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Soya beans and the road through the Amazon jungle to COP30
https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/the-scandal-of-soy-beans-and-hypocrisy-of-cop30s-highway-through-the-rain-forest/
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NYC mayor promises the earth but how on earth can he deliver and why did people believe his grandiose policies?
https://dailysceptic.org/2025/11/05/socialist-zohran-mamdani-becomes-first-muslim-mayor-of-new-york/
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https://youtu.be/J-YsLaGpjy0
See what Sinatra feels about it!
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A lefty city, in a lefty State, with lefty voters supporting a candidate that feeds them all the fantasy nonsense they want to here. Reality, rationality and especially finances are not concepts they acknowledge.
They are going to be very dissapointed when the back pedalling starts. It will be Trumps fault.
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here > hear
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Forget the promises; what really got him elected was his hatred of conservatives, Trump in particular. The left is mostly fueled by intolerance and hate so all a candidate has to do is swear to defy Trump and promise to jail those who do not comply with their ideology.
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It was anti-Trump, a TDS protest vote.
‘Republicans are furious over NYC’s new Muslim socialist mayor. Zohran Mamdani talks a big game, but like Clover Moore in Sydney, his limited powers to reshape a city mean managing garbage pick-up may be the height of his revolution.’ (Oz)
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Activists from the party that considers itself the ‘defenders of democracy’ held a protest yesterday on the one-year anniversary of President Trump’s election.
Were they honoring the tradition of free and fair elections and the peaceful transfer of power?
Of course not.
They were arguing to abandon the democratic process and depose the duly elected President of the United States.
Make it make sense.
https://x.com/Reuters/status/1986255967743594656
On a related note, check out all those bespoke homemade signs created by each individual protestor, and all the care and personal originality that went into them. The hallmark of a grassroots movement and totally not a astroturfed event with senior citizens collecting a couple hundred backs to pay their blue plate specials before their mid-afternoon nap back at the assisted living facility.
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It was like a scene straight from the Euromaiden protests in 2014 that resulted in deposing a duly elected president in Ukraine, and would later lead to the Ukraine-Russia war. Because that was such a roaring success with absolutely no negative consequences.
The deep state and their puppet NGO complex are running color revolutions on American soil now. The sooner we start seeing spooks charged with treason and sent to Old Sparky, the better.
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Spooks “charged” with Old Sparky, surely?
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Euromaiden was caused when the president of ukraine ignored the vote of parliament to, amongst many other things, commence a treaty with the eu and move away from Russia.policies that he had endorsed when seeking election.
These caused months of protests, fueled by Russia who had other plans, the invasion of crimea. It takes months to build up sufficient forces for an invasion as we saw with the attempted invasion of Ukraine itself. The Russian
forces had been built up whilst the demonstrations had still been going on. It was their plan all along to invade
crimea and force Ukraine back into line. They succeeded with the first plan, but not the second.
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” fueled by Russia who had other plans,”
The paramilitary guy shooting into the assembled crowd spoke with an american accent.
Funny that.
But you can believe whatever you want.
14000 dead russian -speaking Ukrainians can hardly be considered a provocation can it?
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Tonyb:
Check the dates. When was the euromaiden and when was the Russian invasion?
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The protests carried on into the end of February 2014. Crimea was invaded the same month. It takes 6 months to assemble an invasion force, it had been planned for months by russia as the president reneged on his election promises and the Russians tried to force Ukraine to comeback into their fold.
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Thanks, Tony.
In 2004 the bloodthirsty cannibal said to everyone with ears: Russia Gets Up From Her Knees, which was about Ukraine and Baltic states, at least. He said it in Germany of all places.
Europeans who learnt anything at all about German 1933 elections should have heard and believed V. Putin but it took hundreds of thousands new graves for Swedes and Finns to lift their sleepy eye to the East. The rest is still yawning….
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I never studied Europeean history, but what I am seeing now seems to have roots a hundred yesrs old.
If there sre Russians in Ukraine today, would not the killing of millions of Ukrainians a century ago have a lot to do with it?
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Ted1
Chiefio started his look at that history about 800
AD
https://chiefio.wordpress.com/2024/08/20/time-line-of-the-ukraine-russia/
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Putin has said numerous times that he intends to recreate the Russian empire. The Baltic states and Poland in particular are very fearful.
Previously neutral European countries have joined NATO as they are fearful of the stated intentions of Putin. I don’t know how many times Putin has to restate his intentions and follow up words with military actions before people believe him.
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Months of protests? How about years of shelling your own citizens
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In crimea.?
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Russian paramilitary were shelling Ukraine.
