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There was a large Freedom rally in London at the weekend. Amongst those at the forefront were Tommy Robinson and Katie Hopkins. This account was written by the editor of the publication formerly known as The Conservative Woman so would be considered right of centre but not far right.
https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/the-unite-the-kingdom-rally-my-first-hand-account/
The numbers attending were exaggerated by the organisers but underestimated by the MSM and probably numbered up to 250,000. There were another 1.5 million watching the livestream
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The New Party (add few more points to the List in Jo’s editorial) should declare their ambitions to correct outdated Australian Parliamentary practices – we all have a dozen or more examples.
I say – ambitions, they will not be achieved in a term or two, but somebody must call a spade a spade: current situation there is a Kabuki Theatre.
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If that Palestinian march on the Sydney harbour bridge was reckoned to be 94,0000 people (was it really?), then the Unite The Kingdom rally in London was very many times that. See even the Grauniad’s aerial footage of it!
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A Guardian journalist claimed the crowd at the Palestinian march on the Sydney Harbour bridge was up to 300,000, and that the police estimate of around 90,000 was grossly under. The journalist arrived at their number by multiplying the 2.5km length x 30m width of the marching group, and applying a body count of 3-4 people per square metre. 4 gives 300,000.
There is no way you can get even 3 people per square metre, let alone 4, in a walking group waving flags and banners.
Aerial video of the march shows a great variance in density with a number of larger gaps and space.
Anyone can measure out a square metre and imagine 3 or 4 people standing tightly in it. It is tight. Then have them walk and wave flags. No way.
The 90k figure is probably thereabouts.
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This account of the London rally was written by one of the contributors to the Daily Sceptic-the free speech online publication. This again would be considered centre right unless you are a leftie then it would be considered extreme right.
https://dailysceptic.org/2025/09/15/what-i-saw-at-the-unite-the-kingdom-rally/
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unrealistic UK Net zero costs highlighted
https://dailysceptic.org/2025/09/15/climate-change-committee-doubles-down-on-unrealistic-net-zero-costs-under-new-chair/
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Meanwhile on the new religion scene.
The latest one (which those here have witnessed evolve from humble roots in ‘Global Warming’ to Wokism) …
has now devolved to the Old World tradition of ‘convert or be un alived’.
Come on, we all saw it coming.
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Video 03:29
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National Academies fast track CO2 is bad study release is Sept 17 (USA):
https://mailchi.mp/nationalacademies/new-study-announced-on-greenhouse-gas-impacts-47fj2f1f4s-4867299?e=c3c03e3b28
Definitely fast. Alarmism ho!
Should be fun punching this big bag of green stuff.
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A second person has been charged with Charlie Kirk’s assassination.
He wasn’t directly involved but a nuisance who delayed police action finding the real assassin.
F A F O
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I bet he regrets it now.
After searching his phone, they found multiple instances of child porn videos, now he’s getting hit with child porn charges. He could have walked out of there and no one would have been the wiser, but in trying to create a distraction for an assassin to escape, he outed himself as a pedo. Lock him up, post his charges on the prison walls, and let the convicts sort him out with their own brand of frontier justice.
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He appears in a number of staged events at different locations, from time to time.
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Apparently he shared the abuse material with others so hopefully they’ll be traced and charged as well.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/crime/man-who-said-shot-charlie-kirk-charged-child-sexual-exploitation/
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The ABC has also reported this:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-17/man-admits-he-falsely-claimed-to-be-charlie-kirk-gunman/105783512
( Has one advantage – no ads. )
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Was there a far Left terrorist network also involved in the Kirk assassination?
Liberal Hivemind discusses.
https://youtu.be/70kNprNd7uU
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No.It is a smokescreen
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A good strong assertion.
And your evidence is?
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Really not even an assertion, just a vague wave off
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President Donald TRUMP initiates criminal investigations into violent far Left political organisations.
Liberal Hivemind discusses.
https://youtu.be/ZoYPbVPgLLk
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This also is a smokescreen.
Here is the money shot.
. https://rense.com/general98/31fcdec5-8f27-4688-
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Got another link?
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Is this it ?
https://rense.com/general98/31fcdec5-8f27-4688-a665-446ec6e3f5b5.mp4
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The forensic evidence seems to show that the shot was fired from a position very close to where the camera that took this shot was located.
