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    another ian

    Chiefio plays film reviewer

    “Well Worth Seeing – Sound of Freedom”

    https://chiefio.wordpress.com/2023/07/16/well-worth-seeing-sound-of-freedom/

    Gives a “Thumbs up”

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    Significant COVID-19 Vaccine Study Censored by Medical Journal Within 24 Hours

    A systematic review of 325 autopsies showing COVID-19 vaccination caused or significantly contributed to 74 percent of deaths was removed from The Lancet’s preprint SSRN server within 24 hours, adding to an increasing number of censored studies on the potential harms of COVID-19 vaccines.

    The study, published July 5, examined all autopsies published in peer-reviewed literature to determine whether COVID-19 vaccination caused or contributed to the person’s death.

    Researchers searched all published autopsy and necropsy reports related to COVID-19 vaccination through May 18, 2023, resulting in 678 studies. After implementing inclusion criteria, they chose 44 papers containing 325 autopsy cases and one necropsy case. A panel of three expert physicians independently reviewed each case to determine whether COVID-19 vaccination was a direct cause or significant factor in each death.

    Of 325 autopsies reviewed, 240 deaths, or 74 percent, were independently adjudicated as “directly due to or significantly contributed to by COVID-19 vaccination.”

    Findings showed the most affected organ system in COVID-19 vaccine-associated death was the cardiovascular system at 53 percent, followed by the hematological system at 17 percent, the respiratory system at 8 percent, and multiple organ systems at 7 percent. Three or more organ systems were affected in 21 cases. The mean time from vaccination to death was 14.3 days—with most deaths occurring within a week of the last vaccine dose.

    The study results suggest a high likelihood of a causal link between COVID-19 vaccines and deaths in most cases. Yet, the government’s narrative is still that people do not die after COVID-19 vaccination, lead author Dr. Peter McCullough, a practicing internist, cardiologist, and epidemiologist, said in an interview on EpochTV’s “American Thought Leaders: Now.” “The striking cases were people who were perfectly healthy and had no other medical problems. The only new thing in their life was the vaccine, and they died with an obvious syndrome like a blood clot or heart damage—myocarditis.”

    https://www.theepochtimes.com/health/significant-covid-19-vaccine-study-censored-by-a-medical-journal-within-24-hours_5388409.html?utm_source=morningbriefnoe&src_src=morningbriefnoe&utm_campaign=mb-2023-07-15&src_cmp=mb-2023-07-15&utm_medium=email&est=sflxw38ZW57aYz1gh%2FEStqoNja2FkqpIiDU1O4wNWPguEbJJC2GzNMRCfYMGPIuu8GrZ3Q%3D%3D

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      Peter C

      I heard about the paper from the United Australia Party when the preprint was released by the Lancet and downloaded a full copy of it as a .pdf.
      Since the paper was withdrawn by the Lancet I suppose that it is no longer available.

      The authors, which include Drs Peter McCullough and Harvey Risch acknowledge the weaknesses of the study such as selection bias, publication bias and confounding variables. Most of the authors are associated with Peter McCullough’s Wellness Company.

      The study is a meta analysis of 44 papers which were found by an internet search and included 325 cases which had an autopsy and one necropsy. All of the cases had prior Covid vaccination.

      Doubtless the paper will be subjected to relentless debunking if it gets any currency at all.

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      Honk R Smith

      “Significant COVID-19 Vaccine Study Censored by Medical Journal Within 24 Hours”

      Funny, my first thought was ‘oh, a new validated study’.
      Forget peer review, unless you get censored, you got no game.
      This is where we are now.
      24 hours … must be a really good one.

      One major outcome of the The Great Pandemic Phenomenon is if Government/Science/Media proclaim up, we now know down is confirmed.
      Even with movies.

      Only problem, ‘they’ are not likely to take this loss of legitimacy well.
      I see them taking no steps to rehabilitate.
      I see them careening towards power crackheadddom.
      They are like the addict zombies in my neighborhood, tweeking and teetering on the verge of collapse, but possessed with supernatural ability to remain standing.

