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the planets health comes before your own
https://dailysceptic.org/2025/08/20/medical-activists-try-to-put-net-zero-considerations-at-the-heart-of-cardiovascular-surgery/
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In the Netherlands, the blood clot and heart spiking ‘Bioweapon and Genocide Court Case’ against Bill Gates , brought by vaccine-damaged plaintiffs in the Leeuwarden District Court, has denied ‘Expert Witness Testimony’. The case asserts that COVID/MRNA injections are bioweapons in violation of existing law and that genocide laws have been violated as well. The potential expert witnesses in the case were: Catherine Austin Fitts, Dr. Michael Yeadon, Sasha Latypova, Katherine Watt, and Dr. Joseph Sansone. Lead counsel for the plaintiffs, Arno van Kassel, was recently arrested by Dutch police and kept in detention as the trial was due to get going. However the case is moving forward, and the decision to deny the expert witnesses will be appealed. The lead attorney in the case, Peter Stassen, stated, “This blundering ruling by this court of first instance will be appealed to the Court of Appeal in Leeuwarden.”: https://www.thelibertybeacon.com/in-netherlands-bioweapon-and-genocide-court-case-against-bill-gates-albert-bourla-et-al-court-denies-potential-expert-witness-testimony/
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Is anything as blind as person, (court), that refuses to see?
Now, what could be the reason for denying the evidence? Cover up? CYA government enforcement? A prevention of civil war if the truth gets out? There aren’t enough lampposts in the Netherlands?
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This Planet is quite healthy IMHO.
The more CO2 the merrier though.
China, India, the USA, Russia and many others are seeing to that.
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It’s amazing, humans judging the ‘health’ of ‘mother earth’. We have gone from a battle against the planet to total domination in two generations. The hubris is amazing. (excessive pride or self confidence). We humans cause tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, droughts, mass destruction, even simultaneously in different parts of the world.
And politicians control the entire planet, especially the United Nations who care nothing for peace and everything for rare species and calm weather. 80,000 people working for a happy planet. Wars are left to the participants and the massive world trade in munitions.
How does Australia ‘care for’ the Great Barrier Reef? it’s a reef. 250km wide and 2200km long and there are very long time. As big as Germany and until fifty years ago, a total nuisance. Now it is a fragile ecosystem and anything which happens is the fault of the Australians, Australian farmers in particular and the apologetic Australian government. At least according to Barack Obama.
It seems even the threat of nuclear war is nothing compared to peak summer temperatures in parts of Britain, floods in Texas or a drought in Panama. And the universal solution is more taxes. Of course. We deserve to be punished, especially democracies. Everyone else, including China, is a victim.
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However I believe the devastation of overfishing is a massive problem. Fish populations are incredibly fragile, especially with the level of predation employed, even by Nations and especially by China. But the UN believes the peak temperature of the ocean surface is far more important. So, of course, carbon taxes are the solution and struggling third world countries like China are always exempt.
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” Fish populations are incredibly fragile, ”
I wouldn’t worry… like any animal population their size is limited by the amount of food left after their competitors have finished. If you take 80% of one species out the remaining 20% have a food abundance, as does any competing species . You have as much chance of eliminating a species completely by catching it as the NZ Govt has of eliminating red deer, which they have been trying to do for over 70years, with no visible signs of effect.
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KP:
But that is a Government scheme, and we all know that these are slightly less efficient than usual.
The next step must be to monitor communications between red deer in case.
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KP
Around the mid 1980’s the problem of feral goats in rangeland got recogition with an Oz-wide conference.
One of the speakers was from NZ (National Parks IIRC) and he had some real time advice on eradication. They had undertaken total eradication on some off shore islands and the take home was –
“It will take you as long to eradicate the last 1% as it did the first 99% and the costs will be about the same order”
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Which is why in most discussions talk of “eradication” mostly means “hopefully control”
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migrant hotel shut down
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2025/08/20/this-way-victory-farage-leads-call-for-more-legal-challenges-to-shut-down-migrant-hotels/
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The US House Judiciary Committee has found that the British Government uses secret courts, super-injunctions, DSMA-Notices, ofcom and thousands of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) to silence court witnesses, victims of rape and the vaccine injured, as well as super-injunctions used by the British Government to censor and hide the identity and crimes of thousands of illegal immigrants housed in hotels. Donald Trump has told Starmer that the United States will not allow the British to use secret courts and super-injunctions against Americans, and he will not stop the US House Judiciary Committee from disclosing the existence of British super-injunctions on American social media sites, or allow the British Government to continue to use secret court orders to block and censor the existence of these super-injunctions: https://www.theepochtimes.com/tech/uk-agrees-to-drop-demand-for-apple-to-create-backdoor-access-gabbard-5902997
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Yes, the UK Guv’ment overlooked the need for Planning permission in order to house the illegal migrants at this Hotel.
