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I thinking of moving to a foreign country and driving like an American.
I’ll always use a turn signal.
If I need to pick something up I will look for a legitimate parking space.
If I need to look at my phone, I will pull out of the traffic lane.
I will stop at stop signs and lights.
I will slow down for pedestrians.
I will drive only slightly over the speed limit.
Just to display my American arrogance.
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You’ll need mystery bullet holes in your car to truly qualify though. 😆
Did you know 30% of accidents are caused by speeding?
So 70% are caused by not speeding, making speeding the safer choice. 😆
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And most of the drivers were sober. 😮
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IIRC didn’t one of the petrol (gas) companies have an advertising campaign in the 1969/70s which gave out transfers of bullet holes you could put on your windscreens or car bodywork?
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There is a an Army tan LandCruiser around where I live with a string of fake bullet holes across the back.
Having shot my fair share of bullets into old junkers back in the day I can safely say they look quite realistic from the front seat of a car behind them.
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New Zealand vaccination records show 50% higher-than-expected all-cause mortality after vaccination. New Zealand authorities are spending millions of dollars to pursue criminal charges against their former database administrator, Barry Young, for exposing the records: https://kirschsubstack.com/p/new-zealand-vaccination-records-show
Retired American entrepreneur, Steve Kirsch, founder of the Vaccine Safety Research Foundation (VSRF) speaks with New Zealand whistleblower, Barry Young: https://rumble.com/v4gacyc-vsrf-live-116-new-zealand-data-update.html
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Good luck with the pursuit of truth and justice. Unfortunately, there are literally billions of dollars in ‘lobbying’ funds allocated by Big Pharma to stop any real progress in bringing these mega-criminals to justice.
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I’d love to know which vaccinations have a higher morbidity/ mortality risk than others so I can weigh up the risks involved. Quoting an overall vaccination risk seems to be playing the same card as the pro-vaccination people play……not giving specifics doesn’t give me any element of real choice or decision-making.
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>Quoting an overall vaccination risk
It’s clear in the article using capital letters to emphasise that it’s the Covid vaccinations specifically, not the overall vaccination risk.
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The vaccine “ lurgi “ is predominantly the mRNA technology. This magic mix interferes with your genes & In many instances probably your DNA.
mRNA IS being used in other oral medications now. If your doctor is prescribing any medications always ask the question “ is there any mRNA technology involved “.
If “ yes “ request an alternative or find another doctor!
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Yes, I noticed that enzyme they’re researching to eat plaque in blood vessels comes wrapped in a lipid membrane. No explanation of how the lipid knows the right spot to break open on.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/vincentius-liong_researchers-in-italy-just-isolated-a-bacterial-share-7474081009748164609-Lztu/
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From the linkedin reference
The preclinical proof of concept was published in the European Heart Journal.
Further tracking (ugh FB)
the only sad part of the post is that the reference of Rossi et al (2026) doesnt exist.
Alas wishful thinking….
A few years ago my calcium score was 16 (out of 400)
I blame 100% use of olive oil….
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Have a good read:
https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/cp/203643044
I don’t even have a flu shot.
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“Note: because spike proteins overload the cells, many find their way to the cell surface. In addition to triggering the immune system to destroy the spike protein-expressing cell, it also causes parts of the membrane to separate from the cell and travel through the body as exosomes.
The body relies upon exosomes for communication between the cells (including to signal the CDR), and spike protein-coated exosomes have been detected in mRNA-vaccinated individuals. The changes in the exosomes throughout the body have been both hypothesized to account for many of the pathologic changes observed in these patients and to explain how the seemingly impossible mRNA vaccine shedding can occur (as exosomes are also exhaled); presently, the only other potential mechanism I have identified to explain the inexplicable shedding process is bacterial DNA within the vaccines causing the microbiome to express the spike protein.”
But its safe an effective!
He’s got some fascinating writings on the recent work on mitochondria, a far more complex effect on our bodies than previously thought.
