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Video: Topher Field interviews Malcolm Roberts about Australia’s hidden carbon tax.
From about two years ago.
An appalling tax that most people are not aware of and tremendously damaging to Australia and Australians.
https://youtu.be/qKCs0vi2XNg
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Sleeping accommodations on the moon, Apollo 11 and 12 .
Copied from Quora Digest.
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The toilet wasn’t much better.
I really hope that they had no fibre foods. Maybe the porta potty was in the tent outside?
Strange you never see that detail mentioned in the brochure. Probably no cabbage in the diet either.
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They ate “low residue” diets.
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The Intergalactic Laxative addressed all these “earthly” issues. Simples.
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Even more appalling is that the so called opposition are in lockstep with with the current Marxist government.
The current opposition back the policies for net zero as well as most other Socialist policies.
Australians do not seem to have the ability to see where they are being led. The population is complacent & will soon get a very nasty shock if government remains of this path.
It is, I believe already too late to alter course & we need a complete about turn now,
By the time the election comes around we need a complete new party of opposition.
We’ve already past the point of no return I’m afraid. One party rule is here to stay!!
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Apart from certain policies by the political Elite to deliberately destroy our economy and Western Civilisation itself with the anti-energy policies associated with the climate scam, as evidenced by the world’s largest CO2 emitter, China, being exempt from the anti-energy policies of the West, others further down the food chain may continue to support unreliable, expensive wind and solar energy due to the “sunk cost fallacy”:
Goolag AI definition:
Of course, the above does not apply to the Elites of the Left who are making staggering amounts of money harvesting the subsidies associated with wind and solar and impoverishing people as a result. They simply don’t care and are even happy to be seen flying to climate crisis conferences in private jets.
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That sunk cost fallacy should be applied to Snowy 2.
How long will the rort go on before the money runs out? It will never repay it’s debt at current power prices, does that give you a hint as to what the future holds?
And without coal fired power plants we’ll soon have to face the reality that those that don’t live on the hospital grid will soon be cycling without power, maybe as often as daily. Especially at night.
The market for battery appliances is going so soar. The government will only change tack, when the masses start asking, “How is the coffee shop on the corner going to operate without mains power?”
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When research is carried out into the vested interests behind renewable so called energy business ventures and lobbying of politicians, supporting “independent” candidates for election to parliaments, and so on, several well known names appear and including former politicians from both sides.
During 2006 writing in The Bulletin Magazine journalist Max Walsh covered the appointment of then new Labor Opposition Leader Rudd and his Deputy Gillard who became government leaders from November 2007 and later created the Renewable Energy Target 32%, carbon tax 10%, etc.
Walsh also reported that there had been what he described as a “corporate-style takeover” of the Australian Labor Party by the Union Movement and union trained executives had been given safe Labor electorate seats. In short, he claimed that the longer term objective was to control the governments of Australia.
On the Liberal side a lawyer and business man became an MP and later held higher office in Coalition governments and he had an ambition to first become a Labor MP and after being rejected he joined the Liberals. Published stories claim that he had an ambition from student days to arrange for an alliance of political parties and to form a single all powerful party that would be unassailable at elections.
Both of course have business investments and influence, for example Union Industry Superannuation Funds and member’s funds invested into listed public companies and in fully owned businesses.
The from 1997 Kyoto Climate Conference emissions reduction through to Glasgow net zero emissions the background story has always been based on power and wealth.
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They all work for the same boss … follow the money.
Wait! It’s our money, they are supposed to work for us.
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As Once Great Britain becomes more of a dictatorship by the day, they have introduced a new law to allow certain public serpents to look at people’s bank accounts.
I would have thought there were already enough laws on the books to investigate genuine crimes.
These new laws are just about making it easier to silence people with unapproved opinions.
Also recall how the closure of bank accounts are the new weapon of the Left against conservatives as Nigel Farage found out in the UK and numerous ordinary Canadians found out when they supported the truckers’ strike. It will get even worse as cash becomes ever more difficult to use as the Government steers the wokest countries toward a fully cashless society.
Jeff Taylor discusses the new UK law:
https://youtu.be/ZEahTfZK69oI
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Build Back Better and you will own no assets and be happier
WEF
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If it were true that wind and solar are the cheapest and most reliable forms of electricity production, as the Left keep telling us, why do advanced industrial nations like China, who are strangely exempt from the anti-energy policies of the West, keep building two coal power stations per week?
They are not stupid, why would they do it?
Perhaps the resident Leftoids can answer? I have repeatedly asked them in the past, but no answer to date.
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Wind and solar power may be cheap but you can’t rely on it.
And that’s why china build coald fired power plants.
And for the same reason, the masses will soon find out that the sun doesn’t shine at night. I just wonder if the penny will drop on a hot night or a cold night.
