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Who would want to be in charge of a major event these days
WE have just had trooping the colour in London. A great event but with so many people around, the monarchy and senior officers must make a tempting target..
In Germany we have the Euros
https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news/germany-faces-terrorism-threat-as-euro-2024-football-championship-kicks-off/
Coming up in France we have the Olympics and Macron has thrown petrol onto the security fire with the recent call for a very strange election likely to bring many crowds of protestors onto the streets.
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Sunday is Father’s Day here in the US.
Here’s to all the fathers lost in the criminal event currently referred to as as ‘the COVID19 Pandemic’.
Perhaps someday it will be properly understood and accurately named, as will the perpetrators.
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Honk,
Yes, Covid justice must be done. Globally and to its logical end.
But, do we have enough people with relevant knowledge and qualifications to press for action? Are too many folk merely talking to ack other about action, rather than creating petitions, making videos, paying for legal advice and action, getting elected to politics, starting protest rallies and so on?
(Mea culpa. I used to do this stuff. Today I turned 83. Over to you, younger firebrands.)
Geoff S
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Happy Birthday Geoff!
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Happy Birthday Geoff!
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Geoff, it was 0ver 40 years ago a scholar told me: “They say that only 1 in 40 of the population has the mental capacity to initiate new thinking”.
That means that 97.5% depend on the other 2.5% to do their thinking for them.
Living my life in “The Bush” except for high school days, I had already formed the opinion that the proportion of the population who could successfully consider a problem with more than one variable in it was less than, 10% and maybe a low as 1%. So I could readily accept that call.
So, how did the human race last this long?
And yes, happy birthday Geoff. A couple of months back I found 80 to be a notable achievement.
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Ten percent of the population have an IQ below 83 which makes them unemployable for just about anything.
Jordan Peterson comments:
https://youtu.be/caR69G6wpwU
https://youtu.be/5-Ur71ZnNVk
Also, in the 1960’s the US Military did an experiment employing low IQ people but it was a disaster. They couldn’t be trained to do anything whatsoever and were a danger to themselves and others.
Look up “Project 100,000 or “McNamara’s Morons”.
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Thanks David,
I came across McNama’s Morons just recently when a friend said ‘have you heard of MvNamara’s morons.’ I said no. Not very PC is it. To which he responded ‘ have you seen Forest Gump?’
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The scariest thing is when you look at the “average voter” and then realise that 50% of the population are dumber than that.
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Politics? Jobs at the ABC, BOM, TGA, CNN trio posters on this blog….
I’ve eaten stir fries with higher IQ’s! 😆
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McNamara was well meaning [I read about this ages ago] but like most people he did not understand “mental incapacity”.
I have a brain damaged daughter, consistent with having the umbilical cut too soon, and have lived with that for 60 years, plenty of time to think, and brain damage is definitely NOT repairable with tutoring. After all this time there are simple things that my daughter can’t/won’t do but she can use technology, to a point, and can remember pleasant things. Frustrating as hell!
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That is for the general population – do you have the data for the poplulation of Canberra?
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Gee! I wonder how many of us Joanne followers are over 80? I do hope there are a considerable number no more than half that or the future generations are in real trouble.
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I’m another. It will be of no concern to me, but I think that when we have shuffled off this mortal coil there will be far less thinkers left.
How can using the “n” word [we can’t even use it here] be a capital sin but saying men can get pregnant [I haven’t heard they can give birth yet] is an entry into educated society?
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“but I think that when we have shuffled off this mortal coil there will be far less thinkers left.”
Really? It is highly unlikely as ‘thinkers’ are continually coming through keeping and probably increasing the number of “thinkers” in the population. Additionally there may well be more “thinkers” who are able to think about a variety of subjects rather than focussing on just one as happens on so many occasions
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IQ or Age?
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Mr. Simon: Funniest remark since homeroom.
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Definitely a winner.
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“That means that 97.5% depend on the other 2.5% to do their thinking for them.”
Doesnt mean that at all really does it?
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Isn’t that two standard deviations above the mean?
AKA known as IQ 130
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83 not out is a great cricket score. Well done Geoff.
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Fourth year with an OBE. Congratulations.
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TdeF,
Puzzled.
If OBE is a Brit civil honour, not mine.
I disqualified for Australian civil honours after I took a Labor Environment Minister through the courts. The left pollies here really know how to hate forever, yet they introduce hate speech laws.
Can you clarify? Tks. Geoff S
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Over
Bloody
Eighty.
OBE
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Could not decide if “Others’ Bloody Effort” so did a little play dumb deflection in the popular modern obfuscatory style. Is it “Yes Minister” that has a recital of gongs like KCMG = Kings Call Me God?
Life lived without humour is no life at all.
Geoff Sa
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My neighbour turned eighty. I noticed he was a bit down, which is understandable even for a birthday. But he cheered up remarkably when someone told his he had an OBE. I was just sharing the fun. Wear it with pride. The old sort.
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Happy Birthday Geoff!
“Over to you, younger firebrands”
Such a nice thing to say.
I’m 70.
Don’t feel a day over 69.
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With migration unchecked over the US southern Border it is not surprising that a small proportion will be criminals. Mail Online details the type of gangs that have established themselves.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13519319/migrant-gang-invasion-ISIS-LA-Venezuela-sex-traffickers-Texas-Chinese-drug-Maine.html
They will inevitably grow ever larger and presumably become ever greater threats, who the existing indigenous gangs will no doubt want to fight for control
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Donald Trump waa right when he complained about gangs freely coming across the border.
And some countries South of the border have been deliberately releasing inmates from prisons and mental facilities to go to the US.
All are future Democrat voters and all used to skew US voting demographics in aid of the DemoncRATs, as pointed out by Elon Musk since a state’s electoral college votes are based on total population including illegals and illegals tend to go to Blue states.
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I think that “replacement theory” is flawed. I first realised it’s existence when Tony Blair admitted as much AFTER leaving office.
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Actually, 100% of illegal immigrants are criminals. That is, they illegally entered the country, which makes them a criminal.
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DO masks protect you or not? Seems the powers that be want to try and stifle any debate
https://dailysceptic.org/2024/06/14/the-cochrane-editors-latest-statement-about-my-mask-study-is-misleading-and-spun/
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Better called “obedience masks”. A sign that the wearer is fully compliant with the “Official Narrative”.
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I tend not to get into the discussions about whether masks work – this just seems to give credence to thinking that ‘it’s for the greater good’ is sufficient argument to force people to do things – follow that sort of thinking too far, and you will soon have ‘non-essential people’ designated as organ donors for people that the government determines are more essential or important. There must be some moral dimension about humanity in this – for me, the question about requirements for people to restrict their breathing stop at just calling it ‘a requirement to restrict your breathing’ – you just don’t do that, it’s fundamentally not right. Second question that stops mask wearing in its tracks for me is ‘What do deaf people do?’
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I highly recommend the excellent movie ‘Never Let Me Go’ (2010), but be warned, it’s painfully sad. I truly hope it’s not another ‘1984’-type prophecy.
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tonyb,
This is very important material showing a dangerous present and a horrifying future. The linked material is a capsule showing what is wrong using Covid as the example of the death threats to the conduct of pure, clean science when intellectual thugs muscle in. The Andrew Wakefield material is frightening but recommended reading.
