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Never forget
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/05/indict-dr-fauci-fraud-crimes-against-humanity-many/
Bobby Kennedy wrote a book titled ” The Real Anthony Fauci ”
ISBN: 978-1-5107-6680–8
It’s a large book , I have read about a quarter of the way through it . The Malice , corruption , lying , co-ordinated malfeasance and indifference to the harm they were doing is off the scale . It’s a heavy read .
A movie was made based on the book .
A trailer : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfMQqmXetqo
and part 1 ( 1 hr long ) : https://rumble.com/v21vzsu-the-real-anthony-fauci-movie-pt.-1.html?e9s=src_v1_sa%2Csrc_v5_sa_o%2Csrc_v1_upp_a
Meanwhile the WHO is working away to ensure we will have less choice next time !
Here in Australia our own TGA and other government authorities are equally to blame .
I did due-diligence and found out that the mRNA jab was dangerous even before it was rolled out here in AU !
NEVER FORGIVE ( at least those people I call the Covidians ) .
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Here is a short 30 sec X video, a Canadian Government Minister talks about how he wants Canuckistan to have censorship laws just like Australia, Britain and France.
https://x.com/i/status/2049910026777628981
I am on an internetional email list mainly consisting of Canadians, Australians and Americans and yesterday an American posted an X link about the latest London terrorist attack (by the usual suspects) and another Australian on the list couldn’t view the video because it said “age restricted” (presunably because he didn’t have an age-verified X account), even though this video was shown extensively elsewhere in Farcebook and I believe TV news.
Even worse, when I went to click on the link the video had disappeared altogether.
I suppose there was a concern of censorship action by Australia’s e Safety Kommissar (incidentally a fake conservative Liberal Party created position) which can be accompanied by huge fines.
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On the subject of Australian Government censorship as per my post above, here is another example. Incidentally the fake conservative Liberals voted for age restriction in collaboration with Labor.
In reference to the quote below, too bad for any young up-and-coming Australian scientists who want to access this information. I was certainly reading scientific books when I was under 16 (there was no Internet then, well there was ARPANET but that was only for US military but I digress).
Dr Phillip Altman (Australian) writes.
My bolding.
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How long before blogs like this one are also subject to Australian Government restrictions or censorship?
We already know that a Senate committee has recommended censorship of supposed climate change disinformation, i.e. the truth.
It’s scary, but the Sheeple neither know, understand or care, hence they keep voting for the Lib/Labs.
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What? The glorious age verification system has bugs, doesn’t work and kids are still on social media?
Well…we’ll just have to create a tougher system!
Yes, it will unfortunately (cough) mean that adults too will have to prove their identity, but this is all to protect the kids, and given that the parents can’t be bothered to do it, it’s up to the government to step up and play daddy.
I said it a few times – Jo should create an indexed copy of the site for posterity, because yes, as DM said, anything counter narrative will be on the chopping block as ze blob approaches the abyss. Make some choccy on the side by flogging yearly archives.
Easy to do. Ask me how.🙄
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Every online activity is actively censored, monitored and “regulated” already.
Try registering a domain name nowadays. The hoops you need to go thru are insane and involve passport uploads and identification documents.
The auDA is reviewing even old domains, I have an old org.au domain created 30 years ago and it’s about to be deregistered for lack of an ID number or ABN or whatever that can be tied back into a DIGITAL ID. There was no such requirement in days of old. Any club or association could register org.au as a not-for-profit therefore no ABN needed! Just providing an info web service to the community. No longer possible, unless you’re willing to go thru registration processes and spend some money!
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My only access to Substack now is via subscriptions I had that resulted in articles being emailed, with links back to Substack to read there if desired or view embedded video (which results in an age request)
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For young Australians and also adults in general who do not wish to be denied access to scientific information like Dr Altman’s, you may wish to consider setting up a VPN which will route data via a free country.
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On the topic of Substack:
Substack use a 3rd party crowd called Persona to “verify” one’s age.
