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    tonyb

    Audacious raid on the Louvre.

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15206513/Minute-Louvre-jewellery-heist-scooters-ladder-angle-grinder-stole-crown.html

    A lot of stuff belonging to Napoleon was stolen. After his defeat his prison ship was moored in our bay in Devon and apparently thousands of sightseers came to wave to him so celebrity culture is nothing new.

    It is very difficult to see how this stuff could ever be sold. I guess the first call of police by the gendarmes will be known wealthy collectors of Napoleon artifacts

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      David Maddison

      It’s difficult to imagine how that could gappen at the same museum that houses the Mona Lisa.

      DEI security?

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        farmerbraun

        Looks like they gapped it.

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        KP

        “The treasures included the Eugénie Crown, adorned with thousands of diamonds and emeralds and worn by Napoleon III’s empress consort Eugénie, which was later found tossed below a window of the Louvre and broken into pieces.”

        They recognised the fake and threw it away!

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      Simon Thompson

      Does anyone else see the Irony of “Napoleon’s crown” being nicked and “No Kings” coexisting in the media cycle?

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      Steve

      It is very difficult to see how this stuff could ever be sold

      The same way you sell a stolen car … chop it up for parts. Pry the gems off the crown and sell them separately, then melt down the gold and sell it. Sure, you destroy a priceless historical artifact and only get about 10% of what it is worth, but 10% of priceless is still a nice payday.

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        tonyb

        If they wanted to break the stuff down, there are plenty of lower profile heists they could have carried out.

        This raid is a huge blow to French national pride and the culprits will be hunted down in a manner unlikely to have been extended to lesser, but still valuable, robberies

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      OldOzzie

      armed with angle grinders

      They weren’t Angle Grinders, they were Petrol Powered Portable Concrete Cutters with Tungsten Tip Blades

      To be precise Investigators found a power saw at the scene. a Stihl TS-410

      A Stihl Cutquick concrete saw, which retails for $1,300, was used to gain access to the cases.

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    Simon

    A new book, Climate Obstruction , systematically addresses the complex, organized, and well-funded set of actors who have actively resisted and undermined policy efforts to address climate change:
    https://global.oup.com/academic/product/climate-obstruction-9780197787151?lang=en&cc=au

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      Great, it’s just what you need to feed your delusion Simon? Another Ad hominem unscientific argument…

      Did these actors have a cartel fund of bankers and insurance heads managing $130 trillion or was it just 0.001% of what GFANZ had?

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        Steve of Cornubia

        Simon is just doing his usual drive-by, then retiring to see who takes the bait. Typical troll behaviour.

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      David Maddison

      Simon, why is China allowed to build two coal power stations per week and is by far the world’s largest CO2 emitter? They are totally exempt from CO2 emissions limits. (Not that CO2 is harmful.)

      They are an advanced industrial, military, space, nuclear weapons, nuclear power and AI superpower.

      And these coal power stations they are building are not temporary short-lived structures like wind and solar subsidy harvesting plantations. Real power stations work for 50 to 70 years so they are going to be running until at least 2075, although according to you the world will be finished by then.

      Surely those who have “resisted and undermined policy efforts to address climate change” are those actors that allow China to be the world’s largest CO2 emitter, and whose emissions are rapidly increasing?

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        Dennis

        I read recently a comment from an engineer who is involved in nuclear reactors and power stations, and construction in China, that China has converted a couple of coal fired power stations to nuclear reactor technology replacing the boiler system.

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      el+gordo

      In the description, ‘reducing greenhouse-gas emissions is urgently needed to avoid its disastrous consequences …’

      Massive fail, CO2 does not cause global warming.

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      GlenM

      23 Pounds for this nicely formatted piece of legalistic bilge. Don’t worry, the overview was enough – my ailerons and rudder were all shot up and I managed to ditch in a wheat field.

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      Forrest Gardener

      Newsflash: Simon can read.

      No. Not really. I don’t believe that for a moment.

      My suspicion is that Simon is actually a bot designed to focus ridicule on the enemies of reason. In plain English he is programmed by the good guys to look ridiculous.

