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    tonyb

    The title says it all

    https://dailysceptic.org/2025/03/11/the-right-is-being-shut-out-of-government-across-europe/

    Of course, amongst the ruling elite that headline would say “Far right” with the clear inferences to fascism. The latest example being Rumania whose Former President was arrested and then barred from standing.

    It will be interesting to see what Happens in Canada. I would perceive Carney as being a useless individual who caused the UK much harm.

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      Honk R Smith

      Well, when you’re defending democracy, ya’ can’t be going around being all democratic about things.

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      Paul Cottingham

      Unelected Soviet Union leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, who brought free speech to Russia, said the European Union is the old Soviet Union dressed in Western clothes. Both the old Soviet Union and the new European Union regard their enemies as Far-right. Until Gorbachev, the Soviet Union banned right-wing political parties and free speech.

      Unelected European Union Führer, Ursula von der Leyen, said that free speech is a virus, and that censorship is the vaccine to ‘Shield’ EU citizens from ‘disinformation’. Von der Leyen also uses the term ‘Democracy’ in much the same vein as North Korea, officially called the ‘Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, which is also a Far-left regime that bans right-wing political parties.

      Until 1989, Romania was a Communist country under far-left dictator, Nicolae Ceaușescu, who also banned right-wing political parties and candidates. Now the European Union member has once again banned a right-wing candidate for being a popular populist and therefore the favourite to be the next President of Romania. But Calin Georgescu has been banned from the May elections because he is not left-wing, like every one else approved by the Soviet system now adopted by the European Union.

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      Rowjay

      Would the Russian Uni-party Democracy be considered right wing, centrist or left wing in todays world?

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    tonyb

    As Trump wages economic warfare on his closest allies, new tariffs have been put on the UK and EU.

    Canada has retaliated to ones imposed on them earlier with the previously very close relationship souring.

    Mr Trump reportedly said he didn’t care about Europe or Taiwan. I wonder what he thinks of Australia? Is he aware of where it is? Does he see it as a potential supplier of rare earths and uranium so a deal can be done, or a useful aircraft carrier to ward off the threats from China?

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14490999/canada-new-tariff-computers-sports-gear-trade-war.html

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      RickWill

      Trump’s view of the world is not complicated. He knows all the politicians in power in the UK, Europe and Australia are dumb suckers. All scammed by the Climate Scam. He has more respect for Putin, Xi, Modi and the few others who are making money from the scam or just not taking part.

      Trump prefers to be on the right side of the scam rather than being one of the dumb suckers.

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        Custer Van Cleef

        Is Australia still mired in a ‘per capita’ recession?

        The Trump Tariffs won’t help. Why has he included Australia who play so fair in the other direction? It’s a good question.

        Doesn’t he like Albanese?

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      Steve of Cornubia

      Trump only cares about America. You know, almost like THAT is his job. On top of this – and unsurprisingly given he is a businessman – he very firmly follows the old political adage, “It’s the economy, stupid.” He clearly believes that success with and popularity among voters comes down to how well they’re doing financially. All the political nonsense and luxury beliefs such as AGW, trans rights and wokishness are peripheral, easily beaten so long as people have money in their pockets, a roof over their heads and opportunities to succeed.

      Consequently, his almost total focus is on the economy, one way or another, whether it is cutting government waste, evicting illegal immigrants or ending the war in Ukraine. Of course he must also fight the forces arrayed against him, trying to block his agenda, hence his various actions against bad faith actors in ‘The Swamp’, but his objective is to balance the books, create wealth and MAGA!

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      Rowjay

      As Trump wages economic warfare

      He may not start WW3 (by declaration), but he is certainly laying the groundwork.

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    tonyb

    Some health concerns in Vienna over young children fasting for Ramadan

    https://brusselssignal.eu/2025/03/vienna-teachers-sound-alarm-as-ever-younger-children-fast-for-ramadan/

    Vienna is one of those cities where the majority of school children under 12 are muslim as the demographics and consequences of mass migration work up through the ages.

