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    Kalm Keith

    Two days ago I saw two whales surface, pumping North.
    They were really going, and were only visible long enough to clear their lungs, take another gulp and dive together.

    Later that same day I was in the main street of a nearby suburb and was disturbed to see three shops vacated on one side and another two empty on the other. It was like going back to the height of the CV19 lockdowns. Five businesses down and out and quietly attesting to a lot of pain and disruption for all linked to the mess.

    Paradoxically the name of the street means Beautiful Mountain but it’s flat and straight and about a mile long.

    It was good to see the whales but that may be a thing of the past when we get our new vibrant offshore windmills in action.

    We are leaderless and manipulated by scoundrels who want only power and wealth for themselves.

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      David Maddison

      Windmills harm whales and other marine creatures as well as birds, bats and insects and produce maddening infrasoind that affects many humans.

      But it’s OK to destroy the environment to supposedly save it.

      Most local shopping strips around Australia now contain many vacant shops: businesses destroyed by covid mismanagement, expensive “green” electricity and the poor state of the economy.

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        Murray Shaw

        David local businesses are being destroyed by on-line shopping. Passing through Young NSW a few days ago talking to a shopkeeper who was rueing the closing of so many shops in that town. She said the young people of the town would shop on-line and then wonder why there were no jobs in the town, and the need to explain to them the problem.

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          David Maddison

          Murray, in my observation, there was plenty of online shopping before covid. All these closures occurred during or just after covid.

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            Mike Jonas

            I’m with Murray Shaw on this. Online shopping has clearly been taking down high street retail for a long time. You can see the pattern in the high street, where the survivers are increasingly those who don’t have online competition – cafes, tattoo parlours, hairdressers, etc, while many other outlets – banks, real-estate, travel agents, household goods, non-boutique clothes, etc – even if they keep their shop-front have been cutting staff and/or hours.The coronavirus and government’s coronavirus-related actions were just the last straw for some.

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              Steve R

              Hi. I agree with the large increase in online shopping. This begs the question what justifies the massive jump in postal prices? PO says its because of email and nobody is sending letters but no mention of the increase in parcel delivery.

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            Yarpos

            Probably a bit of both. All the struggling businesses would have benn tipped over by Covid rather than struggling on.

            My local town seems healthy enough so far, apart from the now empty bank buildings x 3

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          Barry

          Our local high street is all massage parlours, gymnasia, op-shops and nail salons.

          All things that can’t be on-lined.

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            Geoff Sherrington

            Barry,
            “All things that can’t be on-lined.”
            To continue,
            “And all things that have no ability to raise our national standard of living”. These are shops that sell fleeting experiences with no value3d after effects. We should be concentrating on shops where workers produce goods that can be sold overseas for a profit and/or supplied nationally to fill needs for products that people se, like the good old Holden car of yesteryear.
            Tasmania used to be called “The Apple Isle.”
            Coff’s harbour earnd the name Big Banana.
            Australia used to ride on the sheeps’ back.
            The Darling Downs used to be a rich food source.
            The Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation used to design, build and sell Australian aircraft.
            Ship yards like Garden island and Newcastle and Geelong used to build and export ships and boats.
            We used to have 11 oil refineries. Now we are down to 3.
            We used to have more metal smelters and refineries. Not any more.

            The pattern is that we have ceased to make a lot of products that could be exported for a lot of money, thus better living standards.
            We are turning into nation where the main employment is for baristas. In the morning, worker A supplies cups of coffee to worker B. In the afternoon, B supplies cups of coffee to A. Elegant structural design, the concept of servants to each other, but utterly worthless for economic gain.
            Geoff S

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              Barry

              Agreed, we can’t get rich by cutting each others hair, giving each other a massage, or doing each others nails.

              We have to make stuff.

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              Kalm Keith

              I apologise for all my immoderate behaviour, past, present and emerging and promise not to do it again.

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              Kalm Keith

              Good one

              And in the present we have the former BHP steelworks site, in NovoCastria, acting as the holding bay for huge stacks of Wind Turbine components. No doubt they are hoping for completion soon. The blades are gigantic.

              I can’t help believing that Schwab, Soros and Chyna are laughing at our gullibility in succumbing to their takeover.

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        John B

        Lest we forget when freedom was cancelled during Covid times.
        UFC fighter calls out Australian government
        Yet Sweden was smashed for their less authoritarian approach without destroying their democracy and economy. Were they right? This Cato Institute study on excess deaths says yes.
        Sweden’s excess death rate during the pandemic was the lowest in Europe (see Figure 2, showing Sweden at 4.4% vs the next best, Norway at 5% and Germany at 8.6%, with the European average at 11.1%.

        When choices were made about pandemic strategies, the end result could not be known, and yet many politicians and journalists in countries including the United States, Britain, and Norway attacked Sweden fiercely for choosing an unusual and more liberal path. Why was that? Preben Aavitsland, Norway’s state epidemiologist, has recently come up with an explanation:

        “I think it may be because everyone was unsure of what was the right response to the pandemic. And yet, almost everyone at the same time chose to do long, hard lockdowns early on, inspired by Italy which in turn was inspired by the communist dictatorship China.
        Sweden became the contrast they did not want. Sweden undermined their mantra that we had no choice and forced them to explain to their citizens why they did what they did. For these colleagues, it would have been better if everyone had done the same. They hid their own insecurities by lambasting Sweden.”

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      Honk R Smith

      “We are leaderless and manipulated by scoundrels who want only power and wealth for themselves.”

      This new phenomenon seems to make wealth and power hunger look old fashioned.
      We are now facing a global cult.
      Plain old scoundrel greed would be easier to explain and much less disconcerting.
      I was not fortunate enough to see whales today.
      My natural panoramic view is a major science Uni.
      I observed highly educated human creatures wearing surgical face masks and walking alone with dogs on wooded streets in 90 degree weather.
      Won’t mention the masked single occupant cars.

      Ye, may I walk in lock down forever, so I may serve the Great Deity of Science and the Holy Body of Public Health, and punctured in perpetuity with the sacred spike of Its’ Grace.

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        Bruce

        C. S. Lewis put it this way:

        “Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good, will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.”

        The old bloke was being charitable, as was his wont; there is ZERO “good intent” in these current moves.

        NEVER ascribe to stupidity, that which is clearly MALICE. (and on rare occasions, vice versa).

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          David Maddison

          On the other hand, Sir Winston Churchill said:

          If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without blood shed; if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.
          Winston S. Churchill

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          DOC

          Bruce. Thank you. That piece in this day and age, is 100% pertinent. The entire Western Civilisation states, especially the English speaking ones, fit that lift out to a ‘t’.

          ‘with the approval of their own conscience.’ That’s the only qualifier that separates our ‘robber barons’ from any other authoritarian government in the world. It pretends there is hope for redemption, when there is none.

          Take the current Federal government as the prime example. When a PM ‘traduces’ his people (have to be careful of really using english that is more satisfyingly descriptive) to enforce a Constitutional change, the dire ramifications of which he must be truly aware (unless really more witless than he already appears), then he fulfils Lewis’ description admirably! Just add his posse of Bowen, King, Drefus and Burke and we have a full hand, a government that fits the bill.

