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I’m looking forward to the longest day here in northern England. DownUnder you can look forward to lengthening days…thank goodness!
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Enjoy your stay.
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Flanders and Swann at their best!
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Thankyou Peter C. We went out for lunch at the Kirkstile Inn in Loweswater on a beautiful day. The local fells looked their amazing selves and this evening I dozed off after a couple of G and T’s.
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Gee, Annie, in a few weeks I’ll be in the Lake District, after a month in Scotland, the land of my birth. I love the Lake District, keep the weather good for us!
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We are hoping to make it over the border to see an old friend. I hope you will have a good visit Peter.
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Met Office is currently forecasting 39C for London midweek, which would smash the UK June record from 1957/76, and be close to the UK all time record; and 34C in my town which would be a new all time record regardless of month. Humid too. Going to be a horrible week or more regardless of records.
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The knee-jerk reaction from most Aussies would be meh,39C? just summer. However we live in a country that expects that and is built that way. Living in such temps in the UK and the top half of Europe is mighty uncomfortable.
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One of my most abiding memories of the UK occurred just a few days before we emigrated to Oz. My son and I attended a round of the British Superbike Championship at Cadwell Park, in early August, during hottest time of year, typically.
We spent a few hours huddled behind a windbreak, freezing our rears off. The sun shone from time to time and it was thankfully dry, but the wind was bitterly cold, especially for those who were dressed for summer. It was awful.
God knows how I would cope today, after almost thirty years in Australia, eighteen in Queensland. I don’t tolerate cold very well these days.
My family back in the UK all pile onto social media whenever the sun appears, with the obligatory photos of a beer or wine glass in a beer garden somewhere, before returning to hibernation when the cloud, wind and rain reappear.
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I remember, back in the late ‘50’s as a child “sunbaking” on a travelling rug on the lawn in mid-Scotland. Every time the sun went behind a cloud, I had to pull the blanket over myself and wait for it to appear again. Going back for a visit soon, hope the curr3nt hot spell lasts!
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We holidayed in Scotland several times. Our first stay was fairly high up, near Sheildaig. We had two types of weather: persisting down, or midges.
We had some lovely times in the south west though, Galloway/Dumfries region.
One memory of that first trip was passing by Loch Lomond on the drive up. We were starving and the only eatery open was a fish and chip shop – not really what we wanted. However, the sign outside said ‘pizza’. In we trooped, full of hope. We couldn’t see a pizza oven so assumed it was going to be irradiated in a tuckafuc_a.
Nope. Even better than that, they whipped two frozen pizzas out of the freezer, unwrapped them, then dropped them into the chip fryer …
We went hungry that evening. Foodies don’t head for rural Scotland.
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Memories of Scotland include sailing our dinghy on Loch Long (I was caught in a squall once) or fishing for mackerel when there was no wind. The midges!! A friend of ours in Glasgow described them as Scottish Nationalist midges who went for the English! We learned to gut the mackerel while still out on the water, rather than have the misery of working by the tap provided.
The other memory of camping there was when we took our four young offspring for afternoon tea. No sooner had the large tray of delicious scones appeared than willing hands cleared them in double quick time, almost before they were placed on the table, to the embarassment of their father and me! At least the staff knew the scones were appreciated!
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6:24pm AEST is the magic moment when we start the long trek back to longer, warmer days.
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Something I DO miss from the UK, particularly here in QLD, is the long summer twilight, when we could sit in the garden till 10pm. I fondly recall many such evenings, when our resident Blackbird would perch on our chimney and sing his heart out as the sun went down.
Summer, distilled.
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That is why daylight saving is liked in the south. Down there they can put in 9 holes of golf after work while mothers in N Qld can’t find a window after sunset to have tea and get the kids to bed at a reasonable hour.
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That’s the same for me too Peter. I love the blackbird’s song.
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I’m supposed to enjoy that? Wearing trackies to bed for a couple of months is an enjoyable change. 😀
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So’s air conditioning – if the power is there.
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My latest on eagles:
Golden eagles need new law to protect them from wind turbines
By David Wojick
https://www.cfact.org/2026/06/20/golden-eagles-need-new-law-to-protect-them-from-wind-turbines/
The beginning:
“With a seven-foot wingspan. the golden eagle is the flying monarch of the range. Primarily a western bird, they frequently feed on range rodents making them useful as well as majestic. But wind turbines are taking an ever-increasing toll. A 2025 study — “Estimated golden eagle mortality from wind turbines in the western United States” — estimates that the number killed by wind turbines doubled from 2013 to 2024. A major tagging study in Wyoming by biologist Mike Lockhart found that spinning wind turbine blades killed more golden eagles than all other human causes combined. The range states from Texas to North Dakota together have over 50,000 operating wind turbines with many more coming.
There is a huge loophole in the law when it comes to wind machines killing eagles, and Congress needs to close it. Wind turbines can legally kill other birds, but eagles have special protection under the federal Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act. On paper, a wind facility has to have a permit to kill an eagle, but, as things stand now, it is far cheaper to pay the fine for killing an eagle without a permit than it is to get a permit. So, a lot of wind facilities are simply not getting permits. Thus, the eagles are not getting the protections the permits call for.”
Lots more in the article.
