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On the topic of assassinations …
4 American presidents have been assassinated.
3 Republicans and 1 Democrat.
The 1 Democrat (JFK) was assassinated by a guy who was way to his left (communist sympathizer Lee Harvey Oswald).
Here are how many failed assassination attempts have been made on each president since the last successful assassination (JFK). This only counts the ones that made it far enough for the assassin to get a shot off, not the ones foiled in the earlier stages.
3 Trump (R)
0 Obama (D)
1 Dubya Bush (R) [bonus points for a hand grenade being the attempted murder weapon]
0 Clinton (D)
0 Daddy Bush (R)
1 Reagan (R)
0 Carter (D)
2 Ford (R)
0 Nixon (R)
0 Johnson (D)
By my count, that’s SEVEN times assassins have tried to assassinate a Republican, and ZERO times for a Democrat since the Kennedy assassination 60+ years ago.
But we are supposed to believe political violence is a ‘both sides’ problem (or in some circles, a right-only problem).
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Also, for the all deserved crap the secret service is taking for the multiple attempts allowed against Trump, I still can’t get over how badly they screwed up by allowing someone to get close enough to Dubya to lob a grenade at him.
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You will probably find that the secret service also wanted to be rid of Dubya ,,😳😳
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Like most people (Democrats included), I have already forgotten President Autopen’s Weekend at Bernie’s administration ever happened. You can add another zero to the Democrat tally.
0 Biden (D)
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There are still unanswered questions about Thomas Crooks ( first Trump assassin.)
Eg. Crooks autopsy report
The white van
Crooks phone records
Crooks financial records
What were the sec team in the building actually doing during the shooting attempt.
All of these questions could be answered but they have not been!
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And why was he shot only after he was disarmed?
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He wasn’t, he was shot by a counter sniper from another building before he could manage to get anymore shots off. Nobody got near him until after he was dead.
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And his gun was shot out of his hands after he fired 8 times. Why wait?
He did reach for the damaged gun, which was when he was shot dead. Two shots, the first effective in disarming him and perhaps damaging the gun.
And at these very short ranges with a telescopic sniper rifle, the shooter had many options other than execution.
Did someone with a clear view wait until he had fired eight shots and then eliminate him? Which makes more sense than the delay and two shots.
The last two attempted assasins are alive. But neither had a clear shot at the President.
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IN that situation LEOs are trained to keep shooting while the target is still moving, simple as that.
As far as the accuracy goes, the sniper who shot him had to rapidly acquire him from a position that didn’t actually cover the spot he was shooting from and took the first shot the moment he got his gun on target, then made sure of the job with the second shot.
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” had to rapidly acquire him from a position that didn’t actually cover the spot he was shooting from ”
How do you know that, which is the entire point?
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Who disarmed him, he was on a roof.
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Why kill a dead man?
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Harvey Oswald???
Never ever.
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FWIW – I agree.
I do not think LHO was the shooter [if there was only one …].
‘We’ll set up some patsy …’
Not the place, nor the time – but ‘Grassy Knoll’ and ‘Magic Bullet’ both tend to my view.
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I am on the fence.
The conspiratorial part of my mind finds the magic bullet too inexplicable and Oswald being a communist too politically convenient to believe the official story. Deduction tells me it was anti-communist hawks in the intelligence community who took him out because they thought he was a pinko and kept interfering with their plans to destroy the USSR and preserve their precious bodily fluids.
But the rational part of my mind believes in the old Ben Franklin saying … ‘three can keep a secret only if two of them are dead’. There is no way the grand conspiracies involving multiple power brokers and shady government agencies and catspaws and cutouts and patsies could have kept the secret for 60 days, much less 60 years. WAY too many people would have to be involved for someone not to broken under interrogation, or have gotten drunk and blabbed at the bar or to their favorite prostitute, or written a memoir to be released after their death, or any of a dozen other ways the conspiracy could have been exposed. A conspiracy that big and consequential would collapse under it’s own weight sooner rather than later (same goes for the moon landing, and fluoridation conspiracies, and chem trails, etc.).
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Hmmm … if it was the Mafia, as organisers, for example …
Or – possibly – a foreign power like Cuba….
Whilst I appreciate the strength of your appeal, the evidence [IMHO] does not fit LHO – how did he get downstairs so very swiftly? for example.
