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Big free speech festival in London this weekend with over 100 speakers
https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news/battle-of-ideas-2025-london-free-speech-mcc-brussels/
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All at once?
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If they each get 5 minutes you best bring lunch and a pee cup!
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The Brit George III was the last King that held sway over the colonies that became the USA. However, today, Saturday the 18th, there are thousands of rallies scheduled for a “No Kings” day to celebrate free speech and be ‘boisterous, joyful’ and much else.
Hopefully, mostly peaceful.
There is something mystifying about this remembrance of old George. 😏
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Some good quotes at the video here, some of which are:
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If a Fire Fighter fights fire and a Crime Fighter fights crime, what does a Freedom Fighter fight?
The Starmers and Albos and Xi’s of this World fight against freedom.
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Gotta laugh at the sign “party for socialism and liberation” on ZH’s No Kings kicks off post.
Liberation from what, you poor little idiot?
They need to be dropped in a real socialist country for 6 months to see the reality of their delusional utopias.
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” Wearing $200 sneakers made by child labour”,, Gold.
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It’s just TDS. These same people didn’t care one iota about BHO’s (all three terms) regal attitude and behavior. And DT is nothing like Obama was. And BHO was not as bad as FDR and LBJ were.
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In 1788 the First Fleet officers at Port Jackson raised their glasses to King George who, unbeknown to them, had descended into ‘full-blown mania’.
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Like current royalty, problems with close relatives and politicians he didn’t want.
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How many police will there be there/
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I arrived home a short time ago from the March for Australia protest in Melbourne. Some of this blog’s readers may have already seen the coverage in mainstream media. The Age reported hearing racist slogans- I didn’t hear any personally. They said the two protest groups converged- this isn’t true, the March For Aus group had organised to meet on the steps of parliament, the counter protesters approached and attempted to engage MFA protesters who were behaving in a civil manner. The counter protesters then attacked police, throwing rocks and other projectiles. The Age also failed to report that they were chanting F you nazi scum. One unhinged woman was screaming on a megaphone, constantly using expletives (I pity any parents with children in the area). They were trying to drown out MFA speakers.
I saw 2 men dressed in the all black and cap attire typical of NSN members, however The Age has emphasised their presence.
As the MFA group later marched down Russell street, a counter protester deliberately rode an e-bike into their midst. An elderly woman was injured, she was on the ground being attended to by friends with the e-bike lying next to her as l arrived. The assailant was being pinned down by police and cuffed screaming and resisting on the street corner (Flinders Lane). See if that gets reported by MSM.
These radical Leftists are feral and dangerous. They call other people fascists, not realising that a principle characteristic of that doctrine is denial of free speech- which is what they were attempting to do today with the MFA rally. They will not allow other groups to peacefully gather to promote alternative points of view.
I wish to thank Vic Police for their actions today and I’m sorry that some of their members were injured. I’m sure most of them don’t have a problem with the MFA protesters. I don’t think they’ll have the same attitude toward the Lunatic Left.
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Yes John, it was a polite and peaceful day despite the Antifa.
Police agreed with us about that.
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BBC gets is comeuppance over misleading report
https://www.euronews.com/2025/10/17/bbc-sanctioned-for-failing-to-disclose-gaza-documentary-narrators-ties-to-hamas
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Throughout the entire war BBC has been a major source of Hamas terrorist propaganda regurgitated as “news”, which is then picked up by other extreme Left “news” organisations such as Their ABC (Australia), CBC (Canada), PBS and CNN (US) etc..
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Loved the comment, (1st), the Beeb screwed up but they are still the best.
Brainwashing runs deep on some. Even when shown the truth they look the other way.
If truth was a lump of 4×2, they’d deny that they were smacked with it, even as the eye socket was swelling and going black. Then again, one eye is all they really need. I think the world needs to wake up fast to fake news and propaganda, if not, then 1984 will not be a novel. It only takes acceptance for the rot to move in and for some, that threshold has well and truly occurred, (BBC still the best). NFL, (the N being not and the L being likely).
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Will this system of facial Surveillance in Australia be linked to digital id on phones?
https://reclaimthenet.org/australia-facial-recognition-network-ndlfrs-privacy-concerns
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I haven’t seen it yet, but I heard that two grandsons get miixed up by facial reconition.
And there is something queer about the way Apple handles my own photos.
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Yes, Ted 1, my younger brother , younger by 8 years and going bald, I have a full head of hair, has been “recognised” by my phone as him, and I can’t change it, except by going through all my photos and doing it by hand.
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Everyone in Australia who has a government photo such as drivers license or passport or for any other reason, will be in Australia’s national facial recognition database.
https://architecture.digital.gov.au/design/national-driver-licence-facial-recognition-solution-ndlfrs
https://ia.acs.org.au/article/2022/government-building-national-facial-recognition-database.html
From 2022:
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Do you have bus passes with photos or any health related ones or Id photo cards for young people to prove their age
If that starts to become a majority its hard to think why they wouldnt expect the rest of the population to come into the fold..
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Just wear a covid mask, sunglasses and a hat.
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Masks and hats can be effective, but not all sunglasses are created equal.
https://www.howtogeek.com/773757/your-face-is-being-scanned-in-public-heres-how-to-stop-it/
And of course the world is rapidly approaching the stage where the computer says no.
