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In Malta climate change propaganda is alive and well. Most older people do not believe it has changed since they were kids.
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Malta has a Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa), with mild winters and hot summers. Being in the middle of a warm sea has certain implications. Malta would have to be moved north of Iceland for the elder locals to notice a change in climate.
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It might be easier to drain the Med.
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The hidden frontline: Here’s why Putin’s Valdai speech was actually a cultural manifesto
The Russian president’s Valdai address shifted the focus from war and geopolitics to values, identity, and the collapse of Western liberalism
Russian president Vladimir Putin used his address at the Valdai forum on Thursday to issue a challenge: Western liberal societies are crumbling, convulsing in moral chaos, and Russia is emerging as a sanctuary of tradition. He warned of “gender terrorism” driving Europeans toward Russia, and spotlighted the televised killing of conservative American voice Charlie Kirk as evidence of the West’s internal collapse.
The Valdai stage has long been where Moscow sketches the future as it sees it. In this explainer, we break down how Putin shifted the debate from geopolitics to a values battle that he says is already reshaping the world.
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Sham referendums.
‘Western liberal societies are crumbling, convulsing in moral chaos, and Russia is emerging as a sanctuary of tradition.’
Nonsense, what really matters is that petrol is running out and the masses will revolt.
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” Nonsense, what really matters is that petrol is running out and the masses will revolt. ”
That’s true for Australia. What’s happening in Russia?
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President Vladimir Putin Notes Russia Does Not Desire NATO Conflict, But Russia Is Prepared for It
October 3, 2025 – Sundance
Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during the 22nd annual meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club. Within his full remarks
[Available Here] President Putin notes the ongoing efforts of the EU to provoke expanded conflict.
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‘ … the ongoing efforts of the EU to provoke expanded conflict.’
That is disinformation, the EU want unconditional ceasefire, but Putin is making unrealistic demands and continues the war.
Its obvious that the Russian Federation is about collapse, replaced by independent states inside a new federation. Democracies flourish and commerce improves, avoiding the resurgence of a demagog.
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“. Democracies flourish and commerce improves,”
Ah, what world is that on?? Your current democracies seem hell-bent on having a digital ID for their subjects, a full surveillance infrastructure, complete lack of freedom to do anything under a crushing load of laws and regulations while they jail people for their Facebook posts or for going outside in a medical non-emergency!!
” the EU want unconditional ceasefire,”.. that is disinformation, the EU want Russia cowed and beaten, and then broken into pieces to be absorbed by Western conglomerates while being raped of oil and resources. They want a ceasefire so they can gather their forces and then start it again.
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The EU already had the Minsk I and Minsk II agreements … all they needed to do was stick with what they had already promised.
The terms were reasonable, and Russia did not even ask for Donbas, they only requested basic human rights for the residents. The EU had a working ceasefire right there.
But negotiations now … after all that was broken … that’s gonna be a heck of a lot more difficult. Trust has reached rock bottom and I doubt that Putin will offer the slightest concession at this point. Unconditional ceasefire? Just to let NATO bring in their own troops and have plenty of time to fortify? Why the heck would anyone do that?!?
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Manchester synagogue attack victim was shot dead by police – officials
The attacker was not carrying a firearm, and one of the victims died of a gunshot injury, law enforcement officials have stated
One of the two victims killed in Thursday’s attack outside a synagogue in a Manchester suburb died after being shot by an armed officer, police have confirmed.
Greater Manchester Police chief constable Stephen Watson said the force believes that the attacker, identified as 35-year-old Jihad al-Shamie, was not carrying a firearm and that the fatal injury was caused by gunfire.
“It follows therefore, that subject to further forensic examination, this injury may sadly have been sustained as a tragic and unforeseen consequence of the urgently required action taken by my officers to bring this vicious attack to an end,” Watson said, as quoted by The Guardian.
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I’m quite sure the Guardian is really upset that the attacker was harmed. How dare the authorities stop one their heroes from being anti semetic.
They must try to make the authorities thr guilty party. We know the Guardian tactics well.
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I guess Manchester needs to hang up some of these bad boys.
https://www.snopes.com/tachyon/2021/04/twin_cities_police-sign.jpg
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Yes, one dead and one injured shot by police.
