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One Nation Draws Level with Coalition
https://richardsonpost.com/paulzanetti/41441/shock-poll-one-nation-equals-coalition-labor-slides/
Just one poll so far. Hopefully the result will be confirmed in other polls.
I am some what reassured by the fact that Barnaby Joyce has joined her team.
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Imagine how good Australia would be today if we’d listened to her back then.
https://x.com/i/status/2009752965046050824
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Imagine how good the UK would be if the British National Party had been successful!!!
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Consider how this can work out with our preferential voting system.
Labor has 32% of the primary vote. They get almost all of the preferences from the Greens (12%) which gives them 44%.
But note that Other has 13% of the vote. Minor conservative parties such as UAP, Family First, Nation First and Lib Dems constitute more than half of Other (say 8%). The smaller parties get eliminated first and I would expect most of those votes to go to One Nation. That puts One Nation ahead of the Libs. The Lib candidate then gets eliminated and the votes flow to One Nation.
I can envisage One Nation taking House of Reps seats, perhaps a lot of them.
The first real test will be the Victorian State Election in November this year.
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Your links Labor at 29% primary vote not 33%.
On a two party preferred, One Nation and Labour are 50:50 according to that poll.
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Agreed.
I got a bit mixed up.
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It’s great news. Everyone I know who is a traditional Liberal (fake conservative) voter intends to vote One Nation as the Liberals are no longer a conservative party and also don’t have the moral clarity to believe in anything. It’s been taken over by the Far Left Labor-loving “moderate” faction.
The problem with One Nation is that if they want a PM then the PM has to (in practice) come from the lower house. ON needs to run candidates in all Lower house seats including a suitable PM candidate.
(John Gorton was a PM from the Senate for three weeks before moving to the lower house, but convention is that a PM must be a lower house member, although not a Constitutional rule.)
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An initial problem for One Nation is to recruit good quality candidates.
I wonder if George Christiansen and Gerard Rennick could be persuaded to stand?
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Another concern is that the Liberals might form a coalition with Labor since they are now virtually Labor anyway under present “leadership”. E.g. they agree on so many issues like censorship, NDIS, “climate change” etc..
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As comedian, George Carlin once noted:
“Bipartisan usually means that a larger-than-usual deception is being carried out”.
He also observed:
“Governments don’t want a population capable of critical thinking, they want obedient workers, people just smart enough to run the machines and just dumb enough to passively accept their situation”.
And:
“Political Correctness is just fascism pretending to be manners”.
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Oh no Bruce. Does that mean no matter who we vote for we get rubbish pollies and lies? Again? And the decline just keeps on going? Surely not!
Surely if we vote for a fringe party or coalition we’ll be magically saved.
/sarc
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David you are correct about John Gorton, a Senator who moved to the Reps and became PM. This is what both Matt Canavan (National Party) and Alex Antic (LNP) should consider). Both are outstanding MPs with leadership credentials, who are wasted in the Senate. Both are potential Leaders of their respective Parties.
There would be no contest for Antic against Ley, although Hastie commands a great deal of support amongst Libs. But Canavan has yet to round up sufficient support to overthrow David Littleproud, who is a good man, but not a strong enough Leader.
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Littleproud is highly inappropriate to lead the Nats at the next election.
So I suggest a clean skin, Andrew Gee should be encouraged to rejoin the party and become leader.
He really is a good man.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y320k72vyo
“Dilbert cartoonist Scott Adams dies aged 68”
The BBC, of course, calls him ‘Controversial’
I hope that he is now at peace, wherever old cartoonists go.
Tho 68 is not as experientially gifted as I am ..
Auto
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From Search assist on Duck”
Scott Adams’ comic strip “Dilbert” was pulled from numerous newspapers in 2023 after he made racist comments in a video, suggesting that Black Americans who disagreed with the slogan “It’s okay to be white” were a “hate group.” This led to widespread backlash and the cancellation of the strip by many media outlets.
I missed this story at the time but do recall the local paper (not locally owned) stopped running his cartoons.
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Here is an interesting video talking about the “ageing population” swindle, used to justify unlimited immigration into Britain of people who mostly have anti-Western, anti-British views and many of whom have a propensity to violence and terrorism. (As is obvious.)