“Persona also runs a platform authorized by FedRAMP (Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program), offering federal agencies “to verify users’ identities” in over 200 countries, detect fraud, and ensure regulatory compliance.”
Celeste claims they obtained the entire dashboard codebase from the ONYX government deployment “app.onyx.withpersona-gov.com,” which was left unprotected and publicly exposed.
The Persona’s platform is capable of screening users against global watchlists, flagging potential money launderers or terrorist financiers. Built-in functionality includes filing direct reports to the US Treasury’s financial intelligence unit, FinCEN, and Canada’s equivalent, FINTRAC (the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada).
However, deeper concerns arise about the source of the data. When users submit their IDs and selfies for verification on popular platforms, the data likely ends up being analyzed and resold for many other purposes.
https://cybernews.com/privacy/persona-leak-exposes-global-surveillance-capabilities/
If using a VPN and paying by credit card doesn’t cut it, then best forget Substack…
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And, when the “grid” falls over, on cue, it will all be “academic”.
“Safe-Hand”, anyone?
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FWIW
The scope of that latest US Supreme Court decision goes much further than noted yesterday – today’s Coffee and Covid
“INDEPENDENCE DAY ☙ Friday, May 1, 2026 ☙ C&C NEWS 🦠
A special edition. 48 hours in, we learn SCOTUS’s redistricting decision is so much bigger than it first appeared. Analysis you won’t find anywhere else. Welcome to a new dawn of freedom.”
More at
https://open.substack.com/pub/coffeeandcovid/p/independence-day-friday-may-1-2026?
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Fascinating. Thanks.
But why use the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House in such US story I wonder??
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FWIW –
For those who try to stick things together
“Let’s glue”
https://www.thistothat.com/index.shtml
https://www.thistothat.com/cgi-bin/glue.cgi?lang=en&this=Styrofoam&that=Fabric
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Interesting site, although I don’t like the term “glue” as a generic term for adhesive because technically that term refers to protein-based adhesives derived from animal collagen.
In fact, I am about to buy some genuine glue for an antique furniture restoration project. Unlike modern adhesives, it can be released by heating.
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FWIW
“One of the world’s most common knee surgeries does not help and may even be harmful”
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-world-common-knee-surgeries.html
Via https://instapundit.com/793608/#disqus_thread
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A lady in our car club had 3 knee operations by two surgeons before she had mobility restored (still with limp and pain) It was like watching someone being tortured.
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I recall slipping on gravel 30 years ago, twisting my knee and tearing the medial ligament. I heard it rip and thought I’d torn my trousers. The wave of pain and subsequent scream told me otherwise. 😁
Took a month to be back to normal, but apart from self-inflicted knee pain (brutal leg days at the gym) fixed by Glucosamine Chondroitin, I’ve (surprisingly (miraculously)) never had any joint issues even now at my age.
I’ve heard countless cases of surgeries failing to fix problems or making them worse. Slipped disc surgeries are classics.
It’s amazing how many knee, back and neck issues are muscle related and can be resolved once you find the right practitioner.
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Similarly here, torn medial ligament fixed itself in about a year… friend orthopedic surgeon advised against operating !
This was 45 years ago. Had some mineral water treatments and walked in pain for the whole year but all good since then!
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I think the time until the grid falling over has been accelerated because of the banning of gas in new buildings in Victoriastan means more load on the grid for electrical heating, hot water and cooking, and we just don’t have enough coal fired power stations to support them and provide backup for the intermittents at the same time.
On the other hand, there is still some remaining deindustrialisation to do, for example, when the Tomago aluminium smelter is closed, thst will liberate 950 MW from the grid and there is already a taxpayer subsidy to permit them to be load-shed at any time the wind doesn’t blow and the sun doesn’t shine and the Unicorns don’t f@rt.