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I wrote a two part article on “Big Brother is Tracking You”.
https://www.siliconchip.com.au/Issue/SC/2021/November/Big+Brother+is+Tracking+You%21+%E2%80%93+Part+1
https://www.siliconchip.com.au/Issue/2021/December/Big+Brother+is+Tracking+You%21+%E2%80%93+Part+2
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Are we all going to be driving EV’s after all? The new Sodium battery is supposed to quite safe, unaffected by temperature changes, have about the same energy density as Lithium, but cost half as much:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MkMgwf2lAs
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As I understand it sodium batteries are much less efficient than lithium.
To get the same amount of range the battery would need to become much larger.
The alternative is to notably reduce the range which might be all very well if the charging time is quicker
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As I understand it, they are about in the middle of the energy density range of Li batteries, but I’m no expert
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The charging time problem scan be easily fixed by making the batteries swappable. That could solve other problemvs too.
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They will be heavier than the lithium equivalent unless they restrict the range to make them smaller.
In any case they will still be too heavy or bulky to easily swap
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Such as used in New York for taxicabs, about 1900-1910. Had to be quick, convenient because those drivers didn’t want to loss fares.
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The batteries still need to be charged and given that there may be large nos of them this will cause massive issues with the grid, which is simply not set up for massive loads at the equivalent of petrol stations.
Still keeping my 2008 ICE Honda.
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Will the EVs with sodium batteries be able to pull a trailer or horse box, as the current EVs with lithium batteries seem to be lacking in pulling power.
Also if they hold a smaller charge this means more stops to recharge on longer journeys.
What are the average distances travelled in Australia outside of the cities?
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EVs are more than capable of pulling anything an ICE engine can pull. They can generate way more torque which is why their 0-60 times blow ICE engines away. The problem is how far can they tow a significant load, and the answer at present is ‘not very’.
The Ford F-150 Lightning’s range drops from 250 miles to 90 miles when towing it’s maximum capacity. Contrast that with an ICE F-150, which has double the capacity and nearly quadruple the range when fully loaded.
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When EV owners start blathering about wonderful the car is (it’s actually just retro technology), I pose this set of questions to them – so far, not one actual answer:
You’re travelling Sydney-Melbourne, roughly 1000km.
1) how many adults in the car ? (ie. weight)
2) reasonable luggage for them in the boot ? (ie. more weight)
3) it’s night for minimum traffic, and you can swap drivers to reduce travel time (ie. constant full car lighting, which drains the battery)
4) it’s winter (ie. car heating, air con)
5) intermittent rain (ie. fairly constant use of screen wipers, front and back)
My ICE vehicle in those conditions takes about 9 hours, with one refuel stop and a couple of short comfort/coffee/snack stops. Due to driver swaps, we arrive fairly alert. There is about 30% of fuel left in the tank from two full fuel fills.
EV braggers will go nowhere near these questions. The only persistent answer I’ve ever had is an evasive: “Well, who does that anyway ?”
There has been a few MSM articles purporting to “test” such a run but none that I’ve seen even acknowledge these issues.
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Then there is speed and time. A few weeks ago there was a story about a couple who bought an EV in Canberra and decided to drive it to Perth. At some stage they were running low on power and had 400 ks to go to the next charging station. The vehicle system told them they could make it if they drove at 80 kph. My first thought was that it would take an extra hour for the travel
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Not to mention concert volume driving music.
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EV now means Enviromental Vandal.
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The bestest ever battery, with competitive range, super-fast charging time and light weight is always just a few months away.
In the meantime …
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Its funny how fast charging time is so easily talked about as if those MW will just magically be available as and when needed.
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Easy answer – to stagger working hours accrues a country, eg – I start at 7 am, my neighbour on the left – at 9 am, the neighbour on the right 11 am, etc,..
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The table at the bottom of this page gives some comparison between lithium and sodium batteries. Take a pinch of salt to the sodium column, these claims were often made from theory.
The cycle life is a concern, they may be cheaper to make but if you have to replace them twice as often, then labour, (sparkie), is going to make them very dear to play with. With time, this SHOULD improve but who knows for sure.
And they can still suffer from thermal run away, I would have liked to see a comparison to LiFePO4 battery chemistry, which have much less thermal runaway issues.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium-ion_battery
Did you like the pun, ‘pinch of salt’? How many actually noticed?
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I saw what you did there and thought NaCl.
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Na2Cl is better, it’s got an extra, free, attachment point to hook up to.
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The energy density is still about 1/10th of chemical storage. Which means the battery is the load. 80kg/litres of petro =800kg of battery. And half way the petrol weighs only 40kg where the battery still weighs 800kg.
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Link says it all.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15197433/Net-Zero-destroyed-home-Father-one-reveals-eco-friendly-scheme-cost-250k-ripped-life-apart.html
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And how many others will find leaks?
I see a new industry dawning.
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Not really, .. the comments say it better.
“Duncan” was greedy looking for ways to fix his old, cold, leaky house .
Sure, there were issues with the quality of the work but He needs to accept responsibility for his decisions.
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None of the services being offered would fix a house that needed basic structural improvement, and no owner would expect it to. The greed was on the part of the cowboy installers who should have declined to do the work if the property was already substandard or otherwise unsuitable.