What are we to do? The lust for personal wealth and power is hard to combat. A further set of concerns can be read in current activity reports of Rockefeller Foundation and other “love me” groups camouflaged as charites for tax benefit while ripping off ordinary people. Society has to learn to reject and punish the billionaire class who are not role models to be respected, but simply have succeeded in taking money from your pocket to theirs most efficiently. That is not an attribute that allows them a special social say on topics that matter. Geoff S
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Hear here.
Well said.
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A beautiful, condensed explanation right here-
“The term “engagement” belies the fact that the Editor-in-Chief refused to meet with all 12 co-authors, insisted on the involvement of a mediator interacting with a single author (nominated by all the authors), and has still not explained her conduct.”
‘The Official Narrative’ has leaned on Cochrane and they are trying to quietly discredit the study without anyone noticing.
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A lot is being made of the latest Cochrane 2023 review that shows there is no evidence that masks work https://www.cochrane.org/CD006207/ARI_do-physical-measures-such-hand-washing-or-wearing-masks-stop-or-slow-down-spread-respiratory-viruses – some that were pushing the masks are saying ‘but now with the latest Cochrane review, I can see that I was wrong’.
But, there was also a previous review done in 2020 that showed this, and that information was available to those bringing in mask mandates …. (so why did they do it? – vaccine marketing seems pretty obvious answer, follow the money….) https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD006207.pub5/full – This review showed that the main issues in wearing masks for children and adults is heat and humidity, so it made what went on across Australia seem particularly cruel
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Any Canadians out there?
I noticed this little story about week ago.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/06/10/canada-parliament-treason-allegations-00162163
“The new report from the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians is the first to suggest that lawmakers in Canada’s parliament may have helped foreign actors meddle in political campaigns and leadership races.”
Seems big.
Any further developments?
Blink twice if you are unable to respond.
If you need political sanctuary, you’ll have to go through Mexico to get asylum in the US.
Don’t go to California because it is an asylum and very nearly Canada, but with better weather.
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It’s big alright, and it’s invaded all Western nations far as I can tell.
There seems to be a weird silence about it and lack of will to do anything about it.
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I linked to this at the bottom of the page, but is relevant here. It’s about Australian pollies who work for the CCP.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFlc-t1cfrw
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Countries could take a more honest approach and follow Australia’s example of today and supinely hand the reins of control to a visiting PRC premier.
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As Australia continues to shut down power stations there will be a new excuse for children not doing their homework.
When asked by the teacher why they didn’t do their homework, the kid will say “the house battery went flat”. In the pre-digital age it might have been “The dog ate my homework”.
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David we had Kero Lamps & Candles ready for Blackouts in Sydney in 50s
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Still do.
Though the “candles” tend to be USB charging cable “electric” lights.
though yesterday’s 6.5 hour outage (distribution line on the ground) was in the daytime
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Had to get the candles out a few weeks ago to find the gas camping light in the garage. The blackout lasted about 4 hours. Used to happen often when we lived out on the farm, but don’t expect it in town.
Listening to Macca on their ABC this morning, he is stirring the pot and reading some letters that question Net Zero. One even mentions Ian Plimer and another Dick Smith advocating for nuclear power… hopefully the hoi polloi will hear the message? Mind you I am not sure the listenership is that large anymore.
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There was a photo of a boy in Zambia, years ago, who had set up a desk in front of an ATM to do his homework during load shedding – the ATMs had back up generators / light where he had none at home.
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I had never heard the term “mouse jiggler” before. It is hardware or software which makes a remote worker appear to be at their computer doing work.
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Even worldwide, remote IT contractors are continually monitored by their keyboard and mouse activity. So being who they are, they found a solution.
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However the supervisors also have the ability to view the screen at any time and see what is happening. This matters when you are paying contractors by the hour. A supervisor has the ability to see if what is happening is meaningful and relevant. And listen to conversations. And talk to the contractor at any time. Someone caught using such a simplistic device would be fired immediately. So perhaps it would work in the public service with people not working from home, not in a professional IT business. A professional would be smarter to record actual work sessions and replay them, which is easy enough. I had created such software for teaching, so the software was self demonstrating. If just jiggling the mouse was enough to fool supervision, I would fire the supervisor as well.
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As per the other day, I give you Homer Simpson:
https://youtu.be/R_rF4kcqLkI?si=7DqCgq_1UoGJL9lT
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Very good.
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The mouse jiggler is an indispensible tool for IT workers monitoring progress of bulk software upgrades during which one does not want machines to have their screens automatically lock.
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Lots of good stuff in the Weekend Australian on the impossibility of this so-called Transition to Ruinables.
The use of Coal, Oil and Gas according to the IEA (International Energy Agency) was at a record high for 2022 and will be so again for 2023 when the numbers are crunched.
Reality beats pipe dreams and Fantasy every time.
20 years and $2.5 trillion++ has reduced Fossil Fuel usage for power from 83% to 81%. Imagine what that could have done in social programs.
Germany $500 billion now with EU adding FOSSIL gas and HATED Nuke to their “green list”. Instead of admitting windy-solar failure, just call other stuff green to claim it.
World wide higher RE % = higher price.
Only 1 of the G20 doesn’t have Nuclear Power. We all know who that is. The Cleva’ Country 😉
South Australia STILL highest wholesale electrickery cost. Due to intermittency says AER. And THAT is at a tiny minimum load of 27MWh.
Now do that in NSW with a min of 4,200MWh and you have unmitigated disaster.
BEEP BEEP BEEEP… That’s the noise of most countries reversing… But not Aussie 😉
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Funny how different people think. I would have posted:
20 years and $2.5 trillion++ has reduced Fossil Fuel usage for power from 83% to 81%. Imagine what that could have done in nation building projects.
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As long as they are not Turnbull’s Nation Blundering Projects like Snow Job 2.000000000000000000000
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Social projects like Hospitals, Schools, Dams, Roads, Railways, Drought Proofing, Irrigation and lots of other stuff.
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We do think differently, don’t we. Word association with “social projects” would have me answer “NDIS”.
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NDIS is like socialism. A great idea that nobody should have actually tried to do.
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Morning all,
On long COVID in Australia. Not a happy experience.
A long story, and it’s a fair way in before this first mention of the immune system:
” Crucially, PEM isn’t “normal” fatigue; it’s not just feeling tired after a big day or a sign a child is out of shape. It’s a worsening of symptomsafter physical or cognitive activity — a failure of the immune systemand metabolism to meet energy demands. It also looks different in every patient: some can’t brush their teeth without triggering it, while others might be able to get to school but then suffer a crash that lasts for days as a result. ”
Normal blood tests are mentioned, but not vitamin D or zinc specifically.
And later:
” Some experts are also concerned about Australia’s COVID vaccine strategy given evidence suggests that vaccination reduces the risk of long COVID, including in young people. The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) has previously recommended children aged five and over receive a primary course but now recommends that those under 18 not be vaccinated unless they are at increased risk of severe disease. ”
Recommending the killer vaxx as a cure for long COVID!!
