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Remember the children that would never see snow?
Apparently they will also never see 10+ million voters that supposedly showed up in 2020 to elect Joe Biden.
I think they were absorbed by the ocean.
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36 years (since 30 June 1988 in Congress with Al Gore and James Hansen) of rapid man made CO2 driven Global Warming Armageddon and here we are. Not a single prediction true. But carbon dioxide is now dirty and clean air requires world wide that we stop producing CO2. Because the world will end. Soon.
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And it always puzzled me, from the very first story of out of control CO2, that CO2 did not obey the simple kinematic law of dissolved gases with a constant vapour pressure determined by ocean surface temperature, all other things being unchanged. Warmer ocean surfaces mean more CO2. It’s that simple. Except the United Nations disagrees.
From then on all the stories, ocean acidification, the hot spot, methane, tree farms, windmills, solar panels, carbon credits just get sillier and sillier. But the incredible amounts of money, about $1,800,000,000,000 a year is very real. Organized by the United Nations in control of Climate Change and collected from workers in Western Democracies only. It’s now the world’s biggest single business model.
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The UN is the code word for Graft and Corruption.
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The UN has 40,000 full time employees and 40,000 contractors and volunteers. That’s say $8 billion a year in wages alone. Plus all the luxuries. The UN saw Climate Change as a potential money spinner. And they were so right. But it has to keep going. They need that $100Bn in cash donations promised. After all, here is the graph of CO2 over the last 50 years showing the effect of $1.8Tn a year.
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Or does my beer get warm then go flat? Ya never see flat beer getting colder?
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“The ability of the rich and their acolytes to see social virtue in what serves their interest and convenience and to depict as ridiculous or foolish what does not was never better manifested than in their support of Gold and condemnation of paper money” – I take some solace that paper money won out over elite interests way back when….
“In all of the panics there were recognizable constraints. First, there came an expansion of business activity. This usually centred on some dominant form of investment, one that reworked the economic geography of the country. … Often, although not invariably, prices rose. …. Then, as time passed, expansion gave way to speculation, a term that needs to be understood with some precision. Speculation centres on one or more of those assets, real or fiduciary, that are central to the expansion currently underway. Speculation occurs when people buy assets, always with the support of some rationalizing doctrine, because they expect their prices to rise. That expectation and the resulting action then serve to confirm expectation. Presently the reality is not what the asset in question – the land or commodity or stock or investment company – will earn in the future. Rather it is only that enough people are expecting the speculative object to advance in price and thus attract yet more people to yet further fulfil expectations of yet further increases. This process has pristine simplicity; it can last only so long as prices are rising reliably. If anything serious interrupts the price advance, the expectations by which the advance is sustained are lost or somehow endangered. All who are holding for a further rise – all but the gullible or egregiously optimistic, of which there is invariably a considerable supply – then seek to get out”. Money – JK Gailbraith 1975.
Of course, the whole ‘state capture’ face of climate change gives this all a different complexion, but the economic indicators seem to be that we are somewhere in the speculation to getting out stage of this mad climate change fraud. At least the railways and canals of earlier speculative crises / panics left something useful behind (although there are a lot of abandoned railways and canals).
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Yesterday there was a lot of concern about the size of the US debt (32T)! And rightly so.
Not spending money in Climate change and Ukraine will some way to fixing that.
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WUWT has posted my article on Tom Shepstone’s discovery that chatbots know they are biased on climate change. There is a good comment discussion.
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2024/11/06/ai-knows-it-is-biased-on-climate-change/
The basic point is that the general assumption including by me, that bots are alarmist because that is what they were taught, is incorrect. They know skepticism just as well so they are deciding to be alarmist. They may want to please and likely assume incorrectly that most users are alarmist. Research needed on this but it looks like calling them out as biased works.
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You have to wonder at all the politicians and celebrities who have to back down now the fascist felon is to be US President?