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    tonyb

    Some good news on free speech as conservative writer Douglas Murray wins a libel case against the Guardian newspaper

    https://thepostmillennial.com/journalist-douglas-murray-wins-libel-claim-against-the-guardian-media-group

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    Alex

    Europe (EU and UK) have joined flanks with the Chinese Communist Party (the government of China) against Trump.

    The adage >Tell me who your friends are and I will tell you who you are< fits so well.

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      Rowjay

      Now that world alliances have been reduced to a game of cards between three players, Europe and others may need to align themselves with the only other group considered to have any in their hand.

      I would call it an intended consequence.

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      MeAgain

      It’s not surprising really that Europe look like they are trying to start WWIII. They started the last two after all…

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        Rowjay

        So in order to stop WW3, Europe should roll over and capitulate.

        Peace built on appeasement isn’t peace—it’s just a delay before the next war.

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    Alex

    The EU is close to launching the digital Euro, which the EU, up to a year or so ago claimed that the claim of digital Euro was a conspiracy theory. It has become so common that conspiracy theories turn into realities.

    The EU’s economy is in tatters — Germany’s one of the worst. The digital Euro is just a fudge to hide the debacle.

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    Reader

    Does this mean they couldn’t keep the air conditioning running on wind mills?

    Amazon, Google, and Meta sign pledge to triple nuclear power by 2050
    https://nypost.com/2025/03/12/business/amazon-google-and-meta-sign-pledge-to-triple-nuclear-power-by-2050/

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    MrGrimNasty

    The captain of the Solong that rammed the US hired tanker ship full of military aviation fuel supply has been arrested.

    The US ship was in a marked anchorage area with several other ships. Various ships successfully navigated through and around the anchored vessels before the collision.

    The captain is a Russian.

    Conspiracy material aplenty.

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    Reader

    Massive stretch of Amazon rainforest destroyed for upcoming COP30 climate summit’s 4-lane highway: ‘This is a loss’
    https://nypost.com/2025/03/12/world-news/amazon-rainforest-destroyed-to-build-road-for-climate-summit/

    Somebody get Greta on the horn!

    Tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest are being cleared and paved over to build a new four-lane highway for, of all things, the upcoming COP30 climate summit in Brazil.

    The eight-mile stretch of new highway — dubbed Avenida Liberdade, or Avenue of Liberty — has gouged a deep gash through a large swath of Amazon rainforest just in time for world leaders to convene to discuss how much they care about the Amazon rainforest….

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      Greg in NZ

      Avenida von der Leyen: Avenue of Lies.

      COP: Cult Of Parasites.

      Agenda 30.

      Theirs is MAD world.

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      Bill Burrows

      Gross hypocrisy is the new religion/modus operandi of climate catastrophists – evidenced by Tanya Plibersek’s mob (DCCEEW) giving the Fitzroy Basin Association $4.5 million from the Australian Government’s Saving Koalas Fund “to restore and protect koala habitat in areas of significant koala populations in the Clarke-Connors Range” (Link: https://fba.org.au/fba-koala-projects-in-the-clarke-connors-range) – while at the same time the Queensland government approved Twiggy Forrest’s (Squadron Energy) massive bird chopper project (together with others) to effectively devastate koala (Queensland’s fauna emblem) habitat in the same Clarke-Connors range system!

      Meanwhile that State has gone one step further by directly investing $845 M (via its quango CS Energy) into the Lotus Creek bird chopper project. A largely pristine wilderness on the northern side of the above coastal range continuum. But of course, all this is completely opaque to your urban yuppie voter. As is the fact that the Queensland government has exempted the clearing of forest/woodland for ‘renewables’ on land that would have led to 5-6 figure fines if carried out by rural landholders.

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      Patrick Bet David interviews Brazilian journo(?), saying Lula has doubled the amount of Amazon rainforest burning. Balsanaro’s reign an average of about 20million acres burned. 2024 44 million.
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMgCEEy-a_0&t=67s

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    From the Spectator Australia –

    “Wind droughts would have been the most important discovery in the 20th Century but the discovery came too late to avert the rush to wind and solar power.