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I made the same observation as the Midwestern Doctor- people at work during the 2010s would receive the flu vax and often take a sick day or two just after the jab. And then later in the season they would come down with the flu, taking numerous days off work. It’s good to read some professional analysis of the biological mechanisms underlying this phenomena.
For the 8 years l worked for that employer, I never took the flu jab they offered. My go to for sore throats was (and is) beads of pure licorice root (Glycyrrhizic acid) plus zinc and vitamin C. I never had successive sick days during that period. Nowadays I’ve just added quercetin to this treatment package if l get any flu like symptoms.
Interestingly, the President of Turkmenistan touted licorice root as the country’s main defence against covid in the early days of the pandemic. He was widely derided at the time. No way of knowing if it was effective- they closed their borders and very little media info escapes the country. But research shows he may have been on to something…
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2090123221002307
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Funny the way views of the world change over time. As a baby boomer, I grew up in the age of medical miracles and, while priests and preachers worked for god, the doctor in my tiny bush town was GOD. Helped of course by penicillin that became widely available after the war. After losing relatives to such things as whooping cough, diphtheria and scarlet fever, the new medicines were literally life savers and the populace was generally in awe. The next big step was polio vaccines, every parents nightmare, the dreaded infantile paralysis essentially vanished and then the government push against TB and brucellosis in humans and animals lead everyone at the time to believe that “medicine” could do wrong. Never question the doctor, he had the knowledge and skill, trust him, trust government. It’s taken a fair lump of my 80 years to change this approach to “trust no one in the medical system” ask questions and demand answers I can understand. The rise of big pharma has done so much to damage my faith in trusting medicine. I don’t get flu shots, haven’t had the shingles shot etc. I have had measles, mumps and chicken pox as a kid. When these diseases came to town there was a real effort for all littles to catch it and be safe for life. I don’t know anyone that died of these childhood disease. Now they get head line attention with all the scares imaginable. Oh well.
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“Medicine could do no wrong”
Edit button seems to have vanished!
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Luck of the draw. Seems to come and go.
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Let Dr Google be your friend. Listen to your doctor on the big things, DYOR for the rest.
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For those who may have missed it, this is Robert Clancy’s recent co-written article on excess deaths and mRNA vaccines in Aus. The ABS notably hasn’t published excess death estimates for the last two years. Perhaps they did not want to diminish the perceived safety and effectiveness of certain therapeutic products.
https://quadrant.org.au/magazine/health/excess-deaths-and-mrna-vaccines/
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If the facts disagree with the Official Narrative, then obviously the facts are wrong.
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Electric bus fire and 2 chargers in the London heatwave.
https://youtu.be/nIg0tFVmU8g
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Apparently London has never had a heatwave before. Nor Paris or Rome. It’s a wonder reporters don’t spontaneously combust. Exactly as predicted four decades ago by Al Gore, the world’s billionaire climate disaster expert.
Which shows that actual science is not the massively profitable career you can get in political science fiction. In the parable it seems that Henny Penny/Chicken Little was the fox.
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Most Australians would argue that they are yet to experience a heat wave in the UK.
Whenever I hear of heat waves in the UK it brings me back to the POM in Karratha.
https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/threads/diary-of-a-pom-in-karratha-oldie-but-a-goodie.40251/
This story has particular appeal for me because we met another couple who were fresh from UK when we lived in Karratha/Dampier. The bricklayer worked as an independent contractor and very good at his job – he did brickwork on entire houses for a fixed price and had a big income. Got used to starting well before dawn and working till just after noon. He coped with the outdoor heat quite well. They were able to buy a boat within months of getting there and I still remember them camping on a beach in Flying Foam Passage with the boat beached on the high tide so they would not need to worry about it floating again till next morning. Back in the 1970s they said everything was lower cost in Australia and they both earnt heaps more in Australia; the wife as a secretary in the bank my wife worked in . Life in Karratha was good for them during the expansion phase of that period.
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London has never had a heatwave? The heatwave in 1252 was pretty bad, with crop failures and lots of deaths. I asked AI “are you certain that the recent heatwave was hotter in the uk than the hottest day in 1252?”. Answer: No.