What an oversight by the Home Office. Lol.
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The U.S. State Department is set to sanction the ‘key personnel’ working at the ‘British State Censor’ OFCOM.
Gab and Bitchute, two American platforms known for their unfiltered content, faced a stark choice under Ofcom’s enforcement of Britains Orwellian ‘Online Safety Act’. In April 2025, both announced their withdrawal from the UK, refusing to comply with what they labeled “government censorship.”
The U.S. State Department is looking at imposing travel sanctions and economic sanctions against individuals in the UK government involved in enforcing international censorship.” The move follows a March 2025 meeting in London where American diplomats delivered a stark warning. Backed by President Trump’s executive orders, the administration targets Ofcom’s enforcement of the ‘Online Safety Act’, a law called a “censorship weapon” aimed at American free speech. The confrontation stems from Ofcom’s aggressive stance under the Act, which imposes fines up to £18 million or 10% of a company’s global revenue. In severe cases, it can block services in the U.K. or jail offenders for up to two years. This March, Ofcom notified major U.S. social media platforms of their obligations, prompting a swift U.S. response.
State Department officials met Ofcom in London, signaling zero tolerance for what they deem an attack on First Amendment rights. Two American platforms, Gab and Bitchute, already withdrew from the UK in April, citing government overreach. Ofcom Watch founder and chairman Norman Richmond is now coordinating a High Court challenge of the Act and Ofcom’s leadership.
The context for the U.S. stance against Ofcom lies in Trump’s executive actions. On January 20, 2025, a Free Speech Executive Order banned federal censorship, targeting agencies like CISA. On February 21, another executive order defended American companies from Ofcom fines, directly addressing British threats against American companies and citizens, using State censor Ofcom, secret courts and super-injunctions. These orders frame the current escalation against the British, with Richmond revealing the U.S. has identified 20 Ofcom staff for potential sanctions. Dame Melanie Dawes, Ofcom’s chief executive, tops the list as the primary target. Richmond providing names to the State Department, confident they align with U.S. priorities. The delegation’s March meeting warned Ofcom of penalties if they target American citizens or tech firms.
Starmer continues to uses Ofcom, secret courts, super-injunctions, DSMA-Notices and thousands of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) to censor and silence his critics, court witnesses, victims of rape and the vaccine injured. Despite this, Starmer denied censorship plans during an Oval Office meeting with Trump and again in Scotland this summer, where Trump confronted him over Truth Social’s exposure to Ofcom demands. Under Section 110 of the Act, Ofcom can request Truth Social’s source code—a billion-dollar intellectual property Richmond says no company would surrender.
The State Department received Ofcom-Watch’s correspondence, copied to Trump, Vice President J.D. Vance, and Senator Marco Rubio, with an initial response kept confidential. This suggests a coordinated U.S. push against British censorship operations including the BBC lead Trusted News Initiative (TNI), potentially leading to tariffs if ignored by Starmer. The stakes are high. Richmond envisions sanctions as a wake-up call, pressuring the British to repeal the Act and abolish Ofcom. For now, the US holds the line, with Richmond predicting decisive action once Trump confirms Starmer’s deceit.
With sanctions looming and legal battles brewing, the fight for free speech against the British enters a critical phase. The willingness of the U.S. to sanction the British State over ‘free speech’ is a historic development with profound implications for global internet governance: https://www.infowars.com/posts/exclusive-us-set-to-sanction-key-staff-at-uks-speech-regulator
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Russia has more freedom than the UK. Starmer is trying bloody hard to make 1930’s Germany look like a trial run. He is a disgusting tyrant.