This is an extreme example of the problems with such incompetent/wasteful government NetZero initiatives. As per the recent story:
‘98% of homes with external wall insulation installed under the government’s ECO scheme require work to correct major issues that will cause problems such as damp and mould.’
https://www.nao.org.uk/press-releases/weak-controls-and-oversight-blamed-for-faulty-home-installations-under-energy-efficiency-scheme/
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This is a TYPICAL example of the problems with such incompetent/wasteful government NetZero initiatives.
” a spending watchdog this week found two energy cutting government schemes – including ECO4 and the Great British Insulation Scheme – were botched on a vast scale, leaving tens of thousands of homes in need of remedial work.
In 2022, the government directed energy companies to spend billions of pounds, raised via levies on energy bills, on insulating homes across the UK, targeting people receiving benefits and those in very poorly insulated homes.
According to the National Audit Office (NAO), 98 per cent of homes that had external wall insulation installed under the schemes have issues that will lead to damp and mould if left unaddressed.”
Sounds just like Australia’s home insulation scheme, and no doubt rooftop solar problems will show in the future. Govt mandates/subsidies always lead to a destruction of the natural marketplace.
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“Duncan”.. didnt due his due dilligence.
At the very least he should have checked and satisfied himself with the contractors Warranty/ Insurance before agreeing to any work.
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Most likely a not very bright lefty.
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There is no real shortage of lanthanide minerals, it is all contrived. And they shouldn’t be called “rare earths” either.
The “scarcity” of these minerals is another contrivance of the evil Left (but I repeat myself).
The mine is again operating.
From Wikipedia:
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The discovery of the “rare earths” is of historical interest. Their existence and difficulty of purifying enough to study (thus, rare) is a fun-to-read history.
The 2010 book by Sam Kean is a source:
The Disappearing Spoon
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With Albo and Jim spouting to the USA that Australia “could” supply all of Americas needs for these minerals to try to win a positive bargaining point is one of the funniest things I have heard for a long time.
There are lots of things Australia “could’ do to take advantage of world demand but simply cannot overcome the bureaucratic BS that demands years of investigations into everything.
Then of course we have native title and sacred sites issues and the never ending protest groups whose members all take advantage of modern technologies but demand they be produced without any mining or manufacturing..
Speak to Mrs Rinehart about how many years, millions of dollars, investigations and court appearances where required to get her Roy Hill iron ore project up and running.
Supply rare earth minerals to the US. tell em they’re joking!
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Yes, it’s tragic all the things Australia “could” be doing but isn’t.
It’s leading us to economic oblivion and even a pre-Millei Argentina or Venezuela type situation.
That is, unless Australians are prepared to elect conservative parties, not fake conservative Liberals who will simply offer more of the same, although slightly less bad.
Even if a conservative Government were elected, all they might be able to do is limit some of the damage, the overall damage done by Green Labor, by the time any conservative Government is elected, if ever, may be beyond repair.
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Of course the years and years of Oz doing nothing could all be part of a very cunning plan, (best read in a Black Adder voice).
The cunning part is to use the green tape, black tape and any other tape to stop the current developments completely. All we have to do now is wait till the world is willing to pay 10x the current price, then we’ll open our mines and build processing plants, produce finished products and not just crushed ore.
Stop laughing.
Of course we’ll never do that. The rot is established and it’s not going away till another nation takes over. And that should be about three weeks after the ports are blockaded and the locals have run out of liquid fuels. Is it cultural appropriation, (of the French), to wave a white flag? I’ll have to send an FOI to e-Karen to be sure I’m not breaking any future laws. On a side note, I wonder how many pages my e-Karen folder runs to.
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Look from another angle:
The distance between mainland USA and Russia is 55 mi across Bering Straits, which on average is 30- 50 metres deep,
On the map only 2.5 mi strait separates 2 islands: Big Diomede is a Russian territory and Little Diomede is a U.S. territory.
Technically it is not a challenge for Chinese bridge railway builders. Economy-wise and GreenTape-wise this electrified road will significantly impeach existing Far East – North America maritime and air transport. To say nothing about opening millions of sq.mi for mining and other developments.
Black tape on the Russian side does not exist, on the Alaskan side ? OK – it will be a minor item in the project budget.
Is that the reason for Putin-Trump love triangle ?
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Have you ever driven from Alaska to the lower states?
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Nope, a friend drove us from LA to Portland, then by plane to Juneau and back trough Vancouver…
Ian, if you do not like bridges, certain Elon is getting his big boring machines ready.
On his part certain Donald said he will build a fleet of super Icebreakers.
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My apologies, Ian – probably I missed your point – you were probably concerned about terrain of the Canadian part.
We rode across the border from Skagway to Whitehorse – yes, it was not Puffing Billy !
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Chiefio and a friend just did a jaunt from Key West to “almost Prudhoe Bay and reported on his blog
Starts here –
“The Epic Drive Begins – Key West to Alaska”
https://chiefio.wordpress.com/2025/05/29/the-epic-drive-begins-key-west-to-alaska/
The “cranky Mercedes” caused a shift to a Subaru and a split into several new threads
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Not only is OZ doing nothing, it’s doing more of it every decade.
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“It’s leading us to economic oblivion …”
And, as the great Neil Oliver always says, these things are happening because they WANT them to happen.
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Albo and Jim might want turn their immense intellects to more prosaic matters like securing fuel supplies and reserves , making sure the grid doesnt collapse, affordable housing and controlling immigration.