And, of course, no mention of IVM, even in passing.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-16/children-with-long-covid-dismissed-doctors-myth-virus-harmless/103959078
Cheers
Dave B
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We all know why long COVID was invented as a condition. To hide the poor efficacy of the jabs. But, also the incidence of long COVID is due to the lack of public access to readily available anti-virals, as you point out. There’s been many similar articles in the mainstream media and they all ignore this fact or even the other simple remedies and preventative measures like VitD / Zinc/ nasal sprays / throat gargles.
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Long Covid is but a variation on a condition – Post Viral Syndrome – long known as a response of some sufferers to viruses such as Epstein Barr virus. My mother suffered it as a result many years ago after contracting Ross River Virus in Queensland.
Emeritus Professor Bob Clancy has been treating sufferers of Long Covid and Vaccine injuries in his Newcastle clinic. He has been successfully treating them with Ivermectin, but notes that when treatment is halted, symptoms return. He has been interviewed by Dr. John Campbell on podcasts available on the internet.
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Indeed, over the years there have been many people ( including myself ) who have lingering symptoms after the common flu or bad cold infection. The old term was ” still cant shake off that bloody cold/flu”. Post Viral Syndrome is the more accurate term. Something that always seemed to baffle doctors, which is another condition on the rise as well.
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When talking about ‘Long Covid’, we should remember that 50% of people diagnosed with it never even had Covid in the first place.
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I always thought “long Covid” was just a way of cloaking mRNA vax injury.
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Ditto.
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Chinese Traders Sold Subpar EVs to Russia Via Legal Loopholes, but Were Caught and Blocked by Russia (video)
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COPIED FROM ELSEWHERE
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I would debate the notion that in 1984 people are aware. Surely it’s the reverse of that – just accept and love Big Brother. Wasn’t that the final chilling message? To be like everybody else?
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“Huxley feared those who would give us so much that we would be reduced to passivity and egotism… Orwell feared we would become a captive culture. Huxley feared we would become a trivial culture.”
Russia developed this technique over the last few decades, so whenever an event happens, the media throw up every possible conspiracy theory, scrambling people’s brains; leading them to throw their hands into the air, and just give up on rational ideas. The Dutch airliner is a prime example.
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Beijing has it down to a fine art, which is odd when you consider that 1984 and Brave New World can be bought off the shelf in mainland China.
Any reference to Mao have been cut out.
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Notice how, when promoting their latest BS, Leftists always say “that’s a conversation we have to have”? Along with their stupid and extremely annoying high rising terminal speech intonation.
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David, I am fluent in Leftist.
“That’s a conversation we have to have” in their language means STFU.
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Why do people keep using the term ‘conversation’ now, instead of ‘discussion’?
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Interesting point.
A conversation is just talking about “stuff” and wandering around verbally.
A discussion is going to have a point of focus that needs attention.
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They ‘calm down’ a lot of words and very annoyingly so. I just walk away. I can’t stand ‘reach out’ – it’s ‘contact’ FFS!
Their language, unlike ours, doesn’t boost and affirm. Quite the opposite.
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I worked in an American multi national, that had two mai business units. They had very different cultures.
Those guys over over the fence we always “reaching out” which caused much eye rolling in the 90s. We just spoke with people.
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Contacting people! I can’t bear this ‘reaching out’ stuff. It sounds all touchy feely.
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Kim, I wrote my comment in answer to Yarpos’ comment before I saw yours. Great minds think alike…maybe?!
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A rant on the modern world – a bit salty
https://x.com/Devon_Eriksen_/status/1801730316140151030
Via https://www.smalldeadanimals.com/2024/06/15/its-the-toaster-fucker-problem/
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That is pure joy. I’ll be chuckling for days. Read the X version.
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Opposition leader Peter Dutton accuses government of ‘wrecking the economy’ with its ‘renewables-only’ energy policy
The Opposition leader has sensationally accused the government of “wrecking” the economy by pursuing what he describes as a “renewables-only” energy policy.
Laura Grassby Digital Reporter
Opposition leader Peter Dutton has claimed the government is “wrecking” the nation’s economy with what he has described as a “renewables-only” energy policy.
“I think this is a government that through its energy policy, the renewables-only policy, not taking into account gas and nuclear and making sure we can have a good balance, they really are wrecking the economy at the moment,” he told Sky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell.
This is a developing story. More to come.
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Wrecking the Environment as well
The “Project will eventually power 1.8 million homes” when the wind is blowing!
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13532381/nsw-south-coast-wind-farm-green-light-albanese-government-chris-bowen.html
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1.8 million homes, and no industry.
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‘… could start construction in 2028 following approvals …’
Undoubtedly a big election issue, both state and federal.
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It will never ever power 1.8 million homes in any practical sense. There will be times when it wont power 1800 homes.
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“If the wind is blowing”
Fixed it for you.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr just Tweeted:
Elon Musk re-Tweeted it and said:
No wonder both of them are no longer favoured by the Left.
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https://apnews.com/article/puerto-rico-primaries-discrepancies-voting-problems-machines-8019db17829c7b1fbae5fb3fde623a4b
Harder to identify as a “right wing” source?
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FWIW – Run, don’t walk
“Beyond Bad: Fake Meat And Other ‘Ultra Processed’ Vegan Food Linked To Heart Disease, Early Death”
https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/beyond-bad-fake-meat-and-other-ultra-processed-vegan-food-linked-heart-disease-early-death
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FWIW
“GCMs Cannot Predict Climate”
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2024/06/15/gcms-cannot-predict-climate/
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Michael Jonas:
Prediction horizon next.
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Jonas:
“We don’t know” – anyone ever seen a CO2-centric climate scientist write that.
They can NEVER admit they don’t know – hence “uncertainty” instead.
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>“We don’t know” – anyone ever seen a CO2-centric climate scientist write that.
Ok, my bad. Just did a quick search and I’m wrong. Apparently lots of stuff they don’t know:
The scariest part of climate change isn’t what we know, but what we don’t
Bill Laurance, Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University 2015
https://theconversation.com/the-scariest-part-of-climate-change-isnt-what-we-know-but-what-we-dont-45419
Things we know we don’t know
Next – Things we don’t know we don’t know
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Things we don’t know we don’t know
“Environmental synergisms” – Super El Nino + Marine Volcano seems to fit lately. Also helps the CO2 crowd when they point and say of a bogus linear trend – “See, warming”.
Refreshing admissions – glad I looked it up.
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THE WEEK IN PICTURES: STOCK UP ON CRAZY PILLS
Isn’t it time for a sequel to “Being There,” since we have someone in the White House who makes Chauncey Gardner look like Napoleon or Bismarck?
Hey, Biden has the media fooled every bit as much as Chauncey did, so maybe we can settle for a documentary (especially since we don’t have Peter Sellers around to play the role). Now back to our regularly scheduled Pride Month propaganda.
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My child will not eat fish. What can I do?
Get a cat. Cats like fish.
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And, if that cat doesn’t like the fish, get another cat
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And if that mocking bird don’t sing, buy a diamond ring.
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I bought a book. To kill a mockingbird. There was absolutely nothing in it about how to kill a mockingbird.
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Little article about Sweden declining an interconnector with Germany citing instability and costs. Includes some discussion of 10GW of gas generation going into Germany.