Sounds bad but understandable? Those shot were physically barricading the main lobby door, the attacker was immediately in front and appeared to be about to detonate explosive devices. Even if they were 100% accurate you can’t stop a bullet continuing after passing through a body.
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When shooting, you need to always look beyond the target. Sometimes you miss. Sometimes the bullet travels on.
Backgrounds matter.
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Obviously, but you’ve completely ignored the problem in this case, weighing up the potential for greater harm with no time to change the firing angle.
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There is always time to move to achieve a better angle or to exclude something from the background. If in doubt, get closer, it still in doubt, DO NOT shoot. Being closer makes the target a bigger angle too. If the excuse for shooting someone in the background was because the police were rushed then they should hand in their firearm licence, I would not want them to be ‘defending’ me. FFS, if they can use that excuse why get out of the car?
They use semi automatic rifles, it is possible to miss with more than none bullet if not on single shot mode. I’d much rather they take their time, confirm the bad guys and then move in for the kill. Not stand back and spray and certainly not being ignorant of their surrounds and backgrounds.
When the balistics reports come in, then we’ll know what happened and who was standing where. Let’s hope they did their best and not just a ‘DEI’ job of it.
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“When the ballistics reports come in, then we’ll know what”… they want us to believe.
It was only independent journalist Joe Viallis who took apart the official British Govt story that Libyan terrorists shot the female policeman outside the embassy, after he showed that it was impossible for her to get those fatal wounds unless they came from a building with an office being rented by a non-existent American company. CiA again…
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“you can’t stop a bullet continuing after passing through a body.”
You can reduce the risk with bullet choice
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I thought police rounds were hollow nosed so that on impact they effectively “shattered” within the body and did not continue through it. Also thought that when it comes to someone holding a trigger for a bomb that little canal between the nose and mouth was the shooters target area as this affected the part of the brain that controls reflex and immediately stops the victim from being able to use his fingers to press down on a trigger.
Quick research and AI confirms above not an urban myth and were policy in the past. So we dealing with an urban miss double tragedy. RIP the innocent and speedy recovery for the other.
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Tony Abbott’s surprising new chapter in life after politics
In a new history of Australia, the former prime minister has written a fresh perspective on the story of our great nation. Even his harshest critics are impressed.
NICHOLAS JENSEN
Days before our interview, I consult this newspaper’s editor-at-large, Paul Kelly, who has, it could be said, seen the full arc of Tony Abbott’s public life.
They first met when Abbott wrote editorials at The Australian in the late 1980s – that was after he’d left St Patrick’s seminary and abandoned his plans to join the Jesuit priesthood. (Earlier in his life, Abbott had studied Economics and Law at the University of Sydney, and won a Rhodes scholarship to study Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford.) I ask Kelly how he would describe the former member for Warringah.
He tells me this: “People have no idea about Tony Abbott. He is a mass of contradictions. He is a journalist by nature. He is obsessed by history. He is a genuine intellectual and scholar. He is a romantic, in thrall to the great Australian project. But this identity remains concealed, hidden throughout his political career. On the one hand he is the former seminarian, the scholar-statesman; on the other he is the Blues boxer and the ultimate political brawler.”
And yet to a younger generation of Australians, who were children during Abbott’s time in office, he’s perhaps better recognised today as the self-styled “daggy dad” who occasionally pops into their social media feeds as a volunteer firefighter or surf lifesaver.
Last month, footage uploaded to TikTok and Instagram showed the former PM in a shirt and tie holding up a faulty boom gate inside a busy Sydney car park, allowing motorists to exit. Is Tony Abbott now a meme? The comments varied from “A firie, a surf lifesaver and now a traffic cop? Truly a man of the people!” to “Bushfire CFA volunteer, surf lifesaver … he does a lot more civil service than most pollies”. Abbott himself entered the chat, posting the tongue-in-cheek response: “Finally found my calling.” “Wish he was still PM,” came a nostalgic comment on Instagram.
Australia: A History by Tony Abbott (Harper Collins) is out on October 13
Australia: A History premieres October 13-15 at 7.30pm AEDT on Sky News Australia. Stream at SkyNews.com.au or download the Sky News Australia app
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From the Comments something I had forgotten about the bolded bit in the 1st Comment below, Tony who was my Local Member and always great to meet & talk at Quuenscliff.