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“like securing fuel supplies and reserves , ”
We certainly live in Noddy land when it comes to looking after the locals. Even the LNG we export is “wet” and what we buy back has had all the goodies removed. Top dollar for just the gaseous part, anything that could have been utilised in Oz, liquid volatiles, plastics precursors etc etc, nah all to hard give it away with the gas, it will be alright.
Along with a defence force that has more administrative staff than from line troops what could possibly go wrong.
For our international friends
Noddy Land, a mythical place where everything is just fine, all problems solved, no hurt feelings, everyone lives in harmony. quite a local colloquialism but sits it there with Shangri-La, Nirvana, Xanadu and anywhere else smoking a joint allegedly takes you to.
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It might be ‘wet’ with propane but butane is not going out through the same hose, it’ll set like lard before it gets to the ship.
PLUTO, in NW WA separates the higher carbon count alkanes and sells them via a different stream to the methane. The reason is simple. Propane and butane, (and others), are liquid at much higher temperatures and are separated and collected prior to the methane moving further through the compressor cycle. If they weren’t removed, the liquids would damage the compressors.
As a bonus, the condensates are worth a lot more than the methane. You never give away condensates. And you’d never ship them as solids in the bottom of the LNG ships.
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“like securing fuel supplies and reserves , ”
We certainly live in Noddy land when it comes to looking after the locals. Even the LNG we export is “wet” and what we buy back has had all the goodies removed. Top dollar for just the gaseous part, anything that could have been utilised in Oz, liquid volatiles, plastics precursors etc etc, nah all to hard give it away with the gas, it will be alright.
Along with a defence force that has more administrative staff than front line troops what could possibly go wrong.
For our international friends
Noddy Land, a mythical place where everything is just fine, all problems solved, no hurt feelings, everyone lives in harmony. quite a local colloquialism but sits it there with Shangri-La, Nirvana, Xanadu and anywhere else smoking a joint allegedly takes you to.
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That would interfere with their ability to walk and chew gum.
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Not sure I’d give all the credit to (put all the blame on) Al Gore.
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The trend towards totally AI actors in Hollyweird movies, e.g. Tilly Norwood, is a good thing because it will remove the power, wealth and influence of some very weird, hypocritical, woke and temperamental, narcissistic human actors.
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More likely it will simply transfer the “power, wealth and influence” , to some very weird, hypocritical, woke and temperamental, narcissistic human PRODUCERS instead of the actors !
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The screenwriters are very concerned that AI is going to make them irrelevant.
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Would it matter?
They have produced almost nothing of merit for years, just woke nonsense.
AI might do the same, but at least it will be cheaper.
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Agreed, creative writing by AI is the future. with cleaver producers taking financial advantage.
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Will it be watched by AI?
Or will AI just work out how many would have watched the film and issue a completely false box office takings report?
Never trust AI, it’d sell your first child for the organs it contains. Okay, maybe sell is too harsh.
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AI can resurrect humans.
‘What would Christopher Hitchens make of his AI ‘rebirth’?
‘A posthumous, AI-generated Hitch, which was not only pitch-perfect politically, but uncannily replicated that famous voice, demonstrates the eerie powers of AI.’ (Oz)
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In the remake of Amadeus, they have an Asian playing Mozart. Why?
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That makes about as much sense as remaking Enter The Dragon and casting Arnold Schwarzenegger in the lead
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Not really much different to Aussie Michael Pate playing American indian chief Vittoro in the film Hondo in 1953.
Or do you recall Al Jolson? Not that I care, it was just artistic licence then, or perhaps a shortage of American indian or black actors, now it’s lefties trying to score points. But yes, it irks.
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Apparently the city of Savannah, Georgia, USA has a reputation of being America’s most “haunted” location and that supposed fact even makes it a tourist attraction.
The perception of “hauntings” can frequently be attributed to low frequency sounds below about 20Hz. Objects supposedly flying around rooms or having moved by themselves can probably be attributed to imagination or forgetting where items were originally placed or objects put down in an unstable position.
Of course, some could also be claimed by promoters of “ghost tourism”. Or altered states of consciousness leasing to hallucinations such as being half asleep and half awake (hypnagogia or hypnopompia depending upon if going to sleep or awakening).
I saw this on Quora about a supposed haunting:
https://www.quora.com/profile/Candace-Thompson-12/Last-night-my-adult-son-and-I-stayed-at-a-hotel-in-Savannah-I-heard-multiple-thuds-near-my-bed-then-felt-something-hit
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On a recent drive up the Hume Freeway leading out of Melbourne and Victoriastan, first of all I would like to note what a relief it feels to be temporarily out of Australia’s worst managed state, by far. And that’s up against some very tough competition.
Secondly I’d like to note large numbers of dangerous pot holes I saw, they could easily kill a motorcyclist and probably have. Although there was no shortage of road repair crews I saw with extended periods of speed limit reduced from 110kph to 40kph. The problem was that they didn’t appear to be doing anything useful.
Thirdly, I saw a semi-trailer on fire *, it appeared to have a cargo of EVs. Traffic was stopped for many kms on the other side of the road. The heat was intense as I drove past. Fortunately they seem to have been able to disconnect the prime mover, thus saving someone’s livelihood.
Fourthly, large numbers of fixed speed cameras including average speed cameras so they can raise revenue from motorists doing a few k’s over the artificially low speed limit which should be at least 130kph or 140.