    Nobody who knew about wind droughts would have tried to replace cheap and reliable conventional power with intermittent inputs to the grid.

    This suicidal detour from the main road of power generation has cost trillions of dollars globally and delivered more expensive and less reliable electricity with massive collateral damage to the planet.

    This must be one of the worst public policy blunders in recorded history and quite likely the worst in peacetime.”

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      And more –

      “Wind droughts are the weak link in the electricity chain if we ever depend on intermittent energy and that is why the coal fires will have to be kept burning until we have nuclear power at scale.

      The work by Lang and Miskelly has not yet made any difference, despite the support of Jo Nova with her blog and briefing notes from the Energy Realists of Australia.”

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      Yarpos

      Wind droughts a discovery? Do these people never venture outdoors? how many stories and piems have been written about becalmed ships over 100s of years? Have they ever looked at weather maps and wonder what those giant high pressure systems do?

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    Penguinite

    https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/food/drink/albanese-advocates-for-local-soft-drinks-over-american-brands-in-response-to-trade-tariffs/news-story/6ab5ad50e27aa4fb26f2643f3074ea3e

    The Albo Tross flys again. Is this pathetic or what?

    First we have Kevin, “I’m from the government I’m here to help” then Turnbull both showing off their verbal dexterity and going down in flames.

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    another ian

    FWIW

    “What Happens When You Trim Fat?”

    “Today a big story at Time Magazine is “U.S. Added to Global Human Rights Watchlist Over Declining Civil Liberties.”

    I know, the first thing you think is, “Is Time Magazine still in business? I didn’t even know that.” Well, apparently it is, and some people apparently think it’s a news source.

    In this case, a human rights organization called CIVICUS that publishes a list scoring human rights in various countries made a press release announcing that they had added the United States to a “watchlist,” of which the other prize winners are the Democratic Republic of Congo, Italy, Pakistan, and Serbia.”

    “So what heinous crimes has America committed to place it in this rogues’ gallery? According to CIVICUS:

    A spate of arbitrary executive orders has resulted in mass firings of federal government employees coupled with the takeover of key positions in the administration including the Justice Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation by Trump loyalists. They are likely to severely impact constitutional freedoms of peaceful assembly, expression, and association. … United States, once a global champion of democracy and human rights, joins the first 2025 watchlist along with Democratic Republic of Congo, Italy, Pakistan, and Serbia. The arbitrary US pullbacks from aid and multilateral cooperation, including the World Health Organisation and the UN Human Rights Council, will likely impact civic freedoms and reverse hard-won human rights gains around the world. [emphasis added]”

    “So what puts America among countries like Pakistan and the DRC is that… the new administration brought in its own appointees to political appointments and cut funding and support to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Human Rights Council, some notable members of which include Afghanistan, China, Iraq, Cuba, and Nicaragua.”

    “Curious, I looked at the estimable DataRepublican Nonprofit Financials page, where I found that in its most recent filing, CIVICUS has a total of $10,573,000 (rounded to the nearest dollar) in receipts, of which $7,882,463 — or about 75% — came from the US taxpayer.”

    https://pjmedia.com/charlie-martin/2025/03/11/wqhat-happens-when-you-trim-fat-n4937812

    Doesn’t mention what got Italy on that list

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    Penguinite

    Sandringham visits for Zelensky first then POTUS 47. I think KC3 has his priorities all wrong!

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      Steve of Cornubia

      Charles will preside over the destruction of the British monarchy, thanks to his progressive views. His isn’t intelligent, so doesn’t realise that he cannot ‘reshape’ the monarchy into a modern, woke yet still rich and influential institution. He’s trying to mix oil and water.

      What he started William will complete because he holds similar views. Dumb as bricks, the pair of them. I bet Princess Anne, who IS smart and also a traditionalist, screams into her pillow every night.