There is no evidence that the population is ageing any more than it was 50 years ago.
The Left love mass immigration of people with incompatible, usually violent anti-Western values because of the chaos that ensues and the decreased standard of living because many of these people will never work, produce or pay taxes.
Similiar arguments are applied in other woke Western countries like Australia.
“History Debunked” YouTube channel:
https://youtu.be/hSqyhgDNCp4
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Sounds like you started talking about pollies! 😆
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For those interesting in extreme restorations of antique electronic equipment, in this video, Mr Carlson’s Lab depots a transformer to repair it.
https://youtu.be/spwyGQuIXwc
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I saw an advertisement on the side of a train yesterday, in Melbournistan.
It said .
Further investigation reveals this website.
https://www.knowandgo.com.au/
Obviously a site for the walking woke.
My cynicism is not medical advice. By all means follow the recommendations of Pfizer whose site and advertising campaign it is.
And a timely reminder for all wokesters to go out and their 43rd booster shot.
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I have two nearby neighbours who have had Covid boosters recently. One has developed poly arthritis out of the blue and the other had severe arm pain, which resolved after a few days. Arm pain following the injection is a risk factor for further adverse reactions.
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If Covid doesn’t “get” you then the vaccine will!!
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It is just possible that some mask wearers** are trying to avoid asthma from pollen.
** Another category is politicians trying to get re-elected by not reminding people of previous appearances.
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Why people are still lining up for Covid boosters is beyond me. A cursory survey on the net will show the overwhelming evidence that the vaccines do not stop infection and may well adversely affect the immune health of a good percentage of the vaccinated.
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Incidentally, there are still, to this day, plenty of people dutifully wearing their obedience masks. Even single people in cars.
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Surely those people are a danger to other road users, due to the risk of passing out from lack of oxygen to their single brain cell.
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I think in 2026, that wearing a mask alone in a car is a fair indicator that you do not have the mental capacity to be in charge of a motor vehicle.
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What really annoys me is this is pharmaceutical advertising by stealth. It’s one of those “ …. go speak to your doctor “ type or disease awareness advertising campaigns. Also, now replicated by makers of Ozempic/Wayego. That campaign is masked as “ if you’ve tried everything “ , meaning if you tried diets and exercise with no success, go get some Ozempic from your doctor. Direct drug advertising of prescription drugs is not allowed in Australia. (1989), but somehow it’s gets sidestepped by the clever pharmaceutical marketing people.
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Like the endless radio adverts for mental health. If your feeling sad speak to your doctor, they can give you some thing to make you feel better.
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Yes, and if the first medication doesn’t help they’ve got other medications to make you feel nothing at all.
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Australian doctors have a very unhealthy relationship with big pharma.
‘Our team analysed reports from major drug companies, in the first comprehensive analysis of its kind. We found drug companies paid more than A$33 million to doctors in the three years from late 2019 to late 2022 for these consultancies and expenses.’ (The Conversation)
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As a curiosity, does anyone know the actual booster number that people should have had by now?
….according to the eggspurts anyway…..
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The only info I can find is that a booster is recommended every 6 months for older people.
So by my reckoning some people would be up to shot number 10 or more.
I’m at least 10 behind then…oh well…
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I know people who are proud to be in double figure territory. They talk about it with great pride. I am just grateful they aren’t vegans or EV owners as well.
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Starmer is reportedly going to remove the compulsory nature of Digital ID to work, because that is the most unpopular element.
Eh?
That was the main reason he used to try and sell it in the first case, piggybacking off concerns over illegal immigration.
https://order-order.com/2026/01/13/government-set-to-scrap-plans-to-make-digital-id-mandatory-to-work/
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Perhaps “not compulsory” but maybe you’ll need it for anything meaningful like getting a job, using a bank or interacting with a Government department etc..
It will be like covid “vaccinations” in Australia. Supposedly “not compulsory” but you basically couldn’t do anything like work unless you had them.
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No, specifically not compulsory for a job.
That is the U-Turn, which makes the whole project pointless from any angle.
