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Doonesbury ‘s latest depiction of the Donald.
Just cartoons , okay.
https://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury
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An interesting observation from US source and Trump camp is that the requests for allied nations to patrol the sea lanes to protect merchant navy oil and gas tankers included that the US and Israel have done the heavy lifting and do not need the oil or the gas and therefore the allied nations that do must take responsibility in the best interests of their own fuel security.
US since Trump Term 01 and lifting bans on oil and gas production is self sufficient again, and exports more oil than Saudi Arabia.
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By the way, our Federal Government transition away from fossil fuel legislators and regulators (and States involvement) are attempting to denigrate now Opposition and Liberal Leader (former Morrison Minister for Energy) Angus Taylor saying he when minister purchased and left oil stored in the US, suggesting of what use to Australia was that.
I believed that oil was still owned by Australia via the Federal Government but learnt recently Albanese Labor sold it not long after they were elected in May 2022, and conveniently and quietly dropped the Morrison-Taylor plan for increased storage capacity here. The deal for oil purchasing to order between POTUS Trump and PM Morrison when they had private weekend discussions at Mar-A-Lago following a White House Washington State Dinner in honour of PM Morrison and Mrs Morrison by the President and his wife. AUKUS Pillar 01 & 02 partnership also began from those talks, and in 2021 the AUKUS agreement was signed in England by POTUS Biden, UK PM Johnson and PM Morrison after they attended the Glasgow COP where PM Morrison declined from signing the net zero emissions (extension and replacing the 2015 Paris Agreement) despite urging by Biden, Johnson and UN IPCC officials
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The oil that Morrison purchased (1.7 million barrels, $94 million) in March 2020 was stored in the US because there was nowhere to keep it in Australia due to lack of storage facilities.
It was sold by the Albanese regime in June 2022.
Obviously Australia doesn’t need oil because we are fanatically committed to wind, solar and Unicorn flatulence. (Sarc)
Incidentally, Australia uses about 1.15 million of barrels per day so that stockpile wouldn’t have lasted long.
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The stockpile was a first order after the deal to supply US oil as needed was struck by the President and our PM.
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Spain, even with their devotion to all things renewable, copped a 34% rise in fuel costs.
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So he smashes up the place, then tells Vlad and Iran they can export fuel at a premium price. The world has been turned upside down.
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It looks consistent in terms of “conspiracy theory “/pattern recognition.
ClimateChangeTM was about reducing human energy “footprint” but with exceptions for some who were low footprint on average – poor countries.
COVIDPandemicTM appears to have has a small effect by way of excess deaths , but it is still early days for damaged immune systems.
EpicFuryTM appears set to greatly reduce energy consumption for a very large number, including food consumption.
So what is the next step?
A better pandemic maybe ; transmissibility seems to have been tweaked: now lethality needs some adjustment.
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‘ … low footprint on average …’
Per capita.
‘So what is the next step?’
Pandemics are indiscriminate, a weapon of mass destruction, so nobody wants to see that happening again.
Unmanned smart conventional weapons are the future, close encounters where no humans die.
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FertiliserShortageTM. LOL
Anyone got the lowdown on this?
A power cut causes the plant to remain shut?
https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/glitch-shuts-australias-biggest-maker-vital-fertilizer-input-2-months
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Not me. I get my news from the ABC and CNN.😁
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It’s sad that a talented, successful and insightful cartoonist like Gary Trudeau has completely lost his ability to understand reality. If Trump really were a tyrannical ‘king’ like Trudeau is implying, then he would never be able to publish such a comic without getting the midnight knock and being shipped off to a gulag (or shot like a dog in the street). But he feels completely comfortable doing so because he knows that knock will not come. So how does he square that with his belief that Trump is a tyrant? He is either incapable of reconciling it and so he blocks out the contrary evidence, or he knows he is lying but also knows what sells and is doing it for crass commercial purposes.
He also implies that ICE is murderous and racist, without reconciling the fact that the only two people shot by ICE are woke white leftists (really only one … Alex Pretti was shot by customs & border patrol, not ICE). If ICE is racist, it’s against whites, not brown people. Or here is a crazy thought. Perhaps some of them are just on edge after threats/attacks against them have spiked 1000% in the past year and are a little too quick to draw their guns when physically threatened. Maybe turning down the volume/hate against ICE would save lives, rather than cranking the amp up to 11. And let’s be honest, given all the grief and abuse and violent encounters they have faced over the past year, it’s pretty darn amazing that only two people have been shot. With two exceptions, ICE/CBP agents have shown tremendous restraint in the face of massive resistance.
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TDS (TRUMP Derangement Syndrome) is a terrible, debilitating and incurable condition.
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I would love to see how historians reconcile all the overblown and downright delusional rhetoric about Trump 100 years from now (once all the TDS infected historians are dead and buried).
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Its too hard to call, 100 years from now historians will know if the 91 felony counts ended in conviction.
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“Its too hard to call, 100 years from now historians”… won’t exist due to Trump starting WW3…
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I’m sure someone somewhere will be working on amRNA vaccine to solve the problem.
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TDS is VIRULENT, but sadly, not TERMINAL.
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I don’t disagree with that, but is he not just reflecting the reality of a significant fraction of the population.
I don’t know what opinions he holds personally.
Currently he runs old strips on the other six days of the week , and if you look at those you will see it is about young American blokes getting blown up in “excursions” and losing lives and limbs etc.
So I think there is a fair amount of a certain reality being portrayed.
And in regard to tyranny , if such exists, then Trump is merely a passing manifestation of that system of control which is global , or intended to be at this point.
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No matter how anybody tries to spin it, illegal immigrants are illegal immigrants even if they apply for asylum and are granted a hearing and temporary entry visa.
Australia intercepts illegal immigrants and the authorities list each vessel arrival (people smuggler boats and clients) as Suspected Ilegal Entry Vessel and next number on list of arrivals, they are under Operations Sovereign Borders (Abbott Government still in place, previously Pacific Solution Howard Government but abandoned by Rudd Labor later) they are processed offshore in a detention (not a prison) centre where as detainees they are free to leave but not to travel to Australia. After UNHCR based processing of asylum applications they are, if rejected, permitted one appeal and then if that fails must leave or remain in detention until they decide to leave.
A major problem has been that people smugglers advise clients to hide the homeland passport and issue a fake forged passport for air travel usually to Indonesia where Muslims can enter without a visa. And then they board a boat sailing to Australia and therefore with no passport at that point are difficult to background check and no country will have them regardless of any citizenship claim (until they “find” their passport when they have no other option).
The other method now more often used is to apply for a visa and enter legally as a visitor and then apply for asylum, and must be processed in Australia.
Border security is very important, consider the problems in EU countries where UNHCR influence rules, Convention on Refugees out of date based on post WW2 refugees. Now inter-country travel is easier and much faster.
It appears that in most developed countries the leftist activists are not interested in borders and national security, or future social problems and illegal immgrant motives and objectives, especially the ones intent of changing a country to their culture and laws.
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Asylum seekers are not illegal immigrants, if they report to authorities and request asylum. Or if they are picked up en-route and request asylum.
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The problem is that the asylum system is being abused by economic migrants.
Asylum was designed to accommodate people under genuine threat in their country of origin, not people looking to make their fortune and send remittances back home to fund their family and/or their eventual retirement back to the old country. Nor was it designed for asylees to take planes trains and automobiles halfway around the world to gain asylum in a specific country. It’s supposed to be for the first ‘safe’ country they set foot in. A migrant who starts out in south American and works their way up through a half-dozen countries in south/central/north America before crossing into the United States does not have a legitimate asylum claim in the USA. Same goes for alleged asylees who pass through a half-dozen countries in their journey to Australia.
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They are, when for example, they leave Afghanistan and seek refuge in Pakistan and bypass UNHCR Refugee Camps there and pay people smugglers for illegal entry opportunity to Australia via Indonesia and a safe haven for Muslims who need no entry visa and can stay, and there is by arrangement a UNHCR facility in Jakarta permit issued by the Government of Indonesia.