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        Old Goat

        Honk,
        If you put the pieces together you can see the world being pushed toward a cliff by proxies for purposes unknown . Whoever is running the operation has goals and objectives that have to remain hidden . It makes “Qui Bono” hard to pin down , as most scenarios involve lots of people looking for you carrying torches and pitchforks . I have some theories, but reliable evidence is hard to find . At the moment there are so many psyops being run its staggering – climate change , gender theory, race relations, Covid and the “vaccine” and of course politics . Everything is an existential threat ……

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          Honk R Smith

          I suppose it’s possible that it is just an unprecedented self destructive mass formation.
          Lemmings or mass whale beachings.
          AGW is very much a global hysteria.
          A preexisting symptom for ‘Pandemic’.
          There’s never been another technological creature population to observe before.
          Perhaps the evolutionary inevitability is insanity.
          The solution to the Fermi Paradox?

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            Sean

            We may be on the cusp of demonstrating why the ‘L’ in the Drake equation is too small to give civilizations arising on other planets enough time to be detected or contact us…

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    Peter C

    Lots of YES to the Voice posters going up in my area. First to declare was the local Uniting Church, which is typical of them.
    No one has a NO poster, which likely means that people are concerned about the possibility of provoking a violent reaction.

    Despite the visible support for the Voice, the polls are heading south. The more the Voice supporters talk the worse the polls get, which is quite encouraging.

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      James Murphy

      The failure of this referendum cannot come soon enough.

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        Bruce

        NEVER forget the words attributed to one of the more “interesting” figures of the 20th Century, Josef Stalin;

        “It is not who votes that counts, but who COUNTS THE VOTES”.

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          Barry

          In this case, it’s who guards the votes.

          All postal votes will be under the control of far left share registry Computershare.

          No scrutineers permitted to supervise the time the votes are warehoused, a nod and a wink from the AEC permits the most egregious rigging without any prospect of detection.

          AEC you already know is biassed by the tick cross controversy.

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            Geoff Sherrington

            Barry,
            A cross cannot be used to signal a vote on the ballot paper, because so many voters use a cross to show their names. Illiteracy exists.
            Can’t have personal details on a secret ballot paper.
            Geoff S

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              DOC

              The answer to that is ‘circle your choice.’ If you are so illiterate that you can’t read YES or NO (hard to believe in modern living) then a tick or cross solves nothing. Just circle the answer you choose. No tick. No cross.
              But then, someone has to tell you which is which if you can’t read at all, and that brings in further bias. At least a circle gets rid of the tick and cross.

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      Kalm Keith

      Yes, it’s sad that so many groups just jump aboard the bandwagon as it passes. They don’t explore to understand, they automatically comply.

      But, all is not lost; in a recent Quadrant article there’s a copy of a foreword to a book on the voice and that item was written by Bess Price. It’s a great piece of work.

      The fact that Bess and Jacinta have been recognized and endorsed by electorate gives some cause to believe that good can be found in the world.

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      David Maddison

      Qantas is giving free flights to pro-apartheid campaigners, and free advertising on their aircraft.

      Back in the day, it was a golden rule of celebrities and corporations not to get involved in political causes as one would risk alienating their supporters/customers.

      Today: Get woke, go broke.

      Also, Joyce was achieving artificially high profit results by 1) securing a taxpayer “donation” of $2.7 billion to support the airline during the covid lockups, 2) failing to buy new aircraft, thus allowing the fleet to become aged and now requiring a massive capital investment.

      I no longer fly Qantas and I also abandoned my Qantas Club membership. I also don’t recommend others to fly Qantas.

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      Steve of Cornubia

      The lack of ‘No’ posters probably just means that the usual suspects are tearing them down. There is plenty of evidence showing intolerant leftists destroying or damaging such posters every election time and lots of video examples online, always being committed by lefties. Many signs supporting Trump, for instance, were destroyed or stolen. Where I live, every election time, many posters put up by the local Liberal or One Nation candidate get defaced, but all the Labor and Greens posters go unmolested.

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        Philip

        There just are no “No” posters. There is hardly a no campaign, except for some slots on Sky after dark, that hardly anyone watches.

        Astonishing that despite this, the yes vote looks doomed. Bit of a white pill.

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          GreatAuntJanet

          They hardly need No posters, just let the yes campaigners have their free speech and be condemned by their own words. Every single time, they sound like vague and dim, touchy-feely nitwits or money-grubbing racists.

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        el+gordo

        ‘usual suspects are tearing them down …’

        Nobody is tearing down posters, this is a highly respectful campaign, the No vote is sure to win because Australia has a strong history of rejecting Constitutional change.

        Dutton knows this, which is why he is suggesting another Referendum if this one fails.

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      Dennis

      Yes, it annoyed me reading church signs asking for illegal immigrant asylum seekers to be welcomed and resettled.

      Complete disregard for Immigration laws.

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        Philip

        Many Christians have adopted the Christian communist interpretation of the bible.

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          Jay Jade

          I suggest Christians should be in inverted commas.

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          Len

          The KGB wrote the articles for Liberation Theology for South America

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          Ando

          I wouldn’t say that – I would say the church officials and hierarchy have.

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            DOC

            Agreed Ando. The Church hierarchies are really in the same position as the CEO’s.
            One shouldn’t condemn the parishioners for how their ‘CEOs’ behave, just as nobody condemns the employees of organisations that are just doing their jobs – unless they are ‘forced’ to dress or carry placards to support the CEOs. They are then in a worse position than people trying to understand what they are being asked to do.

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      Mike Jonas

      No one has a NO poster, which likely means that people are concerned about the possibility of provoking a violent reaction.

      Spot on.

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      Popeye26

      Peter,

      Yes, all the corporate money, celebrities and churches etc are on the yes side and pushing hard. I think the yes camp has made a HUGE mistake with their strategy and their messaging – Australians aren’t stupid and quite often support the underdog, particularly in situations where guilt shaming and pressure are forced upon the many by the groups like the above.

      I think Albo has made a MASSIVE mistake with this strategy and I firmly believe the NO campaign will prevail and if that happens Albo is done for – a walking skeleton.

      I’ve volunteered for the NO campaign for two weeks of pre-polling and have purchased my NO goody bag (cap, t-shirt, badges and stickers etc) out of my own purse.

      I live in a predominantly Indian enclave in Sydney. What the heck would any immigrant to this country vote yes to divide the country by race and introduce APARTHEID into Australia’s Constitution – FOREVER?

      I haven’t seen many yes posters or such in my area yet but I have two NO stickers on the back of my car which has survived without damage so far. What the heck – it’s only a “thing” – this referendum is FAR more important than a car which is covered by insurance anyway.

      I’d implore everybody who is supportive of the NO vote to volunteer to help the UNDERDOGS win.

      Cheers

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      David of Cooyal in Oz

      I just thought that the “Yes” campaigners were doing such a great job for the “No” campaign that posters were unnecessary.

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        David of Cooyal in Oz

        I should have added that Tuesday’s Daily Telegraph posted Albo’s “one page” “Statement of the Heart” in full, taking 3 full pages of small print to obtain completeness.

        Well done the Tele.