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IMHO, about the only thing that will wake the plebs up is blackouts, plenty of them, rolling load shedding, even then there’s no guarantee, they’ll likely go to Bunnings and buy a Chinese made generator and a Chinese made gas BBQ and carry on as ignorant as ever.
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But Albo said you can charge your car with solar at night, it’s on record for all to see. (Maybe if you had a battery installed, just maybe.)
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Unless the supply company decides via your premises Smart Meter that the stored power in your EV and home battery is needed elsewhere
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As Tony explains;
https://papundits.wordpress.com/2010/10/14/the-major-physical-impossibility-of-solar-thermal-power/
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What do you think of the idea of the Thinking Community holding a truth-orientated “climate summit” to which politicians and “journalists” were invited to try and explain to them some basic science about the climate and energy systems?
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Dave, there are only a handful of folk in the ‘Thinking Community’, preaching to the converted.
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Blowing a big fun whistle:
https://www.cfact.org/2025/06/16/doge-is-missing-a-trillion-dollars-a-year-in-regulatory-costs/
Do any other countries attempt to measure the total regulatory burden on its people?
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DOGE is addressing agency regulations:
https://www.doge.gov/regulations
They are only tallying the government side of the ledger. The impost on the private sector is not estimated so not tallied.
The government side has reduced government costs by $29.4bn. I am betting the burden on the private sector is much more and even higher than the article estimates.
There are a whole raft of new businesses in Australia just set up to harvest subsidies for the private sector, mostly related to NetZero. Of curse these companies get their slice but they are efficient harvesters. They establish call centres to entice households and small businesses to take up the government subsidies then contract qualified people to do the work.
The very first subsidy harvesting in Australia’s was insulation and it did not go well for some. Lots of untrained cowboys. But the new breed of harvesters establish a solid pool of qualified people and manage their jobs very efficiently. When the did my place I insisted they secure ladders. At times they were 29ft off the ground without harness or safety railing. The solar panel installers back in 2011 were much more professional than the cowboys doing the insulation..
The harvesters offer a good service because they establish efficient access to the subsidies and are well connected into the government agencies. You probably pay more using the harvester than if you did all the management but finding qualified people is not easy. It took me 6 months to get a bechtop replaced and the company arranged the electrician and plumber. Would have been a real challenge to find those trades by phoning around ands having them arrive at a set time and date.
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Qantas pilot collapses after landing plane from Canberra in Sydney… Seems to be getting more common these days, the politicians will be asking for unvaxxed pilots on their flights soon.
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The Air India plane crash is discussed by George Christensen. Link after quote. ToM
“They didn’t even have a chance to text a loved one and say goodbye. That’s how fast it happened. One moment, 241 souls were rising into the Indian sky aboard Air India Flight 171, the next—a mangled fireball tore into a medical training centre, snuffing out the lives of passengers, pilots, students, and staff alike. Families burned alive. Infants. Elders. Newlyweds. Gone.
All of them victims of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.”
https://nationfirst.substack.com/p/787-dreamliner-a-nightmare-that-should?utm_campaign=email-half-post&r=tyhmx&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
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FWIW – some photo!
Dragonfly with water droplets
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXynwAIg_A3KyS_s8bak47zNLYpUHp5MSL7fEfxLb3kggtMrqL_IswvlY8CpzbvFWeAd5E6KW69JEGabiq-ait5G6dGRC1kp05anX5RqhYb2Mq5Z3wlnIHMBA6Nzs21IA5hMV0fee3JgLYOUWl-0iI7OIp26v2ojFVSumrzIwZHMkdwZHSlGWp9mxtIdU/s16000/Dragonfly%20with%20water%20droplets.png
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FWIW
“Epic trolling, after the French government ordered Israeli booths to be blocked at Paris Air Show.”
https://x.com/DrEliDavid/status/1934596361384501621
Via Instapundit
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Apparently life buoys are now called life rings, much more PC… Apparently Leftoids think “buoy” means the same as “boy” even though the two words are unrelated.
Middle English: probably from Middle Dutch boye, boeie, from a Germanic base meaning ‘signal’. The verb is from Spanish boyar ‘to float’, from boya ‘buoy’.
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Buoy as in ‘buoyant’, weirdly the yanks pronounce it as booie.
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Reminds me of how to tell the gender of an ant.
Put the ant in water. If it sinks, girl ant.
But if it floats, …
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FWIW
“This Might Be Britain’s Stupidest Fail Yet”
“Today, I shall tell you the tales of three of Britain’s greatest men, and the coin struck by the Royal Mint to commemorate the very greatest of them.”