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/sweden-rejects-new-power-cable-germany-over-market-inefficiencies
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“Recently, EU competition regulators gave informal approval to Germany’s plan to subsidize 10 GW of new natural gas-fired power capacity. This initiative is part of Germany’s effort to stabilize its grid amid a substantial increase in wind and solar power installations.”
Subsidize gas generation?? What, can’t it pay for itself? Maybe they should get an undersea pipeline to Russia and get cheap gas from therm.
Germany…. already where Australia is going..
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Died Suddenly
And another one!
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/06/british-montengrin-soccer-star-dies-suddenly-aged-26/
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First this:
Cobalt mine near Salmon [Idaho] suspending operations
https://www.eastidahonews.com/2023/03/cobalt-mine-near-salmon-suspending-operations/
Now this:
The Idaho Farmland Water Shutoff Rabbit Hole
X link
Because “Coincidence” next.
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Because this:
WOW 🚨 Idaho Farmland Water Shutoff “Coincidence”
X Link
[Snip]
War On Nation’s Food Supply?: Idaho Restricts Water To 500,000 Acres Of Farmland
https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/war-nations-food-supply-idaho-restricts-water-500000-acres-farm-land
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Warmie Science and American Advertising: Have long been very conscious of the leaps in logic that the Warmies perform. Am also conscious of the leaps in logic that the American advertisers perform. They seem one and the same. 😁️
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Atmospheric pressure determines temperature and why Antarctica was once lush green.
https://notrickszone.com/2024/06/14/new-study-large-atmospheric-pressure-swings-may-explain-past-hothouse-icehouse-climates-co2-levels/
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Kenneth Richard:
In comments:
CO2 is a (weak) net atmospheric radiative coolant, not a “global warming gas”.
Actually an industrial refrigerant – R744
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Sort of update from #21 yesterday: War On Nation’s Food Supply?: Idaho Restricts Water To 500,000 Acres Of Farmland
In late May, Idaho Department of Water Resources Director Mathew Weaver issued a curtailment order requiring 6,400 junior groundwater rights holders who pump off the Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer to shut off their spigots.
Idaho Gov. Brad Little issued a statement following the order on May 30, “Water curtailment is never desired, but the director must follow Idaho law and the Constitution in issuing this order.”
Brian Murdock, an East Idaho farmer, said the water curtailment affects 500,000 acres, which equates to roughly 781 square miles of farmland.
The grain and potato farmer continued, “And, of course, the worst problem is this is happening during a very plentiful water year. We have the reservoirs [that] are completely full, and when I mean full, they’re dang near breaking. The rivers are running as high as they possibly can. Just trying to keep those dams from breaking.”
Hidden in the Ukraine Bill was funding for cobalt mining in America. Over 200 politicians invested in this company mining cobalt. The Department of Defense gave that company $15 million out of the Ukraine bill to mine in IDAHO…
https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/war-nations-food-supply-idaho-restricts-water-500000-acres-farm-land
Who needs food when you want batteries for an EV future that’s falling apart at the seams.
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Farmers can always have a fallow year. They can grow enough to survive on.
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Kim – “Farmers can always have a fallow year. They can grow enough to survive on”
Seriously? I don’t think you “get it”:
Idaho Potato Farmer Breaks Down The Idaho Water Shutoff
X Link
Now do you “get it” ?
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It’s the Elites grabbing all the water before all others. The ones that don’t matter…..to them that is.
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Idaho Shuts Down Water Resources to Farmers
https://youtu.be/yD1yTqzj1Y4
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Interesting – just checked my e version of The Fourth Protocol and it is the “Bantam reissue – August 1995” – yes 23 not 24 Chapters!
How Legendary Spy Novelist Frederick Forsyth Learned He’d Been ‘Bowdlerized’
BY: LARRY TAUNTON JUNE 14, 2024
‘Did you know that select passages have been removed from The Fourth Protocol?’ His eyebrows shot up. ‘I did not.’
A Simple Edit or a Complicated Conspiracy?
But I was here to discuss more than his illustrious career. I had wanted to meet Forsyth since I discovered mysterious edits to his 1984 novel The Fourth Protocol. Having downloaded it on Audible during the pandemic, I listened to it while bouncing through the fields of my ranch on a tractor during breaks in my own writing. Clocking in at 13 hours and 52 minutes, I calculated this book to be a solid weekend’s worth of entertainment. Little did I know that it would send me down a rabbit hole culminating in a meeting with the author.
The Fourth Protocol is a political thriller in which the Soviets attempt to detonate a nuclear device next to an American military base in Britain. The novel contains fictitious letters from the very real English traitor Kim Philby — and still very much alive at the time of the book’s publication — to the general secretary of the Communist Party. A former MI6 operative and one of the infamous “Cambridge Five” in real life, the fictitious Philby, now in exile in Moscow, explains to his communist hosts how British democracy might be subverted from within via a classic “march through the institutions”:
Finally, I ordered the Hutchinson & Company (UK) first edition. Somehow, this was the one Audible had used.
Comparing this original text with the Bantam and Viking editions, I found that it contained 24 chapters while the others contained only 23. This was because chapters three and four were combined in the North American editions.
But that’s not all that was going on here. Someone had removed select paragraphs in chapters three and four and altogether rewritten portions of them, altering facts, dates, and removing 15 of 20 points enumerated in a Marxist strategy to seize the institutions of political power.
All of this, and yet the publisher’s page of the Bantam Books edition reads:
This edition contains the complete text of the original hardcover edition. NOT ONE WORD HAS BEEN OMITTED.
The capitalization is not mine; it is the publisher’s. And, of course, it’s not true. Whole pages had been omitted from the original hardback.
But why? And did Frederick Forsyth know?
After a bit of sleuthing, I discovered that the author, though aged, was still alive and living in genteel retirement. But how to contact him?
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Inflation down from 25% to 4%, all by eliminating useless politicians and waste
https://x.com/EndWokeness/status/1801567953713779094
Long list of pollies here, plus the ABC, CSIRO, TGA, BOM, numerous QANGO’s…
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Qatari researchers find SARS-CoV-2 accelerates biological ageing
Since 2021, Walter Chestnut has been investigating whether SARS-CoV-2’s spike protein causes accelerated biological ageing.
On Monday, researchers from Qatar published a paper that explored and summarised research on biological ageing markers in covid patients. This paper confirmed Chestnut’s hypothesis that the spike protein induces accelerated ageing.
The hallmarks of ageing are a set of biological processes that contribute to the ageing process and are characterised by a progressive loss of physiological integrity, leading to impaired function and increased vulnerability to death. These hallmarks were first proposed by Carlos López-Otín and his colleagues in 2013 and have since been widely accepted as a framework for understanding the molecular basis of ageing.
There are nine hallmarks of ageing. The Qatari researchers focused on two: epigenetic alterations and telomere attrition.
https://expose-news.com/2024/06/13/sars-cov-2-accelerates-biological-ageing/
Anyone care to ask how everyone is only now discovering what Covid and Fakevax ™ are doing consistently and how the level of engineering is so amazing? 😉😎
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Beyond Bad: Fake Meat And Other ‘Ultra Processed’ Vegan Food Linked To Heart Disease, Early Death
https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/beyond-bad-fake-meat-and-other-ultra-processed-vegan-food-linked-heart-disease-early-death
Who could have possibly predicted this?