        And guess who said he had no need ro read it.

        Cheers
        Dave B

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      Yarpos

      I hope you are right Peter. However this is a system and a populace which resulted in governments lead by Albanese and Andrews. We are at a low point; I hope we don’t continue to sink.

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        Geoff Sherrington

        Yarpos,
        Resembles the increase in arson, making bushfires that are attributed to the god of climate change.
        Geoff S

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          Ted1.

          Geoff, I wonder about these reports of arson. Some no doubt are arson, but many are fires which were legally or accidentally lit but escaped.

          A few years back a retired policeman was roundly condemned when an angle grinder he was using lit a fire which caused terrible damage including loss of life.

          More information please! I have seen an angle grinder start a fire at all of 20 metres, more than once. He may have been using the grinder inside a shed, which would not have been against the letter of the law.

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      GlenM

      I find people are scared to express a NO position. The socialist left pull down any signs as well. That being said there doesn’t appear to be much support for the voice around these parts. Everything is against us excepting the sensible person.

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      justin

      We had this same thing in UK over Brexit.

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    Robdel

    Clearly intimidation works.

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      Lawrie

      Not so. People may withdraw from confrontation and not engage but they are thinking that they would never support a cause that uses intimidation as a means of persuasion. When I see a grown man pretending to be a female and wearing a G string I am disgusted and determined to discount all arguments for transgenderism. Likewise people gluing themselves to roads just makes my opposition to renewables greater. I do not believe I am alone in being revolted by excesses in any shape or form.

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      James Murphy

      I guess we should be grateful that there are so many sheltered workshops able to look after an epidemic of failed scientists.
      it’s just a pity they are funded by taxpayers.

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      Lawrie

      So kids jumping into the water in Istanbul is proof positive that the Earth is heating dangerously. Kids have been jumping into water when it is cold as well because jumping into water is what kids do. A trainload of people from Bourke heading to the beaches of Sydney in 1934? to escape weeks of above 100 F temperatures would be much more significant. Our glorious BoM of course have tried to erase that history.

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      Peter C

      UAH global temperature!
      https://www.drroyspencer.com/2023/09/uah-global-temperature-update-for-august-2023-0-69-deg-c/

      What goes up is supposed to come down eventually.
      Still waiting.

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        Mike Jonas

        Earth has been warming overall (it’s not linear) since the depth of the LIA in the late 1600s. Could be another century to go before the cycle turns down.

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          el+gordo

          The LIA didn’t conclude until 1900 in the Southern Hemisphere. As testament to that we see huge icebergs calving from Antarctica and drifting into the Southern Ocean, disrupting sea traffic.

          This present hot blip has been caused by the Hunga Tonga-Hunga explosion, stratospheric water vapour is a greenhouse gas.

          The climate cycles appear chaotic, but AI should be able to make sense of it, there are too many variables in play to fathom. I have heard rumour that a Gleissberg Cycle is imminent, but I can find no confirmation.

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            Mike Jonas

            One would surely measure the warming period from the depth of the LIA?

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              el+gordo

              The depth of the LIA in the Northern Hemisphere was 1594 to 1677, but its my understanding the MWP and LIA fingerprints don’t really show up in the Southern Hemisphere.

              Its argued that SH internal ocean dynamics are the driving force behind climate in that part of the world.

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        Popeye26

        As SURE as night turns to day it WILL Peter.

        It’s been doing that for BILLIONS of years but GOONS (and bought scientists) don’t know much about “geologic time”.

        I note the graphs timeline is from 1979 – that’s NOT geologic time! 🙂

        Cheers,

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          GlenFromAus

          Those who believe in the IPCC “Climate Change” know for sure that the Big Bang happened a femtosecond before 1979 started (and during that femtosecond everything evolved to the point where we had humans, science and governments), and that is why all of their graphs start at the beginning of 1979, because there was nothing in existence before that time. 🙂

          Those who don’t believe in the IPCC “Man-Made $limate $hange” know for sure that the Big Bang happened a number of billions of years ago, and the earth started forming roughly 4 billion years ago, and so a truly correct representational graph of the earth’s temperature should be shown relative to those 4 billion years, which then shows that the IPCC “Man-Made $limate $hange” is not real true science, and given that their supposed solution is “Real Socialism”, that means that the IPCC “Man-Made $limate $hange” is total cr_p and is just a cover to implement Socialism.

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          Peter C

          Thanks Popeye,
          No not geological time. The chart is based on satellite measurements. Hence it only cover part of the space age.

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        Geoff Sherrington

        Graph of the last 11 years over Australia here.

        https://www.geoffstuff.com/uahsept2023.jpg

        and of all recorded years here:

        https://www.geoffstuff.com/uahallyearstrenbds.jpg

        Geoff S

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      Steve of Cornubia

      In the same Daily Mail this morning was another “we’re all going to boil!” story, accompanied by a very graphic graphic. It was a map of the British Isles with the lower two thirds coloured bright red to show even the dimmest of readers how bad things were.

      If you squinted, you could read the labels showing forecast temps dotted around. They went as high as 29C.

      Will there be any survivors?

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    David Maddison

    Possible detoxification strategy for those who are vaccine injured.

    For covid vaccine proponents, time for your 13th dose.

    https://www.jpands.org/vol28no3/mccullough.pd

    Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons Volume 28 Number 3 Fall 2023

    Clinical Rationale for SARS-CoV-2 Base Spike Protein Detoxification in Post COVID-19 and Vaccine Injury Syndromes

    Peter A. McCullough, M.D., M.P.H., Brian C. Procter, M.D, Cade Wynn

    Repeated administrations of COVID-19 vaccines, particularly the mRNA or adenoviral DNA products, deliver the genetic code for the spike protein, which is produced by a wide array of cells in tissues, resulting in an uncontrolled duration and cumulative doses of spike protein. The rise in IgG against the spike protein is many fold greater after vaccination than from the natural infection. This is a proxy for considerably greater exposure to the spike protein after immunization than after infection. Anti-spike IgG levels are associated with post-COVID-19 symptoms.3 Yonker et al. have recently shown that some individuals do not develop neutralizing antibodies against the spike protein, and as a result develop organ injury, particularly myocarditis in children and young adults.4 Free circulating soluble and extracellular vesicle-linked spike protein is associated with persistent symptoms.5

    Conclusion
    Chronic disabling symptoms from “long COVID” and following mRNA injections are an increasingly prevalent problem. The symptomatic presentation has many common features, which might be explained by the spike protein of the virus, which is also manufactured by the vaccinee’s own cells. There is no accepted protocol for treatment. Based on their mechanisms of action, a combination of nattokinase, bromelain, and curcumin should be considered. Patients need close monitoring because of anticoagulant effects. Formal clinical trials are urgently needed.

    SEE LINK FOR REST

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    David Maddison

    I can’t wait for the next “US election variant” of covid and corresponding lockups.

    Of course, the purpose is for the Demon-rats to secure more fake mail-in votes to get Biden or an alternative puppet into residency at the White House.

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    David Maddison

    Back in the day when Australia was somewhat properly run, the dial up telephone network [Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS)], (no longer in existence), ran independently of the electricity supply and had huge battery banks and generators and could run many days or weeks without grid power.