There are a further three aluminium smelters that power will be liberated from when they are permanently closed down
Boyne 900 MW
Portland 600 MW
Bell Bay 355 MW
So, there’s another 2,805 MW that can be “liberated” when they are inevitably closed down due to the high cost of electricity and feral unions.
So grid collapse will be postponed.
Australia has quite a bit more suffering it must undergo before grid collapse causes a sudden demand for political change away from the Lib/Labs but at least pro-energy One Nation is already making inroads.
The National Socialists would be very pleased with Australia’s very own Nerobefehl (Nero Decree, the systematic self-destruction of all German infrastructure when it became clear they had lost the war).
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Aluminium smelters are not the only big consumers.
Risdon smelter in Hobart is already on the way out.
Port Pirie in SA is on life support. Whyalla in SA is on life support.
Port Kembla in NSW is on life support.
Townsville copper refinery is on life support.
Sun Metals Zinc refinery in Townsville has had financial difficulty. I do not know if it has needed a bailout yet.
If there was no government subsidies for these operations, they would all be gone. They were economic back in 2003 when electricity cost $23/MWh. At $100/MWh not so much.
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Ah, the joys of democracy! If Govts weren’t panicking about getting elected and retaining power over us they wouldn’t pour billions into dead-end industries.
In any free-market economy (remember those on here moaning about China and how much better are..?) Govt would not rob us to prop up a few thousand more jobs and keep share-holders rich. You would think Holden and Ford were big enough examples!
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I fail to understand where the unions sit in all of this. When, along with high energy costs, high labour costs drive businesses to close the union actually looses membership and therefore revenue. Sure it may take a long time, but when there are NO JOBS then there are NO UNION MEMBERS and no money flows eventually even the union run super funds won’t be enough to pay the piper.
Who is working for who. I can see the marionette but I can’t see who is pulling the strings.
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Unions have reinforced ranks of members based on public service all three levels of government, more public service employees are union members than private sector.
And Union businesses have become the main focus and wealth creation activities, Industry Superannuation Funds have enabled union trained executives to be appointed to senior roles, to use member investments to influence public companies and even union executives on company boards of directors, and business organisations operating office positions. Union labour hire firms using foreign labour on 457 visa, and so on.
And of course the political organisation Australian Labor Party, Labor, is Union-Labor.
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Analysis Of The Morrison Government Gas Fired Recovery Plan;
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10361146.2026.2648246#d1e234
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Australia’s climate policies are precarious in reducing emissions. Labor governments under Rudd/Gillard/Rudd and the Turnbull governments have made genuine attempts to introduce climate policies. Across two election cycles and leadership changes, the Abbott government in 2013 and the Turnbull and Morrison governments between 2015–2018, attempted to eliminate the Labor (Rudd, Gillard and Rudd) government’s (2007–2013) climate policies. These actions included the dismantling of the Clean Energy Act 2011 (the carbon price), an unsuccessful attempt to end Australia’s Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) and the Clean Energy Fund (CEFC), abolishing the Climate Commission, ending the Home Energy Saver Scheme for low-income housing and energy efficiency programs, and attempting to abolish the Climate Change Authority (CCA) (Crowley Citation2017, Citation2021).
Controversially, carbon price mechanisms have been politicised in Australia, and several PMs have lost government or party leadership, including Rudd, Gillard and Turnbull across the political spectrum for supporting a carbon tax, carbon trading system, or climate change policies, even though they represent effective market-based mechanisms and policy approaches that effectively reduce emissions (Nelson, Nolan, and Gilmore Citation2022).
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Yes, and the most recent election saw the Liberals getting wiped out because they refused to be seen condemning Global Warming.
In every election since 2007 the electorate voted Global Warming down, and the Liberals failed to see it.
But we cannot depend on the electorate to show such wisdom in the next election, because so many have fallen for the lie that Carbon Dioxide is harmful.