      Good job!

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      RickWill

      policy efforts to address climate change:

      Another delusional innocent who thinks humans can stop climate change.

      There were only a handful of homosapiens 121,000 years ago when the sea level started declining and went down 110m below the present level. The same things is happening now and humans can do nothing about it because they have no control over Earth’s orbit.

      I predicted above trend snowfall this year and it has already started with THE HIUMALAYAS SETTING RECORDS:
      Mount Everest experienced extreme snowfall last weekend, potentially setting a record.

      The storm, originating from the Bay of Bengal, buried tents and stranded hundreds of climbers. Data from an Everest base camp suggests unprecedented snowfall rates.

      Experts are analyzing data from weather stations installed in 2019 to understand high-altitude atmospheric conditions and precipitation.
      https://www.newsminimalist.com/articles/mount-everest-sees-extreme-snowfall-potentially-setting-a-record-c11edc95

      Snow comes from oceans. There is more snow in the NH after warm summers. This was a warm summer so expect more snowfall. And the oceans have only been warming for 300 years. Another 9000 years to come.

      Greenland has been gaining altitude for decades now. Contrary to model output that has all the Greenland ice melting in a warming world. Only ignorant fools would think that CO2 can cause warming.

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    David Maddison

    No radiative forcing.

    https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/10/venus_and_the_climate_fallacy_why_radiative_forcing_fails.html

    The theory of radiative forcing—central to modern climate orthodoxy—rests on assumptions that defy thermodynamic logic and observational reality. By examining Venus’s extreme surface temperatures and comparing them with Earth’s energy budget, this article challenges the notion that greenhouse gases like CO₂ and methane drive planetary warming. Instead, it argues that gravitational gradients, cloud dynamics, and natural variability offer a more coherent explanation. The implications are profound: if radiative forcing fails, then so too does the rationale behind Net Zero policies and the trillion-dollar climate agenda.

    There is no valid mechanism whereby a system can send back to the surface more energy than the surface had lost while cooling. This discrepancy exposes the fundamental error in radiative forcing theory.

    SEE LINK FOR REST

    There is also an audio version of the article at that link.

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      Eng_Ian

      I think the point of radiative forcing is not to force more back, (a physical impossibility), it’s more aligned to sending SOME back. For example, if that fraction is now 2% and in some time in the past it was 1%. I could see an argument that this process could delay cooling and hence raise the temperature of the radiating body.

      I think we can find better ways of arguing against clisci than that.

      If you think I’ve missed the point with the above comment, then point out where I missed. I’m NOT a human induced climate change believer anymore than yourself,

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        Forrest Gardener

        Well put. I’d be interested in seeing competing explanations of how the world emerges from ice ages and for that matter how it enters ice ages in the first place.

        I used to be told that google is my friend but it hasn’t been very helpful at all on this topic.

        Getting back to your topic, is it true that CO2 has already reached the point where that part of the spectrum is saturated?

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    David Maddison

    Apart from DEI, Intel’s woes might be partly explained by this:

    https://apnews.com/article/intel-trump-cotton-yeary-tan-206152398b39bf92ebe6391add109388

    Intel’s stock tumbles after Trump says its CEO must resign

    Updated 9:35 AM AEDT, August 8, 2025

    Shares of Intel slumped Thursday after President Donald Trump said in a social media post that the chipmaker’s CEO needs to resign.

    “The CEO of Intel is highly CONFLICTED and must resign, immediately,” Trump posted on Truth Social. “There is no other solution to this problem. Thank you for your attention to this problem!”

    Trump made the post after Sen. Tom Cotton sent a letter to Intel Chairman Frank Yeary expressing concern over CEO Lip-Bu Tan’s investments and ties to semiconductor firms that are reportedly linked to the Chinese Communist Party and the People’s Liberation Army, and asked the board whether Tan had divested his interests in these companies to eliminate any conflicts of interest.

    It’s not immediately clear if Tan, who took over as Intel’s CEO in March, has divested his interests in the companies.

