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Many here can not be expected to know too much about European history, when even Europeans do not.
To put this into context the Ottomans overwhelmed Constantinople in 1453-the last outpost of the Eastern Roman Empire. It was the start of a considerable expansion of an Ottoman empire that lasted 600 years and in which Aussies played a part in ending during the first Word war.
That Western Europe kept the Ottomans at bay was due to an epic battle literally at the gates of Vienna which turned the tide.
This article relates to that event and that modern day authorities do not wish to cause offence to newer residents
https://brusselssignal.eu/2024/11/vienna-cancels-statue-of-polish-king-over-islamaphobia-fears/
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Can’t recall the exact quote but it went something like “if you seek to discover who exactly has power, find out who it is you cannot criticise” .
The Ottomans won – to all intents and purposes you can’t say a word against the religion of peace.
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If the Ottomans had invented Islamaphobia thing would have gone much better, earlier in Europe.
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I do wonder what these climate protestors do in order to earn a living as yet more block roads in Melbourne.
https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/extinction-rebellion-protesters-block-melbourne-road-rallying-about-climate-change-conference-in-azerbaijan/news-story/9a009eff19f52b2a4784d7c887b06528
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A few packs of large cable ties are an essential part of a modern ‘car-kit’.
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Just a matter of time before a self driving autonomous EV mows a group of them down and bursts into flames.
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Jail is appropriate. They happily and randomly and carelessly deprive others of their time and should not care if they lose the same thing.
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Yes, they dont care if they are blocking someones chemotherapy visit, or getting to an operation they have waited a year for, or getting someones miscarrying wife to hospital or any emergency vehicles. Its all about them and their imaginary cause and looking good in each others eyes.
Toxic narcissists.
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I must say going on a cruise has never appealed to me quite without the fears of being hit by a violent storm
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14082329/Terrifying-moment-cruise-liner-tilts-sending-furniture-smashing-freak-storm.html
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I have never experienced 45 degrees which sounds like a wild exaggeration. That would be terrifying for the modern very wide and even taller ships which 17-22 decks. The photographs show 20 degrees at most, which is awful. These ships would run for shelter if they had warning.
The same in aircraft, your only alternative. And it would be very advisable to sit down and strap in. As for traditional sailing ships, it was common enough, which explains a lot of the fittings and furniture, especially in the galley. Yachts can get closer to 80 degrees and the keel rights the ship.
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Caused by Climate Change of course:
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Meh, that’s nothing – back in the 80s we used to dance on the ceiling! Today’s revellers are so so soft. Onwards and upwards and sideways…
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Is Sweden completely ruined by socialism?
“Yes it is broken beyond belief. It has a huge homeless population. It has people working for such low wages they get welfare and a food supplement program. It has people begging for donations so they can get medical care in a broken system. It has school teachers and other people working in college educated jobs living in tents and cars because they cant afford to rent or own a home.
The highways around their major cities either go into gridlock or just miss everyday. They have a public railroad and commuting system that belongs in a third world country. Only the wealthy can really afford to go to college.They have children going to bed hungry and the schools take trays of food from them in school because they cant pay for it. They are taking kids from their parents and putting them in cages.
They have a public school system underfunded trying to turn it into private religious indoctrination. They have people in government who deny science because of what the bible says. They keep spending millions and fighting senseless wars and bombing people. They have a small population of billionaires that run the system to benefit themselves and screw the rest of the country.”
Oh wait that’s the USA Sweden doesn’t have those problems.
Mr Trump. Go fix it. You have 4 years to make a good start. Then someone else can take over. Oh, and please fix Australia as well.
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I would give him two months and let him get through inauguration first.
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And it is a Federation!
Trump does not have direct power over Education, Health, Police and much more. In a Federation your job is defence, customs, immigration, exchange and international relations. You only have those areas deeded in the Constitution. And at the time it was written health and education was not the responsibility of any Federal government. As in Australia’s constitution.
He is going to cancel Jimmy Carter’s 45 year old Department of Education, which is illegal. And much else like 50 years of environmental laws which are also illegal. As for National abortion laws, they are not and never have been the legal province of the Federal Government, which is what the Supreme Court finally ruled.
And there are taxes at city, state and national levels. Trump only controls one of these and the City and State will fight him with everything they have. When you pay taxes in the US, the one taxation officer inspects for all three groups. And what is not taxed by one is often taxed by the other.