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        GlenM

        What astounds me is that all of those monarchist types(full tilt anglophiles) like Abbott wet their pants when royalty is mentioned. When you have the loopiest monarch since (take your pick) whenever who espouses green talking points, you have to wonder about consistency.

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          Penguinite

          European Royalty is too in bred. It’ll take more than a couple of generations of commoners to correct the problem by which time “Royal Persons” will have been consigned to history. Relics of a bygone era. They’re already a joke for tourists to gawk at.

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          Steve of Cornubia

          Your comment would have carried more weight without the crude attack on Abbott. I’m not a monarchist, but I don’t want to see that old institution, one of few remaining that still wave the Union Jack (for the moment at least), go down the gurgler. I thoroughly enjoyed all the pomp whenever Queen Liz headed an event, especially if it involved the full panoply of British military, i.e. Trooping the Colour. I saw the monarchy as preserving just a little something from England’s past.

          Others – Brits and those who have some fondness for Britain – are a lot more enthusiastic than I am, but that’s OK. Does no harm.

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            Custer Van Cleef

            I’m not sure I even had much respect for Queen Liz.

            For example, she could have dissolved* Cameron’s government, on the grounds that he lied to ‘her subjects’ by promising to cut ¡mm¡grat¡on from the 100s of thousands to the tens of thousands … He never even got close to honouring that pledge. It was a fabrication to get votes.

            *whatever the term is … withdrawing the Royal Warrant?

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    another ian

    FWIW – from a comment at Chiefio

    “SpaceX rescue mission going up tonight just before 8PM.”

    https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=crew-10

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    another ian

    FWIW –

    Hmmm!

    “You Know That Hamas-Supporting Student Trump Is Deporting? He Has British Security Clearance”

    https://hotair.com/david-strom/2025/03/12/you-know-that-terrorist-supporting-student-trump-is-deporting-he-has-british-security-clearance-n3800690

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    another ian

    FWIW

    “EPA Launches Biggest Deregulatory Action in U.S. History: Zeldin Rolls Out 31 Groundbreaking Actions to Save Americans TRILLIONS, Slash Costs and Supercharge Job Growth”

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/03/epa-launches-biggest-deregulatory-action-u-s-history/

    Some ideas for Dutton?

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    RickWill

    Blackout gets another bad day:
    Australian energy consumers weary after years of soaring power prices are set to be slugged again, with benchmark tariffs tipped to rise by between five and 10 per cent within months.

    In a draft decision that will land on the cusp of a federal election, the Australian Energy Regulator is today expected to recommend an increase to the so-called default market offer (DMO) in multiple states.

    https://www.msn.com/en-au/money/markets/power-bills-to-rise-yet-again-as-regulator-tipped-to-hike-price-caps-by-five-to-10-per-cent/ar-AA1AMPLz

    CSIRO still promote “renewable” electricity as cheap. This is USA new EPA Administrator on the Climate Change™ religion and what they are undoing:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qae9bhymH50

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    another ian

    FWIW

    “PUBLIUS:

    Since Democrats are once again engaged in Kristallnacht-style violence because the electorate rejected their policies, it’s time once again for my periodic reminder that all Democrats are fascists.

    I love the fact that whenever I point this out, some Democrat invariably claims “Derrrrr… you don’t even know what fascism is!” So let’s explore fascism a little, shall we?

    Listed below are attributes and practices that all 20th Century fascists have in common with the Democrat Party of 2025:”

    16 points

    Conclusion –

    “The Democrat Party of 2025 is a fascist party. Spread the word.”

    https://instapundit.com/707943/#disqus_thread

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      el+gordo

      The comments are lively, the difference between authoritarian regimes, fascism and communism.

      China and Russia were once communist states, but are now fascists.

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    another ian

    FWIW – the covid scene

    ” According to German Intelligence, Corona came from a Chinese lab – government has kept files secret for five years.