    “In March 2025, Intel appointed Lip-Bu Tan as its new CEO,” Cotton wrote in the letter. “Mr. Tan reportedly controls dozens of Chinese companies and has a stake in hundreds of Chinese advanced-manufacturing and chip firms. At least eight of these companies reportedly have ties to the Chinese People’s Liberation Army.”

    SEE LINK FOR REST

    Note that Intel is in receipt of billions of dollars of US taxpayer money to build silicon foundries in the United States.

    The Biden maladministration gave Intel $8.5 billion in grants and $11 billion in loans plus tax credits.

    Even though President TRUMP’s request was made two months ago, the CEO has not yet resigned.

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      KP

      “Note that Intel is in receipt of billions of dollars of US taxpayer money to build silicon foundries in the United States.”

      Of course it as far too expensive to use American labour so they contracted the build out to Chinese firms.

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    David Maddison

    Further discussion of greatly increased cancer rates associated with covid “vaccination” in South Korea.

    Note that this is the same study that Dr John Campbell discussed a number of weeks ago and I also posted here.

    https://youtu.be/nYuKmBAYlH0

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    David Maddison

    Not surprisingly, Hamas has broken the ceasefire and killed two IDF soldiers and injured four.

    And prior to that they weren’t returning the bodies of the murdered hostages, another part of the ceasefire agreement they broke. Plus they said they would not disarm.

    And Hamas have been murdering other Gazans who disagree with them. Gaza, like most Arab societies is essentially a disparate collection of trubes, all of whom hate each other. As Leon Uris wrote in The Haj:

    So before I was nine I had learned the basic canon of Arab life. It was me against my brother; me and my brother against our father; my family against my cousins and the clan; the clan against the tribe; and the tribe against the world. And all of us against the infidel.

    They terrorists are probably emboldened that the woke world, including former allies of Israel such as Australia, Canada and Once Great Britain will be on the terrorists’ side.

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      Earl

      As Moses (?) wrote in Genesis 16:11-12

      11 The angel of the LORD also said to her: “You are now pregnant and you will give birth to a son. You shall name him Ishmael, for the LORD has heard of your misery.

      12 He will be a wild donkey of a man; his hand will be against everyone and everyone’s hand against him, and he will live in hostility toward all his brothers.”

      This prophecy indicates a perpetual state of conflict between Ishmael (read Islam) and his descendants and others, particularly his brother Isaac (read Jews/Christian) and his descendants. The text further states that God would bless Ishmael and make him fruitful, establishing him as the father of twelve princes and a great nation, while the covenant would be established through Isaac.

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    David Maddison

    Greta Thunberg reads the weather report:

    https://youtube.com/shorts/OhVIUkzd4tE

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    yarpos

    I was reading a post on the Eugyppius blog (nominally German/EU politics) and came across this para about the end stages of large programs or political directions. It certainly describes Covid and is also quite relevant to the unwinding of “renewable” power and climate hysteria that Jo touched on recently, also in my mind “closing the gap”

    ” I call it endification, and I think it is very significant. It seems to happen whenever you mobilise large, complex systems towards goals that sooner or later prove unattainable. As these goals pass out of reach but the system remains mobilised, basic understandings of what we are even trying to do shift. The erstwhile means become almost sacred, worthy of pursuing in themselves, often for moral reasons. This can go on for a very long time even though it makes no sense and is painfully retarded.”

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      Steve

      Pournelle’s Iron Law of Bureaucracy states that in any bureaucratic organization there will be two kinds of people:

      First, there will be those who are devoted to the goals of the organization. Examples are dedicated classroom teachers in an educational bureaucracy, many of the engineers and launch technicians and scientists at NASA, even some agricultural scientists and advisors in the former Soviet Union collective farming administration.

      Secondly, there will be those dedicated to the organization itself. Examples are many of the administrators in the education system, many professors of education, many teachers union officials, much of the NASA headquarters staff, etc.

      The Iron Law states that in every case the second group will gain and keep control of the organization. It will write the rules, and control promotions within the organization.