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    David Maddison

    The covid vaccine disaster is hugely worse than the Thalidomide disaster, as bad as that was.

    Interestingly, the USA was mostly spared the Thalidomide disaster because back in the day, the FDA actually did its job and didn’t approve it due to inadequate testing. (Seventeen children in the US were affected vs 10,000 elsewhere.)

    From Wikipedia:

    The refusal was largely due to pharmacologist Frances Oldham Kelsey who withstood pressure from the Richardson-Merrell Pharmaceuticals Co.

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    I mentioned a few days ago the lawyer, Ralph Lorigo, who took relatives of hospitalised patients IVM cases to court. I’m scratching my head as to why no one has done a detailed study of those cases – what exactly happened to the 109 cases that didn’t go to court, and the 80 cases that did. Maybe someone has ? I haven’t heard of one, but if the figures that have been mentioned are real, the only way to refute it would be to bury it. It wouldn’t take much to do – checking death certificates, and contacting families to get the current status of survivors, and where ever trial studies are bought up, bring this one up, while mentioning how easy it is to massage medical trials. These numbers are documented in court filings. I don’t get why FLCCC, or Steve Kursh, haven’t already had this done?

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    John Connor II

    CBDC’s and banks ability to block transactions

    Mantaray posted a comment yesterday (#5.3) about banks being unable to block certain purchases due to the transaction processing lag factor, which then supposedly makes CBDC blocking impractical.
    The topic warrants elaboration.

    Yes, the Australian big banks are major shareholders (19 all up) in the eftpos system (which is a privately owned business), not to be confused with EFTPOS which is a generic term for international use.

    The clearing times vary between country as mentioned but that doesn’t really matter given the ability of banks now to block certain transaction types.

    We all remember the ill conceived and now defunct cashless welfare card designed to prohibit certain purchases like alcohol and cigs. It did that, but also blocked transactions that should have gone through.
    eg. it blocked books, jeans, hand sanitiser, and retailers.

    The power already exists for banks to block certain goods and sellers. eg The “gambling block” on credit & debit cards is available worldwide, and happens instantly with no bank processing lag.
    Similarly, the dreaded “transaction declined” due to insufficient funds (and we’ve all been there. 😁) is instantaneous, meaning an account can be disabled effortlessly if you’ve been naughty.

    The comment was also made that the government could have trouble forcing the banks to comply with CBDC restrictions.
    The problem there is that our big banks are owned by overseas interests, known for their WEF allegiance.
    JP Morgan, Citicorp, HSBC and BNP Paribas are the top 4.
    Their loyalties lie elsewhere, not with the Australian people, and their strong ties to the WEF are well known.
    In short our puppet big banks will do what they’re told to do, just like our puppet pollies.

    The real power of any CBDC lies in its programmability and should a universal (one world) CBDC come to fruition, banks, credit and debit cards become irrelevant and a single central controlling organisation runs the show.

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      Kim

      CBDC is also about governments having all the liquidity – after all they are rapidly going broke.

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      ozfred

      Citibank is owned BY BankAmerica
      If you have an ATM card without overseas surcharges, it is cheaper to transfer modest amounts ($1000 or so regularly) than have a bank wire transfer (and you get better exchange rates)

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      Here in the UK, I have just had a leaflet from one of the banks I hold a current [checking] account with.
      [It’s largely owned by His Majesty’s Government, after the 2008 banking crash.]
      ‘Changes that help make [my] banking safer’
      Obviously.
      There is now a limit on how much I can deposit or withdraw in cash [through cash and deposit machines, or through Post Offices [so many bank branches have been closed …]].
      Daily limit and a ‘rolling 12 month’ limit; £3000 and £24000 respectively. Need to go on line to find this, of course – not in the leaflet!