More at
https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2025/06/16/this-might-be-britains-stupidest-fail-yet-n4940840
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FWIW
“Support For Renewables Slides As Fossil Fuel Interest Grows”
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/support-renewables-slides-fossil-fuel-interest-grows
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Australia recorded a Government Debt to GDP of 43.80 percent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (in 2024).
Government Debt to GDP in Australia averaged 9.89 percent of GDP from 1971 until 2024, reaching an all time high of 43.80 percent of GDP in Dec. 2024 and a record low of -3.40 percent of GDP in 2008.
Government Revenues 65,502
Government spending 147,463.
Military Expenditure 33,820 FY2022,
Victoria is above the rest of states in terms of borrowing per capita at approx. $21,100. By FY2026, borrowing per capita will be $32,400 in Victoria, compared with $26,300 in NSW (2nd place) and $25,100 in SA (3rd place).
Borrowing per capita is forecast to increase in most of the states, excluding Western Australia.
Victoria has the largest borrowing level with $123B in FY2022 (i.e. 2021-22), followed by New South Wales with $106B. By FY2026, Victoria will have $202B and NSW $182B of borrowing.
From FY2022 to FY2026, total borrowing will increase 72% in NSW, 63% in Victoria, compared with 50% in QLD, 38% in SA, -5% in WA, and 120% in Tasmania.
All this assumes that those with money will lend it to the Federal & State Govt. so they can keep spending.
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No it doesn’t. In 2008, the US Federal Reserve made Quantitative Easing fashionable. Since then most federal reserve banks have implemented this measure to prevent price deflation. RBA holding in federal government debt was $276bn in April:
https://www.ceicdata.com/en/australia/government-securities-holdings-by-reserve-bank-of-australia/australian-government-securities–semis-gss-reserve-bank-of-australia-holdings
It has come down this year from $297bn in Feb.
The RBA is wholly owned by the Federal Government. So a good slice of the government debt is owed to the government. Profits from the RBA eventually end up in general revenue. Losses require government to issue more debt to bail out the RBA. RBA has been in somewhat of black hole since Covid that it keeps digging deeper.
https://finimize.com/content/australias-central-bank-sees-fourth-year-of-financial-losses
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Many claimed that the Labor Budget surplus was creative accounting and it obviously was, including defence spending cuts and deferrals of orders to Forward Estimate years in future, windfall tax revenue from post-pandemic economic recovery and so on.
The latest Labor Budget is for 2025/26 financial year and the budget is back in deficit with Forward Estimates nothing but deficits to come for a decade or longer.
And of course that $1 trillion gross debt reached since 2022 and the latest projection $1.2 trillion not far away
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FWIW – more on the covid scene
“Epidemiologist Who Was Fired From Harvard After Refusing COVID Shot Named To CDC Vaccine Panel”
https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/epidemiologist-who-was-fired-harvard-after-refusing-covid-shot-named-cdc-vaccine-panel
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And
“How Much Damage Has Mass Vaccination Done to Society?”
https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/p/how-much-damage-has-mass-vaccination
Via https://www.smalldeadanimals.com/2025/06/16/looking-back-4/
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Recent safety tests by an anti-Tesla group of Tesla’s full self-driving (supervised) software (version 13.2.9) showed significant failures.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/life/motoring/teslas-full-selfdriving-system-fails-in-safety-test/news-story/d35e456cf9612d26b2ef8f7d8ece4770
(Paywalled)
The Tesla, travelling at 32 kmh, drove straight past a schoool bus with flashing Stop signs and hit a child mannequin that was towed across the road near the school bus.
The accident didn’t register on the Tesla’s screen and wasn’t reported to the driver, with the car continuing on down the road.
The test was repeated seen more times with the same results.
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Only a moron would believe the tech hype surrounding a Tesla.
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FWIW
“Big questions yet to be answered on atmospheric methane”
https://www.beefcentral.com/news/big-questions-yet-to-be-answered-on-atmospheric-methane/
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The 1984 – 2010 Methane drop has now been accounted for by way of oil fields not venting gas and flaring off at well heads.
Nope, nothing to do with cows.
Oh but Methane traps heat 30 times better than CO2 cry the alarmists.
But CO2 only traps heat for 1/10,000th of a second anyway, so…
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Methane scare was all about selling fake meat anyway. Nothing to do with science or climate change- follow the money rule applies again. Now that the big investors have pulled their money from the likes of ” Beyond Meat”, expect the whole methane scare industry to dissipate just as quickly as the molecule turns to CO2 in the atmosphere.
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FWIW – latest Kunstler
“King-less?