    Modern cell phone towers have backup batteries but these only last a matter of hours.

    Things are not going to go well when Australia fully implements it’s Leftist-politician-designed “green” electricity grid and we experience regular grid-down events.

    The wired NBN broadband network into homes is usually not battery backed in the home, and probably its switch gear doesn’t have many hours of battery back up, if any, either.

    How for example, would it be possible to contact emergency services?

    Politicians and their sycophants should never be allowed to make engineering decisions.

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      Glenn

      David, I asked my local leftist politician what would happen in a prolonged power outage to the mobile phone system. I was informed to not worry, as a diesel genset would be positioned at the base of the Cell Towers. I wrote back and asked how or who would be tasked with running around like a scalded cat refeulling the gensets, and did he really believe that the gensets would last overnight without mysteriously vanishing ? You have to give it to those of the Left…they always have a plan.

      The above discussion was the result of me asking how you would call an ambulance if the power went off and the NBN went down ( it has little backup capacity ). The initial advice was that if you had the NBN to your house, you also needed a charged mobile phone in case the power went off !

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        Ronin

        “You have to give it to those of the Left…they always have a plan.”

        Most always a moronic one.

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        Yarpos

        Be interesting sourcing those gensets when everyone else is trying to do the same thing. I doubt they are just sitting there , tested and ready to go.

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      Lawrie

      Our NBN is delivered via wireless. When the power goes down so does the net. As for the telephone I can see my tower about 4 km away but my reception can still be dodgy at times. The 3G that is being shut is still the most reliable. We are going backwards.

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      Lance

      No politician, anywhere, at any time, ought be allowed to vote on anything related to grid power unless they are a Chartered Electrical Power Engineer.

      Grid power is not political. It is factual and economical. Stable Dispatch matters. An energy market is not a Capacity market.
      Anyone who does not understand that is incompetent to comment on the subject. Capacity matters when stability matters. Energy markets matter when hucksters and clowns think that all electrons are equal.

      It is amazing the number of idiots who think that politics and ideology transcend physics and economics. And when the grid collapses, they’ll blame the utility generators, not the politicians and hucksters who destabilized and destroyed a perfectly good system. Stupid is, as stupid does.

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    Peter Fitzroy

    European summer hottest ever recorded, heat wave in the USA closing schools, asia getting hit by massive typhoons, these are some stories, you might have missed.

    Mind you they were predicted by climate models (but not all of the modelled scenarios, as would be expected)

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      Klem

      Exactly, the climate models predict everything. Even a broken clock is correct at least once a day.

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        Simon

        and good models predict what’s going to happen:
        https://twitter.com/WMO/status/1699452695684272368/photo/1
        How long can you bury your head in the sand?

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          el+gordo

          You may have missed my memo, the Hunga Tonga-Hunga eruption spewed a copious amount of water vapour into the stratosphere, its a serious greenhouse gas.

          Experts say its going to remain hot for a couple of years.

          Also the boiling oceans are caused by blocking high pressure, which is unrelated to CO2.

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            TedM

            “Also the boiling oceans are caused by blocking high pressure, “

            And boiling at less than 30C. Must be very low pressure over our oceans these days.

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          Klem

          I’ll bury my head in the sand until the models can correctly predict lottery numbers. It’s a lot simpler to predict 7 correct numbers next week than predict the weather next century.

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          Honk R Smith

          “How long can you bury your head in the sand?”

          That’s a curious reference.
          Your use may indicate a lack of depth in programming or understanding of English aphorisms.
          A more accurate use would be …
          how long are YOU going to bury your face in models and not look out the window?

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          Steve

          Absolutely impossible – GIGO.
          All models are based on past performance/events, and a very small subset of those at best. Throw in the odd flapping butterfly in the Amazon and they all turn to sh*t. Models can only ‘predict’ what has already happened !

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      Broadie

      History has never been the forte of the activist. Uncertain of history yet always certain about the future.

      The End of the World is Nigh

      The only change is that instead of wearing a sign around your neck, the doom-sayer now proclaims the buffoonery on a blog.

      Ever heard of the Roman Warm period?

      Some light reading on wines that may tweek an interest in history?

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      Forrest Gardener

      Peter, there are some who believe that excessive CO2 is the problem. If you are one of them please help save the world by holding your breath for as long as it takes. Invite others to do the same.

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      Popeye26

      What utter GARBAGE.

      Where are your links to verify these statements?

      The climate models have been wrong ever since they were first programmed and you KNOW that!

      They don’t allow for CLOUDS, water vapour, winds, ocean currents, cosmic winds, tilt of earths axis, solar activity or HUNDREDS of other things. That’s WHY they’re WRONG and will NEVER be right!!

      Seriously, you’re just like a cracked record but more annoying – just shove a sock in it or just GO AWAY.

      The only other option – you could always come over to the side of the good if you give up your belief in AGW but that would be most “unscientific” wouldn’t it? 🙂 🙂 🙂

      Cheers,

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        Mike Jonas

        Even the IPCC acknowledge that climate is highly sensitive to initial conditions. IOW, if you can’t start with extremely accurate initial conditions you can’t forecast anything over any meaningful period of time. So, here’s a thought: Even if you get initial conditions absolutely right (which you can’t) a single small error in clouds, water vapour, winds, ocean currents, cosmic winds, tilt of earths axis, solar activity or anything else will immediately put your model out by just as much as a small error in initial conditions. IOW, models can’t forecast anything over any meaningful period of time.

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        GlenM

        Peter is a sucker for media garbage. Seems to believe the first thing that promotes disaster or doom. Probably lacks ability to assess and analyse, In other words – a chookless head.

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      Yarpos

      Oh its summer you mean?

      Will be hot here soon, guarantee bushfires somewhere and maybe a cyclone

      Gosh! I’m a seer.

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        Greg in NZ

        Whoah there, fortune-teller seer: before the heat – COLD SNAP!

        Thunder! Hail! Rain! Snow! Plunging temperatures! Frost! Otherwise known as September in Victoria and New South Wales. Looks like a change in the weather on the way, albeit a brief one.

        Believers suffer from carbonphobia – an imaginary modern disease if ever there was one. Time for a cool change…

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      Richard C (NZ)

      Peter F >”they [random events] were predicted by climate models (but not all of the modelled scenarios, as would be expected)”

      Evidence of that please.

      2023 is barely into the projection mode (not prediction) of the models. The IPCC scenarios are way out in the future:

      Shared Socioeconomic Pathway (SSP) Experiments

      The SSP scenario experiments can be understood in terms of two pathways, a Shared Socioeconomic Pathway (SSP) and a Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP). The two pathways are represented by the three digits that make up the experiment’s name. The first digit represents the SSP storyline for the socio-economic mitigation and adaptation challenges that the experiment represents (Figure 1). The second and third digits represent the RCP climate forcing that the experiment follows. For example, experiment ssp245 follows SSP2, a storyline with intermediate mitigation and adaptation challenges, and RCP4.5 which leads to a radiative forcing of 4.5 Wm-2 by the year 2100.

      https://confluence.ecmwf.int/display/COPSRV/CMIP6%3A+Global+climate+projections

      There’s nothing the models do that “predict” individual events in the immediate short term.