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ABC is the media that you pay for twice … first time around you pay with your tax money and then second time you suffer the additional cost of wasting time and losing precious brain cells reading it.
Here they are saying that fuel reduction burning makes bushfires worse.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-01/hazard-reduction-burns-increase-bushfire-severity-report-finds/103394038
Here they are celebrating how smart it is doing regular fuel reduction burning in the Kimberly.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-16/kimberley-indigenous-fire-management-awards-controlled-burning/103972752
I get it, that there might be more than one point of view … but the ABC has been dumping on anyone who supports fuel reduction … for years they have dug their heels in. Now suddenly it’s the most natural thing to accept that obviously with less fuel you have less fire.
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The ABC have been around, you know, a few years. Supposedly they’re also the network that has traditionally covered rural and regional Australia. So, you would think they may have gone back to all the records of major bushfire events going back to the 1940’s. In particular a lot of those major bushfire events were followed by Royal Commissions. Nearly every RC recommends that preventative or fuel reduction burning needs to be increased to prevent future major fires. I might add, this recommendation then gets completely ignored by following governments.
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Regional Movers Index
Population growth hotspots can now be identified faster than ever in Australia, with the Regional Movers Index, developed by the Regional Australia Institute (RAI) in partnership with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA).
The Regional Movers Index presents fresh analysis of movements between Australia’s regions and capital cities.
The Index updates the trend identified in the RAI’s 2019 Big Movers report – that in recent decades more people have been moving from Australia’s capital cities to regions than in the opposite direction.
The Index is powered by CBA data from relocations amongst its 16 million customers.
Quarterly and annual changes are presented in the Index.
This Index is an invaluable resource for both the public and private sectors.
By tracking people movements, it enables early identification of growth trends, and flags places emerging as hot spots needing fresh thinking on housing and infrastructure.
Regional Movers IndexCBA > Decision Science > CommBank.ai March 2024 Quarter Report – 24 page PDF
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Regional Job Vacancy Map
Would you move your entire life for your dream job? Or is it sitting on your doorstep?
Check out our interactive Regional Jobs Vacancy Map below to find out what jobs are available in your region.
How does it work?
Click on one of the 37 regions on the map of Australia. This will bring up the number of jobs currently being advertised and the categories they fall into. To dig deeper, click on a category at bottom left to see a breakdown of advertised jobs in that category specific to the selected region.
Where does my LGA fit?
This tool collates data from the Federal Government’s Internet Vacancy Index (IVI) which is released monthly by Jobs and Skills Australia through its Internet Vacancy Index data series. Here’s some information about the 37 “best fit” regions, as defined by the Department of Jobs and Small Business.
We have prepared lists to show which Local Government Areas (LGAs) are in each of the Internet Vacancy Index (IVI) Regions of the map. The regions do not always map well across LGAs as they have been designed under a different geography. So in preparing the list we have looked at a simple ‘best fit’ as to which region an LGA best fits into. Vacancies in LGAs which overlap different IVI Regions will have some of the characteristics of both IVI Regions. Click the buttons below to see the lists alphabetised by LGA or Region.
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85,000 Users locked out of savings accounts at “YouTube Bank” as fears over bank failure grow
America’s next big bank failure is only a matter of time, and the current problems of the so-called “YouTube Bank” should serve as a reminder to everyone with savings accounts that their money isn’t as safe as they’d like to think.
The “YouTube Bank” is not really a bank in the technical sense, despite the nickname. Instead, it is a savings application that numerous YouTubers promoted heavily to their audiences known as Yotta.
According to the company, there is an issue between two “middlemen providers” and they are not going under or insolvent.
However, the fact that very similar events unfolded shortly before the crypto brokerage Celsius went under has many observers holding their breath. Just hours after Celsius announced a “glitch” with withdrawals, they had completely collapsed.
https://www.stationgossip.com/2024/06/85000-users-locked-out-of-savings.html
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U.S. Special Forces Navy SEALs engage in LGBT Pride prancing on social media as the rest of the world looks on and laughs
As has been happening a lot in recent years, the social media-sphere was really upset after the U.S. Naval Special Warfare Command account on Facebook did a digital LGBT Pride prance for the world to see.
Not long after the unit unleashed a torrent of six-colored “rainbow” posts in promotion of Pride, the official account limited its responses due to massive public backlash.
One post received 370 ridiculing “Laugh” emoji responses, along with 350 “Angry” reactions. Comparatively, there were less than 200 positive responses to the post, which in the social media world is referred to as a “ratio.”
“This is a slap in the face of every special warfare operator that has put their lives on the line for our nation,” commented someone named John Jeacopello in response to the post.
“I know plenty of current and former SEALs who are disgusted with this,” said another, named Luke Pierson. “Please repent of this debaucherous behavior and stick to what you’re good at.”
https://www.stationgossip.com/2024/06/us-special-forces-navy-seals-engage-in.html
And the new draft will make it worse – phone zombies, BLMers, basement dwellers, loony lefties, the gender confused mentally ill, the psychiatric drug violent hordes, DEIers…
What a joke.
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The Senate Version of the National Defense Reauthorization Act Really DOES Require 18-Year-Old Women to Register for Draft
June 15, 2024 – Sundance
Requiring women to register for Selective Service (ie, the draft) really is a part of the 2025 National Defense Reauthorization Act that has been assembled in the Senate. [SOURCE pdf, Go to Page 3]
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A New Regime Is Taking Over Our Military
By Chase Spears
Editor’s Note: The military, which by its nature imposes a culture of obedience and uniformity, and which enjoys the trust and respect of the great majority of Americans, is a key target of the group quota regime. Replacing the governing principles of the armed forces will all but guarantee the replacement of the governing principles of society in the long term. Chase Spears, a retired officer of the United States Army, provides an inside view of this revolution in uniform as exemplified by the Pride Month’s conquest of military culture. This essay was originally published in The American Mind under the title “Whose Flag?”
The American military that could not be defeated by global nuclear powers was conquered by a band of people dedicated to s@xual disorder.
Since the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT) in 2010, the Department of Defense (DOD) capitulated to the revolutionary cause of Pride Month with nearly the speed of Kabul’s fall to the Taliban. In doing so, it usurped the concept of selfless service to others with the celebration of self for the s@xually divergent.
The Pentagon, and all branches of the military, publish internal public affairs guidance documents laying out exactly how military leaders from top to bottom are expected to celebrate LGBTQ values in speech and action. This now includes sending honor guards in full military dress to formally kick off pride parades. The American flag and military colors have long shown up in battles throughout American history.
Now they wave in cultural battle—on the side of those who want the nation deconstructed.
Most U.S. military bases host special pride events throughout the year courtesy of taxpayers. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, a man who became a 4-star general in the straight Army, has made kicking off Pride Month part of the liturgical calendar. At this year’s Pentagon pride celebration, Rear Admiral Mike Brown shared how breaking up his family to follow h@mos@xual desires allows him to better serve the nation.