      Not quite the ‘almost blanket-ban on cash’ I half expected.
      But foreign exchange transactions [in cash] are included.
      I wonder how long before banks do indeed say they won’t take – or dispense – money?
      Certainly those banks keen to follow the ‘suggestions’ of Governments, especially if the said government has a 30 or 40 percent stake ….

      Keep an eye wide open …

      Auto

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    John Connor II

    JC2 tip of the day: superglue

    We’ve all bought those small tubes of superglue, used it once, then gone back a week later to use it again only to find it’s rock hard and useless.

    What I do is to wrap the tube of glue up tightly in some kitchen aluminium foil with about a fifth teaspoon of salt to act as a dessicant, then store it in the fridge.
    Mine has been there for 2 months now is perfectly fine.😁

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      BriantheEngineer

      Tasty too!

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        Earl

        “Tasty too!”

        Hand written sign in mens toilet – “Do not buy. This gum is rubbery and hard to chew”.
        Affixed to condom vending machine.

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      Graeme#4

      Just store the tube in a fridge, full stop. I’ve had a tube in the fridge for a few years and it’s still usable. Not sure why a desiccant would be needed in a low-humidity environment.

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      David Maddison

      Another tip, for high strength bonds add baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) to the super glue (cyanoacrylate).

      And it’s not glue either, glue refers to adhesive made from rendered connective tissue of animals, back in the day.

      The baking soda catalyses the polymerisation process plus also creates reactive species that enhance bond strength.

      There are numerous YouTube videos about the practical application of this.

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        Hanrahan

        Graphite, such as sanded “lead” from a pencil, also hardens it, but I’ve been frustrated by headphones breaking and being unable to re-glue them.

        It’s ugly but the last [cheap] set that broke even though I treated them carefully, I stuck together with the porous plaster of a bandaid and then glued through it. The plaster is sort of like glass fibre.

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      Hanrahan

      Seven tubes for $2 at the discount store. Why?

      How much did Selleys make on this while it was still in patent?

      BTW All glue and batteries last longer in the fridge.

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    John Connor II

    Eco-activists in Germany used a concrete and epoxy resin mixture to glue their hands to the asphalt in protest. Tragically, the consequences may require potential amputation of their hands.

    https://twitter.com/TansuYegen/status/1679083757175808000

    Things are getting out of hand…

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      You have to hand it to the left. They know their glues. NOT.

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      Philip

      They’re still smiling – at this stage.

      I have to find some sympathy for these kids. They’ve lived under and been subjected to lies and deceit all their lives. But then again…..

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      David Maddison

      Just leave them attached to whatever structure they attach themselves to. It will be a lesson for their comrades.

      Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

      But I have to hand it to them for this innovation in adhesive technology…..

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        Nothing that a nice 2 stroke concrete saw with a 300mm diamond blade , cannot fix. !
        ..”just hold still a moment dear !”

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      william x

      Speaking of glue, this media release was published 12th July 2023…

      Title:

      Scientists develop special glue to repair the Great Barrier Reef

      “Queensland scientists have developed a special glue to stick parts of the Great Barrier Reef back together”.

      Link: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-12/scientists-develop-special-glue-to-repair-great-barrier-reef/102591114

      OK.. Apparently the reef is falling apart due to ocean acidification, cyclones, climate change, coal mining and boats… i.e. Their usual suspects.

      They state that to glue the reef back together is a big task… So.. Maybe they can employ our expert glue activists to help them.

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      MrGrimNasty

      I’ve no doubt most of it can be carefully physically removed and if any can’t it will shed with renewing skin soon enough.

      However epoxy resins are strongly exothermic and if they use enough they could get skin burns immediately. Longer term, the unset components are powerful skin irritants and potent skin sensitisers. They could end up with severe immediate and long-term skin problems.

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      william x

      Speaking of glue, this media release was published 12th July 2023…

      Title:

      Scientists develop special glue to repair the Great Barrier Reef

      “Queensland scientists have developed a special glue to stick parts of the Great Barrier Reef back together”.

