Monday

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    Largescale Solar Parks Just Can’t Withstand The Harsh Elements of Nature

    Planners and governments keep denying vulnerability.

    Europe is still considering massive solar energy plants along sun-rich North Africa in order to produce hydrogen gas that could be piped over the European mainland, despite having concluded 10 years ago that such projects wouldn’t pay off.

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    Lance

    Recycling solar panels remains uncertain

    “based upon their calculations of projected solar panel installation growth and replacement, solar panel waste will exceed new installations by 2031 and more than double by 2035. The result would be that solar energy costs are expected to increase four-fold more than what they are currently.”

    https://thesouthern.com/recycling-solar-panels-remains-uncertain/article_3041d046-48d3-5482-a192-52f5a6e4b78a.html

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    tonyb

    I am a bit confused by this story as I thought OZ had effectively blocked all illegal migrants

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13094509/Asylum-seekers-Australia-boats-Albanese-Dutton.html

    How are they getting there and why two boatloads in a couple of days. Is this to be a growing trend?

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      Yarpos

      Really depends who is in power, what policies they have and how much they actually want to enforce them. Its been demonstrated as possible but recent events are just another example of the destructiveness and incompetence of our mini Biden and his dream team.

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        Bruce

        Never ascribe to “incompetence”, that which is clearly MALICE”?

        Perfectly in alignment with the general adoption od the “Napoleonic Code”.

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      David Maddison

      The Government wants them because they are future Labor/Green voters.

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        Mayday

        That’s why PM Albanese is importing over half a million immigrants every year. If Australians wont vote for him, the new arrivals will. There has been a lot of fuss made over two boatloads of illegal immigrants, but hundreds of “asylum seekers” (the PC term for queue jumpers) flying into Australia every week is not news worthy.

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      Graeme No.3

      It was a very popular policy by the Tony Abbott government but Labor aren’t so keen.
      It is obviously a trial run by the gangs who hope to get the profitable business going again.

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      KP

      Quickly! Border gates at NT and don’t let them out of the State!

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      Bruce

      Regarding the “first” boat in this current flotilla:

      It is stated that the occupants of the first boat came from “Pakistan and Bangladesh” (the latter being, of course the territory of the country previously known as “EAST PAKISTAN”. Two bits of real estate separated by the entire Indian sub-continent.. Logistically very interesting..

      Did they travel under their own power ALL the way? Were they under tow for the bulk of what is a long and dangerous voyage for anyone but an experienced crew with good navigational skills?

      Will anyone in ‘authority” admit that this is a renewed campaign of “industrialized” people smuggling? If the “boats” are still in existence, will ANYBODY with the requisite skills and knowledge be allowed to analyze them for the wealth of “intelligence” ust in construction, facilities and “odds and ends”, (charts, documents, GPS, radios, etc), that is there for the taking? Or, will they be hastily burnt in the name of “Quarantine”? A full sweep of the “wildlife” in and on the hull will be quite revealing.

      Crusty old bastards want to know.

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        David Maddison

        It would have to be a very substantial and seaworthy vessel to have intercontinental range to get to Australia from either Pakistan or Bangladesh.

        It must have refuelled numerous times which seems implausible. It would be over 7000km to Bangladesh and 9000km to Pakistan minimum distance.

        It’s helpful that the bulk of the masses, including government officials, no longer know enough geography for this to raise alarm bells.

        Obviously the Government is lying, again.

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          Ross

          The photo I have seen of the recent boatload shows very healthy, well dressed young men. Almost as if they’ve been on a pleasure cruise. Something stinks to high heaven.

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            David Maddison

            Young, single FIGHTING AGE men at that.

            Where are the women and children if they are genuine “refugees”?

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              Ian George

              They believe that once they are accepted as refugees, they casimply apply to bring family members to Aus.

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        Coochin Kid

        Beats me why we don’t have satellite surveillance of seas of that area of Australia. After all a satellite can pick you out having an illegal piss in the chook yard, surely we can afford to have the observance of illegal boats moving into our waters up north. There seems to be no will to stop this practice . Perhaps it is a policy of the uniparty to fill the joint with scum.

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        Brenda Spence

        According to a ABC local in the the NW of WA, she got to talk to one of the few who could speak English before Border Force got there. He said he flew to Indonesia and it cost him $800 to get to Australia but he thought he was going to Sydney!

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        PeterPetrum

        They got to Indonesia by air and then were brought over by Indonesian fishermen on a fishing boat which mysteriously was not picked up by border force radar, arriving or departing!

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          Bruce

          Nautical enthusiasts wil notice that the boats used for thr final sprint seem to be devoid of serious superstructure and “masts’.

          SERIOUS sea-going folk who venture forth in simple craft tend to be keen on at least ONE mast, atop which is something that looks like a very large Christmas-tree ornament. This is a RADAR REFLECTOR. this is quite useful when operating at night / bad weather in major sea lanes. The fast-moving freighters and tankers can “see” a boat so quipped from a reasonable distance..

          HOWVEVER, the occupants of said dodgy smuggling vessels prefer to keep a “lower profile”. It matters not a whit to the “expeditors” in Indonesia or elsewhere, whether the “refugees” are successful or not.

          The money has already been paid, so, if Achmed and his mates stagger ashore in the Kimvberleys or “vanish at sea”, is neither here nor there to the “facilitators”. Previous interceptions by RAN patrol boats speak of the occupants of these feral craft enthusiastically dumping “objects”; apparently charts, documents, Sat Phones, GPS “nav-aids” overboard as soon as the Patrol boat is sighted. The patrol boats carry MUCH better optics than the invaders. Also noted is the practice of attempting to scuttle the boats to deny evidence / information to the RAN and “Border Force”.

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          Doc

          I wonder if the coastal surveillance aircraft have been pulled by Albo to save funds; or indirectly by Border Force.

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      Ross

      If you follow the real news across the US, UK etc, the immigration story has the same elements. You have the present southern border situation in the US and a huge boat people problem in the UK and other parts of Europe (eg. Italy). They’re all supposed refugees, escaping tyrannical dictators and wars in foreign lands- except, they’re not. Most appear to be able bodied young men of ” fighting age”. The authorities in both the US and UK appear unable to stop the problem. In the US, it would appear that allowing potential Democrat voters in an uncontrolled fashion is good for the Biden administration. In the UK, the governing tories appear to be clueless, which is why so many of their traditional voters are now disenchanted with the Conservative Party. What would appear to be the problem is that western countries have signed up to some UN agreement in terms of allowing refugees into their country. I would suspect Australia has possibly also signed up as well. Some commentators are now even calling for total review of “refugee status” in our international agreements. Because, clearly the system is being gamed by some very nefarious operatives.