Save the Eagles
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“On her final day as US Director of National Intelligence or DNI on Thursday, Tulsi Gabbard released a tranche of declassified communications and documents alleging that former top US health official Anthony Fauci provided millions of US taxpayer dollars to fund gain-of-function research at China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology, worked with what she described as “politicised career leadership” in the Intelligence Community to suppress the lab-leak origin theory of Covid-19, and lied to Congress under oath during a June 3, 2024 hearing of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic.”
https://indianexpress.com/article/world/tulsi-gabbard-fauci-declassified-files-wuhan-lab-covid-origins-10747550/
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Don – He is so full of himself, he has a god complex; and one only needs to see the office he occupied for the photograph of himself sitting nearby – it is sick.
He might be protected by some phoney pardon and the limitations of actions stateside but human rights abuses should be prosecuted in the Hague where international law whould catch up with his lies.
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I hope Fauci is brought to trial. Yes, he has been given a blanket pardon and as such is untouchable, at least in theory. But the validity of that pardon should be tested in court. Even if his pardon is upheld, the legal process will cost him time, money and peace of mind until it runs its course. Let the process be his punishment.
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I swear leftists will never learn.
They could have been done with the Don after he lost in 2020. He was buried in the polls behind multiple other Republicans and would likely have lost the 2024 Republican nomination if he tried to run again. Then the Democrats started their lawfare campaign against him and the public saw it for what it was, so he shot up in the polls. Then they tried to kill him … twice (now thrice), and gave him the greatest photo op in the history of photo ops (bloody faced shaking his fist under a billowing American flag).
If they had left well enough alone, he might have faded into obscurity like most former presidents do. But they couldn’t resist and kept him at the top of voters minds. So OF COURSE they are going to go full retard and try to throw him in jail and continue to try an kill him after he is out of office. Which means Trump will continue dominating headlines, having rap songs written about him, and wielding soft political power well into the 2030s.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMM2042bLzQ
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… and if they ever do succeed in killing him, they’re going to make him a martyr and a folk hero to half the country that will be burned into public consciousness for decades, the same way JFK was.
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National Socialism: Elon Musk says “The reason they call me a Nazi is to encourage people to murder me”: https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2068042842837004536
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Quite simply, Trump is the most consequential US President in at least 2 generations if not in living memory.
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You should watch RFK Jr speaking with Del Bigtree about the little children he used as test bunnies – the bloke is evil and deserves to be put away for life.
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Gosh, ‘documents’ confirming what was obvious.
Half a decade after the obvious was obvious.
We can’t act on the obvious without documents.
Especially after auto-penned documents pardon the obvious.
And the auto-penner obviously had no awareness of what he was auto-penning.
Which no one was allowed to notice without the permission granted by documents.
Those that notice the obvious without documents are conspiracy theorists.
Like Science, the obvious cannot be followed without ‘documents’.
Conspiracy theorists get way out ahead of theorists without documents.
Someone should produce documents to stop this.
My understanding is that the UK already has.
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Better late than never.
There is also a big difference between intuitively knowing something is true based on deduction and having a paper trail to prove it is true.
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You say that like there will actually be repercussions for Fauci et al.
LOL
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Probably not, but at least future historians will have access to documents that pierce the false narrative around the ‘Saint Fauci’ narrative. Releasing all that information is good for the public and bad for Fauci’s legacy.
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Fauci is the proverbial wolf in sheep’s clothing. There are two types of people in this world- those who still believe Fauci and those who know him for the criminal he is.
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Start your ships engines – Strait of Hormuz
Marine Traffic currently shows about 20 ships transiting the Strait (with their transponders switched on).
https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:56.6/centery:26.2/zoom:9
Tankers are shown in red and cargo ships in green. Ships underway are shown as arrow heads and ships at anchor as dots.
9 ships are using a southerly passage close to the coast of Oman and the rest are using a northerly route close to the Iranian coast.
The traffic seems to be greater today!
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This is just 1 day after Iran said they had closed the strait again in retaliation for strikes in Lebanon and Israel.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/06/just-iran-says-its-closing-strait-hormuz-after/
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Interesting view. I assume arrow size roughly indicate size of vessel? I am more focussed on aircraft movements normally andvlook at things like Flight aware. Incredible amount of contraptions moving around the planet at any one time, and the loonies think they are going to “just stop oil”
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If you click on the arrowhead it often comes up with the name of the ship and other details such as registration, destination and draft. One of the tankers was drawing 20m of water which means a huge ship , fully laden without oil.
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With oil.
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What do the symbol colours mean? Most seem to be either red or green but I can’t see any indication as to what those colours actually designate4.
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Only in the Southern Hemisphere.
Globally, it is the June Solstice.
Noon Sun zenith today will be over 23.437N at 1319.08W/m^2. The annual minimum zenith sunlight of 1317.83W/m^2 is still 16 days off and will occur over 22.602N.
Sun a long off in distance and declination for those of us at 37S. Our noon zenith will be less than 60 degrees. Alexa tells me it is 8C outside now.
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The sun is up in Mt.Barker (SA) and the temperature has risen to 5C (from 3C).
Latitude if wanted is 35S.
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47° North here with high temp today of 27°C.
On the Solstice the sun will get to 66.5° above my southern horizon.
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19° S, clear skies and 20° here and the tourists are loving it. They are looking forward to a bumper whale watching season.
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FWIW
Digital ID will fix it (/s)
In this morning’s email
“AUSTRALIAN LETTER – I think the sender might have been upset!
This is an actual letter sent to the DFAT (Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade) Immigration Minister. The Government tried desperately to censure the author, but got nowhere because every legal person who read it couldn’t stop laughing !
Dear Mr Minister,
I’m in the process of renewing my passport, and still cannot believe this.