– Tony Abbott was our local MP, and we never lost faith in him. He took his defeat on the chin, like the boxer he was. He made some good calls, and some not-so-great ones. He stopped the boats, and approved the building of the second Sydney Airport.
He was a humble person, happy to take up residence at the AFP Staff Quarters in Canberra whilst the Lodge was being renovated when he could have taken up residence at the Hyatt.
I look forward to reading his book.
– Comparing Abbott and Turnbull is impossible. Abbott is everything Turnbull is not. Abbott obviously has a deep love of his fellow humans, a need to serve his community and a thoughtful and caring human being. Turnbull does not move the dial in any of these character traits.
– I cried when he was given the job as PM, and I cried even more when he was forced out. Being in the RFS for many years, I remember this cool, RFS member I stood beside in what can only be called a Holocaust, in the Southern Highlands of NSW, with pencil pine trees going up like you wouldn’t believe, and I thought it was over for us, but he kept us calm, and got us out ( if you are reading this Tony, you will not have forgotten the terrified four female fire fighters, you led to safety) and have been a grateful servant ever since. Thanks for everything, mate. Will be buying the book.
– There you go and the idiots in his former electorate voted for lightweight Zali. Geez!
– I am appalled that I lost my local Member, Tony, to the likes of Useless Zali who has achieved NOTHING and will best be remembered for going downhill really fast !!!!
Compare a morally sound, Country loving and Community minded ( and doesn’t crow about it ), intelligent Politician like Abbott with the morally bankrupt Jellyfish spined one we have now, foisted upon us by a mere one third of our voters …. !!!!
– Tony Abbott an Amazing Guy – humble when you meet him locally – Australia lost a Fine PM, undermined by Turnbull
A Recent Jesuit Rector’s Valete Assembly address sums up Tony
. Magis (Latin for “more”): The speech repeatedly invokes the Jesuit concept of magis—not in terms of ambition or achievement, but in the pursuit of depth, generosity, and service.
. Discernment and Conscience: The Rector urged students to “search your hearts, listen to the voice of conscience, discern better choices.”
. Service and Solidarity: The address highlighted immersion experiences, retreats, and service days as formative.
. Freedom and Depth: The call to “unnarrow basic human tubing” and to avoid becoming “thin men” or “timid time-servers” is a poetic way of expressing the Jesuit ideal of forming men and women for others—people of depth, freedom, and moral courage. It is an encouragement to depth, an encouragement to reflect, an encouragement to be free from old habits for the way ahead.
Book ordered Amazon $34.99 delivery 13th October 2025
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Apologies Post on Tony Abbott in wrong spot
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You never aim for the head when shooting someone. Heads move, Trump is still walking as proof of this. The police would be trained to aim for the torso. A major centre of mass and a point less likely to move relative to an arm or a leg.
And if AI confirmed your story, then you you may as well play video games, that’s where it will get it’s information from, it probably quizzed the fastest kills based on three on line games and the results of a couple of round house kicks and thrown knives. Just like in the movies.
When it comes to stopping any reflex action, a head shot WILL NOT do it. If you are in doubt of this, then review what a reflex test is doing when you tap someone just below the kneecap. Reflexes are based on a response not just from the brain but from the spinal column too. A head shot does not stop those reflexes. A second point to consider if you still trust the AI response about the head shot stopping actions, ask it how a chicken can continue to run around WITHOUT a head, oops, that’s right, the head is not required for that action either.
Don’t trust AI, it lies and omits important details.
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Police here are trained to ‘shoot to stop’, which means aim for the largest target with the least room for error – the torso/chest area.
In an emergency situation requiring split second reactions, adrenaline fuelled shaky hands are unreliable.
Only in Hollyweird do guns get shot from hands, and the crims shot between the eyes.
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What if the synagogue was free to defend itself?
Let’s see …
well, besides probably not being seen as a vulnerable target in the first place, its’ own guards would have known who not to shoot.
If someone is trying to kill you call the police.
They will arrive eventually, consider everyone a threat … to them … and take action … then sort the details later.
But usually the incident is over, and they make the janitorial arrangements.
WikiHonk historical context note:
The troubles in the UK are the result of troubles in the Mid East which are the result of Climate Change which is caused by carbon.
