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Extreme bravery at bondi beach
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15382381/Bondi-Beach-video-hero-good-samaritan-terror.html
Do i remember correctly some violence amongst gangs at bondi a few years ago wheni was surprised by the numbers of those who were not from the majority population?
Let’s hope those injured make a full recovery. Our thoughts go to those who lost theirlives
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The guy is also really bloody smart – once he had disarmed him, shook his fist in the air, he realises that he is now standing in the midst of all this with a rifle and then very gingerly puts it down near a tree. I give him maximum aura points – not just brave, but clever to boot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqRqoj-14B4
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I suppose the mis/dis information mob will now try to ban any video of the event. After all we can’t offend any members of that community, Government has a lot to answer for! Particularly foreign affairs & the boss man himself!!
Much anger!!
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Our e-Karen Kommissar cannot now prevent these phone videos from being viewed all over the globe. She will try, of course, but much too late now.
Shooting up Bondi Beach is past the point of return for Australians. The victims have our untrammelled sympathy and the civilian hero defender has our unconstrained admiration.
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It is also now essential for the Gazan “ holiday makers “ to be returned to their homeland. Your tourist visas were cancelled last night. Oh & take Tony Burke with you!!
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The call ins to 2GB this morning lay the blame squarely at Albanese’s feet, just where it should be. He has badmouthed Israel, hung it out to dry ever since 7/10/23. The man is an absolute disgrace. There are so many things coming to light that his government could not survive if only we had an opposition.
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You do realise that probably 30/40% of the opposition would support Albozo!!
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The fake conservative Liberals barely qualify to be described as “the Opposition”.
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The Vacillators
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Don’t you ever let a chance go by.
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40% of Liberals, anyway.
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Looks like Bibi got revenge on Albo.
He did warn him.
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Lawrie, he has been bad mouthing Israel since Uni…..but now he is the top dog the chickens may come home to roost.??? A truly despicable individual and the blame is squarely at his feet (and Burke and Wong !!!)
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Labor PM Albanese summed up by his own words after the just live TV speech
“Where is the Way Out”
Can’t run Australia, can’t find his way out of a Room, let alone a Paper Bag!
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As I have said, pollies should stick to running OUR country and not taking sides and meddling in other countries affairs, and now we see why.
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Sadly Australia is only an island on a map. Politically we must take sides or get splinters or barbed wire in our bum depending on the fence we sit on.
I’m not saying that it is easy, but if you want to loaf [as our PM likes to do] don’t try for high office.
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I agree by holding the weapon he immediately became a target for Police action
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Looks like he copped a few hits from the shooter on the bridge after disarming the bloke with the shotgun.
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Will the Australian Feral Guv’ment NOW act to address the-anti semitism here in Australia.
That money scammed on the ‘Pollie’ travel and family reunion travel rorts could have been used to beef up the Intelligence and Security Agencies.
Time to weed out the thugs and loonies.
Go.
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Apparently the domestic “intelligence” agency, ASIO, waa already knowledgeable about at least one of the terrorists.
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That was helpful wasn’t it?
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And I remember the new ASIO chief, on TV, warning that something significant was “ going on “!! Then it all went quiet again. Was. He silenced??
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He was instructed not to offend present and future Liebor voters?
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One of them was “on the radar” of the failed security forces.
They knowingly owned six (6) weapons. Legally. Why?
The NSW police are the keystone cops of the 21st Century.
The head of ASIO seems to be nothing but an apologist for the extreme-left Labor government of Albanese.
NSW police chief needs to be sacked.
Head of ASIO needs to be sacked.
Both are incompetent.
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Alleged Bondi Beach gunman Naveed Akram’s close connection to IS terrorist:
ASIO launched probe SIX YEARS ago
ASIO was aware of Naveed Akram in 2019
The official claimed ASIO’s interest in Naveed Akram dates back to 2019, when police foiled an IS terror plot in Sydney.
The agency began monitoring the 24-year-old after the July 2019 arrest of Isaak El Matari, identified as an IS operative and self-declared Australian commander of the group.
El Matari is serving seven years in prison after planning an insurgency, attempting to recruit followers and acquire firearms, and even rehearsing speeches ahead of possible travel to Afghanistan.
Sources say Naveed Akram maintained close connections with El Matari and other members of the IS cell, several of whom have since been convicted of terrorism offences.
ASIO director-general Mike Burgess confirmed on Sunday that one of the Bondi gunmen was known to the agency, but did not specify which one.
‘One of these individuals was known to us, but not in an immediate-threat perspective, so we need to look into what happened here,’ Burgess said.
Authorities believe the alleged shooters had no direct ties to the Islamic State, though they may have harboured sympathies for its ideology.
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Why 6? Why not? There are many different types of shooting. Its like asking why so many tools exist.
Focussing on the guns is just a predictable look squirrel!” Pollies will want to be seen to be “doing something” This is easier for them to do rather than addressing the core issues.
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Yarpos said:
I agree Yarpos. It’s the left again working to shift the narrative from a specific religion to guns. The murderers weren’t Confucian. Weren’t Hindu, Weren’t Shinto. Weren’t Christian. Weren’t Buddhists.
So what were they?
Why shift the narrative? Because the hard-left Albanese failed government and its state equivalents are locked into their anti-Semitic position. They cannot accept that they have been the protagonists of this racist, anti-Semitic outrage. So blame guns.
Next they’ll be blaming John Howard for not making the gun ban stricter.
It’s all John Howard’s fault.
And, yet, they are bringing back the brides. Bringing in Gazans without so much as a half decent security check. ASIO is incompetent. The security infrastructure is incompetent.
It’s what you get when you toss out meritocracy for nepotism. And they wonder why no rational person trusts the institutions of government.
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The lengths they go to to take our attention away from the “travel rorts”.
Remember the “drugs in sports”?
Taking the heat off “Juliar”.
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Mods! Better check this
FWIW – also from outside
“Aussie Cops at Bondi: Fierce Against Maskless Beachgoers During COVID, Frozen Against Jihadists Today”
https://twitchy.com/justmindy/2025/12/14/witnesses-say-police-did-not-shoot-back-australia-n2422841
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Don’t know the actual situation but bringing a pistol to a rifle fight has its limitations, especially when your training is done at 7-10 metres. Don’t know about NSW but VIC police started carrying an AR or similar in their cars because of that issue.
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FWIW – more from outside
“This is the greatest tweet ever”
https://x.com/adamcarolla/status/2000281789391065398?s=20
Via https://www.smalldeadanimals.com/2025/12/14/safe-and-effective-225/
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In comments on that item on SDA’s coverage
“I would also say the terrorist that was allowed in wasn’t jabbed with the clot shot either.”
https://www.smalldeadanimals.com/2025/12/14/pop-quiz/#comments
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“Australia took away almost all firearms from the public so these shooters were shooting at least 10 minutes straight without anyone firing back. I don’t ever want to hear anyone tell us to weaken the 2nd Amendment”
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Statistics show there are more firearms today in Aus than prior to the changes that followed Port Arthur.
Aus has near 4.1mil registered firearms in 2024.
There were approx 3.2mil prior to Port Arthur.
Australia has not had guns take away. Australia took away semi-automatic weapons. Automatic were previously banned.
Prior to the restrictions, I don’t think there would have been many guns sitting in cars in Bondi for someone to access easily. But with lock and key storage requirements and separate ammo storage, it would take longer for someone to access their gun and ammo and commence a response than perhaps prior to Port Arthur. But not by much.
We’re talking about an incident at Bondi. Not Griffith.
Only one third of registered guns in NSW are in Sydney.
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1996, about 18M people, 3.2M firearms into that gives a ratio of about 6:1, (people to firearms).
2025, about 27M people, 4.1M firearms. A ratio of about 6.6 : 1.
Not a lot of change, but by population, the number is now lower.