How is it that K-Mart has my address and telephone number, and knows that I bought a television set and golf clubs and condoms from them back in 1997, and yet the Federal Government is still asking me where I was born and on what date ?
For Christ’s sake, do you guys do this by hand ?
My birth date you have in my Medicare information, and it is on all the income tax forms I’ve filed for the past 40 years.
It is also on my driver’s licence, on the last eight passports I’ve ever had, on all those stupid customs declaration forms I’ve had to fill out before being allowed off planes over the past 30 years.
It’s also on all those insufferable census forms that I’ve filled out every 5 years since 1966.
Also… would somebody please take note, once and for all, that my mother’s name is Audrey, my father’s name is Jack, and I’d be absolutely bloody astounded if that ever changed between now and when I drop dead !!!
SHIT! What do you people do with all this information we keep having to provide?
I apologize, Mr. Minister. But I’m really pissed off this morning.
Between you and me, I’ve had enough of all this bullshit!
You send the application to my house, then you ask me for my bloody address!
What the hell is going on with your mob? Have you got a gang of mindless Neanderthal arseholes working there!
And another thing, look at my damn picture. Do I look like Bin Laden? I can’t even grow a beard for God’s sakes. I just want to go to New Zealand and see my new granddaughter. (Yes, my son interbred with a Kiwi girl).
And would someone please tell me, why would you give a shit whether or not I plan on visiting a farm in the next 15 days? In the unlikely event I ever got the urge to do something weird to a sheep or a horse, believe you me, I’d sure as hell not want to tell anyone!
Well, I have to go now, ’cause I have to go to the other side of Sydney , and get another bloody copy of my birth certificate – and to part with another $80 for the privilege of accessing MY OWN INFORMATION!
Would it be so complicated to have all the services in the same spot, to assist in the issuance of a new passport on the same day?
Nooooo, that’d be too bloody easy and makes far too much sense.
You would much prefer to have us running all over the bloody place like chickens with our heads cut off, and then having to find some ‘high-society’ wanker to confirm that it’s really me in the goddamn photo! You know the photo… the one where we’re not allowed to smile?…you bloody morons.
Signed – An Irate Australian Citizen.
P.S. Remember what I said above about the picture, and getting someone in ‘high-society’ to confirm that it’s me?
Well, my family has been in this country since before 1820! In 1856, one of my forefathers took up arms with Peter Lalor. (You do remember the Eureka Stockade!)
I have also served in both the CMF and regular Army for something over 30 years (I went to Vietnam in 1967), and still have high security clearances. I’m also a personal friend of the president of the RSL…Lt General Peter Cosgrove sends me a Christmas card each year.
However, your rules require that I have to get someone “important” to verify who I am; you know…someone like my doctor – WHO WAS BORN AND RAISED IN BLOODY PAKISTAN!…a country where they either assassinate or hang their ex-Prime Ministers – and are suspended from
the Commonwealth and United Nations for not having the “right sort of government”..
You are all pen-pushing paper-shuffling bloody idiots!”
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This is what DOGE was set up to sort out in the USA.
Elon Musk has made the greatest individual fortune in history by sorting through the nonsense. My wife worked in a bank for a decade before kids and she now uses Paypal for the convenience rather than having to give credit card details to numerous businesses and all the other delivery details. PayPal started Musk’s historical rise.
A week or so back I mentioned how Bunnings has used technology to improve its transactions and customer experience. Westfarmers have done well by improving business systems through technology.
But Australia is a kleptocracy where dummies get lots of pay for doing things that the government approves. They dare not do things better because it could put them out of a job.
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Even better, from their point of view, is the complaints will make the politicians want to do something. Advised by the bureaucrats they will decide more bureaucrats will solve the complaints.
The result, more bureaucrats, more delays and more promotion (and pay) for the bureaucrats.
The only way out, is to enlist Artificial Intelligence (as a mob of bureaucrats won’t solve any problem). Streamline the paperwork – as much as possible – and use AI as an excuse to reduce the number.
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Why ONP is becoming an unstoppable juggernaut:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhUlj4BFzFA
Danial Wild from IPA goes through the litany of lies from politicians over the last couple opf decades.
The IPA challenges the kleptocracy that Australia has become.
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Speaking of ON, 38 seconds of the ABC’s broadcast of Pauline Hanson’s National Press Club address didn’t go to air. It was either edited out or there was (as the ABC seems to be suggesting) a “technical glitch”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1–rVi0ClM
I’m reminded of the escalator breaking down and the teleprompter failing last year when Trump delivered his speech to the UN. It’s odd how people trying to make a controversial speech are prone to these “ technical glitches”.
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More like their BBC edit of Trump. Skipping forward to make it sound different to what was intended.
A lot of government employees watch their ABC and they would not want to upset their viewers with Hanson attacks on them. Just make it appear she stumbled.
Their ABC is a low integrity organisation skirting on criminal intent. There is no way they represent Australians. They are UN propogandists.
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Yes!
When Joh launched his “run for Canberra our TV came by satellite through Townsville.
At least twice in peak hour morning time the line dropped out as Joh was about to appear.
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Yep- Another half a dozen articles in the SMH mentioning her. They are doing the advertising for her, even if its disparaging articles from some high-faluting journo who thinks he’s better than her…
That’s just what the beer-drinking public like to see, it will reinforce their solidarity with her. If you took out the anti-Trump articles and the soccer world cup there’d be nothing left.
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There is no bad press that gives PH exposure. It confirms to the faithful that there are still morons who think the UN-party is useful. And it converts more because the lies get greater exposure.