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      GlenM

      Failure of border protection units. Should have been detected.

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        Shannon

        Apparently the Border Protection Body has had its funding slashed (typical Labor in power)!! It would be interesting to know just how many hours/days the Border Protection has been reduced to.??
        Maybe its on par with the letter delivery service 3 days/week ….if we are lucky !
        This Country is a B…joke…and the politicians traitors…

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          Apparently the Border Protection Body has had its funding slashed

          Yes, this was big news a year or so ago, but now , the narrative is that “ negative comments will aggrivate the situation and encourage thepeople smuglers “…
          .. so please dont mention how the Border Force has been hobbled !

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      Jonesy

      This is the old story of a leopard never changes its spots. Albo is hard left and has ALWAYS backed refugees being welcomed here. Andrew Giles is a case of dracula in charge of the blood bank. In 2001 he was an immigration lawyer battling the Howard governmnent over the TAMPA crisis. In 2013 he gets elected and still keeps batting for the same side. Granted, these refos have all got a free ride to Nauru. But the boats got through to the mainland

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      Gee Aye

      There have been boats every year for the last decade.

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        Strop

        According to the refugee council of Aus stats, there were no boats in 2021.
        https://www.refugeecouncil.org.au/asylum-boats-statistics/

        Interestingly, with the change of govt in 2022, there were 7 boats in 2022. The most since 2015, which had 11. After 300 in 2013, 278 in 2012, under the Labor “all welcome open borders” Government.
        Given this current Govt lets detainees facing criminal charges out into the community, there will be more encouraged to come after seeing the soft attitude.

        The question is, how did these new arrivals get to shore? Has this government given specific instructions to the Navy and Air Force to cut patrols? Or has the Navy and Air Force slipped up or got complacent due to the effective policy of the previous Govt. I know, it’s a big coastline.

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          David Maddison

          Theoretically and in practice the Jindalee Operational Radar Network (over the horizon radar) should be able to track these boats so if any boats get to shore without interception it means it’s with the imprimatur of Government.

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            Gee Aye

            Or maybe you are asserting, without evidence, something you know nothing about.

            And what if the hugged the coast from the north?

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              Strop

              They have to get to the coast before they can hug the coast. They can only hug each other for at least 400km.

              But, yes. Govt imprimatur shouldn’t be stated as if fact.
              Anyway, when it comes to boats; I thought it was the Spanish imprimatur.

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              Adellad

              I know a bit about Jindalee and whatever you are trying to suggest makes no sense at all. How can you “hug the coast” unless you start at the coast? I assume you are aware that the mainland is an island? You cannot “hug the coast” from Indonesia.

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          Gee Aye

          Remember election day

          ‘Disgraceful’: report reveals Morrison government pressured border force to promote election day boat arrival

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            Strop

            Given there was a boat, is there anything wrong with making it public. Obviously it was made public because he perceived it as a political advantage. But since when don’t you like the truth being part of an election campaign?

            I would agree it’s disgraceful if there wasn’t a boat and Morrison said there was. Or got border force to say there was when there wasn’t. Or, got a few well tanned Young Liberals to row a dinghy out off the north west coast and pretend there was.

            But don’t get shirty because your above statement about boats every year was wrong. Or the fact that your favourite political party caused mayhem off the coast and a huge detention problem last time around, and now is keen to bugger things up again.

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        Sean McHugh

        There have been boats every year for the last decade.

        Only in woke dreams.

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        Gee Aye
        February 19, 2024 at 8:50 am · Reply
        There have been boats every year for the last decade….
        well OK… I was wrong about 2021. ..

        No !.. you were completely wrong !.. NO refugee boats have been able to land on the shore since 2014 ! ..
        Many inteceptions and turnbacks , but NONE have been able to reach the shore undetected.
        So, either border force did know of its movements but did nothing about it ..or.. if they did not detect it ,..then there is a major security issue !
        ..and Albanese does not care about it !

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          Gee Aye

          This is incorrect.

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          Strop

          NO refugee boats have been able to land on the shore since 2014 !

          I think there’s been at least two others since 2014.

          Vietnamese landed, I think near Cooktown. 4-5 years ago.
          Another group landed at Beagle Bay WA late last year.

          Also, I think there was another that reached an Australian territory that wasn’t attached to the mainland.

          Some reports disputed whether they were simply lost fisherman or not. But lost fisherman don’t request asylum.

          Certainly not many actually reaching the shore over the years. But now we have two in just a few days.

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          The refugee council stats in the link above #3.9.1 are for all boat intercepts and not specifically reaching the mainland.

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      John Connor II

      Watch: Mobs Of Violent African Migrants Riot, Attack Police In Holland

      Mass violence broke out in the city of The Hague in The Netherlands Saturday night as hundreds of marauding African migrants attacked police, smashed property and set fires, in scenes that once again highlight the complete failure of multiculturalism.

      https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/watch-mobs-violent-african-migrants-riot-attack-police-holland

      Multiculturalism is a joke like woke.
      Next up, martial law. Elites rub hands together…

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      Ronin

      Albo would have you believe that but you know what labor are like.

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    Lance

    Atomic Accidents A history of nuclear meltdowns and disasters.

    A 621 page PDF.

    Very interesting. Most accidents resulted from ignorance, hubris, carelessness, tunnel vision, and just plain bad luck.

    https://atomicgothic.neocities.org/atomic%20gothic%20test/lib/James%20Mahaffey%20-%20Atomic%20Accidents_%20A%20History%20of%20Nuclear%20Meltdowns%20and%20Disasters_%20From%20the%20Ozark%20Mountains%20to%20Fukushima-Pegasus%20(2014)%20(3).pdf

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      John Hultquist

      I’ll pass on reading 621 pages.
      I do wonder how many folks died from radiation in contrast to other means.

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        Lance

        It is fully indexed and bibliographed with hot links. No need to read it all.

        But it is a very interesting read. All about failures and their modes. Steam, Hydropower, nuclear, etc.

        Most of the failures were human caused or bad luck. But the failure modes are fascinating.