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The media reports that the fire is under investigation. For much of the media, the Iberian peninsula blackout from last year is still under investigation. Follow ups often fail to manifest with these types of stories.
If the fire was caused by heat triggering a fault in the bus battery or chargers, that’s super as we may have potential EV problems with extreme weather at both ends of the spectrum. Queues at the chargers in the cold…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzrUkgbVoro
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I wonder if the ABC is waking up?
The link includes some interesting graphs.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-28/wind-drought-stress-tests-south-australia-energy/106847354
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PS Jo, the Preview button isn’t working for me. Cheers Dave B.
…
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Still very much rose colored glasses:
In fact, this is another reality test that informs us the whole lot is a waste of money. There can be no reduction in fossil fuel generating capacity because wind takes annual leave that would be ruinously expensive to cover with batteries.
If their ABC was useful, they would push their expert guests to estimate how much it will actually cost to get to NetZero based on wind droughts occurring every year. And it is a 13 digit figure.
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I agree R W, but it’s been a long time ( for ever? ) since I’ve seen so much factual stuff on this topic from this source. Perhaps this is a harbinger of change? Hopefully.
( Afternoon Jo, this time Preview worked! Twice.)
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Another ABC story. This one is a mixed bag, but includes this before reverting to type:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-28/wind-drought-stress-tests-south-australia-energy/106847354
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Ain’t that the truth.!!
And the zealots believe we can get to Net Zero, yet we have not started on manufacturing , transport, and Agriculture. They are in denial as to everything that does not fit their argument.
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Remember that old dictum of “the court of modelling” – “If in doubt leave it out”
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We have metals. All extracted from ores using carbon.
All other materials including humans and clothing are carbon based. This fear of carbon is insanity packaged as fake science.
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Now that’s OLD news!
Good job dinosaur ABC! 😁
Around 3 months, so about now, as is already happening globally.
Planting abandoned by some large companies in Oz due to fertiliser costs.
Maybe next year eh?
Whatya gunna do when there’s no more fuel?
USA seems to have stopped coming to the rescue.
Reserves down, down and staying down. /Coles.
Iran doesn’t need the west, China and India will take all on offer and sell excess to the west instead.
US fuel reserves now measured in weeks.
Now who was that silly person at the beginning who said the Iran war would only be a week or 2, I laughed and said many months minimum, and here we are.
Nice to have great intel, the sort the ABC can’t imagine and wouldn’t cite anyway…
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FWIW
“Carville calls for schism, Van Jones sounds alarm, Bill Maher says his vote is in play— Democrats’ civil war breaks open. ”
More at
https://open.substack.com/pub/coffeeandcovid/p/red-dawn-saturday-june-27-2026-c?
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And “The Bee” comments
https://x.com/TheBabylonBee/status/2070613093973983553
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None use none.
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One of Madman’s proteges campaigned for the end of Western civilisation. This might upset a few Democrar voters.
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Are you talking about this fellow?
‘His popularity and influence carried over into this year’s primary where three of his endorsed candidates won their congressional primaries, two of whom unseated multi-term Democrats.’ (ABC)
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Madman has been the tipping point. James Carville, the most offensive one eyed Democrat of the last decade has just declared that he no longer supports the Democrats. As JFK junior said, he didn’t leave the Democrats, the Democrats left him. This is where a third party shines, as in Australia and the UK, allowing face saving for lifelong Labor/Democrat voters without embracing their lifelong enemy.
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Carville is out of touch, a third force is now unstoppable.
They must be worried that it may disrupt the midterms, lessen the chances of a clean sweep, but that is precisely what is needed to bring about political change.
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Spoken like someone who follows American politics from a distance, and has only been doing so for about a decade (since Trump came on the scene). Every few years, some new fad takes over American political media before eventually fading away because it’s influence has been vastly overblown. MAGA is the only one in my lifetime that has actually won a national election, and the only one that has displayed any staying power. Bernie Bros, the Tea Party, Ross Perot’s independent runs, Ralph Nader’s Green Party run, the Bull Moose party, etc. There hasn’t been a legitimate 3rd party breakthrough (MAGA doesn’t count since it took over an existing party) since the Republicans emerged on the scene in the 1850s to opposing slave-owning southern Democrats.