Telling their ABC that they will be looking for employment with an ONP government brings out their hate of doing real work and reinforces why they should go.
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“The reason so many people misunderstand so many issues
is not that these issues are so complex but that people do not want a factual or analytical explanation that leaves them emotionally unsatisfied.
They want villains to hate and heroes to cheer, and they don’t want explanations that fail to give them that.”
– Thomas Sowell
Dismantling America: And Other Controversial Essays (2010)
Which is why I have said there are no parties worth voting for.
ON? Will members refuse all the political perks the others enjoy and just accept a base salary?
Will they refuse to comply with WHO/UN/WEF etc agendas ?
If yes, then how would they deal with sanctions and economic retaliation?
What are ON members experience in global politics, global financial investments, diplomacy and logistics?
It’s a tightly interwoven, complex global economy with complex political driving forces at play, as the Iran war has shown.
Going “rah, rah, rah!” because ON says what you want to hear doesn’t automatically qualify them for the role.
Far better you’re told what you don’t want to hear, but need to know.
You may now redthumb. 😁
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Don’t confuse people John Connor.
sarc
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And a question: How can people blame one Prime Minister for a project that was approved by the Office of Prime Minister & Cabinet Ministers based on submissions of project and application for capital expenditure details and hold the was Deputy Prime Minister at the time up as a hero after he changed after being elected again to another party?
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This kleptomanic was simply feathering his own nest to increase the income from the family owned wind farms. Blame him!!!! The turncaot should be in jail for what he has done to the nation.
And Barnaby has recognised the folly and is trying desperately to stop the waste. He knows the LNP is a lost cause. Turncoat is thoroughly unremorseful.
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I relish in being told or reading something I do not know. It means I am learning. BUT I always verify if it is factual.
What I really dislike is the inability of vast numbers who do not question what they read or comes from authority.
And it is the authority of organisations like CSIRO and their ABC that has been shamelessly abused.
The “Simon” who used to visit here is a good example. They have been brainwashed by authority figures. They are unable to discern facts from bullshit. “Gee Aye” is in the same boat on “climate” and “renewable”; simply believing the tripe with no ability to assess the evidence.
ONP is the only party that has said they will move their ABC to a subscription model. That is good policy. Maklcolm Roberts is the only politician who has relentlessly condemned the “climate” and “renewables” bullshit. PH has spent her political career challenging enforced apartheid and free range borders. These are the policies that Australia needs to prosper.
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“What are ON members experience in global politics, global financial investments, diplomacy and logistics?
It’s a tightly interwoven, complex global economy with complex political driving forces at play, as the Iran war has shown.”
What on earth makes you think any of our politicians are experienced in that? If you think any of them are better than some newbie from ON you have been naively misled! What you want in there are people who know how to run a business, fish and chip shop upwards, not professional parasites.
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Wasn’t Ben Chifley a train driver? Horrors! Imagine being led by someone who had a clue about the real world!
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At least ON are clear on their stance on issues- there’s no equivocation or putting off direct answers to questions asked on their position. I don’t agree with every ON position but they are at least providing an outlet for the frustration Australians are feeling about the ongoing mismanagement of the Uniparty. The ON declaration to scrap net zero might actually generate some debate and more voters will become aware of the path toward energy insecurity we are being forced to walk down by a series of incompetent governments in the last few decades.
Sometimes you have to be willing to try an untried party simply because the incumbent party is so ineffectual and unaccountable and the opposition is likely to be no better. Get your own backyard sorted out first and worry about the intricacies of global interactions later on.
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For 30 years Pauline has been telling that to “us”.
Only now have “:we” noticed,
Fits your story?
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FWIW
Looks like this goes with
https://joannenova.com.au/2026/06/record-levels-of-throwing-renewable-energy-away-in-2025/
“strativarius
June 20, 2026 3:08 am
Story tip: Hey bud, can I pay you to take my heavily subsidised renewable electricity?
The cackhanded pursuit of Net Zero by Ed Miliband and his predecessors has left Britain having to pay France and other countries to take excess power off our hands for a significant portion of the year.
Daily Sceptic
Where’s the diversity I hear people ask, don’t worry, Belgium, Holland, Ireland and Norway also benefit
Plus Norway has the North sea all to itself now.”
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2026/06/20/kew-gardens-is-just-another-worthless-junk-site/#comment-4208444
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The fact is that France is the world’s biggest exporter of electricity. Four of its neighbours are among the highest importers of electricity including the UK who recently discontinued using coal power.
When will the penny drop?
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All produced by all those French wind turbines and solar panels! Do I really need a sarc tag?
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FWIW
“Eh? Gawd!”
‘Tough Guy’ Minnesota Antifa Dude Feds Rolled up Loves to Be a Little Girl in Flouncy Dresses”
https://pjmedia.com/victoria-taft/2026/06/20/tough-guy-minnesota-antifa-dude-feds-rolled-up-loves-to-be-a-little-girl-in-flouncy-dresses-n4954183
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FWIW
Goes with “Food comes from a supermarket” I guess
“MeidasTouch: Aerial Photo Shows Grass Was Completely Destroyed by UFC 250 Freedom Event”
But “grass regrowing” does feature in the comments
https://twitchy.com/brettt/2026/06/20/aerial-photo-shows-grass-was-completely-destroyed-by-ufc-250-freedom-event-n2429446
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FWIW – another pandemic?
“Our campuses are corrupt — and higher education is due for its comeuppance”
“One industry in America pumps out toxic waste day and night, but suffers no penalty for the damage it causes.