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      CO2 Lover

      Nuclear Energy can be compared to the risk of flying

      Everyone knows that statistically travelling on commercial plane is the safest form of travel

      {There have been no fatalities in scheduled commercial air transport in Australia since 2005 vs 1266 road deaths in 2023 alone.}

      However, every commerical plane crash gets worldwide publicity eg the Boeing 737 Max crashes

      One of the criticisms often levelled at nuclear power is that it poses a significant threat to human life, with disasters at Chernobyl and Fukushima highlighting the significant damage that can be done by a faulty nuclear facility. However, a study by Forbes calculated the “deathprint” of a number of energy sources – the number of people killed per kWh produced – and found that nuclear is, in fact, the form of energy with the lowest mortality rate, with tough regulation and proactive industry bodies leading the way.

      https://www.power-technology.com/features/nuclear-mortality-rate-safe-energy/?cf-view

      The Lockhart River air disaster occurred on 7 May 2005, when Aero-Tropics Air Services Flight 675 crashed while on approach to land at Lockhart River Airport in Queensland, Australia, on a ridge known as South Pap 6 nautical miles (11 km) north-west of the airport. All fifteen on board died as the aircraft was completely destroyed by impact forces and subsequent fire.

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        CO2 Lover

        The Top 25 Safest Airlines For 2024

        Air New Zealand
        Qantas
        Virgin Australia
        Etihad Airways
        Qatar Airways
        Emirates
        All Nippon Airways
        Finnair
        Cathay Pacific Airways
        Alaska Airlines

        Albo’s “best mate” Alan Joyce can be blamed for QANTAS losing the top spot

        https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurabegleybloom/2024/01/03/ranked-the-25-safest-airlines-in-the-world-according-to-airlineratingscom/?sh=254c104e4c03

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        CO2 Lover

        Australia’s worst commercial airline disaster

        On 10 June 1960, a Fokker Friendship passenger aircraft operated by Trans Australia Airlines (TAA) was on approach at night to land at Mackay, Queensland, Australia when it crashed into the sea. All 29 people on board Trans Australia Airlines Flight 538 were killed

        No definitive cause was found.

        One of the recommendations made by the Board of Accident Inquiry was that passenger-carrying aircraft of the size of the F-27 and larger should be equipped with flight data recorders.

        Qantas acquired Trans Australian Airlines on 14 September 1992

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          CO2 Lover

          ​Fifty-five per cent of road crash deaths occur in regional areas of Australia. The rate of road crash deaths is 9.6 per 100,000 people in regional Australia, compared with 2.2 per 100,000 in major cities.

          Just imaging if the $ billions wasted on “saving the planet” and the phoney UN scaremongering had been spent on upgrading and dividing major regional roads.

          This would have saved thousands of Australian lives and many more serious injuries.

          Australia only contributes 1% of global CO2 emission so any reductions made by Australia is totally irrelevant.

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            Ross

            Then what’s worse- instead of using funds to build better roads in regional Australia, they wasted money installing 100’s of km of useless cable barriers. Which when involved in an accident are never repaired, because it costs too much. There was no real positive argument that they save any more lives anyway.

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              Skepticynic

              wasted money installing 100’s of km of useless cable barriers

              These were forced on us.

              There was no real positive argument that they save any more lives anyway.

              No justification provided at all.
              I wonder who was getting the kickbacks.

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              KP

              They are to stop you overtaking when some clown in Canberra who catches a bus to work thinks you shouldn’t overtake.

              They filled the roads with double yellow lines but apparently they’re not enough.. There’s nothing like the frustration of being 6th in a queue traveling at 95kph with no legal chance of overtaking.

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              Yarpos

              Sections of wire barriers we see each week are repaired when damaged. Seems to take at least 6 months though.

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      John Connor II

      Add .pdf to the above link or you’ll get a 404…

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    tonyb

    China intends to flood the US with cheap electric vehicles by building them in Mexico

    https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/02/16/china-premier-automaker-plans-factory-mexico-flood-u-s-market/

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      John Hultquist

      The U.S. has a “vehicle recycling” industry. {that 2-word string can be used for searching} Some parts are taken out if demand is there.

      Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trAJnsmjqbE

      Real cars are more-and-more being built with some recycling ideas from the get-go.
      Searchup: chrome-bumpers-good-old-days-when-bumpers-were-metal
      Car companies, including SUBARU reuse remnant materials and scrap generated during the production of automobiles as well as end-of-life products.

      Where will the “flood” of EVs end up?

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    tonyb

    This is a bit worrying as Germany intends to clamp down on free Speech (assuming it comes from the Right)

    https://dailysceptic.org/2024/02/18/germanys-plans-to-restrict-political-dissidents-in-order-to-better-control-the-thought-and-speech-patterns-of-its-own-people/

    Right wing parties are likely to enter govt in the net year or two and this seems to be a preemptive strike to ensure that doesn’t happen. The EU have passed some laws that are intended to restrict fee speech and “misinformation” i.e anything they disagree with.

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      But the Faser ideas won’t pass the parliament, there is still to much opposition within the gouvernement coalition.

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        GlenM

        One hopes. These attempts by the elites in most western countries is revamped communism. Destroy the idea of the nation state and supplant it with the new one world order. Everything is arranged and in place. A future where one owns nothing but will be happy. The writings on the wall

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    another ian

    FWIW

    “Four Out of Five Americans Test Positive for ‘Emerging Contaminant’ Found in Popular Cereal Brands: Study”

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/02/four-five-americans-test-positive-emerging-contaminant-found/

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      KP

      “A gibberellin biosynthesis inhibitor, it is used as a plant growth retardant….Although currently only allowed for use on ornamental plants in the U.S, a 2018 decision by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) permitted the import of foods, primarily grains, treated with chlormequat [1]. In the European Union, the United Kingdom and Canada, chlormequat chloride is approved for use on food crops, primarily wheat, oats, and barley.
      Danish pig farmers who observed reproductive declines in pigs raised on chlormequat treated grains… More recent reproductive toxicity studies on chlormequat show delayed onset of puberty, reduced sperm motility, decreased weights of male reproductive organs, and decreased testosterone levels in rats ”

      Ze plan is vorking, zese useless eaters are like a plague of rats..

