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Met Office continues to use junk stations
https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2026/04/28/time-for-the-uk-met-office-to-reform-its-junk-temperature-statistics/#more-91409
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They are openly lying but simple don’t care that people will know because they know the Left-dominated Lamestream Media, the politicians, “academia”, the establishment and Big Green support the lies and nothing will happen.
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See https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/49939/did-alexander-solzhenitsyn-say-they-know-we-know-theyre-lying-but-they-keep-l for origin of quote.
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Key Oz election?
https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/a-weather-vane-by-election-to-point-australia-to-the-right/
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The Farrer By-election may deliver the seat to One Nation. If so, ON will have 2 seats in the Federal House of Reps ( the other being Barnaby Joyce, who defected from the National Party).
The by- election is not a key election in itself but rather an indication of the rapidly increasing popularity of ON and its policies. The Liberal party has drifted away from those policies in a gradual process over several decades but their conservative supporters have had enough and are deserting in droves.
Likewise the Labor party has been swayed left, largely because of the Greens. But Labor has been loosing popularity also.
I am hoping that ON will win the seat in a landslide, but even if they lose it should be enough to influence the direction of both the Libs and Labor, especially coming just after the result of the South Australian state election where ON took 4 lower house seats and 3 upper house seats from a standing start.
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A litmus test.
‘Mr Cassidy said after a “remarkable” lead-up to the by-election, there could be an historical result if polling proved correct.
“I don’t think we’ve ever seen a result before where neither of the Coalition nor the Labor Party has finished either first or second,” he said. IABC)
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I love that phrase; the litmus test!
Or in this case a test of the true support for One Nation policies and rejection of the major parties.
The most interesting part of this by election test is that it may force the major parties to declare what they actually support and believe.
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The really important development is the choice of Preferences. It seems that the Coalition will preference ON and vice versa.
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Well I would preference the Greens, Labor and Teal candidates as well.
Just at the bottom.
Voting in Australia requires ALL the boxes be numbered to count as a valid ballot.
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“losing”
The Teal candidate, Michelle Milthorpe” is saying she is “independant” from all other parties yet has spent over $70,000 on adverts with the next amount being Liberals at $4000. Her funding is coming mostly from Climate 200 so we know exactly where her loyalties lie.
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The “independent” candidate is a member of the “Orange Independents” that have given Federal Parliament Helen Haines across the river in Indi.
That mob are the regional wing of the Teals, who are also fake independents and are basically Move On candidates funded by Simon Holmes a’Court.
They have a central source of major funding, a central source of policy positions, and all walk the same walk and talk the same talk.
The fact that the Electoral Commission hasn’t come down on their heads about being “independent” and not what they actually are, which is a stealth Party is a joke. It lets them hide a lot of their funding in a way that registered Parties can’t.
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Google to be forced to give up data for use in new EU digital wallet.
Well wallet sounds much more friendly than I.d site
https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news/eu-google-search-data-digital-wallet-more-control-over-citizens/
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Leftist calls for violence have consequences and encourage violence such as assassination attempts against President Trump.
The following videos discuss and also contain examples of Leftists calling for violence.
https://youtu.be/7ojPDJSe4ls
The following video also contains data showing a high level of acceptance of violence among young Leftists (called “liberals” in the US). (At about 6:35.)
https://youtu.be/b48IXA039RA
We live in very dangerous times.
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It’s difficult not to be angry at the engineering decision made by non-qualified non-engineer, politician, Malcolm Turnbull to build Snowy Hydro 2.0, now costing $42 billion but I wouldn’t be surprised of it ends up costing even more. Original cost estimate was $2 billion which itself was already ridiculous and making the scheme of questionable economic value.
Don’t ever let a member of the anti-energy, anti-civilisation lobby tell you that “renewables” are free.
The high cost is supposedly due to “unforeseen” engineering/tunnelling difficulties.
At the very least, the engineering difficulties should have been anticipated even in the absence of a geotechnical survey which should have been done as part of a feasibility study done BEFORE the project was even proceeded with.
In any case, the tunnelling difficulties due to highly fractured rock should have been known in the absence of a geotechnical survey because:
1) They were well known by the engineers of Snowy Hydro 1, some of whom are still alive. It’s difficult to believe they didn’t do this.