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Elon Musk is trying to obtain full time custody of his one year old son after the boy’s mother, Ashley St.Clair suddenly changed from being a rational conservative to fully woke and expressed sympathy for the transgender movement even though she once wrote a children’s book opposing it.
Elon has already lost a son to the transgender movement and he doesn’t want it to happen again. Hence his desire to remove the child from potential harm.
IreneBritUSA discusses: https://youtu.be/MQV-dOH0Y9o
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As somebody wiser than me once said, keep it zipped up or pay by the hour.
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I suspect the poor child is being used as leverage by his mother, to obtain something from Musk, perhaps increased child support?
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Kevin Rudd Quits as Australia’s Ambassador to the United States
https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/kevin-rudd-quits-as-australias-ambassador-to-the-united-states-5969514
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On the premises that turds float to the top of the septic tank and Rudd has always failed up I wonder what the future holds for him.
And after a career of making an arse of himself why resign now? Where is the programmatic specificity in that?
The only positive sign I see is that Wenny Pong has praised him effusively. That is usually a kiss of death.
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He has gone back to LEAD the ‘Asia Society’, which claims to be some sort of think tank (i.e. lobbyists).
The fact that he can simply slither back into his old role causes my antennae to twitch. Who are they? How are they funded? How come they managed without him all that time? Is it just a front for Rudd’s covert activities?
Most of all I want to know where the money comes from and where it goes.
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Nice pick up Steve. And why now?
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Aa I wrote yesterday:
He is joining the Asia Society.
He will also head the society’s Centre for China Analysis.
Who funds the Asia Society?
Gulag AI says:
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Quickly checking who those funders are, starting with the Carnegie Corporation and expecting a leftist flavour, I found Carnegie say this:
“Carnegie’s Strengthening U.S. Democracy program supports nonpartisan organizations that are working to reduce political polarization in the United States through initiatives focused on legal pathways for immigrant integration, voting and elections …”
Non partisan my 4r5e.
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Talking to myself I know but again I wonder whether the tripwires are rule based or AI based. I much prefer decisions which can be explained better than “computer says no”.
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‘Trump was the “most destructive president” in U.S. history and a “traitor to the West.”
Very insightful.
His replacement will be a first class diplomat and not an old party hack.
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FWIW – for the covid files
“Pfizzerising”
“We begin with an update to the cancer study I reported recently. You’ll recall that the paper —a roundup of 69 peer-reviewed studies linking the mRNA shots to cancer— was so radioactive that the online journal hosting it was knocked offline for weeks by sustained denial-of-service attacks. Because nothing says “trust the science” quite like hiring East German hackers to vaporize a scientific journal.”
“Naturally, C&C —operating in its customary samizdat capacity— helped smuggle out the digitally embargoed PDF and published a readable summary so the study couldn’t be quietly buried alive. While we were defeating the early effort to smother the study in the crib, Big Pharma kept brainstorming. According to the study’s lead researcher, Brown University professor Wafik El-Deiry, MD, PhD, FACP, on January 5th, a senior recruiter from Pfizer dangled before him the kingdoms of the earth:”
More at
https://open.substack.com/pub/coffeeandcovid/p/golden-geese-tuesday-january-13-2026?
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A really informative blog is C and C Ian.
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“Tintin” will take DJT’s “forgiveness and consider it a political “trophy”.
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Post by Rachael Wong on X referring to the Kirralie Smith case.
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The redefinition of the words men and women is what kids would describe as totally gay.
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FWIW
“Axios: Say, Does Anyone Remember When Global Warming Was a Thing?”
“However, the real culprit in the death of Global Warming Inc is … Global Warming Inc. For the thirty-four years of the UNFCCC, we have heard nothing but how the world only has twelve years to save itself! We have been warned that we’d see cities swallowed up by rising oceans, a theme that gave us at least one cheesy cinematic guilty pleasure (Waterworld) and another film so bad that it’s unwatchable (The Day After Tomorrow). Every human conflict has been tied to global warming, as though wars only started with the internal-combustion engine and that religious and territorial disputes only went back to the launching of Standard Oil. Every hurricane and tornado is treated as evidence that the sky is falling, while the actual decline in the numbers of both are treated as, well … just weather.”