    For five years, the Federal Intelligence Service (BND) has assumed that the coronavirus originated in a Chinese laboratory. The BND classifies the laboratory theory as “probable” and is “80 to 95 percent” certain. Since then, the German government has kept secret the BND’s findings that the virus originated in the biolab in Wuhan . This is reported by NZZ, Zeit, and Süddeutsche Zeitung.

    For five years, the Federal Intelligence Service (BND) has assumed that the coronavirus originated in a Chinese laboratory. The BND classifies the laboratory theory as “probable” and is “80 to 95 percent” certain. Since then, the German government has kept secret the BND’s findings that the virus originated in the biolab in Wuhan . This is reported by NZZ, Zeit, and Süddeutsche Zeitung.

    Found via Canadian molecular biologist Alina Chan; translation of the above Berliner Zeitung article by Google Translate. Hans Mahncke of the Truth Over News Substack explores the ramifications of the above report:”

    https://instapundit.com/707917/#disqus_thread

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    Strop

    Chris Bowen has posted a video message about coal powered electricity generation.

    The biggest threat to reliability in our electricity system is coal fired power. Here’s one fact.

    Over the last two years there hasn’t been a single day, not one, in which we haven’t had a coal fired power station break down unexpectedly.

    That’s why relying on coal fired power for longer is the biggest threat to reliability, and the biggest risk for causing blackouts.

    https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1Cab8QZdz3/

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    Dunno if that stat is true or if he’s being tricky with words. But it does highlight a difference between coal and wind/solar in relation to unexpected. That’s the beauty of coal. Lack of power generation is unexpected. While with wind and solar, we expect the wind not to blow and the sun not to shine every day/night.

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      Rowjay

      A few facts to consider:

      Australia’s coal-fired power plants are aging, with over 60% of the remaining capacity being over 40 years old, leading to declining reliability and increased risk of outages. The average age of coal-fired generation units in the National Electricity Market (NEM) is 33 years.

      The majority (more than 60%) of coal capacity in our main grid is older than 40 years, with some generators operating since the 1970s. A coal generator’s availability to produce electricity begins to decline from 40 years old, decreasing from 81% to 65% on average.

      It’s no wonder a few of them are taking long service leave, and bleedingly obvious that wind/solar cannot cope without them.
      Why not build some new ones until nuclear will inevitably replace them + wind/solar?

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      RickWill

      Do not know if Bowen’s fact is true. But I do know that my solar panels and every solar farm in Australia stopped producing every day of every year and will continue to do so.

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        Graeme4

        As a commentator pointed out in The Australian this morning, coal power plant efficiencies would still exceed average solar and wind efficiencies.

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      Penguinite

      Bowen is a factless fool. However, there have been a number of days when the coal munching hasn’t been optimum but most of that is attributed to intentional poor maintenance. The private owners do enough to keep the furnaces generating long enough to make their investments in solar and wind seem viable. More often than not grid bids by coal generators lose due to over supply of w and s. It’s all part of a scam to ensure the subsidies keep rolling in.

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      Forrest Gardener

      The saying just keeps ringing in our ears.

      You can’t cure stupid.

      Especially when a man’s pay cheque depends on him being stupid.

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      Bushkid

      One tires of being lied to by those who believe they have authority over us, and who grow rich on the taxes we are obliged to pay to continue of live and operate in our own country.

      If Bowen does not know that without coal-fired electricity generation, this country would be blacked out right now, with no hope of recovery, then he has no right to be sitting in parliament, let alone making policy that affects us all.

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    another ian

    “Arm me audacity, boldness be my friend”

    FWIW

    “The Almost Unbelievable Details Of The Great Gas Pipeline Caper Of 2025”

    https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/almost-unbelievable-details-great-gas-pipeline-caper-2025

    And then

    “Moscow About To Recapture the Entire Kursk Pocket Under Kiev Control, as Red Army Forces Conquer the City of Sudzha, and Ukrainian Troops Flee From Russian Region”

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/03/moscow-about-recapture-entire-kursk-pocket-under-kiev/

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    Miasma

    New extraterrestrials movie ‘ The age of disclosure’ , a load of hype with zero evidence, straight out of the sceptic’s playbook .