      And they don’t “predict” events in the long term either – they simply follow prescribed “storylines”.

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      KP

      Its not that we missed that news, its just that those news outlets never mention record cold, periods of below average cold, or beautiful balmy weather when everyone enjoys themselves, and so they give the impression that the odd extra bit of temperature is common.

      Bluntly, we don’t know enough about what controls the Earth’s temperature and we don’t have a long enough history of measuring it, so any decisions are being made on speculation, and that is not a good enough reason to endanger the progress we have made since cavemen days.

      It seems the next generation will have a drop in lifestyle quality (energy per person is all that is) and a drop in length of life, a first for both of those since the dark ages.

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      Richard C (NZ)

      Peter F >’they [random events] were predicted by climate models (but not all of the modelled scenarios…”

      Ok, so which models and scenarios “predicted” each event, specifically, and which didn’t ?

      Also, where are these “predictions” documented so we can read each prediction and (supposed) fulfillment ?

      My prediction: you will be unable to answer.

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      Richard C (NZ)

      Peter >”they were predicted by climate models”

      Except there’s a bigger picture:

      Highlighting Climate Models’ Inability To Accurately Replicate Recent Climatic States
      https://climatechangedispatch.com/highlighting-climate-models-inability-to-accurately-replicate-recent-climatic-states/

      What is the Holocene Temperature Conundrum?

      Temperature and greenhouse gas changes during the holocene
      https://i0.wp.com/climatechangedispatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/image-8.jpeg?w=519&ssl=1

      “We have to get rid of the Medieval Warm Period” – pre-Climategate email, circa 1995

      Rewrites all around called for, and implemented

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      Lance

      Peter, the hottest heat wave in the USA was in 1936.

      https://www.wunderground.com/blog/weatherhistorian/the-great-heat-wave-of-1936-hottest-summer-in-us-on-record.html

      Can any of your models hindcast that? Of course not. Because the models are political tools, not science.

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      John Connor II

      I think more red flags go up when PF posts, than you’d see at a CCP event. 😁

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      Ando

      Hottttteeeeesssssttttt Evvvvvvvaaaaaaa….
      Since When? By how much? Was it less than the margin of error again? Have instruments changed since the first measurements? What proof have you seen that co2 caused this warm spell to justify the trillions spent to date? What is the earths perfect average temperature and why? What is the perfect co2 level and why?
      Why do you only report on hot weather and not cold weather?
      Joke.

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      TedM

      Peter I remember schools boing closed because of the heat, and that was in the 1950s.

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      David Maddison

      Burning Man is conducted in a playa.

      Most Burning Man participants would be too stupid and too woke to know what a playa is.

      playa. [ plī′ə ] A dry lake bed at the bottom of a desert basin, sometimes temporarily covered with water. Playas have no vegetation and are among the flattest geographical features in the world. Also called sink.

      Is it any wonder they got flooded?

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        Lawrie

        Much like those who build mansions on the beach. They should have asked where all the sand came from as it would give some clue as to why the sea sometimes wants it back.

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      Peter C

      They were having fun until the rain came!

      Burning Man is a yearly drug-infested music and art festival in Northern Nevada in Black Rock City.

      According to reports, this year’s Burning Man was exceptionally degenerate and dubbed the “wildest festival of the year.”

      https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/09/burning-man-mayhem-burners-brawl-during-exodus-muddy/

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    David Maddison

    I am not convinced the NO case will win because:

    1) There are a lot of stupid people out there.
    2) Possible referendum integrity issues.
    3) Pro-apartheid and Lefist perceived or actual threats of intimidation and violence against NO campaigners or even those having a poster or sticker.
    4) Extensive funding of YES case, and no media presentation of NO case.
    5) Foreign corporations like Farcebook and (likely) Goolag supporting the YES case by censorship of NO case and/or biased search results.
    6) Liberal (pretend conservative) lack of realistic leadership.
    7) Misleading referendum question:

    “A Proposed Law: to alter the Constitution to recognise the First Peoples of Australia by establishing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice. Do you approve this proposed alteration?”

    It doesn’t give the wording of the Constitutional alteration or what it will entail. Most people wouldn’t disagree with the concept of “recognition” although a stupid proposition anyway as Aborigines are already fully recognised in law.

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      Glenn

      I tend to agree David. But if the Voice gets up, the Country is stuffed…it’s all over. I do however, fervently hope that the NO case wins and Albo gets what he deserves…a sharp political knife inserted between his shoulder blades by one of the aspiring future leaders of his marxist party.

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      Steve of Cornubia

      You just described every election into the forseeable future, David. How else could people like Hiden’ Biden and Dictator Dan get elected?

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      Dennis

      Latest polling, News Poll, 38 per cent for the yes side.

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        Yarpos

        Intetesting , we did a poll at a car club lunch today re the apartheid vote and it came out 60% no and 40% yes among 20 people.

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      robert rosicka

      From what I’m seeing the No side will win David , I’m basing this on what I’m seeing from various groups on Facebook including ones in indigenous communities and the Sydney land grab getting into the news won’t help the yes case .
      After travelling through a fair few remote communities recently there is no sign of a Yes campaign anywhere and I was at Camoweal when Pat Farmer jogged through and apart from his support team there was no one else near him .
      Just received this gem from the No camp which uses John Farnhams song against them .

      https://twitter.com/pepedownunder/status/1698893150016926199?fbclid=IwAR0hFtt5cs6DXcnv5SxTFx6zGQ2y_U1koKnpfLvaJIA0ZxY0MPa2CfCov4Q

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        robert rosicka

        Fitzroy Crossing Facebook page had someone post a photo of an old aboriginal woman with words supposedly from her typed over the photo in support of the yes case . Unfortunately the elder was known as a prominent No campaigner and the lie was picked up .

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          Broadie

          The photo was probably photo-shopped by a friend to stop her being beaten up.

          We have seen Jacinta Price claim her own Grandmother has to avoid her to avoid being smashed up.

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        Sambar

        Sadly RR, if the entire population of rural Australia voted no,it could still loose. The inner city people that outnumber rural people by 2 to 1 can sway any political move.
        The warm and fuzzy feeling of some city folk is absurd in its naivety. People who never go to national parks voting for them because “its a good idea” people who vote to ban some outdoor activities because “they never persue them” so its a good idea. The list goes on, people who are not affected by government decisions but vote to enable them means common sense and practicality will always have a difficult time prevailing.

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      Ronin

      There are 40,000 claims on Crown land waiting to be processed in NSW alone.

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        robert rosicka

        Teachers in Victoriastan are being given Yes campaign flyers to hand out to students to take home , not sure how many schools though .

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      Peter C

      2) Possible referendum integrity issues.

      I acted a a scrutineers at the last Federal election.
      I did not personally see any wrong doing at my booth. However I am sue it can happen and probably does happen.
      Harvesting votes in old folks homes is an obvious ploy. People voting twice. Recently deceased people voting and postal votes.
      Early voting and postal votes were not counted at the booth on the day.

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      GlenM

      Looks like the same sex marriage thingo. No coverage for dissenters. I remain a tolerant homophobe to this day.