That lie is where the campaign should be directed
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Australia’s climate policies are precarious in reducing emissions. Labor governments under Rudd/Gillard/Rudd and the Turnbull governments have made genuine attempts to introduce climate policies. Across two election cycles and leadership changes, the Abbott government in 2013 and the Turnbull and Morrison governments between 2015–2018, attempted to eliminate the Labor (Rudd, Gillard and Rudd) government’s (2007–2013) climate policies. These actions included the dismantling of the Clean Energy Act 2011 (the carbon price), an unsuccessful attempt to end Australia’s Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) and the Clean Energy Fund (CEFC), abolishing the Climate Commission, ending the Home Energy Saver Scheme for low-income housing and energy efficiency programs, and attempting to abolish the Climate Change Authority (CCA) (Crowley Citation2017, Citation2021).
Controversially, carbon price mechanisms have been politicised in Australia, and several PMs have lost government or party leadership, including Rudd, Gillard and Turnbull across the political spectrum for supporting a carbon tax, carbon trading system, or climate change policies, even though they represent effective market-based mechanisms and policy approaches that effectively reduce emissions (Nelson, Nolan, and Gilmore Citation2022).
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Within weeks of the catastrophic 2019–2020 Black Summer bushfire season, an event widely linked to climate change, the Morrison government announced a gas-fired recovery response to the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In this context, how did the Morrison government construct an economic recovery centred on a fossil fuel? This paper applies a discursive formation methodology developed to study political decisions, to examine how the political discourse of the gas-fired recovery was produced and shaped Australia’s energy transition. Our analysis shows that the gas-fired recovery was framed as a bold and comprehensive economic intervention in energy markets, designed to sustain demand for fossil fuels at a time when domestic demand was declining and public support for climate change action was high. If successful, this strategy would have helped secure the long-term position of the fossil fuel industry, potentially extending its role in Australia’s energy system well beyond 2050.
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This did not take long to come to fruition. The grid upgrade in Victoria needed to electrify the State is on its way. It is a miserly $16bn estimate.
And Victorians are being told this will enable more “renewables” so prices come down. I have heard that before. Spend more money to get less and prices are supposed to come down. How many voters are still that stupid?
We will get the answer to that question this evening from Napean.
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A lot.
At least 34.56% that elected the Albanese regime with their first preference votes.
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more “renewables” so prices come down
Reminds me of a customer to the national shopping chain I worked at who said in reference to all our “on sale” products “We are going to go broke saving all this money”.
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Legislation & Regulation Gas & Electricity
https://www.aemo.com.au/learn/legislation-and-regulation
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Legislation & Regulation Gas & Electricity
https://www.aemo.com.au/learn/legislation-and-regulation
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Energy Policy Australia Explained
https://everything.explained.today/Energy_policy_of_Australia/
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Energy Policy Australia Explained
https://everything.explained.today/Energy_policy_of_Australia/
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What is the Labor game plan?
Reports have been published regarding the appearance of Union-Labor-GetUp activist organisation that was created by the Australian Workers Union and was first noticed campaigning for the first every Independent later known as Teal when she stood against sitting Liberal MP Abbott. Funded including by donations from unions as they do with Greens and Labor, GetUp started when Bill Shorten was a senior AWU executive and he was appointed to the GetUp Board of Directors.
“One Nation is in a three-cornered race against the Liberal Party and an independent to win the Nepean by-election in Victoria’s state parliament.
The Mornington Peninsula seat looks set to be a tight race between Liberal candidate Anthony Marsh and One Nation’s Darren Hercus, with tough competition from independent Tracee Hutchison.
Labor’s decision not to contest the by-election has led the Liberals to face an unexpected showdown with One Nation.
The contest will be the first major test of Pauline Hanson’s support in the state.”
The same situation applies in the Farrer by election.
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What is the Labor game plan?
Reports have been published regarding the appearance of Union-Labor-GetUp activist organisation that was created by the Australian Workers Union and was first noticed campaigning for the first every Independent later known as Teal when she stood against sitting Liberal MP Abbott. Funded including by donations from unions as they do with Greens and Labor, GetUp started when Bill Shorten was a senior AWU executive and he was appointed to the GetUp Board of Directors.