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Australians voted AGAINST “The Voice” in a referendum.
However state Governments like Victoria are proceeding with a version of it anyway.
For overseas readers this is a supplementary parliamentary race-based Apartheid “advisory” body, unelected by the people.
“The Other Side” discusses:
https://youtu.be/8XpGAWl3xzA
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I’m pretty sure that contempt for the preferences of the unwashed masses is a prerequisite for politicians and bureaucrats.
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David,if you continue down this track, Jo’s site may get more unwelcome attention.
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“David,if you continue down this track, Jo’s site may get more unwelcome attention.”
Possibly, but self-censorship is what our enemies are aiming for.
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Without prejudice, I think a great many of us here might be, to quote Bob Dylan, Knock, Knock Knocking on heavens door. We have seen the decline, hope to make positive changes and probably don’t give a sh-t.
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That comment seems to be wearing a veil.
Stylish.
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It also flows quietly, or not.
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And yet most Labor politicians are more loyal to China than they are to Australia and are frequent visitors, often with no actual reason stated. Even the PM spent an unusually long five days there, his second visit, even though he has never bother to visit President TRUMP.
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You are right, we should ignore our largest trading partner, and put our faith in TACO. After all what’s a 20% tariff on our iron and steel, especially when China could not be bothered to place a similar tariff on our exports.
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TRUMP placed a 50% tariff on Australia’s steel and aluminium exports to the US because these products are heavily subsidised by the Australian taxpayer.
This is due to them no longer being able to be produced at a competitive price due to the shut down of Australia’s traditional energy supply causing high prices.
TRUMP wants unsubsidised products.
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David. Was forced to read a book written by Dr Karl, (long winter night, insomnia, oh well) This book describes his life and in it he mentions working at the Wollongong steel mills in the 1970’s . He states that major extensions were required to some part of the mill and steel to build these extentions was “bought from China” as it was cheaper. He stated that the grade of steel required was produced by the mill but was “To expensive”. Oh well.
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Amazing.
How could anyone read a book by Dr. Karl K.
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Took one for the team KK
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While there aren’t direct “subsidies” in the traditional sense, the Australian beef industry receives government support through compulsory levies collected on sales, which fund research and development (R&D) and marketing through organisations like Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA).
You are making assertions without any link to facts.
but that is typical
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No. Levies are charged to the producer on livestock transactions. The producers pay the levy to Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA). If MLA invests money into research and development then the government will match it dollar for dollar if the R&D invested in meets the governments eligibility criteria.
The levies the producers pay to MLA get used for other purposes too and not matched by the government.
I suppose you can argue whether that’s the beef industry getting government assistance or the research industry. But the beef producers are paying.
Farmers do get exemptions from the fuel excise tax. Which anti-fossil fuel groups claim is a subsidy to the fossil fuel industry. It’s not. Farmers would buy the fuel whether the tax was payable or not so it doesn’t help the fossil fuel industry and should not be counted as a fossil fuel subsidy. It’s a tax exemption to help the consumer by keeping production costs down.
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But a levy on sales is industry funding, not gov. Our beef industry is generally clean.
The US is shocking with subsidies. They pay farmers NOT to grow crops.
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Strange to hear an Australian referring to Trump as TACO, given that Australia is one of the few countries where Trump has stuck to his guns on the higher tariff rates. You can believe Trump ‘always chickens out’ if that makes you feel better, but the truth is the tariffs were only a negotiating ploy that were designed to bring trading partners to the negotiating table to … negotiate. Since Albanese has not chosen to seek a new deal, Australia is stuck with the higher tariff. Bold strategy Cotton, let’s see if it pays off.
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Meh, he’s a lefty, he regurgitates memes and talking points. Its what they do.
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Its political economy front and centre, regime change is happening in Beijing, the end of totalitarianism and the masses hungry for democracy.
This is good news for Australia, China is our biggest trading partner.
Its time to quit the US Alliance, starting with the AUKUS subs.
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If you think America is an arrogant, overbearing, selfish, and inconsiderate ally (which they certainly can be at times), just wait until you are under China’s thumb. The USA may be a deeply flawed ally, but it’s the best one you’ve got.
