice is measured in hundreds of billions. RFK. J.D.Vance. Many more who are passionate about fixing the problems like Tulsi Gabbard who realised her party was the problem in endless war. Elon lost his son Xavier forever to the Transgender cult. As RFK said of he Democrats, I didn’t leave them, they left me. He is finally able to do more than talk about child health.
And all understand business and organizations and money. They are not do nothing back benchers like geriatric puppet Biden who accumulated vast wealth on $140k a year. That needs explanation. And Pelosi and the rest. Ambitious people who go into politics to get rich. Exactly what the country does not need. I hope DOGE chases down how the enriched themselves. For Biden and his family, even his grandaughter received unsolicited money from China. And Hunter was on a million a year directors fee from Ukraine, despite never having been there.
But if anyone hated Trump, it was the same RINO clique in the Republicans, like McConnell and Ryan. They had sold the Republican party down the river.
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And Mitt Romney, John McCain, Fat boy Chris Christie, Liz Cheney (and her father) to name a few more.
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HOOBOY! Chuck Schumer Tries Talking Trash at Elon Musk In HEATED Back and Forth and GUESS How THAT Goes
Chuck Schumer is big mad at Trump and Elon Musk. Oh, and he’s cranky with Republicans as well because they’re supporting the president in taking the actions Americans who voted for him expect. We get it; Schumer is a Democrat and used to presidents making promises to get elected and breaking them, but still.
Keep in mind the tariffs aren’t even a week old yet
And Congressional Republicans are going along with it all so they can cut taxes for billionaires
Notice how millionaires like Chuck started vilifying billionaires. Guess it’s hard not to look like a hypocrite attacking millionaires when you yourself are one.
Like Chuck.
Convenient, ain’t it.
And speaking of billionaires, Elon Musk chimed in:
Elon Musk@elonmusk
Chuck, I’m starting to think you’re getting a piece of the action with the government fraud. But no, that couldn’t possibly be the reason, could it? 🤔 …
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Chuck Schumer@SenSchumer
Trump has unleashed chaos on America
—His tariffs hit families with largest tax hike in more than 50 years
—DOGE is sabotaging Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid
—The market is having its worst 3 days since COVID
And Congressional Republicans are going along with it all so
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Or, and hear us out, Chuck, many bureaucrats have gotten very, very, very wealthy as public servants, and the more we learn about what you all do with our tax dollars, the more likely it is that there is fraud. The fact so many elected officials are fighting Musk and DOGE on cutting waste is not a good look.
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DOGE is another conspiracy conformation … confirming that Washington DC has been operating as a non-binary highly educated polite kleptocracy for decades.
(Preceded by an impolite kleptocracy that was much less efficient. Leaving us without pants but with at least enough money for a cab home … back when there were such things.)
The Climate Scheme has been one their most durable and best producers.
Maybe even better than war, which has been more intermittent.
The bus was heading over the cliff anyway.
I voted for a new driver.
(We have no idea who was driving during the last four years.)
Probably Neo Feudalism.
The new Feudal Lords command algorithms instead of heavy horse.
At least Trump and Musk come across as Lords that will leave only their joints for ransom.
Been a while since I felt like I was being ruled by men.
Perhaps soon I can pull out my empty wallet and say, “I was last robbed on Crispin’s Day”.
Not wearing a mask and cowering in lockdown like last time.
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My concern is the anti-Trump who will come after Trump.
BTW, his initials could be JDV, that fellow is a true politician, take a form of any vessel he is poured in.
No matter what they said in past, saying now or will say in future. Critical are their actions.
If Trump indeed formally destroys Paris accord, other negative actions of his, could be excused. Maybe another 2 or 3 globally positive things…
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About April the 12th speculations: maybe he indeed feels that as much rot as possible must burned out before his rule is cut short.
A wounded man being forced into armoured car, screaming “Fight! Fight! Fight!” did happen.