“One Nation is in a three-cornered race against the Liberal Party and an independent to win the Nepean by-election in Victoria’s state parliament.
The Mornington Peninsula seat looks set to be a tight race between Liberal candidate Anthony Marsh and One Nation’s Darren Hercus, with tough competition from independent Tracee Hutchison.
Labor’s decision not to contest the by-election has led the Liberals to face an unexpected showdown with One Nation.
The contest will be the first major test of Pauline Hanson’s support in the state.”
The same situation applies in the Farrer by election.
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Mornington Byelection
There is a byelection for the Victorian State seat of Mornington today.
One Nation apparently has a chance to take the seat.
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I am having connection problems when posting here
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You have polluted the thread with multiple postings.
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Yes, that is what I posted about
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So you do another post to complain about your polluting the thread!
If you are not a bot, I would be looking to see what bot has control of your computer because you have left a dog’s breakfast here today.
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FWIW
“Claim: Extreme Heat is Responsible for More than Half of Aussie Natural Hazard Deaths”
“But more people still die in winter.”
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2026/05/01/claim-extreme-heat-is-responsible-for-more-than-half-of-aussie-natural-hazard-deaths/
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People are winning in Tehran:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmWG4mQH_xg
If you look at detail in the crowds, you will see some women without head covering.
This is another report from 3 days ago:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Blyl7FWsJ6Y
It appears Trump has already won the war for the people. But he is still to get his enriched uranium.
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Well, he has said the war is over, just as the 60-day limit arrives and he has to get permission off Congress.
However shooting Iranians on board their ships apparently is not an act of war as the blockade continues.
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What about the nukes Israel doesn’t have? 😎
What about O’bummer funding Iran’s nuclear program, continued with Biden? Nobody mentions that. (probably because nobody knows).
What about Iran’s secondary import and export routes, and China & Russia’s assistance, both militarily and with domestic produce.
Nope, Iran is doing relatively well despite all the fake news and crazy claims.
How long for a false flag I wonder…
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As pointed out recently, the U.S. is not technically ”at war” with Iran. So Congress doesn’t have a say in the matter.
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Uprising of the Iranian bien pensant bourgeoisie of Teheran. I wish them the best in their emancipation.
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The Babylon Bee has picked up on the ‘extreme Right’ and ‘NAZI’. Because when everyone’s a NAZI, no one is.
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Amazing that I haven’t seen this before.
Absolutely brilliant.
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FWIW – for the covid files
“COVID Cover-Up: Hiding Star Researcher Ralph Baric’s Ties to Global Pandemic”
https://hotair.com/headlines/2026/05/01/hiding-star-researcher-ralph-barics-ties-to-global-pandemic-n3814439
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FWIW –
Remember that American education system that we were busting to follow?
“Why Johnny Can’t Read, Write or Do Math”
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/05/01/why-johnny-cant-read-write-or-do-math-n3814497
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And
“DISPATCHES FROM THE EDUCATION APOCALYPSE:”
“Look, parents with advanced STEM degrees just aren’t smart enough to homeschool their kids.
You have to let fat retarded communist women with a BA in interpersonal communication and a Masters in uptalking handle education.
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Matt Van Swol
@mattvanswol
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ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME RIGHT NOW?!!!!!
YOU CANCELLED MY KINDERGARTENERS CLASSES TODAY TO COSPLAY A REVOLUTION???!!!!!!!”
https://x.com/Oilfield_Rando/status/2050267040947056668
Via https://instapundit.com/793889/#disqus_thread
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Reminiscent of the great change to teaching maths with Cuisenaire rods. Kids that couldn’t add or subtract without a coloured rod. No idea of the concept of numbers i.e. 10 can be just 10 it doesn’t have to be ten red rods, but hey, that outdated method of learning things by wrote, like the times tables, so old school. The only problem of course was the old school, tried and true method worked, don’t worry about a generation of kids that can’t add, subtract or multiply without the little box of rods
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SMH has a fine article about a billionaire who has an AI fact-checking system that will determine the truth of media reports on …billionaires!