It operates at enormous public and private expense, sucking up hundreds of billions of dollars in government money.
Its toxic bilge poisons much of society, but those who complain about it are often dismissed as ignorant or bigoted. ”
More at
https://nypost.com/2026/06/20/opinion/our-campuses-are-corrupt-and-higher-education-is-due-for-their-comeuppance/
Via https://instapundit.com/805022/#disqus_thread
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FWIW
“TWENTY MINUTES INTO THE FUTURE? UK PM Starmer expected to resign on Monday and set out orderly exit, Observer newspaper reports.
https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-pm-starmer-expected-resign-monday-set-out-orderly-exit-observer-newspaper-2026-06-20/
Via https://instapundit.com/805077/#disqus_thread
Might not be an improvement by the banner at the top here – and the content
“Starmer Out, Burnham In: UK Plan to Lock In Forever War”
“UK Enriched Uranium to Ukraine”
https://rumble.com/v7bk1us-starmer-out-burnham-in-uk-plan-to-lock-in-forever-war.html?e9s=src_v1_upp_v
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So with once Great Britain approaching its seventh prime minister over 10 years I sincerely hope that number 10 isn’t redecorated each time a new set of socks appear in the top draw.
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IIRC the cat provides the element of stability
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Hmmm! Keep an eye on that cat
https://accordingtohoyt.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/4640619c58260e25245e7c36c7f6f258.png?w=768
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England didn’t do so well in the last “Hundred Year’s War” either.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_Years'_War
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Well, England did win three of the biggest battles of the war, Crecy, Poitiers and Agimcourt, hanks to their longbow archers many of whom were Welsh. The war was fought in France, although large parts of it were ruled by the King of England, so although the French did win the war in the end the only “English” territories conquered by the French were those areas where the inhabitants were all French anyway.
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Meet the new boss …….. same as the old boss.
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Meanwhile in a hot country: a weather forecast
https://imgbox.com/S1mFobDV
But the same would be global boiling in neo-Africa (the UK).
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The best ever book on Climate Change: HOAX! by Darwin Throne: https://www.amazon.com.au/HOAX-burning-fossil-doesnt-climate/dp/B0DZPKG917
All observations and scientific experiments prove that carbon dioxide warming by infrared radiation is a ‘Hoax’ because the result is always ‘Zero’. The last known experiment to show ‘Zero’ was the Greenhouse-Effect-In-a-Bottle Experiment by Nikolov-Zeller, which shows that John Tyndall’s 1860 experimental error was ‘not’ keeping the thermopile at one bar pressure. This experimental error is the origin of the ‘Hoax’. The best observation to show ‘Zero’ was the Magellan probe observation of Venus. Venus, with a quarter of a million times more carbon dioxide than the Earth’s atmosphere, provides the best answer to the problem, by showing that carbon dioxide produces ‘zero’ warming above the lapse rate.
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Meanwhile, our indigenous now control a dirt car park
An aboriginal corporation has won ownership of a NSW country town courthouse carpark, which is being used by staff, police and members of the public.
“This is a good example of the aboriginal land claim process being an effective tool to return land to aboriginal people and create opportunities to activate underutilised land for the benefit of the broader community,” the spokesperson said.
https://www.noticer.news/aboriginal-land-rights-leeton-courthouse-carpark/
Now, what are they going to do with it? Or anything else they now control.
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Feels like a land grab, the lawyers are doing well out of it.
‘ … what are they going to do with it?’
Rent it out to the legal fraternity and police as a car park.
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It is producing a system for land claims, just like the maoris in NZ have done. How long before the Abos own-
the rivers
the lakes
the National Parks
the coastline and out 12miles
half the Parliament
the health system
..and are starting on private land.
“Oh, it’ll never happen here..”
“Gosh, you sound like a Kiwi 40years ago!”
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Och aye, the scots have had enough!
A scottish man is facing charges after going on a rampage with a machete targetting foreign cultural enrichers
https://x.com/PolitlcsUK/status/2068377602146853325
*naughty words warning*
Now, that’d never happen in Victoriastan now that such weapons are illegal and with the drop-off bins.
Our crims do the right thing when told to!
/sarc
At least that’s one scotsman with spuds as big as that 12yo girl who showed the way.
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I see advertisments to not throw Lithium batterys in the rubbish as the collection trucks catch fire when they compress the rubbish, this cannot be trueIt is absolutely true that lithium batteries cause garbage trucks to catch fire when the rubbish is compressed. Waste authorities and fire departments globally handle hundreds of these exact fires every year.Why This Actually HappensThe issue comes down to the specialized chemistry and design of lithium-ion batteries. When you drop a battery into your household bin, it eventually lands inside a garbage truck compactor.The Compaction Force: Garbage trucks use massive hydraulic compactors to crush rubbish and make space.The Mechanical Damage: This intense pressure easily punctures, bends, or crushes the protective outer casing of the battery.The Internal Short Circuit: Inside a lithium-ion battery, an incredibly thin separator keeps the positive and negative sides apart. When the truck crushes the battery, this separator breaks. The internal components touch, creating a massive, instantaneous short circuit.Thermal Runaway: The short circuit triggers a chain reaction called thermal runaway. The battery rapidly generates extreme heat, often exceeding 700°C (1,300°F) in seconds. It violently bursts, releases highly flammable toxic gases, and shoots out intense sparks right into a pile of dry paper, plastic, and cardboard.The Hidden Danger in Everyday RubbishMany people cause these fires completely by accident because they do not realize a product even contains a lithium battery. Major culprits found smouldering in truck fires include:Discarded vapes and e-cigarettesElectric toothbrushes and children’s toysOld mobile phones and tabletsCordless vacuum cleaners and power toolsWhat Drivers Have to DoWhen a battery ignites the load, the fire spreads so fast that truck drivers usually cannot drive to a fire station. To save the multi-hundred-thousand-dollar vehicle from burning to the ground, the driver is forced to dump the entire load of burning rubbish directly onto the middle of the street so firefighters can extinguish it.How to Dispose of Them SafelyYou should never put any battery—lithium or alkaline—into a standard household waste or recycling bin. Instead:Tape the Ends: Put a small piece of clear packing tape or electrical tape over the positive and negative terminals to prevent them from sparking against each other.Use Free Drop-Offs: Take them to designated retail drop-off points. Most major supermarkets, hardware stores, and local libraries offer free, safe recycling bins specifically designed for batteries.