      Link: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-12/scientists-develop-special-glue-to-repair-great-barrier-reef/102591114

      OK.. Apparently the Great Barrier Reef is falling apart.
      Make of that what you will.

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        Klem

        When my daughter was in high school they taught her that the GBR was entirely dead. I guess it’s too late to glue it back together now.

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        Ludicrous.
        Damage by boats are rare, and an offence if detected. Yes, cyclones will break bits off the top layer of some reefs but there have been very few cyclones crossing the Reef in the last 12 years. The broken bits drop down the side of the reef or accumulate in pockets and get joined together by re-colonisation. If bits drop to lower levels they will be re-colonised by species that are active at those levels. The Reef knows best. No “glue” needed. How do they think it kept pace with the 120 metre rise in sea level over the last few thousand years?

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        David Maddison

        That is one of the more useless and ridiculous projects I’ve heard of funded under the auspices of “climate change”.

        It just goes to prove that add “climate change” to your research proposal and you can get just about anything funded.

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          KP

          It was that GBR group that ‘Utopia Australia’ funded to keep the UN quiet! We HAD to do something new!

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        Ross

        Yes, briefly saw that ABC story as I was switching over to another channel. Laughed out loud when I saw it. They actually interviewed white coated lab techos playing around with this waterproof glue. It was like a comedy skit, a meme. We waste so many tax dollars on that useless organisation.

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    David Maddison

    Haversack is a word you don’t hear much any more. It is synonymous with backpack or rucksack. From Wikipedia:

    Commonwealth usage

    In Australia, India and other commonwealth countries in South Asia the word haversack is synonymous with rucksack or other similar terms and is casually used to describe any big backpack.”

    In the US, the term refers to a different type of bag. See article.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haversack#%3A%7E%3Atext%3DA_haversack%2C_musette_bag_or%2Cthis_type_from_other_backpacks.?wprov=sfla1

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    David Maddison

    Just what I’ve been saying all along.

    https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/catherinesalgado/2023/07/15/climate-expert-gas-car-cancellation-is-intended-to-end-private-transport-n1710930

    Climate Expert: Gas Car Cancellation Is Intended to End Private Transport

    BY CATHERINE SALGADO 3:01 PM ON JULY 15, 2023

    Soon after a World Economic Forum partner was caught calling for an “end” to private car ownership, a climate expert is warning that the push to cancel gas-powered cars is just a ploy to end private transport. The climate crisis is a hoax, but it’s such a darn useful hoax for authoritarian globalists.

    Climate Depot’s Marc Morano went on Fox Business Thursday and discussed how the Democrat and globalist push to replace gas cars with electric vehicles (EVs) isn’t about helping the environment but restricting Americans’ freedom of movement. “This really isn’t about them driving an electric car,” Morano said, highlighting how this is a top-down decision not based on popular demand. “This literally is — the banning of gas-powered cars — is being done just like a COVID lockdown without a vote,” he added. From California to the Biden Environmental Protection Agency to Australia, leftists are trying to force ordinary citizens into a corner with their gas car restrictions.

    Indeed, Pew Research Center published the results of its new survey on June 28, which found that “Less than half of the [U.S.] public (40%) favors phasing out the production of gas-powered cars and trucks.” It’s also significant that EV batteries actually generate lots of toxic waste, so they’re not better for the environment.

    “The intent is not to necessarily force people into an electric vehicle,” Morano went on. “The intent is to collapse our plentiful freedom of movement and force us to use mass transit. They want us on the subway.” It’s a global collusion. “They want us on buses. That is what this is about,” Morano insisted. “[Former UK PM] Boris Johnson’s transportation secretary said owning a car was outdated ’20th-century thinking’. They are rationing vehicle use. It’s very simple. You can look at Cuba to see how that turned out; you are going to have a lot of used cars.”