More at
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2026/01/13/axios-say-does-anyone-remember-when-global-warming-was-a-thing-n3810782
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My personal favourite is probably the morphing of predictions of no snow into predictions of more snow.
And on the other side of the coin I remember the official signs posted at the Copperlode Dam near Cairns which warned of the loss of tropical rainforest habitat because of reduced humidity. Strangely when they were removed no signs were erected saying never mind. My guess is that there will be no record at all of the signs ever being erected. After all Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia.
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ooohhhhh I do love a good apocalyptic movie
ever notice that there are never working EVs in those movies just cars running on decades old fuel.
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Of course the Global Banking Fraternity are in support of ‘Brother” Powel. They are all in on the scam and don’t want to be next! However, we can take it for granted that not one of them will accept that Powel, by attempting to out trump Trump, was the Master of his own misfortune. Needle Nardle Noo what ever shall we do running around like headless chickens. The Goons (very old BBC comedy) will be laughing their socks off!
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From Tommy Steel/Half a Sixpence. How appropriate are the lyrics for this little interaction between Macron and Zalinski ?
Hold it, flash, bang, wallop, what a picture
What a picture, what a photograph
Poor old soul, blimey what a joke
Hat blown off in a cloud of smoke
Clap hands, stamp your feet
Banging on the big bass drum
What a picture, what a picture
Um-tiddly-um-pum-um-pum-pum
Stick it in your family album
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/01/france-is-trying-keep-ukraine-buying-us-weapons/
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The war should be over soon so I expect the loan will be quickly paid off.
Macron is seeking to improve his political leadership before the next election, good strategy.
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FWIW – Round 1
“BBC Files Motion To Dismiss Trump’s Billionaire Lawsuit for the Deceptive Editing of His J6 Speech”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/01/bbc-files-motion-dismiss-trumps-billionaire-lawsuit-deceptive/
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Calling Barbara Streisand. Come in Barbara. Do you have anything to tell the world about drawing attention to yourself in the worst possible way?
Inquiring minds at the BBC are keen to learn.
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I watched a commentator “journalist” on a talk show in USA defend the BBC by saying “But Trump did say those words!”
Gawd!
It’s like me saying “Hitler was an evil person” and then 30 minutes later I say “Marylin Monroe was a wonderful person”.
Then the BBC edit my speech to…
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FWIW – Denmark looking after Greenland
“GOOD LORD, I HAD NO IDEA:”
“What has been largely absent from the media’s narratives about Greenland is the fact that, from 1966 to 1991, Danish authorities ran a systematic program to suppress Greenland’s birth rate by effectively sterilizing thousands of women and girls, some as young as 12, during routine health appointments, without their knowledge or consent.
In light of that history, Denmark has no moral standing to lecture anyone about Greenland, its people, or its future, and it certainly does not deserve compensation of any kind for relinquishing control. This was the conduct of a colonial power engaged in population control, extending well into the modern era. Denmark should disappear from the discussion entirely and leave Greenland and its people free of any further interference or pretense.”
https://x.com/HansMahncke/status/2010474168903467095
https://x.com/TheAndersPaul/status/2010474766155817403
“Maybe the NYT could do a followup report, since Greenland is back in the news lately?
Nah.”
https://instapundit.com/769298/#disqus_thread
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Dear Ian,
Did you by any chance read Rockwell Kent travel memoir N by E ?
There are “subtle” hints for the reason.
As a teenager I was shocked by some of his adventures in Greenland.
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It was disgraceful and clearly it had racial overtones, the PM apologised late last year.
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At first, I thought that this might be a ….. ‘leg pull’, and I actually went and checked, from a couple of places, just to make sure.
Jayne Hrdlicka has finally arrived at Endeavour Group, vowing to deliver investors to the promised land they have been hearing about for years.
Endeavour Group is Australia’s largest retail drinks network, and also has a large portfolio of licensed hotels, and their big name outlets are BWS and Dan Murphy’s.
Quirky name for someone now ‘running’ grog shops eh!
Tony.
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And she transitioned from Virgin.
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Perhaps she’ll be reinstated one day.