Convention requires a genuine refugee to seek refuge and asylum is the nearest safe haven country, not to pick and choose a further away country destination, or use people smugglers and boats, etc.
Like entering an EU country and then moving to others, and crossing the Channel in boats not authorised to travel.
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Convention recommends asylum seekers apply in the first safe country, but that is not a legal requirement that I can see.
Some countries use the notion of a first “safe country” option to relocate asylum seekers to the first safe country to avoid having to process the asylum seeker. But an asylum seeker is not an illegal immigrant if legitimately seeking asylum.
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Seeking Asylum in the Nearest Safe Haven
Principle of Asylum
Refugees are encouraged to seek asylum in the first safe country they reach. This principle is based on the understanding that individuals fleeing persecution should find safety as quickly as possible.
Global Trends
Most refugees do claim asylum in the first safe country they encounter.
Countries neighboring conflict zones often host the majority of refugees, as seen in recent crises.
Legal Obligations
Countries that are parties to the Refugee Convention must ensure that refugees are not returned to places where they face danger. This includes providing access to fair asylum procedures and protecting their rights while they are in the host country.
Conclusion
The Refugee Convention supports the idea that refugees should seek safety in the nearest safe haven, ensuring their protection and rights are upheld throughout the asylum process.
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Yes. That’s my understanding too.
That it’s best they seek asylum in the first safe haven, but are not required to by law.
Hence they’re not illegals in the country in which they seek asylum. If they apply correctly and are bona fide.
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The whole idea of asylum seekers is just completely wrong! They shouldn’t exist in law anywhere, why should anyone else have to pick up their problem?
If they leave the country they are in, that is one less opposition against the Govt. The Govt would fall faster if they stayed and fought.
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How do you fight the army and police of tyrannical regimes that want to kill you?
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News from England: Australian Prime Minister thrown out of Australia’s biggest mosque by Islamists for refusing to convert from satanic socialism to the Islamic faith. Iran supporting satanic socialist staff of Britains Ministry of Peace attended an event at the Iranian embassy in London to celebrate the Islamic revolution, just weeks after the Islamic regime massacred thousands of its own people for revolting against a call to kill unbelievers. J*ws in Britain say they are very frightened by Starmers support for Islam. The Ministry of Truth (Ofcom) says criticism of the ‘religion of peace’ by J*ws is banned by the 1990 Broadcasting Act, the 1996 Broadcasting Act, the 2003 Communications Act, the 2006 Wireless Telegraphy Act, the 2010 Digital Economy Act, the 2011 Postal Services Act and the 2023 Online Safety Act.
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Last night on Sky News current affairs the Mosque lecture video was replayed including translation of the lecture parts in Arabic as the Prime Minister and Minister for Immigration sat obediently on the floor facing the lecturers. The transcript exposes a very insulting and degrading spectacle and words of complaints and demands telling the guest politicians they are no longer welcome. Complaining about Muslims needs being ignored and accusing them of ignoring “Islamaphobia”, and even comparing the Palestine and First Australians as being examples of “genocide” and stealing of lands victims.
As the leaders lecturing reached an angry level members of the congregation began shouting in English and Arabic and in the latter language threatening words. Mosque security did move in to quieten the mob down and then the politicians departed with NSW Police escorts and congregation following shouting abuse.
Later the PM released a statement thanking all concerned for welcoming him and generally being super nice.
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FWIW – around that
“WHAT SHE SAID: FIFO (Fit in (or) F*ck Off): I think the overarching idea that we have to respect the culture of our immigrants is a huge mistake that must be rectified. We must no longer respect the culture of our immigrants. They must respect OUR culture, or we send them back home.”
“I think the overarching idea that we have to respect the culture of our immigrants is a huge mistake that must be rectified.
We must no longer respect the culture of our immigrants. They must respect OUR culture, or we send them back home.
Now I’m not saying they can’t maintain links to their home culture, but they must adapt to our culture. In the last 50 years this was just a suggestion. It must be a requirement.”
https://x.com/ShamashAran/status/2035397859286134901
Via https://instapundit.com/784419/#disqus_thread
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You are not obliged to believe it but my circle of friends is 15-20 years older than me.
They all were directed where to live and where to work when Australia accepted them in ’49-’52.
Often families were broken apart until completion of contract, most come back to Melbourne but not all – some became country folks, intermarried, etc,..
That was a deep and dark Australian past.
Nowadays we have a bright and happy future for everyone.
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It appears no everyone got the sarcasm.
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Thanks, Rick.
There is no way current policy of ghetto-building will survive.
Except of course – the policy may survive but Australia – not.
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Australia is a nation of immigrants, that is our culture.
Integration has always been the aim, the new immigrants and their children will eventually adapt to Oz culture to prosper.
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I hope your optimism is justified EG.
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We are a highly successful multiracial society and the country is big enough to absorb them.
The government blundered after Covid, opened the doors wide to attract a workforce, but without a thought to accommodating them.
We have mass immigration and they should turn off the tap until real estate prices level out.
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Yes. Important to distinguish between a multiracial society and multicultural. Multiracial works. Multicultural doesn’t, or is at least problematic.
Culture isn’t cuisine and the occasional traditional folk dance. Culture gets into laws, ethics, values. You can’t have a harmonious society if there are differences on the last three. Neighbours of the same race and citizenship typically won’t get along if they differ on those. Neighbours of different races and citizenships typically will if they are the same on those.
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“We are a highly successful multiracial society ”
LOL!!! You don’t live in Sydney obviously!! ..or Melbourne now I think of it.
You are a fractured patchwork society of different peoples with incompatible values, ask anyone who has seen the Muslims of Western Sydney going about their business, or the Skinnys in Melbourne. Enoch Powell was right!
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What you have described worked very well with like minded European and United Kingdom immigrants, and US and Canada and others of similar backgrounds other than language and customs maybe. The Snowy Mountains Hydro Electric Scheme was built on migrant labour and skills and in Cooma NSW there were several clubs for various nationalities and they all socialised together often.
That began to change 1970s when for humanitarian reasons the Fraser Coalition Government rescued from Lebanon what they intended to be “oppressed minority Lebanese”, but after a while the Lebanese Maronite Christians reported that Muslims were infiltrating the programme masquerading as Christians and the government stopped the rescue mission and resettlement in Australia.
The 1983 to 1996 period resulted in a combination of illegal immigrants and UNHCR supplied from refugee camps refugees checked and guaranteed before being sent here. Australia had/has a refugee resettlement programme every year intake and on a per capita basis is third behind USA and Canada, Norway is fourth. I think the present intake is 20-22,000 a year, up from Howard-Abbott governments 13,000 a year.
There is a book written by former Keating Labor Cabinet Minister Peter Walsh – Confessions Of A Failed Finance Minister published late 1990s – and chapters about “ethnic branch stacking” based on Immigration and recruiting ethnic group leaders to the Labor side branches. And a gathering of Cabinet Ministers who warned that the recruiting of some groups would result in future social problems!!!
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Hopefully I will not be banned.
I see the start of your phrase – “like-minded…” more critical then following “European and UK immigrants…others of similar background” for the success a project.
State of Israel is the best example – nowhere else the backgrounds mix and proportions are so counterproductive. Say, in other countries they are strict divisions between 2-3 large groups, everyone knows his place.
Say what you want about “faith they kept them going over the millennia” ChatGPT responds in Israel:
a) only about 1/2 of Jews “somewhat traditional”, including 1/4 – observant which include strictly observant, including official “Israel state-deniers”,
b) 18% of population are most observant and those are Muslims,
c) Christians, Druze and others like their traditions but mostly secular in day-to-day life.
Hardly Israel is a faith-driven Nation.
Question of race is too silly to consider.
How they survived for 80 years together – I suspect because they wanted to be a Nation.