It’s why cities like Chicago and Los Angeles and New York and even London have so much power vested in the Mayors. These are cities with half the population of Australia. Trump has a long way to go to restore Democracy to the United states as his enemies pack the inner city. Even the black populations now realise the threat to their established political power from millions of illegal migrants in the Sanctuary Cities. In New York the City is spending more than $1Bn a year of taxpayer cash to house and feed people who are there illegally in major hotels. Plus the medical and social services. It is bankrupting the city. And Biden/Harris policy.
But Trump can go a long way to expose and remove the communists (aka socialists) and especially their high crime and high violence dictatorships especially in the US ‘Sanctuary’ cities. It is why deportation of illegal aliens is absolutely necessary. And that is the job of the Federal government.
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I also believe in Australia a real Conservative party could undo all the damage done by the Federal government with terrible hidden environmental UN based laws which are not supported under our Constitution.
The minions of Canberra too have no direct ability to bring in environmental, energy and education and social rules, laws and taxes and charges. Canberra has simply passed the laws and no one knows they are illegal. Even politicians.
Each year Federally billions are stolen to pay for windmills and solar panels and endless useless government departments, all illegally. Just as in the US. Electricity prices would halve the day that stopped, as in America. China does not want Australia as a manufacturing country. And Wong and Albanese agree. You wonder who their real bosses are? Not Australians. And Daniel Andrews suddenly jumped ship, leaving Victoria bankrupt. And he is entitled to a bronze statue where Captain Cook is not?
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Unfortunately Sweden has been destroyed.
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At least Sweden won’t sink beneath the waves of the Baltic as sea levels are dropping due to isostatic rebound – not sure if any clueless activist children know what that is, probably too many syllables to get their heads around. Besides, ‘history’ only began in 1979!
These are the blessed of times,
those were the blorst of times.
(apologies to The Simpsons).
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FWIW
Wormwood – Artemisinin vs Cancer (and tea, onions red wine…)”
“A study of artemisinin & derivatives: it killed cancer cells
It interferes with glutathione pathways. Cancer needs either sugar or glutamine to live.”
More at
https://chiefio.wordpress.com/2024/11/14/wormwood-artemisinin-vs-cancer-and-tea-onions-red-wine/
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Cyanide, when applied above the lethal dose, will ensure that the patient never dies of cancer.
I wouldn’t call that a cure though.
And to say….Cancer needs either sugar or glutamine to live.
What do you think a normal cell uses?
PS… To make sure that this is not classed as disinformation, the links for lethal doses of cyanide can be found in multiple locations, ask a librarian, or Google for help if you need it.
And it may seem obvious to some, dying quickly from cyanide will exclude other causes of death, (excepting covid of course).
/s or not /s, you chose.
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Pass the Absinthe Caruthers!
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The Onion has purchased Infowars, the rightwing media platform run by Alex Jones, at a court-ordered auction.
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PF the real news is they did not accept the highest bid. It was a ridiculous amount of money which raises suspicion. Why the over-the-top fine for hurting feelings? Compare and contrast the Hunter Biden Laptop from hell that would get a Quadrillion dollar fine if there was a Justice system that didn’t actually select who to go after. If the court wanted to compensate the alleged grieving families, why did they select a low ball bid from a lefty site? Alex Jones would make a great press secretary for Trump. The stress of this action helped him lose weight and become stronger.
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It will be intetesting to see what they do with it and if it develops a following. It sounds like it will stay in the parody satire line. Not sure how that fits with The Onion.Beating up on Jones will only be funny for so long.
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Kennedy Exposes the Swamp – Vivek and Musk Appointed to DOGE –
“Government corruption is not isolated to Washington. The media, academics, lobbyists, think-tanks, pharmaceutical companies, big tech, and perhaps every organization with ties to federal agencies compromises the corrupt system. It is finally time to drain the swamp.
I often speak on how bankers simply never serve time in prison because they hire the people from the agencies who are supposed to regulate them. Goldman Sachs, for example, may pay a fine but they never send their own to jail. Any fee paid is never even close to the money they actually made, rather, it is just a pay-off. We see the same system throughout every organization or university that government has tarnished. They have become above the law.
A study entitled “Lobbyists into Government” (Benjamin C. K. Egerod and Joshua McCrain (2023)) examines what occurs when a lobbyist transitions into a role in government. Lobbyists are trained to influence and persuade government officials to act on behalf of their corporation. Lobbying firms often hire men and women with prior government experience to gain access to their connections. There are no laws preventing these individuals from entering the government, as both sides of the aisle are drenched in corruption. It has become one giant revolving door. As they say, “It’s one big club and you’re not in it.”