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And Mini Me Albanese. Mr Wong. Bowen. Australia has exactly the same crowd wielding absolute power, communist dictators and autocrats dressed up as caring socialists. Socialist is what tyrants call themselves.
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The well known “We’re from the government. We can ignore that”
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can enough electricity be stored in batteries to make renewables viable
https://unpopular-truth.com/2025/07/25/pro-and-cons-of-utility-scale-battery-storage/
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Betteridge’s Law of headlines is an adage that states: “Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no.”
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I couldnt see the question mark…….but the answer is definitely NO.
It should be apparent to any informed observer that the prime purpose of these “Utility Scale” batteries is not security of electricity supply, but rather simply as a “Arbitrage” facility to harvest profits from the crazy wholesale market pricing systems currently operating ,..and to exploit the increased need for FCAS support resulting from the increasing installation of intermittent , inverter based , sources such as wind and solar.
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From the Article –
“Point 2: Utility-scale batteries are ONLY short duration energy storage systems, they provide backup storage for a few hours at best, not for days or weeks. Thus, “solar + batteries” does NOT provide dispatchable 24/7/365 power.”
Blackout Bowen, please take note.
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A very well written and informative Article. A good find Tonyb.
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Round trip efficiency 70%. (Snowy II is closer to 50%)
Lifetime 10-13 years, with accelerated aging in hot or poorly managed installations.
The government is not building for even the immediate future. It is throwing our money away. But it is making China rich.
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FWIW – for the covid record
“This next story was ignored by corporate media, but reported in a Substack interview with MIT’s Retsef Levi. Dr. Levi said the newly restaffed CDC vaccine committee (ACIP) is creating a task force to investigate covid-19 vaccine problems:
According to a one-page executive summary, they plan to look into all the issues: spike protein persistence, DNA contamination, IGG class switching, long-vaxx, and more.”
https://open.substack.com/pub/coffeeandcovid/p/crooks-and-cooks-thursday-august?
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And
Instapundit lead-in –
“HMM. I WONDER IF THERE ARE SIMILAR EFFECTS FROM THE VACCINE? THEY SAY NOT. Researchers find premature aging in blood vessels of COVID-19 patients.”
“Researchers find premature aging in blood vessels of COVID-19 patients”
https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2025/08/20/france-COVID-19-blood-vessels-premature-aging-women-study/3191755701366/
Via https://instapundit.com/739710/#disqus_thread
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FWIW
Chiefio has a look at UK and asks questions
“Starmer – Money, Court Ruling, Angry King, Reform ‘win”, What?”
https://chiefio.wordpress.com/2025/08/21/starmer-money-court-ruling-angry-king-reform-win-what/
And comments
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The comments are informative.
Farage has Trump’s model. The first step would be to take away BBC’s legislated income stream. Sell it off if there is a willing buyer or just shut it down.
Sell the Met.
Send back illegal aliens.
Stop all wind and solar projects and get back to burning coal and gas. Seek energy self-sufficiency.
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“But as US President Donald Trump presses Ukraine and Russia to make a deal to end their war, President Vladimir Putin of Russia is pushing to capture as much land as possible along a front line that stretches about 1000 kilometres.”
No, New York Times (and SMH) Russia has been pushing forward for over 12months and now that the pace is increasing it brings Trump to the table. A touch of information to make it seem accurate, talking about the small groups of Russian soldiers infiltrating Ukrainian positions, and the importance of drones, and all the rest is Western propaganda. They could easily talk to Russian soldiers too… Hell, there’s stacks of interviews in Russian on Telegram, they only have to translate them.
https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/what-russia-is-doing-to-grab-ukrainian-land-while-it-still-can-20250821-p5molq.html
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The Russians have been forced back and defensive lines have been reinstated. If they keep these Soviet tactics going they will lose another million men before the war ends.
What was Putin thinking when he sent missiles into an American electronics business in far west Ukraine?
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He’s just helping Trump get businesses back to USA?
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Its a strategic mistake and Donnie is not amused. Five missiles into one factory, Putin is showing his middle finger, no more red carpet for him.
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The factory is said to produce electronic circuit boards, with Ukrainian sources claiming they are exclusively civilian, but Russian ones stating they are involved in the production and assembly of units for various military objects like the Bayraktar and other drones:
Mukachevo, Zakarpattia region.