With a straight face he says this propaganda machine will restore the public’s faith in journalism, as every journalist will have their story checked and those who won’t obviously don’t believe in transparency.
I would look at every other project this guy is involved in from the point of view that he’s a crook to start with!
London-based Aron D’Souza “last month unveiled Objection, described as an AI judge for adjudicating media claims, with significant support from billionaire PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel…For a fee, starting from US$2000 ($2804), the subject of a story can file an objection. The company’s internal investigators – D’Souza says these are former FBI and CIA agents – then get to work scrutinising every line in the story. The journalist then has the opportunity to submit their own rebuttal, before Objection’s AI comes up with a determination. ”
So no worries about outright lies and propaganda from Govts about Covid etc, but he wants to protect the rich from their tales of Epstein and similar.
https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/defend-the-rich-enhanced-games-founder-turns-to-ai-to-challenge-the-media-20260429-p5zs8a.html
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This is good news for both Mexico and the US.
Put an end to the drug lords.
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Unfortunately it doesn’t deal with the cartels, which are heavily armed, extremely violent, and feared by all including the police and military.
The war on drugs can NEVER be won until drug users no longer want or need drugs…
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The quoted article below is copied from Farcebook. On Staten Island, New York the Government spent a fortune giving deer vasectomies rather than let hunters shoot and eat them.
There was similar incompetence in Canberrastan which was being overrun by kangaroos so the ACT Government spent $1.2 million of taxpayer money on contraceptives for the ‘roos rather than just shooting them. https://www.cmtedd.act.gov.au/open_government/inform/act_government_media_releases/vassarotti/2022/act-leads-the-way-with-new-fertility-treatment-for-kangaroo-management
Leftist Governments all over the world are similarly stupid.
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What’s the difference between deer nuts and beer nuts?
Beer nuts are always over a dollar, deer nuts are always under a buck.😆
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You understand that the way to screw up anything is to allow government to get involved.
A classic case is the Koalas on Kangaroo island. There were no koalas on Kangaroo island but there was suitable habitat, so they were released there. Left to their own devices over the years they simply bred up in numbers to the point of eating themselves out of a food supply. So the good idea of setting up a colony of koalas had the adverse affect of effectively destroying the environment that was there. Hmmmm. Koalas starving, trees stripped of leaves and dying but the simple solution could not be employed. Significantly reduce numbers to a sustainable level. No, No koalas must not be culled, they are native, therefore beyond management by white people. Oh well. Suddenly Mother Nature enters the picture in 2019 / 20 and burns to death up to 40,000 koalas, reducing the population to about 12,000. Trees have recovered after the fire, koala numbers are building up the cycle of rinse and repeat is going to do exactly that.
Apparently burning to death was far more humane than controlled euthanasia by other means.
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Two economists just published a mathematical proof that AI will destroy the economy. Not might. Not could. Will!
The paper is called “The AI Layoff Trap.” Published March 2, 2026. Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Boston University. Peer reviewed. Mathematically modeled. The conclusion is one sentence:
“At the limit, firms automate their way to boundless productivity and zero demand.”
An economy that produces everything. And sells it to nobody. Here is how you get there.
https://citizenwatchreport.com/two-economists-just-published-a-mathematical-proof-that-ai-will-destroy-the-economy-not-might-not-could-will/
UBI you say? Nope, they considered that.
53 page pdf at link.
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Eliminate money. No UBI.
Super abundance drives prices to zero.
Give it away for free.
Finally, economists can’t think their way out of a paper bag.
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That has been explored in some SF stories..What happens when you have generalised robots coming from a factory that makes robots with a robot workforce. Raw materials are mined by robots and turned into finished goods to be given away to humans.
