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I was pondering the predicament of England.
Partly ‘cause I’m thinking Global Woketopia is taking hold here in the US despite the likely temporary glitch of Trump.
I realized England has always been ruled by people that hold the English in contempt.
The Romans.
The Angles and the Saxons
The Frenchie Viking Norman types.
Richard the Lionheart didn’t speak English and hated England, so the people in Parliament put a big statue of him right out front.
They hate the Scots as much as the Scots hate themselves.
Henry V claimed he was Welsh but wore the Fleur-de-lis and the lions of the Lionheart on his jupon.
So I’m figuring the indigenous English are the most often put out people in the history of indigenousness, excepting the Jews.
The Saracens have moved in.
The Lionheart tried to marry a relative off to one.
So maybe not much has really changed.
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“The Lionheart tried to marry a relative off to one.”
Common practice among royal families, especially back then. It was a strategy designed to (1) maintain/expand their powers and (2) keep all the wealth and influence in the hands of the chosen. In essence, it was a system operated by an elite class that exercised total, extraordinary, sometimes secretive, control over the plebs – and sought to maintain that system forever.
So rather like the elites of today then.
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Predicament indeed.
Russia stages nuclear bomber drills north of the UK
Russia has staged nuclear drills off the north of Britain, as one of Vladimir Putin’s leading lieutenants advocates for the use of atomic weapons.
Tu-160 supersonic strategic bombers conducted a 16-hour mission over the neutral waters of the Barents and Norwegian Seas.
F-35 fifth-generation stealth fighters from Nato intercepted the Russian bombers at a moment of high tension as Russia’s President Putin refuses to halt his war in Ukraine.
The Norwegian Sea lies north of Shetland, the UK’s most northerly island grouping, between Norway and Iceland.
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15921987/Russia-stages-nuclear-bomber-drills-north-UK.html
A clear message thanks to now defunct Starmer’s supply of Shadowstorm missiles that hit Russia on the anniversary of Hitler’s Operation Barbarossa, actively guided by NATO satellites.
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That was NOT a “bomber drill”. NOBODY “drops” nukes, these days. Submarine and land-launched ICBMs And the occasional air-launched “cruise missile, are all the rage, and have =been for decades.
As per a great scene from “ZULU”: The Zulu field commander sends a variety of attacks on the compound at Rourke’s Drift. The gallant redcoats blast away at what appears to be “easy meat”.
A bewildered British officer asks; “What are they doing?”
The friendly local Boer “advisor”, answers:”They are counting your guns”.
“Drawing the crabs” is a tactic as old as warfare itself.
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The Romans had nothing to do with “England” or the “English.” All of Britain south of the Scottish Highlands was occupied by the Britons who spoke a Celtic language from which Welsh developed. The English language was introduced by the Anglo-Saxons who invaded Britain after the departure of the Romans and the name “England” was subsequently given to the part of Britain that the Anglo-Saxons took over.
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Greens attack Oz exports, film at 11.
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2026/06/23/new-icj-climate-case-demands-australia-restrict-or-cease-fossil-fuel-exports/
I agree this is hilarious. What will Labour do?
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The UN is not a Court of Law. Greens Fail. The UN body named is only a Committee.
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Well we have had a dry run at restricting fossil fuel exports over in the Gulf , so I guess it should all go very well. Can’t think of a better time to close the LNG taps.
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Maybe pass a law preventing Greens from using coal, gas, or any byproduct of said fossil fuels in their already miserable lives! Such laws ma be advantageous to them when obesity is an obvious problem!😂😂😂
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With the current temperature, the simple solution is to let them use only electricity for heating, cooking and transport. Something that the Greens will be enthusiastic about, until their policies bring about blackouts.
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8.6C here in Sydney Morning – Central Gas Heatung Going Well!
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Brisk by Sydney standards. Gas ducted heating is nice. I used to like setting it to start 30 mins before get up time.
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As I mentioned a couple of days ago, the cry for “justice and compensation” for the people who have benefitted quite literally by the use of fossil fuels. They are all well fed, some of them mores than the others, I will bet quite a lot that everyone in that group has benefited from modern medicine and pharmaceuticals, at least some of the group are wearing clothing that is fossil fuel sourced, but still the cry is “what have fossil fuels done for me”. I dunno ask the bloody Romans!
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The Vikings have done fairly well out of their offshore ‘fossil fuel’ bonanza, earning enough to provide the perfect ‘socialist’ cradle-to-grave state of bliss where everyone is happy as Larry (except for a few grumpy spoiled children who didn’t like school). Then again, the Romans never colonised Scandinavia: too far and too cold and they speak funny.
Oh no, bird flu in Australia 😲 you’re doomed!
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The Vikings have been mentioned quite enough of late Thank You. lol.
The only “bird” potentially causing problems over here is that one you lot let out of the cage namely one Jacinda Ardern. Maybe she can compare notes with Albo on how to build all those extra houses in a short time frame. Look forward to the reports of her wearing her cloak around the northern beaches of NSW.
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Comrade Comrade – she at least lifted one child out of poverty (namely her own) before flying the coop, leaving a trail of damaged & broken people plus a debt with too many zeroes to contemplate repeating, while she and her fisherman boyfriend/hubby receive a healthy pension til their dying days [spit!].