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Ackshually I was tslking about PF
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I thought that the TACO epithet arose when the left claimed Trump wasn’t doing anything about Iran. Shortly after, he authorised the bombing of the underground nuclear sites. I find it amazing that some folks are still trying to make the label stick to a world leader that is actually doing something to improve his country, while ours continues to wreck our country.
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“even though he has never bother to visit President TRUMP.”
even though he has never been invited to visit President Trump… Trump has no time for him at all, he’s just a nuisance getting in the way.
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Maybe a non-abusive Ambassador would help.
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For those who use CB radio in Australia, the ACMA has introduced some new regulations.
Extremely surprisingly for an Australian Government department, they are mostly beneficial such as allowing FM on 27MHz (already permitted in USA and Europe) and Internet linking of communications channels and digital ID of channels if you voluntarily wish to transmit your call sign or location.
Video by Ham Radio DX.
https://youtu.be/_hkYt6clMnE
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Only six weeks away folks.
Yes, time flies.
The next Lake Goldsmith Steam Rally is November 1st & 2nd, 2025.
https://www.lakegoldsmithsteamrally.org.au/
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It’s about 2 hours drive from Melbournistan.
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Does that two hours allow for potholes AND recharging?
AFAF
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Lake Goldsmith steam rally has been running for over 60 years now I think, and by far the best rally of steam engines, vintage machinery, and old industrial stuff in the country.
Highly recommended, and your kids will not only love it but be educated about old Australia too.
Don’t forget to groan (or close your eyes) as you drive past the Stockyard Hill wind farm though…
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FWIW
“MET OFFICE SHOCK: UK Temperature Network Goes From Bad to Even Worse in Just 18 Months”
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/09/16/met-office-shock-uk-temperature-network-goes-from-bad-to-even-worse-in-just-18-months/
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via radio this morning:
UK has best apple harvest EVAAAH!
Must be the carbon.
Bring on the cider jokes…
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Challenge accepted. The best cider is Dickens Cider. Had a pal with the surname Dickens, nickname Slipper.
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ABC (Australia) (far Left taxpayer funded media organisation) journalist John Lyons had an interaction with President TRUMP which didn’t go well for Lyons. Out of nowhere Lyons asked TRUMP about his business dealings as President to which TRUMP explained that his kids were running the businesses.
I bet Lyons never asked Biden about his business dealings.
You can see three short videos at:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-17/donald-trump-john-lyons-exchange-before-anthony-albanese-meeting/105781624
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FWIW – for the covid record
“‘PFIZERGATE’: EU Commission Forced To Admit That COVID ‘Vaccines’ Were Given to the Population Without ‘Complete Safety Data’ ”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/09/pfizergate-eu-commission-forced-admit-that-covid-vaccines/
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SMH is all for Australia’s internet censorship-
“Studies show young Australians are turning to social media as a primary source of news. As hate speech, misinformation, and toxic commentary proliferate, many young users are left without the critical skills to navigate and interpret harmful content they encounter online. This is why the social media ban to protect young Australians must be applauded….Social media has become a key tool of governing for Trump, who uses his own TruthSocial site to spread his rhetoric. Globally, social media platforms have experienced a proliferation of extremist views, with algorithms steering foul content to young, vulnerable users.”
So, social media is bad, and Trump uses it for his propaganda… Pretty well sums up SMH editorial view.
The Govt is slightly different, they’ve realised a mandatory Age ID for all Australians will hurt them, so its all fuzzy lines at the moment. They’ve hit the “Guilty until you prove yourself innocent’ system again, the common one for modern Western Govts.
“While the platforms must satisfy the watchdog that they have taken “reasonable steps” to remove the accounts of the under-16s, there will be no legally enforceable standard for accuracy. ESafety will be able to launch legal action if platforms cannot demonstrate they have taken the required steps, which may differ from platform to platform, with fines of up to $50 million for breaches.”
Aussie, the test dummy for the world..
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In 1971 the SMH announced that the Great Barrier Reef would be dead by Christmas.
Glad to see they have maintained their usual practice.
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Got a link for that?
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They’ve inadvertently admitted that it’s essentially about suppressing TRUMP and other conservative viewpoints.
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The original claim was that it was meant to prevent cyber bullying.
Now it’s about suppressing non-Leftist opinions.