‘The Russo-Ukrainian war began in February 2014 and is ongoing. Following Ukraine’s Revolution of Dignity, Russia occupied and annexed Crimea from Ukraine. It then supported Russian paramilitaries who began a war in the eastern Donbas region against Ukraine’s military.’ (wiki)
Putin’s strategy is USSR battlefield doctrine and it has failed.
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” Following Ukraine’s Revolution of Dignity,”…. lol!! Revolution of Dignity my ass!! The CIA was balls-deep in that regime change, they were horrified when their plans to get NATO weapons into Ukraine were thwarted, so they needed to just get rid of the President.
“Russian paramilitary were shelling Ukraine.” More Lol! Who were they shelling in Ukraine?? The Naz1s who were busy shelling the Russian-speaking Ukrainians in the Donbass of course!
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Have you any evidence whatsoever for that particular conspiracy?
If they wanted to get Nato weapons into Ukraine they could have just driven them in. However that would have taken a top level meeting, which never happened. The Russian leaning President reneged on the promises he made to get elected. He over ruled Parliament. The people responded as they were very sensitive to Russian attempts to draw them back into the Russian orbit. Putin had his invasion force ready long before the protests had started to gather any force.
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The British Establishment blame Elon Musk’s X for not censoring an attack by a ‘knife’ on an Australian Bishop at a church service in Sydney, for knife crime in Britain: https://dailysceptic.org/2025/11/06/the-southport-inquirys-sinister-censorship-agenda
More than 38,000 criminals have been released onto Britain’s streets under Sir Keir Starmer’s early release scheme. Ministry of Justice data shows an average of 129 prisoners were freed early every day between September last year and this June. Despite the tens of thousands of early releases, the number of people in prison has still risen from 86,966 in September last year to 87,465: https://www.gbnews.com/politics/uk/prison-early-release-scheme-criminals-released-keir-starmer
However, both the Labour Government and Tory Opposition have voiced support for expanding surveillance technology to help police identify the 38,000 criminals released onto Britain’s streets under Sir Keir Starmer’s early release scheme. Calls for expanding surveillance technology can also be used to identify criminals released from third world prisons and trafficked to Britain across the English Channel and then housed in hotels under Sir Keir Starmer’s human rights scheme. Calls for wider deployment of live facial recognition technology have intensified following attacks on innocent British people, by knives: https://www.infowars.com/posts/uk-knife-attack-fuels-renewed-push-for-facial-recognition
Rape Crisis report that the UK had an estimated total of 474,847 rapes in 2024, the highest in the World. Only 15% or 71,227 rapes were recorded by the police in 2024, and only 2.7% of those, or 1,923 rape charges had been brought to Court. England and Wales has the highest rate of rape on Earth with 7.82 annual rapes per 1,000. Rape Crisis reports that only 15% of rape victims chose to report the crime to the police and 87% of the victims are white girls raped by immigrants, including those given British citizenship by the Labour & Tory Governments.
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Open letter to Bill Gates by Franco Battaglia.
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David Maddison,
That link goes to some Escape from New York video. To save others Googling, this looks to be the letter.
FWIW, this is my favourite bit:
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Thanks Robert.
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Oops.
Wrong link.
This is the correct link.
https://clintel.org/open-letter-to-bill-gates-by-franco-battaglia/
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His first foray into development was ‘one laptop per child’ and we are now at the ‘internet is dangerous for children’ stage.
I see “Co2 is beneficial” just around the corner
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Another bit of BBC “we’re brilliant and infallible” self-promotion (I’d only bother with the first segment, just gets boring).
https://youtu.be/YBgOriqHqtA
And another example of the exact opposite.
https://order-order.com/2025/11/06/bbc-verify-forced-to-delete-thoroughly-wrong-story-accusing-insurance-companies-of-racism/
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Starmer flies to Brazil for one day, mainly to enjoy a slap up meal. Must be what they mean by food miles.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15264159/Keir-Starmer-Ed-Miliband-Sadiq-Khan-Rio-PM-climate-Trump.html
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He suffers dyslexia and put the s at the wrong end of mile
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The longest word in the English language is ‘smiles’ – there’s a mile between the two s’s. (old dad joke from my old man 65+ years ago).
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Though the first class travel, slap-up meal and fawning (albeit brief) attention would have been enjoyable for him, the real purpose for his attendance was ‘optics’. He is, in his usual style, primarily concerned about support within his own party (who are the actual arbiters of his fate, not the voters), plus of course keeping his boss in Beijing happy.