And violence is caused by weapons.
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Agreed
One of the undeniable truths about school/spree shootings in America that is almost never reported in the press is they almost always take place in ‘gun free zones’. Shooters are attracted to soft targets like flies are attracted to crap.
The reason it’s not reported is because it shoots a gaping hole in the idea that ‘common sense gun laws’ can stop those kind of shootings. Murderous shooters don’t follow gun laws. Not only do the often work in ‘gun free zones’, they usually do it with illegally obtained weapons that they do not have a permit for. The only people ‘common sense gun laws’ influence is law-abiding citizens, not homicidal mentally-deranged criminals.
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Dead right Steve, I was recently subjected to an inspection of my gun safe and contents and I told the walloper that I was not the problem.
I bet they did not inspect the storage arrangements of the many bikie clubhouses around the state that day, but they are not stupid enough to comply with the same restrictions as me.
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Having been involved in landscape construction in several Jewish schools around Melbourne over the years, I can attest to the security arrangements which have been in place for quite some time.
All Jewish schools have security guards – I have regularly had to go through security gates and checkpoints with ARMED guards present. Every time there has been a rise in tensions in the middle East, security arrangements are ramped up. Our work vehicles have been inspected and in one case, I was asked to move a work van away from the front of the school as it was considered a shield for any potential attackers.
They think very carefully regarding potential dangers, one example being a proposed timber installation close to the front boundary, which was vetoed on the grounds that an explosive device would send splintered wood hurtling through the playground with children potentially outside, and that is just the sort of thing any evil terrorist would relish and plan for.
Sad that we in Australia are in this situation isn’t it? When I tell these stories to friends, they are shocked and totally unaware of what goes on in the real world.
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On Their ABC Radio (Australia) I noticed they said the name of the terrorist really quickly as if to intend that you wouldn’t really hear that his name, Jihad…, was obviously associated with a certain demographic which is a traditional source of terrorists.
Attacks like this are encouraged when Governments like Starmer’s (or various Australian ones) have a prolonged policy of inaction against crimes and two tier policing relating to Hamas and other terrorist supporters which signals toleration and normalisation of violence.
I am pleasantly surprised that the fully woke UK police actually shot the terrorist although sadly an innocent was also apparently killed by police gunfire in the process.
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Back in the day Harvard University was an educational institution.
Now it’s a freak show and warehouse of far Left anti-education ideologues.
The Left destroy everything that is or was good.
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‘Harvard Gender and Sexuality Caucus.’ Shouldn’t that be ‘Circus’?
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FWIW
“The Doughnut of Prosperity and Comrade Guterres’ War on Capitalism”
“Guest “Let’s end poverty by redefining prosperity!” by David Middleton
Anything proposed by UN Secretary General Guterres and endorsed by the Nature editorial board should be ignored with extreme prejudice!”
More at
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/10/03/the-doughnut-of-prosperity-and-comrade-guterres-war-on-capitalism/
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Hmm!
Might this portend the statement ….. Here it comes.
Andrew Hastie has quit the Shadow Cabinet.
Tony.
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Must be in preparation to challenge Ley?
Certainly there is no way a DEI wokester like Ley is going to win the next election.
Why would anyone vote for her when her policies in most areas are barely distinguishable from Labor (except foreign policy)?
And Hastie ostensibly resigned over immigration policy which he said was unsustainable. Most people would agree with that. Unsustainable and an inappropriate mix. Plus it’s undeniable that the housing crisis has been brought about by importing people far faster than new houses can be built. It’s a no brainer. In addition these imports are about bringing in future Labor voters who will entrench Labor in Government forever.
It shows how disconnected from reality Ley is. She must go.
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The photos wets believe in big Australia and renewable. The conservatives need to get rid of the moderates, in all states.
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Is he giving her ‘enough rope’.
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The ‘charter letters’ were intended to bring an end to public debate, so Hastie quit in preference to being gagged.
‘Mr Hastie said it was a well-established convention that if a member of the shadow cabinet was “unwilling to live by the convention of solidarity”, they must depart to the backbench.
‘He expressed his gratitude to Ms Ley and wished her “every success” as leader.’ (ABC)
From the backbench Hastie can pounce when he eventually has the numbers and from that lowly position he is also free to speak. This is good news for us .