Do I know – no, of course not.
But I have real doubts about the Warren Commission, at the very least.
If not LHO, it still leaves many options.
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” … ‘three can keep a secret only if two of them are dead’. There is no way the grand conspiracies involving multiple power brokers and shady government agencies and catspaws and cutouts and patsies could have kept the secret for 60 days, much less 60 years.”
There’s and odd thing about secrets nowadays.
Lot’s of people speak out, they just get labeled as flakes or liars by a very impressive propaganda system that distracts the public with multiple narratives obscuring the facts.
‘Climate Change’ is the proto primo example of this.
Most of us found our way to this blog after expending considerable energy looking for the facts.
And we are still called names by people that have a fraction of the knowledge on the subject that we have.
One basic fact I think is indisputable.
The Warren Commission started with a conclusion and worked backward.
Is the there a ‘Blob’ machine capable of driving public opinion in circles?
Climate Change and and Pandemic prove it.
Something drove these big time.
What?
Benjamin Bradlee, longtime editor of the WP, was married to JFK’s mistress’s (one of them) sister.
She was murdered on the Potomac footpath shortly after the assassination
Ben went to his sister in law’s art studio and found Jesus Angleton, CIA Operations Director rifling through her stuff.
From AI man behind the curtain:
Search Assist
On the night of Mary Pinchot Meyer’s murder, Ben Bradlee discovered James Jesus Angleton breaking into her art studio. This incident raised suspicions about the involvement of CIA figures in the circumstances surrounding her death.
Incident Overview
On the night of Mary Pinchot Meyer’s murder, a significant event occurred involving two prominent figures: Ben Bradlee and James Jesus Angleton.
Key Details
Date of Incident: October 12, 1964
Location: Mary Pinchot Meyer’s art studio
Individuals Involved:
Ben Bradlee: A well-known journalist and the brother-in-law of Mary Meyer.
James Jesus Angleton: Head of counterintelligence for the CIA.
Context of the Incident
Ben Bradlee discovered James Jesus Angleton breaking into Mary Pinchot Meyer’s art studio shortly after her murder. This incident raised questions about the potential involvement of CIA operatives in the circumstances surrounding her death
Hide in plain sight.
It’s the best place.
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I recall an episode of “Yes, Prime Minister” or similar, in which Dir Humphrey, the “permanent under-secretary” advised:
“Never start an inquiry for which you do NOT know the answer”. or similar.
“Life” imitating “ART”, imitating ‘life’. Or something……
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What about the Manhattan Project? A well kept secret with lots of people involved.
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The Second Amendment crosses party lines.
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? Nobody mentioned 2A
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I was talking to Steve, the widespread indiscriminate use of firearms means that presidents of any political persuasion are vulnerable.
Its unAustralian.
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presidents of any political persuasion
Is it “good luck” that Australia does not have a president?
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“2A” is there primarily to protect “1A”; against all enemies, “foreign and domestic”.
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At least the lefty would be assassins have so far proved how incompetent they are and I hope they stay that way.
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AI produces 100 times more emissions than first thought and up to 136000 times more electricity needs
https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-increases-ai-emissions-forecast/
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Due to the extreme electricity demands, energy poor countries like Australia will miss out on the hyperscale AI data centres.
As I mentioned yesterday, even in energy rich United States the limiting factor for further AI expansion is that the expansion of grid electricity supply is lagging behind AI demand, hence some AI data centres building their own off-grid nuclear or gas power stations.
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“Australia will miss out on the hyperscale AI data centres.”
Excellent! We may be spied upon less than others in that case.
I still see no use for giant data storage computers or so-called AI, except to make us behave in a way someone else wants. A lot of the population will regret this fascination authorities have with controlling us.
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Totally agree with your sentiment and a huge AI bubble has appeared on the US stock market. At some point it will lose its lustre.
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Will the UK lose the Falkland Islands because of Ser Stürmer’s weakness ineptitude, globalist beliefs, dislike of the United States and fundamental hatred of the United Kingdom as a nation state?
He has already given away other territories like Chagos Islands and Gibraltar.
Also, they may have oil! But the UK is “green” and doesn’t need oil, but Argentina might…
Discussion: https://youtu.be/eJT3LYjUO6Y
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One other factor to keep in mind is that Trump has a great deal of respect for Javier Milei (and none for Starmer).