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I think I hear what you are saying Vladmir, but consider other possibilities like if they forced him OUT of the armored car?
I remain positive.
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‘Donald Trump tells biographer he’s the same now as he was in first grade … ‘ (The Week)
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My latest call for sanity:
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/04/08/we-need-a-grid-battery-public-safety-standard/
The existing battery safety standards are grossly incomplete for the huge grid grid scale battery complexes being recklessly built in large numbers.
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My first thought was to see if you had raised the spacing issue. Quite correct – they are spaced far too close together, with the result that one battery section going up easily takes out other sections. After the last effort, I didn’t think any future installations would be built near population centres, but I believe that many of the latest Australian proposals would be situated either in or nearby populated areas. Not good.
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My first thought was to see if you had raised the spacing issue.
Why am I reminded of the new Australian housing developments and the recent Los Angeles fires (where the spread was from house to house)
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Am I correct that a major advantage of battery idea was their distribution throughout network? Albanese pre-election promise?
Otherwise its looks like a micro-nuclear installations – just a few MWh each, placed well away from population, with a 50 m buffer around it.
There are power sources along Russian Great Marine Way from Europe to Bering Straights….
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Adam Bandt wouldn’t be a true climate crusader unless he travelled by private jet and used other energy intensive transportation.
This article is from last year and relates to the previous federal election.
I wonder what private jet flights he’ll be utilising for this election?
If it were not for the double standards of the Left, they would have no standards whatsoever.
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When I met Dr Bandt (PhD on communism on the Melbourne Wharves) he was trying to start his political career on the Melbourne City Council. He lost.
And what he said was standard communist cant. Nothing about conservation. He had no such ideas.
But then he discovered the Greens and snaked his way to the top. What you are pointing out is that he is not a conservationist or ecologist but a self serving lifelong communist whose hero is the mass murderer Lenin. He fits perfectly into the Greens which were taken over by the communists in the 1990s after the fall of Russia.
What I find extremely odd is that sensitive caring passionate ecologists have a policy for the destruction of jews and Israel and support mass murder on Oct 7. This alone should have most caring Australians walk out the door. When was brutal mass rape and murder and infanticide eco friendly? How can people vote for this?
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And if they don’t care for the people murdered on October 7th, because many Lefties tend to be misanthropes, you’d think Greens would be at least concerned about all the pet dogs killed by terrorists at that time because the terrorists hate dogs as well as people (pet dogs are considered “unclean” according to the religion of the terrorists).
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Despite publishing countless articles and even a book about the dangers of vaccines, especially the MMR vaccine, Robert Kennedy has now done a complete 180 and is endorsing the vaccines he previously warned everyone about. Why? Why is it always the case that as soon as people get into power, they renege on their beliefs and promises? Check out the comments in his most recent post on Twitter. A lot of angry folk.
https://x.com/SecKennedy/status/1908967854394982414
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Are you saying that RFK is against the measles vaccine? I dispute that he has ever said that. Vaccines have been around for a very long time and the ones with staying power are very effective. The new fancy mRNA ones are dicey, and in fact the rushed anti -Covid batches were sadly dirty or ineffective or both. RFK does not oppose ALL vaccines., just poorly tested ones.
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He warned against them a lot in videos and articles, I think is better put. For instance, in a Fox News interview with Sean Hannity, he claimed that the MMR vaccine “causes deaths every year” and “causes all the illnesses that measles itself causes, [like] encephalitis and blindness”. The increase in autism since the 80s has also been dramatic, something like 1000s of a % increase, which some scientists have linked to the MMR vaccine. Below is a good documentary on vaccines, mainly the MMR vaccine, and its connetcion to autism.
https://thehighwire.com/ark-videos/vaxxed-from-cover-up-to-catastrophe/
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>(RFK Jr)has now done a complete 180… He warned against them a lot
Opinions can change, grow, refine, and develop.
We’re not bound by unchanging religious dogma.