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FWIW
“Law of Unintended Consequences: Solar-Powered Farming Digging Pakistan Into Water Catastrophe”
https://hotair.com/headlines/2025/10/03/law-of-unintended-consequences-solar-powered-farming-digging-pakistan-into-water-catastrophe-n3807429
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FWIW
“The Intel Backdoor Nobody Can Remove (Not Even You)”
https://www.franksworld.com/2025/09/18/the-intel-backdoor-nobody-can-remove-not-even-you/
Via a comment at Chiefio
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More from there – AMD has similar
“Every modern computer that has an Intel or AMD processor has a built-in back door and there is nothing you can do about it. It can access all areas of your computer’s memory without the CPU or your knowledge and even more. Want to know what this backdoor is called? For Intel, it’s called the Intel Management Engine. For AMD it’s called the Platform Security Processor.
https://www.sysjolt.com/2021/every-modern-computer-has-a-backdoor/ “
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Note; this is from a Leftist website.
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This is why politicians shouldn’t be allowed to make science or engineering decisions.
Plus, I wonder how much the unions and others are rorting this useless environmentally destructive project?
My prediction: $20 billion final cost and 2030+ completion date, assuming it’s ever completed at all.
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In today’s The Australian, a commentator discusses why Snowy 2 won’t achieve its stated 2GW output, plus the impact of diverting Snowy water away from its existing uses, including existing power generation and irrigation. He also points out that it could take up to 50 days to replenish the water held in the top dam, and until the lost 33% of water is replaced, the maximum output would only be 1.5GW, not 2GW.
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If, and whenever Snowy Two comes on line, might there already be an example we could turn to to see just how good it will be at doing what it’s supposed to do, you know, delivering power.
We could, umm, look at Tumut Three, you know, that iconic image of the six big pipes, where Mal faced the popping ‘camera bulbs’.
Tumut Three was opened in 1973, and it has a Nameplate of 1500MW, six generators of 250MW, and Pumps which draw 600MW to pump the water back up the hill from the Tumut River/Jounama Pondage back into Talbingo.
Now, the AEMO has only been keeping data records since 2001, so we only have data for 24 years.
In that time, this (effectively, what they now refer to as a ‘battery’) pumped hydro plant has operated at an astonishing (stop that Tony) Capacity Factor of, umm, 4.3%.
So, in effect, if Snowy Two works like this, it looks like becoming the ‘workhorse’ (I told you to stop that Tony) of the grid, eh.
We might also perhaps turn that around to see what really might be the case, eh!
Tumut Three uses the daylight hours to run the Pumps, you know that time when rooftop solar has driven the grid cost for power down to zero or negative, so a p1$$@nt cost to run the pumps. Then right on cue, at the evening peak, the water then rushes back downhill to run the turbines so they can sell the power to the grid at the absolute highest cost for power for the day.
Who would have thought it was just about the money eh?
And in the long run, (just like with batteries) Pumped Hydro is a nett power CONSUMER, so it consumes more power pumping the water back up the hill than delivering power to the grid. So, just imagine if that power to run the pumps was not actually needed to run the pumps. That power could actually be, umm, used by the grid, eh!
Tony.
PostScript – Oh, and see where I wrote that Tumut Three opened in 1973. Well, it’s now been actually slated for closere, umm, in 2070 no less. So only 97 years of operation. Wind and solar must be soooooo jealous, eh!
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It should be a standard reply to anyone who says “The Govt should…”
“Yeah right, remember Snowy Two…”
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So, pumped hydro and Tumut Three.
Since the start of data recording, this pumped hydro plant has generated 15227GWH of power.
The Pumps have consumed 6992GWH.
So in total this plant, has delivered a Nett 8235GWH of power.
That’s spread across the last, umm ….. TWENTY FOUR YEARS.
That’s the same power delivered by the Bayswater coal fired power plant in SIX MONTHS of the year just passed 2024.
And wasn’t it Minister Bowen who told us coal fired power was not much use at all.
Tony.
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Correct. These hydro power batteries are simply a time arbitrage. In the beginning this was less so, but now it is a nice earner. The same goes for othe BESS systems and even gas peakers. Taking coal out of the system increases volatility and this increases arbitrage and trading opportunities on the NEM. Who would have thought?