    Morano also called out the hypocrisy and deception of U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry, who just testified to Congress and denied owning a private jet (though his family owned a private jet for years):

    Now, keep in mind when John Kerry was confronted publicly last time was in Iceland. He flew on a private jet to Iceland to pick up an environmental award, and he gave the original defense, the equivalent of ‘Do you know who I am? I am so important I have to fly a private jet. I am trying to save the climate.’ But he doesn’t have time to be with the masses on a commercial airplane.

    What he said today was, ‘I don’t own a private jet’, and ‘We don’t own one,’ meaning his wife owned one — until last year. And now he says he has been on only one flight and that goes against a lot of contradictory evidence. There is evidence that shows that since the Biden administration started, he has been on several dozen private jet flights.

    SEE LINK FOR REST

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    David Maddison

    Here is Their ABC promoting government/UN/WEF propaganda again.

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-15/big-cars-on-aussie-roads/102603092

    Australia’s love of big cars is undoing the benefits of the shift to EVs

    By Jo Lauder
    Posted Yesterday at 6:20am

    Australians are driving bigger, heavier, dirtier cars and it’s alarming both climate and road safety experts.

    A decade ago, sedans and hatchbacks were the most popular cars in Australia. Today, Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs) and American-style utes dominate new car sales and advertising.

    Internationally, SUVs are driving an increase in oil consumption, which is at odds with the need to reduce emissions. In fact, the rise of SUVs is wiping out the climate gains from the switch to electric vehicles.

    It’s not just climate experts who are concerned about this trend however, these bigger vehicles are also worrying road safety experts because of their “aggressive” geometry that’s more likely to injure someone in an accident.

    So how did we get here? And just how much of a problem is this?

    SEE LINK FOR REST

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      Graeme No.3

      David M:
      I drive through Hahndorf (Adelaide Hills) at least once a week. The main road is a problem.
      Firstly the local businesses rely on tourist traffic, and want carparking on both sides of the road, but people are parking their cars to roam.
      The “narrow road” has been blamed, but I have never had a problem with bus or trucks who seem to find their way, mostly and only coming onto the wrong side of the road when someone has parked carelessly.
      The biggest problem are the SUVs and large utes where the driver doesn’t know where his LHS is. Mostly they misjudged by a third of their car width that comes about 30cm. into the RHS lane, others want far more. (point out that a bus can get through but they cannot).
      Fortunately there is a 40kph traffic limit in the town (and 30 kph is more usual because of Chinese etc. pedestrians) but on the way out there are 5 signs saying 50kph for about one kilometre but the drivers of those SUVs and American large utes apparently don’t read them, just assume they say 80kph. Very handy if in front and like to be tallgated.

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    another ian

    Posted on reputation – I haven’t watched as yet as I’m the cook tonight

    “Tucker cuts loose on the “Coke in the White House” fiasco. Hilarious.
    https://www.dailywire.com/news/my-favorite-story-of-all-time-tucker-carlson-shreds-white-house-over-cocaine-fiasco

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    Steve

    Check it out..

    The Grip of Culture: The Social Psychology of Climate Catastrophism

    https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/07/15/the-grip-of-culture-the-social-psychology-of-climate-catastrophism/

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    Ireneusz Palmowski

    The negative surface anomalies of the eastern Pacific accurately show the current Pacific atmospheric circulation, which is more in line with La Niña than El Niño.
    The Pacific hurricane, in line with this circulation, is moving westward.
    https://i.ibb.co/GCPC0TG/cdas-sflux-ssta-global-1.png
    https://i.ibb.co/PMkBJFZ/946c267f-ac0f-477c-bda9-17dddf8b36d1.jpg
    The SOI has stabilized at 2. Is it a neutral SOI?
    https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/soi/

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    Ireneusz Palmowski

    Tropical storms in the South China Sea indicate a circulation consistent with La Niña. Downpours reach the Korean Peninsula.
    https://i.ibb.co/q91M1y0/mimictpw-wpac-latest-1.gif

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      RickWill

      Convection at work ripping heat out of the ocean and liberating it over land to provide precious water.