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/politics/kennedy-exposes-the-swamp-vivek-and-musk-appointed-to-doge/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=RSS
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Another very accurate post from data analyst Willis Eschenbach and I think he is far too kind to the Starmer loony. IOW how to waste trillions of $ and achieve nothing.
Keir Starmer’s Climate Madness – Watts Up With That?
“Since some folks are allergic to math, I’ve put the actual calculations as an appendix. But the results are as follows:
“The difference in CO2 emissions between the blue scenario and the red scenario is about 5.5 fewer gigatonnes (Gt) of CO2 emitted by 2050”.
“At 17.3 Gt of CO2 emissions per ppmv of atmospheric CO2 change, that’s a change of 0.32 ppmv of CO2”.
“So IF (and it’s a big if) the IPCC estimates of the effects of CO2 on temperature are accurate, then all of the time and effort and stacks of money expended by UK taxpayers will result in the earth being cooler in 2050 by …
…
… wait for it …
…
… a whopping 0.0007°C”.
“Seriously. All that wealth and human effort, all the government regulations and interference, all the suffering of the poor from skyrocketing energy costs, to MAYBE cool the world by seven ten-thousandths of a degree in 2050”.
“Call me crazy, but I think if everyone in the UK knew that all that Net-Zero 2050 would achieve is a POSSIBLE cooling of 0.0007°C by 2050, that idea would die instantly”.
“At a UK cost of $408 billion to make our lovely planet cooler in 2050 by 0.0007°C, making it 1°C cooler would cost $580 TRILLION dollars”.
“By comparison, the total of all the revenue collected (and often wasted or trousered) by all of the governments on this marvelous earth is about $15 trillion dollars per year … so even if every government everywhere spent every dime of their taxpayer’s money on the insane war against CO2 from today until 2050, we still wouldn’t cool it by 1° C”.
“And if Mad Keir thinks China, India, Russia, Brazil, or their like will sign on to that insanity, well, that’s why he’s Mad Keir. He likely thinks of it as insurance against disaster, but that’s like paying $2000 per year for years on an insurance policy that in case of catastrophe pays you $750 … just to pick a random payout number …”
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Sorry here’s the link to the Eschenbach article.
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2024/11/14/keith-starmers-climate-madness/
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“NSW is set to miss all its emission reduction targets for 2030, 2035 and 2050 due to a rise in energy demand and the need to introduce policy reforms in energy pricing, planning and construction… (but) energy demand has increased more than expected and the construction of new renewables has not progressed as quickly as projected, according to the NSW Productivity and Equality Commission…
costs could be driven down if households were given access to smart meters, allowing them to use electricity when it was most abundant and cheap. “While rolling out smart meters is the responsibility of energy retailers, I support governments looking at the costs and benefits of policies that could accelerate their uptake in cost-effective ways.”
So, we are still demanding more electricity rather than banning immigrants the use of it, and the answer is a policy to make smart meters compulsory and turn power off for selected customers at certain time. How’s your social credit score??
https://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/nsw-is-set-to-miss-all-emissions-targets-until-2050-here-s-why-20241114-p5kqms.html
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What do you do when Gonski and NAPLAN deliver 1 in 3 illiterate kids? Why, you give them the answers, of course.
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Presumably the people who did this are also previous “victims” of the Victorian education system…
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..and I don’t know or care who owns which newspaper, but SMH is blaming News Corp for all of the trouble over Rudd. I figure they are competitors.
“Turnbull is right. News Corp has been running hard on this for months, ramping up a sense of crisis to the point where it has created one. Media campaigns can be a force for good. This one by News Corp is a disgrace.”
and
“Others (world leaders) are just as trapped as the prime minister …all of them wondering how to survive the demands of a dealmaker president. Do they hold their ground or run for cover? Or, more to the point in the vengeful world of the Trump family and its acolytes, do they risk offending the president or cosy up to him instead?…So who will assert a collective view to counter Trump? Chinese President Xi Jinping is the rising power at these summits…the knives are out for Rudd in the conservative bunkers where Trump has his strongest Australian following. The result is a bizarre irony: some of those who talk loudest about national security and the national interest are the very ones who want to appease a foreign leader by sacrificing the ambassador. ”
That tells you more about how far left the Sydney Morning Herald is than anything about Trump!
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/rudd-row-aside-albanese-s-in-a-no-win-position-with-trump-20241114-p5kqiz.html
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