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    Kim

    The Great Reset Didn’t Work: The Case Of EVs : “We are living through one of history’s longest and most excruciating versions of “We told you so”…”

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      CO2 Lover

      More and more, it’s obvious what a disaster this was. And yet no one has apologized. Hardly anyone has admitted error. The big shots who wrecked the world are still in power.

      The rest of us are left holding the bag, and paying very high repair bills for cars that are non-optimal for driving from one town to another and back again in the cold weather that was supposed to be gone by now had the “climate change” prophets been correct. They turn out to be as correct as those who promised us that we would no longer need “fossil fuels” and that the magic inoculation would protect everyone from a killer virus.

      ‘Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it.’

      Before the Industrial Revolution powered by steam and coal the world relied on weather-dependent windmills and water wheels (and animal power).

      Who in their right minds would belive that reverting to weather-dependent energy would be a good idea?

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      Gee Aye

      This is how it goes with wild conspiracies. When nothing happens, because they never existed, suddenly “didn’t work because”. Or we stopped it. Or it has gone underground and will emerge next year/decade/whenever.

      I’ll now collect my WEF cheque.

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          Gee Aye

          People saying and writing opinions is not the same as saying a grand conspiracy is underway to carry out those things.

          The great reset is a thing that is discussed as you suggest, but it is like a lot of other conspiracies based on things such as academic thought pieces, billionaire’s speeches (“maybe in the future we will..) and even off the cuff comments. The conspiracy theorists trawl through so much stuff to find these nuggets that fit into something much more fanciful. Think of all the Gates and covid nonsense as another example.

          “But he said”… is not evidence of anything. The key to understanding WEF and its actual influence lies in the “F” part of its name.

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            Honk R Smith

            Whew, thanks.
            When they were discussing the “thing”, I was worried that they might try to actually carry it out.
            Tons of CO2 produced flying around in private jets to just give speeches and express opinions.
            An opinion … like a private jet … everybody’s got one.

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            Adellad

            The Great Reset is based upon a synthesis of the UN’s Millenium Goals and the various means to achieve the stated outcome. All UN bodies must assume the MG’s as their core guidance – hence IMO, ICAO, World Bank, the trade bodies and so on must all factor in climate change, wealth redistribution and all the other niceties to their (once moderately useful) work. I’m sorry to say your words indicate no appreciation of the UN’s reach or its determination to achieve a reset by all the many means at its disposal. It is not a conspiracy theory per se as it’s all in writing on the UN’s many web pages – but of course it gets scant attention from the msm or chattering classes.

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        Robert Swan

        Gee Aye,

        This is how it goes with wild conspiracies. When nothing happens, because they never existed, suddenly “didn’t work because”. Or we stopped it. Or it has gone underground and will emerge next year/decade/whenever.

        Yes indeed. I remember one wild theory that the predicted heat that didn’t eventuate was hiding in the deep oceans.

        Of course the Big Oil drives CO2 drives the climate conspiracy theory is one that very few people here have swallowed.

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          Gee Aye

          wild scientific theories are now the topic? The only link is the word theory.

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            Robert Swan

            You’re not usually so easygoing with the adjective “scientific”. Basic physics tells us that warmer water will tend to rise, so what “scientific” mechanism convinced the missing surface heat to dive so deep?

            Anyhow, you set the pattern:

            When nothing happens, because they never existed, suddenly “didn’t work because”

            and the “it’s going to get relentlessly hotter from CO2” theory giving way to the “heat’s hiding in the deep oceans waiting to unleash its terror” fits your pattern nicely. And it’s only sciency, not scientific.

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        John Connor II

        I’ll now collect my WEF cheque.

        UBI to the CNN misinformed.

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        Harves

        “ This is how it goes with wild conspiracies. When nothing happens, because they never existed, suddenly “didn’t work because”. Or we stopped it. ”

        Or, “it’s not global warming, it’s climate change.”

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    David Maddison

    Don’t buy Chinese computers as they may contain (digital) viruses and other malware/Trojans.

    https://youtu.be/dMrqUgTPd5M

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    John Hultquist

    Viviez, in Aveyron, 900 tons waiting to be recycled

    https://news.yahoo.com/french-lithium-battery-warehouse-goes-154048783.html

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    David Maddison

    Saudi Arabia imports both sand and camels from Australia. From quora.com:

    Though it’s counterintuitive, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia imports specific types of sand, oil and camels.

    Although Saudi Arabia famously exports crude oil, it imports specifically fuel oil and these imports are likely to rise even further.

    Imported Australian camels are mainly eaten at restaurants. Apparently Aussie camels are even plumper and tastier than the supply of local camels.

    Though the KSA has no shortage of desert sand, there is a world wide shortage of river sand for construction. Individual desert sand granules have smooth edges which are useless for construction, while river sand (yes also from Australia) has jagged edges which are what construction concrete needs. There is an awful lot of construction happening in Saudi Arabia.

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      CO2 Lover

      Will that be one hump or two?

      We have Dromedary Camels, which are one-hump camels. They are native to the Middle East and perfectly suited to the hot, dry Australian climates. Two-hump camels are called Bactrian Camels. They are native to colder climates like Mongolia and Central Asia and are not found in Australia.

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      Stanley

      Where does Sydney get sand from? In the 70’s I worked for a large mining company that looked into dredging sand off the NSW coast since Sydney had no sand deposits for construction. Also the white sandy beach in Honolulu is made from Australian sand. Volcanic basalt usually only delivers black sand.

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    David Maddison

    America’s most corrupt mayor.

    https://youtu.be/U3Fd1Ktgr1Y

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    David Maddison

    Leftist prudes trash The Benny Hill Show and call for its censorship.

    Demirep discusses:

    https://youtu.be/etQhTsaROxk

    And Benny Hill was genuinely funny and uplifting. Have you ever had the displeasure of listening to a woke “comedian”?

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      CO2 Lover

      Leftist prudes will be gunning for Paul Hogan next

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0pCeaxOZpY

      I invested in Crocodile Dundee – best investment I have ever made.

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        CO2 Lover

        The shapely lass in this now politically incorrect skit is Karen Pini

        Karen Jo Pini (born 30 July 1957) is an Australian actress, model, TV personality and beauty pageant titleholder. She represented her country at the 1976 Miss World pageant held in London, United Kingdom and finished first runner up. She was also the nude centerfold in the first Australian edition of Playboy magazine in February 1979. Pini also co-hosted the weekly televised New South Wales lotto draw for twelve years.