Most of Europe’s politicians. Including the entire UK Labor government who sent 100 people to the US to interfere with the election. Anthony Albanese and US ambassador Kevin Rudd. It’s just so embarassing.
And all the CNN, MSNBC, The View, … Bette Midler has canceled her X account after claiming to drink DRANO if Trump won.
How are they going to get any of the vast Republican set of celebrities to interview. Even Elon Musk is now the enemy, or at least he was evil yesterday.
Now the liars are pushing a new outrageous lie, starting with CNN. CNN Commentator Van Jones now claims that they never labelled Trump as a lying criminal felon fascist. It was all the work of the evil Republicans. And their deplorable garbage supporters.
They now think Trump is tolerably evil and criminal and slightly fascist, like his entire family and the Republican Party, but the Republicans need to calm down and stop calling people names. Like criminal and liar and fascist. It’s impolite.
Ha! Ha! Ha! We just have to enjoy the moment. Meanwhile the millions of bureaucrats have to work out a plan for ‘The Resistance’. With really competent bosses like Donald Trump, Elon Musk and JF Kennedy. The only thing left is to win the house and by a good margin. And then it’s defenestration for half of Washington and most of the press. And all those really old ‘celebrities’ like Midler, Streisand, Curtis, Fonda and the rest of the Hollywood school dropouts.
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Hanoi Jane Fonda is 86. She is even older than Joe Biden. Time to hang up the communist flag.
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Thank you for NOT posting a pic.
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“ambassador Kevin Rudd deletes all his past criticisms of the US president-elect.”
SMH today-
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The big money end of town doesn’t know what to make the Trump win.
On Wed the DOW had a screamer, bitcoin was up 7% from memory, Au fell out of bed but has just risen US$38 in a few hrs but has fallen in A$ because the Pacific Peso has risen 2c V USD. The DOW is holding it’s gains and rising a little.
The “smart” money has NFI.
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Apart from Jo of course, I suspect most of us on this blog are more than 30.
Trump is 78. He had a very punishing round of traveling, talking, rallies, interviews and now he is ready to lead the most powerful country in the world.
How does he do it and can we have some of whatever he is on?
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All you need is. Large dose of FIGHT!,
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I’m up for some punishing travel in the style of Mr Trump.
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The absence of a coherent Govt in France following Macrons bizarre decision to go for an election immediately prior to the Olympics seems to be having an unfortunate effect on law and order
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14042481/How-France-turning-Mexicanized-narco-state-drug-wars-fought-country-teenagers-stabbed-burned-alive-gangsters-breaking-kingpins-custody-daring-ambushes.html
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Good thoughtful article about freedom of speech and the sheer rudeness of many debates these days, mostly due to anonymous social media de-sentisising people
https://dailysceptic.org/2024/11/06/can-we-ever-recover-our-freedom/
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Trump’s Victory Against the Deep State –
I bet that you didn’t know that Mr. Trump could play in a Rock Band – LOL
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/humor/trumps-victory-against-the-deep-state/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=RSS
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A pretty good wrap up of the TDS with a German / European slant: https://rumble.com/v5msdf2–why-donald-trump-is-the-eus-worst-nightmare-syriana-analysis.html?e9s=src_v1_upp
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https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/11/just-governor-newsom-calls-special-legislative-session-fight/
I am not sure what Gov Newsom means by Women’s rights, but for the rest, what’s not to like?
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Leader of the ‘Trump Resistance’, Newsom’s two term limit as Governor is coming to an end in 2 years, Jan 4th 2027.
His problem is how to lead the ‘resistance’ movement when he will be out of a job. The attacks on Elon Musk space program are a problem. The Ancients, the Hollywood celebrities are a spent force. George Harrison is over 80, like most of his friends. Like the coven of ancient one eyed Trump hating witches on The View. Bubble, bubble, Trump spells trouble.
You cannot attack everyone at once while California has people on the streets especially in San Francisco and families and workers are fleeing the soaring costs and crime in Los Angeles. Newsom, Harris and Pelosi and the Democrats are on the nose. It’s part of the fallout from the election and years of mismanagement from people like Kamala and Billy Brown and Pelosi and Newsom.