“Realize where we are.” — Oilfield Rando on “X” ”
https://www.kunstler.com/p/king-less
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FWIW
“Report: Trump Relays to Mid-East Allies, U.S Will Not Engage Iran Unless They Target Americans
June 16, 2025 | Sundance | 32 Comments”
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2025/06/16/report-trump-relays-to-mid-east-allies-u-s-will-not-engage-iran-unless-they-target-americans/
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BUT
“BREAKING: Trump Departs G7 Early. Is Something Big About to Go Down?”
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/06/16/breaking-trump-departs-g7-early-is-something-big-about-to-go-down-n4940862
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He wanted to avoid Albo.
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Trump is far too busy to bother with that flea, maybe he can check up on the Kruddster while he’s in DC, Krudd needs a friend right now.
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And no one could reasonably argue with that. Could you imagine being in the same room as Sleezy for an hour or two.
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Imagine trying to have a sensible informed conversation with him
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He would have been ‘Zelenskied’.
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Understandable, I did too, but here we are.
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All eyes on the middle east as Ukraine has run out of puff and the neocons want their war before they die of old age.
Did you know that Iran hacked the guidance systems of Israeli missiles redirecting them back to Israel?
The age of cyberwarfare.
Iran wants peace, neocon controlled Israel wants war.
Might be a good idea to fill up some jerry cans and sell your fuel guzzler.
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Iran does want peace. It wants to achieve it by wiping out its chosen enemy.
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The theocratic govt of Iran wants to wipe out its chosen enemy.
The people of Iran want to live in peace.
Big difference.
With the govt/military chain of command wiped out, their air force wiped out, their command/control infrastructure wiped out, their missile launchers wiped out, and Khameni evacuating his family to Russia, why it almost seems like the theocracy is “fully in control”
I’d wager that in 7 days, there will be zero theocracy in Iran. They’ve all run away.
For the first time in 46 years, Iran has a chance to choose self determination. I bet they take it.
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The Iranian people are lovely, they used to live free and life was good before the Islamic revolution put paid to all that, let’s hope there’s someone who can step in at the right time.
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I agree with you
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“For the first time in 46 years, Iran has a chance to choose self determination. I bet they take it.”
Christ I hope so, the way the women and girls have been treated by these dogs, there surely must be a potential leader among them.
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Iranians are very normal people and good engineers. We drank vodka by bucket chased by salo chunks with family members (by marriage) while talking politics .
But !
That was in the 80es and we had a common enemy, easy to agree…
Today it is more complex, they do not like Regime and want it to disappear.
I doubt they will like an “imposed” replacement.
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No imposition, the country will thrive at its own pace once the theocracy has been removed.
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I have no doubt a good amount of the people want peace. Including with their own government.
Hopefully the “people of Iran” get the opportunity to demonstrate any ill will intent toward other nations was limited to “the theocratic govt”.
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Another 5 air tankers have left US across the Atlantic, that’s 33 now. Are they travelling on their own or with chicks with no transponder? The pizza shops around the Pentagon are flat out and the bars are slack.
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Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
Publicity seeking President Emmanuel Macron, of France, mistakenly said that I left the G7 Summit, in Canada, to go back to D.C. to work on a “cease fire” between Israel and Iran. Wrong! He has no idea why I am now on my way to Washington, but it certainly has nothing to do with a Cease Fire. Much bigger than that. Whether purposely or not, Emmanuel always gets it wrong. Stay Tuned!
Same bat time, same bat channel.
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A political opportunity has arisen and Beijing would be mad not to jump at it.
https://savetibet.org/eu-reiterates-call-for-china-not-to-interfere-in-the-succession-of-the-dalai-lama/
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Regarding DDOS: Would implementing a CAPTCHA help stop the BOTS?
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LOL…NO…
A simple guide:
https://www.wpbeginner.com/glossary/ddos/
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Of an hour ago three ships are ablaze in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran unconcerned how many or how much people hate them.
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99.9% of their own country hate their guts. ( Technical term ).
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Apparently two ships collided, not missiles. Could they be travelling “dark”?
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from the web (zerohedge)
The region has experienced GPS signal degradation over the past several days, consistent with possible EW (electronic warfare) activity potentially linked to the ongoing Israel-Iran conflict.
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“Anthony Albanese no longer talks to people like a regular person. He “engages” with them. In Canada, after a build up worthy of the 1986 Mikhail Gorbachev-Ronald Reagan Reykjavík summit, the engagement was off.
Albo to leave DC with his tail between his legs. Just cancel AUKUS now and demand a refund.
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Lost $10 bet to my better half this morning.
She said last night “never but never” while I mumbled “well, nobody knows…”
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Good luck in getting back the billion dollars down payment for the subs, it has already been spent.
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“Please be aware that a burst water main on Castlereagh St has caused a power outage in the Downing Centre and some neighbouring buildings. The Downing Centre has been evacuated as a precaution,” a Department of Communities and Justice spokesperson said.