      …. and in the end the goals of the organization will be forgotten, and all that will matter is preserving the organization itself.

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        Forrest Gardener

        Rings true. The bigger question of course is what can be done to hasten the demise of these bureaucracies.

        Or perhaps the Roman Empire gives us some insight in that eventually the bureaucracies collapse under their own weight causing much chaos in the process. And then the cycle begins again.

        Of course computers will speed everything up.

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          John Connor II

          The bigger question of course is what can be done to hasten the demise of these bureaucracies.

          Total US public debt has hit record $37.9 TRILLION.
          This marks a +$400 BILLION jump this month, or +$25 billion per day.
          Federal debt has now surged +$1.7 TRILLION since the debt ceiling was raised in July, rising over +$425 billion every month.

          More correctly, what can be done to stop the collapse.
          A. Nothing.
          Everyone borrows with no intention or ability to pay it all back…

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            Graeme4

            Although AI says that tariffs won’t reduce U.S. deficit, the Congressional Budget Office has said that Trump’s tariffs should reduce the deficit by $4 trillion over the next decade.

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            Forrest Gardener

            $37.9 trillion. Holy guacamole in the far canal.

            I don’t think I could count that high even if I went by millions.

            Still, all will be well as long as it is invested in appreciating assets and isn’t just being pissed up against the wall.

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    another ian

    FWIW

    “Giant Transport Airplane to be Developed for Wind Turbine Components”

    https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/10/19/giant-transport-airplane-developed-for-wind-turbine-components/

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    Robber

    A decade-long surge in home solar installations across the country is not just threatening to up-end the electricity market, but is also producing an unexpected knock-on effect for some major renewable projects.

    The estimated 4 million properties that have solar panels on their roofs now inundate energy grids, pushing down the value of that electricity during the daylight hours.
    Rooftop solar delivers up to 15GW and solar farms 4 GW

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      David Maddison

      They might stop rooftop owners from producing.

      The subsidy harvesters from the big wind and solar plantations have more influence. And give politicians more money.

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        Earl

        Great link, Thank You. Got me thinking (always hard the first time but I survived) what outcomes are taking shape with Tasmania’s leading energy lights of King and Flinders Islands.

        AI information on developments included that Flinders has been operating since 1998 and in November 2015 achieved record 33-hours of continuous renewable provision. Sometime in 2024 (no official info on timing) achieved 144-hours (6-days) continuous renewable provision.

        Island batteries can supply up to 45-minutes of island full demand.
        Original vanadium redox flow battery (800 kWh) installed 2003 failed and were decommissioned by 2013. Replacement 3 x MW/1,5 lithium-ion battery system commissioned around 2016 and despite 10–15-year design life there is no public info on replacement plan instead a lot of faith has been placed in “…the system was designed with degradation management in mind – using shallow cycling and smart controls – to extend lifespan toward the 10-15 year target”.

        Flinders Island therefore is 1-year away from entering design life potential limits and apparently a public commitment to what is being done re battery replacement has not been made. ($$$?)

        Reliability still seems to be on shaky ground and “cheap” power took a near-fatal stab wound in July 2024 when the daily supply charge for Aurora Energy’s Tariff 31 increased from 98.932 cents/day to 139.7343 cents/day in July 2024. When pressed re the supply charge AI noted:

        “You’re absolutely right from a consumer perspective the shift to high fixed charges is loaded against efficient and low-usage households. Studies confirm this: high fixed charges undermine energy efficiency incentives, discourage solar adoption, and are considered regressive – benefiting high users while hurting those who conserve”.

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          Graeme4

          So, if they nurse their battery, don’t charge or discharge it too much, they might achieve 10-15 year’s life. Doesn’t say much for home battery lifetimes, does it?

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            Earl

            Exactly right. And as others have noted via Jo the lower the point that a battery is discharged to the more the wear and tear and reduction of projected life. This then raises more concerns over the prospect that EVs could be accessed in critical shortage times for their charge and you wake to being all dressed up (for work or shopping) and no where to go (no ability to get there). Cheers.