Again, I wish Ukrainians were half as good.
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“Australia is a nation of immigrants”
Just to clarify, that is not correct. I was born here, as were my parents and grandparents, and several of my great grandparents. None of us were immigrants, we were born here.
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Well my parents were born here as well as 3 of my Grandparents. The other was from NZ so we also hush that one up.
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It could have turned very nasty, very quickly, especially due to the pack mentality and the lack of impulse control of some of those people.
It proves that no matter how much appeasement the PM has provided to this demographic, e.g. importation of Gazans, importation of ISIS breeders (so-called “brides”), reward for the October 7th terrorist atrocities in Israel recognising “Palestine”, failure to offer assistance to Trump in securing Strait of Hormuz, disproportionate immigration of this Labor-voting demographic, toleration of regular pro-Hamas protests leading to disruption of business, personal mobility, violence and antisemitism etc. it is never enough.
The response from Albanese will be even more appeasement and more importation of the favoured demographic.
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What I did notice was some Muslims there obviously trying to stop the very loud congregation members asking them to calm down, I suspect the level headed ones who understood the damage the leaders and shouting congregation were doing for public relations (being recorded by media) and possibly undermining the relationships with the Federal Government, Prime Minister and Minister for Immigration and local electorate Member of Parliament.
On the other hand the PM apparently didn’t notice the insults.
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By the way, much of the lecturing was in Arabic so consider why, I don’t think the PM or the Minister speak that language.
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Ok, so it’s worse than you thought.
“Is A Loving MOM a National Security Threat? The CIA’s Insane 2021 Report”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJJyKLm-lMg
Mar 22, 2026 Jenny Holland Podcast
Is loving motherhood now a “national security threat”? In this essay, we expose the Biden-era CIA’s 2021 intelligence assessment that treated traditional motherhood, homemaking, organic cooking tutorials, and celebrating family/heritage as tools for “white racially and ethnically motivated violent extremist” (REMVE) radicalization and recruitment.The Oct 2021 report (titled “Women Advancing White Racially and Ethnically Motivated Violent Extremist Radicalization and Recruitment”) framed happy moms promoting large families or “traditional” roles as advancing far-right narratives—like subtle propaganda in blogs/videos.
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Also, Catholics (they called them traditional Catholics for taking their kids to Church every Sunday and thought them the right things) were under investigation by the FBI. Once, the FBI, armed like going for bin Laden, forcibly entered a home at 6 in the morning, terrorising six children, the youngest just a toddler, and their mother and father. They were treated as home-grown terrorists. That was Biden’s America.
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BBC,s malicious Trump speech edit ‘defended’ by the BBC for 58 months. Lawyers say that the Trump speech splice first appeared in BBC News coverage aired on the evening of January 6, 2021, and clips from it were circulated online soon after. Despite later criticism from independent media analysts who pointed out the deceptive editing, the BBC did not issue a clear, public correction acknowledging how their broadcast distorted the sequence and tone of the speech until 13 November 2025, 58 months later. The BBC’s ‘fake news’ was used as evidence against January 6 protesters including Enrique Tarrio. However, this means that Williamson could blame the BBC News team for using AI to create the malicious edit. Williamson has not commented. The U.S. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) report that the BBC’s use of artificial intelligence enters the ethical category of synthetic media manipulation, which must be disclosed to viewers under Ofcom and BBC editorial guidelines. The BBC’s Editorial Guidelines (Section 6 & 18) require clear labelling of any “digitally altered or reconstructed material that may mislead audiences.” BBC News and Williamson have not publicly explain their editing process of the Trump segment. Williamson may have used the BBC News segment. BBC staff told Trumps lawyers that they blame the BBC News team. The US Embassy in London report that the mainstream media in Britain has not named Laurence Williamson or anyone in the BBC News team as the editor of the Trump speech.
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I can see Trump winning bigly on this one.
You have to wonder why their BBC has not been fined. I heard POTIS Trump mention that AI was involved in the splice and just thought he was yabbering but that detail is now widely acknowledged.
The majority of UK citizens see POTUS Trump through their BBC lens.
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The hypocrisy of Europe’s leaders: They keep on pushing Zelenskyy for more war, expecting the USA to fund it, but then they criticise the US for destroying the archenemy of Europe and the rest of the free world.
Seeing the military power that the Bearded Beasts of Tehran (BBoT) owned before being destroyed by US military and the IDF, I think that in a hypothetical war between the BBoT and Europe, without any interventions by the US, the BBoT would win the war. And that assuming that the BBot don’t have the N-bomb yet.
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Leftism is painful to observe
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‘They keep on pushing Zelensky for more war …’
In reality they are trying to defend Europe, whereas Donnie wants Ukraine to collapse under the Russian boot. Then in collaboration with Putin they intend to undermine Europe and take the spoils.
Once the BBoT nuclear facilities were taken out this war should have ceased, but there is a mad man in the white house who is hell bent on starting WW3.
Spinoza once remarked that all leaders are idiots and I tend to agree.
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Last year a Christian was arrested in Birmingham in Britain for silently praying near an abortion facility (a criminal offence in Britain) but recently 30,000 of a certain other demographic freely prayed in Birmingham in a public display of their presence.
Comments: https://youtu.be/innMpCtFA5c
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Meanwhile in Sydney CBD Australia earlier people prayed on a public roadway as NSW Police were trying to move Palestine activists to move on. And when told to move or else complained about their rights being trampled on.
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Video.
Comments about Australia’s refusal to offer help to TRUMP and the likely consequences for Australia.
And you can be certain there will be consequences.
https://youtu.be/cAY4Nf8nznI
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Apart from the traditional Labor far left dislike of defence forces and most often cutting back budget expenditure, I believe Labor Australia has decided to let the US do the heavy lifting based on US being the top foreign investment source of funding here, UK second, use of joint military Base Pine Gap and its strategic values to the US, the natural minerals and energy unrealised wealth that the allies would not want to fall into the hands of enemies via invasion, and including the increasing since 1990 US Military personnel and assets rotating through ADF Bases and Asia Pacific Region focus.
However, President Trump is making it very clear that the US is there to help allies who help themselves to the best of their ability.
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Added for consideration, the Australia, United Kingdom, United States AUKUS partnership created by President Trump, UK PM Johnson and our PM Morrison 2019 and signed in England 2021 by President Biden, and the two PM’s, is referred to as a forever partnership and Pillar 1.0 covers;
* Extending the life of the RAN Collins Class conventional propulsion submarines
* RAN sailors training on board US nuclear submarines
* New Virginia Class nuclear submarines deliveries beginning 2030
* Later building new generation SSN AUKUS nuclear submarines here and in UK for RAN and RN
Pillar 2.0 covers missile production here, development of new hypersonic missiles and many other military projects to follow
Until AUKUS the UK was the only allied nation given US nuclear technology and marine reactors from 60 years ago that US started to use 75 years ago.
RAN and UK existing submarines have US technology equipment and capabilities to enable them to operate with USN as required.
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Well, that’s the Right-wing middle-class view of the world Dennis, but in reality any PM of Australia does as the Yanks tell him, or there will suddenly be demonstrations in Canberra that eventually get out of control and the Marines stationed in Darwin will get sent down to ‘help stabilise the situation’ and the local Police get sidelined and the demonstrations turn violent and Parliament gets burned down unless the Govt resigns.
America has vast experience in exactly this process, we are just naive country bumpkins.
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It is good tho’ rare to get an optimistic view.
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Video:
A young German woman is seeking asylum in the United States due to violations of her Right to free speech in Germany.
It’s impressive that this young 25 year old respects freedom and hasn’t been infected with the woke mind virus like nearly all others of her age.
https://youtu.be/wI3jIGunyfA
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Comments on One Nation performance in South Australia election.
They got more primary votes than the Liberals.
https://youtu.be/6KHiquw5UwY
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Libs have had at least 3 election defeats to figure out what they have been doing wrong and they haven’t learnt a thing.