Fifthly, having driven half way to Sydneystan, I discovered I forgot the keys to where I was going and had to turn back. I considered other options like breaking the locks, or getting a locksmith etc. but decided to turn back and try again.
* https://www.bordermail.com.au/story/9090248/truck-fire-closes-hume-freeway-in-both-directions-near-benalla/
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On that 12 hour drive I also listened a bit to Their ABC Radio National.
It was sickening. All you heard was “climate change”, complaints about TRUMP and regurgitation of Hamas propaganda about the Gaza war. Most of it spoken with that archetypal extremely annoying speech pattern used by Walking Woke Leftists, “high rising terminal”. They probably had septum rings and green or purple hair as well…
The one neutral thing of note was a reasonable literary discussion about Jane Austen.
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The best thing about the Hume is that the potholes are filled in when it rains.
And since it hasn’t rained more than a few mm’s in the last month or so here, you can really see the potholes. I wonder if the roads would be better if the state spent some money on them?
Did you notice the solar factories near Glenrowan. What an eyesore and more are planned. All are located near to the transmission line, it makes you wonder if the new lines being installed over unwilling farms will be the precursor to more factories in the years to come. Then again, if Rick is correct, the solar factories will be going broke soon due to no economic return. We can only hope and, (for the religious on this Sunday), pray.
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Borrowing a Canadian idea?
A while back a comment at Small Dead Animals mentioned that one un-named province was running a “de-bitumen-ing project”
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That was a project outcome in rural SW Vicdanistan in the 1990’s.
Take an old road with pot holes and mill the bitumen away leaving crushed rock that would be graded once per year. Much cheaper than resealing and fixing potholes.
It seems that the local governments have stepped away from removing the bitumen they just leave the potholes now. Saves cost. Money talks, politicians listen. Rural residents and visitors are irrelevant and have been unheard for a long time. Just count the multi-year pot holes for proof. It used to be a joke about birthday potholes, times have changed, some are off to pre-school now.
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Yet they keep on flushing billions down the climate change toilet instead of fixing/maintaining/investing-in infrastructure. A complete waste.
The opprotunity cost of CC action drawfs the unhidden costs. But it puts a smile on Xi’s face.
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The speed limits are actually high for the condition of the surface hat you describe. The worst pothole is the one you did not expect and did not see in time. Keeping within the speed limit increases your time to react. Some of the new elevated highway north of Newcastle are in a condition where 110kph is consistent with the road surface in nearly all weather conditions. No potholes and no puddling in rain.
I have a friend who always skated on thin ice with regard his demerit points. I was with him on two occasions when he was caught on camera and another time when I know it was the car in another lane that resulted in him getting points that I suggested he should contest and did so successfully. Anyhow, I pointed out to him that I did not mind him paying these hefty fines for minor inattention because it helped lower State charges for me and my wife, who has never had a speeding fine in her 65 years of driving.
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My CRV is currently injured in some way, thanks to a deep pothole in the Cunningham Highway leading north east from Warwick. It was a real crashboom affair. All seemed OK until, the other day, I noticed the steering wheel is now slightly turned to the right when going straight. Tracking out of whack methinks. Hopefully it can be adjusted back to normal. Will see next week.
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FWIW
“Lawyer Arrested for Wearing Star of David”
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2025/10/18/lawyer-arrested-for-wearing-star-of-david-n3807990
Not far from “If you’ve posted at Jo Nova don’t even think about visiting UK”
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Gilbert and Sullivan had it right in Pirates of Penzance.
And I have posted on Jo Nova and the computer has said yes to my upcoming entry to the UK. Perhaps it is all a trap!
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Good luck.
I think any foreign tourists to Once Great Britain who have ever posted unapproved opinions on social media should be concerned about a visit from the UK Gestapo.
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I’m sure the youtube algorithm works in mysterious ways because for a while there it was showing me videos of individuals “auditing” police behaving badly. Apparently they really, really don’t like being called muppets.
They already know where to find me. I’ll be in block 63 row 1 seat 374 of the club level at emirates stadium. I’ll report back. Or on second thoughts maybe I’ll just be disappeared.
There. That ought to clinch it. One day my warped sense of humour will get me into trouble!
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Not a bad seat, now if we knew which game you were going to we could arrange a visit from the plods. All you have to do is wear a star of David or a KS is a wanker shirt.
Apparently, that’s all it takes, burning the Quran or holding up pics of Old Mo is so last century.
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Arsenal v Tottenham. I was going to leave it as an exercise for the plod but they aren’t the sharpest tools in the shed. They’d more than likely turn up to the Emirates lounge in Dubai.
That Star of David thing was a dead set shocker. Mustn’t offend the goat pluckers.
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More around that –
“In the last two weeks.
Jews murdered in Manchester for going to a synagogue
Jews banned from entering Birmingham to see a match
Jews arrested in London for wearing a star of David
This is the UK in 2025.
And NOBODY in government wants to name those causing the problem.”
https://x.com/mishtal/status/1979584195203834342
Via https://instapundit.com/751584/#disqus_thread
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Once Great Britain is increasingly dangerous for Jews and also Christians. Many Jews are already leaving the UK and Europe (and even Australia) for Israel hence the huge construction projects I saw going on in Israel building new apartment blocks. Everywhere you look there are cranes.