For the first time in this conflict, strikes reached deep into Zakarpattia, previously considered Kiev’s rear “safe zone.” At least two Kalibr cruise missiles hit the Flex LTD plant, a division of the US-based corporation Flextronics (Flex Ltd.), one of the world’s largest electronics manufacturers.
The Mukachevo site housed production of printed circuit boards, control systems, microprocessor units, and assembly components for military hardware and drones. It was also the hub for adapting Western electronics to Kiev’s weapon systems: Texas Instruments processors, STMicroelectronics microcontrollers, Vicor power modules, and telemetry units for Bayraktar TB2, Warmate, Punisher, and Vampire drones, as well as 90% of all Kiev-produced UAVs.
The destruction of this facility is critical. Explosions devastated cleanrooms, Siemens and Juki SMT lines, and testing stations from Keysight and Rohde & Schwarz. The strike on Mukachevo represents a strategic turning point: Kiev lost its key center for integrating Western electronics into drones and precision weapon systems.
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A legitimate target then?
Thankfully the air raid sirens sounded and most of the 600 workers reached the bunkers in time.
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We were streaming a program in 7+ last night and were bombarded with State government ads on the new machete law.
The ads gave me cause to wonder why the State government would be paying for time on a commercial channel when there is a government funded broadcaster. Surely their ABC has a duty to make public announcements about new laws.
Could it be that machete wielding criminals are not inclined to watch their ABC. Do they watch any TV? Do they own a TV?
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https://www.skynews.com.au/opinion/andrew-bolt/we-are-fed-former-premier-says-victoria-is-in-chaos-amid-crime-crisis/video/b1ae9b3d7ccc4069a0c73e97fdd5c14f
The solution is as simple as it’s always been. GET TOUGH, regardless of the offenders age.
Mandatory jail, mandatory bush camp rehabilitation, mandatory community service, mandatory criminal record.
No more slaps on the wrists from ivory tower judges. No more knee-jerk laws from clueless pollies.
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FWIW
“Do they watch any TV? Do they own a TV?”
“Possess” a TV likely, “Own” not so much?
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Don’t you love a political round table conference to review the countries taxation system. Now the one thing about tax reforms is, no matter what, the government take NEVER reduces. The treasurer is talking about “intergenerational equity”. What the hell does that mean. At a guess it’s either taxes on the family home or death taxes. Either way everything that many families strive for, to leave their children better off, is certainly under threat. The other big thing is taxing superannuation funds over $3million dollars. This allegedly will only affect “the rich” but in reality will rapidly include many people with super. The opportunity for inflation to catch thousands more each year is just too great a chance for a cash hungry government to ignore.
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This is just another step toward what I have been forecasting for more than ten years – more raids on oldies’ assets. This is why, for some years now, governments and their media mates have been demonising ‘Boomers’, who are single-handedly responsible for everything bad, from driving up property prices beyond what young families can afford, to blocking all the beds in our hospitals. Never any mention of our part in building the wealth, services and infrastructure upon which young people rely.
I forecast that this raid will escalate pretty quickly, in many forms, and few ‘young’ people will care. We deserve it, apparently.
The only area where they might come unstuck is inheritance taxes, because that will directly affect younger generations.
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I wonder how much rain has hit the ground in the vicinity of Flim-Flan since he uttered his infamous words.
Looks like NSW is getting another good dose of Flim-Flan this week. I know it had a good dose in June because I drove through some of it.
If we did not have the wind stillers around Victoria, it might also be getting some Flim-Flan.
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We need some Flim-Flam in this part of Victoria.
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FWIW
“I’ve Changed My Mind: There Really IS Genocide in Gaza”
Concludes
“So, if there really is a “genocide” going on — and if one side is providing HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS of free meals to civilians, whereas the other side is stealing 90% of the food and letting the people starve — then which side is guilty of genocide?
Sounds to me like the liberals are accusing the Gazans of heinous war crimes!
They sure won me over. Way to go, guys!”
https://pjmedia.com/scott-pinsker/2025/08/21/ive-changed-my-mind-there-really-is-genocide-in-gaza-n4942900
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FWIW
“No one forced Democrats to make their entire identity about telling normal men they’re evil.