2) It is common knowledge of anyone who has studied the original scheme (1949-1974) with the 145km of tunnels built. It’s difficult to believe they didn’t study the old scheme and its construction process.
3) It is plainly OBVIOUS to anyone who has driven through the area. All the roadside cuttings have highly visible rock fractures obvious and numerous sites have netting to catch constantly falling rocks from hitting cars or going onto the road. It’s difficult to believe that anyone involved never noticed this.
It beggars belief that they couldn’t have known. But why care anyway when it’s on a ridiculous cost-plus contract with absolutely no incentive to minimise costs, in fact the incentive is to maximise them.
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Yes David, we are now finding out why Snowy 1 never went ahead with this final link , that was proposed at the time. We are also finding out that “renewables” are not Free.
I refer back to the old adage, that if you want a good education, you have to pay for it.
Well we are going to be paying for this debacle for a very long time.
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Noting that Snowy 2.0 being part of Snowy Hydro government owned company structure cost blowout is being reported, but despite many requests for the cost of Renewable Energy Transition the Federal Government will not provide the figures.
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David,
The real tragedy is that the basic concept of Snowy II (if it ever gets finished) is that it is only an energy storage unit.
It does not generate any net electricity at all. Not one watt.
As such it is a burden, a net energy sink, not a benefit, consuming 100% energy generated by other means to push water uphill and generating only 80% of that energy on the downward run.
It is a total waste of our money (and time) when those resources could have been used to build several gas or coal powered stations.
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Snowy Hydro is a fully Australian-owned company, incorporated under the Corporations Act (Cth). It is governed by an independent Board of Directors, and operates on a strictly commercial basis.
The Commonwealth Government is the sole shareholder of Snowy Hydro Ltd, from which it receives an annual dividend.
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Support for Snowy 2.0 Government Funding Snowy 2.0 is backed by both the federal Labor government and the New South Wales Coalition government. They have committed a total of $7.8 billion to support the project and enhance renewable energy infrastructure in Australia. This funding is crucial for the development of electricity transmission projects that will integrate Snowy 2.0 into the national grid.
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The Turnbull Government acquired 100% of Snowy Hydro in June 2018.
Construction of Snowy 2.0 was approved and granted Commonwealth funding, February 26, 2019.
https://www.minister.industry.gov.au/ministers/taylor/media-releases/historic-snowy-20-plan-approved
Portfolio Minister @ 26/02/19: Angus Taylor.
“Following Snowy Hydro Board’s final investment decision on 12 December 2018, the Government has reviewed the project’s business case and is satisfied that the project stacks up and will benefit energy consumers and the Snowy Mountains region.
The Government will commit up to $1.38 billion in an equity investment for Snowy 2.0, with the remainder of the project to be financed by Snowy Hydro Limited.“
That Angus Taylor.
Just exactly the chap to lead the Opposition to demand accountability and flagellate those responsible for arguably the worst project failure in Australian economic history.
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Taylor is pathetic and should be replaced by Hastie.
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Overview of Snowy 2.0 Costs
Snowy Hydro Limited is the entity responsible for managing the costs associated with the Snowy 2.0 project. This ambitious renewable energy initiative has encountered significant financial challenges since its inception.
Cost History
Initial Estimates and Revisions
2017: The project was initially estimated to cost around $2 billion.
2018: The cost was revised to $6 billion after a feasibility study.
2023: The projected cost increased to $12 billion.
2025: Further assessments indicated that costs could exceed $12 billion, with estimates suggesting a potential total of $42 billion.
Key Factors Influencing Costs
Productivity Issues: The project has faced challenges in meeting productivity targets.
Supply Chain Problems: Unexpected supply chain costs have contributed to the financial strain.
Additional Equipment: The need for a fourth tunnel boring machine added significant expenses.
Delays: Work stoppages due to safety concerns and other delays have further inflated costs.
Accountability
Dennis Barnes, the chief executive of Snowy Hydro, has publicly acknowledged the company’s responsibility for the cost overruns. He stated that the organization did not accurately forecast the costs and is now undergoing a comprehensive reassessment of the project’s financial requirements. This reassessment is expected to take up to nine months, during which the company will determine the exact additional funding needed to complete the project.