You know what the followers of the 7th century guy say, “first the Saturday people, then the Sunday people”, then all the rest of the “infidels”.
I hope UK and Europe is enjoying driving out a tiny number of highly productive and law-abiding Jews (0.5% of population in UK or less, 0.2% world population) to be replaced by huge numbers of “others” whose rate of productivity and observance of the law is, shall we say…not so much.
And Tel Aviv (soccer team) fans have also been banned from attending a Europa League football match of Aston Villa F.C. at Aston Villa in West Midlands, UK.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-17/football-maccabi-tel-aviv-fans-banned-police-aston-villa/105902590
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FWIW
“Holds the Presses: Australian Energy Boss Says Wind ‘An Expensive Source of Energy'”
https://hotair.com/headlines/2025/10/18/holds-the-presses-australian-energy-boss-says-wind-an-expensive-source-of-energy-n3807947
Hmmm! “From the horse’s mouth” not “ElBowen”
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What’s the old saying? You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time but you can’t fool all of the people all of the time.
The windmill subsidy farms are among the most visible and possibly the longest lasting monuments to bureaucratic stupidity ever created. I say longest lasting because I doubt that the landscape will ever be remediated.
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Doing a “Vlad the Impaler” to the electrical industry?
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And that’s why I keep coming back to JoNova for more. The juxtaposition of Vlad the Impaler and the electrical industry.
Not in a million years would that idea have occurred to me.
Viva la revolution!
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I must say I am impressed with the sombrero/la cucaracha/mariachi band meme doing the rounds.
The targets cannot complain and they cannot not complain. And above all the ridicule is a bit of fun.
It will be years before any aware person can hear or see the mexican classic without smiling at its new meaning.
Now what were Alinsky’s other rules?
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Now what were Alinsky’s other rules?
I thought those rules were only for radicals….
Let’s see …. CO2 is not a greenhouse gas of consequence
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Indeed. Rules for radicals but if the bad guys can use Orwell’s 1984 as an instruction manual, the good guys can use Alinsky’s ideas against them.
You know the old saying. In times of universal deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
Viva la revolution!
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IIRC Trump re-wrote those as “Rules for Republicans”
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FWIW
“Scandal-Tainted Virginia AG Candidate Is Poster Child for What’s Wrong With Early Voting”
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/10/17/why-jay-jones-is-poster-child-whats-wrong-with-early-voting/
https://instapundit.com/751548/#disqus_thread
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Exactly why the Dems wanted it and want to expand it.
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This MAGA lady freaked out Leftists at “no kings day” in Florida.
Click on image for audio.
https://x.com/MilaLovesJoe/status/1979653286862147597
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Very brave lady, ‘get off the plantation’, LOL
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FWIW
“If Women Ran The World”
“The Great Feminization thesis: Everything you think of as “wokeness” is simply an epiphenomenon of demographic feminization.”
[https://www.compactmag.com/article/the-great-feminization/]
“In 2019, I read an article about Larry Summers and Harvard that changed the way I look at the world. The author, writing under the pseudonym “J. Stone,” argued that the day Larry Summers resigned as president of Harvard University marked a turning point in our culture. The entire “woke” era could be extrapolated from that moment, from the details of how Summers was cancelled and, most of all, who did the cancelling: women.”
More at
https://www.smalldeadanimals.com/2025/10/18/if-women-ran-the-world-92/
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An excellent write-up on The Wentworth Report recently.
https://wentworthreport.com/2025/10/17/woke-is-due-to-the-great-feminization-in-our-current-system-it-is-illegal-for-women-to-lose/
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Private sector v government.
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FWIW
“The evolution of the left”
https://accordingtohoyt.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/7-2.png?w=1024
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UK: pre-birth precrime?
https://x.com/BGatesIsaPyscho/status/1979128579007951334
Blair has flipped.
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Also around about than
https://accordingtohoyt.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/substack-c07b75b1-a4a3-4b5b-8325-8647eda7ee96.jpg?w=1024
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Copied.
Civilization today.
• Our Phones–Wireless
• Cooking – Fireless
• Cars – Keyless
• Food – Fatless
• Tires –Tubeless
• Dress – Sleeveless
• Youth – Jobless
• Leaders – Shameless
• Relationships – Meaningless
• Attitudes–Careless
• Babies – Fatherless
• Feelings–Heartless
• Education–Valueless
• Children–Mannerless
• Country–Godless
We are SPEECHLESS,
Government is CLUELESS,
And our Politicians are WORTHLESS!
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Less is more.
But not in a good way.
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To politicians l would add the words HOPELESS and GORMLESS
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What you might call “Our Lesser World”
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UK: your daily carbon allowance sandwiches
The latest chilling glimpse into an encroaching dystopia came just this week, when the @ClarksonFarm X/Twitter account spotlighted a humble packet of sandwiches in a local supermarket—its label brazenly flaunting a carbon footprint tally alongside a “daily carbon allowance” figure. The label announced that the sandwich represented 8.1% of your daily carbon allowance.
Shared with Clarkson’s 1.2 million followers, the post ignited a firestorm as the image clearly showed that this was no longer a ‘conspiracy theory’ but a chilling reality and a warning of things to come.
https://www.visionnews.online/post/soft-launch-of-carbon-allowance-scheme-hits-uk-shelves
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Obviously a “one size fits all” system
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one size – obese ?