The children will still get plenty of Leftist opinions from their “teachers” however but have no online source of conservative viewpoints. And most kids don’t read books or visit libraries so they’ll become highly indoctrinated drones with no access to alternative opinions, as is the plan.
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To me David that has been the end game for a while……”orange man bad”
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Truth Social wouldn’t exist if the keepers of faith hadn’t banned him from Twitter.
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Of course they are. All legacy/corporate media outlets are on board with censoring social media, because social media is absolutely DESTROYING their ability to control the narrative and turn a profit. Social media is doing to them what eCommerce did to brick-and-mortar bookstores, what ride-sharing apps have done to taxi cab companies, and what Turbo Tax and other software have done to tax preparers.
They are dinosaurs who actually know what that big red streak in the sky is and are doing everything in their power to stop it. Too bad for them that the asteroid is coming whether they like it or not.
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That might be the funniest sentence I have read in weeks. It’s not the young kids who lack online savvy to sort the wheat from the chaff that are the problem. It’s the boomers who are glued to MSNBC, Fox News, ABC, SMH, BBC, etc. and eat up everything they serve with blind credulity. The #1 source of misinformation by miles and miles and miles is corporate media, not social media, and older demographics absorb it without an ounce of skepticism.
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Based pn my experience talking with a 100 + mostly boomer car club members, that right there is at best a poor generalization and at worst a complete load of cobblers
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I think that’s a very boomerphobic comment Steve. All the pro-freedom people I know are boomers and I expect most readers and writers here as well.
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I’ve got no problem with Boomers. I am very nearly one myself (I’m an old GenXer who just missed the cutoff by a few years). But the demographics are undeniable. Corporate media is almost exclusively consumed by boomers and the last vestiges of the greatest generation. Only about 10% of the cable news audience in the USA is in the prime demographic for advertisers (25-54 years old). The other 90% is 55+ year olds (under 25’s barely even register in the cable news ratings). I assume the demographics in Australia are similar.
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It’s got nothing to do with being online savvy. The line about not having the “critical skills to navigate and interpret harmful content” is about being able to process info with wisdom. Not navigating the internet. It wouldn’t matter if the info is in a book, on TV, the teaching at school, or the internet. It’s not the medium. It’s being able to smell a rat, understand motive, think critically, and not be exposed to certain content that is the issue.
You’ll have to explain why the ABC’s ratings have fallen so much. Especially radio. My guess is it’s the Boomers and Gen-X ers who aren’t willing to absorb without question.
No group has a monopoly on critical thinking. Confirmation bias is a problem when getting people to think critically.
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The horror!
The American president … governing? How dare he!
LOL
Truth Social only has about two million active users. Trump may have made some decent money off it when it launched, but it’s reach is TINY (Facebook measures it users in billions, Twitter in hundreds of millions). If he’s spreading misinformation there, he’s not spreading it very far.
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Mmmm only abou 5x CNNs viewership. The real point is how much it gets reported on by other media and the ability to control your message without filters and editing. LOL indeed.
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Whenever Trump decides to retire his thumbs, that place is going to dry up and blow away like a tumbleweed. His official account is the ONLY reason people still use it.
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FWIW – on weather
https://srmoutreach.blogspot.com/2011/08/
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Two bits of news on the wind energy front for Victoria yesterday.
Premier in China renegotiating Dan’s belt and road initiative for Chinese build, own operate infrastructure to rob Victorians forever.
It soon followed that the proposed offshore wind auctions were cancelled:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-16/victoria-offshore-wind-auction-delay/105778708
I expect the European and Australian groups will be cast aside for Chinese developers to get first look because they have the capital and need to have guaranteed returns.
Getting Chinese investment into grid assets will be challenging if they look at what is happening to the grid. Rooftops are robbing demand with SA the best example:
https://i0.wp.com/wattsupwiththat.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/SA-SW-1758059793.0151.png?fit=%2C&quality=75&ssl=1
Wind could have easily supplied the demand through the day but had to be heavily curtailed when the rooftops robbed their demand.
The only source of generation in Australia that can grow without restraint is rooftops. Rooftops remove their demand from the grid. So the grid generators lose volume as each rooftop comes on line. Are the Chinese looking at this? They are certainly benefiting from the money going into solar and batteries for Australian households.