That’s on them.
I’m just glad I get to see the fallout. It’s glorious.”
https://x.com/RBPundit/status/1958547333622222955
Via https://instapundit.com/739759/#disqus_thread
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INTERNATIONAL GRIDWATCH
A BIT MORE WIND THIS MORNING BUT STILL NO HOT COFFEE
AT 7 AM THE WIND IS CONTRIBUTING 19% OF DEMAND IN THE EAST AND AND AT 9 EASTERN TIME IT IS 5% IN THE WEST OH DEAR!!
https://www.nem-watch.info/widgets/RenewEconomy/
WHAT ABOUT TEXAS?
https://www.gridstatus.io/live/ercot
6 PM APPROACHING SUNSET, WIND 9% SOLAR 17%
THE WIND DROUGHT PERSISTS!
BRITAIN?
https://grid.iamkate.com/
MIDNIGHT WIND 13% SOLAR 15%
JUST AS WELL ITS NOT DEEP IN WINTER!
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FWIW – Canada
“Alberta’s Surprising Debt to Quebec”
https://pjmedia.com/david-solway-2/2025/08/21/albertas-surprising-debt-to-quebec-n4942908
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FWIW
“Sorry, Lefties: Robin Hood Wasn’t a Socialist.”
https://pjmedia.com/jamie-wilson/2025/08/21/robin-hood-wasnt-a-socialist-stop-pretending-he-was-n4942904
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UN has not made any notable changes in trajectory since Trump 2 started.
I noted that GISS are still doing CMIP7 runs. Obviously with fewer people but now a 110 layer atmospheric model.
https://data.giss.nasa.gov/modelE/cmip7/
It may yet be shut down but that page was last updated June 27 2025.
Even Alan Kohler has a realistic perspective on COP30:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-17/climate-change-religion-trump-zeldin-epa-wind-back-rules/105057538
So will COP30 be the last one or will Blackout get his chance to strut the world stage in the dying moments of the climate hoax.
Meanwhile The Australian ACCESS team is nudging forward with CMIP7:
https://www.access-nri.org.au/cmip7-workshop/
I would like to be involved in these meeting so I can get these computer jockeys to look up at the sky.
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FWIW – seen from outside
https://img.patriotpost.us/01K33KWK28NMGCM0GD0EVDSGCV.jpeg?w=1024&dpr=1&q=75
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FWIW
“UN: Renewables are So Cheap They Need Lots of Subsidies”
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/08/21/un-renewables-are-so-cheap-they-need-lots-of-subsidies/
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https://www.news.com.au/technology/flood-warnings-road-closures-as-huge-rainfall-hits-nsw/news-story/9ad7d0f9ce3ad6251f095e966791abc7
Perhaps News could ask Tim Flannery, the go to media guy for all things climate, to perhaps provide an explainer on overflowing dams.
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Diabetes breakthrough: Ginger rivals drugs in lowering blood sugar
If you’ve been told that managing Type 2 diabetes requires expensive, side-effect-laden medications for life, a groundbreaking new review just blew that myth apart. Researchers have confirmed what natural health advocates have known for years: Ginger – a humble, inexpensive root – can significantly lower blood sugar levels, improve insulin sensitivity, and reduce diabetes complications without the need for pharmaceuticals.
This isn’t just another “natural remedy” claim. A systematic review published in Frontiers in Pharmacology analyzed five high-quality meta-analyses and found that ginger supplementation slashes fasting blood glucose by an average of 21.24 mg/dL and reduces HbA1c (a long-term blood sugar marker) by a full point. For context, many diabetes drugs struggle to achieve such dramatic results. Even more impressive? Ginger increases GLUT-4 proteins, which help cells absorb glucose more efficiently, something synthetic drugs often fail to do without harmful side effects.
https://www.stationgossip.com/2025/08/diabetes-breakthrough-ginger-rivals.html
A staple for me for years.
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The rapidly increasingly relevant meme of the week
https://imgbox.com/tMD8wxVA
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Queensland LNP members ignore Ley plea and vote to dump net zero
The party’s convention has overwhelmingly voted for the Coalition to dump net zero, despite federal Opposition leader Sussan Ley urging the party to ‘modernise’ to appeal to more voters.