Science is based on provisional knowledge that is always subject to falsification, review, refinement, development and improvement.
If we were all bound forever by previous statements or beliefs then we’re forever committed to the theories of Santa Claus, Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy.
RFK Jr November last year:
“I’m not going to take away anybody’s vaccines. I’ve never been anti-vaccine.”
“If vaccines are working for somebody, I’m not going to take them away.”
Kennedy went on to say that “people ought to have choice and ought to be informed by the best information, so I’m going to make sure that scientific safety studies and efficacies are out there and people can make individual assessments about whether that product is going to be good for them.”
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Of course, opinions can change, but he doesn’t seem very critical of the MMR vaccines anymore like he used to be. He published a book called “The Measles Book: Thirty-Five Secrets the Government and the Media Aren’t Telling You about Measles and the Measles Vaccine”, and presents a very critical view of measles and the measles vaccine.
He states in an article on the book:
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Something very weird is going on. People are mystified by this statement below, wondering if he has been cloned or taken hostage:
“The most effective way to prevent the spread of measles is the MMR vaccine.”
Technically, what he says here is true (because measles is incredibly contagious) but what’s unsaid (and is baffling) is that preventing the spread may or may not be a goal worth attempting. Which he has talked passionately about many times before.
He has always said he would not stop anyone who wants a vaccine from getting one, he just wants to give them more information so they can have informed consent. Did he explain the pros and cons to the people of Texas somewhere else? Are people just getting excited about an out of context line? Is Kennedy just supporting the Texas request for vaccines to stop the spread which is possibly what the HHS is mandated to do, or something like that?
But he did not say: “Getting an MMR vaccine is better than getting measles.” He did not say “The MMR vaccine is safe”.
Surely needs more explanation.
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And China President Xi has no problem with 105% tariffs by the US.
Great.
He was quick to put 200% tariffs on Australian lobsters, wine and to ban the import of Australian coal and seized our coal without paying.
Amazingly we sold the coal for much more to a hungry market and the Australian government has been trousering hundreds of billions while kow towing. But internationally not a single country cared if we were punished for asking for an investigation into the Wuhan Flu.
Good luck to Trump, the only would who could play Xi at his own game. Finally someone stood up to his extortion and recognized that he was behind the murdering of tens of millions of people with his virus from his Chinese Army Wuhan Viral institute. And who knows how many Chinese people died as well?
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Rumour going the rounds, after the Oz election the incoming government will have to decide whether to quit the Alliance. What do you think?
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Martin Armstrong on the significance of the JFK assassination in relation to Trump, Russia, the Neocons and War
It was only JFK’s secret private agreement with Krushchev in defiance of the Neocons that prevented a nuclear conflict with Russia over missiles in Cuba.
Recommend reading the entire article with photos, copies of documents & videos including original video of Barry McGuire
The JFK Conspiracy Has Protected Neocons for Decades
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/world-news/neocons/the-jfk-conspiracy-has-protect-neocons-for-decades/
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Retrospective: Ten Weapons That Changed History
There are ten major weapons, though, that through history have dealt major changes in land warfare. Here’s that list.
1. Atlatl (spear-thrower):A woomera is an Australian Aboriginal wooden spear-throwing device. Similar to an atlatl, it serves as an extension of the human arm, enabling a spear to travel at a greater speed and force than possible with only the arm.
2. Bow and arrow:
3. Catapults:
4. Gunpowder (cannon):
5. Gunpowder (small arms):
6. Repeating rifles/machine guns:
7. Aircraft:
8. Chemical weapons:
9. Nuclear weapons:
10. Biological weapons:
And then, there’s one more, a new system that may have wide-ranging potential as a weapon: Artificial intelligence.
[Paywalled link. Snip for copyright. – LVA]
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The very first was a bone.
/2001
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Woomera were invented during glaciation, between 10,000 and 50,000 years ago.