“We will update you as soon as we can in relation to court sittings for today and moving forward.”
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This what happens when you don’t reinvest. Second Hand Carr and his dopey Treasurer ripped millions out of Sydney Water years ago. Just to pay for more Public Serpents.
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Sixteen years of infrastructure neglect in Sydney and generally around New South Wales.
The Coalition inherited a substantial backlog of works and a catching up of new public works overdue.
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I wonder how many people realise that the public works announcements and minister photo opportunities in NSW are Coalition planned and ignited public works projects reaching stage completion or being opened?
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Jo. Surely you mean seceding. Alberta is always succeeding.
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Major Breakthrough as Ivermectin Nanoparticles Destroy Brain Cancer Cells
A team of scientists at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) has discovered that ivermectin nanoparticles destroy cancer cells, massively reducing tumors.
In a groundbreaking preclinical study, researchers led by Drs. Maiara Callegaro Velho and Ruy Carlos Ruver Beck showed that a nano-encapsulated form of ivermectin, when delivered intranasally, reduced glioma tumor volume in rats by over 70%.
The discovery is being hailed as a major development in the fight against glioblastoma, one of the deadliest forms of brain cancer.
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.5c00642
It works on rats so let’s try it on politicians.
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That would be amazing. Not just because it works (if it does) against the terrible affliction of glioblastoma, but because it is perhaps one of the most maligned drug in current times. There were various reports pre Covid that ivermectin showed signs of being an effective anti-carcigenetic. That would not do – because it was a cheap drug and off label.
I did not use it as a Covid therapeutic, but I know people who did with no ill effects. All I can say is that it is astonishingly effective against parasites in cows. I have not had the opportunity to monitor its effect on Bovine Ephemeral Fever (BEF) in cattle – a type of flu (spread by mosquitos) which can be fatal in a small percentage of cows. The latter appears intermittently in our area in March/April. I suspect it could well be very effective if administered early enough. A young vet in our area was open enough to agree it was worth a try.
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‘Our native forests sink more carbon than expected’
I’m shocked – it took government experts and their supercomputers ($$$) this long to figure out high-school biology – and the good ‘doctor’ still confuses carbon with carbon dioxide:
https://climateandnature.org.nz/native-forests-sink-more-carbon-than-expected/
Ministry of Environment principal scientist Dr Brandon and NIWA atmospheric scientist Dr Beata Bukosa were astounded at the results of their study (released today) showing Fiordland and the southwestern part of tree-clad NZ ate carbon for breakfast!
The Case Of The Missing Carbon
(more research funds needed).
Can we tear up the Paris Agreement now?
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Iran.
Does not possess nuclear weapons.
Is a party to the NPT (Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons).
-Allows IAEA inspections.
-Reports on the movement of enriched uranium.
-Under constant international pressure and sanctions.
-Declared a threat – only for the potential possibility of creating nuclear weapons.
Israel:
De facto possesses a nuclear arsenal (estimates: ~80-200 warheads).Did not sign the NPT.
Does not allow international inspectors.
Completely classifies the nuclear program.
Receives support and military assistance from the West.
Declared a “stronghold of democracy” and allegedly a victim.
In other words, Iran, the one country that does not have a nuke and is abiding by international law governing nuclear weapons, is the villain, while Israel,
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Diddums!
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Jesus wept, we are on the brink of WWIII with millions of lives at stake and you respond with diddums, why did you even bother?
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Take a chill pill. There are only three countries crazy enough to go hot. Iran and hopefully they haven’t got the capacity, Nth Korea which doesn’t have the ability to deliver a nuke and Russia which is otherwise busy.
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“There are only three countries crazy enough to go hot”
..and only one country has used them against another.
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I’m sorry, I forgot that Japan was a peaceful nation then.
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You really are an uneducated fool Hanrahan. Anyone who condones the use of nukes against another group of people are simply FITH.
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And you are a simplistic fool.
Conventional warfare was NEVER going to force a surrender of Japan. Anyone with a brain knew all was lost after the devastation of the Marianas Turkey Shoot where the Japanese began the terror of the kamikaze pilots. Who condones such barbarism? Fire bombing Tokyo killed more than either bombs, and even the first didn’t break the resolve of Tojo. The second, it could be said, was Japan’s choice.
The conventional war would have meant a qtr million Americans lost attacking the home islands and many multiples of that dead Japanese. No US president could tell his citizens to bear such losses when there was an alternative.
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I am not terribly confident that the Pakistani government is entirely stable, though economic consequences does seem to attract their attention more than the 3 named countries
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When do i take this chill pill Hanrahan, do i take it when the straight of hormuz is shut down and fuel costs soar above $10 a litre? Do i take a chill pill when inflation rises so high Australia falls into a depression and our economy collapses? Do i take a chill pill when everyone loses their jobs and their houses are now owned by the banks?