The Democratic Socialists of America are more of the same. Unlike MAGA, which immediately started winning statewide and national elections with tens of millions of votes, the DSA has been winning tiny local and district primaries with tens of thousands of votes. There is an order of magnitude of difference. The primary elections those New York DSA candidates are winning only had about 10% turnout, and the only demographics they won were college-educated whites. Blacks, Hispanics, Asians, and working class whites all voted against them. But college-educated whites turned out in such numbers that they swamped the other demographics (who rarely show up for primaries). That formula might work in non-competitive leftist districts in New York and California, but it won’t fly in conservative or swing states.
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Watch this space.
‘Another word likely to prove fodder for Republicans is “socialism” – until recently considered a political taboo in the US, conjuring images of Soviet communism and radical Marxism. But a survey by Gallup last year found that Democrats favour socialism over capitalism by 66% to 42%. The gap was widest among voters under 30: the driving force of the Mamdani coalition.’ (Guardian)
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Yes, even the name Democratic Socialists of America.
I seem to remember the National Socialists of Germany known as the NAZIs. That didn’t end well. Nor were the leaders in any sense caring humanitarians. 40 million dead, mainly Russians, Poles, Jews, Ukanians. But then the caring United Soviet Socialist Republic killed as many again. In the name of socialism.
It’s going to be a hard sell to normal Democrats that the NAZIs have taken over the Democrats. And that pretending to be AntiFA is over. This will play hell with the mid terms. Even the 250th celebration will separate the wheat from the chaff politically as so many Democrats are not happy to be American. They prefer a nice Totalitarian government with no elections. Saves all those trees.
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Thanks, there is much to learn.
They seem to be all over the place on foreign policy, but they fancy a Medicare like Australia.
WW2 is irrelevant, the important story is that the Trump Bump gave the DSA upward momentum. Evolution not revolution.
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FWIW
“NSW Eco-Activists Horrified That Their New Industrial Park Needs a Power Plant”
““… We were all on board, thinking it was going to attract some really interesting small-scale industries like electric cars, photovoltaics … things like that. …”
How is that a good deal?’: Outrage at Southern Highlands data centre”
More at
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2026/06/27/nsw-eco-activists-horrified-that-their-new-industrial-park-needs-a-power-plant/
And the comments there
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FWIW
“No Wind? No Sun? What Could Possibly Go Wrong?”
“There’s no wind, no sun, it’s boiling hot and the air conditioners all go on.
What could possibly go wrong?”
“Britain has been forced to urgently import more electricity from the EU to avoid power shortages during the record-breaking heatwave.”
More at
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2026/06/27/no-wind-no-sun-what-could-possibly-go-wrong/
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FWIW
“It’s Summer Again, So Media Tees-Up Another Round of ‘Heat Dome’ Mania”
“In response to the Western Europe summer heat wave, France bans drinking alcohol in public.”
“Western Europeans barely have time to locate their sunglasses this year before the annual media ritual kicks off: cue the ominous “heat dome” graphics, breathless headlines, and declarations that civilization is one sunny afternoon away from collapse.”
“Holy color saturation Batman.
Someone take the red and pink crayons away. https://t.co/ST1S1AKgl3
— Chris Martz (@ChrisMartzWX) June 24, 2026
Never mind that summer heat has been a feature of the season since forever. Perfectly ordinary seasonal temperature swings are being repackaged with apocalyptic flair to keep the climate panic narrative on a steady simmer.”
More at
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2026/06/27/its-summer-again-so-media-tees-up-another-round-of-heat-dome-mania/
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And
The “Bee” takes a whiff
https://x.com/TheBabylonBee/status/2070552699741917594
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Why Musk bought twitter (according to the Bee)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNpizr5ek6E
14 mins
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You have an opportunity to support a media presenter who is changing Australia for the better:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdbAd_BulTY
Subscribe and like Karl Stefanovic. 155k subscribers and has not been deliberately trying to tap an international audience but I expect that will happen.