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One sandwich being 8.1% of daily carbon intake looks more suited to midgets
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Four sandwiches for breakfast, four for lunch and four for dinner at night.. How much do you think you’ll be allowed to eat?
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Sunday funny
For three years, a butcher in Zurich, the largest city in Switzerland, deceived his Muslim customers by selling them pork falsely presented as calf.
The butcher has reportedly sold 3.1 tons of pork making his customers believe that the meat is Halal, according to the Swiss version of 20Minutes, which revealed this scandal.
https://www.meforum.org/islamist-watch/switzerland-halal-butcher-sold-pork-to-muslim
An old story, but I bet they liked the taste.😁
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Retro tech Sunday
A stroll through pc tech from 1970 – 1990.
https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/vintage-computer-ads/
I remember the 20MB drives and saying how we’ll never fill them up!
Now, a short video clip download wouldn’t fit.
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The Birth, Boom and Bust of the Hard Disk Drive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yt5t84Z7u_I
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Interesting, but dated. Finished with the belief that hard drives will be around for a long time, but who uses them these days? I remember the hard drives in the 1980s, always having to watch their error counts, which meant that the drives were close to failure. The trick was to swap them out of the PCs before data was lost. Some drive company’s drives were notorious for early failures.
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I remember many of those. We were supplying the first IBM PCs with floppy drives to our customers, where our software had to be reloaded every day from a floppy. Our PC guru wrote the screen displays in assembly code. And we supplied our salesman with a “portable” Compaq about the size of a sewing machine, which he had to lug around the world, along with a large hefty metal box containing the products we were inventing. Our first word processor ran on one of our engineer’s home-brew computers.
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Retro medical Sunday: The surgery with a 300% mortality rate
Robert Liston, was a 19th-century Scottish surgeon known as “the fastest knife in the West End,” because he could amputate a leg in less than three minutes. That kind of speed was desirable in a period before the discovery of anesthetic, but sometimes Liston’s rapid-fire approach to surgery backfired. One story holds that Liston accidentally cut off the finger of his assistant in the operating theater as he was switching blades, then accidentally cut the coat of a spectator, who died of fright. The patient and assistant also died, so that operation is now often jokingly described as the only one with a 300 percent mortality rate.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Liston#Liston's_most_famous_case
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UK launches digital ID for veterans with hopes of allaying public fears
Digital Veteran Cards are launching today in the UK, where nearly 1.8 million people can now download a digital version of the credential to use for in-person status verification.
The HM Armed Forces Veteran Card gives bearers access to a range of services and discounts, including for healthcare, housing and career support.
The optional digital ID is stored within the GOV.UK One Login app, and therefore is accessed with a PIN or native device biometrics. It is the first credential issued by the government to be stored within the government-issued digital wallet, but will be followed by a mobile driver’s licenses (mDL), the government says.
The digital Veteran Card’s functionality will be expanded over time, according to the government announcement, to enable use in online transactions.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/oct/16/ministers-begin-charm-offensive-to-win-over-labour-mps-sceptical-of-digital-id-plans
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The regime probably fears veterans the most.
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I think the Govt figures they are used to doing what they are told by the politicians.
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My article on Australia’s energy transition and de-industrialisation is up at WUWT today:
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/10/18/australias-energy-transition-de-industrialisation/
I also have recent data on my own transition from high FIT to low FIT as well as getting off gas. The linked chart compares three stages from high FIT in wk3 October 2023 to installing heat pump hot water in 2024 and then the grid battery in 2025:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1j2YQSsJbDlNRKI-mo_XmIL0NvYAaM18S/view?usp=sharing
My export in 2023 was 55.2kWh and import was 17.8kWh in wk 3 October 2023. With the heat pump operating over night in 2024, the import increased to 31.1kWh making daily average addition almost 2kWh per day. The export was slightly down to 52.4kWh due to more curtailment. In 2025 an electric cooktop and reverse cycle air-conditioner were installed and gas disconnected. The heat pump was shifted to operate through the middle of the day and battery was in operation to load shift. The export dropped to 14.4kWh and import was 6.7kWh.
Losing the 66c/kWh FIT meant I would likely have to pay for household energy, which we have avoided for almost a decade since we installed the wood burner to lower gas usage. The 55.2kWh in week 3 Oct 2023 earnt $36.50 for the week less the $5.90 for imported electricity. The net more than offset the $21 we paid for gas in that week.
This year for Wk2 Oct cost $9.80 for electricity including the connection fee. Despite losing the FIT in December, we have not yet had an electricity bill mainly due to the government rebate.
Anyone who owns a roof in Australia should be looking at solar/battery. This mess has been 20 years in the making and I cannot see the political will in Australia yet to fix it.
If I was designing suburban Australia now, I would not be considering an electricity grid. The cost of solar and batteries and their durability make them an economic alternative to grid power. Simply because of the high cost of transmission and distribution in Australia. In a similar context, the best place to build the world’s lowest cost data centre is the Latrobe Valley running on lignite.
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Sunday funnies
Scientist: “My findings are meaningless if taken out of context.”
Media: Scientist claims “Findings are meaningless.”
A lost dog strays into a jungle. A lion sees the dog from a distance and cautiously thinks, “Hmm, this guy looks edible. Never seen his kind before.”
The lion starts rushing toward the dog menacingly. The dog notices and begins to panic, but just as he’s about to run, he spots some bones nearby. Thinking quickly, the dog loudly exclaims, “Mmm… that was some good lion meat!”