I expect a similar or worse result for the Libs in the Victorian State Election in November.
It will be brilliant if One Nation can take the seat of Farrer. If they do that they will be impossible to ignore any longer.
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The SA numbers deserve deeper analysing.
It looks like “liberals” detected not only “right” but some went “left” well.
Blaming Liberal leaders serves no purpose, they faithfully represent their electorate – confused, not willing to learn on their own, real blind leading the blind.
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I had hoped MPs provided leadership and information as well. Probably why I get trusted with them.
Its amazing to me Albo has not done an adress to the nation re the fuel situation. He just flaps around and let’s rumour control go mad, rather than providing a sense of direction.
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“Its amazing to me Albo has not done an address to the nation re the fuel situation. ”
Don’t be stupid, that’s what LEADERS do!
He’s just hoping it all blows over without him having to say anything nasty like “We’re broke” or “You have to stop driving your kids to school” or “We can’t borrow any more money, you will just have to live within your means”..
or “No speed limit over 80KPH”
or “No speed limit over 60kph except trucks”
or the big one- “No fuel for anyone except these favoured essential classes…”
Of course there is a lot of evidence for it all being a conspiracy by public servants who were about to be forced to return to their offices instead of ‘working’ from home.
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“ Libs have had at least 3 election defeats to figure out what they have been doing wrong and they haven’t learnt a thing. “
One can only imagine how dim witted the LNP party members must be. The electorate knows the answers, the ALP knows, the independents know, One Nation knows but the LNP is still scratching around trying to find out. They’re either deaf dumb or just plain
bloody arrogant and expect everyone to have an “ epiphany “ eventually & apologise for being stupidly wrong!!
They’re still married to net zero & the Paris Accord. That’s just one of more than a dozen other policies that need, not just attention but a complete overhaul!
The first “ cork in the a……e of progress is Jane Hume, not to mention the other 49%!!
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Preferential voting in Australia allows voters to rank candidates in order of preference on their ballot paper. If no candidate receives more than 50% of the first-choice votes, the candidate with the least votes is eliminated, and their votes are redistributed based on the voters’ next preferences until a candidate achieves a majority.
Liberal candidates recommended preference first [ 2 ] One Nation but they did not return the favour and as many worried would happen preferences were scattered and Labor was returned comfortably.
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Strange that they could preference ON but still send out a link to everyone’s phone trashing ON on the eve of the election.
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Possibly retaliation for not reciprocating preference direction by Liberal to One Nation, and for the publicity of attacks against Coalition MPs that when they responded was portrayed via media as Coalition being nasty to One Nation?
I am not complaining about One Nation’s tactics but it is a bit much when they claim victim status.
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A British teacher has fled Britain for freedom in the United States.
He was banned from teaching in Britain because he refused to call a boy by female pronouns.
https://youtu.be/NVPJ1XP8-VM
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FWIW
“Smith: The Political Left, Multiculturalism, & The Dark Alliance With Islam”
“For 15 years the FBI was engaged in a landmark investigation into the largest Islamic-based charity in the United States, called The Holy Land Foundation. The organization was operating as a front for Muslim terror groups, funneling cash from western countries to Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood, until they were finally put on trial in 2008.
Convicted leaders were known as the “Holy Land Five,” and included Shukri Abu Baker, Ghassan Elashi, Mufid Abdulqader, Abdulrahman Odeh, and Mohammad El-Mezain. Among the documents seized from these individuals during the investigation was a strategic paper drafted by senior Muslim Brotherhood operative Mohamed Akram in 1991.
The paper was titled: “Explanatory Memorandum on the General Strategic Goal for the Group in North America”. It outlined an agenda called the “Civilization-Jihadist Process”, also known as “Stealth Jihad”.
The memorandum gave detailed methods for establishing Islam as a “civilization alternative” in the West and a “grand Jihad” for eliminating and destroying the Western civilization from within. It called for the ‘sabotaging’ of the west and its “miserable house” by domestic hands AND the hands of the believers so that the west is eliminated and “God’s religion is made victorious over all other religions.”
The plan explicitly referred to using western society’s own people, institutions, laws, and unwitting allies (progressive groups and NGOs, media, politicians, academics, or civil-rights organizations) to advance the Islamic agenda.”
More at
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/political-left-multiculturalism-and-dark-alliance-islam
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Otherwise know as the Red-Green Alliance, the Left’s association with the other demographic.
They are useful idiots of each other but both have common goals in the destruction of Western Civilisation.
It won’t end well for the Left.
We saw an early example when the Left helped the other demographic overthrow the Shah of Iran in 1979. After that happened, the Leftists were killed. Those remaining were killed by a fatwa of the Ayatollah Khomeini in 1988.
According to Wikipedia:
Were murdered.
Targets were:
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In Australia the National Disability Insurance Scheme is costing far more than anticipated and mainly because it was a rushed through, poorly thought out and constructed Labor 2011/12 creation and survival 2013/14 Budget lure for the September 2013 election. The main fault is the Federal-State agreements that limit Federal funding oversight.
Recent investigations reported have revealed that NDIS accredited service providers are increasing like mushrooms and most located in, for example, Sydney Western Suburbs where many Mosques are located, one investigative journalist who is an independent was interviewed on Sky News recently and he explained the growing number of providers and young clients many as well as older Australians. One building in a suburban shopping centre was NDIS service providers only and not friendly when visited and questions asked by the journalist.
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Only a fool would have thought that the NDIS costs would not “blowout” or that it would not be a “frauds paradise”.
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…Just like Snowy 2…
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“Angus Taylor and Nationals leader Matt Canavan say a split in the conservative vote between the Coalition and One Nation risks entrenching Labor in power, as the two major parties prepare for Pauline Hanson to be a force at the next federal election.
[…]
After the right-wing vote split in SA and helped deliver Peter Malinauskas a record victory, the federal Opposition Leader told The Australian that a “vote for minor parties risks handing power straight back to Labor”.”
[Unlinkable Oz]
With ON on 22% and the Liberals on 19%, is this as a formal surrender by Agnes?
Or just whistling while walking past the graveyard?
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Misplaced. Sorry.
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Only since Dec 2025 has the Liberal Party looked like a Political Party.
I hope the new leader stays on.
The back office should be dispensed with. Appalling.
And as for Voter preferences, it is up to voters to make their own choices or follow the Parties preferences, and if the Party chooses to direct their preferences elsewhere (trying to avoid One Nation or Independents) then they only have themselves to blame.
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I agree Graeme, I have not been a member of any political party since I was in my very early twenties after being raised in a family of politicians and exposed to politics and many what I describe as “fly on the wall” observations and hearings. Since the new centre left faction became obvious after the Howard Government was defeated November 2007, with some exception periods such as Abbott Opposition then Government 2009 to 2015, and the anonymous leaking constantly that Abbott has warned journalists not to accept in future unless the source is prepared to be identified publicly, a lot of public perception damage has been inflicted. Much of it character assassination directed at leaders and the party/s policies and even legislation if the left vested interests were not happy.
Consider when and how the Teals started and vested interests behind them, renewable energy focus, climate change politics included.
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‘ … is this as a formal surrender by Agnes?’
Too early, but at some point Hastie should take the reins. He reckons he can work with One Nation.
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He is a former SASF Captain and experienced in dealing with guerrilla house to house fighting.
sarc.
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FWIW – for Linux users
“userdb: SystemD DOXing Feature to get Birth Date”
https://chiefio.wordpress.com/2026/03/22/userdb-systemd-doxing-feature-to-get-birth-date/
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another ian,
You may have missed the point on this one. It’s not a beef about systemd, nor is it a Linux weakness. It’s a “feature” added in order to satisfy laws in countries like ours that users of the Internet be of known age, or fully identified. Same feature as has gone into Windows and Mac. The problem here is the governments, not the computers.
