Recent Posts


Thursday

 

We are still getting to the bottom of the problems on the site and working to overcome the issues.  I’ll make an announcement soon. This is not just a software glitch. The site is being swamped with requests that started on Saturday.  Thanks again for your patience.

Thanks to those who are sending donations to help upgrade the server.

 

 

10 out of 10 based on 5 ratings

11 comments to Thursday

  • #
    Skepticynic

    Summary:

    Klaus Schwab was forced out of the World Economic Forum after whistleblowers exposed years of financial misconduct and abuse of power.

    Leaked accounts revealed Schwab used WEF funds for personal luxuries, while promoting austerity and control through globalist policies.

    His replacement, Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, built a legacy at Nestlé marked by human rights violations and ruthless resource monopolies.

    The leadership change signals a deeper entrenchment of the WEF’s agenda, not a shift in direction or values.

    Nations must cut ties with WEF-driven initiatives to halt the spread of surveillance, corporate control, and digital oppression.

    Source:
    Nation First, by George Christensen
    Also in X

    30

    • #
    • #
      David Maddison

      Why am I not surprised?

      Typical hypocrisy of the Left.

      I wonder if any Aussie taxpayer dollars went to the WEF? Australian Governments have been and are enthusiastic supporters of that evil organisation and those who run it.

      And Government officials and others get to fly there on VIP flights or private jets on taxpayer funded “holidays” (for bureaucrats and politicians) to the luxury ski resort at Davos.

      Australia’s chief censor, the e Safety Kommisar, a position created by the fake conservative Liberal Party, is an enthusiastic participant at the WEF.

      https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/40000-of-taxpayers-money-spent-on-online-content-moderators-trip-to-wef-5634275

      Taxpayers Pay $40,000 for Online Content Moderator’s Trip to World Economic Forum

      Australian taxpayers have been billed over $40,000 for the eSafety Commissioner’s four-day trip to the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2024 annual meeting, where she pushed for tighter rules on online safety.

      In January, Ms. Inman Grant, accompanied by a staff member, spent four days meeting senior executives in the artificial intelligence and immersive technology field at the WEF in Davos, Switzerland.

      At a Senate estimate in February, One Nation Senator Malcolm Roberts asked Ms. Inman Grant in what capacity she was present at the WEF meeting, what was the cost to taxpayers, and whether staff travelled with her at public expense.

      The total bill was revealed to be $40,971.41 (US$26,350).

      “I achieved more in four days than I could in four years,” Ms. Inman Grant told Mr. Roberts at the Senate Environment and Communications Legislation Committee on Feb. 22.

      “I asked directly the decision-makers what they are doing to make their platforms safer. I was sharing our leadership and our model in terms of how we’re tackling online safety.”

      SEE LINK FOR REST

      https://www.weforum.org/stories/authors/julie-inman-grant/

      Julie Inman Grant is Australia’s eSafety Commissioner. In this role, Julie leads the world’s first government regulatory agency committed to keeping its citizens safer online.

      00

    • #
      OldOzzie

      Nestlé Australia switches to 100% renewable electricity

      Wind to help power the company’s Net Zero Roadmap

      Favourite Aussie brands including KitKat, Milo, Allen’s, Nescafé, Uncle Tobys and Purina pet food will now be made at factories where 100% of the electricity is sourced from wind power.

      The move comes as Nestlé Australia announces it is now switching to 100% renewable electricity, four years ahead of its global target of 2025.

      The company has partnered with CWP Renewables to make its first renewable power purchase agreement (PPA), bringing the company one step closer to reducing its net emissions by 50% by 2030 and achieving net zero by 2050.

      The 10-year agreement covers Nestlé’s six Australian factories, two distribution centres, three corporate offices, 20 retail boutiques, and laboratory.

      CWP Renewables’ Crudine Ridge and Sapphire wind farms in NSW will generate enough electricity to cover the electricity used across Nestlé’s sites each year – the equivalent of powering approximately 19,000i households per year.

      The switch to 100% renewable electricity in Australia will mean Nestlé will avoid around 73,000ii tonnes of carbon emissions each year.

      10

      • #
        David Maddison

        Of course, it won’t be 100% “renewables”.

        It will be an accounting trick just like they use for Canberra.

        The simple test for if they run on renewables or not is, if there is no sun or wind and the battery (if any) is flat, do they still get power?

        Also, if it were truly 100% renewables there would be no need for a connection to the grid, just connections to the wind, solar and battery (if any) plantations.