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FWIW
“A.I. News? A rising tide to avoid…”
https://chiefio.wordpress.com/2025/11/06/a-i-news-a-rising-tide-to-avoid/
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Bumped from yesterday
“another ian
November 6, 2025 at 4:55 pm · Reply
In comments there
“Looks like science, lies like propaganda. Inside a new wave of climate misinformation”
https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/11/looks-like-science-lies-like-propaganda-inside-a-new-wave-of-climate-misinformation/
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/11/05/europes-last-minute-climate-scramble-brussels-waters-down-its-2040-target-just-in-time-for-cop30/#comment-4128047
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another ian
November 6, 2025 at 7:28 pm · Reply
FWIW – seems to me “read that item very carefully!” ”
Today –
“The Church of Climate Semiotics: When Graphs Become Heresy”
“This paper — The Aesthetics of Climate Misinformation by Anton and Petter Törnberg — is an extreme example institutional navel-gazing. It’s an academic attempt to psychoanalyze anyone skeptical of climate orthodoxy, dressed up in AI jargon and sprinkled with the self-assured tone of a priest lecturing on heresy. The irony is almost poetic: a study accusing others of aesthetic manipulation while itself performing the very act it condemns — turning dissent into pathology through rhetorical theater.”
More at
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/11/06/the-church-of-climate-semiotics-when-graphs-become-heresy/
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Plus comments
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POTUS can now legitimately close down the United Nations Building
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The UN owns the land and building, but if they are encouraged to move out for a handsome price, then it would be a good place for a casino.
With all that money from the sale, the UN could afford to set up camp anywhere except Sydney.
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FWIW
“Climate Activists Flying to Belém, Paying $1000+ / Night, to Demand More Money”
“The new Virgin Amazon Rainforest highway appears to connect the upmarket end of town to the conference center, via the Red Light District.”
“COP 30 – a turning point for climate, human rights and the finance sector?
This year’s COP30 takes place in the wake of the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) ruling in July 2025, positioning the discussions in Brazil this November to break new ground for human rights. This article explains how the ruling not only has far-reaching implications for States’ obligations but outlines the business opportunities it opens up for financial institutions, the risks of ignoring a consideration of human rights, and provides examples of innovation already taking place in the finance sector.
The conclusions of the ICJ confirmed the UN General Assembly’s 2022 resolution recognizing a clean, healthy and sustainable environment as a foundational human right, acknowledging that it is necessary for the enjoyment of all other human rights. This means States that are party to international treaties, such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, must now address climate change as part of their human rights obligations. COP30 therefore presents a unique opportunity to build on this momentum and place human rights at the heart of climate action.
The ruling has far-reaching implications for States’ obligations, but the increased actions taken by States to ensure compliance could create business opportunities for financial institutions (FIs) to support mitigation and adaptation measures. The ruling might also generate greater regulatory incentives or pressure on those States seeking to avoid liability for the omissions or inaction of non-state actors such as real-economy companies and financiers. Exactly what this will mean for commercial enterprises remains to be seen, however, it does make clear the direction of travel, and as such, provides new momentum to opportunities that centre human rights alongside climate change. ”
More on this years “hitching of your cheque book” at
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/11/06/climate-activists-flying-to-belem-paying-1000-
night-to-complain-they-need-more-money/
And comments
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Nancy Pelosi announced her retirement.
I wonder if she’ll now share her secrets to being one of America’s top performing stock traders, consistently outperforming the big Wall Street investment firms?
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Latest BS from COP30.
How much more economic destruction do they want Australia to commit to?
It almost couldn’t get any worse.
And these statements from a former fake conservative Australian Liberal Party politician, Mathias Cormann.
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No sign of the word ‘net’ in there… So just meaningless waffle from some brainless jockey repeating the propaganda he’s paid for.
Last I read Australia is a carbon sink, as is the whole Southern Hemisphere.
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The password for the Louvre’s video-surveillance system was simply: “Louvre”.
Yes. The museum’s digital front door was reportedly guarded by the linguistic equivalent of putting a key under the mat labelled “key”. The museum has not confirmed this, of course, and likely never will, but the consistency of reporting across multiple news outlets implies that, at the very least, someone somewhere made a creative decision about password complexity requirements.
https://euroweeklynews.com/2025/11/06/louvre-cctv-security-system-password-was-louvre/
Why am I not surprised in the least.
I believe it’s now been changed to “Jewelsgone2025!!” 😆
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FWIW – another one down the road?