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Which one can be curtailed the easiest.
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Having had a smart electric meter which was only randomly communicating its data back to the power supplier (advantage of the nearest neighbor being a kilometer away), I had the opportunity to talk with the technician installing the new meter (now with TWO antenna). And if the new antennae don’t work properly, then more sensitive versions are available.
Communications is a mesh, with access required to both the meter “network” and the internet.
The important bit of information was that the only thing under supplier control was the ability to restrict exports to the grid. In other words, short of losing grid power or voltage rises to above the inverter levels, the solar panels and inverter would continue to supply power available “behind the meter”.
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It is not a matter of easy. It is a matter of economics. The grid solar has very limited opportunity to recover any costs from negative wholesale prices below the value of LGCs so they pull out first. Then wind pulls out next. The small amount of gas is being directed to stay connected and get compensated for that.
Rooftops have no price signal so only back off if the street voltage reaches the allowable limit.
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From sociocryospheric hysteria – all glaciers must be equal – to symphony for the seize – note phony spelling of seas.
A young NZ-Samoan, Joshua Pearson, was granted finances to compose a tune for the planet, so he seized on the seas surrounding Tuvalu (not that he’s ever been there) as that polyp in a coral mine will be “under water by 2150” if we don’t follow Greta Inc.
2150 now? Have we been granted a reprieve or is it merely yet another govt-sponsored B-grade RNZ misspelling typo error error error…
https://www.rnz.co.nz/concert/programmes/three-to-seven/audio/2019004038/composing-in-a-changing-climate
Drawing on Tuvalu’s dot.tv adoption of all things 1 and 0 (sounds binary to me) the ‘composition’ is called Digital Nation: Navigating the changing environment – whoa hang on, is it the environment or the climate that’s changing? – Joshua’s piece sounded like (the 30-seconds intro I listened to so you don’t have to) a blend of electronic synthesised whale screeching on a violin or Frank Zappa played backwards on half-speed, or even slower.
If this is our musical future . . .
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Tide gauge in Tuvalu shows 3.20 =/- 1.72mm/yr sea level rise.
https://sealevel.info/MSL_graph.php?id=732-012
No sign of acceleration.
That would be about 16 inches (400mm) by 2150 AD.
Coral growth can easily keep up with that rate of rise.
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When the GBR started it was a shallow fringing reef on the then edge of the continent, the continental shelf. As the ice melted and the seas rose, slowly, the coral grew up, on top of the broken coral. We now have bommies with sheer edges to the depths 50m below. If a bommie toppled like one of the Apostles did, it would be gone forever. The coral could not regrow from those depths.
Rising sea levels would just mean less bleaching.
The first time I swam the reef I recall vividly the feeling of swimming over the coral trying not to scratch my stomach then getting to the edge and there was nothing below me, the sea bed was too far down to see. I felt like I was flying, strange feeling.
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” as that polyp in a coral mine will be “under water by 2150” if we don’t follow Greta Inc.”
Clown obviously knows nowt about coral.
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Jessica Tarlov: We need to have a conversation.
Gutfeld: Charlie was having a conversation and got shot.
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^^^^????????
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Different levels of consciousness I can accept, but limiting freedom of thought only works to a point.
Beijing has kept the masses passive and obedient through material progress, but now that has dried up and people are becoming unruly.
The world has changed since 1998, everyone has a phone and are fully connected to everyone else. Gossip and innuendo, conspiracy theories and misinformation, we are fully informed.
They say that 3i/Atlas is 50 kilometres wide and believe it or not, from a different direction comes an even bigger one.
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Taking a wrecking ball to the Overton Window is arguably Trump’s greatest strength. He says things that you aren’t supposed to say in this day and age, and doesn’t give a flying fig if it upsets people. In doing so, he gives others courage to do the same.
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Hey DM, any chance you could answer my question at 18.1.1.1 yesterday?
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He did. What aspect don’t you get?
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The follow up question at 18.1.1.1.
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Here is an excellent Australian short movie (15 mins) called Utopia (by Kosta Nikas, 2019) about what it will probably be like in Australia’s near future and that of other Nanny States. It will definitely happen if conservatives remain silent.
So let’s establish or build up an existing pro-freedom conservative party and get on with it.