Hearing this, the lion abruptly stops in his tracks and thinks, “Whoa! This guy seems tougher than he looks. I better leave while I still can.” The lion retreats cautiously.
Up in the treetops, a monkey witnesses the entire scene. Realizing he could gain favor with the lion, the monkey decides to spill the truth. He swings down and tells the lion what really happened. Furious, the lion growls, “Get on my back! We’ll deal with him together!”
The lion and monkey rush back toward the dog. Spotting them, the dog panics again but quickly comes up with another idea. He shouts loudly, “Where the hell is that monkey? I told him to bring me another lion an hour ago!”
Why don’t churches have Wi-Fi?
They don’t want to compete with an invisible power that actually works.
How do you milk sheep?
Bring out a new iPhone and charge $1000 for it.
What’s the difference between a politician and a flying pig?
The letter F.
😁
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This is either propaganda or disinformation, so don’t bother reading unless you’re interested.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-18/xi-inner-circle-major-shakeup-ccp-meeting-beijing/105885472
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All that is entirely as expected, while banana republics like Australia can’t keep a leader for 12months, China makes sure they have stable Govt and clear succession.
At least the ABC is reporting that there are marches against mass immigration in Australia today, that’s s start!
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‘China makes sure they have stable Govt and clear succession.’
According to CCP directives a person must be groomed for two years before taking over the leadership.
So we are looking at a soft political coup, which could turn violent within a week if Xi doesn’t step aside.
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Apparently millions have marched against Trump, according to the Socialist Moaning Herald, but there are no marches against mass immigration in Australia. ..and Gavin Newsom will replace trump as President in the next election!
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FWIW
“At Exactly 1 PM, All the “No Kings” Protesters in Times Square Immediately Dispersed”
“Gracious. If I were the cynical type, I’d almost think the whole thing was organized BS and the earnest protestors were only getting paid for X-amount of chanting.
IF I were the cynical type…which I am.”
And link at
https://hotair.com/headlines/2025/10/18/at-exactly-1-pm-all-the-no-kings-protesters-in-times-square-immediately-dispersed-n3807991
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Barnaby is scouting for a real job.
‘Nationals leader makes personal appeal to Joyce to stay in party as defection fears grow.
‘Nationals leader David Littleproud says predecessor Barnaby Joyce can have a ‘very important role in shaping the Coalition’ before the next election instead of joining One Nation.’ (Oz)
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He has one as he is a Farmer you idiot
What is your real Job?
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your job is maybe being an r sole……….lol
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FWIW
A majority has spoken
“Church of England Splits, Losing 40 Million Members as Conservative Majority Drives Major Division”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/10/church-england-splits-losing-40-million-members-as/
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Trump trolls the No Kings loons
https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1979741729965350980
If only! 😆
Independence Day – the original No Kings day they seem to have forgotten…
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As I keep saying, the Left want us returned to the feudal serfdom of the Dark Ages, ruled over by the “royalty” of Leftist Elites. To a time before The Enlightenment and the Scientific and Industrial Revolutions.
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The rise of oligarchy is a problem in the US and nobody has any desire to live without the luxuries of modernity. Who are the royalty of leftist elites, perhaps its a figment of your imagination.
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Just popped up on Zerohedge-
We traced $294,487,641 to the official No Kings 2.0 partners & organizers…all funneled through the same “Riot Inc.” dark-money networks:
💰 Arabella network $79.7M+
💰 Soros network $72.1M+
💰 Ford network $51.7M+
💰Tides $45.5M+
💰 Rockefeller $28.6M+
💰 Buffett $16.6M+ pic.twitter.com/b6zFla79UP
— Seamus Bruner (@seamusbruner) October 16, 2025
Soros’s Open Society network directly contributed $72 million+ to official No Kings 2.0 organizers & partners. Soros is a primary architect of the “Riot Inc.” political protest model and a master of “color revolutions.”
etc-
So, $300 million to organise these events, sounds like good money to me! Spend the first few hundred million dollars on “Free Palestine” posters, then get a re-print for “No Kings” !
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“Most billionaires active in American politics—such as George Soros, Hansjörg Wyss, and Mark Zuckerberg —have wielded their money and influence to advance left-wing progressive causes. Only a few politically active billionaires are on the right.”
https://capitalresearch.org/article/billionaires-pushing-left-wing-causes/
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This is a “No Kings” protester. Y’all are milk toast.
https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/1374461.jpg
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FWIW
Maybe one for whisky tasting nights to go with the bagpipes?
“The Celtic Carnyx, an ancient war trumpet used by the Celts from around 200 BC to 200 AD.
An instrument of psychological warfare; its loud and eerie sound was designed to intimidate enemies on the battlefield.
The Roman army feared it.”
https://x.com/BrianRoemmele/status/1979392533768868322
Via SDA
More here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnyx
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FWIW – Canada
“We Are All Treaty People”
And comments
https://www.smalldeadanimals.com/2025/10/18/we-are-all-treaty-people-26/
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Jared Kushner deserves the Nobel Peace Prize.
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You wouldn’t want to tarnish it by giving it to someone who did something useful?
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My Mum deserves the Nobel Peace Prize as she has never hurt anyone. The same as lots of Mums.
I’m not sure that it is a prize anyway.
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