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You can’t make that stuff up Stan !!!….lol
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FWIW
“Fraud, Failure, & The Cost Of Not Demanding Assimilation”
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/fraud-failure-cost-not-demanding-assimilation
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Brings to mind an area west of Sydney?
And regional WA town known for its abattoir?
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Yet another secret service scandal, this time on the Vice President’s detail.
https://x.com/JamesOKeefeIII/status/2011154810641203660
For those who don’t know, James O’Keefe is a pretty (in)famous guerilla reporter who does hidden camera sting operations, usually through dating ‘honeypot’ operations to get government bureaucrats to air government secrets and dirty laundry in order to impress a date. He’s been doing it for decades and they STILL fall for it. It’s like watching Charlie Brown trying to kick a football and trusting that Lucy won’t pull it away this time.
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FWIW – latest Kunstler
“Permission Granted: Go Kill Yourself
“A macrosocial cluster B crisis is ripping this nation apart because Leftism has hijacked the minds of progressive females who then LARP out dangerous Gnostic heroic delusions.” — JD Haltigan”
More at https://www.kunstler.com/p/permission-granted-go-kill-yourself
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President Trump CUTS OFF oil and money to CUBA, tells the Cuban regime, “make a deal, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE”
Venezuela, Mexico, Greenland, Peru, Cuba.
But assuming there are elections in 2028 and the demonrats are back in, then Trump just handed them the ultimate key, control of top strategic locations and resources.
Is anyone even thinking that far ahead?
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Its an Orwellian fantasyland, Trump is an idjit.
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Or you are trapped in a model of the world that is dissolving before your eyes. Who will intervene? the UN perhaps?
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FWIW
From the past record el gordo is not an infallible tipster
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The CCP is recalibrating away from personalised, one-man rule.
Only the Pope is infallible.
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‘Who will intervene? the UN perhaps?’
If Greenland is invaded then NATO is finished and the US becomes an international pariah.
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Timelapse building of a cruise ship
https://va.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_t8sj85tJN51z23obp.mp4
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How much pollution does a burning tyre produce?
https://va.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_t8skfjXYr01z23obp.mp4
There’s a company called Reselo that’s using Birch bark waste to produce tyres now.
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FWIW – Chiefio looks at UK
“In English News:
Looks like England has become the Nation Of Karens…”
https://youtu.be/zioWIHwV_Kg
“Someone needs to point them at Mary Poppins and the song “Feed The Birds”…
So arresting old ladies for feeding pigeons? An old man for spitting out a leaf blown into his mouth? Fining a guy for “fly-tipping” (I had to look that one up) for a trash bag IN HIS CAR? (The definition is tossing trash in a public space – I.E. dumping it. NOT keeping it in a trash bag for proper disposal at home…)
And frankly, if those two Karen Cops were at my door looking at me like that (slightly spaced out condescension) I’d just say politely “Thank you for your time, but sorry, have to go to the loo” and close the door…
EVERYONE is annoyed about something some time. Criminalizing ANY and ALL annoyance will just get everyone arrested and fined. Get a grip, UK. Actual CRIME involves more than annoyance. Things like bodily harm, destruction of significant value (i.e. not stepping on grass, but burning down a building) that kind of thing.
So some Karen doesn’t like an old lady feeding the birds? Do Not let that Karen make laws.
Law by Busybody does not end well.”
In https://chiefio.wordpress.com/2025/12/24/w-o-o-d-24-december-2025-christmas-year-ending/#comment-180514
A message for “Elbow” in that last line?
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FWIW
NBN satellite is intermittent today here
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The tax on billionaires that California is pushing for will break ground as yet another place to tax you. If it gets established it will soon spread to other money-hungry Govts everywhere. Once its accepted it will quickly be pushed down from the wealthy into the middle-class.
“Most taxes in America hit earnings or consumption. You pay when you make money, or when you buy something, or when you sell something. This proposal taxes accumulation. It doesn’t ask what you can afford. It asks what you have, and then hands a calculator to the agencies to determine the bill.”