Susan Ley needs to get in the game or “net zero” will destroy her ambitions
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No free kicks in this Super Game!
Keep Labor hands off $4.4 trillion ‘honey pot’ of super
Coalition’s successful super reforms slashed underperforming accounts from one million to 20,000, but Labor’s proposed changes threaten these gains.
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I have been warning for some time that the pollies have their beady eyes on our super. They WILL steal as much of it as they can. That’s the whole reason it exists.
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8.0 undersea quake in the Drake Passage downsized to 7.5 (?).
Bang in the middle of the channel separating South America from Antarctica’s Peninsula, the flapping of penguin wings has set in motion a tremor of (possible) tsunami-generating proportions… so THAT’S why sea ice breaks up, huh, it’s not us after all.
On standby for tsunami alert to BLARE out of my phone – and it was such a lovely sunny Friday afternoon.
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MAJOR BREAKING: A massive report exposes that Trump purchased $100,000,000 in bonds tied to companies DIRECTLY impacted by his policies.
That smells like insider trading and is IMPEACHABLE.
https://x.com/CalltoActivism/status/1958570739742711996
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Obviously a reliable and completely believable source, ‘Call to activism’ describes itself thus:
“One of the most viewed progressive platforms on Earth. Founded by Attorney @JosephGallina to fight Trump-era corruption.”
Enough said.
Besides, insider trading is perfectly fine; just ask any Democrat about Nancy Pelosi …
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I asked Grok to give me more on this. Grok: “[] there is no substantial evidence that the spread of bonds purchased deviates significantly from a “normal market spread” or reflects deliberate favoritism toward specific sectors or companies aligned with Trump’s policies.
The purchases, detailed in the August 2025 Office of Government Ethics filings, include a diverse mix of corporate bonds (e.g., from Meta, Qualcomm, T-Mobile USA, Home Depot, United Health Group, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, and Wells Fargo), as well as state and municipal bonds from public entities like school districts, airports, and infrastructure authorities.
There is no evidence or credible suggestion that Donald Trump has been directly involved in selecting or influencing these bond purchases. White House statements and disclosures emphasize that the investments are managed by a third-party financial institution, with Trump not personally directing them. []”.
Should DT’s investments be in a blind trust, or is it OK to have them in an openly third party managed portfolio? That is a subject for legitimate debate, but these criticisms Look like a beat-up.
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FWIW
I guess he just got $US550,000,000 to re-allocate?
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Buying bonds in America is impeachable. Really? He has money, this is the most benign investment I can think of.
Pelosi buys and sells options. Now THAT is impeachable.
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Albanese borrowed this immigration trick from the Democrats: Now Labor’s on track to stay in power for decades
Kos Samaras, a director at Labor-friendly polling firm RedBridge, lobbed a startling statistic into the immigration debate.
And in this statistic lies Labor’s path to power. Not just for years, for decades.
“85 per cent of the Indian diaspora voted for the Labor party in the last election,” he said.
“Largely, I believe, for sectarian reasons.”
Australia has 916,330 Indian-born migrants as of June last year.
According to ABS data, Australia brought in a record 111,000 Indian migrants in 2023 alone.
They’re our biggest source of artificial population growth, and they’re also set to replace Brits as our largest migrant group.
A Carnegie Endowment report backs Kos’ take – revealing that Indian migrants are more favourable to Labor, and less favourable to the Liberal Party.
But don’t take my word for it – even The Indian Sun this week has admitted as much.
“The [Indian] diaspora is reshaping not just the demographics of local schools and businesses, but the political balance of whole electorates,” they wrote.
But here’s where it becomes even more concerning.
It’s not just Indian migrants who are disproportionately voting Labor.
It’s all new migrants.
Another poll found that foreign-born Australian voters prefer Labor over the Liberal Party by a whopping 14 percentage points on first preference votes.
Anthony Albanese brought in a record-breaking 1.2 million migrants in his first term.
If current trends continue – about 1,544 migrants arriving every day – we’ll have close to three million migrants by the end of open-borders Albo’s reign.
Many of whom will become citizens, and many of whom will vote for Labor.