“Ford’s electric dream in tatters as automaker plots ending battery-powered version of America’s best-selling truck after huge losses”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/yourmoney/article-15266897/ford-f150-lightning-electric-truck-axed.html
Via https://instapundit.com/755127/#disqus_thread
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FWIW
“ELON’S GROKOPEDIA TO REPLACE WIKIPEDIA: Science & Culture’s Denyse O’Leary took a close look at the new Grokopedia and came away quite impressed with the new digital clearinghouse of all human knowledge.”
https://instapundit.com/755105/#disqus_thread
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The problem with Europe is there’s too many white people
https://youtu.be/4LTCYRWRj4U?si=1kg2qbjPxsrE71oC
Vaxx all the honkies, that’ll get rid of them, clearing the road.😉
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FWIW – re the New York City election
“Let’s Check in With How Mamdani’s Base Is Handling His Big Win”
https://pjmedia.com/tim-o-brien/2025/11/06/lets-check-in-with-how-mamdanis-base-is-reacting-to-his-big-win-n4945668
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And
“Mamdani Madness, 36 Hours Later”
https://hotair.com/generalissimo/2025/11/06/checking-in-on-mamdani-madness-36-hours-later-n3808608
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Google plans secret AI military outpost in Australia on tiny island overrun by crabs
On Wednesday, Reuters reported that Google is planning to build a large AI data center on Christmas Island, a 52-square-mile Australian territory in the Indian Ocean, following a cloud computing deal with Australia’s military. The previously undisclosed project will reportedly position advanced AI infrastructure a mere 220 miles south of Indonesia at a location military strategists consider critical for monitoring Chinese naval activity.
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/11/google-plans-secret-ai-military-outpost-on-tiny-island-overrun-by-crabs/
The govt sure loves spying on everything.
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One trillion dollar over ten years pay package approved for Elon Musk.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2025/11/06/tesla-approves-musks-potential-trillion-dollar-payday/
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FWIW
“One Tech Tip: Modern cars are spying on you. Here’s what you can do about it”
https://www.breitbart.com/news/one-tech-tip-modern-cars-are-spying-on-you-heres-what-you-can-do-about-it/
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Summit’s wong wiff duh climate!
via BOMbastic:
Tasmania’s Mt Wellington today – snow.
Tomorrow – snow.
Sunday gets a reprieve then
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thur – more snow.
Friday? Too far out for supercomputer to see.
Meanwhile 7 days of glorious calm sunshine here so far, from 28*C in Christchurch & Gisborne (east coast + warm foehn), 25 for me, to a wet cold 16 on the west coast. Not exactly La Niña but thanks to Carbon™️, summer’s arrived a month early … bliss 😃
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The whole south east is feeling the unseasonal chill.
‘So it’ll be a taste of summer, then a taste of winter for our southernmost mainland capital as the working week merges into the weekend, with the chance of snowfalls in the Victorian Alps (and Snowy Mountains of NSW) for the second time this week.’ (Weatherzone)
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FWIW – another triumph for Oz –
“Follow The Science”
“Back to the Dark Ages.
In March 2025, the Australian government quietly buried its last collection of Pleistocene human fossils in an unmarked grave. These remains were of Homo sapiens who had shared the Earth with Neanderthals. But they went into the ground with little media coverage or protest from the global scientific community, who knew better than anyone that these delicate, carefully reconstructed fossils would not last long in hostile conditions.”
More at
https://www.smalldeadanimals.com/2025/11/06/follow-the-science-15/
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Ah yes, I blame Sussan Ley.
‘Guardian Australia understands the ancient remains were reburied this week. Traditional owners who opposed the reburial say they are “shocked and outraged”.
‘The reburial plan was put forward by the NSW parks service and the Willandra Lakes Region Aboriginal Advisory Group, and approved by the former federal environment minister Sussan Ley in April.’
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FWIW – the latest Canadian chapter
“We Are All Treaty People”
“The entire city of Kamloops and the SunPeaks resort. Wild what’s happening in BC right now.”
https://x.com/MPelletierCIO/status/1986422083098960066
https://www.smalldeadanimals.com/2025/11/06/we-are-all-treaty-people-31/
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And
“First Nations’ Land Grabs Get Bigger, Bolder and Now Aiming at Pipelines, Too”
https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2025/11/06/first-nations-land-grabs-get-bigger-bolder-and-now-aiming-at-pipelines-too-n3808638
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That is worth reading – looks like a “super fuster” developing fast
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Grim assessment is flawed.
‘Chris Bowen, the climate change and energy minister, has endorsed Keir Starmer’s grim assessment of the international consensus on limiting global temperature increases, insisting net zero emissions by 2050 policies represent the “bare minimum” needed to protect the globe.’ (Guardian)
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To Ted 1 and others who “never studied European history, but what I am seeing now seems to have roots a hundred years old.”