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        John B

        A few of my old mates invested in Dr George Miller’s (we used to hang at the same parties during our University years) Mad Max. Unfortunately I didn’t. Boohoo!

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      Lucky

      I recall, yes it was a long time ago, the Benny Hill show would give me loud uncontrollable laughter, truly
      -rolling on the floor laughing- type stuff.
      So I am not sure about ‘upliftling’.

      What Benny Hill had was not quite unique but was a great gift.

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    another ian

    “The Great Reset Didn’t Work: The Case Of EVs”

    https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/great-reset-didnt-work-case-evs

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      Honk R Smith

      Hmm …
      I’m sure the Xsposure (see what I did there) has no relation whatever to sudden ‘realizations’ about EVs.
      Only a coincidence theorist would think such things.

      So many went from driving an expensive ‘climate virtue’ signal, to an expensive “I bought something from a MAGA Supremacist that talks to Joe Rogan’ signal.

      I’m just kidding..
      Our thoughts are not manipulated in any way.

      Besides, they would never abandon the critical mission of saving the planet just to financially ruin the one guy that’s preventing them from controlling online speech.

      The climate cause is like ‘public health’ … a sacred contract with the people.

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    David Maddison

    This is an interesting vehicle.

    Toyota is introducing an inexpensive pickup truck, around US$12,000.

    Originally it’s intended for markets in Asia but may also be introduced to the US and why not also Australia?

    As well, a suggestion of a 4WD one.

    https://youtu.be/8CiEKGbNF_k

    Needless to say, being a vehicle intended for work, it’s petrol or diesel powered, not electric.

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      CO2 Lover

      Just in time for Chrissy Bowen’s “emissions tax” on utes used by Australian tradies

      In 2029, the government’s emission limit for light commercial vehicles (which is the Ford Ranger’s car type) will be 81 grams of carbon dioxide. So today’s Ford Ranger would be 101 grams over the limit and at a tax rate of $100 per gram, Ford will face a tax of $10,000, which will be passed on to you.

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        David Maddison

        Where is the outrage from the Liberal (pretend conservative) Party about this?

        I don’t even think most people know about this.

        It will create a huge market in used, reconditioned vehicles and Australia will end up with a car fleet like Cuba’s.

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      Ross

      This cheap “Hilux” proposal has been around for years now. Wish the hell Toyota would just sell it. Even in the 2WD version they would sell 1000’s of them in Australia alone. But, all they would do is cannibalise their present 2WD Hilux market.

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      Ronin

      “Needless to say, being a vehicle intended for work, it’s petrol or diesel powered, not electric.”

      Just like a battery chainsaw, you’ll be heading for the charger before you even work up a sweat.

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      Hanrahan

      There’s a “chicken tax” that will prevent it being sold in the US.

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    Angus Black

    A massive fire broke out at a French industrial site used for recycling hybrid and electric car batteries on Saturday, sending thick clouds of smoke into the air.

    The town of Viviez in the department of Aveyron in Southern France was shrouded by black clouds of smoke after a fire broke out at a warehouse used to hold hybrid and electric car lithium batteries. Overall, the site held an estimated 900 tonnes of lithium batteries, however, officials claimed that the cause of the fire has still not been determined, Le Figaro reports

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    I think it was on ‘Outsiders’ that someone mentioned, that China now turns out more manufactured product, than the next 12 countries combined, and they are about to dump electric vehicles on the West, at give away prices. They are building a number of huge car carriers, taking 7000 vehicles each.
    If something like that goes up, it would almost change climate, talk about heating the oceans, and we better hope it happens a long way from anywhere; the fumes, the fumes……
    Maybe they will be built with the brine systems installed? Who knows?

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      CO2 Lover

      “Generals are always preparing for the last war”

      The Woke West is being “invaded” by products from China (many of which are bugged!) which we can no longer economically make (eg cars in Australia)

      You can bet the computer control chips in all these EVs are bugged and these cars can be “switched off” should the need arise at a future date!

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    TdeF

    I was reading the usual nonsense reported in the Australian. And the resistance of Luddite farmers to having their land, their environment, their quality of life utterly disrtupted by Green energy, solar farms, windmills, power lines. Who do they think they are?

    And along with all the usual phrases to which we have become inured

    Green energy
    Clean energy
    Renewables Superpower
    Green hydrogen
    Green steel

    which apparently no longer need explanation you have a startling phrase

    “ALP’s Climate Policy

    who would have ever thought a political party would have a Climate policy.

    Welcome to a new world where we, the people are told to believe that politicians control the climate.

    My gabber is flastered.

    It seems we control CO2, at least in our backyard. And that controls CO2 world wide. And so we control our climate.

    So say all of us in the Labor party. And your ABC, BOM, Universtity adminstrations, CSIRO.

    Saints be praised! Politicians have become Gods.

    It all just happened so slowly.

    Now the party of the workers, the undertrodden now has the power to change the climate of every corner of Australia.

    And the quite deranged farmers are trying to stop them doing what has to be done. And at the same time uninformed power companies are trying to prolong the life of coal power plants which have to be gone soon. Because they must. It’s the only way to fix the climate. If we don’t shut the coal power stations, there will be not enough incentive to build thousands more windmills! The people have to suffer to be truly free.

    Rational science is dead. Politicians have killed it. So much for the enlightenment.

    Now how do we control the rainfall? And where? And stop all storms. Then we must do something about El Nino.

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      CO2 Lover

      The ALP demigods will be working on an “Earthquake Policy” and a “Volcano Policy” next

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        TdeF

        Yes, the next time anyone speaks to a politician, they should ask about their Climate Policy. And their intentions with the climate.

        And ask how the hundreds of billions of $$$ Australia is spending on dismantling and completely replacing our good, reliable, working and adequate power system with windmills is going to produce better lives for ordinary voters

        And a more profitable Australia. How much greener will the world be? And ask how Australia will become an renewable energy superpower and what that means practically for growing our farming, manufacturing, tourism, smelting industries. That is outside the 600,000 people in Canberra whose only industry is raising taxes.

        Also ask when we will stop the export of coal and iron ore and gas and uranium and wheat and sheep and wine before they are made UN prohibited exports? We already know how they will stop exports of steel and aluminum, but coal and iron ore should never be exported under Labor’s Climate Policy.