I urge you to find 15 mins to watch this movie.
https://youtu.be/vJYaXy5mmA8
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A nightmare.
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I do recall seing that one.
Put it alongside Terry Gilliam’s “Brazil”, 1985.
“Ordering a pizza in the future”, 19 years old now:
https://youtu.be/RNJl9EEcsoE?si=OT6JWS6YN6Pfl3BG
It hasn’t got to that point yet.
Stallone’s “Demolition Man”, 1993.
We’re there in most ways now. 😉
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I haven’t seen that pizza one for years. Thanks for posting.
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The green dream is still alive and burning ever brightly. As already mentioned in the past LG have been addressing a burning issue with some of their solar energy batteries since around 2020 when the problem started to manifest. I saw the ads they had occasionally run on tv suddenly become more frequent and more graphic with actual video of a battery on fire but didn’t realise the behind-the-scenes tussle that the ACCC was waging to get the business to act. According to AI:
“LG Energy Solution Australia has entered into a court-enforceable undertaking with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to significantly increase efforts to locate and remediate faulty LG solar energy storage system (ESS) batteries, which pose a fire risk due to potential internal short-circuiting. This action follows a proposed compulsory recall notice issued by the Assistant Treasurer in February 2024 due to concerns that LG had not taken satisfactory action to prevent injuries, particularly as around 4,400 affected batteries remained unlocated.”
So just as last year’s fire risk got more concerted attention along comes a new one with today’s announcement that:
“A popular Tesla-branded home battery has been urgently recalled across Australia after alarming reports of units catching fire and damaging homes.”
Roll on barbie season.
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It is not impossible that some of those cells were supplied by LG,
Tesla have certainly used them in the past.
And i would be uncomfortable with any external party having control over my personal equipment
Remember, a storage battery can be a very effective and powerful incendary device if the BMS is manipulated, or overcharged and thermal protections are disabled.
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The “Tesla big battery” in SA used Samsung cells, because Tesla said it couldn’t supply that many batteries in its contracted time.
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Green hydrogen out, billions of dollars of taxpayer’s monies wasted already, and now;
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It’s odd that all these fantasy projects cost $1 billion or more.
Follow the money trail.
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‘Follow the money trail.’ … Cannon-Brooke or Twiggy at the end of it I expect! Jut astounding how our money gets thrown at these people!
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Save money, live better
https://64.media.tumblr.com/a9dbaf7e663a11178c7eb0be7c8bf123/919cee00574fc869-81/s1280x1920/ecbef4051b4863ae4010b300fe94b1169823bc8e.jpg
No, you’ll serve me free of charge like you used to!
The yanks need to watch the UK where the consumer backlash forced stores to bring back proper service.
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The cost of doing business is providing service. Although places like supermarkets remove their “service” the prices DO NOT drop to reflect this. Just another way to add to the billion dollar profits.
Remember how getting rid of service station attendants was going to lower the cost of fuel.. Doesn’t seem to have worked out very well.
Likewise the mailing out of paper bills was part of “doing business” now in many instances this attracts an additional charge.
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Noticed a service station in Lilydale has gone to a full US style pay at the pump operation. Couldnt tell if its staffed at all. Its at a busy intersection so no geekage time. Under a generic label like UPay or similar.
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Seems to be a trend even with servos in our district offering 24 hour fuel supply by swiping the card after hours. Maybe trials to get rid of people altogether.
Had an interesting encounter at a bank a couple of days ago. tried to deposit a cheque at the counter, teller refused to accept this deposit and instead instructed me to go out into the street and deposit it through their ATM. Demanded a staff member come out and walk me through the process (Just to prove a point). I am actively looking at changing banks but really they will all wind up the same eventually.
This bank should have a new advertising campaign showing how doing your banking in the street is “safe” “secure” and “quick” none of which this new system actually will be.
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“Demanded a staff member come out and walk me through the process (Just to prove a point).”
Yes, if they charged me $5 for a checkout clown I would be the slowest old fart getting groceries up onto the counter ever! …and after that I’d pull out my purse and my wallet to slowly count out the exact change..
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In a previous life I ran a servo, a real servo: Start the pump running, check the oil, sell a pint of 30, “your top hose is soft, can I book you in?” Replace the cap and bring the change back to the driver.