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Alexandr Wang, founder of Scale AI in 2016, is making new friends and gaining praise for his tech company’s vision statement where he coined a new term to combat DEI, which stands for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
Wang’s phrase is DEI’s new nemesis: MEI, for Merit, Excellence, and Intelligence:
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I don’t know if I should give a down vote to that or not? It won’t be down a vote on you JC but on the shameful content.
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Right, let’s see something military and decent……………………….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2jgrGtiYHE
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Dr John Campbell talks about a remarkable and “unexplained” decline in human sperm quality in Denmark which interestingly coincides with mass covid-19 “vaccination”.
Nothing to see here…
https://youtu.be/EHQCy0jighQ
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Actually count and concentrations have dropped over 50% in the past 50 years. Pollution, chemicals, drinking, smoking, vaxxes, lack of exercise, lack of need for high counts and concentrations are all possible causes.
I blame botox bimbos. 😆😆😆
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The COVID Death Jab vaccination rates were very low in many African countries.
It looks like the Africans will inherte the earth!
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1221298/covid-19-vaccination-rate-in-african-countries/
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Crazy conspiracy theory Sunday
Former US Special forces and Green Beret reveals plans to release a biological tsunami right in the heart of Japan on June 16th.
Those who become infected are being referred to as “replicons” They will go on to infect everyone who gets near them and will in turn infect others.
The term “Replicons” will be the term used to describe those who take the shot and replicate the spike shedding and cause massive infection in other people who they come into contact with us.
https://x.com/JimFergusonUK/status/1801906055649141141
Must buy tickets for that one! 😎
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All my training in the electrical ‘field’ back in the 60s meant was ….. “yeah, got all that!”
Something so patently untrue.
Every so often, I learn new ‘stuff’, and all that electrical training ‘really’ meant is that I can understand what it is that I’m now looking at which is new.
So many things (so many) are difficult to explain, so the biggest part of it all is trying to find a way to make it simpler to understand, not for me, but the average person with no understanding, and here, that is not meant to belittle in any way.
So then ….. is coal fired power actually all there is that is keeping Australia ‘running’?
Short answer ….. Yes!
Long answer, well, it’s more complex than that.
Most of you have seen the AEMO dashboard of power transfer between States, and there are times when it looks like Queensland is ‘powering’ South Australia if you follow the power transfer ‘arrows’.
Nothing could be further from the truth, as there are significant power losses over distance. So, it’s a chess game. Power transfers from Qld into Northern NSW. Victoria transfers into Southern NSW, Tasmania, and South Australia. South Australia sends huge amounts of excess wind power (sorry, that’s just my being sarcastic there) into Victoria, and Tasmania sends excess Hydro power across Bass Strait into Victoria. There are reverse transfers in the opposite directions in every case here, but those reverse transfers are much much smaller that what I show you with the following.
So ….. How much and where to?
That actually is interesting because it seems that Australia is ‘running’ on Qld black coal, and to an even greater degree on (and this was a real surprise) Victorian Brown Coal
Look at overall power consumption data by State breakdown: (last year, all of 2023)
NSW – 74,014GWH (35.64% Of Oz total)
Qld – 61,450GWH (29.59%)
SA – 13,946GWH (6.71%)
Tas – 11,136GWH (5.36%)
Vic – 47,147GWH (22.70%)
However, now add in exported power to that, and while exported power actually makes up the State’s total generation ….. it is an addition to the other State’s consumption, umm, if you can see that.
Here, we find that NSW is a nett importer of power, as that State is where the oldest plants were located, and now time expired, have closed down to the point that all they have left is now not even the bare minimum, so it needs that power from the North and South, all of it generated by coal fired power, and NSW imports 7524GWH of power, or 10.17% of its total power requirements.
Queensland is a nett exporter of 3,526GWH, all black coal fired power or 5.74% of it’s generation.
SA is a nett importer of power, all of it brown coal fired power from Vic, and it imports 1,626GWH, or 11.66% of its power requirements.
Tasmania is also a nett importer of power, again all brown coal fired power across Basslink, and that’s 1,774GWH or 15.93% of its requirements.
Victoria (the big surprise for me in all of this) is a nett exporter of power exporting brown coal fired power into three surrounding States. They export an astonishing 7,398GWH of power or 15.69% of the State’s total generated power. That exported power is on top of the brown coal generated power consumed inside Vic. (that 7398GWH which is exported is 3.56% of AUSTRALIA’S Total power consumption)
NOW perhaps you can see why they are desperately trying to keep coal fired power plants operational and in fact trying to extend their lifetime operation, quietly still doing major works at virtually all plants ….. Shhhh! Don’t tell anyone or we’ll lose that green vote.
The country RUNS on coal fired power. Take even one plant out of the system, and there will be major major problems.
See how complex it all is ….. and it’s all being run by clueless politicians and economists!
Hmm! I think we might be in trouble.
Tony.
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Tony – “I think we might be in trouble”
If “we” is in NSW or SA, big trouble.
A bit like the hole Germany has dug for itself.
NSW, despite closing down coal, cannot claim green cred if they rely on imported coal power. And what if those imports fail due to some black swan or Fed/State govt foolishness ?
“7524GWH of [coal] power, or 10.17% of its [NSW] total power requirements” cannot be replaced in short order.
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I have already purchased a home electrical power generator to beat the rush.
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Imagine the VIC capacity with a retained and updated Hazelwood. As Tony points out, the crunch is coming. It’s just one brainless idealogue away.
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Tony
To shortcut Solzhenitsyn and the “Lies”
We know we’re in trouble. Seems dubious if “They” have come to the realisation
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The source and quantity of electricity generation is largely managed by the AEMO and determined by the lowest cost generators…
..Qld has modern high capacity coal plants with excess capacity that it can offer cheaply..
.. Vic has those cheap “brown coal” generators which can undercut the NSW black coal plants,
. So , it is logical to maximise those cheaper generators
And SA has to prioritise using Vic coal as backup even though it hs plenty of Gas generators because gas is too expensive.
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Politics in 1 short clip
https://x.com/Nigel_Farage/status/1801654058064732170
Sums up politics perfectly! 😆😆😆
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Kiev hold gay pride march
Organizers of the KyivPride March announced on Thursday that the first gay pride event in the Ukrainian capital since the beginning of the Russian invasion will be held on June 16.
The Kyiv Independent reported that the event will have “strict security measures,” the most notable of which is that only the 500 registered participants will know when and where the march will begin.
“The march will take place in close proximity to shelters in case of an air alert,” the Kyiv Independent said, passing along one of the few details that has been divulged to the public.
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2024/06/14/kyiv-prepares-for-ukraine-capitals-first-gay-pride-march-since-russian-invasion/
Is that a lampshade on his head?
Says it all. 😆😆😆
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Meanwhile in Moscow – Moscow courts enacted a hundred-year ban on gay pride parades
Moscow Pride is a demonstration of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgender persons (LGBT). It was intended to take place in May annually since 2006 in the Russian capital Moscow, but has been regularly banned by Moscow City Hall, headed by Mayor Yuri Luzhkov until 2010. The demonstrations in 2006, 2007, and 2008 were all accompanied by homophobic attacks, which was avoided in 2009 by moving the site of the demonstration at the last minute. The organizers of all of the demonstrations were Nikolai Alekseev and the Russian LGBT Human Rights Project Gayrussia.ru. In June 2012, Moscow courts enacted a hundred-year ban on gay pride parades. The European Court of Human Rights has repeatedly ruled that such bans violate freedom of assembly guaranteed by the European Convention of Human Rights.