In some federal seats, where it’s only a matter of a few thousand votes — this can be the difference between blue and red, and that can decide governments.
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The Article found that of the top 20 state electorates for foreign born percentage in New South Wales, 16 voted Labor.
And was pointed out recently, some state Labor governments have already begun building high density housing in key Liberal seats.
The idea is this: more affordable apartments means more migrants, more migrants means more Labor votes, more Labor votes means more Labor seats, and so on.
Naturally the Liberal Party thinks it can win the migrant vote, given that so many of them come from socially conservative countries.
Yet study after study, report after report shows this isn’t the case:
the Brookings Institute found that migrants often live right, but vote left.
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Well they do send trainees to learn from the democrats
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Ignorant politicians believe CO2 causes global warming, the Nats are pathetic at state level.
‘The Barnaby Joyce-led push for Australia to abandon net-zero by 2050 has received a timely reality check, after New South Wales parliament’s lower house – including 11 National Party members – decisively reaffirmed bipartisan support of the emissions reduction target.
‘In parliament on Tuesday, the 93-member NSW Legislative Assembly debated and voted on a motion affirming the support of the two major parties for Net Zero by 2050 and condemning efforts to undermine this bipartisan position.’ (Renew Economy)
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FWIW.
About 1:08:00 on in here are various things about the drone war in Ukraine and the Russian approach to training etc in aspects of that –
“Moscow VETOES Western Guarantees To Kiev, NO To Putin Zelensky Summit; Kiev Huge Losses, Drone War”
https://rumble.com/v6xwb9a-moscow-vetoes-western-guarantees-to-kiev-no-to-putin-zelensky-summit-kiev-h.html?e9s=src_v1_ucp_a
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The roof of the world
https://va.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_szumwlivUW1zgyqwc.mp4
Trippy!
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Not Only in Australia – The environment is getting better — why aren’t kids being taught that?
If you ask a Minnesota student about the environment, you’re likely to hear about crises, collapses, and catastrophes.
The truth is that the environment has been steadily improving and that human life is overwhelmingly better with modern energy, spurred by innovation.
Worry about the Earth’s environment is pervasive among Americans and young people writ large. A 2024 Pew Research Center survey found that 73 percent of Americans said “climate news has made them feel sad about what’s happening to the Earth,” 56 percent felt “anxious about the future,” and 34 percent felt “guilty” that they “are not doing more to address climate change.”
Here are some facts that young people should know about the environment:
. U.S. air quality has improved dramatically since the 1970s.
. U.S. waterways are largely improving in condition.
. Forest coverage in the U.S. has been stable or growing for decades thanks to technological advances in agriculture and forest management.
. Species are bouncing back from the brink of extinction thanks to voluntary partnerships and stewardship.
. Severe weather events, like hurricanes, are showing no trend in frequency.
. Energy sources like coal, natural gas, and oil have lifted billions out of poverty and led to economic prosperity.
Global life expectancy has more than doubled since 1900, while about 90 percent of people have access to electricity today compared with 74 percent in 1990. The world can feed more people higher-quality foods with less land area thanks to improvements in farming practices, like synthetic fertilizers. Prosperity gives people the time and means to care about, and do something about, the environment.
Minnesota’s (Australia’s) children are taught to fear human impact, but not to appreciate human progress. It’s time to set the record straight.
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“Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated” – Xi Jinping.
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INQUIRER 26 minutes ago
How did we go from a country of workers to a nation of bludgers?
Advance Australia Fair had it right. This is a country built on toil and on the promise of wealth for toil – a promise that has deep roots in Western civilisation. But today’s work culture – especially within the public sector – is a whole different story.
In a word or three political envy and voter apathy one feeds the other and gluttony is the result
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No country/state needs so many people – that is the answer. The producers of real things became too efficient for the common good.
Any machine works better with a Flywheel of right size, +/- few percent but when the numbers of idlers is getting bigger than that of workers.., what do you expect?
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Netanyahu Warns Australia Against Appeasing Terrorism. Just ask Neville Chamberlain who thought he could appease Hitler
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FWIW
“The New York Times Publishes False Energy and Climate Information and Refuses to Correct Its Errors”
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/08/21/the-new-york-times-publishes-false-energy-and-climate-information-and-refuses-to-correct-its-errors/
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FWIW – More on “Vitamin F” and cancer
“Makis Gets It In The Press”
“This has been a while in the works — the possibility that Fenbendazole might be an extremely-potent (but obviously not “works for everyone”) cancer therapy.