I fully expect Argentina to reclaim the Falklands in the not too distant future. Frankly, it’s ridiculous the UK expects to keep sovereignty over an island 7000 miles away without the military capacity to enforce their claim. If they wanted to keep the Falklands, they should have kept their military up to snuff to defend their claim. The Brits made the mistake of thinking ‘the liberal rules-based order’ enforced itself through some kind of divine right, rather than through the threat of force. Maggie Thatcher understood that nobody respects a weakling no matter how pretty his legal arguments may be. Starmer does not understand that. He thinks geopolitical disagreements are ultimately decided by lawyers sitting across a table arguing legal minutia, and not by which lawyer has the most guns backing up his arguments.
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Shades of Greenland. I would have thought that the folks living in the Falklands would have the same rights as Greenlanders.
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Frankly, I’m shocked Starmer hasn’t just given them away already, like he did with the Chagos Islands and Gibraltar.
The only question in my mind is which he will give away next … the Falklands (to Argentina), Northern Ireland (to Ireland), or the Channel Islands (to France). I’m betting the physical proximity of the Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands to the UK will make them the last to go.
If I were running Ireland, I’d use some of that tech tax haven money to reunite the Emerald Isle.
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… and if I were running France, I’d rename the English Channel the French Channel (kind of like Trump did with the Gulf of America/Mexico).
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The French name for the English Channel is La Manche. If you were running France you would speak French and you would know the French name.
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EIRE does not want NI. Way too costly for them. Let money from London prop up NI.
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Fine, until London runs out of money.
And EIRE isn’t that well off under the EU. They may well be the second to go after Hungary (or Italy). Brussels is costing to much.
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Yes the Chinese build them while the UK gives them away.
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It’s already underway:
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/moment-car-bomb-explodes-outside-belfast-police-station-in-attack-carried-out-by-the-new-ira/ar-AA21RQNq
The New IRA know a weak politician when they see one.
Starmer is a proven weakling. Belfast is about to see a repeat of history: carnage, death, destruction and eventual incorporation into Eire.
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Video:
The “joys” of communism in New York City under its communist Mayor, Mamdani.
8,400 businesses have closed down. More will follow. Shopstealing is practically legal.
It’s almost like lawless Victoria, Australia but on steroids.
Aa in Victoria, one wonders how the Sheeple are so stupid as to vote for the communists.
https://youtu.be/Jzg7CCf-C3U
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Conditioning?
All the vague;ly “clever’ ones have left or will soon
Stand-by for a special “Leaving Viktoriastan” tax.
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Nothing to do with being clever, its just mobility which has many factors.
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I’m preparing to leave Victoriastan if Labor get re-elected. If the people are stupid enough to put them in office again, surely the state is beyond saving. It wouldn’t surprise me they wanted to tax potential escapees…
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David Maddison says:
“…in Victoria, one wonders how the Sheeple are so stupid as to vote for the communists.”
Twenty years of left wing propaganda pushed onto the general public, underpinned by an education system that has inculcated the Socialist mantra into all aspects of learning, ensures that the Left will hold Victoria in the forthcoming election.
In my “conspiracy” moments I sometimes wonder whether the so-called Liberal Party has not been secretly infiltrated by left wing activist elements (saboteurs) to create division and undermine a viable alternative government.
Either that or the “Wets” have done it all by themselves.
Conspiracy or incompetence?
Incompetence rules. OK?
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Someone has to be held accountable for the Snowy Hydro 2 disaster, an 88 MW averaged output battery at a cost of $42 billion. (See my post yesterday.)
Even at the original cost claim of $2 billion of not-Engineer Turnbull it was disastrous.
And how can they not do geotechnical surveys before starting the project?
How can they not have spoken to the original Snowy Hydro Scheme engineers or even be aware of common knowledge of tunnelling difficulties in that area?
How can anyone involved not even have noticed roadside cuttings in the area which clearly show heavily fractured rock?
Somebody deserves severe punishment over this, this goes way beyond mere incompetence.
You can have more output at vastly less cost with a gas turbine. (Also, as I mentioned yesterday there were many other cheaper hydro alternatives.)
An aeroderivative gas turbine generator such as the GE LMS100 can produce around 116 MW.