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        GlenM

        My wife tried to engage in a Webinar event the other day but had to acknowledge ” country” and the idea that sovereignty was never ceded. Still had to tick the boxes to get access to the meeting. Yeah.

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          David Maddison

          It’s outrageous that they forced her to comply by ticking boxes.

          It demonstrates the fascistic nature of their ideology.

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          GreatAuntJanet

          I was doing our tax returns the other day, and laughed like a drain when I had to choose between ‘male’, ‘female’ and ‘indeterminate’ for my old man! Indeterminate! Poor bloke.

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      Old Goat

      David,
      Just say sorry again . Maybe a card this time ? Perhaps if we asked what virtue signal they would prefer ?
      All bets are off . From here on in I’m ticking Indigenous/Torres Strait Islander box every time .

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    Dennis

    I am going to Vote No at the referendum, the Uluru Statement – Voice+Treaty+Truth agenda list and race based division is unacceptable.

    However, consider the news yesterday about the rejection by Mosman Council of a Native Title land claim for a beach that Council rejected. This news is only one example of thousands of claims being processed at enormous expense and public service time. Aboriginal Land Councils already control over 55 per cent of Australia since a Labor Government supported, with the Coalition Opposition Native Title legislation that followed the establishment of ATSIC legislated by Labor in government.

    What are Aboriginal Land Councils and who controls them? Many here have been questioning the $40 billion approximately being spent every year on Indigenous Affairs by the Federal Government. But State Governments have primary responsibility, what are they spending?

    Then consider the Ministers and Departments for Aboriginal Affairs Federal and States/NT, more taxpayer’s expenses.

    I believe now that the Indigenous Industry is costing our multicultural nation far too much catering for Australians who identify as having Aboriginal ancestry, and based on past history that the British Government colonisation started 1788 to 1901. Nobody alive today is responsible, perpetrator or victim, real or imagined. And most Indigenous Australians are of mixed ancestry now. We are all Australians first and foremost.

    The activists are a small minority of Indigenous Australians and they are intent on milking the Commonwealth of Australia and taxpayers for everything they can extract, even the sovereignty of our nation.

    This must be exposed and discussed, the politicians who have supported the undermining grab for power and money must be spotlighted and asked to explain why they have supported this damage to our nation.

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      Destroyer D69

      Queensland has launched a “Referendum Lifeboat”in case of a “NO” win. The”Path To Treaty Act 2023″is now LAW in Qld. http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/num_act/ptta2023178/ Read it and be VERY concerned!!!!!!!!

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        Honk R Smith

        Well, if everyone is going to benefit from inclusive Global Democracy, like ‘ours’ here in POTUS Biden’s America, we have to have provisions to neutralize wrong votes.
        Look at Brexit.
        Need I mention Trump?
        In a world were vaccines don’t vaccinate, we can’t expect referendums to be referendums, now can we?
        It’s like when my wife asks if I like a particular paint color and I say no, and she informs me that yes I do.

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    Philip

    I know 18 year olds raised under woke parents and of course woke schooling who spouted all the casual woke arguments as teens, who now at 18 are voting no, and so they tell me everyone they know are voting no with a few exceptions. Non-university types. That’s the word from the street.

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    This must be exposed and discussed, the politicians who have supported the undermining grab for power and money must be spotlighted and asked to explain why they have supported this damage to our nation.

    ..A few, Politicians included, are already doing this.
    ..but unfortunately there are a lot of deaf ears on those heads that are needed to make any changes . ..and a lot of vested interests (careers and egos) to protect..
    We need one of those “paradyme changes” in the leadership .

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    David Maddison

    Here is a genuine fact check, not the typical fake Leftist “fact check” written by professional propagandists.

    It concerns the meme posted on socialist media of the painting of a woman breastfeeding a male prisoner.

    GREATLY ABBREVIATED BY ME – SEE LINK FOR FULL TEXT

    https://www.techarp.com/facts/roman-charity-woman-man-prison/?amp=1

    Roman Charity : Why Woman Breastfed Man In Prison!
    As inspiring as the story is, this is yet another example of FAKE NEWS, and here are the reasons why…

    Fact #1 : That’s Roman Charity By Jules Joseph Lefebvre

    The photo is of an oil painting on canvas called La Charité romaine (Roman Charity) by French painter, Jules Joseph Lefebvre.

    Fact #2 : Roman Charity By Lefebvre Was Never Sold

    The La Charité romaine (Roman Charity) painting by Jules Lefebvre was never sold for 30 million Euros.

    Fact #3 : Roman Charity Is A Story Of Cimon And Pero

    The real Roman Charity story is about Cimon who was convicted of a serious but unspecified crime, and sentenced to die of starvation.

    Fact #4 : There Are Many Roman Charity Paintings

    There are actually many paintings showing a young woman breastfeeding an old man in prison, all variations of the Roman Charity story.

    Fact #5 : Roman Charity Story Predates King Louis XIV

    The story that the old man was sentenced to death by starvation for stealing bread during the reign of King Louis XIV is nonsense.

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    Ronin

    Group of ‘concerned scientists’ wants to inject sulphur dioxide into the upper atmosphere to shade earth to lower global temperatures, would not a coal fired power station do that for free.

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      Mr.Nobody

      Stop asking awkward questions.

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      David Maddison

      Yes. Just turn off the SO2 scrubbers and use high sulfur coal.

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        Gee Aye

        Let’s go total 1940 -50’s and put them in the middle of cities. Return the Powerhouse museum and Tate modern back to their original purpose I say.

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          Kalm Keith

          In NovoCastria it was Zaara street.

          Soot rained.

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            RickWill

            The lead/zinc smelter at the northern end of Lake Macquarie did a good job of getting SO2 into the air. Quite a few people were compensated for damage to cars when the rain turned acidic.

            I think Mt Isa mine is still doing a good job across northern Australia.

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              Kalm Keith

              I believe that there was a small lead smelter just around from merewether baths in the nook near Murmuring Gully.

              The “Sulphide Corp” out at Boolaroo was a good place to keep away from, lead and sulphuric contamination.

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          Robert Swan

          put them in the middle of cities

          Doesn’t seem too bad an idea to me. I remember Edward de Bono in the early 1970s suggesting it would be a good way to make sure emissions were minimised (we were kind of practising what he preached in Sydney at the time — Pyrmont, Balmain, Bunnerong and White Bay, were all still generating).

          Would work a lot better than having hundreds of wind turbines in the middle of the city.

          The coal and ash transport might even warm people to the idea of SMR nuclear.

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          Hanrahan

          I used to swim in the nice warm cooling exhaust water of our second or “new” power station. The first was at Hubert Wells, right in the centre of the city, on top of the underground water.

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    Mr.Nobody

    After reading the associated articles on this, if it wasn’t so serious an issue it would be hilariously not far from a ‘yes, minister’ episode. After having made a complete mess of the grid with ‘net-zero’, the government have decided to double-down on net-zero and create insane rules which will create an even bigger mess, its madness, what do they think will happen?

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    David Maddison

    One of the many reasons Australia is in such a mess is that most politicians and most public serpents have never had proper jobs. They have been parasites their entire lives. (With the notable exception of a few.)