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      Stanley

      The ALP should have a policy on preventing the sun from becoming a red giant. They have 500 giga years to develop this….

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      Ross

      That program that masquerades as a regional/ rural/ farming program on the ABC- Landline, did a story on the wind turbine/connecting powerlines protests by farming groups. The whole tone of the story was ” oh wow, aren’t these farmers cute, doing protests like the big boys”. There was no investigation if these monstrosities were actually needed in the first place, no balance in the story. Which is what you expect from the ABC these days anyway. It was just it’s a given, the green energy infrastructure HAS to be built, so what are you silly farmers protesting about? So now, right on cue, we have individual farmers and some vague farmer groups indicating their support for wind/ solar. It’s almost as if someone or something is prompting them. Silly of me to think of these things, I know.

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    David Maddison

    I can’t think of a single Australian Government policy, Federal or State, which is fundamentally beneficial for Australia in any rational interpretation.

    They all seem to be highly destructive toward Australia and the interests of her people.

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      TdeF

      For the greater good though. Of China.

      At least the Chinese were looking after their own public health by banning our coal and lobsters and wine.

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      CO2 Lover

      “that these dead shall not have died in vain– that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth”

      (U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863)

      Did not workout that way in the US – nor in Australia

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    sam1250

    Has anybody noticed today’s BOM weather radar images are date stamped 18/02/2024? Are we getting yesterdays weather?

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    David Maddison

    There is only one way Australian electricity prices can go under present arrangements.

    Up.

    And double or triple the price with likely frequent outages. With outages, probably commercial users will be shed to make them less visible in voter land.

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    David Maddison

    The only time politicians tell the truth is when they call other politicians liars.

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      TdeF

      I’ll guarantee none of the damaged car batteries were discharged. I expect car batteries are not actually flammable so it will take 3 days. This is all utterly preventable. Otherwise it is the energy equivalent to an inextinguishable fire in a 80 ton petrol dump.
      (900 tons = 1800 batteries each with the energy equivalent of 50 litres of petrol is 80,000 litres, a B Double tanker truck)

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        Penguinite

        The sign of things to come. That must mean there is at least 900 EVs that have died.

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          TdeF

          About 1800, maybe 2000. (As low as 350kg, the average battery weight is 454kg, but it depends on what car batteries are scrapped as they can be 2x and 3x that weight)

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    David Maddison

    Most of Australia’s problems can be attributed to the general dumbing-down of the population from a defective education system plus apathy plus very, very most politicians having basic science, engineering, economics or historical knowledge as well as being utterly without ethics.

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      CO2 Lover

      Our esteemed Prime Minister is a classic example

      Was a politcal activist at University (aka a Communist) and then

      After completing his economics degree in 1984, Albanese took on a role as a research officer to the then Minister for Local Government and Administrative Services, Tom Uren, who became a mentor to him.

      Never had any real world experience and so is the perfect “useful idiot” for the likes of the UN and WEF as well as local Marxist Aboriginal activists who seek to divide and conquer Australians

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      David Maddison

      Correction. It was meant to say no basic science, engineering, economics or historical knowledge as well as being utterly without ethics.

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        KP

        It happened when we grew so big that everyone could specialise. Suddenly there were ‘political science’ degrees, (oh the irony..) and people could make a career as a politician.

        Prior to that the rich businessmen/bankers had to go into politics themselves to get what they wanted, afterwards they had a proxy to take the heat.

        The few real people who have gone into politics (Bob the Builder for Tauranga) leave soon after and say they were disgusted at how it all happens and realised they could never change it. I suppose Trump and Imran Khan feel the same.

        They are now a breed apart, and its war between them and us, not between left and right.

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    John Connor II

    Saved from the trans nightmare

    America first legal sues Mesa public schools in amended lawsuit, adding mother whose daughter’s gender was transitioned without parental knowledge or consent, and after obtaining new evidence proving scale of deception.

    Today, America First Legal announced the filing of an amended complaint in Walden v. Mesa Unified School District to add a new plaintiff to the case–the mother of a daughter whose gender was clandestinely transitioned by school officials from Arizona’s Mesa Unified School District, which is more commonly known as Mesa Public Schools (MPS).

    Once Jane found out about Megan’s struggles, they were able to talk about them with love and empathy. Megan was able to talk to her therapist about them as well. Within a month, Megan’s gender identity issues were resolved. Megan is now very comfortable presenting herself as a female and using her given name and is thriving in high school. If MPS employees hadn’t concealed Megan’s gender identity issues from Jane, Megan would have avoided many months of needless suffering and angst.

    https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1757401637809803539.html

    One child spared from the trans drugs and surgery craziness. Therapy and understanding, not misinformation, peer pressure or teacher insanity and breach of trust…

    “The war on children”, full documentary.
    Every parent should watch it.
    https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1759049663917838659/

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    John Connor II

    Net-zero is pulling the plug on America’s electrical ‘life support system,’ new documentary says

    The United States has become so utterly dependent upon an uninterrupted supply of affordable electricity that, as our grid becomes ever more fragile, American society has become fragile along with it.

    Former CIA director James Woolsey testified before the U.S. Senate in 2015 that, if America’s electric grid were to go down for an extended period, such as one year, “there are essentially two estimates on how many people would die from hunger, from starvation, from lack of water, and from social disruption.

    “One estimate is that within a year or so, two-thirds of the United States population would die,” Mr. Woolsey said. “The other estimate is that within a year or so, 90 percent of the U.S. population would die.”

    Chris Keefer, president of Canadians for Nuclear Energy, concurred.

    “The energy grid is a civilizational life support system, and without it, modern society collapses very quickly,” he said.

    https://www.naturalnews.com/2024-02-16-net-zero-pulling-plug-americas-electrical-life-support.html

    From Texas to Tokyo, this five-part docuseries shows how politicians and corporate avarice weakened our most critical network — and why we need fission to fix it.
    https://juicetheseries.com/

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    David Maddison

    (Copied from elsewhere.)

    Hopefully all those resignations are because they were asked to behave like National Socialists during the covid lockups and to engage in other un-Australian activities.

    VICPOL: WHAT FORCE COMMAND AND LABOR DONT WANT YOU TO KNOW!

    VicPol is in crisis and melting down. Our VicPol contacts have told us there are 800 gazetted vacancies for sworn officers within the force at the moment. (Thats a shortfall of 800 police in their ranks)

    At the same time we have been told there are some 970 odd resignations waiting to be processed with the majority being on medical grounds so resigning members can claim their full benefits.