      Australia is also very wet and that bodes well for reestablishing La Nina conditions in the Pacific.

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    Ireneusz Palmowski

    Cold fronts from the north reach the southern US.
    https://i.ibb.co/L9J48Md/mimictpw-namer-latest.gif

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    Steve

    The problems of relying on information from Wikipedia are well known. The establishment controls the content, secretly and openly. Here’s an interesting article on this:
    https://dailysceptic.org/2023/07/16/british-government-funds-campaign-to-rewrite-climate-science-entries-on-wikipedia/

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      Hanrahan

      I just looked it up: climategate was Nov. 2009, that’s when it became obvious to me that U of East Anglia et al controlled wiki’s narrative on CC.

      I have not used them as an authority on “sensitive” topics since.

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    Ireneusz Palmowski

    A tropical storm in the South China Sea is turning into a powerful typhoon.
    https://i.ibb.co/VJnSmHV/9ea7307b-38e3-4035-8fd9-bba82f6abf4c.jpg

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    william x

    To all,
    Today on the “Outsiders” program, (Sky News Australia).
    The host Rowan Dean referenced and credited JoNova and this webpage.

    His words: “And thanks to the wonderful JoNova Website for unearthing this Gem”

    He then presented Jo’s:

    “Underground Climate Change”

    The Outsiders program is broadcast live on Foxtel.

    For those that could not view the live video broadcast,
    This is the podcast of the show’s full audio.

    Look for Sunday 16 July. The presentation “Underground Climate Change”, begins at 1:30:10 into the podcast.

    https://www.skynews.com.au/listen/outsiders-podcast

    Enjoy.

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    John Connor II

    Sunday funny: Joe goes book shopping

    https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1680348630669045760/

    I’d suggest he buys the lot 😆

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    Graeme#4

    The WA recently-revised land heritage act changes have just impacted a large environmental planting along a Perth river, with a major shrub planting effort stopped and a certain group wanting $2.5 million to allow the planting to go ahead. The relevant minister has said that there shouldn’t be an issue, but the local environment groups are up in arms. What a mess.

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      RickWill

      Life gets complicated when heritage alone imbues one group privileges that others not so endowed can never aspire to. That is the reason I support a republic. But Australia seems help bent on creating its own royalty with unique privileges and wonky ceremonies.

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        KP

        Life gets complicated when race alone imbues one group privileges that others not so endowed can never aspire to.

        It is racist, call it what it is…

        Me, I’m a culturalist, your skin can be any colour but the culture you follow defines you, and while races may be equal, cultures are certainly not! You can change your culture but not your race.

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    David Maddison

    What AI thinks major brands look like as humans.

    https://youtube.com/shorts/h_SGQMWJ5qw?feature=share

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    The ESA published ground temperature data and model outputs for Sizilia with 48°C saying air temoperatures at 2m hight will be much lower. That hint in a subordinate clause of course wasn’t seen and not taken into what newspaper, Greens and IPCC-Reviewer Peter D Carter told about and started to panic. 😀

    Hot, detected over 47 degrees on the ground in Sicily and Calabria

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      MrGrimNasty

      The BBC quoted 60C ground surface satellite measured temperatures in Spain. No context as usual.

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    Ireneusz Palmowski

    A powerful typhoon is approaching Hong Kong.
    https://i.ibb.co/Jkvq9cG/12b167c8-30e1-4bf5-adf5-5ff7804ec20a.jpg

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    David Maddison

    “Conspiracy theorists” were right yet again.

    The original SARS-CoV genomic sequence was patented.

    https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/6b/c3/21/a62eb55a0e678c/US7220852.pdf

    Application filed by Centers of Disease Control and Prevention CDC

    ABSTRACT

    Disclosed herein is a newly isolated human coronavirus (SARS-CoV), the causative agent of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). Also provided are the nucleic acid sequence of the SARS-CoV genome and the amino acid sequences of the SARS-CoV open reading frames, as well as methods of using these molecules to detect a SARS-CoV and detect infections therewith. Immune stimulatory com positions are also provided, along with methods of their use.