At least on Linux userdb is optional. Absent from my systems.
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The failure of the Liberals in SA – what does that predict for Liberals at the next Victorian election and Federal election?
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Possibly, however put in perspective SA and TAS are the favoured states for Senate candidates because the populations are the lowest of all and therefore electorate voter numbers less than the average in QLD and VIC.
Also SA has long been a Labor stronghold and they have governed most of the time. And the swing in favour of One Nation was not uniform electorate by electorate.
The Liberals SA have had too many leader changes and the latest only Leader for several months.
And for reasons covered elsewhere often One Nation has 30 years since 1997 of minor party status apart from a couple of terms in QLD State. The founder was first elected as a Liberal candidate and won a seat in 1996, and was soon disendorsed for “contentious remarks” regarding First Nations people.
Note the first Federal House of Representatives MP joined them this year, former National MP/Leader/Deputy Coalition Prime Minister Joyce, and one of the two new SA Upper House MPs is a former Liberal Senator in Federal Parliament.
They remind me of former Liberal Senator Chip and his Australian Democrats that became a Federal Senate balance of power minor party for a few years and then disappeared.
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A brief snippet on TV showed Bernadi and Antic (currently leader of the Liberal Senate team) in friendly conversation. (Antic is regularly abused among some Liberals as religious and right wing)
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Honestly, they should make a tripartite union while the wet liberals could join pink-brown Teal.
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Teal being a shade of green!!!
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Being the LINO left Liberals of course
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The Australian today (on-line?) has an analysis of the voting. They claim that the big wing to OneNation was from those without Uni degrees and earning less than $800 a week, and those people switched their votes from Labor as well. It claimed that the Liberal vote was steady in 3 close to the City electorates where the level of degrees was highest.
I’m just reporting them, but it seems simple – both Liberal and Labor appeal to those better off. Might explain why the Liberals have lost country seats regularly to Independents.
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With Australia’s age verification laws to prevent children having access to alternative opinions outside of the Official Narrative, it means that all Australians of any age will have their birth dates and other ID information on file for hackers and other criminals to access for identity theft etc..
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Despite all the hot wars simmering around the planet, still waiting for the long-prophesied life-threatening heat to arrive, 21 March equinox weekend sample:
-65 C Vostok, Antarctica
-44 South Pole, snowing
-39 Greenland Summit
-34 Mt Everest, Himalayas
-22 North Pole
-12 Yakutsk, Russia
-10 Zugspitze, Germany
-4 Mt Cook, NZ
-4 Maunakea, Hawaii, snowing
44 Congo, Africa the warmest.
https://nsidc.org/sea-ice-today
The Arctic Ocean is chocker-block full of sea ice, so much so it’s spewing out through the Bering Strait into the North Pacific, while the Gulf Stream ensures the North Atlantic is relatively ice-free up to Svalbard.
Even though our resident Chicken Littles continually cry wolf over minor variations, I see nothing in particular to panic about… and the world keeps on turning… though a few more degrees warmth would be pleasant. 😃
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In celebration of Split Enz’s 50th anniversary tour, a happy little zany jazzy tune by the lads in tailored suits and bad haircuts from Taumarunui, via London, back to NZ.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pDx3f5VeHU
‘Don’t look to the left, don’t look to the right,
just follow that straight old line’ 🎶
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I was looking forward to seeing them in two weeks time at Bluesfest, but that won’t be happening as it was recently cancelled. The event has gone into liquidation and ticket purchasers are being told they may not get a refund (this is despite a code of practice stating ticket proceeds are supposed to be held in a trust account until the event has taken place).
The disappointment of a much anticipated event is followed by the aggravation of pursuing a refund.
https://au.variety.com/2026/music/news/calls-mounting-class-action-bluesfest-2026-34424/
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An interesting article in The Australian over the weekend about the Bluesfest manager. Perhaps an indication of where things went wrong.
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Theme song? (title, anyway).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvCcD-BByOc
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https://www.weather.gov/afc/ice
“The eastern Bering Sea is experiencing near record ice at an extent not seen in 15 years. Expect the ice to continue advancing southward through the weekend. North winds will continue to strip ice off of the main pack where it will decay rapidly in warmer waters.”
My first query led to a web statement that said just the opposite. Odd that!
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It’s as if the ‘land bridge’ has returned once again: Russians and Americans could walk halfway and greet each other in the middle of no man’s land, or animals could start off another migration. Yet climate clowns keep repeating their sacred mantra: “In a warming world [insert latest hobgoblin]”.
You’re in Washington state aren’t you John? You getting all those feet/metres of spring snow or is it arriving north of you in BC, Canada? The glaciers may start advancing once again – there goes another theory.
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Globally, we are still sitting 0.3°C above the 1991-2020 mean and 0.6C above the 1979-2000 mean. C https://climatereanalyzer.org/clim/t2_daily/?dm_id=world
Cherry-picking the coldest places you can find is not proof that the climate is not warming.
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If only they didn’t have to convert all those thermometers to electronic ones in small boxes, near airport radars, and urban heat to record that 0.3C rise?
It’s just bad luck…
PS: Cherry picking the last few decades and ignoring the half billion years is not evidence that CO2 matters.
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So after 25 years the average temperature is 0.3C higher? Are you suggesting this rapid runaway tipping point significant warming is a problem? Could you even feel 0.3C?
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Where is 0.3C in an average a problem? Why?
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+Its not even real TdeF, they don’t use the same thermometers. They don’t use the same system of using the thermometers either. There are no ‘controls’ so its not even science.
Its a made-up figure representing an imaginary number, and should be completely ignored.
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FWIW – for the covid files
“Censored, Dismissed, Confirmed: History of Blood Clots & COVID Vaccine Debate”
“COVID lockdown pushers and pandemic-hysteria-embracing “journalists” are hoping that we forget the disastrous policies and vaccine mandates that were rolled out under the banners of “science” and “public health.” I guarantee that will not happen.”
More at
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/03/censored-dismissed-then-confirmed-the-history-of-blood-clots-and-the-covid-vaccine-debate/
Conclusion there –
“If there is any lesson to carry forward, it is that effective public health policy depends on transparency and a willingness to follow the evidence… even when it complicates the preferred narrative… so that future crises are met with both scientific rigor and respect for the people most affected.”
Via
https://hotair.com/headlines/2026/03/22/censored-dismissed-confirmed-history-of-blood-clots-and-covid-vaccine-debate-n3813076
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A German perspective.
https://notrickszone.com/2026/03/21/former-pfizer-toxicologist-dr-helmut-sterz-tells-bundestag-hearing-pfizer-vaccine-should-have-never-been-approved/
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FWIW – adding excitement to breakfast?
“President Trump Reveals Iran Was “Two Weeks” from Nuclear Bomb, Says U.S. Has “Decimated” Regime but Must Stay to Stop Rebuild”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/03/president-trump-reveals-iran-was-two-weeks-nuclear/
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Sharri Markson on Sky has had a former Israeli Intelligence Massad Chief as a guest a few times and he explained that agents have been embedded with Iran government, military and even supreme leaders inner circle for decades, noting 47 years of Iran direct and proxy terrorist activities. He said agents are accessing IT, even traffic light camera monitors. And that the information Israel has received would obviously shock the Iran side and probably now is.
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“agents have been embedded with Iran government, military and even supreme leaders inner circle for decades, noting 47 years of Iran direct and proxy terrorist activities. ”
Oh bullshit! If they had those agents giving them the information, why did they let the terrorist attacks happen?? Are we down to the belief that America’s plethora of intelligence spies knew all about the Twin Towers beforehand and did nothing, because tipping off the terrorists was more important than saving the lives of the people jumping off tall buildings while on TV?
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Why would you risk a broadly based, well established undercover intelligence network on an occasional terrorist attack when you are waiting for the right time to overthrow the whole regime?
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He knows that, unlike in Iraq, no one can disprove the WMD claim.