It costs US$35 million to $55 million per unit plus installation. It runs on natural gas or just about any liquid hydrocarbon.
Plus it has a minimal footprint and no destruction of wilderness areas.
It would have been the better deal.
At contract natural gas prices in Australia for 2025-2026, running a GE LMS100 at full load it costs approximately $12,000 to $13,500 per hour in fuel.
If $42 billion were invested in a saving account at 4.5% it would generate around $215,750 per hour and if in an index fund around $383,561 per hour.
SH2 is economic madness.
It should be stopped now. This is a classic example of the “sunk cost fallacy”.
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While I haven’t checked to confirm that the gas generator mentioned is an OCGT, I’m presuming that it is. If so, surely it’s not a good idea to run inefficient OCGT generators continuously. Better to spend a bit more and install modern efficient CCGT generators.
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You assume it is, so you can say its not a good idea, OK
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The LMS100 PA produces approximately 100 MW at an efficiency of around 46% LHV in open cycle operation. It is currently the largest and most efficient aero-derivative gas turbine. It is able to produce full rated power in under 10 minutes. i.e. it is an OCGT. Had the latest Closed cycle GT at 62% would make Graeme4 comment very effective.
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Interesting. Thought the OCGTs were only around 35% efficient. 46% is matching the latest highest efficiency that the Chinese have been able to obtain from a coal power plant.
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Initial plans for a power station at the location were discussed in 1966. Further studies were undertaken in 1980 and 1990. The current project originated as the centrepiece of Malcolm Turnbull’s climate change policy in 2017.
The original cost of the project was around $2 billion. A feasibility study carried out in 2017 finding the project was both technically and financially feasible. The study was released on 21 December 2017 and found the project cost would be between $3.8 and 4.5 billion.
The first tunnel, completed by October 2022, was a 2.85-kilometre section that provided main access at Lobs Hole. It was 10 metres in diameter and provides pedestrian and vehicle access into the power station.
By May 2023 the emergency, cable and ventilation tunnel was excavated. It is 2.93 kilometres long, 10 metres in diameter, and will be used for power station ventilation and high-voltage cables. Excavation of the transformer and machines halls began in June 2023. By February 2024, half of the construction required was complete.
Note the dates and that in May 2022 the Albanese Labor Governmemt was elected.
Also, that $6 billion of the cost to date was paid to State Governments to buy their shareholding in Snowy Hydro business now wholly Federal Government owned.
Now four years of Albanese Labor Government and construction has been since they were elected and took responsibility for the project.
I am not suggesting that 2.0 was a project that should have been approved for funding and construction.
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Malcom Turnbull. But he’ll never admit it, he’s got too much money to be wrong.
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That comment is how when it becomes folklore eventually accepted as fact, but fact is that Snowy 2.0 is part of Federal Government wholly owned Snowy Hydro and Albanese Labor have had oversight responsibility, Cabinet including Minister for Energy Bowen, since May 2022. And in 2026 halfway mark of construction.
Yes Turnbull Government got this project underway and with full Labor Opposition support because it fitted the Labor Renewable Energy Target technologies.
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David Maddison says:
Someone has to be held accountable for the Snowy Hydro 2 disaster, an 88 MW averaged output battery at a cost of $42 billion.
Short answer:
Nobody will be.
Least of all the village idiot Malcolm Turnbull and his running-dog Chris Bowen.
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Wyoming has a secret eagle-kill organization
By David Wojick
https://www.cfact.org/2026/04/27/wyoming-has-a-secret-eagle-kill-organization/
The beginning: “The organization is no secret. It is the Wyoming Golden Eagle Working Group or WY-GOEA-WG, which has a nice little website here.
They even list their 98 present members on their about page, including a lot of federal officials. What is secret is what these folks do. They have a group listserv and recently held their annual meeting, but both are for members only. They appear to have never issued a report on their activities, a study, or even a press release. No hint as to what all these people talk about. My requests for communication were all refused.
As near as I can tell, this group is focused on the business and policy side of wind turbines killing golden eagles, especially in Wyoming. Eagle killing is a big wind business activity in several important ways, and this group looks like a lot of the people involved in those activities.
Members are grouped by the outfit they work for and listed by job title, so presumably they represent their employer. There are 29 feds, or 30%, so this is to a significant degree a federal deal. There are profound eagle-kill policy issues here, so the secrecy is very concerning.”