Channel 9 does not want to be that controversial.
I also thought it was odd that Channel 9 permitted Karl to operate his blog. So the inevitable has materialised.
Kerl is a great interviewer and affable – a serene presence. He treats all his guests with utmost respect no matter their opinion. He aims to set his guests at ease in the manner Joe Rogan achieves. The interviews are not slogan laced.
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What could possibly go wrong redux
Drilling into magma is the one thing geothermal engineers are trained never to do, so when an Icelandic crew hit it by accident in 2009 the well set a record nobody has beaten, and now a nonprofit wants to drill back into the same volcano on purpose.
If it works, the payoff runs past Iceland. Roughly a billion people live within about 60 miles of an active volcano, which means the hardware proven at Krafla could travel to a long list of places sitting on more heat than they can use. The corrosion problem is the gatekeeper. Solve it once, in a controlled hole next to a chamber whose location is already known, and the rest is engineering you can copy.
https://www.autonocion.com/us/krafla-volcano-iceland-geothermal/
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Hmmm, the steam corroding all the metals used in the thing, just like they did in the geothermal project here in Australia, and have done in many other places around the world.
The places that successfully use geothermal energy tap, relatively, low temperature sources. As soon as you start getting into the genuinely hot sources you run past the limits of metallurgy.
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Sunday funny: Ricky Gervais and Noah’s Ark
https://youtube.com/watch?v=anf-EfUD1So&pp=iggCQAE%3D
😆
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He didn’t mention Barking Spiders!
https://barkingspiders/co./index.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Barking_Spiders_Live_1983
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Why not?
The Left don’t believe in objective reality anyway, the doctrine of post-modernism.
According to them you can be whatever you want, even though it may deny science, reason and (un)common sense.
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I posted that in the wrong place.
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‘Opposition Leader Angus Taylor has declared One Nation ‘not fit to govern’ and urged anxious colleagues to be patient as he develops a bold policy agenda to win back voters.’ (Oz)
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And many commentators in The Australian advised: focus on defeating Labor. It seems Hastie is also getting stuck into ON.
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Not fit to govern?
Barely two months ago an election proved the Liberals not fit to govern!
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The only legitimate arbiters of who is fit to govern is the voters. Any politician or apparatchik or bureaucrat who tries to tell you otherwise is trying to substitute their judgement for the will of the voters.
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Captain Andrew Hastie, Liberal Party MP, and former SASF soldier was summoned to appear as a witness at hearings relating to the allegations against Corporal Ben Roberts-Smith also former SASR soldier, Hastie was not an informant.
He has come under attack from One Nation in in Western Australia electorate and, I understand, based on the Roberts-Smith legal position allegations and evidence given at a hearing.
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At this point in the political cycle the Coalition is going on a war footing, Abbott has his fingerprints all over it.
‘Liberal frontbencher Andrew Hastie says he is at ‘war’ with One Nation and has warned senior Coalition figures against floating preference deals with the populist party, arguing it ‘signals weakness’. (Oz)
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The fact is that for thirty years the political party that was called Pauline Hanson’s One Nation, changed in recent times to One Nation because the personal reference made it look like a business venture, has held grudges against the Liberal Party and National Party by association as a Coalition.
The background was 1996 when Hanson was a Liberal candidate in Queensland for a Federal electorate and was disendorsed for making unacceptable race based comments no complimentary about Australians of indigenous ancestry. Her comments received widespread embarrassing media coverage at the time.
The political tactic has always been to provoke and when a response results claiming to be the victim, and of course the publicity is helpful when a minor party or candidate is otherwise not newsworthy.
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…and a 30% polling is “not newsworthy”? Or do a third of Australians not count? C’Mon Dennis, you know you can’t use the same old rote-attacks any more.