Seem the Beatles were right, they tax the money you earn, then they tax it when you spend it and they will tax it when you hold it…
Apparently half the 200 billionaires in California have left.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/californias-billionaire-tax-trojan-horse-not-solution
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Speaking of bracket-creep…
” the Chancellor announced a ‘high-value council tax surcharge’ in England on homes above £2million from April 2028. The annual charge will come on top of existing council tax and will increase depending on the value of a property…starting at £2,500-a-year for properties worth more than £2million and rising to £7,500 for properties worth more than £5million.”
..and then…
“Family homes worth £1.5m could yet be hit by Rachel Reeves’ ‘mansion tax’ ”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15460269/Family-homes-worth-1-5m-hit-Rachel-Reeves-mansion-tax-officials-promise-ensure-new-levy-raise-possible.html
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FWIW
“When will they ever learn?”
“Oh! Canada – Canadian Brewhouse Goes BudLite Moment
Posted on 13 January 2026 by E.M.Smith
Petition Drive For Alberta Independence? Not allowed at CN Brewhouse”
“But huge lines to sign the petition everywhere else…
A very interesting look behind the curtain on the whole Western Independence movement.
Not only do they show incredible turnout levels (like almost an entire small town) but then he delivers the receipts on hypocrisy and Leftist Doublespeak and bogosity by Canadian Brewhouse.”
More at
https://chiefio.wordpress.com/2026/01/13/oh-canada-canadian-brewhouse-goes-budlite-moment/
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Albo quotes an obsolete publication?
“Subsection (1) does not apply to conduct that consists only of directly quoting from, or otherwise referencing, a religious text for the purpose of religious teaching or discussion”
“I encourage you to read the Old Testament and see what’s there and see if you outlaw that, what would occur,” he said.
“see what’s there and see if you outlaw that, what would occur” ?
Highly ambigious…
…and why was the Old Testament (up to 400BC) replaced by the new one?
Looks like we’ll all have to phrase every social commentary to reference “approved” historical religious text.
No probs, but it won’t be pretty.
The Old Testy is a powderkeg.😆
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Section 116 of the Australian Constitution:
The government’s hands are currently tied by the constitution. They can’t make a law that would not allow the free exercise of Islam. They must be allowed to quote the Quran, including any part directed against Jews and anyone else.
But that’s not why they have left out banning Islamic hate preachers quoting the Quran against Jews. Otherwise Albanese would have simply said that was the reason. The real reason is they didn’t want to, and the hate speech laws are to restrict everyone.
As for the Old Testament being obsolete. The bible includes both. It’s not considered obsolete.
The Jews only have the Old Testament. (I think) They certainly don’t consider it obsolete.
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Religion?
Simply declare that any organization (faith?) that advocates the killing of another human being for any reason other than self defense NOT a religion.
Probably would take a constitution amendment though..
And self defense can be defined “loosely”
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On the inability of the UK public service to think critically and act accordingly
https://archive.md/WGjyK#selection-2679.4-2679.73
I suspect we are at least this bad , possibly worse just looking at our energy “policy” reality for example.
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Scientists develop spray-on powder that instantly seals life-threatening wounds
On December 29th, KAIST announced that a joint team led by Professor Steve Park of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Professor Sangyong Jon of the Department of Biological Sciences had created a powder based hemostatic agent that rapidly forms a strong hydrogel barrier. When applied to an injured area, the material transforms within about one second, sealing the wound almost immediately.
The ‘AGCL powder’ developed this time has a structure that combines biocompatible natural materials such as Alginate and Gellan Gum (which react with calcium for ultra-fast gelation and physical sealing) and Chitosan (which bonds with blood components to enhance chemical and biological hemostasis). It reacts with cations such as calcium in the blood to turn into a gel state in one second, instantly sealing the wound.
https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adfm.202523910
Sweet. Where can I buy it?
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“Sweet. Where can I buy it?”
..same place you can buy any new bio-tech that hasn’t been tested for long-term effects..
Unless they cut it out of your body afterwards, that stuff is going to stay inside you. I’d let the Russians and Ukies test it first!
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When someone is bleeding profusely, I suspect that long term effects may be the least of the concerns of the moment..
Though you may be correct in the case of its use in cardiac surgery. A second trip in after the tissue regrowth has developed sufficiently to “hold its own”?