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Are you disputing that Iran is developing a nuclear weapon?
Or just disputing the timeframe, the urgency to act, in which they could complete the development?
If the former, then you need to explain why they enriched uranium to 60%. Or explain why the UN’s claim that had happened is wrong.
If the latter, then it’s just an argument about when to act. Not if.
Leaving things to the last minute is not a good idea.
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2 weeks
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I appreciate that is what Trump said.
I note some “experts” say it was probably closer to 12 months.
Good to have clarified that you’re not doubting that’s where Iran was headed.
Two weeks or twelve months, action needed to be taken. The price of going a little early is nothing. The price of going a bit late is, in my best Marvin the Martian voice, “Kaboom”.
Implying that two weeks is wrong is irrelevant when it’s only the timeframe that’s in dispute.
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What do you suppose they were going to use those large stockpiles of all that 60% enriched uranium for?
And the ICBMs, now proven to have minimum 4,000km range? That can reach Israel (proven) and most of continental Europe and Diego Garcia (proven). Great circle minimum distance from Iran to closest point in the US is around 9000km. Iran reported the Khorramshahr-5 missile claiming a range of 12,000km.
And their declarations over the last 47 years of their intentions to destroy Israel and the United States and the rest of the West?
60% enriched uranium is enough to build a crude heavy ship or truck deliverable nuclear explosive device similar to Little Boy which used 80% (but was air deliverable with difficulty due to lighter weight due to higher enrichment).
60% represents a vast majority of the work needed to reach 90% enrichment for a modern compact ICBM deliverable nuclear device which uses 90% or higher. It would have been a small matter to enhance their 60% stockpiles to 90%.
Years of appeasement of violent totalitarian regimes that want to harm others is one of the reasons the world is in such a mess.
And the Iran war has been 47 years in the makng, it’s just that TRUMP was the first US President to do something about it.
Also even the sympathetic IAEA confirmed 60% enriched material. And why do you think they banned further IAEA inspections?
Inconvenient facts here:
https://www.iranwatch.org/our-publications/articles-reports/irans-nuclear-timetable-weapon-potential
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Why do you write 100’s of words that do nothing to progress your argument. Seriously, you wrote nothing to support
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David didn’t need to support the two week timeframe. The intent is the key factor. Not whether it’s 2 weeks, 1 month, or 12 month. You’re clinging to the least important claim. And you don’t even know that it wasn’t two weeks.
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How do you know it wasn’t two weeks as Strop commented?
And what difference does it make?
It’s better to act early before they get a bomb. Not after.
The intent of Iran is obvious.
We know the Left love some of the world’s most evil regimes, but ongoing appeasement and inaction as the Left want would have resulted in a certain nuclear weapon disaster. Not to mention ongoing human rights violations, especially against women.
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Rubbish!!
You’ve swallowed too much American propaganda if you think Iran would launch a nuclear war on America! Why can’t you progress your thinking past that point of dropping the bomb? What happens next? They wipe out the Pentagon and a few square miles around it, and then what?
Did the world stop when America dropped nuclear bombs on Japan? No, and things would still happen if Iran did the same. They know as well as anyone that their whole country would become nuclear slag, and no leader is in power to wear that. If you believe they will do it because they are “Mad Mullahs”, its time you changed your reading material.
Its just America trying to rule the world as usual, every day, all the time, day in and day out. “We can have nukes but you can’t”…
If you can see that, then man up and admit it! It has nothing to do with “freedom” or the “rule of law” or anything else, except America wanting to rule the world, and being willing to kill anyone who stand in their way.
Does anyone think that all the countries in the world will never have nuclear weapons? Its 80year old tech right now, and is “The West” going to continue to try and stop the rest of the world from using it for the next 80years? ..or forever?
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Why does Iran want a nuclear weapon? They don’t need one for self defence. It would be an attack weapon.
Saying the world wouldn’t stop if Iran dropped a nuclear bomb so let them have one, is a poor argument. It’s a weapon of devastation as seen at Hiroshima. Sure, it’s localised on a world scale. But the localised million people are no longer.
Iran has shown by their own actions and words that they should not be permitted to have such a weapon.
The Iron Dome doesn’t stop a nuclear weapon. It might explode it prematurely. But it’s very different to intercepting a small ordinance missile. A nuclear weapon will have fallout.
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As opposed to those who write ultra-concise comments to the point of brevity, that say nothing at all…
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like?
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Given the survival of cyclones and half a tonnes of 60% U235, two weeks or twelve months to breakout is more a question of Team IRGC’s political intent than fundamental science and engineering.
The Iranian regime has long since done the critical design and testing of the necessary components of a viable and deliverable weapon. Albright summarises what seems to be the generally accepted development path:
https://isis-online.org/isis-reports/highlights-of-irans-perilous-pursuit-of-nuclear-weapons/
Whether or not you loathe Trump and America, or the West more generally, we are now collectively committed to shutting down a wholly unrestricted, nuclear capable terrorist organisation posing as a state. And that includes Emperor Xi and Putin.
We don’t know the price yet – nor the timing or extent of the damage the IRGC will cause – but it will certainly be far greater and more terrible if the fakirs are left intact and capable of anything more than garden variety terrorism.
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Rather than pretending to read minds, shouldn’t you be working?
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Yes no WMD discovered by UN Weapons Inspectors in Saddam Hussein’s Iraq, despite the dictator neither confirming or denying that WMD was ready to use against Operation Desert Storm soldiers if they crossed the border chasing Iraqi soldiers out of Kuwait after they invaded.
But what was discovered;
* Shipping documents for chemicals imported
* Unused new artillery shells designed for WMD gases
* Laboratories and necessary equipment
* Two chemists the locals called Doctor Death and Chemical Ali
* Evidence of WMD deployment against Turkish Kurds and Iran
But no ready to go WMD
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FWIW – a “something spectacular” in Havana
“WALTER DURANTY CALLED, AND SAID YOU MIGHT WANT TO DIAL THE DECADENCE BACK A BIT:”
“This is the most amazing encapsulation of Code Pink leftism that I’ve ever seen.
Going to an oppressed nation, showing solidarity with the oppressors, going around taking photos of poverty from tour buses, & then having a big party that takes down the electric grid. Perfection.”
https://x.com/ratlpolicy/status/2035710730306203990
“I have NEVER seen a more beautiful unintentional example of how communism works than this whole “Code pink” thing in Cuba.
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BREAKING – All patients on ventilators at a Cuban hospital died after the Irish band Kneecap used massive amounts of electricity during a “humanitarian performance” for fellow communists, while the performers and activists stayed in a five-star hotel with power.”
https://x.com/ShamashAran/status/2035720069385166880
Via https://instapundit.com/784490/#disqus_thread
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With power as unreliable as it is known to be in Cuba it would be surprising that the hospital did not have backup generators for critical facilities.
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They did, just not the fuel to power them.
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Source?
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Best I can manage with my limited skills. Its AI so maybe open to interpretation
AI Overview
Yes, hospitals in Cuba have backup generators, but they are currently facing critical fuel shortages and frequent, severe power cuts that limit their operation. As of early 2026, the energy crisis in Cuba has left hospitals struggling to maintain consistent power for essential services and critical care.
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Current Challenges with Generator Use
Fuel Shortages: There is insufficient fuel to keep the backup generators running, severely affecting hospital functions, including operating rooms and critical, life-sustaining equipment.
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Thanks Sambar.
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FWIW
“Peter Thiel’s Latest $2 Billion Investment, An “Agritech Unicorn” – Or Something Else?
March 22, 2026 | Sundance | 52 Comments”
“For his latest endeavor, Peter Thiel has now invested $2 billion in a New Zealand (think five-eyes) based company that assists cattle ranchers with their herds. “New Zealand-based Halter has secured funding at a $2 billion valuation from Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, marking one of the highest-profile venture investments in agricultural AI to date. The startup, which manufactures AI-powered collars that autonomously manage cattle movement and behaviour, now operates across more than 5,000 farms globally.” ”
More at
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/03/22/peter-thiels-latest-2-billion-investment-an-agritech-unicorn-or-something-else/
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What’s the latest on PT’s Antichrist Lecture Series he was running in Rome a few weeks back: there was a little flurry of media fluff, plus a denial from Pope Bob the Vatican was involved, and then poof! it all vanished.