Lots more in the article. Blowing a pointed whistle.
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Bird mincers will go down in history in the – “How could we have done that basket”
I have great regard for our avian friends. The older I get, my appreciation of the intellect of birds and other animals has increased. I look at how our crows in Australia have become motor vehicle aware. Kangaroos not so much but the road kill provides for the crows. Our local magpies now recognise humans as friends and rarely swoop unless riding a bike. We have had generations of magpie families in our immediate area for the past 30 years. Look at how pigeons and seagulls hang around outdoor eating areas and sparrows clean up after people. Many birds live in and around modern humans.
I find it abhorrent that we erect bird mincers in the knowledge that they will wipe out large regions of habitat for avian species. There is no way this can be condoned by ANY environmentalist.
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How is it that historically the old fashioned water pumping wind mills never were seen to be fatal for the local birds?
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The red thumb you received indicates at least one reader prefers wind turbines over eagles. What sort of twisted individual thinks that way?
I donated to a eagle sanctuary in Tasmania last year, I’ll do the same again this year.
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FWIW – looking at yesterday’s attempt
Today’s Coffee and Covid newsletter
” THE CANARY IN THE COLE MINE☙ Monday, April 27, 2026 ☙ C&C NEWS 🦠
https://open.substack.com/pub/coffeeandcovid/p/the-canary-in-the-cole-mine-monday?
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FWIW
“HSBC: Net Zero Australia “one of the least well placed” to Weather the Iran Oil Shock”
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2026/04/27/hsbc-net-zero-australia-one-of-the-least-well-placed-to-weather-the-iran-oil-shock/
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Mentions
“The true amount of green expenditure is probably significantly higher than the $24 billion the government has admitted spending on green projects. Some of the $120 billion earmarked for “critical infrastructure” is probably green infrastructure expenditure.
But let’s stick with the obvious. How much would eliminating $24 billion of obvious green boondoggles help?”
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You can add $42 billion for the Turnbull memorial, to that figure.
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In Well, That Didn’t Age Well news:
Former Snowy Hydro CEO, Paul Broad, toots Snowy 2.0 in a 2018 puff piece:
https://www.snowyhydro.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/SHLNews_June2018_LR.pdf
Snowy Hydro takes a very commercial approach to all capital investments and we continue to scrutinise the Snowy 2.0 business case as we progress to a final investment decision later this year. We have a proven track record of investment, having never
written off a single dollar on investments we have made.
Pursuing Snowy 2.0 is a commercial decision to strategically grow our business. The project will provide reliable, dispatchable energy generation (2,000 megawatts (MW)) and large-scale energy storage (175 hours or 350,000 megawatt hours
(MWh)) and builds on our existing capabilities. With a higher amount of intermittent energy generation, we expect to see increasing market volatility which means higher high prices and lower low prices. This spread of pricing, or difference between the
peaks and troughs, is a key factor that underpins the energy storage products in the business case.
Note: Snowy 2.0’s current modelling assumes pumping (backed
to a great extent by excess renewable supply in off-peak periods) at $40 MWh and generating at peak times at $86 MWh (and above).
Even based on conservative assumptions, Snowy 2.0 has an internal rate of return of 8%, which exceeds our stringent investment hurdles. An independent
economic report produced as part of the 2.0 feasibility study confirms that the products we sell today will be in even greater demand in the future. The MJA report and an overview of the business case are available on the Snowy Hydro website.
https://www.snowyhydro.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/MJA-NEM-Study-Public-Report-3Dec2018.pdf
Mr Broad was perhaps being a little misdirectional here. The MJA report itself tells us that the modelled bid curve (the key revenue line, which gives the stonking 8%) runs from $70/MWh up to $210/MWh. So, lowering electricity prices was not really part of the program.
(The puff piece also summarises the geotechnical work at that stage – which, unusually, was completed after the FID.)
The main historical value of these documents is that they conclusively demonstrate that the current daytime solar zero-negative-price car crash was well and truly in government and agency thinking 7 or 8 years ago.
Top men.
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It was always an arbitrage model.
That was the village idiot’s brain fart, who gave it the tick.
We are yet to find out whether there was an element of vested interest in that decision.
The problem with arbitrage is that over time the premium regresses to the mean.