And another point. Wiki has the number of firearms in Oz at 3.6M. Not 4.1M
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estimated_number_of_civilian_guns_per_capita_by_country For info, 27M:3.6M is about 7.5 : 1
And the most relevant point. Guns don’t kill people, people kill people. If the weapon was the problem, then we could eliminate all the failed school exams by excluding pencils and pens from society.
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I’m not making a case for or against gun control. And whether the number of guns has gone up or down per capita does not matter, and whether it’s 4.1mil in 2024 or 3.6mil guns also doesn’t matter. They’re both higher than 1996 3.2mil.
My comment was a response to “Australia took away almost all firearms from the public” being clearly false.
Figure 1 page 4
https://australiainstitute.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/P1606-Gun-control-in-Australia-report-WEB.pdf
Number of guns 1996 3.2mil, number of guns 1997 2.5mil, number of guns 2005 3.0mil, number of guns 2024 4.1mil (4.08mil).
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One thing that might be a factor is the rules make it harder to get a license. So we have a new generation who will find it harder to own guns. The number of guns might be up but the number of gun owners might be down. (different and more significant than guns per capita)
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Also would be interesting to consider the demographic – over two million Chinese and Indians now live here and I would guess they have low levels of gun ownership, so Anglo-Aussies probably still have equal or even higher levels of firearms possession than previously. Anecdotally, one of my sons, who recently acquired a firearms licence, told me that class numbers were very high and this was remarked upon by the instructors. I have held guns since the early seventies and have never had a desire to massacre innocents. The people are the problem.
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Those guns MUST be locked in a safe with the ammo under separate lock. Heads would explode if a citizen had a rifle in a rack in his boot.
A beachside resident would have plenty of time for his ardour to cool in the knowledge that if he got involved he would be charged the moment he carried a rifle in public.
Had the hero who disarmed the father shot him, he would definitely be charged with murder. The father then rejoined his son and continued the shooting.
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Pretty sure I saw at least one DEI hire crouched behind a car….
Funny how the police haven’t shown the same bravado, rigor and enthusiasm against any violent “loony left” protestors, criminals or terrorist as they did when suppressing peaceful protestors during the Covid scam.
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In fairness to the cops, they would have had hand guns, much more limited range than the rifles that the animals had. They would have had difficulty closing to effective pistol range. However I don’t know if they actually tried or not.
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Wearing a uniform means working by a set of rules that stop initiative. It’s the same in Victoria with Bourke Street mass killings. The public put in more effort to stop that guy than the police.
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The short answer is NO! If these recalcitrants were weeded out the Labor vote would sink like a stone
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The real history of Islam –
‘Jihad means ‘struggle.’ Jihad on every front.
Tribalism 101 . Hate all outsiders.
Kill all unbelievers.
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FWIW – a view from outside
“Maybe It Is a Good Idea to Quit Importing Terrorists?”
In there –
“Naveed Akram came via a scholarship from an Islamic institute that specializes in teaching the Koran and Islamic values in Sydney, and is working to create a cohort of Arabic-speaking Koran scholars to spread the word. ”
More at
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2025/12/14/maybe-it-is-a-good-idea-to-quit-importing-terrorists-n3809876
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And
“Australia Discovers What It Means to ‘Globalize the Intifada’ ”
“What exactly would it mean to “globalize the intifada”? What would a globalized intifada even look like? At least twelve people are dead and 29 injured on Australia’s Bondi Beach Sunday, as two Muslims opened fire upon a Hanukkah celebration. And so now the world has yet another example of what looks like when an intifada is globalized. ”
More at
https://pjmedia.com/robert-spencer/2025/12/14/australia-discovers-what-it-means-to-globalize-the-intifada-n4947062
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FWIW
“QUESTION: If, as Ed notes, the Intifada has been globalized, doesn’t that mean that it’s been, well, globalized on both sides? If it’s a global Intifada, then isn’t a mosque or Islamic “charity” that, say, provided the guns to the Bondi shooters a legit target for droning? If not, why not? Can you have a global war in only one direction?”
https://instapundit.com/762406/#disqus_thread
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FWIW – from Instapundit
“EUTHANIZE THE INTIFADA: I like this slogan.”
https://instapundit.com/762525/#disqus_thread
And comments
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FWIW
“Bombs In Bondi: Police have now found multiple IED’s at the scene of the Muslim terror attack in Australia.”
https://x.com/RealDonKeith/status/2000196968488792247
Via https://instapundit.com/762374/#disqus_thread
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So, one of these guys, either the father or son, was a licensed firearm owner, and one of them was on police/ASIO radar! How on earth could such a person be allowed anywhere near firearms?
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Their Local Labor MP probably went referee for them?
Along with the Imam.
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Balls of steel.
I just hope the press doesn’t turn on him and try to crucify him like they did the Lion of London Bridge. Nothing the press likes more than build up and subsequently destroy a genuine hero.
https://www.westernstandard.news/international/uk-terror-victim-and-hero-placed-on-anti-terror-watch-list/61012
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According to reports, that good samaritan was shot twice by the other terrorist but is recovering in hospital.
Albo and co. will be holding a secret raffle later this morning, to decide who get to have their photo taken at the guy’s bedside.
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If the system’s history is anything to go by the shooter will probably be nominated for an AO award!
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Star of Courage should be the go.
That one actually means something.
AO stands for Asses Only.
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Apparently two of the shooters were father and son. So much hatred in one family.
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I think you are referring to the ” Cronulla riots”. Which occurred in Sydney near Cronulla beach.
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Old saying:
Once is happenstance.
Twice is coincidence.
Three times is enemy action.
Lookee here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5GVPmTYVQY
Anyone else notice something?
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Those just startling out on theircareers really need to think very long and hard as to what jobs they need to carry out in order to avoid having their jobs taken by robots or immigrants
https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/the-robots-theyre-already-in-charge/
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In the long run, I’m not sure there are ANY jobs the robots can’t do.
It wasn’t that long ago that ‘knowledge workers’ and artists thought they were immune, now they are on the bleeding edge of the AI revolution. Computer programmers thought they were safe because they program the AI, but AI has come for their jobs too. Now people who work with their hands and perform maintenance on tech equipment think they are safe, but it’s only a matter of time before robotics get to the point where they can perform any task a human can.
I think there is a significant possibility that Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World is going to win the award for sci fi dystopia story that comes closest to reality (though Vonnegut’s Harrison Bergeron and Orwell’s 1984 are still in the running). A world where computers do everything and humans are reduced to drug-addled layabouts who live meaningless lives devoid of purpose. Take your Soma kids.
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I would not like a robot/android to give me a shave with a cut throat razor no matter how many times it had been tested.
Maybe give the Inventor/Developer a shave first while I watch.
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IIRC robotic sheep shearing didn’t go so well either
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Would you get in a driverless car, johnny?
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https://youtu.be/xGi6j2VrL0o
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No.
And my ex-wife was a terrible driver and I eventually refused to get in the car if she was driving. And my daughter did the same.
“Dad. Mum is a cr@p driver”.
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Are you fearing an “electronic Sweeny Todd”?
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Im not holding my breath for that.
Many of us will remember similar predictions 50 years ago when the first computer “chips” and robots were developed.
In reality it is not automation that has destroyed jobs…it is incompetant politicians !
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That is extremely funny Tony. The trouble is it might be true. There are many drones in the Australian parliament too. I have always described Chris Bowen, our Minister for Crap Energy, as having no working neurons so maybe he, too, is a failed experiment.
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Yes!! The first to go! Politicians and bureaucrats, followed closely by lawyers, all those people who just push bits of paper in a systems that is meant to be impartial and emotionless. Of course the programmers of AI would make sure their own biases were built-in, the Left’s boot would stamp on your face forever..
Those who keep their jobs? Anyone who is cheaper than the cost of building a specialised robot. Try pulling the center diff out of a 4WD car, for a robot to do that they would dismantle the car back to factory assembly, do the change then reassemble it. Need a retaining wall put in at home? Not worth employing a robot when a laborer is there and cheaper.