        00

  • #
    Skepticynic

    Microsoft Is Dedicated To Building A Dodgy New Database Of Every Windows 11 User’s Online Behaviors

    Snapshotting and AI processing a screen every 3 seconds. What could possibly go wrong?

    Security and privacy advocates are girding themselves for another uphill battle against Recall, the AI tool rolling out in Windows 11 that will screenshot, index, and store everything a user does every three seconds.

    https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/04/microsoft-is-putting-privacy-endangering-recall-back-into-windows-11/

    …even if user A opts out of Recall, all the users he’s interacting with may not, opening the door to a long chain of potential privacy violations:

    “That means anything User A sends them will be screenshotted, processed with optical character recognition and Copilot AI, and then stored in an indexed database on the other users’ devices. That would indiscriminately hoover up all kinds of User A’s sensitive material, including photos, passwords, medical conditions, and encrypted videos and messages.”

    The simple act of creating this additional massive new archive of detailed user interactions may thrill Microsoft in the era of unregulated data brokers and rampant data monetization, but it creates an entirely new target for bad actors, spyware, subpoena-wielding governments, and foreign and domestic intelligence. In a country that’s literally too corrupt to pass a modern privacy law.

    It’s all very… Microsoft.

    https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/21/microsoft-is-dedicated-to-building-a-dodgy-new-database-of-every-windows-11-users-online-behaviors/

    30

    • #
      David Maddison

      I can’t wait until I make the move to Linux.

      I recently got a new laptop and had no choice but to get Win 11 and I absolutely hate it and its constant popups and “suggestions” and spying, even though I have disabled as much of the “features” and AI as possible.

      30

  • #
    David Maddison

    Here’s yet another story in the category of “just when you thought the Left couldn’t get any more crazy”.

    Britain to approve £50m Sun-dimming experiments in bid to prevent runaway climate change

    Scientists are increasingly concerned that further action may be needed to prevent climate change

    Britain is set to approve funding of up to £50million for outdoor experiments to dim sunlight as part of efforts to combat runaway climate change.

    The Advanced Research and Invention Agency (Aria) will announce the funded projects within weeks, making Britain one of the world’s biggest funders of geoengineering research.

    Professor Mark Symes, Aria’s programme director, confirmed there would be “small controlled outdoor experiments on particular approaches”.

    The controversial technology aims to reflect sunlight back into space, potentially providing a temporary brake on rising global temperatures while emissions reduction efforts continue.

    The experiments could include injecting aerosols into the atmosphere or brightening clouds to reflect sunshine away from Earth.

    One major area of research is Sunlight Reflection Methods (SRM), which includes Stratospheric Aerosol Injection, where tiny particles are released into the stratosphere.

    SEE LINK FOR REST

    What size of fleet of aircraft, how much energy and how much material do you think has to be launched into the upper atmosphere to have any discernible effect, not that there’s any problem in the first place?

    00

  • #
    David Maddison

    I must say, I am disappointed that the TRUMP effect hasn’t caught on in other Western countries.

    Just as the United States is returning to reason, common sense, freedom, anti-censorship, pro-energy, traditional morality, cutting Government waste and regulations etc. the woke countries of the world such as Australia, Canada and Western Europe are becoming even more insanely taxed, regulated and controlled.

    There appears to have been no spillover whatsoever.

    00

  • #
  • #
    David Maddison

    This was posted by Senator Babet on Farcebook:

    There are some people who somehow after everything that has happened still believe that the Liberal party is vastly different to Labor – this is a falsehood – make no mistake there is no difference between Labor/Liberal and on almost every single issue they are identical.

    Both major parties are big spending, big government entities that love to censor the people. They both support Net Zero and the implementation of a Digital ID, putting the privacy and freedoms of everyday Australians at risk.

    The mis/disinformation bill was originally a Liberal Party idea, and both major parties have recently voted to entrench the two party system through amendments to the Electoral Act. This is clear evidence that they have no intention of allowing any real competition or alternative voices to rise.

    Both Labor and Liberal are beholden to international globalist organisations. They are the WHO, the UN, and the WEF’s best friends. These unelected, unaccountable entities have far too much influence on Australian policy, and it’s only through the duopoly’s support that they continue to push their agendas on us.

    Let’s not forget: it was the Liberal Party that signed Australia up to the Paris Agreement, committing us to policies that threaten to cripple our industries and raise costs for hard-working Australians.

    Both major parties have made deals that benefit global elites while leaving the average Australian behind.

    It’s time to break free from the stranglehold of these two parties, who are more concerned with their own power and global agendas than with the needs of the Australian people.

    00

Leave a Reply

You can use these HTML tags

<a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <s> <strike> <strong>