When Hanrahan When?
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No. Declared a threat because of stated ambitions against Israel and because they’ve gone beyond enrichment for peaceful purposes. The IAEA board has declared Iran in breach of its non-proliferation obligations.
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Strop why do *YOU* allow Israel to have nuclear weapons and why do *YOU* disallow any other nation in the region from having nuclear weapons. Why do *YOU* allow the destruction of nations and the killing of millions of innocent people so Israel can maintain nuclear supremacy.
If you bother to respond to my questions please don’t respond with some gibberish from the internet i want to know why *YOU* believe in the things that you write.
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Perfectly reasonable questions.
I have no concern that Israel will use them against us or our allies, or unnecessarily against others. Israel faces threats from many neighbours.
I have no confidence that some of the other nations in the region would only have them to deter an attack on themselves.
I also don’t think many of the other nations face an unprovoked threat from others with nuclear weapons.
I believe that if other nations wanted peace with Israel then they could have it. I don’t believe Israel can have peace by their own desire.
I don’t agree that there has been the killing of millions of people so Israel can maintain nuclear supremacy. I don’t even think millions of people have been killed for any causes by Israel. (You’ll have to give me the numbers and how it arrives at millions.)
However, ironically Israel exists because of the killing of millions of Jews.
I see the destruction of nations (pertaining to Israel) as a false claim, and the damage from conflict in other nations from conflict with Israel as self inflicted. I have sympathy for the people of other nations who have no quarrel with Israel (or want peace even if they do), whose leaders inflict war upon them when war against Israel is by their leader’s choice.
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Why do you appear to be opposing Israel regardless of who their enemy is?
Why haven’t you condemned Iran’s bombing of Israeli civilians in the last couple of days, but you seem concerned about other nation’s civilians?
Do you think Israel should be allowed to exist in peace in its present location?
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Strop,
I agree they were reasonable questions and yet I received 8 red thumbs which demonstrated something non complimentary about some readers.
As to your answers you failed to address question.perhaps I could rephrase the question, why do you allow Israel to not be a signature to the NNPT, why do you Israel to produce weapons grade material within any IAEA inspections
Q2, once again this is a non answer, we know Iran is in compliance with the IAEA we know they are not building a nuke and we know this because of the IAEA inspections. Israel disallows all IAEA inspections.
Q3 and again a non answer, how many people have died in the many middle eastern wars since 2000, and please dnt insult peoples intelligence by claiming Israel has played no roll in any if that
In short you can’t answer these questions with any substance because your position is unjustifiable.
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The questions you asked included false narrative / premise, at least in part. Which is likely why you have received red thumbs.
I was being generous with the “Perfectly reasonable questions” and I meant, “Perfectly reasonable that you ask”. Because having a conversation about it is reasonable. Rather than just statements.
As to your follow-up. I did not fail to address any questions. I answered each honestly and they directly address the question. They’re simply answers you don’t like and your dismissing them as non-answers is poor.
Rephrasing it doesn’t change anything. The answer is still I have no concern that Israel will use them against us or our allies, or unnecessarily against others. Israel faces threats from many neighbours.
I don’t see a need to limit Israel by any form of Treaty.
It’s exactly the same that I don’t care that the US has nuclear weapons. Actually I do care. I want them to, because of the nuclear war it prevents. If only China or only Russia or only Iran had nuclear weapons I’d say a nuclear war is probable. If only the US had them I’d say it wouldnt happen. But while some countries have them I’m perfectly happy for the US and Israel to have them, and we should get some of our own too.
Actually I don’t even know if Israel does them. But if you say so then I say good. But it’s interesting that the number of Israeli neighbours who throw rockets at Israel, shows just how comfortable they are Israel won’t use them.
The IAEA doesn’t think Iran is in compliance. I guess you must know more about the IAEA inspections and what Iran is doing than the IAEA.
I don’t typically place a lot of stock in what the United Nations does and decides. But I generally think they’re not going to pick on Iran for no reason. But you seem to enjoy the UN setup so should be able to accept what they / the IAEA is saying.
https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/06/1164291
https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/06/1164166
Don’t know. I asked you to tell me and justify the millions you claim. You haven’t. Talk about a non answer.
You will also have to explain Israel’s role in all those deaths. From what I know lots of the deaths have been Arab vs Arab. The people you want to have nuclear weapons.
Not trusting Iran with nuclear weapons is substantive and justifiable.
Knowing that Israel is under threat constantly and needs means to defend itself is substantive and justifiable.
Trusting and not fearing Israel as an ally is substantive and justifiable.