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KP,
Replace the current trendy chant of “Dirty Miners” with “Dirty Bureaucrats”. Geoff S
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The great reshape is coming and there is nought we can do about it.
‘AI is expected to reshape half of all jobs by 2050.
‘Experts say AI won’t lead to massive net job losses.’ (ABC)
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FWIW
“If AI Fails To Deliver On Its Vast Productivity Promises, The Result Will Be A Devastating Depression”
Paywalled
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/if-ai-fails-deliver-its-vast-productivity-promises-result-will-be-devastating-depression
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Unemployment is expected to increase in the US and Europe over the coming months and has nothing to do with AI.
On the other hand if the US tech stocks go south, then there could be a US Depression and large numbers of unemployed.
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After a dreadful day in Oz a little lighter fare.
My home town of Torquay in Devon_yes there is a slightly warmer one in oz-has acquired a reputation in recent years for its extensive Christmas lights.
Having just been to Salzburg Christmas market and having barely survived the crowds, Torquay does it much better
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gUHpdamCMBw
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You don’t come to Torquay for excitement. The armpit of the English Riviera!
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Fawlty Towers beckons.
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“ What do you expect ?,……” herds of wandering Wilderbeast “ ?
(with respect to Basil ,)
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” A view of the Sydney Opera House”. LOL.
Vale Sybil.
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Mrs H was born in Boulia, home of the min min light. Many years ago the mayor is quoted a saying: There’s nothing to see in Boulia but you’ve got to come and see it.
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Incidentally the first photos in my link shows Torquay 900 year old Abbey.
The records show that around 1200 the climate took a distinct downturn. Windows were bricked up and cloisters covered over to provide warmth to the monks who had previously studied in open cloisters.
A few hundred yards away a church has a plaque to the Rev Scoresby who led the world’s first ever royal society exhibition to the arctic in 1816 following reports from whalers of the melting arctic.
Next to it is a plaque to a local victim of the titanic hit by icebergs from the melting arctic that began around 1908
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Japan is going back to nuclear power.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pahXn5TMAUY
From the report, they seem to understand the vital importance of cheap and reliable energy. As long as it’s safe.
Also, although not included in this report, one of the first moves by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, was to eliminate all the special taxes on fossil fuels.
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The new Japanese PM sounds like she is a keeper. Let us hope the usual termites that infect political parties are eliminated and that she keeps her job. Japan will need a strong leader to stand up to bully boy Xi. I wonder does Xi think he can take on the Japanese, the Taiwanese, the Philippines, Vietnam, South Korea plus the US, if Trump sees an advantage? It seems to me that China is well and truly surrounded by enemies of its own making.
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“China is well and truly surrounded by enemies of its own making.”
I imagine those enemies have been around for a thousand years. Its like the USA with the American continent, no-one dares disagree with America if they want to stay alive, and China has Asia the same.
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Nice article exploring why 2023 and 2024 were unusually warm:
https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-what-are-the-causes-of-recent-record-high-global-temperatures/
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Astrophysicist Dr. Willie Soon Challenges The Climate Consensus … It’s The Sun, Not CO2 –
In a candid interview with the German language Weltwoche, astrophysicist Dr. Willie Soon asserts that the sun is the overwhelmingly dominant force driving Earth’s climate, not human-emitted CO2.
His decades of research into solar and stellar physics lead him to the controversial conclusion that focusing on regulating CO2 is misguided,
“You can’t make laws against the sun,” he argues.
Dr. Soon states that the sun provides 99.99% of the energy that powers our weather and climate, and satellite data confirms that solar radiation is not a constant, but fluctuates, particularly in the UV and X-ray ranges. He contends that temperature patterns over the last 150 years correlate much better with solar activity fluctuations than with CO2 levels. According to Soon’s analysis, the CO2 signal is below the detection limit as a primary climate driver.
Challenging the CO2 narrative
Soon dismisses the “CO2 panic” as lacking solid scientific basis and highlights the beneficial role of the gas in promoting photosynthesis and causing measurable global greening since the 19th century. He points to natural climate events like the Maunder Minimum (1645-1715), a period of minimal sunspots that coincided with the Little Ice Age, as robust evidence for a direct link between solar activity and climate shifts.
Why the CO2 focus? The “Iron Triangle”
When asked why the CO2 narrative dominates, Dr. Soon claims it is politically motivated, citing the fact that taxes and regulations can be imposed on CO2, but not on the sun. He describes an “Iron Triangle Effect” where politics funds, science delivers, and media amplifies an alarmist consensus, often marginalizing critics and favoring specific models to create an impression of certainty where uncertainty exists.
Politicized sicence
According to Soon: “Unfortunately, many scientific institutions have adopted an alarmist consensus in recent decades. Critics are marginalized. Climate policy is increasingly serving economic and ideological goals, not objective research. However, there is one positive sign: Bill Gates recently realized that the climate cannot be controlled by regulating CO2. Instead, he now wants to focus on adaptation—on mitigating human suffering from extreme cold or heat. That is a welcome development.”
More at –
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/12/12/astrophysicist-dr-willie-soon-challenges-the-climate-consensus-its-the-sun-not-co2/
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Be a better bot!
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Interesting read. Thanks Simon.
And not one mention of CO2 being a factor. Good to see Carbon Brief talking about natural variability, low cloud cover, solar cycles, low planetary albedo, and other factors. They’re actually thinking about who dunnit and not just assuming it’s the shifty looking guy in the coal coloured hat.
Do you agree with Carbon Brief Simon? Or was CO2 the cause?
el-gordo is going to love the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai chart.
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Makes sense to me. I thought that Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai might have had a larger contribution. I suspect there is a volcanic / ENSO interaction that ends up being attributed to natural variability.
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Exactly, a couple of natural variables change the weather for a few years, but why aren’t temperatures falling?
We are stuck on this temperature plateau reserved for El Nino, while a weak La Nina is operating. I suspect water vapour is still lingering in the stratosphere.
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A correction for the linked article (my bold).:
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… and the time before that one too 😃
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This WUWT post on Paleoclimate Cycles are Key Analogs for Present Day (Holocene) Warm Period says it all.
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Hmmm. If it’s the warmest since the last inter-glacial 120k yrs ago, how come sea level was higher 8k yrs ago?
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8K years ago, our planet was transitioning from full glacial conditions into the current interglacial. It certainly would seem that sea levels were higher, especially in the heavily glaciated northern hemisphere as the continents were slowly rebounding from having kilometres (or miles) of ice on top of them. Isostatic rebound is still happening now.
Being lazy and consulting GAI:
So no, the sea level was not higher – the ground was lower.
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I’m putting my money on the Hunga Tonga eruption spewing copious amounts of water vapour into the stratosphere.
https://www.drroyspencer.com/wp-content/uploads/UAH_LT_1979_thru_November_2025_v6.1_20x9-scaled.jpg
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A short while ago a hydrogen bus spectacularly combusted in the South of the UK. Subsequently the bus company has had to withdraw similar buses for remedial action/checks. The issue is surprise surprise with the battery pack, yes hydrogen buses have a battery pack to store power from regenerative braking and to allow the fuel cell to operate at a constant rate and store electricity for extra acceleration. These are so called zero-emissions vehicles and a large part of the cost, many millions, was taxpayer funded(‘government grant’). Note how the BBC persistently evades all the pertinent details.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c623l44zp2ro.amp
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Golly gee …. who could possibly have predicted that ?
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One of my colleagues who has a background in Hydrogen fuel cell development attended a related conference in Germany (I think) where it was mentioned that H2 for transport was effectively a dead end, with industry funding dropping off significantly.
Research into other uses and into more efficient production methods were still pretty strong though.
I can’t for the life of me, recall the name of the conference, but this particular point stood out in their review of said event.