Given the Greens get news time whenever they want and with protests of 20 people, One Nation has every right to claim Victim status. And
Pauline was jailed (it’s almost like the Uniparty did everything they could to “help” her).
And perhaps I’m wrong, but I thought she had to put her name in front of the party label because someone else had registered “One Nation” as an ambush stunt. But maybe you know that history better than I do?
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By your own admission Jo the 20%+ who vote coalition count too but get zero support here. Do Dennis and I deserve “victim status”?
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By your own admission Jo the 20%+ who vote coalition count too but get zero support here. Do Dennis and I deserve “victim status”?
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The One Nation Party was registerd by someone in Mandurah. They had a falling out with other members of One Nation and wouldn’t allow the other ones who took charge to use the name. Hence Pauline Hansen’s One Nation. The registration expired so One Nation could register as One Nation now.
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Pauline Lee Hanson is an Australian politician who is the leader of One Nation. She has been a senator for Queensland since 2016, and was the member of Parliament for the Queensland division of Oxley from 1996 to 1998. Born in Brisbane, Hanson worked in small businesses and was a councillor of Ipswich City Council, joining the Liberal Party in 1995. She was preselected as the Liberal candidate for the division of Oxley at the 1996 federal election, but was disendorsed by the party shortly before the election for her controversial comments about Aboriginal Australians
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I noted the comments about Captain Andrew Hastie, Liberal MP and former SASF officer and One Nation.
Why do people condone this minor party’s attacks on even like minded conservatives and in this case an elected Liberal MP?
There are various links to the story and why Hastie is now under protection.
https://www.europesays.com/australia/36995/
It’s disgraceful, he was called as a witness to give evidence and the law requires citizens to cooperate.
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FWIW – things I trip over
“LANCE MORROW: The Age of Travesties: Modern culture as a mockery of a sham.
As I’ve said before, you don’t get Hitler because of Hitler — there are always potential Hitlers hanging around. You get Hitler because of Weimar, and you get Weimar because the people in charge of maintaining liberal democracy are too weak and corrupt to do the job.”
https://instapundit.com/290305/
Via https://instapundit.com/806519/#disqus_thread
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Transitioning to a dog
https://x.com/MarioBojic/status/2070783655841251484
Woof! 😆
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Practicing for a hot dog?
“A Good Boy Finally Gets a Hot Dog”
https://pjmedia.com/sarah-anderson/2026/06/26/a-good-boy-finally-gets-a-hot-dog-n4954412
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Why not?
The Left don’t believe in objective reality anyway, the doctrine of post-modernism.
According to them you can be whatever you want, even though it may deny science, reason and (un)common sense.
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A dog is not a bad thing. But a muzzle does indicate that the person is seriously antisocial and potentially dangerous. Should be on a short leash.
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Rabid?
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FWIW
“Netflix Ought to Hang Its Head in Shame”
“One’s outrage is hard to contain. Netflix recently acquired the 2010 BBC re-make of Upstairs Downstairs. The re-make had a very short life of only two seasons due to the success of ITV with Downton Abbey which won the ratings war by a country mile. Even the fragrant Keeley Hawes and a troupe of established actors could not breathe enough life into this new take on the snobbery and social divisions which beset early 20th century London to keep it running.
So, why the outrage? This drama was so clearly and uncompromisingly ‘of its time’ that it made no effort whatsoever to recognise the diverse multicultural society that the United Kingdom has become. For example, there was not a single black actor, nobody was transitioning and the only person of colour to be included was a Sikh gentleman who lived in the house at Eaton Square, serving very little purpose at all.”
More at
https://thenewconservative.co.uk/netflix-ought-to-hang-its-head-in-shame/
Via https://www.smalldeadanimals.com/2026/06/27/saturday-on-turtle-island-211/
Concludes
“Readers may have detected that I am not being entirely serious here. The real scandal, of course, is not that Upstairs Downstairs fails to meet the moral expectations of 2026. It is that anyone now thinks it should. We have reached the point where historical drama is no longer expected to portray history, but to rewrite it in accordance with whatever fashionable grievance happens to dominate social media. Netflix, usually the vanguard of woke diversity casting, should for once be congratulated for broadcasting Upstairs Downstairs unexpurgated.”