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And it should be considered that Ministers for Energy are responsible for Snowy Hydro Limited wholly owned Federal Government company after the shareholding of State Governments were acquired, in the amount of $6 billion.
Therefore, since May 2022 and last four years the Minister for Energy Chris Bowen responsibility, and expenditure approval by Albanese Cabinet, Treasurer and Minister for Finance.
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Mr Mountain argues the decision to proceed with the project meant governments locked themselves into escalating risks.
“Typically, they’re in the hundreds of metres. But the Snowy Hydro and the federal government chose this massively complex project and then backed it all the way,” he said.
He added that once the project began, commercial pressures began to build between contractors and government, driving further cost escalation.
“The contractors and the unions had the government in a corner, and they’ve simply milked them,” he said.
Mr Mountain also says the lack of transparency across successive governments has made it difficult to properly assess how costs have escalated over time.
“Subsequent governments, one after the next, have come promising to have transparent costing of it, and to tell the public what’s going on, but none of them have,” he said.
“It’s carried on and it’s just got worse.”
The project has become a political focus point as its cost continues to climb, and timelines extend well beyond the original 2021 completion target.
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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.[8] By February 2024, half of the construction required was complete.
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It all comes back to who makes government decisions and why. In private industry heads would roll, in government just promotions.
Just for a laugh one more example of government ineptness, not on a grand scale but just a few million, you know, not serious money.
So, of late I have been helping an injured relative get back on their feet. Got the info to take them to a specialist rehabilitation facility in the south eastern burbs.
Beautiful building on a moderately steep road with a sole purpose of providing rehabilitation. Guess what, absolutely NO PARKING. Sure it’s possible to park on the street, limited to one hour. Council has installed special parking metres with screens that cannot be read in sunshine oh well, Predominately older people, so many with mobility problems but no easy way to get into the building. A carpark could have been built underneath with lift access, after all the one purpose of this building is rehabilitation, but no. Apparently one thought that people with mobility problems would have a problem.
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and keep the Unions in clover David……………
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The engineers already knew about the problems with the rock, they’ve known since the 1950s.
My sometime hydro engineer brother almost choked to death on his coffee when it was announced.
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Videos of mathematical interest.
1) The strangest fraction in mathematics, 1/89. https://youtu.be/fVVspcjQr5M
2) One of the oldest unsolved problems in mathematics. Are there any odd perfect numbers? So far, the nunber space up to 10^2200 has been searched. 52 perfect numbers are now known. The last one discovered is:
2^136,279,840 X (2^136,279,841 -1) with over 82 million digits.
https://youtu.be/Zrv1EDIqHkY
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So are these conundrums of real use or are they just “mathematical oddities” I can add up provided I don’t run out of fingers and toes, these more complex problems are a bit above my pay grade.
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1) Relates to Fibonacci numbers which appear in nature, stock trading algorithms and data sorting algorithms.
2) Perfect numbers have applications in computer stress testing and cryptography as well as theoretical mathematics.
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Interesting video.
The concept of “continuous partial attention” is introduced.
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Very interesting and so true. It worries me how much time I spend looking at screens. May have to do a detox 🤔
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FWIW
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18gpXMve3f/?mibextid=wwXIfr
And bumped from last night
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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Remember, Two Tier Kier was Crown Prosecutor when the muslim rape gangs began to be revealed to the wider public and did absolutely nothing about them.
That’s what got him is knighthood.
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The amount of information flooding the Western mind, in particular, is extraordinary.. The media , in all its dimensions, constantly assaults the senses. Even outside the cities, which saturate the senses, the digital media penetrates all rural populations. News is no longer confined to our immediate lives, and extends to events across all nations,. And it is immediate, whereas in past ages it was filtered slowly according to means of communication.
As a result, news of diseases such as Covid,,developing wars, economic disruptions all hit us daily. There is reason to believe that, especially since Covid, the levels of anxiety in populations has risen sharply and is ongoing.
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Having a lot of free time lately, I found that this avalanche of “alleged new” info was grossly inflated in 2026.
Podcasts and news channels shamelessly repeat their own and other’s stories day after day and week after week, not even bothering to re-record them.
We should not complain, free market rules.
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So which News podcasts are you listening to?