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When an organisation such NASA has a long history of wrestling with the difficulties of handling hydrogen transfer, then the chances of successful commercialisation are fairly negligible. NASA levels of attention to safe handling are not viable for the every day user.
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Australia continues to import future Labor Party voters from the demographic which includes some of the world’s most violent, uneducated, anti-Christian, antisemitic, misogynisic people. It’s not true that “all cultures are equal” as the Left constantly proclaim.
Incidents like the Bondi Beach terrorist attack are the inevitable result. Whether the terrorists were recent immigrants or not is irrelevant, but they belong to the same preferred demographic that are prepared to and do commit such atrocities all over the world against both Jews and Christians.
Naturally, Australia’s authorities are “baffled” as to the motive and warn against being some type of “phobe”.
Apart from the imported Labor voters, the constant demonisation by the Australian Government of Israel for conducting a defensive war also greatly contributes to the massive increase of antisemitism and antisemitic attacks in Australia, hence many Jews now leaving the country, including a recent group of 100 Jewish medical doctors.
Incidentally, one of the victims who survived was an Israeli tourist who also survived the October 7th atrocities in Israel by the same demographic.
To their credit, even though “authorities” are confused as to the motive, I haven’t yet heard them claim their old favourite “mental illness” so far, which it almost never is anyway.
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their old favourite “mental illness” so far,
Check out the 05:10 sub-story in the DM live link which states:
“But it has emerged that the gunman was a bricklayer in the city who had recently lost his job, the Sydney Morning Herald reports.”
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The Sydney Morning Herald is the paper version of the ABC, equally biased against all things conservative and for all things socialist. How a bricklayer could not find immediate re-employment is beyond me. The country is crying out for such tradesmen. Maybe he was a bit volatile in the workplace or simply a poor employee.
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In Perth, Western Australia, brickies are charging $4.00 per brick.
Try finding a bricky.
London to a brick you won’t.
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And if the redundancy was a trigger for an episode of sociopathic violence, surely.the employer would have been the logical target and not the innocent members of a religious group.
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Australia will be the last hold out to the anthropogenic global warming scam and remains fanatically committed to the destruction of its energy supply.
The Labor Party and fake conservative Liberal “opposition” are prepared to destroy the economy and indeed the whole country to prove their supposed virtue.
Australia has truly lost its way, in all areas. It should be a warning to the world about how rapidly a once-rich nation can collapse, as if Argentina and Venezuela weren’t already good examples, although such history is no longer taught.
Most Australians don’t understand that we are living on massive government debt to pay for all the “free stuff”. No society or individual can live on borrowed money for long.
At least Argentina has Milei to save them and the US has TRUMP. Australia has no TRUMP, no Milei and very possibly, despite the best efforts of present company, no hope.
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William Hill currently has Ed Miliband as the 4th most likely person to be the next UK Prime Minister. We could do a bi-lateral MAD net-zero pact.
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Albanese MII (missing in inaction) buried under an avalanche of multicultural mission creep, dishonesty, corruption, iniquity, injustice, unfairness, unlawfulness, and wrong.
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It was only a matter of time! Aided and abated by Labor Government mass importation of unvetted middle eastern criminals!
“Jews massacred by two gunmen in Hanukkah terror attack at Bondi
In one of Australia’s darkest days, unthinkable terror arrived at Bondi Beach on Sunday evening as two black-clad gunmen opened fire on crowds, many from the Jewish community celebrating Hanukkah, leaving at least 16 dead and many others wounded”.
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Should read abetted certainly not abated
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I’m afraid the “unthinkable” became the inevitable when there was no official resistance to the 8th October debacle in Sydney and the official follow up to that.
Then, there was no resistance to the weekly marches and demonstrations in Melbourne in particular.
Then, Albanese decided it would be smart to support recognition of a palestinian state, as well as taking in goodness knows how many gazans as some sort of humanitarian gesture – when no country in the middle east wanted any of them.
Then, a mob dressed up in supposed humanitarian sanctimony marched across the Sydney Harbour Bridge – not only unopposed, but given official sanction.
Frankly, the current consequences should not be surprising.
Disgusting, yes, but surprising? Sadly, no.
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The deportations must begin.
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Rowan Dean wrote on X:
The message to which he is referring is:
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Keir Starmer (or his team) managed to release their happy Hanukkah post whilst the news reports of the atrocity were in full flow.
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To me the most important, the most critical point of all is the defiance of these people.
They know they are winning, the authorities know it too.
One more effort, one more year, one more demonstration…
Remember the Encircling of St. Patrick Cathedral ?
It will become an annual event.
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Winning? Who is winning? And in what way?
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Spot on Vladimir but may I correct you on one point. What we are about to witness, and experience will not be annual events but almost daily events because the count down to 2027 is now a short 12months away. As I have mentioned before a large proportion of a certain belief hold 2027 as the return of their leader. Check out information on the Twelfth imam, Muhammad al-Mahdi, who is said to be rightful successor going forward just waiting for the command/time to re-appear. The thought is that the timing of the return can be greatly influenced if there is enough evidence to not only show that the world is ready but also wants the return i.e. by escalating the struggle against all non-believers.
As we all know the 2001 attacks in USA carried just as much symbolism as they did violence and this latest act involving Bondi Beach, a destination and beacon known to the whole world, carries so much more weight than an incident at some local café. Just as weekly turn outs involving masses of useful idiots and walks across the iconic Sydney Harbor Bridge resonate louder and wider.
All those early comments directed at the Albanese government for showing they effectively have been part of the useful idiot brigade in doing nothing to jeopardise their voting base are completely accurate. So buckle up it is only going to get worse from here.
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Proof of ISIS involvement is discernible, they were living at a B&B for six months.
Interesting that one of the shooters once worked for the IDF.
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This tragedy was generated by the tolerance of weekly anti-Semite demonstrations in this country since Oct7. It would seem that marches were not enough for some of those who are consumed with hatred.
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True Vicki, but I will say these protests are equally anti-Australian. These feral Leftists have been “counter protesting” events such as March For Australia in the latter part of this year. They’ve been able to freely demonstrate every Sunday in Melbourne for 2 years without interference from groups with opposing views, yet when a contrary rally seeks to peacefully demonstrate, they physically attack them. The rally a couple of months ago could have got really ugly- the police bore the brunt of their blows. And yet there has been very few arrests- I only know of one.
I mentioned after that rally that an elderly woman had been injured by a counter protester deliberately riding an e-bike into her. I supplied details to a Herald Sun journalist (including a suggestion to approach council and business owners with CCTV at the location). There’s been no follow up.
I’ve just emailed the journalist to see if she has any answers. Without any actual proof, my gut feeling is the police didn’t want to escalate any social tension, hence they didn’t investigate or publicly announce the incident. I’ve heard of a few incidents that the police prefer the public doesn’t hear about.
The Albanese each way bet (pro-Palestine but also pro-Semite) creates this environment of uncertainty. It’s only enhanced by Jacinta’s Woke Wonderland set up by Mad Hatter Dan. Unless you can get a red pill, you’re condemned to the rabbit hole.
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Saw the prime minister’s speech. Delivered without passion from a script he had to keep glancing down to. Weak as piss!
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And the little smirk. Was I the only one who saw it near the beginning of his speech?
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No, many people have commented on it via social media and one MSM outlet. I managed to endure Minns address, but only lasted 1 min into AnAl’s (Anthony Albanese). Couldn’t stand it any longer.
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Words, words, words…
Nothing our leaders (with some exceptions…) say will make me to forgive them for allowing destruction of my country, chosen – not born into.
But, knowing how skilful political operators they are, I would appreciate if this morning AA declares the Bondi Beach an Australian Sacred Site – Jewish, Christian, Muslim, any….
Many bad things could be said about long gone Soviet government, each and every memorial there was dedicated to the fallen citizens – no matter what language, faith, and race.