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You are completely correct about insurance write-offs and the severe hazards of EV fires; those are real issues that deserve direct, unvarnished facts. A human life is infinitely more important than a garbage truck, and comparing a major highway rescue to a property-damage truck fire can understandably feel dismissive.The two situations face entirely different problems, which explains why the public messaging is so disconnected.1. You Are Right: Minor Dings Do Write Off EVsYour point about insurance write-offs is spot-on and a major industry issue. Because the battery pack is integrated into the bottom chassis of the car, even a minor scrape to the undercarriage or a dent in the guard can lead insurers to declare the vehicle a total loss.The Reason: Insurers and repair shops currently lack the diagnostic tools to scan individual internal battery cells.The Financial Reality: Because they cannot guarantee 100% that a dented battery won’t short-circuit later, they write off the entire car out of legal caution. Replacing a compromised pack can cost anywhere from $6,000 to over $20,000—often exceeding the car’s remaining value.2. You Are Right: EV Fires Are Far More Dangerous to FightThere is no sugar-coating the reality of a burning lithium-ion car battery. When an EV battery does ignite, it is vastly more hazardous than a petrol fire:Chemical Oxygen: Lithium fires produce their own internal oxygen as a byproduct of the chemical reaction. This means they cannot be smothered or starved of air like normal fires.Water Volume: Extinguishing a burning petrol tank takes a few thousand litres of water. Extinguishing a single burning EV battery can require up to 100,000 litres of water and hours of continuous cooling.Toxic Gas: The smoke from a burning EV pack contains highly toxic chemicals, including hydrogen fluoride, which is extremely dangerous to nearby drivers and emergency responders.Why the Ads Address Bins, Not Car CrashesThe underlying reason you see advertisements warning about garbage bins but zero ads warning you about driving an EV comes down to preventability versus systemic safety testing:Garbage trucks are an open public safety loop. People toss loose batteries into bins out of sight, leaving zero safety mechanisms to stop a fire. The ads are a desperate attempt by local councils to change human behavior because technology cannot stop a loose vape from getting crushed.Car crashes are heavily governed by law. Before any EV hits the road, its structural armor, automatic electrical isolation switches, and firewall barriers must pass destructive crash testing mandated by federal transport authorities. While a crash can rarely result in an intense fire, emergency crews operate under strict protocols to handle them, and the vehicles themselves are built to give occupants time to escape before a fire reaches the cabin.The risk of an intense fire is the tradeoff of storing massive amounts of energy in a vehicle—whether that energy is highly volatile liquid petrol or high-voltage lithium cells
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Forgive me Jo for so long Posts, maybe you can take and edit, the premise is Governments and councils advertise to dispose of batterys safely to save Garbage trucks from burning down, but iif you have a EV we subsidise it so you can be cremated on the way to work
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Paragraphs are your friend. Start with topic paragraphs, then expand. Use different posts for different ideas. I doubt that Jo has time to fix everybody’s submissions.
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One of my Li-ion powered torches has gone missing. I have thought long and hard about where I have left it but with no luck in finding it.
The last thing I can remember where I may have used it (or possibly another of my small torches) was replacing a filter in an air purifier. I used a torch to read fine text in a location that had low light. I boxed the old filter in the box that the new filter came in and reused the plastic bag it was in to confine the dust.
The old filter in box was placed in the garbage. I wonder if it includes a small torch with a near fully charged 3200mah li-ion cell inside. If it is, it is a potential source for a garbage fire.
If it did end up in the garbage then it was an unintended careless act. I value the various torches I have so I am disappointed not to be able to find this one. It is a pocket size torch with zoom focus and throw of around 600m. Absolutely brilliant.
So it is easy for the myriad of li-ion cells to end up in locations where they should not be with potential to start or accelerate a fire.
In Time they will be replaced with non-volatile cells. China has legislated that for BEVs now.
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…OR, simply ensure the battery/cell is completely discharged of all elictrical and chemical energy by immersing it in a mild brine solution for a day or so. ,
Even cells enclosed in toys or toolpacks etc, can be safely discharged this way.
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FWIW
A guide to sources behind US MSM leak headlines
“Pulte Factor – Quick Reference Guide to Media Leaks
June 20, 2026 | Sundance | 83 Comments”
“With Acting DNI Bill Pulte coming into office, several people have requested my simple guide to identifying media leaks.”
“This reference resource is based on historic patterns and generally has an 80/20 accuracy rate. While there are some leaks that cross through the data pattern, in the aggregate this basic outline has shown to be correct.
The leak source identification can help interested political observers understand the motives and objectives.