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          RickWill

          the system was designed with degradation management in mind – using shallow cycling and smart controls – to extend lifespan toward the 10-15 year target”.

          This life should be easily achieved. My original large format LFP cells are still doing the job after 13 years. They rarely get down below 50% and I limit charge to 95%.

          The new CATL Naxtra cells have been tested to 10,000 cycles and are using lower cost materials so volume costs expected be half present LFP prices. That will make them viable for black coal replacement. Lignite is still the best option in Australia.

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            Earl

            Good return on your LFP’s and yes technology marches on with roadblocks being smashed with each new discovery. The consensus does seem to be that keeping the charge level to between 20-80% (AI figure) helps.

            The CATL Naxtra development could be one of those roadblock smashers however as usual with all new advances these days – including safe and effective – the declared discovery comes with warnings not for what is claimed but what is not shown or shared as this item covers. Cheers.

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      another ian

      And

      “Millions Gather To Express Total Ignorance About Political System”

      https://babylonbee.com/news/millions-gather-to-express-total-ignorance-about-political-system

      Via SDA

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      Steve

      The party that ran a candidate that didn’t win a single primary vote (in 2024 OR 2020) wants to lecture the party that won the 2024 popular vote on democracy. It’s so damn silly that only the eggheads that run the democratic party would think it would work.

      The best thing to come out of the ‘No Kings’ protests was seeing European protestors in countries that still have a monarch pretending America has a ‘King’. They look even dumber than their American counterparts. And yes, that goes for Aussies and Canadians as well.

      If America had a King, there would be no ‘No Kings’ protests. Nor would King Trump be referred to as Hitler, a fascist, and be otherwise monsterized 24-7 on news and entertainment programs. Nor would the government be shut down. If Trump was a King, his detractors would be cowering in terror of receiving the midnight ‘knock’ and being carted off to a gulag. Instead, they have the freedom to talk crap about Trump all day long at any volume they choose, gather in large groups to LARP as oppressed serfs, and for some fortunate few to make millions off of their Trump Derangement Syndrome by screaming into the void of legacy/social media about what a monster he is.

      ‘No Kings’ is an IQ test, and everyone who showed up failed.

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      another ian

      And

      “”Coup d’Flat”: Billionaire-Funded ‘No Kings’ Color-Revolution Turns Into White Liberal Boomer Parade As Dems Become National Laughingstock”The Democratic Party’s dark-money NGO network, bankrolled by left-wing billionaires, unleashed a highly coordinated, color-revolution-style mobilization nationwide on Saturday; the same tactics U.S. intelligence agencies have used overseas for years in regime-change operations. Yet the turnout wasn’t dominated by unhinged young leftists or gender-confused woke warriors, but rather by white baby-boomer liberals, a mobilization effort that NGO expert Mike Benz described as a “Coup d’f́lat.” ”

      https://www.zerohedge.com/political/coup-dflat-billionaire-funded-no-kings-color-revolution-turns-white-liberal-boomer-parade

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    another ian

    FWIW

    A “health care” model not to follow

    “The Basic Obamacare Problem”

    https://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=254247

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      Dave in the States

      It was never designed to be a solution. It was designed to make everything such a mess that it would make single payer the last resort. But Hillary lost.

      It basically accomplished insulating big pharma and big insurance from market competition. It also accomplished bankrupting scores of small bussiness. It bankrupted many middle class families who didn’t have Gov. jobs for primary income. Those who couldn’t afford to buy health insurance before still can’t. Those who didn’t need to buy health insurance before still don’t. Many who could afford insurance before no longer can.

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    John Connor II

    Bullion to the moon!