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      Steve of Cornubia

      It’s going to be hard for ordinary citizens to get to the truth. I just did a quick Google, looking for such ‘evidence’. All Google gave me were links to:

      The Guardian, a far left media outlet.
      Reddit, an overwhelmingly left-leaning site.
      Snopes, a leftist ‘fact checking’ site.
      ABC, a far left media outlet.
      NBC News, a far left media outlet.
      NPR, a far left media outlet.
      Al Jazeera, a left-leaning media outlet.
      Forbes, a far left media outlet.

      See how this works?

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        Vladimir

        Just 2 weeks ago I formally converted to AI. She has replaced George the goldfish as my confidant.
        As the first excitement of meeting Her passed, I started to question some answers and conclusions, mostly – logic or numerical.
        She apologises and recalculates with often vastly different result.
        What I like is banner “ChatGPT can make mistakes. Check important info.” constantly present on the screen.

        Leaning Left or Right ?
        Ask yourself about “was there a promise of NATO non expansion East?” and see AI gives you different answers, depending on the way you asked…

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        Miasma

        No, this is how it works:
        Claims made without evidence can be dismissed without evidence (Hitchin’s razor ).
        Politics has nothing to do with it. Wanting something to be true doesn’t go far .

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    STJOHNOFGRAFTON

    The Covid lies continue, worse than ever:

    Five years later, lefty journalists and health bureaucrats are lying worse than ever about Covid

    “Only two facts matter: the virus’s risk was tiny for anyone who wasn’t already very sick, so lockdowns were a terrible idea; and the vaccines made no difference to the course of the epidemic”.
    https://www.theburningplatform.com/2025/03/12/five-years-later-lefty-journalists-and-health-bureaucrats-are-lying-worse-than-ever-about-covid/

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      MeAgain

      Human Rights OK on vaccine mandates – check, MRNA factories – check, work-from-home remembering how much they despise everyone in their office and pining for lockdowns – check.

      I think the next pandemic is just around the corner.

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      Miasma

      So ,the world’s collective medical community lied about the millions of deaths?, as for the subject of aliens : evidence please.

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    RickWill

    The impact on Trump’s tariffs are already focusing Australian businesses on the US.

    Orica sees opportunities in the USA:
    Orica employs 15,000 people across more than 100 countries, and Mr Gandhi says his company is threatening to increase investment in the United States if energy prices do not come down in Australia.

    The company recently acquired assets there worth $1.5 billion.

    “[The US is] pro-manufacturing, they’ve got cheap energy, they’ve got good gas supply and reserves. It’s one of the most attractive markets to invest today,” he said.

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-13/gas-energy-costs-threaten-manufacturing/104788984

    So Australia’s energy costs are already hitting hard on Orica. Throw in US tariffs and business incentives and it is quite obvious where Orica is going to invest. And it is not in NetZero didsabled Australia.

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    John Connor II

    The Root of Recurrence: Targeting Cancer’s Resilient Core

    Today marks a paradigm shift in the way cancer is treated.

    With Dr. Paul Marik’s announcement of the war on Cancer Stem Cells using metabolic and pathway directed treatments, we shall witness the beginning of the end of cancer. No longer will cancer recurrence be the norm. And no longer will cancer remain a leading cause of death.

    A Cancer Stem Cell can replicate indefinitely meaning that once the main tumor is removed or radiated away, these cancer stem cells can simply restore it. What has been missing in modern cancer treatment is any attempt to destroy Cancer Stem Cells.

    This explains why much of cancer treatment is doomed to fail. Because when these CSCs regrow the cancer, metastases will result. Metastasis is the cause of 90% of cancer-related deaths.

    https://justusrhope.substack.com/p/the-root-of-recurrence-targeting

    Primitive barbaric medicine like chemotherapy is on the way out at last.
    A new age of medicine awaits. Hopefully.