All my answers are my honest opinion. Your not having the same opinion does not diminish my answers or make them unjustifiable. Particularly when your questions include false narratives or statements. As I have shown.
Ironically you have not justified your opinions.
You have not answered the questions I posed. And I’m accused of non answers. Well done.
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Clearly Iran doesn’t believe Israel has nukes. If they did they would have kept a lower profile with their hatred.
And another thing: One or two nukes is NOT a deterrent against nuclear attack by a stronger nation. If you can’t convince your enemy that your nuclear retaliation is assured no matter how overwhelming their attack [The principle of MAD] you have wasted your money.
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>Iran doesn’t believe Israel has nukes
Iran knows very well Israel has nukes and has known ever since poor old Mordechai Vanunu in 1986.
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One difference between Israel and Iran is old men with beards and funny hats.
In Israel, the old men with beards and funny hats are not in government and are anti-government as a general principle.
In Iran, the old men with beards and funny hats are the government.
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Antarctica is a beautiful place and holds many secrets, cold fresh meltwater leads to cooling. Surely this is a better option to save the planet than anything the Royal Society has come up with.
https://notrickszone.com/2025/06/16/new-study-antarctic-ice-sheet-melt-will-lead-to-widespread-cooling-sea-ice-expansion/
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Archaeologists find a gem in the Blue Mountains.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jun/17/dargan-cave-shelter-ice-age-site
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They could have at least closed in the entrance with a wall, a door, and maybe a window or two… They had a few thousand years to do it in.
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“They unearthed 693 artefacts.”
And the two they show in the article resemble a stone and a rock. The other 691 “artefacts” must be real exciting!
More fabrication of Australian history.
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FWIW -more covid scene
“Another spike in the vaccine coffin?”
“How can the NHS and the army of GPs under the guidance of Sir Chris Whitty, still the Chief Medical Officer, continue to insist that I and my friends and family – plus everyone else who’s 75 by tomorrow, June 17, all care home residents regardless of age, and anyone between six and 74 who is deemed have a weakened immune system – have yet another booster when all the evidence is that it will weaken it further?
It is nothing short of clinical negligence and, on this scale, criminal negligence.”
https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/another-spike-in-the-vaccine-coffin/
TGA looking fo a higher speed reverse?
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Redefining shock and awe: Lessons from Israel’s opening strikes on Iran – opinion
Israel didn’t just strike Iran. It disarmed, disoriented, and destabilized a much larger adversary before the war had even begun in earnest.
By JOHN SPENCER executive director of the Urban Warfare Institute – JUNE 17, 2025 01:11
Imagine if Operation Overlord in World War II began with the elimination of Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel, Chief of the German High Command; Heinrich Himmler, head of the SS; Field Marshal Erwin Rommel; numerous other senior generals; and the destruction of all of Germany’s air defenses, before a single Allied soldier landed on the beaches of Normandy. That’s not an exaggerated hypothetical. It’s a near-parallel to what Israel just did to Iran.
Israel’s war against Iran is still ongoing. But what has already unfolded will be studied for decades.
Israel’s current military operation against Iran is officially called Operation Rising Lion, launched on June 13, 2025, with a sweeping and precise preemptive strike. The operation was not just historic. It was transformational. It redefined what shock and awe can look like in the 21st century.
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This was not merely a strike. It was a campaign—a layered, synchronized demonstration of modern operational art, built on deep intelligence, strategic deception, and the innovative fusion of old and new tools of war.
Here’s what it teaches us.
– Surprise as a core element of operational art
– Deep intelligence penetration and human terrain dominance
– Combined use of low-cost tech and high-end platforms
– Air supremacy without traditional air superiority
– Crippling retaliation before it happened
– Psychological and strategic effects
– What the US military should learn
Strategic success depends on integration, not scale. Decapitation of enemy leadership is not just possible, but now operationally viable. Commercial drone swarms are part of the opening act, not an afterthought. Suppressing the ability to retaliate can be more valuable than destroying offensive assets.
This is the future of war. It is multi-domain. It is preemptive. It is asymmetric. It is built on intelligence and designed for initiative.
Israel didn’t just strike Iran. It disarmed, disoriented, and destabilized a much larger adversary before the war had even begun in earnest.
Operation Rising Lion is a warning to adversaries and a blueprint for allies.
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This attack would not have been possible without the presence of thousands of Mossad agents inside Iran who were backed by a large number of non-J@wish Iranians.
The reason Israeli intelligence was so much better in Iran than in Gaza before October 7 is that the Iranian population is friendly to Israel while the Gaza population almost universally sided with Israel’s enemy Hamas.
Iranians and Persians are distinct from Arabs, as they belong to different ethnic, linguistic, and cultural groups.