And No! it wasn’t hard sell, old Holdens/Fords needed constant checking. I would have saved many motorists an expensive repair, and they never thanked me. lol
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That says it was back when we had auto shut off on the fuel hose?
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From the curiouser and curiouser files.
With all the immigration toing and froing going on I wonder how many people realise it is Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday today (17 September 1950).
Q. What made me think of this? A. Walking out of a Brisbane suburban shopping mall and one of those floor stand rolling advertisement signs presented a picture of him underneath a heading wishing him happy birthday. Indeed best birthday wishes to the gentleman, and many more.
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“Interestingly a headline in The Australian states heatwave death numbers far above last century, research shows. As Australia’s landmark climate change forecast shows heatwaves are set to spike, new research shows heatwaves killed more than 1000 people from 2016 to 2019.
New research from Melbourne’s Monash University shows heatwaves killed 1009 people in the four-year span. That compares to 4555 deaths since 1900.
The research comes as Australia’s major national climate risk assessment projects the number of severe to extreme heatwave days to increase from four per year to 18 if temperatures rise 3C.
Poorer, older and disabled people are more likely to die because of a heatwave, the researchers found.”
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/breaking-news/heatwave-death-numbers-far-above-last-century-research-shows/news-story/1e59e6d3303e7bd1d79c8d0e61d51344
When The Austtralian, a newspaper strongly in support of climate sceptics, publishes an article that leans strongly toward the climate believers perhaps it is time climate sceptics had a reappraisal of their views
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There are a number of factors contributing to increased deaths in recent years than say last century. It’s not just heat related.
Population growth. More people, more death.
We have 5 times the population as in 1920, more than 3 times the population as at 1950, nearly double the population at 1980.
We also had a largely young population through last century.
Air-conditioning wasn’t as prevalent last century with lower deaths for really not much of a difference in temperature.
e.g. In Melbourne the average days per year above 40 deg was 2 for most of last century and was still only 2.2 from 2009 to 2019.
A notable factor would be a good chunk of the population now being susceptible due to having well exceeded average life spans. Just like dementia is far more prevalent these days. Instead of dying at 75 from a heart attack, due to better health care we now have people dying at 90 from dementia.
It’s an article about a research paper. I’m not surprised The Australian published it because unlike the ABC they don’t typically try to hide things that could be construed as not supporting a narrative. If you are a regular reader of the Australian you would have seen through the Voice debate many articles published by authors of both sides. Not the typical case elsewhere.
This is not an article that leans toward climate believers vs sceptics. We know more people will die from heat if there is more heat. That’s not the debate. The debate is why there is recorded warming and are the catastrophic predictions sound predictions. On the death stats there will also be a debate about what the figures actually mean, such as my above comments about factors contributing to an increase in deaths, and whether it’s purely warming or whether it’s demographics or a combo.
Did you take note of Jo’s chart the other day showing there are far more deaths from cold than heat in Australia?
https://joannenova.com.au/wp-content/cheng-australia-2018-4-ga1_lr-col.gif
Deaths from cold were 10 times the rate of deaths from heat. So, based on your logic, if the Guardian writes an article about less deaths from cold due to warming, then “climate believers” will need to reappraise their views.
But it only works one way of course. Climate change means more cold and more heat. Global warming doesn’t actually mean more warmth. Did I get that right? 😉
Interestingly the claim is made that the extreme heat deaths are more than the combined total deaths directly caused by all other natural hazards. They make this claim despite cold being a natural hazard, and cold resulting in far more deaths than heat. It’s a false claim being pushed by “climate believers”.
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Odd they are talking absolute number not per 100,000 with a backdrop of rapid population growth and urbanisation.
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Or a good time to have a look at whether The Australian has gone full “YSM”
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We were told large numbers of people died from Covid but, when the actual data was drilled, they were including people who died from heart attacks, falling off ladders, liver disease, etc but happened to test positive for Covid. This was to jack up the numbers, keep the scare going and get more people queuing at the jabbatoir.
I have been sceptical of ‘official’ stats ever since, especially when those stats are used to justify a pre-existing agenda.
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“I have been sceptical of ‘official’ stats ever since, especially when those stats are used to justify a pre-existing agenda.”