Robots grow the food, robots build the houses, robots build other robots.. So who ‘owns’ the robots? If a robot makes something can it own it? When products are being supplied by robots who don’t need paying, why would a human pay for them?
So long as you have intelligence without consciousness, you’re fine… otherwise, here comes the robot revolution!
““At the limit, firms automate their way to boundless productivity and zero demand.””
That is rubbish! There will always be demand so long as humans are alive. Its not hard to satisfy the basic demands in life and it doesn’t need to cost the Earth!
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They should study Henry Ford.
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Their “proof” is bogus; it requires acceptance of their (unstated) assumptions, which are false. They assume AI is more than Assisted Idiocy! People with such beliefs are victims of “Clever Hans Syndrome” so their first assumption is false, and their logical chain is broken from the start!
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Something we have often discussed, Germany is recognising that virtue comes with a price.
https://notrickszone.com/2026/04/29/oversupply-of-volatile-solar-energy-leads-to-record-negative-prices/
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From the home of wine lakes and butter mountains.
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The crumbling of America
The American society of Civil Engineers produced a comprehensive evaluation report on America’s entire infrastructure, which gave all but one item category a “D” grade, meaning unsatisfactory, inadequate, and in danger of failing. The list included drinking water, wastewater treatment and handling, the electric power grid, airports and aviation facilities, rail facilities and transportation, inland waterway transportation, roads and highways, bridges, dams, hazardous waste, schools and transit. Each category received a D.
Many US states today are tearing out their hard-surfaced highways, and reverting to gravel and dirt-surfaced roads that were common in the 1950s, since the highways, like the bridges, are nearing the end of their useful lives but no money is available for the expensive repairs.
https://shoah.org.uk/the-crumbling-of-america/
That was an extract from the 2009 documentary.
I may have it my archives…
Goes to show how bad things really are in the sunsetting empire.
No money for infrastructure but loads for illegals, gender surgeries and war.
Guess the outcome.
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“As one measure, China spends 9% of its GDP on infrastructure, while US infrastructure expenditures peaked at 3% almost 60 years ago and have been falling ever since. Where China and other Western nations and developing countries have been increasing their investment in physical stock, the US has gone in the opposite direction, leaving a legacy of a crumbling nation already hopelessly in debt and without the means to change direction. ”
Sounds typical of here too!
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FWIW
“MUCH MORE LIKE THIS, PLEASE:”
“Excellent news!
Donald Trump approved a pipeline that will take oil from Alberta, Canada to the US.
It will increase Canada’s exports to the US by 12%.
It’s all pretty much approved on the Canadian side as it will use some of the Keystone XL pipe.
It’s a joint venture between South Bow and Bridger Pipeline.
No carbon capture nonsense, no one cares about carbon tax. Just a handshake, and let’s get building.”
https://x.com/KirkLubimov/status/2050005652601524621
Via https://instapundit.com/793957/#disqus_thread
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FWIW – would you imagine?
“From the man cave XXXIII ”
“The religion of peace is recruiting
The Iranian Embassy has put out a message on its Telegram channel seeking to recruit martyrs, including children, to sign up and be ready to sacrifice their lives for the homeland. I am not the biggest fan of America’s and Israel’s current action in Iran. Not because, while Iran has been waging a proxy war for decades through international terrorism, but because for each death – innocent or otherwise – within its borders, we’ll see ten or a hundred martyrs raised to carry on that campaign.