    Job retention is at an ALL time low and stations that were previously 24 hours are NOW shut at night due to staff shortages.

    No one in Victoria should expect help from VicPol in a hurry if you need them. Meanwhile force command continue to “uphold the right”……their right to lie,lie and deny lol.

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      CO2 Lover

      Here are 20 new arrivals who will be looking for a job

      “More than 20 people arrive by boat in remote part of Western Australia”

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      Ross

      This has been doing the rounds on social media for about 1 year now. That VicPol are short of numbers. There’s a number of reasons for these morale problems. But foremost it would appear that after the gradual politicalization of the force during the Daniel Andrew years that intensified during COVID there are now serious concerns. My suspicions are also that during contact with VicPol, “customers” are also giving very pointed feedback. As I did once, during a traffic infringement. They don’t appreciate it!! Not only the general public, but possibly friends and family as well.

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      John Connor II

      “Medical grounds”?
      Now what would they be…

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      Earl

      Meantime in BrizVegas the elephant in the room just farted and senior plods hot footed down to the Gold Coast to meet with the frontliners to discuss the plunging morale. This has been an open festering sore for years not helped by the way they have steered the deparment (the woke appointments and everyone has to have a rainbow continually pushed down your throat) not to mention the mis-management of the jab enforcement. The juvenile crime lack of action and continuing “oh those poor children you have to understand” approach its not just a case of the wheels coming off but now not being able to find the wheels to put them back on!!!

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        Earl

        Looks like one of the woke appointments is defiantly teetering. Katarina Carroll has announced she is “considering her options” with regard to the renewal of her contract due in July this year – including the option to not ask that her contract be extended. Seems this state news is staying in the state at the moment with “our” paper reports all behind pay walls. The Townsville Bulletin (also pay walled hence no link) breaking news page currently has an interesting presentation with their top 3 Qld stories being:

        1 – Katarina Carroll has revealed she may not continue on as the state’s top cop when her contract ends in July.
        2 – Horrifying footage has captured the moment a man holding a samurai sword was spotted casing the streets of a Loganlea neighbourhood before police arrested him.
        3 – Terrified residents in several affluent Brisbane suburbs are forking out thousands of dollars a week on a private security guard and his highly trained dogs to deter ‘out of control’ youth criminals.

        Yeah right Katarina it will be up to you yourself alone to make the final decision re staying on in the job.

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    CO2 Lover

    When Australia rode on the sheep’s back

    https://www.andrewgloe.com/categories/agriculture/

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    John Connor II

    Room-Temperature Superconductivity Achieved for the First Time

    A team of physicists in New York has discovered a material that conducts electricity with perfect efficiency at room temperature—a long-sought scientific milestone. The hydrogen, carbon and sulfur compound operates as a superconductor at up to 59 degrees Fahrenheit, the team reported on October 14, 2020 in Nature. That’s more than 50 degrees hotter than the previous high-temperature superconductivity record set in 2019.

    “This is the first time we can really claim that room-temperature superconductivity has been found,” said Ion Errea, a condensed matter theorist at the University of the Basque Country in Spain who was not involved in the work.

    “It’s clearly a landmark,” said Chris Pickard, a materials scientist at the University of Cambridge. “That’s a chilly room, maybe a British Victorian cottage,” he said of the 59-degree temperature.

    Yet while researchers celebrate the achievement, they stress that the newfound compound—created by a team led by Ranga Dias of the University of Rochester—will never find its way into lossless power lines, frictionless high-speed trains, or any of the revolutionary technologies that could become ubiquitous if the fragile quantum effect underlying superconductivity could be maintained in truly ambient conditions. That’s because the substance superconducts at room temperature only while being crushed between a pair of diamonds to pressures roughly 75% as extreme as those found in the Earth’s core.

    https://nautil.us/room-temperature-superconductivity-achieved-for-the-first-time-237999/

    In other words, it’s as useless as a government health expert.

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    John Connor II

    US Taxpayers’ Money Used To Fund Research Into Trash-Fed Crickets for Human Consumption

    The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is funding research into trash-derived cricket feed.

    The agency has allocated $130,000 in federal funds to support research into cultivating crickets, that have been fed municipal landfill waste, as a source of protein for human consumption.

    https://dailycaller.com/2024/02/16/biden-admin-shells-out-taxpayer-dollars-on-getting-americans-to-eat-trash-fed-bugs/

    The mice on toast are looking better every day, eh DM? 😉

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    John Connor II

    British Gov’t Says Trans Breast Milk Is Better for Babies Than Natural Mother’s Milk

    The British government has declared that drug-induced ‘chestfeeding’ milk produced by biological men who identify as women is just as good if not better than natural mother’s milk for babies.

    Chemical rich transgender milk is produced by men if they take the hormone progestin, which creates milk-producing glands, in combination with a drug such as domperidone, which makes them lactate.

    “Domperidone, also known by the brand name Motilum, was not intended for this, but is prescribed off-label by doctors, despite the manufacturer, Janssen, itself recommending against it because of possible side effects to a baby’s heart,” reports the newspaper.

    https://modernity.news/2024/02/18/nhs-says-drug-induced-chestfeeding-transgender-milk-is-just-as-good-for-babies-as-natural-mothers-milk/

    Make it stop. I have reached my barf limit.

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    John Connor II

    New Zealand Data FOI Release Shows Devastating Outcomes for The Vaccinated. Even Worse, While Regular Folks Were Essentially Given No Choice, 11,000 Politicians and Elite were Given Jab Exemptions.

    Let me spell it out. Those who took 1 dose of Pfizer had a peak-excess deaths on 5th July 2021 of 6803% higher than usual!

    To put this into understandable numbers; on 5th of July 2021, for every 1 person dying at the end of their life from usual causes more than 68 people died; all of them having received a first coerced toxic injection of Pfizer product! New Zealand is a small nation! Town and cities are small. People know each other. So many deaths could not have been invisible; blamed on Covid-19 infections and used to push more deadly doses!

    Each new rollout of additional doses was followed by new spikes in excess deaths! I can’t imagine; surely there should be very few persons still taking 5+ doses after the clear carnage from mid-2021!