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>Woomera were invented during glaciation, between 10,000 and 50,000 years ago.
Hitchens’s razor.
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There is little doubt it was invented by Australians, possibly during the Holocene.
https://worldatlatl.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2010-Australian-Atls.pdf
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Ozzie,
11) Drones – they have completely change the battlefield. AI is getting built in.
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The stirrup.
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Yes to MeAgain for “The stirrup”
But, however important the stirrup was,
it relied on something more important- The Horse.
When Muslims invaded India they had many thousands of horses.
The Indian army had elephants. Elephants are individually bigger and better than horses but as a weapon of war the multitude of horsemen on fast attack and fast retreat proved decisive.
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I didn’t know that. It’s irrational.
Most seem to compete in the society dog stakes. All Teals have dogs.
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All Teals are dogs.
There, fixed it.
What’s every dogs favourite pizza?
Arf & arf.
/just thought that one up.
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FWIW
On EV’s and water
https://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2025/04/driving-electric-vehicles-through.html
On tariffs and US debt
https://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-wider-implications-of-tariffs.html
On hand guns and defence
https://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2025/04/an-important-reality-is-in-danger-of.html
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A balanced, straightforward assessment of the Ukraine situation and the futility of cease fire negotiations. Talking only:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbEe3SrvWvs
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Those Chinese troops might only be students in Russia, who signed up for the cash incentive.
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Maybe the Chinese students thought they were applying for jobs at KFC, attracted to Chicken Kiev!
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Rowjay,
Russia is winning – their producing all the weapons that they need , they have all the trained soldiers that they need , and they are united behind their leadership . NATO is not (and it IS NATO against Russia and allies). Times radio is propaganda and they have been predicting Russian collapse and Ukrainian victory from the start .
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Times Radio is not propaganda.
Your first sentence is pure satire, keep up the good work.
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“A balanced, straightforward assessment “…” Institute of the Study of War”
Lol! Oxymoron if ever there was one.. Paid-for CIA propaganda machine! Just look at the company that video keeps on the Youboob sidebar.
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Albo-Tross’ free batteries are a rerun of Kevin Rudd’s Pink batts. Incorrect installations and poorly constructed batteries will doubtless cause uncontrollable and destructive house fires. Insurance companies will duck for cover and practice obfuscation. people will die!
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Vote for the “pinko batties”!
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TODAY’s LAUGH (SA version)
The local paper today has a letter from (a non local) Greenie praising this battery pay out. “It will cut householder’s electricity bills while also cover the householder when there are times of low wind & solar” (i.e. winter?).
Marvellous idea?
I calculate that the $4,000 rebate means (possibly) another $6,000 for a 10 kW battery or a $10,000 for a 15kW one; and also about $2,000 for an isolation switch in case of blackouts and which might cover an average household for no more than 1 day.
Any thoughts from those more interested?
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Over 3000 comments in The Australian recently on this subject. The majority overwhelmingly agreed that you wouldn’t generate any savings from adding a battery, as the likelihood of the battery failing about the same time as the payback period finished was very high.
Naturally it depends on usage, actual savings achieved, actual battery lifetime, etc.
Many commentators pointed out that a lot of folk couldn’t use solar or a battery, or couldn’t afford to purchase them, and thus were disadvantaged by this scheme. This included the not so well-off, thus the scheme could be seen as robbing the poor to enhance the rich.
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The cold war era is over, now the post-cold war era is ending and a new one is coming – candid observations in this clip:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32QeORF7Bec
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Rowjay,
What about the thousands of “mercenaries” in Ukraine fighting for them ? The hypocrisy is staggering.
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What about the thousands of “volunteers” in Ukraine fighting for them ?
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Rowjay,
Perhaps you have not heard of search engines ? https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/ukraine-foreign-soldiers-russia-foreign-legion-fight-b986175.html
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Yes, anyone watching the Russian side of the propaganda war will know they have been capturing foreign mercs fighting for Ukraine since the war began, and have captured active German Army personnel too.