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Catching up on David from Cooyal in Oz yesterday
“And is Lvov the same place as Lviv? ”
IIRC “Yes”. Seems to be something of a mix of history/Polish/Russian/Ukrainian there
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Lviv = Lvov = Lwow
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Thanks,
Dave B
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A lot of backlash from the (very leftwing) literary community in Australia for cancelling a pro-Palestine writer for writers week.
https://www.indailysa.com.au/news/opinion/2026/01/13/if-it-was-the-boards-decision-why-did-half-its-members-resign-boycotting-author-reflects-on-writers-week-wake
Strange how it’s wrong to censor terror inciting rhetoric but not scepticism in science. What is wrong with these people? You need to listen to opinions that you might not like, but only when you are told to.
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The role of ideology is to mask unpalatable truths.
ideological purity means you get your grant.
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FWIW
“Climate Alarmism’s Credibility Sinks Under Weight of Ecological Evidence”
“The house of cards built on computer models and manipulated emotions is collapsing under the weight of a stubborn, inconvenient reality. The “climate emergency” exists only in the frantic press releases of a movement that knows it’s time is up.”
More at
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2026/01/13/climate-alarmisms-credibility-sinks-under-weight-of-ecological-evidence/
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FWIW
“Quote Of The Day
January 13, 2026 Kim du Toit QOTD
On the ever-increasing irrelevance of Europe and the EU:
“It is not America that is leaving the world; it is Europe, in fact, that is leaving it.”
And this time, when the SHTF Over There and a rescue effort is needed (see: 1914, 1939), the U.S. won’t be late to the party; we may not even bother showing up.”
More at https://voz.us/en/opinion/260109/32396/the-world-without-europe.html
https://www.kimdutoit.com/2026/01/13/quote-of-the-day-400/
Via https://instapundit.com/769442/#disqus_thread
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FWIW
“Trump has cut the technocratic Gordian Knot — and elites hate it”
https://nypost.com/2026/01/13/opinion/trump-tackles-impossible-problems-and-the-elites-hate-it/
Via https://instapundit.com/769414/#disqus_thread
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FWIW – for “Their ABC”
“Did Anyone Even Notice PBS News Weekend Signed Off Permanently…”
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/did-anyone-actually-notice-pbs-news-weekend-signed-permanently
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Now that we have seen the passing of the first quarter of this century, it is a time to update some data and inferences about climate change.
The present task on my PC addresses the often-stated “factoid” the the hotness, hence harm, of heatwaves is increasing as the global temperature increases.
Now, be cautious, because a lot about heatwaves depends on how they are defined and when their measurements start and end over time.
I am updating the 6 State capitals plus Darwin and Alice Springs,to give decent coverage of Australia with the longest available temperature records, earliest 1856. I calculate heatwaves lasting 1, 3, 5, 10 days as the highest averged Tmax of that many consecutive days in each year. It is not ideal, but it is about all we have. It will take about a week to do the remaining 6 cities, with Adelaide and Alice Springs finished today. Lamentably, Aldelaide and Alice do not show the assumed increase in hotness of heatwaves. Let us see what the next 6 cities show. Tip – there is little sign of that hottest evah! year of 2024.
Geoff S
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FWIW
“*The Financialization of Everything: Engineer discusses Windows 11; RushBabe49 applies it to another area.”
“Just recently, a new guy I follow on X did a very enlightening post on Windows 11, and how Microsoft succumbed to the trend toward the bean-counters running the show. Reproduced entirely below, with link to original X post at the bottom. He connects all the dots leading to the short-circuiting of the process of updating a huge software package. See if you don’t agree.”
More at
https://rushbabe49.com/2026/01/13/the-financialization-of-everything-engineer-discusses-windows-11-rushbabe49-applies-it-to-another-area/
Via https://instapundit.com/769457/#disqus_thread
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I would pick this up, going ‘that looks handy’: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-14/pipe-bombs-found-on-canberra-footpaths/106230350
(I pick up litter too – not just what looks useful)
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Typical plumbers! Never pick up the stuff they drop on a job!
To be a pipe bomb they would need a detonator and a fuse or some control device for that detonator.. Those are just bits of pipe.
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