Any you’d like to recommend?
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FWIW
“The UAE Has Left OPEC”
https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2026/04/28/the-uae-has-left-opec-n3814384
“It Must Be Tuesday: Yet Another Seismic Event Shakes up the Persian Gulf”
“The United Arab Emirates’ leaving OPEC as of May 1 is a much bigger deal. ”
More there
https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2026/04/28/the-persian-gulf-just-got-shook-up-again-n4952288
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Staggering cluelessness of Ilhan Omar.
How many world wars has there been?
https://youtu.be/lNx_VqIGFHE
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In fairness to Omar, she has an above-average IQ ……. for a Somali (average IQ of 84).
She’s at least a solid 88, maybe even a 90.
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An IQ score of 84 falls into the Low Average or Borderline range, sitting 14.3% of the way up the bell curve (the 14th percentile)
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FWIW
“IPCC Troubles: The Latest from Bangkok”
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2026/04/28/ipcc-troubles-the-latest-from-bangkok/
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And the comments
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Inshallah !
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FWIW
“Dam the Bering Strait? – When Climate Panic Meets Geoengineering Fantasy”
“There are papers that push boundaries, and then there are papers that quietly step over the line into something closer to speculative engineering fiction dressed up as policy relevance. The recent preprint titled “A Constructed Closure of the Bering Strait can Prevent an AMOC Tipping” falls squarely into the latter category. Published in March, this one has been getting a lot of press lately.
Let’s be clear about what is being proposed here: the physical closure of the Bering Strait—an ~80 km-wide ocean gateway between Alaska and Russia—using a series of dams, in order to manipulate large-scale ocean circulation and “stabilize” the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC).
Yes, really. So here is my point by point rebuttal of this madness.”
More at
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2026/04/28/dam-the-bering-strait-when-climate-panic-meets-geoengineering-fantasy/
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Adding another verse to “The Great Historical Bum”?
https://genius.com/Woody-guthrie-the-biggest-thing-that-man-has-ever-done-the-great-historical-bum-lyrics
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I am but a lowly layman.
The very first question that comes to my mind is what of the unintended, unknown consequences?
Some people tend to have a highly overrated opinion of their opinions and beliefs.
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“an ~80 km-wide ocean gateway between Alaska and Russia”
Just laughable!! Are Russia and America such close friends that they would cooperate in building it and jointly work it forever?
Its all about controlling Russia’s shipping, and having a fast-invasion path into Russia.
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“Australia should consider buying a fleet of ultra-modern, long-range bomber aircraft from the United States to ensure the nation can strike far from its shores even if the AUKUS submarine pact hits a hurdle, shadow defence minister James Paterson has argued.”
$30billion per dozen… He reckons the submarines will never get built, or at least in a time-frame to be of any use.
However, satellites can see aircraft flying so your radar-stealthy bombers are far from invisible, and now that Musk has 10,000 Starlinks up there all transmitting, the Chinese have found that you can see an aircraft’s shadow in the satellite’s emissions.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/coalition-calls-for-government-to-consider-fleet-of-long-range-bombers-20260428-p5zrmy.html
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That would account for the dozens lost over Iran.
What’s that Shelly?
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‘ … ultra-modern, long-range bomber aircraft …’
They are already out of date, missiles can easily eliminate them.
Unmanned drones, land, sea and air, are the future of conventional warfare. Built locally for a fraction of the cost.
He is right about the submarines, the idea is bound to be scuttled.
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FWIW
“The economy: order, counter-order, disorder
There’s tremendous disagreement right now over whether or not we’re careering towards an economic cliff, and about to fall over the edge. Much of the evidence offered is convincing, but much is duplicitous propaganda designed to stampede us into precipitous action before we’ve had a chance to think things through. If anyone says to you, “This is how it’s going to go down! Guaranteed!”, I suggest you ask them what they’re selling, because they’re out to convince you to buy it.
Rather than advance my own views on our and the world’s economy (which are and have for some years been negative, as regular readers will know, but for very different reasons than the Iran war alone), here are a few articles that caught my eye over recent weeks. I suggest you read each of them, and make up your own minds. I’ve included a few key paragraphs beneath each link.”