Yes and no, – like any well trained KGB-man Putin declares loudly many factual things, like – Ukrainian Republic was created by Lenin or Trotsky in 1918 only and “we be of one blood, ye and I” so you’d think he is a realist – one POTUS said after first meeting “I was able to get a sense of his soul…” .
No one can argue – Ukraine was a part of the Russian Empire for centuries – so what ? Does Putin believe that Belarus which is exactly one month younger then Ukraine (March 1918 against Feb 1918) must be dissolved ? All other, newer countries in Caucuses and Mid Asia must lose their independence too?
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There is talk that stagflation will usher in the collapse of the Russian Federation, its 1991 all over again and hopefully this time we’ll assist the satellite countries that emerge.
A high ranking Kremlin minister said civil war is a very real possibility, it’ll be revolutionary.
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FWIW – but then
“Financialization vs Real Economy – Central Banks vs Poor People”
https://chiefio.wordpress.com/2025/11/04/financialization-vs-real-economy-central-banks-vs-poor-people/
And
https://chiefio.wordpress.com/2025/10/30/instc-russia-iran-india-rail-sanctions-bypass/#comment-179610
With various other things related in that thread and its comments – including a background look at some sources
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“hopefully this time we’ll assist the satellite countries that emerge.” Except we will be victims of stagflation first and won’t be helping anyone!
That has been the well-publicised plan for Russia by the West for a century, how to break it up into controllable small states. Nothing has change and nothing has worked so far.
PS, in case your news won’t tell you, Russia is still winning in Ukraine… All those shovels and washing machine parts used to make missiles seem to work..
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This is what Net Zero Fairyland Fantasy Labor Lite Liberals – LINOs are supporting
Soon to be “Pity about your House”
‘Acid flying everywhere’: Man hospistalised as lithtium battery explodes in his pocket at Melbourne Aiport’s Qantas lounge
A man has been rushed to hospital after a lithium battery exploded in his pocket at Melbourne Airport’s Qantas lounge, causing widespread panic.
A man has caught fire after a powerbank burst into flames in his pocket at Melbourne Airport’s international Qantas business lounge on Thursday. ]
The lithium battery-powered device ignited after overheating, causing smoke to break out as staff rushed the man into a shower about 11 am.
Ambulance Victoria paramedics responded and treated the traveller in his 50s, who sustained burns to his leg and fingers, at the airport.
He was taken to The Alfred Hospital in a stable condition.
About 150 travellers were forced to evacuate the Australia national carrier’s lounge.
A witness said they “heard screaming from the other side” of the room after the device explosion sprayed “battery acid flying everywhere” and caused the man’s jacket to catch “on fire”.
“They evacuated us because the smoke and smell was so strong, but I really just hope the guy is okay,”
the person wrote, sharing a photo of at least five warning signs surrounding the charred power bank on the floor.
Qantas has revealed it is reviewing its policy for passengers travelling with lithium batteries and will issue an update after the review.
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Summed up by Johannes Leak Cartoon Today in The Australian – Patient Net Zero
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Also in there-
“Queensland Premier David Crisafulli faces scrutiny as figures reveal his government now employs 1260 spin doctors, more than the total number of frontline youth or disability workers.”
So that’s why the employment figures look so good… Who knew propaganda paid so well!
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Interesting. Seems quite a few folks have purchased cheap power banks.
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FWIW – Noticed!
“How Big Is Australia? Visualizing How Many Countries Fit Inside”
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/how-big-australia-visualizing-how-many-countries-fit-inside
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‘According to a new study, Greenland temperature stations indicate there was an abrupt 2.9°C warming trend from 1922-1932 (10 years) that was almost identical to the 3.1°C warming trend from 1993-2007 (14 years).
‘Between the two warming periods (identified as WP1 and WP2 in the study) was an overall ~3°C cooling from 1933-1992.
‘Thus, as the temperature charts from the study illustrate, there has been almost zero net warming across Greenland in the last century.’ (Notrickszone)
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FWIW – trust who?
“Is US flu guru the fox in charge of the henhouse?”
https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/is-us-flu-guru-the-fox-in-charge-of-the-henhouse/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=2025-11-07&utm_campaign=TCW+Daily+Email
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https://www.aussie17.com/p/the-jab-that-keeps-on-giving300-increase
Huge increases in prescriptions for drugs to treat Motor Neurone disease – Singapore, Japan and Australia.
The jab hangover continues….
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A fascinating article, tracking the increase in motor neurone disease by the sales of the only drug for it, and what happened after the jabs were used. As he points out, you die within 5years, so the increases now are new patients, the originals are all dead.
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