    Man, what an absolute circus the gold and silver mania is right now.
    Like I said days ago – lemmings buying tulips.
    London LBMA requires 150 MILLION ounces of silver for stability.
    There’s 360 contracts for every OUNCE of physical silver!!!
    Talk about rehypothecation!
    Prices are way over spot globally as buying becomes frenetic.
    This is however a good thing as it just goes to show the true nature of the financial system – paper promises without substance to back them.
    How many will be burned alive financially when it crashes?
    I suspect a major financial crash is imminent…

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      yarpos

      Yes it must be really awful to hold gold, silver, platinum right now

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      Steve of Cornubia

      One of the most unfortunate aspects of the boom, continuing the theme that westerners are their own worst enemy, is the fact that many large funds in America, the UK, France, etc (including some banks), are selling their PMs to the biggest markets while the price is high, i.e. India and China. The west was already light on gold compared to eastern nations and this could be a problem should a real SHTF scenario occur, where gold/silver become the only real money again.

      You’ve got to hand it to those ‘third world’ chappies; they truly DO heed their history lessons.

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        Hanrahan

        Yah! Nah! Maybe.

        Traditionally Chinese and Indians don’t trust banks so use PMs as a medium of saving. Good for them. I’m a gold bug but that doesn’t mean I want banks to fail and my friends and family get wiped out in a 1939 Mk. II event.

        Remember, the US treasury “stole” 95 tons from it’s population in 1933 [OK they paid $20.65/oz] and promptly devalued those $s by 40% by revaluing Au to $35/oz.

        Do not doubt that Treasury still has that Au, it was mug client states that sold the metal at the bottom of the market.

        Come on down Gordon Brown and Peter Costello. A pox on your houses for doing the bidding of your masters.

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    Penguinite

    Climate 200 made almost $11m in donations at the last election, up from $6m the election prior, as Allegra Spender (bad name for a politician!) and Monique Ryan topped the spending rankings of the teals, with Zoe Daniel in third place.

    We can just about guarantee this 17 million $$$, at least, was a tax free business claim for Climate 200 et al hiding behind a “community crowdfunding initiative”

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      Penguinite

      Their web site states
      The next federal election is closer than your think… Help us continue pushing for greater action on climate, integrity and gender equality.
      Board Members include existential verbators
      Rob Oakeshott
      Brian Hewson
      Barry Jones

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    el+gordo

    ‘CSIRO gambles its integrity pushing ideology as science.

    ‘Government scientists dabbling in behavioural science in the race to achieve net zero should know minds are not manipulated as easily as behaviourists like to think.’ (Oz)

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    Forrest Gardener

    A couple of days ago I mused on the control structure for Antifa and fellow troublemakers.

    Based on the farcical geriatric crowd composition at the Trump for King rallies and the apparent absence of organised violence, I lean even more strongly toward the idea that the control structure is very tight indeed. A decision was made to stand down the storm troops this time around.

    Not only that but the rent a crowd organisers can clearly call on a very diverse range of “protesters” when they want to.

    Rational thinkers face one (or more) highly sophisticated and well resourced enemy of reason.

    Maybe next time the entire Times Square crowd should not all leave at once. Apart from that it was all about as flawless in execution as is imaginable. Pointless and possibly counterproductive but frightfully well executed.

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      Vladimir

      About counterproductive and frightfully well executed :

      My close(s)t friend Bibi has asked me to thank all Australian rabid anti-z protesters from the bottom of his heart.
      Few short months ago he was nearly convicted criminal and his country was on a brink of civil war.
      Today (he said) he would chance an early due to a measurable increase in his popularity; he reads the mood of electorate which just won the war agains the world…
      He also expressed his gratitude to all politicians, public servants and church leaders, “big journalists” and “small people” who for two years tirelessly talked about human rights while digging the grave for Two State Solution.

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    David Maddison

    Almost every Australian politician, federal, state or local is either utterly incompetent, utterly corrupt or both.

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      Forrest Gardener

      No surprises there David. The parties choose them especially and for a reason!

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      el+gordo

      ‘Thats a bit harsh, they are political animals.

      ‘Explicitly or not, Price, Abbott and Hastie all advocate dramatically lower immigration, but Hastie promises another, complementary defence against an unpredictable world: economic protectionism, so we can make things again. And the three of them would abandon net zero.’ (Inside Story)

      Breaking News: Nationals to quit Net Zero.