Definitely! How does heat kill you and what defines death by heat? If the temperature is below 37deg and you die, do they call that a heat death? I’d need to see a lot more medical definitions that were beyond arguments before I believed propaganda article like that.
“New research from Melbourne’s Monash University shows heatwaves killed 1009 people in the four-year span.”
Quite laughable compared to how many the Covid vaxx killed!
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FWIW – on the EV front
“Not a Bad Thing: Remember All Those Electric Buses Kamala Paid For and We Didn’t Get?”
https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2025/09/16/not-a-bad-thing-remember-all-those-electric-buses-kamala-paid-for-and-we-didnt-get-n3806873
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Weird Wednesday: the Ratfish has 8 rows of teeth on its forehead
The spotted ratfish, a relative of sharks, measures about two feet long and is found in the northeastern Pacific Ocean. The species belongs to a group of cartilaginous fish called chimaeras (also known as ghost sharks), and its males have a distinct feature called a tenaculum. This appendage juts out from the ratfish’s forehead and is used to grasp females during mating. What’s more, the tenaculum seems to be covered in sharp, retractable teeth.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-deep-sea-fish-has-teeth-on-its-forehead-and-it-uses-them-for-sex-180987300/
Go on creationists, explain that one! 😆
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EV market reality German style
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/09/evs_more_hype_than_reality.html
Shirley these games wouldnt happen here?
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The reality of what Govt thinks the EV market is like is shown here-
” generous depreciation rules, allowing up to 75% of the purchase cost to be claimed in the first year.”
They know the cars will be worthless in 5 years.
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FWIW – for the covid record
“The doctor who fought a quango for the truth about vaccine trials”
https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/the-doctor-who-fought-a-quango-for-the-truth-about-vaccine-trials/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=2025-09-17&utm_campaign=TCW+Daily+Email
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And more on
“Kennedy appoints covid sceptics to vaccine panel”
https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/kennedy-appoints-covid-sceptics-to-vaccine-panel/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=2025-09-17&utm_campaign=TCW+Daily+Email
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FWIW
“House Hearing with Meteorologist Chris Martz & Dr. Roger Pielke Jr. on Playing God with the Weather – A Disastrous Forecast”
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/09/16/house-hearing-with-meteorologist-chris-martz-dr-roger-pielke-jr-on-playing-god-with-the-weather-a-disastrous-forecast/
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EVENING GRIDWATCH WED 17 SEPT
AT 7 PM EASTERN TIME IN AUSTRALIA THE WIND WAS CONTRIBUTING 11% OF DEMAND IN THE EAST. CAPACITY FACTOR 17%
AND 10% IN THE WEST.
https://www.nem-watch.info/widgets/RenewEconomy/
TEXAS
https://www.gridstatus.io/live/ercot
4 AM WIND 26% SOLAR 0
BRITAIN
https://grid.iamkate.com/
10 AM WIND 52% SOLAR 3%
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FWIW
https://patriotpost.us/cartoons/36213
Spirit alive in Oz?
(Via SDA)
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FWIW
“Fugitive Scientist Behind Vaccine and Autism Studies Arrested for Stealing $1 Million From CDC
Danish scientist Poul Thorsen — co-author of influential 2002 and 2003 studies often cited to dismiss a vaccine-autism link — was arrested in Germany and may be extradited to the U.S. on charges of embezzling nearly $1 million from the CDC. His arrest raises new questions about the integrity of the studies used to shape vaccine policy worldwide.”
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/poul-thorsen-scientist-behind-vaccine-autism-studies-arrested-stole-one-million-cdc/
Via SDA
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FWIW –
“An Examination of a University Professor in 2025”
“Tamar Shirinian is the latest in a long list of academics that have been canceled in recent days. Here’s what she posted.
Rather than focus on that, let’s take a look at her academic credentials:”
“The fact that nitwits like this can get a Ph.D. based on such nonsensical fluff is an insight into how incredibly broken “higher” education in America and Canada is.”
https://www.smalldeadanimals.com/2025/09/16/an-examination-of-a-university-professor-in-2025/
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She seems a great argument to privatise education completely!
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https://x.com/jameshartline/status/1968047290238845331?s=58
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https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/09/marxist-lgbtq-paramilitary-group-utah-under-investigation-fbi/
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