But, when we see messages like the one sent out by their embassy, the one in our country, we see exactly how incompatible Islam – especially the brand of Shia Islam practiced in Iran – is. The Metropolitan Police have been warning about Iranian proxies in our midst, prepared to commit terrorist acts but so far, no action has been taken by the British government.”
https://thenewconservative.co.uk/from-the-man-cave-xxxiii/
Via https://www.smalldeadanimals.com/2026/05/02/saturday-on-turtle-island-203/
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FWIW
“Karl Marx, the founding father of modern hypocrisy”
“I suppose it’s only to be expected that Marxist politicos will be Marxist politicos. The wonder is that there were and are so many of them. But the Marxist disease is more widespread and dominates the lives of those who take little formal interest in politics. Popular ‘culture’ is infested by it. Grind – representative of a ‘music’ genre featuring hip‑hop – is all about what in its skewed view it sees as class oppression, labour exploitation, systemic violence, police brutality, economic despair and nihilism. Such noisy trash is described as ‘combative and rooted in the lived experience of a society spinning out of control’. Then there are the blatantly ideological songs such as ‘Embrace capitalism until it strangles you’ by Abraxas which hideously parodies capitalism and calls for the revolution.”
More at
https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/karl-marx-the-founding-father-of-modern-hypocrisy/
Concludes
“It remained only for him to ensure himself the biggest memorial in Highgate cemetery: a fitting monument to modernity’s most calamitous hypocrite.”
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And following the model –
“The Internet Noticed Something Very Interesting in This Photo Hasan Piker Posted of Himself Reading Lenin”
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/dmitri-bolt/2026/05/01/hasan-piker-posts-photo-of-himself-reading-lenin-and-hes-wearing-a-4000-ring-n2675362
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Average speed cameras hit Colorado- under a Km apart in road works, school zones or ‘designated corridors’, in other words, anywhere they want to set them up!
“Speed safety cameras are placed at least a quarter to a half-mile apart in the work zone. When a vehicle passes each camera, an image and a timestamp (including the vehicle’s license plate number) are captured. The system then calculates the average rate of speed between each camera by dividing the distance by the travel time. Drivers exceeding the speed limit will be fined $75.”
…and I love this one! The often typical Aussie problem!
“penalties may be issued for speeding through a work zone that is part of the Colorado Speed Enforcement Program, even if work is not actively taking place. ” Signs left up for days with no work taking place at all!
All for ‘saafety’ of course, this is not a tyranny, its just a free country where we mother you to death.
https://www.codot.gov/programs/speedenforcement/faq
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So PHON did’t worry the the scorers today.
I’ve said before that I wish them well but they need to learn to walk before they can run. IN THE MEANTIME the coalition is the only anti labor vote you can make, and Victorians could not hate labor enough.
I just watched a podcast on falling property prices, Vic had at least five and one was “country” which included Ballarat. Bendigo and Sale. Mossman and North Shore were Sydney standouts for absolute $ drops. Hold your nose if you must but vote for the least worst when you get the chance.
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FWIW – today’s Coffee and Covid
For anyone punting on “The War Resolution” process –
“Administration dodges War Resolution trap and puts war on ‘standby;’ the latest Epstein conspiracy graces the NYT and is a doozy;”
“Yesterday, in a letter to congressional leaders that can only be described as a masterclass in creative legal writing, President Trump informed Congress that the Iran war has been, and I quote, “terminated.” CBS News reported, “Trump tells Congress ‘hostilities’ with Iran have ‘terminated’ as conflict hits 60-day deadline.” Well, how terminated depends on the meaning of that word, “terminated.” Maybe more like, mostly terminated— like a mostly peaceful protest.”
And more – with previous examples
“Since it originally passed, Congress has successfully used the War Powers Resolution to end a military campaign exactly zero times. Not even once in nearly 53 years. This makes the Resolution’s 60-day “deadline” essentially a polite suggestion with no enforcement teeth and practically invites lawyerly wordplay. Obama did it with Libya (he argued “operations” didn’t constitute “hostilities”). Clinton did it with Kosovo (he argued congressional funding was implicit authorization). Clinton also did it with Somalia (not “sustained”). Biden claimed we weren’t engaged in “hostilities” against Russia at all (Ukraine was).”
Plus more Epstein and other things
https://open.substack.com/pub/coffeeandcovid/p/terminator-saturday-may-2-2026-c?
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Not enough tea.
Wrong thread, bumped
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