It outlines three cases that were ruled “hopeless” for all intents and purposes by the medical system. All three had extraordinary response at doses way below where others have used them and known to be tolerated, with two having complete remission with hard, scientific medical markers confirming this status from 11 months to nearly 3 years time at the point of this being written up and submitted.
Case reports do not offer proof in the general sense, only in the sense of the person who had it happen. But in this instance we’re not talking about someone who “felt better” or any such thing; these are people who had medical supervision and the biochemical markers and testing all confirmed that in fact the cancer was either controlled or entirely gone.”
More at
https://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=253845
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FWIW
“What happens to trust when anything can be faked?”
“Ted Gioia asks the question.
It is now possible to alter reality and every kind of historical record—and perhaps irrevocably. The technology for creating fake audio, video, and text has improved enormously in just the last few months. We will soon reach—or may have already reached—a tipping point where it’s impossible to tell the difference between truth and deception.”
More at
https://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2025/08/what-happens-to-trust-when-anything-can.html
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Our formerly vaunted enlightenment world of “Science’ was a trust based world.
Emphasis on was.
Science is still science and powerful, but is quickly becoming an exclusive tool of the elite.
What was once liberating is now becoming secret magic.
So it is a return to a mythology based human culture … which is the historical norm.
The priests will know.
The peasants will share tall tales.
Pandemic was an experience of co-existing mythologies.
“They are trying to save us!”
“No, they’re trying to eliminate us!”
One can go to the Internet of Babel and prove both beyond doubt.
So Inquisitions must be formed and comedians must condemned to the stake.
BTW, ‘Climate Change’ is the birthing myth of reborn myth culture.
Allow us to make sacrifice or the Sun will die.
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Friday night announcement of a Voice type arrangement in Victoria despite the national and Victorian vote on the matter.
More destructive BS from Allan and not even the courage to announce it in the weekday news cycle.
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No matter, they will win next election again.
From the automation point of view it is a positive feedback type control system.
Also they will bring “right” people into “wrong” areas in the remaining couple of years – to finish off the Libs…
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Bought the Saturday Herald Sun looking to see it mentioned. Close scrutiny couldn’t find anything regarding this!
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So the NY appellate court has tossed out Trump’s $500mill fine on the basis that it breaches the 8th amendment on cruel and unusual punishment. The [D]s, of course, are screeching about appeals and somehow believing that a lesser amount will be adjudicated. That dog don’t hunt, my uneducated idea is that the higher court can uphold the decision or reverse it, not amend the $ value.
Arguing this with crazy leftists tonight I did some searching and found that the New York Court of Appeals has a bloc of judges appointed by Andrew Cuomo who was a Clinton style dem, not a crazy leftist, who give the court a conservative flavour, or maybe that just means not CRAZY left. Anyway ‘Tish James may find it hard to get the result she wants.
New York Court of Appeals Fairness
The New York Court of Appeals has faced increasing scrutiny over its political fairness, with recent analyses suggesting a shift toward a more ideologically polarized bench. Historically, the court was not strongly divided along ideological lines, but observers note that it has developed a consistent conservative majority bloc in recent years.
This bloc, consisting of Chief Judge Janet DiFiore and Judges Michael Garcia, Anthony Cannataro, and Madeline Singas—all appointed by former Governor Andrew Cuomo—has ruled in lockstep in the majority of cases, often with minimal explanation.
Legal experts have compared this cohesion to the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority, noting that the New York bloc is even more unified in its voting patterns.
This shift has led to rulings that favor law enforcement, businesses, and prosecutors, while limiting the rights of criminal defendants and workers, marking a departure from the court’s earlier reputation for expansive interpretations of individual rights under the state constitution.
AI-generated answer. Please verify critical facts.
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FWIW
More on that in here
https://open.substack.com/pub/coffeeandcovid/p/excessive-fines-friday-august-22?
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FWIW
More on that semi crash in Florida
https://youtu.be/tlKs_xXUAGw
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