    That black line, lower than 0%, ie fewer than usual deaths, are those who did not take any injections at all! Those stubborn staunch holdouts, children young enough to escape the intentional poisoning, and those traitorous politicians and elite, died at lower rates than expected throughout the 2 years from July 2021 though to July 2023!

    If there was evidence that there was never a pandemic and that the deaths were all manufactured and CAUSED by the injections (in this case, almost exclusively Pfizer), this is it!

    https://supersally.substack.com/p/new-zealand-data-foi-release-shows

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    CO2 Lover

    Trust The Australian?

    “The running costs of batteries is less than the running costs for a coal-fired powerstation”

    was stated in The Australian today.

    All the “Big Batteries” installed so far at a cost of around $2 billion would only provide around 5 minutes of back-up power for national demand if called to do so – they have been installed to provide grid stability for unreliable wind and solar.

    To completely eliminate coal and gas would requires batteries costing around A$10 Trillion.

    The usual rent seekers are attempting to stop State governments from extending the operational lives of the remaining coal fired power stations.

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      Ronin

      Running cost of batteries, I’d like to see the mathematical workings of that claim, is the pro rata life of the battery included, I’d wager not.

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        CO2 Lover

        The usual warranty on the Tesla Megapack is 15 years (subject to operational condition) with degredation to 70% over this period

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    CO2 Lover

    Fun Facts

    How late it grows! The hour is surely past
    That should have warned us with its double knock?
    The twilight wanes, and morning comes at last –
    “Oh, Uncle, what’s o’clock?”

    The Uncle gravely nods, and wisely winks.
    It MAY mean much, but how is one to know?
    He opens his mouth – yet out of it, methinks,
    No words of wisdom flow.

    Lewis Carroll

    The Three Types of Twilight

    The three twilight types are civil, nautical and astronomical twilight. Civil twilight is the brightest phase of twilight, while astronomical twilight is the darkest, and occurs just before or after night.

    The phases of twilight occur in the same order anywhere on Earth, but how long they last is based on your location on Earth.

    – Civil twilight occurs when the sun is between 0 degrees and 6 degrees below the horizon.
    – Nautical twilight occurs when the sun is between 6 degrees and 12 degrees below the horizon.
    – Astronomical twilight occurs when the sun is between 12 degrees and 18 degrees below the horizon.

    Night is classified when the sun is 18 degrees or farther below the horizon.

    How long each phase lasts depends on the season and latitude you are viewing the sun from; each phase of twilight can be as short as 24 minutes (near the equator) or last several weeks if you are at or near one of the poles during the summer or winter months.

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    CO2 Lover

    “Generals are always preparing for the last war”

    FBI director warns China’s computer attacks are now at a ‘scale greater than we’d seen before’ as vulnerable critical infrastructure remains at high-risk to be targeted

    FBI director Christopher Wray gave the grave warning as intelligence chiefs and politicians met at the Munich annual security conference on Sunday

    He said Beijing’s plan to secretly plant technology inside the US critical infrastructure has become a significant threat to national security

    Meanwhile in Australia, Chinese made solar panels and wind turbines are the centre piece of Labor’s “Energy Policy”!

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13098111/China-hack-infrastructure-FBI-warning.html

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      Honk R Smith

      The ‘Conspiracy Theorists Nobel’?

      ‘Cause everyone that ‘resisted’ was a CT.
      Just sayin’.
      Here in the US, one often sees a Prius with a ‘RESIST’ bumper sticker.
      Often a pink haired driver alone in the car wearing a surgical mask.
      The ‘RESIST’ sticker became popular when the terror DJT was elected by Russian interference.
      Just like the bumper stickers displayed by the Resistance in occupied France.

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        Honk R Smith

        Speaking of resistance, everyone with the mental acuity to resist, realizes that ‘Pandemic’ was a test run.
        Noe they have lists.
        Now we wait.

        Featuring the Global Intel/Tech/CommieCap Goliath vs. the Bombastic Real Estate Developer TV Personality David.

        We’re gonna need Divine intervention.
        Bring popcorn.
        It’ll probably be your last meal.

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    Saighdear

    I’ve got to get out more ! As Gramps says: WTF did our EDUCATION do for us since the War ? On the local news this now: around 50 African Nations banning Donkey slaughter for their SKINS – to satisfy the Chinese market … Just like shark’s fins, Rhino Horn, etc What about some of our MP’s Ears or Tongues ? – might help them poop better. — well you know what I mean. Is nothing in the world safe from “Chinese” stupid ‘custom’ medicine ?

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    Saighdear

    Huh and don’t need to go all the way to China: London Kan’t keep out of the news of silliness: London demolition to be discouraged: Demolition should be actively discouraged to help reduce carbon emissions in the nation’s capital.

    That is just one of the recommendations of a new report from the London Assembly entitled Retrofit vs Rebuild – Reducing Carbon in the Built Environment.

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    another ian

    FWIW

    “Groundbreaking Global Study on 99 Million Vaccinated People Reveals Increases in Neurological, Blood, and Heart Conditions Associated with COVID-19 Vaccines”

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/02/groundbreaking-global-study-99-million-vaccinated-people-reveals/

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    another ian

    “Imagine we lived in a world where all
    cars were EVs, and then along comes
    a new invention, the “Internal
    Combustion Engine”! Think how well
    they would sell: A vehicle half the
    weight, half the price that will almost
    quarter the damage done to the road.
    A vehicle that can be refuelled in
    1110th Of the time and has a range Of
    up to 4 times the distance in all
    weather conditions. It does not rely
    on the environmentally damaging use
    Of non-renewable rare earth elements
    to power it, and use far less steel and
    Other materials.
    Just think how excited people would
    be for such technology, it would sell
    like hot cakes!”

    https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUiCy0vl8oAOV1y5dZDzZTqsphVvO7CcXEEpUDGwLwXprEBUaIDecGWwthJNH662QE1-KOW47r8H9WhFFETsjysVvpD7lMSVTCWksw-lBBd4fl1ym2FkXiL0e1R8V7Xuw3mM-yBgfZUJs-ZtNBdyFqC58H5UD792HI3njzNjBIxQCUXFvlyi0CzAdcveg/w275-h400/Meme%20-%20EV%20replacement.png

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    another ian

    “The ‘Energy Trilemma’ And The Cost Of Electricity – OpEd”

    https://wattsupwiththat.com/2024/02/19/the-energy-trilemma-and-the-cost-of-electricity-oped/

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