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Ditto, I couldn’t bear it so went away from the screen while he on.
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A bit late Albo:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-15/anthony-albanese-bondi-terror-attack-sussan-ley-mike-burgess/106143400
And now SMH is saying he might recall parliament to review the gun laws!! i.e. divert attention from his islamist mates.
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Panic-Stricken Climate Alarmists Resort to Bolder Lies –
By Vijay Jayaraj
An extract –
“The panic is real among climate alarmists as their scaremongering of the past three decades loses its power over a public awakening from a spell induced by a corrupt political class and sustained by a compliant business community and media.
So, what is the response of those holding onto the fantasy that humankind is driving the planet to an overheated apocalypse and that politicians who struggle to manage public services could control something as complex as the climate? They attempt to spice up warmed-over lies with more outrageous ones.
This theater of pathetic prevarication was encapsulated perfectly in humid, overcrowded halls of the recent COP30, the 30th version of the United Nations’ annual climate conference. Year after year, celebrities of politics, business and entertainment fly to exotic locations, burning thousands of gallons of jet fuel, to admonish working people who insist on driving to their jobs and to pressure the Third World to accept energy poverty for the sake of a world that theoretically might be cooler by a degree or two. The hypocrisy is matched only by the thirst for power and other people’s money.”
More at –
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/12/14/panic-stricken-climate-alarmists-resort-to-bolder-lies/
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The Albanese communist government has imported Islamic terror to destroy Australia. And now world wide we are more famous for mass Islamic murder on Bondi Beach than shark attack.
It’s an achievement which destroys the credibility of the anti Autralian Labor Green party forever. And proven Pauline Hanson right. The Jews are first. Christians are next.
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I am so sick of our current politicians, with few exceptions. Incredibly privileged and arrogant opportunists. All follow Adam Bandt’s morality “we tell them what they want to hear and when we get power, we do what we like”
As the YES vote was annihilated, 66% of all Australians, Canberra no longer represents the country. They are wrecking the place while spending our money like a river. $1Billion on shares in a Californian Quantum Computer company? Whose money? Why? Where do we benefit.
And world wide from Milei to Netanyahu to Trump, Albanese and Wong will be called out for their weasel words. Weasel Albanese. He and Starmer are wrecking Australia and Britain like no Prime Ministers in British history. Supported by a conga line of other weasels on both sides.
Climate Change is not science. It never was. And it is wrecking ball through democracies, as intended, destroying our power supplies and manufacturing and agriculture and our ability to even defend ourselves. The first sign in Germany was when Jews were massacred in the Krystallnacht. Except in sunny Australia it’s on the beach in mid summer. And in the cold Christmas markets of Europe. Communism has joined forces with Islamism.
Weasel Albanese must go. And all his stoats.
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The Communists and the Islamists are useful idiots for each other. Recently Tommy Robinson was asked who is funding the Islamic invasion of Britain and he said Saudi Arabia.
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FWIW – self leveling?
“Shocker: New Study Identifies Dramatic Rise in Mortality for ‘Trans-Women” Who Use Cross Sex Hormones”
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2025/12/11/shocker-new-studies-identifies-dramatic-rise-in-mortality-for-trans-women-who-use-cross-sex-hormones-n3809765
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Message from Javier Milei on X:
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Notice how these fundamentally antisemitic demonstrations by the Left, the useful/useless idiots of the fundamentalists, have always involved Australian cultural icons such as the Sydney Opera House, the Sydney Harbor Bridge, Bondi Beach and in Melbournistan, Swanson St.
There is a message there. It’s saying that the extremists and their useful idiots, the Left, have taken over.
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As I identify in my above comment 11.1.1.2 the symbolism is just as important as the act itself. That is why the iconic twin towers and pentagon were chosen targets just as Bondi Beach i.e. the vast majority of people have a mental/visual connection with them so they are attacking not just those caught up in the act but also those even thousands of miles away. Everything Israel commented on regarding the useful idiot marches every week presented the symbol of world wide agreement on who the victim and aggressor in the middle east are. Just as the election in New York – who doesn’t know of or has or would like to visit the place – is not just a case of a new mayor but a “special” mayor in a city that epitomizes everything that is America and becomes a book end to that other (once) great city London which used to epitomize the UK.
Defeat your enemy by force but before the final conflict take their will to fight out of them as much as you can not just through propaganda but also by suggesting that truth is disinformation that must be ignored. And if you can get your enemy to do that to themselves well obviously you deserve to rule.
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FWIW
“Green California to Keep Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant Open 5 More Years”
“I’m shocked California has wavered in their commitment to renewables like this.
Keeping this plant open will be seen as some as an admission that California’s enormous renewable investments are not delivering stable electricity supplies.
If hundreds of billions of dollars investment in renewables and batteries is not enough to prevent blackouts during periods of energy stress, surely the solution is more hundreds of billions of dollars of green energy investment.
Do I need a /sarc tag?”
More at
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/12/14/green-california-to-keep-diablo-canyon-nuclear-plant-open-5-more-years/
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Somehow the word “reliable” got past the censors!
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Netanyahu has stinging attack on Albanese for his support for Hamas:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohEuRU-ZKTQ
In this he talks about the letter he sent to Sleezy in August stating that his support for Hamas would fuel antisemitism. So places the Bondi Beach deaths squarely at Sleezies feet.
The Bondi Beach massacre is global news today. The sort no country would want.
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And what does his anti Islamaphobia commissioner say about the most terrible massacre since Oct 7? In fact it proves Islamaphobia is fully justified and Australia needs recognize the real and present danger to all Australians.
“Aftab Malik, Special Envoy to Combat Islamophobia
Aftab Malik was appointed for a three-year term beginning October 14, 2024. In this role, he is tasked with engaging with Muslim communities, all levels of government, and the broader Australian community to advise the government on the most effective ways to combat Islamophobia. His office and statements are independent of the government. “\
Let’s hear from Alabanese’s salaried apologist for Islamic terror on the Australian beach.
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The usual line of attack (and I use the term deliberately) is that the massacre will make his community more fearful than ever of retribution and being shunned by those who would connect the massacre with their beliefs. The shooters will be said to be in no part connected with their beliefs. And therefore more special envoys are needed to protect his community.
The line of attack will continue that followers of their beliefs should in no way be held responsible for the massacre. Oh and send money.
And finally his community just wants to live in peace. And if you don’t give them everything they ever so respectfully ask for and bow down to their beliefs then there is nothing further they can do because there are plenty more gunmen where these came from.
Oops, maybe the last part will not be spoken out loud.
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The terror attack at Bondi beach should be a wake-up call on any future mass migration to Australia.
Just unbelievable that the Jewish community can’t safely celebrate the Hanukkah festival in our country in 2025.
But the bravery of one good Aussie helped to save many more lives.
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It’s not always as simple as us and them.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce3wkey5p33o
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Very good, the BBC say the hero who tackled the gunman was Ahmed al Ahmed, and is in hospital with gunshot wounds to his hand and arm. They quote his cousin Mustafa.
That would be the greatest rumour to drop for a Govt wanting some mis-direction and muddying of the waters of embarrassment.
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I have met many great Muslims. Often Turks. Family men. Honest. Hard working. Islamisation is something else.
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Long before 9/11 I was driven from Auburn to Kingsford Smith, more than an hour at low sped..
We liked each other, the very young taxi driver and me, so we entertained each other.
He complained that his older brothers and sisters treat him badly because they do not understand him and how great the Book is.
He earnestly recited big chunks to me and – not pretending, I read short Russian poem to him.
As years pass by I remember him more and more – is he still alive, does he live here?