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In the middle of a war in which 500,000 Russians have died and who knows how many Ukranians? Is this what everyone is fighting for? Gay pride marches?
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They want to give the impression that they are more European than Russian.
After the war Ukraine wants to join the EU and NATO, so this gay march is a worthwhile stunt.
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They have had their press gangs out everywhere snatching guys off the street and forcing them into the army, so here’s a free hit at 500 all at once!
Lets see if they are allowed to by their ‘allies’.
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I guess we know who is really running show.
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Same under Australian Labor PM Albanese & State Labor Parties
Bidenflation At 19.4% Hammers Americans, Crushing Purchasing Power
Déjà vu of Carter’s re-election bid: “Bidenflation” likely a top voter concern, and the President must take responsibility.
TIPPINSIGHTS EDITORIAL BOARD – June 15, 2024
The dark reality of Bidenomics is the alarming 19.4% inflation under the President’s watch, which is 5.8% annually. When he took office, inflation was at just 1.4%. Since March 2021, it has stayed above the Federal Reserve’s 2% target (39 consecutive months.).
Under Biden, the federal debt has increased by $6.9 trillion. The Federal Reserve printed money out of nothing to finance his spending spree. The increased money supply without a corresponding increase in goods and services reduced the value of each dollar, causing prices to rise quickly and leading to high inflation, effectively acting as a hidden tax on everyone.
Prices have increased by 19.4%, while real wages have declined by 2.1%. Average hourly earnings for all employees dropped 2.1% to $11.15 in May 2024 from $11.39 in January 2021, when Biden took office.
According to Mark Zandi, the chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, the typical U.S. household now requires $1,069 more each month (equivalent to $12,828 annually) compared to three years ago, $784 more per month compared to two years ago, and an additional $227 per month compared to last year.
Many Americans are forced to take on second jobs or side hustles to make ends meet. A recent GOBankingRates survey found that about four in ten adults continue to need side jobs.
Credit card debt and delinquencies are surging amid high interest rates. The share of credit card debt over 90 days overdue hit 10.7% in Q1 2024, the highest in 12 years, up from 8.2% the previous year. Total credit card debt rose to $1.12 trillion. According to recent TransUnion data, an American borrower’s average credit card debt ballooned to $6,218 in Q1 2024, an 8.5% rise from the previous year. The average credit card APR hit a record 24.8%.
Housing affordability has also collapsed under the weight of Bidenomics, and due to skyrocketing home prices and high mortgage rates, it is likely to become a significant issue in the 2024 election.
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Eyesore wind farm approved.. (video)
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Like the way he says Chris Bowen then reinforces with “Moron” at 5 mins 15 Secs – Not in Transcript
the
5:06federal government has approved the
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Illiwara offshore Wind Farm area as angry
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campaigners hit their keyboards and plan
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demonstrations Federal climate change
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Minister Chris Bowen announced the
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creation of the Zone in Woollongong with
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assistant Treasurer Steven Jones and
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local MP Allison Burns through this Zone
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the albanesi government will deliver up
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to 2 .9 gw of reliable Renewable Power
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enough to power 1.8 million homes Bowen
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said when the winds
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blowing what happens when it doesn’t
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blow what are we going to do then
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NBN strikes in America
Biden Has Not Connected One Person with High-Speed Internet with $42.5 Billion from Infrastructure Bill
FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr on Friday wrote that President Joe Biden has not connected one American with high-speed internet with $42.5 billion in funding from the so-called bipartisan infrastructure bill.
“In 2021, the Biden Administration got $42.45 billion from Congress to deploy high-speed Internet to millions of Americans. Years later, it has not connected even 1 person with those funds. In fact, it now says that no construction projects will even start until 2025 at earliest,” the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) commissioner wrote.
“Meanwhile, the Biden Admin has been layering a partisan political agenda on top of this $42.45B program – a liberal wish list that has nothing to do with connecting Americans. Climate change mandates, tech biases, DEI requirements, favoring government-run networks + more,” he continued.
Carr is specifically slamming the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program, which allocated $42.45 billion to support broadband infrastructure and adoption.
The program was established by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), otherwise known as the so-called bipartisan infrastructure bill. The bill had no conservative victories and had many leftist carveouts, as Breitbart News detailed.
Congress passed the infrastructure bill in 2021, which would mean that the BEAD program has had little success in its two years since Biden passed the bill.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg also struggled to explain why Biden has only built “seven or eight” electric vehicle charging stations, which the funding also came from the IIJA.
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So this, and the billions to install charge points across the country, weren’t “shovel ready”. lol
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Seems that wasn’t the direction the shovels were pointed?
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No one should be surprised that those guys looted the Treasury … but the real question is whether anyone will ever figure out where all that money goes to.
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Australia’s China problem.
Odd that an American, Chris Chappell, has to tell this story. My memory is failing me but there was another who was shamed, having the Chinese pay his phone bill, among other things.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFlc-t1cfrw
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Was that “Sam the Dasher”?
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An education program
“What City Kids Learn on My Farm
‘Hens don’t lay on demand. Tomatoes aren’t ripe in June. And animals don’t care about your feelings.’ ”
https://www.thefp.com/p/farm-camp-upstate-new-york-children-learn
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It’s interesting that Bird Flu is a multiplatform disease harmful against two things bothersome to Leftist Elites.
1) Humans
2) The food supply, it affects both cows (milk and meat) and chickens and other poultry (eggs and meat).
And strangely enough there are simultaneous outbreaks all over the world, e.g. in Sicktoria.
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How is this even possible? Did it come from outer space or something? Sounds mighty suspicious to me.
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Outlining the “Hopium”
“A Preview on Some of The New York Energy Impossibility”
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2024/06/15/a-preview-on-some-of-the-new-york-energy-impossibility/
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“FACT CHECKERS” didn’t exist until the truth started coming out.
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The Menzies Centre’s Nick Cater had a look at Finland’s latest Nuclear power plant and this wonderful power plant has the full backing of the Greens in Finland.
Forests surround this new plant and wildlife is everywhere. This video is about 8 minutes and about 1 month ago in May 2024.
The last few minutes shows the forests surrounding this beautiful area. This is the springtime in the NH.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbeKtcTfMbY
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A very good video, with many solid points made. Thanks.
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AI Girlfriends a Billion $ Industry | EndlessDreams, VASA-1 and AI Music (video)
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Luma AI Stuns the Entire Industry! AI Video is Scary good (video)
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More ARENA funding for “renewable” fuel projects.
https://www.pv-magazine-australia.com/2024/06/14/green-methanol-plant-firms-ties-with-german-partner/
Methanol flash point 12C, combustion energy 15.6MJ/l
JetA1 flash point 38C, combustion energy 34.6MJ/l
Perhaps the stuff could be run through a gas turbine on-site to generate electricity when the sun doesn’t shine but it seems to be a rather volatile/inefficient transport fuel.