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    David Maddison

    Darth Dan (Andrews) has caused a great disturbance in the Force.

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    David Maddison

    Nothing is free because every action has an opportunity cost.

    Especially when the government is involved in doling out the gifts, all it means is that it was bought with money taken from others. Or, sometimes, the money is taken from the person receiving the gift, who thinks he’s gotten something for nothing. (This is a sleight-of-hand political trick that has fooled many for centuries.)

    Jonathan Newman

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    Honk R Smith

    So,
    the ‘Great Pandemic’?
    Now looking at possible scary Government Dramatic Narrative Redux.
    Yet,
    there is still no ‘official’ determination of was it … you know … a leak.
    (I tried to type with a whisper.)

    The Great Churches of Public Health and Official Science seem uninterested.
    Seems of fundamental import.
    But that’s just me.
    And I remain grateful that Science is able to diligently ascertain indisputably certain causes for the important stuff.

    Also looks like round two will not be a “Pandemic of the Unvaccinated”.
    https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/president-biden-pandemic-unvaccinated-79152144

    Are ‘requirements’ ‘compulsory’?

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    OK. I was a burner 04-14. We knew what the playa was. I remember rain 3 times, twice held up for a few hours to go in early to build, once early in the festival week, when a lot of people were in, and no one trying to leave. There isn’t much you can do for a day. If you aren’t wearing plastic bags, zip tied to your feet, every step picks up a 1cm layer of mud. In 24 hours it was dry. This year looks worse – it showered for longer, and at a time when ‘the party people’ were arriving for the weekend, and people were leaving, having had the best of the festival, and happy to avoid ‘the party people’. It rained Friday night, and through Saturday. A lot of people leave before the man burn on Saturday night, or pack up to leave immediately after, or try to leave Sunday before the temple burn, to avoid the exit craziness on Monday. Experienced people prepare to leave later in the week. Normally Monday, early Tuesday are madness, thousands of vehicles merging to one lane. The best thing they could do, is close the road and run 2 lanes south for a few hours. Anyway the normal challenge is dust, with 2 day whiteouts common. All this publicity will make burners happy – another reason victims and wimps will have to stay away.
    Drug festival BS, there are 800 mobile and set art pieces in an amazing setting, that burners spend the year creating. It is the best of America.

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      It is the best of America.….

      😳 if so, …that doesnt reflect well on the rest of America !🤔

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        Kalm Keith

        The media only gave us one small part of the whole.
        Be wary of media output even if it isn’t tied to the Schwamp.

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      Kalm Keith

      🙂 🙂

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      Gerry

      Thanks for the write up FC …….it’s good to hear from a different perspective and one that doesn’t focus on one moment in time and draw conclusions on the whole event. It would be great if someone like Peter Santanello went down there at event time and gave a down-at-the-coalface view without the hype and controversy surrounding it.

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    Richard C (NZ)

    The Astonishingly Woke Australian Academy Of ‘Anti-Science’

    https://climatechangedispatch.com/the-astonishingly-woke-australian-academy-of-anti-science/

    The unscientific nature of the AAS report is largely a result of its anti-scientific approach. The report is actually a parody of wokeness and romantic mythology.
    – Peter Ridd

    “Remarkably, the report does not contain a single fact or figure to support any of its claims about the reef – except the area of the reef is 340,000 square kilometers”

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      KP

      “I have been saying for some time that many of our science institutions have become totally untrustworthy. By its wilful abandonment of quantitative analysis, the Australian Academy of Science has destroyed its reputation as a source of useful scientific advice.”

      Can’t argue with that, seems they used the same ‘science’ as global warmists all over, and the total lack of science was made up for by the in-depth discussion of the race and gender of its panelists.

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    More underhand cash grabs by state Governments…
    NSW will increase the royalties on coal extraction by 30% (8.2 up to 10.8%) next year..
    Last year QLD increased it even more
    Also, NSW are introducing a “infrastructure Contribution” of $10,000 per unit on all new strata developments,…starting next month !
    This is in addition to increases in Land tax and Rates payable ( some practically doubled already )
    All this so they can say they have ballanced budgets !

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      Steve of Cornubia

      Eventually, red tape, green tape, taxes, fees and royalties add up to make the cost of using coal exceed that of ‘renewables’. They can then safely clutch a bible when they say green energy is cheaper.

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      Gerry

      Do you think Dan from Danistan will look at the vastly overblown budget and think ……maybe it’s time to open up the Victorian gas fields and get some royalties from them ?

      Nuh. He’s not cutting back heating or food or family outings ………he’s fine thanks.

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        Steve of Cornubia

        It’s a truism that one should never get between a politician and a pile of money, so that’s a good question. Given that he could indeed harvest vast royalties that way, and given also that I don’t believe for one minute that Comrade Dan gives a hoot about alleged global warming, it can only be that the push for renewables is even more lucrative.

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    John Connor II

    Toyota says filled disk storage halted Japan-based factories

    Toyota says a recent disruption of operations in Japan-based production plants was caused by its database servers running out of storage space.

    On August 29th, it was reported that Toyota had to halt operations on 12 of its 14 Japan-based car assembly plants due to an undefined system malfunction.

    As one of the largest automakers in the world, the situation caused production output losses of roughly 13,000 cars daily, threatening to impact exports to the global market.

    In a statement released today on Toyota’s Japanese news portal, the company explains that the malfunction occurred during a planned IT systems maintenance event on August 27th, 2023.

    The planned maintenance was to organize the data and deletion of fragmented data in a database. However, as the storage was filled to capacity before the completion of the tasks, an error occurred, causing the system to shut down.

    https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/toyota-says-filled-disk-storage-halted-japan-based-factories/

    Double facepalm.
    Defrag (non-SSD) drives routinely.
    Get a new Sysadmin.

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    David Maddison

    Some Bach played on the world’s longest piano.

    https://youtu.be/uPb2hMJ9Ojk

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    David Maddison

    Donald Trump announcement.

    “We will not comply.”

    1.5 mins

    https://www.unitedaustraliaparty.org.au/video/trump-we-will-not-comply/

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      Kalm Keith

      Honestly he’s the only “positive” that gives me hope for the future.

      There’s a feeling that he has many supporters who will be ticked off if he is interfered with for much longer.

      Open lawfare and ballot manipulation will not be accepted for much longer.

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    This might give a different slant on why Burning man is different? 10mins
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrIGxxTNdeE&t=134s

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    David Maddison

    The biggest conspiracy yet known to man is convincing the population that anyone who questions the Official Narratives is a conspiracy theorist and that people should turn against them.

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    MP

    Malcolm Roberts interview with a mother whose two daughters were groomed by the education system, both catholic and public to transition to something they could never achieve.
    Good interview with a smart mother.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-9sYeyWyp4

    60mins

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    Dennis

    NSW Education.

    Today a couple of talkback radio callers talked about school children being asked to state their preferences;

    * Boy
    * Girl
    * Furry – animal

    One spoke about a child who decided to identify as a cat and scratches other children at school.

    I give up.