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    Skepticynic

    Ukraine Cuts off Energy to Hungary & Slovakia

    Ukraine has attacked the Russian pipeline that cuts off the energy to Hungary and Slovakia. Budapest declared it was an attack on its sovereignty in the official statement of the Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó. Zelensky is out of control. Hungary has informed Ukraine that Hungary considers this an act of war that is an “attack on its sovereignty.” They also informed Ukraine:

    “We urge the Ukrainians not to attack energy infrastructure that supplies Hungary.”

    The EU wants war with Russia, and it refuses to accept the rejection of its dictatorial cultural decrees by Hungary over accepting Islamic migrants.

    https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/history/europes-economic-history/ukraine-cuts-off-energy-to-hungary-slovakia/

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      Greg in NZ

      It would appear Prince Philip was reincarnated – as a multinational dingbat in a Wuhan lab – which is why it was christened the CROWN (corona) virus 🦠

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    Dennis

    Is Australia in recession, or teetering on the edge of an official recession while a per capital recession continues and has done for longer than ever before.

    Labor Treasurer Keating once described the economy saying you can’t detect a pulse in a corpse. Right now the latest GDP growth was 0.6% which is life support needed level, balanced on a knife edge.

    The worst recession here for 60 years began 1990 and after Labor had deregulated the banking and finance industry with no specific government watchdog – Howard Government created APRA (Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority 1998) after the recession had ended.

    Today Victoria is looking like the 1980s economic basket case and then called Rust Belt of Victoria, record high immigration is being used to dampen the recessionary trend, public service employment is being used to hide the real rate of unemployment with 36,000 added to Federal public service and more via States.

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    Dennis

    Australians, not all, are complaining about President Trumps imposing trade barriers in the form of tariff protection for US businesses but ignore that his campaign theme was to Make America Great Again.

    And I get the message that he does not want far left governments internationally to prosper and to gain strength by increasing military power etc.

    During his first term he was highly critical of the United Nations and how they have multiplied into many tentacles of an octopus of organisations all interfering in the affairs of member nations.

    Research 1975 UN Lima Protocol Agreement and objective to redistribute the wealth of developed nations to developing nations, China for example.

    Also UN Agenda 21 – Sustainability and the many impositions including locking up large areas of converted to National Parks from State Forests so no more logging, mining, anything really. And Marine National Parks decimating the commercial fishing industry and now Australia imports a lot of seafood from developing countries.

    Next was climate change based hoax politics and emissions reduction targets impacting on national prosperity based on economic vandalism, Kyoto, Paris and Glasgow with net zero emissions adding to the trap that damages potential growth of economies but favours developing economies where emissions are ignored.

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    Dennis

    06:43 PM ET 02/10/2015
    Economic Systems: The alarmists keep telling us their concern about global warming is all about man’s stewardship of the environment. But we know that’s not true. A United Nations official has now confirmed this.

    At a news conference last week in Brussels, Christiana Figueres, executive secretary of U.N.’s Framework Convention on Climate Change, admitted that the goal of environmental activists is not to save the world from ecological calamity but to destroy capitalism.

    “This is the first time in the history of mankind that we are setting ourselves the task of intentionally, within a defined period of time, to change the economic development model that has been reigning for at least 150 years, since the Industrial Revolution,” she said.

    Referring to a new international treaty environmentalists hope will be adopted at the Paris climate change conference later this year, she added: “This is probably the most difficult task we have ever given ourselves, which is to intentionally transform the economic development model for the first time in human history.”

    The only economic model in the last 150 years that has ever worked at all is capitalism. The evidence is prima facie: From a feudal order that lasted a thousand years, produced zero growth and kept workdays long and lifespans short, the countries that have embraced free-market capitalism have enjoyed a system in which output has increased 70-fold, work days have been halved and lifespans doubled.

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    Ideas at least designed to have Putin looking over his shoulder? There might be more to them? China wants back it’s Siberian territories.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9YgtRHwZZM&t=3s 17 mins

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