It’ll never make money. Do the IRR on $42 billion, and see how it stacks up now.
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FWIW
“Why the UK and EU Keep Doubling Down on Net Zero Dogma in the Face of Spiralling Economic Dysfunction”
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2026/04/26/why-the-uk-and-eu-keep-doubling-down-on-net-zero-dogma-in-the-face-of-spiralling-economic-dysfunction/
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Now listen up you peasants! Learn what your betters in academia are teaching you!
“Booing an Aboriginal elder at a solemn public commemoration is racial hostility, however you spin it-
..They are symptoms of a larger refusal, still present in Australian public life, to accept that truth-telling and patriotism are not opposites. Mature nations can hold both military remembrance and colonial honesty in the same frame. In fact, they must..It asks us to situate remembrance within the full story of the land on which remembrance occurs. And if that remains intolerable to some Australians, then they need to take a long hard look in the mirror because the measure of what we honour on Anzac Day is not found only in wreaths, bugles and minute silences. It is found in whether the values we claim to commemorate, dignity, shared humanity, respect, can be extended beyond ritual language into the living present. If they cannot, what exactly are we commemorating?”
Some kid in university in Victoriastan of course!
“Jessa Rogers is associate professor in Indigenous education at the University of Melbourne.”
You can imagine the country if we all adopted aboriginal values!
SMH of course!
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[Added link to quoted article https://archive.md/1YFbF – Raquel]
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Translated to real speech
“if people keep booing the scam and it ends, along with the rest of it, my gravy train will end”
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What, like “the entitled” lot of all types we have now, demanding society pay for perceived injustices?
“I never owned slaves and you never picked cotton.
I owe you nothing.”
– as the saying goes…
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‘ … hold both military remembrance and colonial honesty in the same frame.’
Strongly disagree, it dilutes the significance.
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1. If there are very solemn occasions ANZAC remembrance service is one. A true military man, former or present, should clench his teeth and keep his silence.
2. My face is darker than that lady’s.
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FWIW
“Give it a Rest George Monbiot: Decades of Hysterical Climate and Net Zero Fearmongering Have Left You Terminally Confused”
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2026/04/26/give-it-a-rest-george-monbiot-decades-of-hysterical-climate-and-net-zero-fearmongering-have-left-you-terminally-confused/
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My latest article on daily sunlight:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/15BYPIgXWnVgQzqA2QPIj52hfqzgmJvWN/view?usp=sharing
I cover 1200 years from 1000AD to 2200AD. It covers selected latitudes and shows how different the hemisphere actually are with regard daily solar intensity.
There is no doubt that changing sunlight drives climate change. The whole house of cards built on demonising CO2 is on the verge of collapse.
There were a few surprises for me. From the data, I predicted cyclone activity in the NH would be higher in 1000AD than present and proxies have shown that. The data also predicts that cyclone activity in the SH is declining and that has now been observed.
Daily spring-summer sunlight in 2027 will be up on this year and not much lower than 2023. So expect more records in 2027. 2023 is a standout year this century for spring-summer sunlight in both hemispheres.
Poleward heat advection is declining in the SH and there is a good chance that ocean heat in the SH will be in decline by 2030. When a whole hemisphere is losing heat then that sort of kills the CO2 story line.
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Have you ever had any response to your theories from orthodox CO2 is everything climate scientists? I wonder how much the typical student in a climate science department, even PhD students, know about other theories about the causes of climate change?
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Interesting details of Chernobyl sarcophagus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6UX1eE1am4&t=629s
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Just saw King Charles with his 300k electric (green) car. What can cost 300K and still claim to be “green”. Genuine leather seats? I dunno. The very best sound system, not green by any means and a fair bit of petrochemicals . Those very flash paint systems, all green, or maybe not. Still it’s the thought that counts. If I had a lazy 300k laying around I would also use it on a bit of virtue signalling.
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You don’t hate the left enough. They are bat sheet crazy!
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Damned by faint criticism. I am unaware of one leftist who unconditionally condemns the three attacks on Trump’s life. Kimmel calling Melania an “expectant widow” is the pits.
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Lefty Lunacy, again displayed.
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Kimmel’s comment was made before the assassination attempt. Did he know it was planned?
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The third will hurt, assuming he actually opened fire. A mandatory 10 after any other sentence he would cop [if guilty as alleged] prolly means he will not be free before his 90th.