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So many people from so many countries are just good citizens. Good people come from everywhere, but unfortunately some dangerous maniacs do too. If the guy who disarmed the gunman, and got shot by the gunman’s mate, came from country X or religion Y, so be it. Many others would have done the same, and we should all be grateful that such people are among us. It would be nice if some citizens could organise a public event to thank the guy and everyone else who helped – an event with absolutely no politician present, just people. Maybe the Cronulla rioters and people arrested during Covid could help to arrange it.
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Not sure about the video – nowhere near the bridge.
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Police say only two gunmen ?
Two on the bridge dressed all in black ,.shirts and trousers..
But the gunman tackled on the ground had white trousers ??
Did he change his trousers and run down from the bridge ? …
…..or ?..
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Stripping down to his socks in preparation?
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No. Not true. White trousers/black top was on the bridge close to start and at end of incident… black clothes guy the other.
No, He had the same clothes when advancing from the bridge. He was disarmed by a member of the public and then moved back to the bridge. His associate, Black clothed guy had two guns.
BCG then gave one to his recently unarmed WT/BT friend.
They were then suppressed. White trousers/BT taken down first.
There were only two gunmen.
Dont ask how I know.
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Chad,
you are correct.
All in black is what the ABC/SBS said.
As usual, they were making it up.
Incompetence knows no bounds when it comes to the left-wing media.
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I recant my unsurety – there is a picture of white-pants beside the bridge with shotgun in hand…
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FWIW
Re the latest “Epstein photos developments –
“Here Are the NEWLY RELEASED Epstein Images Tied to Powerful Democrats”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/12/here-are-newly-released-epstein-images-tied-powerful/
And
“Why the Latest Story From the Epstein Files Could Give Trump Grounds for a Lawsuit”
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/12/14/why-the-latest-story-from-the-epstein-files-could-give-trump-grounds-for-a-lawsuit-n2667852
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FWIW
“Hollywood Actor Defends Farmers from ‘Woke Liberal College Kids’ Who Have No Clue About Farming (Video)”
“Hollywood actor Adrian Grenier, best known for his role in HBO’s Entourage (2004–2011), defended the complexities of modern farming, especially in the face of ‘woke liberal college kids’ who lecture farmers without any actual clue of what they face.
Grenier joined “The Dan Buettner Podcast,” sharing his passion for working the earth and sustainability. But he noted people should show some respect to farmers and understand the realities they are facing before lecturing them on what they should, and shouldn’t, be doing.”
More at
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/12/hollywood-actor-defends-farmers-woke-liberal-college-kids/
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Tuvalu’s first climate migrants have arrived in Australia, beginning a historic relocation as rising seas threaten their island home in total isolation to it myriad neighbor’s.
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We need a ‘Tuvalu Cam’ up a palm tree so that we can monitor the alleged rising sea level.
I wonder where the sea level will be in 100 years time………….
The measuring gauge(s) at Fort Denison in Sydney Harbour has/have hardly moved since measurements began.
So much for rising sea levels drowning low lying Pacific Islands.
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Trouble with trees as markers for things like that is that they can be removed – like that “famous marker palm tree”.
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Once they’ve all left can they sell the empty islands to me cheap?
I’ve always wanted my very own tropical island. It’s not sinking, just low-lying, but I’ll leave at times of storms or tsunamis or build a suitable shelter.
Jo Novians will be welcome to visit.
And as the sole resident of these islands do you think the Australian Government will pay me climate tribute?
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Inc Simon, PF etc?
Love equality! 😁
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They wouldn’t come anyway. They’d be terrified of the supposedly rising sea level and boiling oceans.
But they could still come, they might learn something.
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Hotel California style…. But you can never leave.
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Who has the satellite data on whether the ocean is actually rising or the “land” is actually SINKING. Or BOTH?
A LOT of these dinky places are atolls. Atolls are basically roughly circular coral-based structures.
Thus, they are a cap of coral built on the rim of an oceanic volcano. Volcanic rims, especially under-water ones, tend to be “stacked” sand and volcanic ejecta, NOT the most robust foundation. As the coral colonizes the rim, it adds MASS. This compresses the ash substrate and the coral polyps have to build upwards, faster, just to maintain contact with sufficient sunlight to keep going. See also: TIDES. Corals cannot build above the mean high tide mark
NONE of the “experts” seem too keen on considering the role of crustal plate movements or Vulcanism. I can’t imagine why / sarc?. Could “political science” be their only real expertise?
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FWIW
Word for the day – “Anarcho-Tyranny”
Video at
https://www.smalldeadanimals.com/2025/12/14/anarcho-tyranny/
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It’s disgraceful that, given the growing antisemitism in Australia, the government, police and anti-terrorism forces were caught out so completely at a large Jewish festival – an obvious target for these scumbags.
Peaceful marches by ordinary Australians worried about having these people in our midst, thanks to Labor’s appalling immigration policies, are heavily policed and controlled. If you attend an anti-lockdown protest you get a rubber bullet in the head, but simply drive up to a Jewish event dressed in black and carrying rifles, then drape an ISIS flag on the car, and you can just walk right in.
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I shan’t be surprised if future Hannukah celebrations are banned so as not to provoke our Muslim Brotherhood immigrants; inevitably, being “openly Jewish” will be proscribed so that we can live in harmony ever after as Penelope Ying-Yen Wong would have it.
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I’d like to know what the Jews have done to make all these people hate them so much. Whole religions hate them, whole political systems hate them.. this doesn’t arise in a vacuum.
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In a word – succeeded?
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When you don’t accept someone else’s prophet, all hell breaks loose.
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Religeon is the root or all evil !
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https://www.clrn.org/why-are-the-jews-hated-throughout-history/
Can’t kill the son of the invisible man who lives in the sky and not be persecuted forever now can you?
Cough, Gilgamesh, cough. Religious factions abound now where once there was but one.
More people have died in the name of religion throughout history than from any other cause.
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‘I’d like to know …’
Its sectarian violence, Judaism, Christianity and Islam worship one God, they are all connected to the prophet Abraham.
To end this monotheistic stupidity we need more gods.
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Pithy nonsense.
Judaism honors the God of Abraham, the Laws of God given to Moses, and obedience to the Covenant of God to Israel, in perpetuity, without exception, only for themselves.
Christianity honors the God of Abraham, the Laws of Moses, and the belief that Christ provided an alternative path to Salvation for those who would believe in His Divinity. An alternative for non Jewish people, or those who might choose it as a way of belief.
Islam worship a Pirate Code of war, subjugation, torture, dehumanization, eternal conquest, etc.
They are not the same things. The first two obligate oneself to a choice of belief and commitment to self sacrifice towards non violent belief, the last obligates oneself to inhumanity without end towards total world domination by war, deception, and terror.
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And Buddhism is another Religion and appears to be a religeon of peace. Until two Buddhist Countries go to War that is.
Religion is always the problem.
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What makes it even more bizarre is that they are fighting over old religious temples.
Essentially its only a border dispute over land.
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Thanks for the education, when religions become institutionalised there are divisions on what the holy books say. Catholics and Protestants have been squabbling for centuries and Islam’s religious wars are ferocious.
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Roman or Greek?
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I thought the Romans took the idea from the Greeks and adopted their gods.
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Around 20,000 worshipped throughout history by both mono and poly cultures.
Even the moon was one in roman times.
Still waiting on a single shred of proof for any of them.
Still waiting on a location of heaven or hell in the universe.
Still waiting on an explanation of how a soul sees, thinks and feels without a physical body.
Still waiting on an explanation of how Adam (XY chromosomes) loses a rib and it turns into a woman (XX chromosomes).
Such wonderful trickery!
Religion is the practice of using nonsense in order to explain ignorance.
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Go Hindu?
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KP,
Bit of a paradox: you’re asking for a rational justification for hatred. When has hatred ever been rational?
Maybe time you turned a cynical eye on how people in power might be served by hatred. There might be push forces, not just pull.
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KP: I reckon jealousy is a large part of the story.