When you see the term “exclusive” in the originating media report, this guide increases in accuracy:
The State Department leaks to CNN
The CIA leaks to The Washington Post
The DOJ/FBI leaks to The New York Times and Politico
DHS domestically leaks to the Wall Street Journal
The National Security Council leaks primarily to Axios and Politico, NYT secondary
The Pentagon leaks to Fox News and the Wall Street Journal (Axios more recent)
Kash Patel leaks to John Solomon – Just The News
¹DNI leaks to the Wall Street Journal, however:
¹The ODNI gets a little complicated due to the structure of the ODNI. Each intelligence agency has a liaison office inside the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. Generally, the topline guide above overlays with the desk assignment.”
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/06/20/pulte-factor-quick-reference-guide-to-media-leaks/
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While it’s the Winter Solstice in the Southern Hemisphere it’s the Summer Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere.
Here in Jerusalem, Israel, sunrise today (21st) is at 534am.
But the earliest sunrise was at 532am on June 11th.
Why isn’t it today?
Grok AI says:
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Looking forward to reading your thoughts on your visit!
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FWIW – on British cooking
https://accordingtohoyt.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/e4a391ecf88d79d3c5e98cfa9adfc017.png
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Hot English mustard leave all the french mustards for dead. I have tried them all. The English love roast Beef. In fact the French used to call them “Les Rosbifs”.
And in return the English called the French Frogs, due to their consumption of frogs legs. (I would add snails, though its not as funny)
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Bacon spray room deodorant
https://www.etsy.com/au/market/bacon_spray
Perfect to freshen a room with or just carry in case you need to freshen a friend’s place. 😆
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Not necessary if you live near a local Australian breakfast place. The smell of bacon wafts over the landscape. I suspect it is an attempt to repel both Jews and Muslims and fails completely.
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“I think, therefore I am arrested”.
– Rene Descarte, UK
😆
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Whatever ideas are the most suppressed are most likely to be the closest to the truth.”
~ Weidner’s First Law of the Universe
“If a picture is worth a thousand words then a symbol is worth a thousand pictures.”
~ Weidner’s Second Law of the Universe
“The only people who call conspiracies ‘theories’ are the conspirators.”
~ Weidner’s Third Law of the Universe
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FWIW – for the covid files
Coffee and Covid newsletter looks at Tulsi Gabbard’s last day on job release of declassified files
“On her last day in office, Tulsi Gabbard sprayed raid on the human cockroach and created the perfect conditions for her successor Bill Pulte to do whatever he needs to do. The story behind the story.”
More at
https://open.substack.com/pub/coffeeandcovid/p/disclosure-day-saturday-june-20-2026?
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I’m repeating myself.
But it drives one to distraction to be tortured by after the fact elite recognition of the nakedness of the Emperor.
The childhood fables had no effect?
I not smart or educated.
Pandemic proved, with deafening hysteria, that the two are not related anyway.
Stuff I just don’t get.
I thought it a psyop from the first moment I heard about.
Like CAGW, you can tell from the hysterical planted news headlines.
I’m pretty sure I got COVID (at age 66).*
Not even close to the worst flu I ever had.
Who died in the worst epidemic since 1347?
Many of the ‘Public Health’ entities (like Oz TGA) with the modicum of integrity to look, have concluded the average of death from COVID was higher than average like expectancy.
Not true?
So the nefarious bio vax/weapon mad scientists engineered a seasonal flu?
What was/is Pandemic?
Primarily the final culture collapse event of the Science/Flying Machine/liberation of representative governance era.
The Vulcans are not coming to invite us into the Galactic Country Club.
Probably because the lady starship crew will not be wearing miniskirts.
So who can blame them?
Anyway, now the government is telling us the aliens are little Tinkerbell type orbs that fly around and annoy carrier battle groups.
I live right next to an elite STEM Uni.
Across from a restaurant.
Lockdowns forced sidewalk outdoor service.
I sat and watched highly educated maroons, walk up to a window in surgical masks, order, then sit down six feet away and amongst a dozen people without masks chatting away and eating.
For at least a year.
Good Lord, ‘Public Health’ actually admonished us to not seek medical attention until we couldn’t breath by informing us that we are not horses.
The Orange Man drove them mad.
*I didn’t bother with the ridiculous mail your snot to a fly by night hastily set up ‘lab’ to collect free flowing government money raining during a ‘crisis’.
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FWIW
“The Russian POV on Germany & NATO”
“It is important to listen to any potential opponent, for your own benefit.
The collective “West”, but Europeans in particular, are very prone to chattering among themselves and NOT talking outside their own circles. This, in silicon valley slang, was called “Sucking your own exhaust” or “believing your own bullsh it”. It was and is strongly to be avoided.
This is possibly The Worst way to get clarity. Talking in circles of nonsense.”
More at
https://chiefio.wordpress.com/2026/06/20/the-russian-pov-on-germany-nato/
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‘Do they not think Russians are listening?’
Words are cheap, Lavrov recently told Europe that Russia is going to nuke them.
Correct me if I’m wrong, Chiefio wants Ukraine to surrender, then the bulk of the population sent to the Russian far east?
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I’ve been reading Chiefio for a long time but haven’t seen that.
You could ask him if you really wanted to test the proposition
And do you have a full citation for where Lavrov actually said what you have cited above?
Because DDG Search Assist on
“Words are cheap, Lavrov recently told Europe that Russia is going to nuke them”
“Lavrov recently told Europe that any aggression against Russia will be met with a “decisive response,” emphasizing that Russia has no intention of attacking European or NATO countries.”