More at
https://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-economy-order-counter-order-disorder.html
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Not so long agao, when the price of silver was soaring, various ‘experts’ here and there, including in the mainstream media, advised that the sky was the limit, the brakes were off, all the paper silver was going to be called in and there wasn’t enough actual silver to cover it, China wants ALL THE SILVER, mid-March was doomsday and there wasn’t enough silver above or below the ground to meet the coming demand from banks, traders and, most of all, industry. Silver was going to explode!
I didn’t fall for it, though in part that’s because I only see silver as ‘prepper money’ and have no desire to buy or sell at this stage, no matter what the price does.
Fast forward to today, around a month after ‘Silver To The Moon Day’ and the price has actually FALLEN significantly from those heights. Folks who believed the hype will be smarting now, and wondering who they can trust.
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FWIW
“Oh, frabjous day! The vorpal sword of DOGE’s ghost just went snicker-snack again. Saturday, the New York Times reported, “Trump Fires Board Members of Group That Oversees U.S. Science Funding.” Not just some members. He fired all 25 members of the National Science Foundation’s board, which ‘oversees’ 90% of all federally funded science projects like measuring the male-female diversity in Panamanian hummingbirds and improving gender reassignment outcomes for gerbils.”
More at
https://open.substack.com/pub/coffeeandcovid/p/lovelorn-frogmen-tuesday-april-28?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
And other things
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Chris Minns NSW Premier, has just announced that expressions of interest will be called to explore new gas fields in NSW. Apparently application fees have been reduced from $50k
to $1k.. Wow is that the sound of reality hitting home? Mentioned where a few hurdles like “traditional owners” but if traditional owners call approve wind and solar factories surely if the price is right, they can rapidly consult the dreaming to make sure these projects can go ahead. Of course any agreements made today to fast track these developments can be held up for years by alleged green groups using law fair. Time will tell.
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The rescue of the F15E Weapons Support Officer from Iran.
After acknowledging transfer to A European hospital, no official information has been released. Informally there is a you tube video claiming to be from Col Mitchell. Many would find the video disturbing/hard to believe. Link posted yesterday.
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.
Or will the details of his “rescue/survival” be quietly suppressed?
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“Or will the details of his “rescue/survival” be quietly suppressed?”
I am sure it will, or there would have been interviews on State TV already! It will all be quickly and deliberately ‘forgotten’ and the body double they used to pretend he went to a European hospital can go back to their normal work.
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“Many people have pointed to the fact that the “hero” pilot who was “rescued” during this unprecedentedly heroic operation has never been named, garlanded, awarded, or celebrated in any way, as—it would seem—would typically be the case with Trump.
Some have “debunked” this by claiming a pilot of an active operation would not be so unmasked, yet recall Trump publicly awarded the “heroes” who took Maduro. Chief Warrant Officer Eric Slover was the Chinook pilot who took a bullet during “Operation Absolute Resolve”, when the 160th SOARS exfiltrated Maduro out of Caracas. This pilot was publicly awarded the Medal of Honor by Trump on stage, in person.
Why hasn’t the even greater “hero” pilot of the downed F-15 who trekked dozens of miles through hostile enemy territory in Iran, and avoided ruthless IRGC commandoes for days also been similarly identified, praised, and awarded, one wonders?
It’s almost as if he doesn’t even exist.”
https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/us-carrier-groups-in-position-for
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The youtube video (link in Tuesday) offers the following:
My weapon systems officer was Lieutenant Jake Torres, 26, from San Antonio,
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I learned later that Jake was rescued 6 hours before me
by a different team in a position 12 km from mine. He had fractured his arm on ejection, but was otherwise unharmed
Not verified from other sources.
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So inflation jumps to 4.6%, anyone surprised? Wondering what the true inflation figure really is? The stat’s say that of that increase, Electricity, up 25.4 per cent. How can that be? We’ve spent billions on the reliable fantasy where wind and solar are free, so why did electricity add 25% to the inflation figure, are we being lied to about how cheap renewable energy is, surely not? Snowy 2 anyone?
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Albanese will be happy to announce further increases in the cost of living because he will blame it all on the Iran war, i.e. Donald Trump. Even when the oil price eventually falls back and prices stay high or even keep increasing, he will say it’s Trump’s fault and gleefully harvest the increased GST.