I thought most cattle were already Artificially Inseminated anyway.
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“I thought most cattle were already Artificially Inseminated anyway”
No, generally just the girls, or that’s the way it used to be, Don’t know what happens to the boys these days, in the past it was a quick trip to the works, today they might all be converted to stomach feeders.
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Fwiw – latest from Kunstler
“And Then the World Changed
Europe’s own regulatory architecture turned off Europe’s own energy supply. And America. . . on the other side of the Atlantic with a full tank of gas, watched it happen.” —Jeff Childers”
https://www.kunstler.com/p/and-then-the-world-changed
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And
“What You Get Is Not Necessarily What You See
“I can tell the entire internet has doomer fatigue.” — Catturd on X”
https://www.kunstler.com/p/what-you-get-is-not-necessarily-what
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Interesting that the powers that be have managed to get the SAVE America voting act bogged in procedural quicksand.
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Planned 10-gigawatt Softbank data center in Ohio might be the largest in the world — will require a $33 billion natural gas plant, equivalent to nine nuclear reactors
The proposed data center will be located in a 3,700-acre complex in Piketon, which previously produced weapons-grade uranium during the Cold War and later supported civilian nuclear fuel production before shutting down in 2001. To power the data center, SoftBank-backed SB Energy is deploying a fleet of gas turbines capable of generating approximately 9.2 GW, with an additional 800 MW of capacity also planned, according to the report.
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/planned-10-gigawatt-softbank-data-center-in-ohio-might-be-the-largest-in-the-world-will-require-a-usd33-billion-natural-gas-plant-equivalent-to-nine-nuclear-reactors
Of course the RAM shortage plus the Iranian war dragging on for years will destroy availability of critical tech supplies like Helium, Aluminum and Bromine will no doubt having major ramifications (ie scrapping plans) for planned data centers.
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Thought there was also a shortage of gas turbines.
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FWIW – too little or too much
Paywalled but you’ll get the gist
“Another AI Nightmare for the Electrical Grid: Data Centers Unplugging All at Once”
“Virginia’s “data center alley” is located in the rural part of the state. There are roughly 40 data centers powering AI development, cryptocurrency mining, and other high-energy-use systems.
More than 20% of the electricity generated in Virginia is for these data centers. And in February 2025, the state barely avoided a disaster.”
https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2026/03/22/another-ai-nightmare-for-electrical-grid-operators-data-centers-unplugging-all-at-once-n4950928
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With maximum kerfuffle dominating here this morning I notice that there is precious little information out there about the apparent mosquito fleet of bad guys stopping shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.
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There is currently one Chinese tanker and two Indian tankers heading seaward through the Strait of Hormuz. I expect they have Iranian permission. It means there is a safe channel although there could be means to remotely arm mines. And I would not be surprised if there are underwater launch sites for submersible drones.
Iranian clerics have been preparing for this for at least 50 years so there could be a few surprises that take time to appreciate.
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If AI is writing the work and AI is reading the work, do we even need to be there at all?” Educators reveal a growing crisis on campus and off.
Few spheres of public life have been more rapidly and thoroughly transformed by generative AI products than education, and few professions have been more dramatically upended than teachers and education workers. There’s a case to be made that the first major social transformation of the modern AI era was the mass diffusion of ChatGPT into classrooms, where students took to using it as an easy implement for cheating on homework.
This mass plagiarization crisis has only deepened and complicated since, leaving educators, administrators, and students to grapple with how to construct, enact, and enforce AI policies at school.
https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/if-ai-is-writing-the-work-and-ai
This is a long list of stories about AI in the education sector, and the human factor, both for students and educators, highlighting the “jump on the latest & greatest bandwagon” mentality without understanding the consequences.
Maybe chatbots will know where the intestines are…
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This is a godsend for the Climate Change™ fanatics providing they can keep AI under control and locked into consensus science.
The whole sphere of Climate Scientology is based on plagiarism. There are no original thinkers. It is all consensus science; all based on a well spun fairy tale.
Locking the fairy tale into AI spin is giving it a new life by reducing the number of independent thinkers. Ai is the new influencer.
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Part of it is probably the University/Science myth especially post WWII.
The myth that Unis were engines of egalitarianism made pure by pure truth seeking.
It was pushing toward that for a bit.
But they’ve morphed back toward mere credentialing factories for the credentialed.
In Pandemic we witnessed the credentialed openly turning on the credentialed.
Thus revealing their true nature.
Our mistake is believing the ‘science’ as true knowledge must certainly be an underling morality of the modern enlightened managerial class.
Turned out they reverted to their their Medieval Church style power play ways.
AI just makes the credentialing easier.
DEI has been an amusing Kabuki side show for the egalitarian pretenses of the elite.
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Nigerian researchers accidentally confirm Africa’s low IQ problem
For many years the political left has dismissed all discussion about links between third world populations and low intelligence as “racism” and “xenophobia”. The well documented fact that low IQ populations are more inclined towards lack of impulse control and a higher crime rate does not matter to progressives.
Only 3% of participants scored above the western average of 100. The median IQ of all participants was 69. Over 50% of the people tested scored below 70. To understand just how low Nigeria’s averages are, the US Department of Defense in previous research has determined that an 80 IQ is the lowest score that a recruit can have and still be viable for a job in the military.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/nigerian-researchers-accidentally-confirm-africas-low-iq-problem
Not that a low iq automatically makes one an undesirable, but look at the UK.
Low iq translates to no real understanding of laws, customs and socially acceptable conduct.
Culturally enriched how?
A 70 iq is a bad score for a chicken curry.
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Important is not only language but, I will not be afraid of the word – how culturally suitable it was.
The (employment) test I did 50 years ago has shown very little above 100 (honestly, I do not remember !)
They talked to me and found that, being two weeks in the country, I understood many words but not ALL the sense of them together.
And I got the place, live happily ever after…
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Your right Vladimir, I Q tests tend to be “culture fair” an I Q test for an Eskimo is impossible to pass for a person from the tropics. One would need to look very closely at the formation of these IQ tests to see if they fit purpose. Asking someone that is a subsistence farmer how windmills are better than coal fired power plants can generate a “low” I Q every time.
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Such a Q is NOT in an IQ test. Age and culture appropriate tests have been developed. I suspect it is harder to develop for Eskimos than Kiwis, but not much.
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This African Nigerian guy has an interesting channel on Africa and in particular his homeland Nigera. He tackles the hard questions and obvious truths head on. This one is on the IQ topic.
https://youtu.be/z5Z1kUx7M7c?si=3ED_jxTEVycnEUNB
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It would be interesting to conduct such tests on Australian aboriginals. I doubt IQ tests would even make sense in the context of stone age people and near impossible to conduct. There is not an aboriginal language where you can count to ten. Plurals are constructed by repetition, like Wagga Wagga. Wagga being a crow and Wagga Wagga being a lot of crows.
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I wonder what part of Africa were Thomas Sowell ancestors from….
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A 70 IQ is an automatic pension in Aus. It is brain damage level.
Read up on McNamara’s M0rons.
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One of the things that really annoys me about Australian politics is the timidity of the LNP. Again, proven by the SA election. Just recently I have heard of the “Taylor plan”. When in government Angus Taylor had a plan to subsidise storage for diesel fuel in Australia again. The idea being that diesel was exceptionally important for our economy and that having storage in the US was not ideal. All of a sudden with a diesel fuel shortage looming that plan looks prescient. Very wise future proofing. But I cannot remember AT or the LNP ever broadcasting this policy. So, similar to their wanting to build 2 coal powered electricity generators. They always seem shy to divulge these policies, just in case some Green voters might not preference them or something. Or they don’t want to sound like Donald Trump. All I can remember from Morrison and Frydenberg was signing us up to Net Zero and a complete surrender in terms of financing future non renewable energy projects.