    SEE LINK FOR REST

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    David Maddison

    Copied from elsewhere.

    Your Big Pharma bought and paid for Therapeutic Goods Administration – TGA are sinking to new lows of depravity.

    They won’t be publishing on rates of myocarditis and pericarditis on the poison death jab because, get this, the RATES ARE VERY STABLE!!!!

    What an absolute, pathetic bunch of lying, gaslighting idiots they are. Rates may be “stable” – but trending at about the 20% mark as shown in all-cause mortality data.

    https://www.tga.gov.au/news/covid-19-vaccine-safety-reports/covid-19-vaccine-safety-report-13-07-2023

    Myocarditis and pericarditis after COVID-19 vaccination

    As reporting rates of myocarditis and pericarditis following vaccination are very stable, we will not include this section in future COVID-19 vaccine safety reports. However, we continue to monitor and review these adverse effects and will communicate any updated safety advice if needed.

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      KP

      That’s a great read, thanks Ian-

      “So, what did the Ukrainians do to raise the ire of the Pentagon so suddenly, and as a direct consequence, fall into disfavor with NATO? In short, the Ukrainians demonstrated that NATO’s weapons are crap. Evidence of this built up slowly over time. First, it turned out that various bits of US-made shoulder-fired junk — anti-aircraft Stingers, anti-tank Javelins, etc — are rather worse than useless in modern combat. Next, it turned out that the M777 howitzer and the HIMARS rocket complex are rather fragile and aren’t field-maintainable.

      The next wonder-weapon thrown at the Ukrainian problem was the Patriot missile battery. It was deployed near Kiev and the Russians quickly made a joke of it. They attacked it with their super-cheap Geranium 2 “flying moped” drones, causing it to turn on its active radar, thereby unmasking its position, and then fire off its entire load of rockets — a million dollars’ worth! — after which point it just sat there, unmasked and defenseless, and was taken out by a single Russian precision rocket strike.

      This was sure to have seriously pissed off US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, whose major personal cash cow happens to be Raytheon, the maker of the Patriot. Yes, the Patriot proved useless using the First Gulf War, where it failed to protect Israel against ancient Iraqi Scud missiles; and it proved useless later on when it failed to protect Saudi oil installations against ancient Yemeni Scud missiles… but you aren’t supposed to advertise that fact. And now this!

      And to top it all off, the German-donated Leopard 2 tanks and the US-donated Bradley infantry vehicles, not to mention the silly French wheeled non-tanks, performed absolutely miserably during the recent Ukrainian efforts to approach, never mind penetrate, Russia’s first line of defense. Rubbing salt into the wounds, Putin remarked off-the-cuff that Western armor burns rather more easily than the old Soviet-made stuff….

      NATO is a captive buyers’ club for US-made weapons. That is what vaunted NATO standards, with which the Ukraine must comply before it is deemed worthy to be invited to join NATO, are all about: to comply with these standards, your weapons have to be mostly US-made. That is also the reason for all of the various wars of choice, from Serbia to Iraq to Afghanistan to Libya and Syria: these were demonstration projects for US weapons, with the additional goal of using up the weapons and the munitions so that the Pentagon and the rest of NATO would have to reorder them.”

      Goes well with the rant from the Russian Army soldier on RWA-
      “Ranting middle-aged Russian men are this world’s greatest treasure”

      https://t.me/s/RWApodcast

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    Those electric vehicles!

    “”Shocking Number”: Rivian Owner Sees $42,000 Repair Bill For Minor Accident”

    https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/shocking-number-rivian-owner-sees-42000-repair-bill-minor-accident

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    FWIW

    “DAVID BLACKMON: Here’s What Our Climate Overlords Fail To Understand About Fossil Fuels”

    https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/07/16/david-blackmon-heres-what-our-climate-overlords-fail-to-understand-about-fossil-fuels/

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