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It’s simple really. Below, there is a post listing the Jewish Nobel Prize laureates. It is verboten to speak of IQ in demographic cohorts so lets just call Jews “high achievers” who gravitate to banking. It is hardly chance that Shakespeare’s Shylock is a Jew.
Call it jealousy of the high achievers or rebellion against the bankers but it is understandable among the low IQ.
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The Frog & the Scorpion.
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Aa Australia continues to drive out its Jewish population who are leaving for safer countries such as Israel or the United States to be replaced with Labor’s cherished demographic, consider Nobel Prize laureates:
Figures from Gulag AI but I have checked such figures on previous occasions:
Jewish Laureates: At least 220 individuals (approximately 22% of all Nobel Prizes). The global Jewish population is roughly 15–16 million, or 0.2% of the world total.
Labor’s preferred demographic Laureates: Approximately 15–17 individuals (less than 2% of all Nobel Prizes). The global preferred demographic population is roughly 1.8–2 billion, or about 25% of the world total.
Breakdown Jews vs The preferred demographic
Physics ……….. 56+ ……….. 1
Chemistry ……….. 36+ ……….. 3
Medicine ……….. 50+ ……….. 0
Economics ……….. 30+ ……….. 0
Literature ……….. 16+ ……….. 3
Peace ……….. 9+ ……….. 8-10
* The peace prize includes the noted terrorist Yassir Arafat.
So with 0.2% of the world’s population Jews get 22% of the Nobels vs the preferred demographic 25% of the population get 2% of the Nobels.
This represents a rate per capita for Jews of 1375 times over Australia’s preferred demographic. Calculation: Jewish “yield” 22%/0.02% = 110 vs preferred demographic which is 2%/25% = 0.08. Thus 110/0.08 = 1375 more per capita for Jews vs the preferred ones.
Note that if you remove the figures for the Peace Prize, not real science, economis or literature, the figures are dramatically worse for the preferred demographic.
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Good on the bloke who courageously stalked, tackled and disarmed one of the mass murderers. The one essential act remaining, was to disable the murderer by shooting him in the legs so that he couldn’t regroup. That heavy weapon would have probably blown both legs away.
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It appeared to be a shotgun.
These devices are NOT “wonder weapons”, as stupidly portrayed on the cretinizer. You still have to AIM them and keep your hands steady.
At that range, the pellet pattern would have been about 75mm diameter, or smaller, depending on pellet size and the choke on the barrel. A good chance of an inexperienced person would MISS the lower legs. Hence going for the centre of visible mass. If you think all of that is a bit “icky” you have had a very poor upbringing. Bonus points: If you pop a bunch of pellets into the thigh, rupturing the femoral artery and probably fracturing the femur, the “recipient” WILL fall over and have significant trouble “running away” whilst rapidly bleeding out.
See also: The “Mozambique Drill”.
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The Peace Prise seems to favour people who have just stopped killing their enemies .
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Or about to start…Obama?
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Xmas gift idea for your conspiracy crackpot friends
https://imgbox.com/N7CciR75
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the Bondi murderer had a gun licence for 6 guns.How many more licences for multiple guns have been issued for pest control in the suburbs.Is our method of licence issuing suitable for purpose or can it be bodged? This is not about genuine gun historians and collectors this is about dodgy or biased persons who feel a need to own a paranoid gun which will shoot people if it feels threatend.Just asking.
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Australia already has some of the most restrictive gun laws in the world.
Shooting such as target shooting and hunting is a legitimate sport, even for city folk.
You can’t stop evil. You could perhaps stop importing people from violent cultures that commit such evil. And without guns, terrorists drive vehicles into crowds or kill people by any other means.
In fact those restrictive laws may have contributed to the massacre.
For example, except in designated gun-free zones, such a massacre wouldn’t happen in a place like Texas because very likely an armed permitted citizen would be in the area and would have stopped the terrorist early, just as happened when such a massacre was stopped in a church (see below).
Also, in Israel, there have been many instances of armed permitted citizens stopping massacres.
Gulag AI:
However, it’s unlikely Australia will ever get more liberal firearm laws such as Texas. Afterall, Australia is a nation so immature that it can’t even decide on nuclear energy or vote in a conservative Government.
And Australia has no tradition of being allowed any tools whatsoever for self defence, even in the home, hence the high rate of home invasions etc..
So when a response is required in seconds, police are just minutes (and many deaths) away. But that’s how a majority of Australians want it. So be it.
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…and all the details of the Port Arthur massacre are carefully locked away and only the Tas police commissioner has access. Not even pollies have access.
How very strange…
Guns are never the problem, just the people using them.
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You trotted out your vile conspiracy theories after Christchurch as well. One would think you have an agenda.
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One need only look at human history and the number of overt and covert operations against the citizenry to effortlessly demonstrate the disregard for human life by our rulers to see that a total lockdown on information rather than public scrutiny raises a lot of questions that I for one want answered.
Would you like me to furnish you with a list or would you prefer to research it for yourself and expand your knowledge?
Of course it’s all too easy and too common to reject even the possibility, just to comfort one’s personal beliefs isn’t it…
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‘Guns are never the problem, just the people blamed for using them…
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I’m fairly sure you would find Jewish people to be amongst the higher end of concealed carry in the USA, and if we had similar laws here those preferred demographics wouldn’t have shot more than two or three people before dying on the bridge they chose. Nothing reinforces the power of the State more than removing any chance of self-defence from the peasants, so now we need the State to enact any sort of retribution for crime.
Of course other demographics/religions may be studying the drug gangs in SW Sydney and doing their own drive-by shootings now, just to liven up the rivalry wars there. When only criminals are allowed guns it makes honest men into criminals to defeat them.
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The other problem is that NZ and Aussie police are generally piss poor in dealing with these types of situations. That gun battle between the cops and the terrorist proves the point.
https://t.me/rtnews/125507
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That’s right David, minimise the opportunity to inflict carnage from known offenders on an unsuspecting public by reducing the numbers or, perhaps, not welcoming them in in the first place
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No idea. The farming community has obvious need for a gun for humanely dealing with injured animals and with foxes, feral pigs etc. Yet there are stringent procedures for acquiring such a licence. Gun clubs are another avenue for ownership. But anyone who has been to a city gun shop will tell you that there are some pretty dubious looking characters purchasing “heavy” weapons.
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Thee “dubious-looking” characters would NOT be buying AMY guns or ammo unless they could produce a valid “licence AND a Police-issued “Permit to acquire” for the firearm in question..
It is NOT as portrayed on the degenerate LSM.
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I think you are very naive, Bruce. There are clearly breaches of procedures. The rest of us go through all the proper procedures, have regular examination of our gun cabinet by local police etc etc. But the amount of serious guns in parts of Sydney are astonishing. The use of them every day by the drug runners et al hits the headlines pretty regularly in Sydney. And how do they get them? Well, not by “Permit to acquire” !!!!
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However that is what politicians will tinker with because its easy.
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” But the amount of serious guns in parts of Sydney are astonishing. ”
They need them, living in those parts…
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Gun control laws only make it harder for law-abiding people to buy a gun. It’s similar to all the security measures applied to online banking – they just make it harder for people to access their own money while crooks can still steal millions.
Remember the saying, “When you outlaw guns, only the outlaws will have guns.”
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Criminals get their guns and ammo’ on the Black Market.
They may even steal them.
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This scientist believes in human induced global warming, but cannot see any tipping points.
https://notrickszone.com/2025/12/14/dialing-back-the-panic-german-physics-prof-sees-no-evidence-of-climate-tipping-points/
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Ahmed Al Ahmed is a mensch.
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Mask up time again!
Superflu is all the rage and with immune systems being damaged due to climate change, masks are being pushed again, so out with the facts and inconvenient studies again too!
https://web.archive.org/web/20200625094522/https://www.oralhealthgroup.com/features/face-masks-dont-work-revealing-review/
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Zooming in to nano world
https://va.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_t2j0bkr5T01z23obp.mp4
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FWIW
“Today’s IQ Test: Which Is Cheaper To Produce Electricity, Wind/Solar Or Fossil Fuels?”