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Nothing to do with the workers getting $300,000 each year, I am sure.
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Do non-Australians and non-NZers here know the word “rort”? It’s Australian/NZ slang.
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So I was sitting outdoors on my porch playing guitar (a late 60s well worn abused Grammer I bought from the Emmons steel guitar factory when I was 17).
Just a few minutes ago.
My phone and computer inside my house.
For some reason, I started trying to bring back ‘Tommy See Me Feel Me’ from the brain cobwebs.
“Welcome to the camp I think you all know why we’re here”.
Just popped up in my head.
I thought about and started to go get my phone and pull it up to hear the parts.
Didn’t.
Worked it out from memory.
Close anyway.
Put the dumb guitar away and go inside.
Turned on may computer and went on line.
Click on YouTube.
And YouTube shows me The Who ‘See Me Feel Me’.
Such excellent service.
Like they can read my mind.
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So , having never heard of that brand , I went looking down the Grammer guitar trail , sidetracked to Emmons and ended up with this :-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKdorJD-37Y
Obviously this guy was one of the old masters.
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I can attest to authenticity of this due to the rifle at arms length from the player in case of music critics.
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FWIW
“Friday Funny: Net Zero is DOOMED”
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/10/03/friday-funny-net-zero-is-doomed/
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Usually I just look at youtube for golf tips and the occasional interesting story.
That was until I looked up Stonehenge for a possible visit shortly while I’m in the UK.
Then it showed me a historical story on the history of England, the battles between various Kings and the time of the Angles, Saxons, Jutes and later Romans.
Then it showed me a video by Stephen Meyer on why DNA points to a mind behind the universe.
This morning it showed me a long form interview of Dr Garry Nolan by Jordan Peterson about Nolan’s research most recently highlighting apparently impossible movements of UFOs.
Then it showed me Trump’s mariachi band trolling. I laughed so hard I just had to watch it over and over.
It then prompted me to watch Raw Audit Reviews about UK police behaving badly when being filmed.
Thankfully I got a good laugh from Letters Live which is about celebrities reading out to live audiences. Usually they are the sort of letters to bureaucracy I wish I had the patience and wit to write.
And it was about that time I realized that I have a problem, a bit like an alcoholic who realizes he has a drinking problem. I may well be on some sort of list by those who will wish to correct my thinking.
I can imagine that the diet youtube serves up to teenagers and the otherwise deranged may well be a cause of civil unrest. Especially when the algorithms are designed to feed prejudices.
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…and I enjoy it! 😁
https://amgreatness.com/2025/10/03/the-courage-to-stand-alone-in-an-age-of-cowards/
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45,000 gallons of nuclear waste to be dumped into New York’s Hudson River
https://x.com/OccupyDemocrats/status/1973897274217336844
Given the quality of their drinking water, it’d probably improve it.
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The fact that they give no figures on the radioactivity level at all suggests its less than the granite counter-top in your kitchen. If it was noticeably radioactive they would be telling us its equivalent to 13 footballs fields and will cause 50thousand lung cancers each year.
Like renewables, the general public have absolutely no idea about radioactivity and can easily be led by a story.
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Under the NRC’s 3 millrem figure apparently, but that’s not the issue.
The issue is one of seeing a free dumping ground for toxic waste, a river already heavily affected by PCB and PFAS contaminants.
Then there’s the unaddressed issue of synergistic toxicity, and how all these contaminants interact to form more dangerous compounds.
“Safe and harmless” they claim no doubt, but they plan to dump millions of gallons of decommissioning waste too.
Would YOU drink it?
Didn’t think so.
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New York City has about 400 C.S.O.’s, or Combined Sewer Outlets, which discharge a mix of stormwater and sewage into their waterways.
Susie Maroney was very brave when competing in the Manhattan Island marathon four times.
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The star at the heart of the Butterfly Nebula
https://va.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_t3irt2SanK1z23obp_720.mp4
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Terrific, in other astronomical news 3I/Atlas is decelerating on its Mars flyby.
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Decelerating due to outgassing, because its an interstellar comet, not because it’s an alien spacecraft.
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Shouldn’t it be speeding up a it falls to the sun?