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Hilarious, we can throw away money on methanol energy production while at the same time Lion Brewing are complaining that their production costs are too high in this country. Basically, its costs too much to brew beer (ethanol containing drink) in Australia.
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Storm Pilot Photographer Captures Breathtaking Images of the Most Intense of Storms From 40,000 Feet
https://www.zerohedge.com/weather/storm-pilot-photographer-captures-breathtaking-images-40000-feet
“His [Santiago Borja] proudest accomplishment has been capturing “Pacific Storm,” a photo that was taken over the Pacific Ocean in 2004. This image was recognized by National Geographic and widely viewed by scientists worldwide.”
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Fabulous photos. And displays what doesn’t happen in the ocean. The temperature differences on land to air can be +50 to -70 and thermal expansion can be huge, creating massive lift, updrafts and turbulence. Which is what the photographs show, thunderheads.
But in the ocean, the current can drag heat and CO2 and O2 around to the depths and up in vast loops and upwellings and sinkings. When you consider that 99.9% of the surface heat of our planet is in the water, it is amazing that people are modelling the air, not the oceans. How can they hope to predict the climate? All Climate, all water, rain, snow, wind comes from the oceans and the effects of the rapid rotation of the planet and coriolis forces.
And these photographs demonstrate exactly why we should be looking to the oceans to explain the weather.
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OOOH!
Caribbean happenings –
https://www.smalldeadanimals.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/castrotrudeau-583×600.jpg
How SDA covered it –
“Because It’s Father’s Day?”
https://www.smalldeadanimals.com/2024/06/15/because-its-fathers-day/#comments
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Why not forget about fictional agents like Bond and Bourne dashing to save the world from disaster and forget about CIA and MI6 officers reclining on their couches dreaming up espionage scenarios to thrill you. Check out what a real MI6 and CIA secret agent does nowadays. Why not browse through TheBurlingtonFiles.org website and read about Bill Fairclough’s escapades when he was an active MI6 and CIA agent? The website is rather like an espionage museum without an admission fee … and no adverts. You will soon be immersed in a whole new world which you won’t want to exit.
After that experience you may not know who to trust so best read Beyond Enkription, the first novel in The Burlington Files series. It’s a noir fact based spy thriller that may shock you. What is interesting is that this book is apparently mandatory reading in some countries’ intelligence agencies’ induction programs. Why? Maybe because the book is not only realistic but has been heralded by those who should know as “being up there with My Silent War by Kim Philby and No Other Choice by George Blake”. It is an enthralling read as long as you don’t expect fictional agents like Ian Fleming’s incredible 007 to save the world or John le Carré’s couch potato yet illustrious Smiley to send you to sleep with his delicate diction, sophisticated syntax and placid plots!
See https://theburlingtonfiles.org/news_2023_06.07.php and https://theburlingtonfiles.org/news_2022.10.31.php.
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I was just musing on the way man made CO2 driven Global Warming just turns everything upside down. Using complex explanations for simple events.
Firstly 98% of all highly soluble CO2 is dissolved in the oceans, like soda water. CO2 is 30x more soluble than O2 and fish breathe.
Basically slightly warmer oceans release a bit of CO2. Big deal.
But that is turned around to say that CO2 causes rapid and substantial warming?
Which is a bit rough when the increase is only 50% over 250 years. Regardless of so called ’emissions’. Emissions have increased 3500% since 1900 but CO2 has increased only 40%. There is no observed connection between year to year near constant CO2 and exploding ’emissions’.
Then CO2 from the ocean has to rise to the surface of the water first and then into the air.
But this is turned around and we are told the extra atmospheric CO2 is absorbed by the oceans and causes ocean acidification. Which is a bit rich when the oceans already have 98% of the CO2.
Yes, there is a very slight reduction in alkalinity. That is not acidity. The water has to go completely neutral before it can turn acid. And what’s wrong with that? And no ocean is acid. Before they could be acid, all the limestone and coral in the world would have to be dissolved, including much of England and coastlines and sea floors across the planet. The limestone coast in South Australia for example.
Even so, Australia’s CSIRO hosted an international conference in Hobart on Ocean Acidification. Amazing. Where is this acid?
The creators of this hoax have turned a very slow natural warming into a story of fossil fuel Armageddon. When CO2 existed in vast quantities before life existed. And without CO2 there would be no life as all living things are made from CO2 and breathe out CO2.
I cannot believe I have to write these very obvious things. It shows how great the hoax has become. And it also shows how the intimidation of scientists works. The only ones who say it is all ridiculous are retired or cannot be fired. And they are derided as being on the lucrative payroll of Big Coal, Big Oil or Big Gas.
When it is far more likely the promoters are on the payroll of Big Government, Big Taxation, Big Wind and Big Solar. And it’s even in the job title. Starting with the IPCC which is the Inter Governmental Panel for Climate Change. Of course it is.
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I take umbrage with your statement “On a bad day $20 billion in wind power across Australia can only guarantee as much power as two diesel generators.” Wind power can’t “guarantee”, as we commonly use the term in the Utility Industry, any power.
PS Jo – Thanks for running my article a few years ago on the near-catastrophic collapse of the Texas utility grid during a winter ice storm. Having lived in the beautiful Sydney over 20 years ago ( a true “Septic”) and telling my Aussie friends about how hot Texas was, the idea of me losing power during a sub-freezing ice storm drew some hoots Down Under.
I also loved Melbourne too. I once told some Aussies arguing which City was better “it’s like arguing which street in heaven you want to live on”. That was over twenty years ago. I didn’t recognize either of those Cities I loved during Aussie’s Covid Police State Madness. I hope you get them and the rest of your beautiful “Far Country” back..
Keep up the great work, Vic
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Watch out for this one hitting Aussie next-
“The Prime Minister wants reassurance that government agencies are not only managing data appropriately but are “managing conflicts, real or perceived, in the right way”. And he wants to rebuild public confidence: “There must be independent oversight of the whole picture of government agency activity. Agencies shouldn’t be left to review these allegations themselves.” …. The Iwi Chairs Forum had embarked on their path to control data in 2016, when they established a Data Iwi Leaders Group. Their aim is Data Sovereignty, an initiative of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: “Tribal communities must not only dictate the content of data collected about them, they must also have the power to determine who has access to these data”. The motive of iwi leaders is obvious: Data is power – ‘control the data and control the narrative’. ”
…which all adds up to more money being thrown at one race and a rich elite establishing itself under the money waterfall.
https://www.nzcpr.com/democracy-in-turmoil/
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Was watching a Peter Ridd video on how the government via announcements and money splashes pretends to be saving the Great Barrier Reef.
This sort of pretending seems to be a bit of a theme with Australian governments.
Pretending to protect us from a deadly virus with draconian measures and safe and effective mRNA “vaccines”
Pretending to “close the gap” in any meaningful way
Pretending “the voice” was nation building
Pretending the solar and wind power can ever power the country, and that they lower costs
Pretending that current technology EVs make sense as a general future for road transport
Pretending the aren’t causing a disaster with contradictory immigration and housing policies
Pretending that wishful thinking and splashing taxpayer $’s has ever achieved anything
and finally pretending that you can ignore reality forever (or maybe just avoid it till the next election or you parliamentary super and benefits are locked in)
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