Arabs trace their ancestry to the original inhabitants of tribes in the Syrian Desert and Arabian Peninsula, while Persians are part of the Iranian inhabitants. Arabs speak Arabic, whereas Persians speak Iranian languages such as Farsi and other dialects.
Ethnically, Iranians are predominantly Persian, with Persians forming about 50% of the Iranian population, followed by other ethnic groups such as Azeris, Kurds, Lurs, Balooch, and Turkmens.
Arabs make up only 2 to 3% of the population and live mainly in the southwest of Iran, in the Khuzestan Province.
Historically, the Persian Empire was a significant power in the region, and its culture, language, and traditions have been preserved despite the Arab invasion in the 7th century.
The Persians retained their language, identity, and traditions, distinguishing them from their Arab neighbors.
In terms of language, Persian is an Indo-European language, while Arabic is a S@mitic language
Or as my UK & OZ Iranian Friends say “We are Persians, NOT Inbred Arab Camel Traders!”
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OK, so are the Mad Mullas Arabs or Persians?
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Judging by his surname the current Iranian president is not a Persian but an Azeri, as was his predecessor, that notorious little man, forgot his name.
So what ? Ethnicity means nothing today.
Most of the Putin’s underlings are not Russians, some are not Christians at all which does not preclude them from always be in a church when there are cameras around. There are many ethnic Ukrainians supporting the devil.
You probably heard that Putin’s rep spewing poison at UNSC is actually a Ukrainian.
There is a very interesting stats about soviet traitors during WW2 – ethnicity of peoples who allegedly cooperated with German occupants.
It is easy to find on Internet, I do not recall exact numbers but more ethnic Russians than Ukrainians. Plain fact, not hidden though not loudly discussed. Even more unjust is the story of minor ethnic groups who were deported in toto far east for the sin of few thousands of their members.
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I just hope the IDF can minimize damage and injury to the Iranians, it’s the Mullahs and Republican Guard they need to go after and neutralize, and don’t try to blow up the uranium refining facility, dismantle it when you walk in.
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Amusing historical future predictions
https://imgbox.com/p0vJ7xkW
The rise of women and the fall of men.
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The girls are working out at the gym and running at the park, the blokes are sprawled on the couch watching Netflix, ordering Ubereats.
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FWIW
“Kash Patel Drops 2020 Election Interference Evidence Bombshell”
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/06/16/kash-patel-drops-2020-election-interference-evidence-bombshell-n4940866
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There appears to be some evidence of a plan to manufacture fake licences. There is no indication it was done.
I would expect something more concrete that confirms why Biden’s count continued to climb whileTrump’s did not increase out declined. I would like to see that shenanigans explained.
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>There appears to be some evidence of a plan to manufacture fake licences. There is no indication it was done.
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“And what did the bureau do? They buried it.”
Of course! They’re bureaurats, so it shouldn’t matter to them which party is in power, the result is always the same. They shouldn’t care if democracy is completely subverted, so long as they have a Minister to tell them what to do.
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Fly me to the moon…
https://va.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_sxvz7n3M5Q1z23obp.mp4
How long would it take a commercial airline to visit the planets?
/you’re gunna need a bigger wormhole.
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Take that Trump!. Snub Sleezy at the G7 will you! Well we will pull our wealth fund out of US equities.
Paywalled_
https://www.afr.com/companies/financial-services/us-a-more-risky-and-uncertain-place-to-invest-future-fund-chair-warns-20250617-p5m815
Chinese wealth fund has also reduced exposure to USA. Probably a buy window opening if you are into US shares.
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FWIW – happenings in the “alt meat” industry
“Impossible Foods’ Legal Blitz Leaves Investors With Nothing But Empty Plates”
https://www.zerohedge.com/food/impossible-foods-legal-blitz-leaves-investors-nothing-empty-plates
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FWIW – looks like more “things that just ain’t so”
“Settled Science Springs a Leak: Rivers Reveal the Carbon Cycle’s Dirty Secret”
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/06/16/settled-science-springs-a-leak-rivers-reveal-the-carbon-cycles-dirty-secret/
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Where we are at these days- British authorities view of terrorists..
‘The three most common sub-categories of extreme right-wing terrorist ideologies-
Believe Western culture is under threat from mass migration and a lack of integration by certain ethnic and cultural groups.
Believe mass migration from the non-white world and demographic changes poses an existential threat to the white race and Western culture.
Believe the white race is biologically, culturally and spiritually superior to all other races.’
So if you believe that mass migration by non-white cultures won’t affect Britain, that traditional British culture is not under threat from immigration, and that someone other than the British set up modern civilisation as we know it, then the Police are not interested in you.
Everyone else, you’re a terrorist!
https://robcampbell.substack.com/p/ukraine-and-world-affairs-weekly-8c6
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