As for the ‘Chinese’ and “North Korean’ mercs, the last one turned out to be a Russian from the Far Eastern border area.
“a British source from 2023 just before the big offensive:
As a former tank commander, I can say one thing for certain: Putin’s demoralised conscripts are utterly unprepared for the shock action now hitting their lines. Ukrainian armoured formations are beginning to meet Russian forces in battle, and they are going to pulverise Russia’s defensive lines.
I am confident for one simple reason: Ukraine will follow the Western ideology of manoeuvre warfare in a combined arms context, while the Russians will follow Soviet doctrine, relying on attrition and numbers. The Russians will find that the armour of Western tanks is far more resilient than flesh and bone, they will die in great numbers, and they will lose.”
Still waiting…
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2025/04/ukraine-open-thread-2025-072.html#comments
Another comment showing the Yanks’ real face while bringing the hostilities to an end-
” Authorities intercepted 580 kg of explosives attempting to enter Belarus, with plans to later transport it into Russia. This is the largest seizure in the country’s history, according to local customs officials. The vehicle was carefully modified to evade detection during inspections, but the explosives were still discovered. The driver has been arrested, and a criminal case has been opened. The explosives are believed to have been manufactured in the United States.
with a video on telegram showing how neatly they packed the stuff into the car frame. another terrorist plot from nato. “
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FYI
“Cattle Rancher Explains How Trump’s Tariffs Address Major Problems: ‘It Will Be a Great Time for Our Industry’ ”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/04/cattle-rancher-explains-trumps-tariffs-address-major-problems/
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Steps forward:
Steps backwards:
But at least there is de-riskification…
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China’s EV shame: the deadly reality behind the ‘clean, green’ electric vehicles | FULL DOCUMENTARY
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SNag4j0nmKU
I watched it yesterday.
/saved just in case…
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Stupid scientists “bringing back” the Dire wolves.
Bring back velociraptors and let them loose in parliamentary offices nationwide.
Prime time entertainment there!
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We’ve seen the lists of dropping sports people, here is a list of incapacitated airline pilots
https://makismd.substack.com/p/pilot-incapacitation-jan29-2025-flysafair?r=hojaa
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UK: Labour MPs Call For Digital IDs To Help Tackle Illegal Immigration
More than 40 Labour MPs are urging ministers to introduce digital ID to help control the migration system.
They argue it could help curb the problem of illegal immigration.
Seems they had this all planned all along, created the problem, waited for a reaction and then come up with a solution.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14582903/Labour-MPs-ministers-digital-ID-Brits-grip-illegal-immigration-boost-economy.html
It’s over, UK…
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Finally, a female sport with no men in it!
https://va.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_sudw98VMLO1z23obp.mp4
Wonder why…
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Yet?
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Interesting story of a study preprint reported.
27% ‘Higher Risk of Influenza’ Among Vaccinated: Cleveland Clinic
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Warming increases death due to cold..
So Science follows that more vaxx would cause more flu.
We still must achieve Net Zero unvaccinated by 2030 … or NYC will be under water.
The real statistical correlation we should watch is the correlation between private jet travel and trans athlete’s increased inclusion in people formerly known as women’s sports.
Physical, intellectual abilities, and science, are social constructs.
As is data.
Data that is far right is not data.
The far right of any stat chart always tiks up in a really scary way.
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You are waxing lyrical today Honk
Getting thumbs up + a read aloud in my house
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FWIW
“Finally, a Drone Killer That Doesn’t Break the Bank”
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2025/04/08/finally-a-drone-killer-that-doesnt-break-the-bank-n3801581
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FWIW – more covid scene
“Top Vaccine Official Fired for Withholding Access to Vaccine Safety Data”
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2025/04/08/top-vaccine-official-fired-for-withholding-access-to-vaccine-safety-data-from-rfk-jr-n3801558
Anyone hacked the seismograph readings at TGA yet?