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Since Day 1 on the job, Taylor to any ABC or other “friendly” question could have replied: if elected, LNP will guarantee the most stable and cheap energy to Whyalla physically possible.
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Lots of relentless negativity, political character assassination and misinformation misleading voters deliberately crafted to push aside initiatives and here is one link from the past;
https://www.scottmorrison.com.au/media/boosting-australias-fuel-security
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I just went to Aldi in Melbournistan and I’ve never seen the fruit and vegetable shelves so empty.
In the absence of diesel it looks like all those solar powered tractors and trucks aren’t working out so well…
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full in Canberrastan
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Is that full of it?
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Looks like the time for horses and/or steam machinery farming equipment again.
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Did you know that the War Horse of the ANZAC Light Brigade were called Waler? Cross bred NSW origin bush horses used for multiple tasks from saddled to sulky and other carriages harnessing and farm implements for ploughing and other cropping work? They hard endurance, were fast and nimble, and tough bred for the land of droughts and flooding rains, our country.
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I am open to argument on the story that the Light Horse herded the horses into the Med and shot them rather than hand them over to the locals when they were being disbanded.
The Brit Cavalry admired the Waler so much I believe they bought some/all.
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There was an organisation set up to save those horses before they were shot and sell the locally or get them to the UK. A workmate of the wife used to breed Walers and had quite an enthusiasm for them.
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Just remember that a lot of the production will go to feeding the horses
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Aldi basically runs on the daily morning truck delivery. There is no “out the back” in terms of extra stock. If things sell out or age out , nothing will appear till the morning load is “run” in Aldi speak. Low/no stock evident later in the day if there is a rush. If you see it at 10AM something has gone wrong.
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Saleh Mohammadi, Iranian wrestler and national hero murdered by the bloodthirsty Iranian mullahs for protesting against their evil regime:
https://www.frontpagemag.com/the-murder-of-saleh-mohammadi/
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FWIW – news for your data centre
Paywalled
“Global Chip Production In Peril As Qatar Warns Helium Exports Set To Collapse”
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/global-chip-production-peril-qatar-warns-helium-exports-set-collapse
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Got my new computer just in time – maybe.
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I want to commend all those Australians who have made efforts to hoard diesel. It will give a lot more Australians an idea of what NetZero looks and feels like sooner rather than later.
Our fuel guru Anthea Harris will be very pleased. It was thought that NetZero for transport and agriculture would not be achieved till 2040. With her taking charge of fossil fuel supply, NetZero could be achieve mid 2026.
Once again POTUS Trump proven to be the greatest leader in history. Most nations could make big inroads into NetZero by mid 2026 all through his big effort in taking out the Iranian clerics. Sadly the US will miss this opportunity because they have heaps of the stuff and are even prepared to sell it to other countries. But most other countries prefer to use their abundant green energy than taking anything POTUS Trump has on offer.
Please stay home and avoid using fossil fuels. Help support the race to NetZero.
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I’m planning a trip to Sydney and back later this week to help a friend collect a part for his 100 year old Studebaker (some dissassembly will be required) Promise I won’t use any diesel though.
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Might this explain why Albo has just sent an Australian AWACS aircraft to Israel?
My notes:
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Dave, that guy is 100% AI fr@ud, the face and voice belong to an established blogger posting as “Your John AG” who posts on silver, as you might suspect.
I have prolly flagged 20 of these channels with “Do not recommend this channel” on YT.
Watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2erRc2mimhE&t=304s
Our Wedge Tail is prolly sent with Boeing’s material support and urging.
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The real guy (inasmuch as an AI channel can be real) is or was called OG John AG and OG John AG2. After amassing tens of thousands of subscribers, a storm of copycat channels appeared, ambushing and diluting his content. Youtube hit him with shadow sabotage, desubscribing his followers randomly, then when that didn’t work, they finally banned and removed both his channels and all their content with no warnings at all. Someone in power really didn’t want him reaching a big audience. He only started his channel on Nov 24th or so last year. Was a phenomenal growth.
The only line left to reach him is on X. https://x.com/OGJohnAG He’s taking a break.
But it rather suggests he was posting meaningful and very unusual content, which is what we found. We believe the man behind it was a trading insider, because of his detailed knowledge of the way the markets are manipulated.
I still have many copies of his videos as mp3 files. Not sure if I could legally release them.
I will let you know if he returns, which we hope he does. Preferably on Bitchute or Rumble.
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FWIW Fuel prices in NT – Top Springs
https://petrolspy.com.au/map/latlng/-16.5440175/131.7975788
Diesel $2.80
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A long way for me to drive to top up.
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Has a reputation as the most expensive diesel in Oz
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Wake up city dwellers but especially Teals and Insular Peninsular types. Your food isn’t made in the supermarket, it’s made in rural areas by farmers using diesel and trucked to your supermarket by truckers who also use diesel. In case you are wondering, EV’s are not part of the equation from farm gate to you.
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No!
Don’t wake up!
Just starve to death wondering why the world isn’t working the way you thought it was.
The term “Useless Eaters” springs to mind…
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FWIW
“Glitch Shuts Australia’s Biggest Maker Of Vital Fertilizer Input For 2 Months At Worst Possible Time”
“Australia’s largest ammonia plant will be shut for two months to repair damage caused by a power outage, amidst a global supply crunch for the vital fertiliser and explosives ingredient.”
More at
https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/glitch-shuts-australias-biggest-maker-vital-fertilizer-input-2-months
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That might add an explosion to the planning of “Elbow & Co”
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An odd item in News.com
https://www.news.com.au/sport/motorsport/v8-supercars/bathurst-1000-faces-traffic-nightmare-as-key-highway-closure-threatens-race/news-story/10fc021a1f5940022eaba21e1747f6ea
Somehow the closure of a highway will stop car racing fans from travelling to Bathurst later this year for the Supercar event. Car racing fans, who like cars and driving, will somehow find a 200klm detour and insurmountable barrier. So far it’s just politicians and tourism people getting frenzied about it.
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Very odd, and it really shows the state that Australia is in!! The Bathurst 1000 is 7months away, and they can’t fix a major highway in that time??
That is just pathetic, we’re not organised enough to be a first world country, yet we’re not uncaring enough just to get it done in any way and be a third world country. Seems second-world countries just get paralysed with fear about doing anything at all!
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FWIW – the “tangled web” approaches waterproof weave?
UK
“Electric Car Mandates Start To Bite”
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2026/03/22/electric-car-mandates-start-to-bite/
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…and Putin just threatened to nuke Israel if they use nukes against Iran…
Don’t poke the bear(or allies) !!!
Nuclear war means 5 billion dead in the first 90 minutes.
Trust ze blob, zey know best..
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Everything is going according to plan, just not Trump or the Zionist’s plan.
The world is changing. All we can do is sit back and enjoy the fireworks.
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I wonder how many Australian voters realise that they have voted for no fuel by voting in successive Labor and LNP governments. That is what NetZero means. Complete absence of fossil fuels.
If you did not vote for One Nation, you are part of the problem.
LNP have been a lost cause since Tony Abbott was rolled.
Voting One Nation is the only way back for Australia. They are the only party of significance that has consistently rejected the UN bureaucrats in New York governing Australia using their UN stooges in Australia.
So when you hear anyone complaining about the fuel issues, the rent issues, the cost of electricity, tho cost of groceries, the cost of housing. Just ask if they voted for One Nation. If they reply that they didn’t then take a few moments to point out that they voted for the UN through their Australian stooges in Labor and LNP and are part of the problem.
IEA head at Canberra Press Club:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVDJMK4OjYU&t=974s
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