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/12/14/todays-iq-test-which-is-cheaper-to-produce-electricity-wind-solar-or-fossil-fuels/
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Wind and Solar are cheap the way fast food is cheap. It’s crap.
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If you don’t count any of the costs involved, it’s free.
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My pedantry comes to the fore:
Shouldn’t your “it’s free” be “it looks to be free”?
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…and in breaking news, AI is to be trained on politicians to ensure it never becomes too intelligent. 😆
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FWIW – give it a try and see how you go
“CITIZENS DON’T NEED GUNS. THE POLICE WILL PROTECT YOU!
https://twitter.com/CollinRugg/status/2000250183762981035?s=46&t=Zipvj4547gNZ5w4wc-RDyA ”
https://instapundit.com/762471/#disqus_thread
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As the presenter of a self defence channel in America always says, “When seconds count, the police are only minutes away.”
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Commiserations Net Zero from KC3? Is that because he is King to all master of none!
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If you want uncensored information on any significant world event, sign up to Telegram.
This channel is particularly good. https://t.me/rtnews/125574 best coverage of the attack I have seen.
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FWIW
“One state’s green mandates can become another state’s nightmare”
“But no longer willing to serve as innocent bystanders in the schemes of others, a growing number of voices are calling for a halt in the practice. “States must pay the costs of their own goals. That’s a basic principle of cost allocation – and it’s being ignored across the country right now,” notes Rep. Julie Fedorchak (R-ND). “Families and businesses in states like North Dakota shouldn’t be paying higher electricity bills because other states choose unrealistic, expensive mandates.”
Fedorchak has recently introduced a bill, the “Fair Allocation of Interstate Rates (FAIR) Act,” that targets the current practice of having regional authorities spread the cost of long interstate transmission lines across all consumers in the region regardless of who benefits. This cost-shifting serves the interests of states aggressively pursuing renewable-energy mandates. But it is a “bad-neighbor” policy that drives up electricity costs for everyone and encourages the use of eminent domain on private land to make way for the unwanted transmission lines.
Growing ire among farmers and ranchers who see valuable acreage sacrificed on the alter of somebody else’s green agenda prompted Fedorchak in September to pen a letter in to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in support of her state’s formal complaint challenging the regional cost-allocation formula used by the Midcontinent Systems Operator (MISO) to charge customers for new transmission lines. MISO is the electric grid operator for 15 states in the central U.S. and the Canadian province of Manitoba. North Dakota was joined I its complaint by Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Montana.
Calling the current cost-allocation arrangement a “subsidy scheme,” Fedorchak wrote that,” The massive build out in the MISO region is driven by the aggressive decarbonization goals of several MISO states, but North Dakota is not one of them. States must pay the costs of their own goals.” In her letter, Fedorchak was joined by North Dakota Senators John Hoeven (R) and Kevin Crammer (R), who have introduced companion legislation to the FAIR Act in the Senate.”
More at
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/12/14/one-states-green-mandates-can-become-another-states-nightmare/
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Would you call that “Really leveling the LCOE”?
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I suppose it is foolish to hope that Prime Minister Albanese will announce a national day of mourning for the victims of the pogrom at Bondi. But he should.
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It is likely a watershed day for Albanese and minions. Economically and socially Australia is not on anyone’s radar in the Northern Hemisphere. But when you get world leaders saying this world class social disaster is entirely PM Albanese’s fault, they are putting him on a level with Maduro or Assad or Hussein. Alabanese has such form that he is not even being given the benefit of the doubt! The number of people killed at Bondi beach, possibly the most iconic city beach in Australia, is comparable to the hostages in Gaza.
The now obvious rapid social and economic destruction of Australia is being compared to countries like South Africa and Venezuela and Syria and the UK. I doubt that Albanese/Wong will recover respect from this moment. And US ambassador Kevin Rudd will be mud in Washington diplomatic circles. A pariah.
From now on, the only reason anyone will speak to Albanese and minions is the respect they have for Australians, not the current Australian Labor party and its self important blatantly communist leaders. You could say exactly the same about Keir Starmer and friends.
The historic Labor party of Curtin and Whitlam and Hawke would be aghast. Who would want to be party to this abomination?
While the rapid destruction of Australia by the Climate Change hoax is obvious and deliberate, that could be put down to a combination of opportunism, wilful bloody ignorance and stupidity, the continuing assault on Israel and Jews has no such excuse.
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A million Up Thumbs from me for your post TdeF.
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FWIW
“Inside Russian military barracks w/ João Quaresma”
https://rumble.com/v73027e-inside-russian-military-barracks-w-joo-quaresma.html?e9s=src_v1_ucp_a
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Comment by a former Canadian conservative opposition leader, Stockwell Day.
Responding to Mark Carnage, Canadian PM:
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Albanese, Wong and Berk have to resign, they have failed us manifestly, and the status of the shooters family has yet to come out, deportation is a necessity, they have to be separated, like your kids when they are naughty.
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The guy on our left, Alex, is a Ru tr0ll.
Reply to #43
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If you give a Man or a Woman a gun, then they can rob a Bank.
If you give a Man or a Woman a Bank, then they can rob everyone.
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Yeah, but the catch is, they can also use the gun to deter robbers.
Hence, the reason you shouldn’t have one.
To the point where they are even restricting pointy farm and kitchen implements.
And they don’t want us to have a farm either … so there.
Or eat.
You may be allowed a hammer and a sickle, but probably only on a T-shirt … at college.
You may allowed to remain a vile conspiracy theorist, which soon will be the only rational model of political reality left to us.
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FWIW
“Miliband Isolated as EU Prepares to Reverse Petrol Car Ban”
“Ed Miliband has been left isolated over his Net Zero policies after the European Union dropped “indefinitely” a flagship pledge to ban sales of new petrol cars. The Telegraph has more.
Brussels was said to be preparing for a major climbdown on vehicle emissions rules amid a revolt by member states including Germany and Italy.
Manfred Weber, head of the European Parliament’s biggest grouping of MEPs, said a ban on petrol, diesel and hybrid cars scheduled for 2035 was now off the table indefinitely.
The dramatic reversal across the Channel will be seen as a fresh blow to Mr Miliband, the Energy Secretary, and Labour’s Net Zero policies that critics say risk damaging industry and driving up costs for households.
Ministers are now facing calls from the car industry to revisit Britain’s own plan to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030 and hybrids from 2035.”
More at
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/12/14/miliband-isolated-as-eu-prepares-to-reverse-petrol-car-ban/
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FWIW-
Borrowed and adapted from Instapundit
On the road to “Euthenasing Nut-Zero”
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Never mind Ed rest assure Australia’s Blackout Bowen is still flying the Naff Zero flag
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For me, reflecting on my more than seven decades of life …
it appears that one of the premier industrial accomplishments of my society is the manufacture of mass fear.
I took a rifle to my junior high school on two occasions for class presentations.
The only kids that wore helmets while riding a bike had already suffered skull damage and needed artificial support.
I never wore a batting helmet playing Hardball.
(I wasn’t even allowed to play Softball because that was for girls.)
The only pass I would get for not showing up to school or practice would be hospitalization …which would require unconsciousness, or skin bone protrusion with arterial bleeding.
Sticks and stones would break my bones but words would never hurt me.
(That’s because the only hurt words can inflict are self induced.)
I recently happened to hear the press conference by authorities giving explanatory details of some tragic event or another …
after 15 minutes of expressing empathy for victims and thanking all the various agency leaders for doing their jobs, which I assume they would fail to do if sufficient appreciation were not expressed … no details had yet been given .. so I gave up on getting the details of the event.
Now I know people (with post graduate educations) that will scurry to take a COVID test if someone sneezes in their presence.
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