California and San Francisco and New York and Chicago are in real trouble, a model of the new Progressive Socialist world with crime and people on the streets. Newsom wants to run for President in 2028. In fact he will be unemployable. And JD Vance will be the next President. The world knows that.
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The right to choose to terminate a pregnancy.
In 2020 Roe v Wade was overruled meaning that there was no “right” under US constitution or precedence for women to choose abortion. Trump gets blamed for stacking the Supreme Court.
JD Vance has stated that Trump’s view is that it is a matter for the States; not a Federal issue. So Newson is blowing smoke It is a State issue and California have their own laws. Ten States had referendums on abortion in the recent election. Seven confirmed women’s choice.
Harris blew it up as a point of difference but it is a non issue Federally.
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Thanks Rick,
That explains it.
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The rapid turnaround in the official opinions of ambassadors, business people, CNN/MSNBC/ABC, Prime Ministers and Presidents is quite amazing. The man they vilified is now President Elect of the biggest business and most powerful nuclear player on the planet. Suddenly they didn’t say those things and most importantly, they need him more than he needs them.
Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he is happy to work with Trump, as long as Trump behaves himself on critical world issues like Albanese’s extreme Climate Change agenda.
And the left press are now in a mighty bind with any access to the US President. Their hero Joe Biden showed that he could completely ignore the press and didn’t bother himself with at all with traditional press conferences. Biden was on holidays at the beach. So he left it all to Jen Psaki and DEI replacement Karine Jean Pierre. Caught in a tricky question, they just lied or walked away. There was no open government with Biden. How much worse could it be with Trump? A lot.
So how are they going to sell newspapers or advertising without actual news? All the news will go out on the internet. Who needs CNN, the cable pioneer news service? No one.
Now they are groveling, blaming the Republican party for calling Trump a lying fascist felon. No one in CNN really hated Trump. It was the Republicans. Really?
And all those human interest angles with tall young Barron, the beautiful Melania, a new Camelot with J D Vance, a huge potential business with Washington’s new multi generational Royal family. It all sticks in their craws. Meanwhile they ignored Biden’s crime family. Now how will they do happy families when the First Lady is #1 on the Times Best Seller list and did it without them? The dream makers are in a hell of their own making. They have been bypassed.
And Joe Rogan’s free 3 hour interview with President Elect Trump has had 47 million views!
It’s a joy to watch as what is left of the traditional media crumbles into irrelevance, cursing as they go.
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On the Rogan/Trump interview phenomenon, the traditional media can only fact check, do ‘take aways’ of their choosing, criticize. That’s 47 million people and voters who prefer listening to real people speaking openly and unscripted than all the ramblings of the historic influencers who call themselves independent journalists but are really radical left Trump haters.
The real significance of time is that 47 million young people are prepared to listen for themselves in a new internet world. Because they can.
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I read an appalling review of Melania’s book. The female writer used every opportunity to attack Melania and Trump, to push the writer’s very nasty critical view of the couple into the reading of the book. The Press are entirely on the wrong foot, while the Trump and Vance families succeed without them and despite them. In fact the public want everything they can get about the new Royal families. And the leftist establishment cannot bring themselves to write a single compliment.
The British Royal family sells royalty dedicated glossy magazines like Hello, And there are fortunes being lost in the dearth of glossy magazines covering the Trump and Vance families and their many stories and adventures. It’s just too galling for the press to say anything complimentary. And I get that same feeling from journalists with the British Royal family. But the public love them and buy everything they can get. The press influencers can only fume.
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I was one of the 47 million. Very worthwhile. Saw many facets of the man.
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I learnt more about Joe Rogan in the conversation than I did of Trump. I already knew a lot about Trump. Although Trump’s description of the lights-out landing in the Middle East was mesmerising.
Point is Trump brings out the best in people willing to engage. The conversation was two way and Trump displayed a genuine interest in Rogan and how he got to where he is now.