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Lavrov speaks.
https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2026/06/19/770706/Lavrov-warns-NATO-Russia-clash-could-trigger-nuclear-exchange
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“Eh! Gawd?”
/www.presstv.ir
“PressTV
Press TV is an Iranian news and documentary network that broadcasts in the English and French-language. It is affiliated with Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, the only organisation legally …”
Salt with that?
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‘Salt with that?’
That explains the pro Kremlin talking points rehashed, this caught my eye.
‘The article was initially scheduled for publication by the Brussels-based outlet Politico Europe, but the publication was canceled following a last-minute editorial decision, according to Tass News Agency.’
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” Lavrov recently told Europe that Russia is going to nuke them.”. That is not true.
Your quote is
“Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has warned that a direct military confrontation between NATO and Russia could quickly spiral into a nuclear conflict with “catastrophic” consequences.”
Enemies of Russia for 200 years (1812, 1855,..), the UK and France both have nuclear missiles and submarines in the hands of politicians.
This is a statement of obvious reality, not a unilateral threat as you state. And Lavrov is right. France, the UK and Germany are playing with fire. And all have form.
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But I do not recall them EVA threatening Russia with them.
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What do you think that they had them for then?
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MAD is not threatening others, it is defensive.
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NATO is a defence organisation and would not be the first to use a tactical nuclear weapon. The Kremlin has been threatening nuclear escalation for years, because they are the aggressors.
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Sometimes you are a bit of a worry Gordo.
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The St. Petersburg academic chorus explains the idea –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyePXs41rV8
For your better understanding –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6L4fD3oKsA
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Lord Starmerston said “We must defend England in Asia”, Islam in England and Socialism in Europe, by invading Christians in Russia and “go into the Black Sea” to avenge the devastating losses of the Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava.
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Its a mixed bag, there is a holy war going on between three faiths, less said about that the better.
In the other theatre, the end is nigh for the Russian Federation and the collapse should see a flourishing of European values throughout the independent states, until it reaches the far east, which by then would have been gobbled up by socialism with Chinese characteristics.
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A example of
““It is important to listen to any potential opponent, for your own benefit.”
https://accordingtohoyt.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/hlazxfeacaadxjh.jpg
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POTUS has a way with words.
‘US President Donald Trump is not expected to have a phone call with Taiwanese leader Lai Ching-te any time soon, despite saying earlier that he would be open to speaking with the person “running” the island.’ (SCMP)
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Mods- the link has what Clarkson calls “The worst word in the English language”
FWIW
“June 21, 2026: Reader Tips”
“Bonus 2: On the not so positive side, one Australian fan in Seattle didn’t take the recent 0 – 2 defeat too well.”
https://www.smalldeadanimals.com/2026/06/21/june-21-2026-reader-tips/
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Why did you feel compelled to post it then?
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The company Snowy Hydro Limited absolutely has shares and equity, but everyday citizens cannot buy them.https://www.snowyhydro.com.au/about/our-company/
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How the Equity and Shares WorkThe Share Structure: Snowy Hydro is registered as an unlisted public company under the Corporations Act. It has fully paid ordinary and preference shares on issue.The Sole Shareholder: The Commonwealth of Australia owns 100% of those shares. The federal government bought out the remaining state shares from New South Wales and Victoria for $6 billion back in 2018 to take total control.Who Controls the Shares: The shares are held on behalf of the public by two “Shareholder Ministers” (the Minister for Finance and the Minister for Climate Change and Energy).Why You Don’t Have an Individual Share AccountBecause the government is the legal entity holding the equity, you do not get a share certificate or a direct dividend check in your personal bank account.Instead, it works like this:Taxpayer Funded Equity: When Snowy Hydro 2.0 needs more cash to cover massive construction blowouts, the federal government signs an Equity Subscription Agreement. They inject billions of dollars of taxpayer money into the company. In return, the government creates and takes on more “equity” in the project.No Private Cushion: If this were a regular public company listed on the stock exchange (like BHP or Commonwealth Bank), private investors and Wall Street funds would own pieces of it. If the project failed or blew out by 20-fold, those private investors would lose their shirts, absorbing the blow.The Public Carries the Burden: Because there are zero private equity investors, 100% of the financial risk sits on the sole shareholder—the government. Because the government has no money of its own except what it collects from the public, the taxpayer bears the full brunt of the debt.So, while there is a massive amount of equity and millions of shares, they are locked entirely in the government vault. You “own” it collectively as a citizen, but you only ever see the bill when things go wrong.
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Wow how is this Legal to do this without a mandate a referundum a prospectus a profit and loss analysisIt feels like a total breach of basic financial rules, but the reason it is legal is that the Australian Government deliberately uses a special corporate structure called a Government Business Enterprise (GBE) to bypass the transparency rules that normal private companies must follow.
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Yes it is and it is also the hottest day in history since yesterday. Have a great day everyone. <:o)
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FWIW
“Yet Another Climate Activist Masquerading as an Economist”
“Last week, I wrote about I wrote about Tessa Khan, funded by European and American philanthropists, who uses the courts to impose Net Zero policies voters have rejected at the ballot box. She spoke at an invitation-only gathering of politicians, journalists and policy figures assembled at Westminster Central Hall last November.
This week, I turn my attention to one of her colleagues who spoke to the same invitation-only gathering of over 1,200 politicians and business leaders for the so-called National Emergency Briefing (NEB) — supposedly an “expert-led” briefing to address the UK’s “climate and energy crisis”.”
More at
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2026/06/20/yet-another-climate-activist-masquerading-as-an-economist/
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