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    Kim

    In today’s Redacted : This is a U.S. concentration camp hiding in broad daylight – if you look at the logic \ the mentality of the participants – how they are operating – it shows you how the holocaust happened – likewise with all the atrocities that happened under the various Socialist regimes. And it shines a light on why they are trying to bury Sound of Freedom – one reason. They say “it will never happen here” but it is and they are responsible – different atrocity – same basic situation.

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    John Connor II

    Australian inventor claims unlimited free power

    Australian entrepreneur, Aaron Pascoe, is about to revolutionise the world of power forever using the GGOE Mechanical Gearbox – and he is seeking partners to roll out the technology across the world.

    “We believe we will fundamentally change the way power is generated across the world,” GGOE Gearbox founder and CEO, Aaron Pascoe said.

    “Power will be generated for free, anywhere anytime, thanks to this extraordinary technology. The only cost will involve maintenance of the technology.

    “GGOE Gearbox units will be available for installation in homes and other buildings. We will work with vehicle, appliance and other machinery manufacturers to incorporate the technology into their products so people can power them at virtually no cost.

    “Yes, we are talking about getting rid of the need for fuel. The only competitor that GGOE Gearbox has is solar, but solar relies on the weather. The GGOE Gearbox relies on creating a large amount of torque in creating power generator, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, churning endlessly and creating zero emissions.”

    The GGOE Gearbox currently offers a range of units with different capacities: 10kw, 20kw and 50kw.

    https://dailybulletin.com.au/business/66297-fuel-free-power-generation-business-seeks-partners-to-roll-out-across-the-world

    https://www.ggoe.org/

    Sounds like the old motor/generator scam.
    You may commence laughing now.

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      David Maddison

      I can see Bowen and other morons throwing vast amounts of taxpayer money at it.

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      David Maddison

      They invoke Heddy Lamarr’s name, a legitimate scientist, engineer and actress, who has no association with this whatsoever.

      Also Nicola Tesla and Henri Poincaré.

      https://www.ggoe.org/pages/1-copy

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      KP

      This bit.. so altruistic it makes my old heart warm…

      “My aim is to see a GGOE Gearbox in every vehicle, machine, appliance, house and building throughout the world. We have drawn on fundamentally revolutionary technology and improved it for today’s environment to ensure it is fit for purpose. We intend to see the GGOE Gearbox replace planet destroying fuel run machinery across the globe,” Pascoe said.”

      But wait! What about this!
      “we have secured an Australian Standard Patent. ”

      Ah, not out to help the world, just make himself a billionaire like all the others. He’s just given up on the H2O2 Browns gas generator for free fuel in cars and moved on!

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        David Maddison

        I’d like to know what patent it is. I’m pretty sure the Australian Patent Office doesn’t accept patents for perpetual motion machines, unless they’ve become woke and post modernist and everyone has their own personal truth.

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          David Maddison

          Actually, you can theoretically patent a perpetual motion machine in Australia.

          https://manuals.ipaustralia.gov.au/patent/2.11.3.11-contravention-of-laws-of-nature—e.g.-perpetual-motion-machines

          In many countries there is a statutory prohibition of inventions which contravene well-known laws of nature, e.g. perpetual motion machines. However, under Australian law there is no such prohibition.

          The fact that an invention is apparently contrary to the laws of nature is likely to be manifested in a lack of utility of the invention. However, lack of utility is not a ground of objection available to examiners prior to acceptance.

          SEE LINK FOR REST

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            “The GGOE Gearbox relies on creating a large amount of torque in creating power generator,………

            Doesthat sentence even make any sense ?
            But then again, the whole idea doesnt make any sense.!

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    John Connor II

    How serotype evolution suggests COVID vaccination was a big mistake

    This was before the Omicron variant emerged, which is now recognized by many as a separate serotype, that forced the old serotype into (near) extinction. We now seem to be entering a new era however, in which different serotypes will circulate simultaneously. That’s a huge problem. And the Dengue virus illustrates why this is a huge problem.

    A first Dengue infection tends to be mild. It is the second Dengue infection, by a different serotype, that tends to be severe. Such an infection uses antibodies from the first infection to its own advantage. After the second infection recedes, people tend to have protection that is variant-independent: The body now deploys antibodies that worked for the first, as well as for the second infection.

    All of these factors together seem to play a role in a problematic observation. What we see as a result is that once people get infected by the virus, vaccinated people show much greater amounts of IgG than IgM, when compared to unvaccinated people. The vaccinated were found in this study to produce 78 IgG antibodies for every IgM antibody. The unvaccinated were found to produce less than 3.

    With every additional dose of the vaccine, the body expands its IgG antibody response, to include more parts of the Spike protein. This leaves less and less of a chance for IgM to learn to join the fight.

    As a result, you end up with an immune response, that is inevitably very variant-specific. It will adjust over time through somatic hypermutation when exposed to other variants, but that will still be the same IgG antibodies your body will be deploying, now just against a different variant.

    And this becomes a problem, once we start to have multiple very different versions of SARS2 circulating simultaneously. Because we know for SARS2, that the IgM antibodies remain useful against different variants, whereas the IgG antibodies become worse than useless: They keep binding, but can no longer stop the protein they bind to from doing its job, while prohibiting useful antibodies from doing their job.

    https://www.rintrah.nl/a-simple-explanation-how-serotype-evolution-suggests-covid-vaccination-was-a-big-mistake/

    An excellent article, and one to understand and save.
    The vaxxed are in serious trouble for any (probably AI generated) “targetted vaccine” in the future.

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    MP

    Canada to ban, everything. How much carbon in a can of beer?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdBEfASIfsU

    Scroll down past all the url’s
    https://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2022/2022-01-05/html/sor-dors268-eng.html

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    Earl

    Looks like the “Canada” element is being released just in time for the referendum. Just over 2 years ago claims of mass graves of indigenous children being located at a church school made headlines and had Trudeau running down the terrible deeds of the early settlers. Ground penetrating radar showed all these anomalies which were immediately promoted as evidence of past bad deeds. Two years later after extensive excavations and not one body.

    The technology has now been used at the Kinchela Aboriginal Boys’ Training Home on the north coast of New South Wales and according to the guardian the results have shown up “Multiple sites of possible secret or “clandestine” burials have been discovered on the grounds of one of the most violent and abusive institutions of the Stolen Generations era”

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    David Maddison

    What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one.

    Orwell feared those who would deprive us of information. Huxley feared those who would give us so much that we would be reduced to passivity and egoism.

    Orwell feared that the truth would be concealed from us. Huxley feared the truth would be drowned in a sea of irrelevance.

    Orwell feared we would become a captive culture. Huxley feared we would become a trivial culture, preoccupied with some equivalent of the feelies, the orgy porgy, and the centrifugal bumblepuppy.

    As Huxley remarked in Brave New World Revisited, the civil libertarians and rationalists who are ever on the alert to oppose tyranny “failed to take into account man’s almost infinite appetite for distractions.”

    “In 1984”, Huxley added, “people are controlled by inflicting pain. In Brave New World, they are controlled by inflicting pleasure.”

    In short, Orwell feared that what we hate will ruin us. Huxley feared that what we love will ruin us.

    ~Neil Postman

    (Book: Amusing Ourselves to Death https://amzn.to/45aSmYt )

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