Do you still think he just went along with this for a lark, EG?
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He opened fire, he actually shot a SS Agent, who was saved by his BPV.
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I made no assumptions. It has been suggested that the agent was hit by friendly fire which could be right: The vest would work best against pistol fire but Allen wasn’t using a pistol.
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That depends on the plate inside the vest, for example many now use the ceramic composite material that an Australian invented and patented the process, basically powder form poured into moulds like molten iron casting but dry material, then baked at extremely high temperature in electric ovens and forms a lightweight plate, contoured unlike older flat breast and back plates, for comfort and capable of stopping 7.62 mm rounds. The impact zone crumples and holds the bullet. The shock absorbing material results in a hard punch like impact
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Overview of Australian Patented Ceramic Armor Technology
Australia has developed and patented advanced ceramic armor technology aimed at improving ballistic protection for military and law enforcement applications. This technology is significant for its effectiveness in resisting projectile penetration.
Key Features of the Patented Technology
Composite Structure: The armor typically consists of a ceramic layer that is combined with a backing material. This design enhances the armor’s ability to absorb and dissipate impact forces.
Material Composition: Common materials used in the ceramic layer include alumina and boron carbide, known for their high hardness and compressive strength. The backing material is often a ductile fiber-reinforced plastic composite or metal, which helps to mitigate tensile failure upon impact.
Applications
Military Use: The patented ceramic armor is primarily designed for use in combat body armor, providing soldiers with protection against small arms fire and shrapnel.
Law Enforcement: The technology is also applicable in law enforcement, where officers require lightweight and effective ballistic protection.
Benefits
Enhanced Protection: The combination of ceramic and backing materials allows for better resistance against various ballistic threats.
Weight Efficiency: Ceramic armor is lighter than traditional metal armor, making it more comfortable for users without compromising safety.
This patented technology represents a significant advancement in the field of ballistic protection, ensuring that Australian defense forces and law enforcement personnel are better equipped to handle threats.
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‘The shock absorbing material results in a hard punch like impact”
Bloody oath, if hit by a 7.62 Nato ( .308 ) at twenty paces the kinetic energy is between 1500 1600 ft lbs of energy. This is one almighty whack that could produce serious injuries depending on what organs and bones the impact is over. Pistol rounds considerably less, shotgun depends on the cartridge choice and very much range (distance) at the impact point. Bullet proof vests stop bullets, they don’t stop the huge amounts of energy being transmitted through them
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I understand your comment …
Ceramic armor is generally lighter and more effective at absorbing and dispersing the impact of bullets compared to steel armor, which is heavier but can withstand multiple hits. Testing results show that ceramic plates often provide similar or better protection against high-velocity threats while being more comfortable for extended wear.
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https://www.spartanarmorsystems.com/ultimate-ceramic-body-armor-guide
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Tuesday mega funny. 😁
https://x.com/ImMeme0/status/2048831859560178167
Who votes for idiots like this?
Can’t wait for DM’s commentary.
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You know what ?
I believe she did say it.
My grandkids are smart (it is their teachers’ opinion, not mine) but at times I wonder if they really attended classes or skipped them.
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Is this AI or did she actually say “world war eleven”?
I’m asking because surely nobody could be that dumb.
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I asked my best friend and she did not confess.
Neither did she reject the accusation.
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Thinking the same I did a search fully expecting it to be false. It is, it was Ilhan Omar. :EEK:
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Roman numerals, a misunderstanding.
‘World War II is generally considered to have begun on 1 September 1939 …’
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Can you pass a Medieval maths exam?
https://youtu.be/3dvdETdTo5I
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Why were hundreds of EV from China shipped to Australia and put into long term storage areas 2024/2025/2026? The cost of holding stock is usually a major accounting consideration by businesses, even dealers have a floor plan and seek to turn stock over as soon as possible to avoid holding costs.
Was there a government level agreement/arrangement to push EV sales in Australia, and the present fuel supply shortage an excuse welcomed by Albanese-Bowen Labor?
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I saw those huge EV holding yards.
(I mean I saw the photos of them…)
So, unless some
system design involved, massive trickle chargers are necessary.