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The Great Stasis: The Hypocrisy of the Global Gardeners
“If the Earth naturally swings between greenhouse and icehouse states, then the effort to stop the current warming is a move toward global gardening……This isn’t environmentalism; it’s an attempt to turn the entire biosphere into a regulated utility. ”
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/06/the-great-stasis-the-hypocrisy-of-the-global-gardeners/
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There is major disruption in Iraq, timing would suggest that Iran is activating their cells to overthrow the government, may be sunni/shia war, may be something else, but there is a lot of military activity. Been going on for a couple of hours.
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‘An explosive drone targeted a camp belonging to an Iranian Kurdish opposition group north of Iraq’s Erbil, security sources tell Reuters.’
There is also gunfire and military types inside the Baghdad green zone where the US Embassy is situated. They have advised US citizens to avoid the area.
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‘Former senior Kurdish and US military officials said that a longstanding US plan in the event of war called for several thousands of lightly armed Kurdish fighters to cross into north-west Iran accompanied by US special forces.
‘Protected by US and Israeli air power, these fighters would then advance as far and as fast as possible, aiming to destabilise the regime in Tehran and spark uprisings elsewhere.
‘Iran’s conventional military and paramilitary forces were expected to defend against the advancing Kurds, which would expose them to devastating air raids.’ (Guardian)
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Apparently it’s so HOT in France that they are shutting down their nuclear power plants due to a lack of cool cooling water. It’s an interesting read, of course one of the “minor” items that is missing is the claim that wind and solar can produce enough power to cope with the crisis. Oh well, solar of course only works at night in Spain. No claims about how efficient wind power is, so I’m guessing not much help in this crisis. Deaths due to heat stroke are being reported. I cannot recall deaths due to cold making the local papers!
ttps://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/record-heatwave-cripples-europes-energy-supply-as-nuclear-reactors-are-taken-offline/news-story/5962d04f0b8268a57217dc7ab12f213e
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Bird flu H51N1 detected in Australia.
I can’t wait for the draconian lockups and compulsory “vaccinations” with untested experimental substances to start.
https://www.cdc.gov.au/diseases/bird-flu-avian-influenza
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..instead of letting it run its course and leave everyone immune for the next decade…
Its just Darwin at work!
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The H5N1 avian flu story from our media really doesn’t fly when you attempt to apply logic.
From what I can understand Western Australia has been subjected to some serious weather fronts in recent times and someone had found dead migratory birds. These migratory birds have been tested by someone who had access to a test for H5N1 and diagnosed two birds had the bird flu virus and this may have made them feel unwell to the point where they no longer felt they could migrate in such terrible weather.
I will write the headline:
Meanwhile in the USA where they have stopped turning off the ventilation to Poultry farms or just plain burning them down when a sick bird is detected with HPAI.
China Lifts HPAI Poultry Export Restrictions for 17 States
What is the HPAI?
Does anyone know why we are having mass hysteria in the media over a couple of birds that did not fly when the export industry in the USA has simply managed the infections they have in their poultry business?
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Interesting commentary that Frances nuclear reactors can’t cope with the heat so are being powered down. No comments that wind and solar can solve the problems anyway.
Solar only works at night in Spain, the rest of Europe remains sleepless due to high night time temperatures.
https://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/record-heatwave-cripples-europes-energy-supply-as-nuclear-reactors-are-taken-offline/news-story/5962d04f0b8268a57217dc7ab12f213e
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Even assuming anthropogenic global warming were a thing, if they really believed the BS, shouldn’t they have been expanding the energy supply to power building cooling systems, not shutting it down?
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Pushback on alarmism, thermometer poorly placed at industrial heat island.
https://notrickszone.com/2026/06/27/lousy-station-siting-swirling-controversy-surrorunds-germanys-latest-new-alltime-record-high-temperature/
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