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“Wondering what the true inflation figure really is? ”
15-20% over the last two years, this year too I expect, and then going up anytime we declare China our enemy or lose imports from there!
Can anyone find something that has gone down in price? You only have to watch our debt to see how fast the currency is being debased.
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Mark Brown, the person who delivered the welcome to country at the Melbourne dawn ANZAC service, has a range of ANZAC “lest we forget” merchandise for sale.
https://www.news.com.au/finance/culture/australian-culture/i-stand-by-my-work-bunurong-elder-mark-brown-denies-misusing-word-anzac-on-merch-store/news-story/d8e1f72d1a0ec5e33104921c84d3cf61
The article mentions that ANZAC is a protected word and can’t just be used by anyone for marketing.
I’m not particularly concerned about his use of the word ANZAC in his marketing. As long as there’s no suggestion the merchandise sales support causes it doesn’t.
What I am concerned about is the positioning of words “Bunurong Bik” directly above “Lest We Forget”. (Bik or Biik means Land or Country)
To me this appears to be a deliberate way of saying ‘don’t forget this is Bunurong land’, and I’d wager it actually has nothing to do with remembering those who served.
The other thing that concerns me is a tweet Mark Brown made when Charlie Kirk was shot. (as reported by various sources)
I’m not sure we can ever achieve reconciliation with a person who thinks Kirk’s murder was justice. Their sense of justice is too warped to reason with. I hope his view is an isolated view within the indigenous community, and hopefully not shared by anyone on the First People’s Assembly in Victoria. (Victoria’s version of the Voice to Parliament).
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” I hope his view is an isolated view within the indigenous community, and hopefully not shared by anyone on the First People’s Assembly in Victoria. (Victoria’s version of the Voice to Parliament).”
You have a much chance of that as finding Aboriginals voting for One Nation! That Assembly will be to the Left of Pol Pot!
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How did we get here?
How where they able to produce this ‘words are violence/everyone that disagrees with me is expressing hate’ world?
Truth is much of it began with Climate Change.
If you question ‘Climate Change’, you are anti-science.
Straight line to ‘lock yourself in your home and submit to this injection or we will destroy your life’.
I live in a neighborhood with lots “Be Kind” rainbow color signs.
If Trump is unalived, the “Be Kind” people with throw a block party.
World turned upside down.
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The dots are beginning to be joined.
‘Alexander Downer a personal friend of Bill and Hilary Clinton? at 5:50
Nice of Mr Downer to contribute to fighting AIDS
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FWIW
“NEW: Top Adviser to Wicked Dr. Anthony Fauci INDICTED on Several Charges by the Department of Justice”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/04/new-top-adviser-wicked-dr-anthony-fauci-indicted/
New “rug shove” in Oz?
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And
THE ACCOUNTABILITY TRAIN SEEMS TO BE ROLLING:”
“EXCLUSIVE: NIH has removed virologist Ralph Baric from all his grants; UNC placed Baric on leave.
Senior HHS officials says UNC was complicit in starting the COVID pandemic.
“Baric designed the gun,” he said. “But the Chinese built it, and then they pulled the trigger.” https://realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2026/04/28/covid_cover-up_campaign_to_hide_star_researcher_ralph_barics_ties_to_global_pandemic_1179562.html
”
https://x.com/thackerpd/status/2049265083239301510
Via https://instapundit.com/793342/#disqus_thread
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Iran is now flaring oil to keep wells producing so they do not block.
https://www.jfeed.com/news-world/iran-oil-gas-flaring-khuzestan
On the flip side, Iran has an electricity supply issue.
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An historic day – more Trump winning:
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/28/uae-opec-oil-iran.html
UAE see an opportunity to grab market share.
This comes after Trump’s energy policy pushes USA to world largest oil exporter.
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I read that and thought it something/nothing. Have I missed something?
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OPEC existed to squeeze the USA and western nations on oil pricing. Now that USA is a major exporter it has influence in the market opposite of what it was when OPEC was formed.
It is an endorsement of Trump’s energy dominance policy.