Or a process…
Many of us have bad experience with starting a modern CE car after a long holiday…
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Dear moderator, please remove that note. Your server just stopped talking to me when pressed “post comment”
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I wonder if those big storage yards include equally large triple chargers?
Many of us had bitter experience with starting a modern car after a long holiday.
It starts once so you can leave home but the battery dies in the middle of supermarket carpark when you want to return back.
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Sorry, I typed “trickle” chargers.
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Subsidies and incentives.
BYD the next Evergrande.
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The viral warmers at reneweconomy report on tge qld govt contracting for 4 grid synchronizing units. Each wuth a thousand ton spinning metal hub to add to grid stability. The report does not state cost, or how tge units are powered. Only concern is for renewable garbage. Surprised tge dont ask how this will help blow up a hundred miles of scrub and woodland for a transmission line.
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They are just flywheels. There is no input/output, they are parallel connected. Remember it is frequency that matters, transformer taps control Voltage. If a heavy load, such as a dragline at Moranbah coal fields scoops up a bucket of dirt, frequency drops. A heavy rotor smooths out this drop. There was [maybe still is] a small one in the Moranbah substation, just outside the bunkhouse.
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Think of them as instantaneous pumped hydro with 95% efficiency but low capacity. Maybe like a hybrid car.
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The turbines in one U.S. power station were re-commissioned as synchronous condensers.
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In general, diesel cars are more efficient than electric cars powered by fossil fuels but further investigations are needed to examine the life cycle emissions from cradle to grave of both systems. The overall efficiency for gasoline cars is similar to electric cars powered from coal and diesel power plants. CNGV powered cars were the least overall efficient among the different fuelled cars, due to lower efficiency for CNGV cars. Finally, powering the electric cars from renewable energy sources will significantly improve the overall system efficiency but further investigations are needed to study the influence of the storage systems for renewable energy systems on the overall efficiencies. Also, more investigation needed to analyse the hybrid-electric vehicles and the life-cycle of the vehicles, including their manufacturing, recycling and disposal
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FWIW
Canadian Prime Minister Claims All Nations Tell Him Privately They Regret Making Trade Deals with President Trump
April 27, 2026 | Sundance | 123 Comments
Today is not a good day for the Canadian trade team.”
“It started with Quebec’s new Premier in Washington DC meeting with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer {citation} in order to talk trade {SEE TIMELINE} saying on Twitter, “Quebec wants a renewal of the [USMCA] to ensure a stable and predictable framework for our economic exchanges.” However, Mrs. Christine Fréchette (pictured left) then bragged about having strategic discussions with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. {citation}”
“For those who might not know, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is a parasitic Wall Street and K-Street lobbying organization that has been locked out of trade influence since President Trump took office in 2017. It was the U.S. CoC who sold out our manufacturing base, paid-off prior administrations and wrote the actual trade language in almost every trade deal that destroyed U.S. manufacturing.”
“If Canada want’s a successful trade negotiation with the USA, the Chamber of Commerce is the last organization they should be strategizing with.”
And more on Carney and what Canada does ATM.
An interesting betting market – politician versus seasoned businessman
“Oh Canada!”
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FWIW
“Hilarious Harry Enten Take on Keir Starmer”
“The latest scandal to hit Starmer is his collaboration with the man whom he forced through to be the Attorney General of Great Britain, Lord Hermer. Hermer ran a witch hunt, slandering special forces soldiers and suing them for war crimes he knew they did not commit, and gave credit to Keir Starmer for making his persecution possible.”
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/04/27/hilarious-harry-enten-take-on-keir-starmer-n3814344
Coaching “Elbow’s crew” on “The BRS Job” by any chance?
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And
“British PM Starmer Faces Crucial Vote in the House of Commons Tomorrow To Decide If He Will Face Ethics Investigation Over Jeffrey Epstein-Peter Mandelson Crisis”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/04/british-pm-starmer-faces-crucial-vote-house-commons/
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Looking forward to an interview with the pilot rescued in Iran, it would be quite a story. The media seems to have moved on.
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I am waiting to see if Col Mitchell is still in the active US military if there is any veracity in the following video.
The lack of an official press release adds to the lack of transparency.
No matter what you might believe (or not) his story is going to be filled with implausible steps when finally verified.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWGCQRlj0H0
with
⚠️ DISCLAIMER: Faith-based testimony narrative for spiritual reflection and entertainment.
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