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And
“NEW: Senior CIA Official Who Played Role in Biden Military Covid Vaccine Mandate Fired”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/04/new-senior-cia-official-who-played-role-biden/
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FWIW
“China Retaliates Against Tariffs By Putting Worse Fortunes Into Cookies”
https://babylonbee.com/news/china-retaliates-against-tariffs-by-putting-worse-fortunes-into-cookies
Via SDA
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What changes have occurred in solar activity since 2008.
https://i.ibb.co/Vpg7KKbk/number-of-days-with-a-ge.png
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https://i.ibb.co/spRGgTkk/Polar.gif
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Indonesia ready to shelter Palestinians impacted by war in Gaza
Indonesia will temporarily shelter up to 1,000 Palestinians affected by the Gaza war, reaffirming its support for Palestinian independence and rejecting Trump’s relocation plan.
And Australia under Labor PM Albo & Foreign Minister Wing – How Many?
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“UK investigating claims green fuel contains virgin palm oil”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm24n8nej94o
Seems it is easy to substitute palm oil sludge with virgin palm oil.
And it seems that is profitable.
Subsidies? Who knew giving subsidies meant you got more of the thing subsidised!
” … data compiled by campaign group Transport & Environment and analysed by the BBC suggests that more palm sludge waste is being used for transport biofuels than the world is probably able to produce.” By a factor of two, perhaps.
And that this is openly reported on the – utterly impartial – BBC, green shills to the wokerati, suggests it is indeed a significant scandal.
Auto
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How much would (will) it cost to make an iPhone in America?
In the $30,000 to $100,000 range… and no this is not a typo.
In fact, if Apple were forced to solely manufacture the iPhone in America, there is a good argument that it would not be able to manufacture any at all. And if they could somehow successfully make the manufacturing transition, capacity would likely be constrained to a just a few million units a year.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2018/01/17/how-much-would-an-iphone-cost-if-apple-were-forced-to-make-it-in-america/
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Well, if that was the CEO of Apple, it’s hard to argue with it. Too many lessons about global warming and trans sex, not enough engineering cram exams. Too many social science graduates and not enough precision tooling engineers…
We are entering the Age of Asia, and even Trump is not going to be able to stop that.
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Chinese are trolling the US with memes about their reindustrialisation
https://old.bitchute.com/video/mkHdgqQEV6cE/
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The last Bitchute I can share – received the ‘regret to inform you that in the current regulatory environment we are discontinuing streaming for UK residents’ message….
If we disappear here too, you will know what has happened.
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“‘regret to inform you that in the current regulatory environment we are discontinuing streaming for UK residents’ message….”
One-Great Britain, such a sad place now.
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A reminder that fools and money are easily parted….
https://warriorm0nk.substack.com/p/who-is-niall-harbison
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FWIW
That which couldn’t happen?
“China Launched Digital Yuan Payment System – SWIFT Bypass $1.2 Trillion”
https://chiefio.wordpress.com/2025/04/08/china-launched-digital-yuan-payment-system-swift-bypass-1-2-trillion/
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-09/peter-dutton-policy-backflip-red-flag-shorten-pyne-unconcerned/105156118
I don’t understand the focus….
It’s not doctors, nurses, police, ambos we are talking about here is it? Is it teachers?
There must be so few WFH jobs – or is there? Board members?
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Good old Melbourne Radar at the BOM is down yet again. This must be one of the most unreliable items in the governments technology arsenal.
Oddly the error message has a notice about the government being in caretaker mode. How that ties in with radar downtime I don’t know, but its better than a welcome to country I guess.
http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDR023.loop.shtml
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FWIW
“Trump’s Latest Worldwide Reciprocal Tariff Officially Takes Effect — Here are the Countries Affected”
Oz 10 %
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/04/trumps-latest-worldwide-reciprocal-tariff-officially-takes-effect/
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