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Covid flashback
https://imgbox.com/Cwtbxvfm
🙄
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Clever! ..and so true!
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Bill Gates apologises for all he’s done
https://rumble.com/v6yinis-stop-it.html
AI has its place.😆
I want to apologise for every version of Windows that sucked, which is basically all of them, ESPECIALLY W11…
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It seems that W11 is all about making it more easy to monitor and control what, when & where, you do with your computer. And making it more easy for AI to steal and claim your intellectual property.
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Spain shakes up banking rules to fight scams
For years, con artists have been pulling the same trick – slipping into your text messages, pretending to be your bank, and convincing you that you need to act fast to stop a fake problem.
Thousands of people in Spain have fallen for it, losing huge sums in the process. But now, a major shake-up in European banking rules could finally tilt the balance in favour of ordinary customers.
From October 9 2025, every Spanish bank and payment provider – and across the bloc – will be legally required to double-check transfer details before letting the money move. No more blind trust. No more shrugging off responsibility. If the new rules work as intended, the days of criminals exploiting gaps in the system may finally be numbered.
If there’s a mismatch, customers will now see a clear warning message before hitting confirm. And if the bank doesn’t bother to flag a problem and money goes missing, the customer can demand an immediate refund.
https://euroweeklynews.com/2025/10/03/your-bank-transfers-are-about-to-change-forever-under-new-eu-rules/
LONG overdue, and banks everywhere should be doing the same.
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“LONG overdue, and banks everywhere should be doing the same.”
Sure, you’ll be the one they ask “Why do you need this money and what do you want to spend it on?” as you try to withdraw it. Wasn’t it DM who told that story last week? No money from YOUR account at the bank until the girl behind the counter approves of what you are buying..
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The trouble with making banks responsible for refunds is then people go to make a withdrawal and the bank says, “No you can’t have it, we don’t consider your reason for this withdrawal is valid”.
Then if you kick up a fuss they lock your account and effectively steal your money.
Then they “debank” people, refuse to do further business, put them on a blacklist so other banks also refuse you … and they don’t give your money back either.
Yes … this sort of thing is already happening in the UK. They are starting with older people who have difficulty fighting back. Not just the video itself, but in the comments many people explain it happened to them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0gw3WVbmxs
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Party hacks on the nose.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/oct/04/victorian-liberal-party-reselections-unusual-step-extending-deadline-search-for-future-mps
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FWIW
“Eh!! Gawd!!”
“New MI6 Chief’s Dark History Revealed”
https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/new-mi6-chiefs-dark-history-revealed
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“One thing is certain, what some took for Russia’s seemingly exploitative ‘sloganeering’ around Nazism being at the heart of the Ukrainian conflict is slowly being proven genuine. It seems that in its existential drive to rub out Russia, the West has turned to the darkest arts of necromancy in resurrecting the one dormant historical force they believe capable of the task. ”
What??? Just because the British put a Ukrainian woman in charge of MI6, and her grandfather was called ‘The Butcher’ as the NAZI’s head of intelligence in Western Ukraine because he murdered local partisans and Jews.. That’s all standard practice for Britain!
Anyone still believe Russia is not fighting for its survival against NATO when it decided to invade Ukraine and de-Nazify’ it?? Yet another ‘conspiracy theory’ turns out to be true!
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UK – we will introduce a digital ID
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/730194
Doesn’t matter. They’re too far gone to save.
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I think once the UK tics over, it will spread in some iteration across the Western countries.
Mostly because The Blob has been working towards it for years.
The ethnic demise of the British is so sinister and obviously intentional, hardly anyone can believe it.
After WWII, we were brainwashed to think that truly evil human behavior had been eradicated and the elite education system was a failsafe method of rooting out bad.
Like ‘public health’ professionals would never act in cohort to harm public health.
If it weren’t for the occurrence of Trump and Musk, we would barely know what was happening to us.
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” it will spread in some iteration across the Western countries.”
Guaranteed! Australia, NZ and Canada first, then Europe variously as they overcome internal resistance. China of course, and the tyrannies like Burma, then SE Asia I reckon. South America & India will go along, leaving Africa, incapable of administering it, and other countries who generally don’t do what the West want.
What’s not to love? Every Govt would want it! The UN will want all the data on every person on Earth, who they are, what they do and where to find them!
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