I get the impression that RFK Jr was instrumental in Trump having the conversation.
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-08/jamie-wilson-tech-entrepreneur-collapsed-company/104569070 Naughty tech entrepreneur, accountant by training, but not paying staff due to cash flow issues. Still getting Government contracts (for cybersecurity!) Making political donations while not paying taxes.
The Covid excuse trotted out, yet again: “COVID had impacted the business and it posted a loss of $716,000 off revenues of $3 million in 2021, the last time accounts were filed.” – a tech company, yeah? How did Covid impact exactly?
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One of the thousands of crooks who spend their life inventing unworkable plans to get money out of the Govt. All flash and no cash… Jail time would be good for him.
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FWIW – noticed!
“HEH: Australia’s ambassador in Washington deletes old posts calling ‘destructive’ Trump a ‘traitor.’ ”
https://instapundit.com/682994/#disqus_thread
“Misconstrued eh?”
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The KRudd by name and KRude by nature.
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..and THIS one wins the prize!
“If we thought the desolation in 2016 was bad, when a fresher Donald Trump trounced the highly qualified Hillary Clinton, it is worse now.
The dire consequences of abortion bans for women’s health are now evident and will continue under a Trump presidency. The Trump campaign amounted to an open-carry licence to misogyny and contempt for femininity… It gave social permission for the worst kind of sexism and nastiness towards women…Trump’s closest advisers are mostly men. The cabinet appointees he is likely to make will be mostly men. He has talked about giving former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, an anti-vaxxer, dominion over “women’s health”…His running mate, J.D. Vance, has shown a long and creepy preoccupation with female fertility.
Not only did the Trump campaign not seek to hide its rank masculinity, it revelled in it.”
From some horrible woman in the SMH, its made my day look much brighter!.
https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/for-women-2016-was-bad-2024-hurts-even-more-20241106-p5koh5.html
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The SMH is outdated.
The (USA) Supreme Court declared that the States could control -or not- abortion matters and the Washington couldn’t pass blanket laws. A real problem for all those Democrats in Washington who dream of controlling everything.
If a woman is in a State that restics abortion she can move (temporarily) to another State as when Nevada was popular with people who wanted a divorce that other States made it difficult.
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I’m fascinated by narrative blindness.
We had to all pretend that Joe Biden was fine until the media could no longer keep up the smoke screen.
Then we had to pretend that Kamala Harris was the ‘democratic’ choice of the Democrats to Save Our Democracy.
We had to pretend the POTUS race was close, only to have Trump win in a landslide.
(Although we still don’t know how the winner in 2020 racked up maybe 10 million more votes than the winner in 2024.)
Then we had to pretend that the riotous protest on Jan6 was an ‘insurrection’, while the ANTIFA assault on the White House May 29 (that few are even aware of) was a ‘protest’.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Floyd_protests_in_Washington,_D.C.
Are we still pretending IT was safe and effective?
The pretends that we were forced to genuflect to during Pandemic are too numerous to list.
We had to pretend Trump said things that there was clear video evidence he did not say.
We’ve had to pretend the sky is falling (every five years) from Climate Change for more than thirty years.
I know people that still get angry if I dare to suggest they look at the actual demonstrable facts.
I can only cipher that this bizarre state is the result of highly sophisticated psychological propaganda.
Has the advent and triumph of Trump finally broken the spell of a decades of manufactured hysteria?
And sent the hysteria carpet baggers packing?
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I was just reflecting on the subject of “wind droughts”. The last time commerce relied on wind power to move freight around the world the ships, as they approached the equator, would often go windless for days sometimes becalmed for weeks at a time. Desperate Captains anxious to land time sensitive cargoes at the prescribed disport would often resort to towing their ships manually using life boats. We won’t be able to generate electricity manually with dormant wind towers. I note that the “Albo-tross is reluctant to push for more carbon neutrality until after the next election. Trumps re election may also spike his ardor too!
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