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        el+gordo

        ‘The Nationals will abandon their commitment to net zero in a move which some in the party believe might convince Barnaby Joyce not to defect to One Nation, but threatens further trouble for Opposition Leader Sussan Ley by reigniting internal Coalition tensions.’ (Fin Review)

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          David Maddison

          I trust that means they will 100% abandon it like TRUMP and it won’t be a half-hearted approach.

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          Graham Richards

          To abandon their commitment to net zero requires a very short concise statement:-

          The LNP coalition undertakes to stop all Net Zero projects, from day one of assuming office after a victorious election. All subsidies, tax credits, financial incentives will be stopped immediately as well.

          Only then will the Coalition be on the road to achieving a governing role again. Vague promises, hints & general BS / Obfuscation is not considered as honest policy. Got the message!! It might also lead to TRUST if there’s an undertaking to obliterate all the
          “ woke “ nonsense which includes acceptable policies on immigration as well.

          Any additional TRUSTWORTHY & enduring policies would also be considered.

          Trust & honesty, integrity coupled with a large dose of national pride returning would really increase the Coalitions standing in the electorate. This I believe is where the real problems lie!

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            KP

            “This I believe is where the real problems lie!”

            But sadly that bunch of semi-Labor whining fence-sitters is not the solution. No word that comes out of their mouths can be believed or trusted, and anyone who thinks voting them into power will solve anything is a fool.

            The Liberals have shown enough treachery, backstabbing and lying to show clearly they deserve to be consigned to the dustbin of history. They are nothing but a backbone-less version of Labor.

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      John Connor II

      Sorta makes you wonder how they ever got voted in then…

      A politician test:

      https://m.facebook.com/watch/?v=707965711797023&vanity=jimmyreesofficial

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      RickWill

      Climate Change Could Turn the Desert Wetter than Ever”

      Something else that is an inevitable consequence of the NH warming. I have predicted this for a number of years. Mediterranean is warming rapidly because it is latitudinally constrained. It is now warm enough to support cyclonic storms, which result in a lot of rain.

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      Steve of Cornubia

      Any media article containing the magic word, “could’ isn’t worth reading. It’s not journalism; it’s paid propaganda.

      That word figures highly in climate change-related stories, also each week’s medical “breakthrough”.

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    John Connor II

    Oh ok, something 3I/Atlas then..

    https://youtu.be/Y7KF-rZqxuM?si=OO8dXxC4w0hKNwAD

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    another ian

    FWIW

    “Nissen Huts (vs. Quonset) – Who Knew?”

    “The Quonset Hut was inspired by the W.W.I British Nissen Hut
    In another example of a British (Canadian) Invention, “re-imagined” by US Americans (and made in greater numbers with more complexity and costs… as we seem to do…):”

    More at

    https://chiefio.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/nissen-huts-vs-quonset-who-knew/

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      “Sir Simon told us that autism is a problem only because society doesn’t accept people who are different. He called on the government and employers to do more to make people to feel accepted and valued. He argued that we live in an ‘ableist’ society and need better services and more open minds to allow autistic people to flourish.”

      He might feel differently if some severe autist mistakes his daughter for an egg and stabs her in the eye with a knife..

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    another ian

    FWIW

    “AT THIS POINT I DON’T THINK ACADEMIA CAN BE SAVED: “Academia is a sinking ship, and the Trump administration is actually trying to intervene and rescue it”.

    Something will come after. I don’t know what it is.”

    https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/10/academia-is-a-sinking-ship-and-the-trump-administration-is-actually-trying-to-intervene-and-rescue-it/

    https://instapundit.com/751794/#disqus_thread

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    another ian

    FWIW

    “Fake, But Hilarious”

    https://patriotpost.us/memes/121894-fake-but-hilarious-2025-10-20

    And

    “SUCCESS: After Weekend Of ‘No Kings’ Protests, America Will Now Still Not Have Any Kings”

    https://babylonbee.com/news/success-after-weekend-of-no-kings-protests-america-will-now-still-not-have-any-kings

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