It would be difficult for a Guardian staffer to write this:
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/28/uae-quit-opec-oil-exporters-cartel-donald-trump
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The US is NOT a “major exporter” of oil, it is a minor importer. Exports of LNG make them a NET exporter of hydrocarbons,
I accept they are in an enviable position and if an Aussie polly said “Drill baby, drill” they would have my vote.
I have just watched a video headlined: Australia Found 250 Million Barrels of Oil… Then Did Nothing. That’s Dorado field in the NW Shelf. It’s offshore and would be expensive to develop but that could be done [I assume] cheaper than Snowy eleven. Worth being taken seriously, at least.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52jSW9HNqLI
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Wonders will never cease.
‘Women, especially those aged 18 to 29 (prime marrying age), are fleeing organized religion due in large part to its often regressive view on gender roles, experts say. Meanwhile, their male counterparts – brothers, friends, husbands – seem to be in the midst of a religious reawakening.’ (Guardian)
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Nothing much in religion for young women except a location to get married in.
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Prince Charles in a hearty mood in the USA:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXGnwBLu4IM
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He had some great one liners.
To paraphrase: Americans often say if not for us you would all be speaking German and he remarks if not for us you would all be speaking French.
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I notice the strapline on Sky is talking about the would-be returnee ‘brides’, 2 of them, will be arrested ‘when’ they teturn to Australia. Surely it should be ‘if’.
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Part of the history revealed is that some family units the “brides” were in had sex slaves for the males living with them and also used as general servants
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FWIW
“Eh! Gawd?”
“Benefit Concert for Bondi Beach Victims Canceled; Choir Refused to Sing Along With Jews”
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/04/28/benefit-concert-for-bondi-beach-victims-cancelled-choir-refused-to-sing-along-with-jews-n3814378
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FWIW
A life of their own?
“BAHAHA! Ilhan Omar ‘World War Eleven’ Memes Are Off the CHARTS Perfection (Here Are the Best … SO FAR!)”
https://twitchy.com/samj/2026/04/28/bahaha-ilhan-omar-world-war-eleven-memes-are-off-the-charts-perfection-here-are-the-best-so-far-n2427626
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FWIW
“I’VE HEARD THE SCREAMS OF THE VEGETABLES: Scientists Discover Plants “Scream” – We Just Couldn’t Hear Them Until Now.”
https://instapundit.com/792818/#disqus_thread
A reminder, as Baxter Black wrote “The vegetarian’s Nightmare” about 1987
https://foodpolicyforthought.com/2013/05/25/a-vegetarians-nightmare/
“Baxter Black A Vegetarians Nightmare”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jltLr9GYpeI
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Anyone caught wind of this idea? The article is selling the idea of charging cars in apartment blocks. Naturally, if all the cars in an apartment block car park charged at the same time you would have had to increase the capacity of the supply – bigger cables, switchboard, tranny, bigger bucks. The workaround is this – an it’s only my suspicion – what is not said in the article, among all the talk of “Dynamic Load Management” and that it “does not require a large, up-front investment from an Owners Corporation” is a simple deceit that the power outlets at every parking bay are not powered all the time. It feels – and I don’t know for sure, I could be wrong – that a control systems multiplexes power to each outlet so that the power cannot be supplied to every outlet at every bay at the same time. Oh, and it’s payed for be you and me.
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Yeah, nah. The math is simple: battery capacity (kW)/[Charge current(kA) – losses]= Time(h). If part of a 4X8 matrix charge time increases X 32.
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“As a service….”.
New lingo for “subsidy”
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Too hot, too cold, the contiguous US shows a slight decline since 1899.
https://notrickszone.com/2026/04/27/new-study-extreme-heat-records-heatwaves-extreme-cold-records-declining-across-us-since-1899/
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Blocking high pressure dominates proceedings.
‘Melbourne, Adelaide and Hobart are all set to start May with maximums in the mid-to-high twenties that are around 10 degrees above the monthly average.
‘All three cities – along with much of southeastern Australia – have experienced an unseasonable run of warmth in recent weeks, as high pressure systems centred over waters south of the mainland have blocked cold fronts from pushing northwards.’ (Weatherzone)
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April brought remarkably stable weather to Mudgee at what looked to me higher than average temperatures.
Weather wise it is always the most comfortable time of year.
I haven’t worked out the BOM’s “$94 million upgrade” yet.
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