Shirley an infected bird like that should be put into quarantino for at least 40 years (it’s for your own health and it would be sweet karma). Who’s your minister of wildlife or infectious diseases: I may write them a letter.
If anyone unfortunate enough to spot the feathered floozy flouncing on the shore contemplates asking for her autograph, remember KEEP AT LEAST 6 FEET distance, preferably more, and keep running…
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It’s an election day here in the US.
In my area the polling places are mostly deserted.
I not bothering myself.
Why.
‘Cause it’s a Democrat state.
You can only vote in the primary of your registered party.
I’m a registered Democrat, so I could vote the for least TransCommunist amongst the TransCommunists.
I heard today that a huge portion of the registered Democrats admit to being actually Republicans, but registered D as just to have a chance for a meaningful vote if there ever happens to be something different on the menu.
Any Republican candidate is most likely funded by the state Democratic party so the Dems can keep up the facade since the Republican has zero chance.
The TransCommunists thing may be a slight exaggeration, but any closeted or uncloseted TransCommunists will just vote the party line or they will not be allowed on the ballot in the next pretend election.
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Interesting idea that. Each side registering as the other with the idea of bringing down the opposition from within.
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Matt Kean, Malcolm Turnbull anyone ????
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Half of registered voters have opted for the “Independent” label… so I’m told.
The ranks of that bloc have swollen in the last few years… Tucker Carlson just joined!
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Is Tucker Carlson the first US “Teal”?
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I see London’s scorcher has had another two degrees knocked off its predicted peak. A few days ago it was to be 39, yesterday’s prediction was for 38 and now the day is starting it’s down to 36. Not even the old ton. How disappointing!
Will be interesting to hear how high it got when the dreaded day is done.
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London isn’t predicted to be the hottest area, 36C is still a new record if achieved.
We got within 0.6C of the 1976 June record today, and the next 2 days were always expected to be the hottest.
There was local flash flooding and the odd house fire from lightening strikes last night, just to add to the fun.
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Just schedule a few engine test run ups at Heathrow and job done.
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GOTO GMaps, Heathrow and find the meteorology site, I have done it. You talk rubbish.
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>rubbish
…officially the hottest ever June day, breaking the 1976 record.
A temperature of 35.7C has been recorded in Charlwood, Surrey, according to the Met Office.
Charlwood is at the end of Gatwick runway.
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Of course I do, that’s half the fun
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MrGrimNasty,
Only due to the brevity of the records.
Yes, you may be uncomfortable with the heat, but be careful what you wish for. With the swings the weather has taken in England over the centuries, the times when people were sipping wine from grapes grown in Cambridge sound a good deal more attractive than the times when the Thames was iced over.
But the point wasn’t to laugh at your discomfort, it was to highlight the alarmist pattern from the Met Office, just like our BoM. Time and again they give dire warnings that end up being walked back.
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FWIW – for the covid files
Latest Fauci happenings
“INTELLIGENCE ☙ Tuesday, June 23, 2026 ☙ C&C NEWS 🦠
It’s an intelligence roundup: Fauci panics and tries to withdraw offer to testify after Tulsi’s disclosures; Democrats panic as ‘mass layoffs’ begin in the IC; Trump’s pick lands on deep state turf.”
And why his silence might not be a good thing
More at
https://open.substack.com/pub/coffeeandcovid/p/intelligence-tuesday-june-23-2026?
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FWIW
“The Morning Briefing: UK Is Probably in for More Steaming Piles of What Hasn’t Worked”
More at
https://pjmedia.com/stephen-kruiser/2026/06/23/the-morning-briefinguk-is-probably-in-for-more-steaming-piles-of-what-hasnt-worked-n4954239
And in “The Mailbag” there
” One of the fatal flaws in most negotiations between Western nations and the Jihadist countries is that Westerners presume that the Jihadis want something from us. Nah, they just want us dead. “
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Starmer’s list of achievements in his resignation speech was delusional, and mentioned none of the gross waste of money on things no one voted for, scrapping Rwanda, Chagos surrender, Digital ID, Rejoining EU in all but fact, more gererous child benefit benefiting large migrant families mostly…. Oh, and not stopping the boats.
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And
“STARMER IS GONE, BUT THE UK’S RIGHT MAY HAVE LITTLE TO CHEER ABOUT
The combined effect of vote splitting on the right and Burnham leading Labour could deliver a shock upset in favor of Labour and end Farage’s dream of winning the office of prime minister”
https://harryr.substack.com/p/starmer-is-gone-but-the-uks-right
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Helping?
“BRITISH POWER PLAYS: Outgoing PM Keir Starmer Reportedly Sabotaging Leftist Successor Andy Burnham at Every Step”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/06/british-power-plays-outgoing-pm-keir-starmer-reportedly/
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😂
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SO: What is the REAL game?
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All politicians are selfish petty lizard people.
I still remember when George W Bush won the election in 2000, the Clinton staffers had taken all the ‘W’s from the White House keyboards. Total grade-school stuff. Then Obama showed them how it was done when he helped concoct the ‘Russian collusion’ hoax to kneecap the 1st Trump administration. And I’m sure it’s not just Democrats pulling childish pranks to try and impede their successors. Republicans are just as bad.
The Brits are unique though in how petty and self-sabotaging they can be WITHIN their parties (which explains why they are on their on 7th prime minister in a decade).
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SMH’s senior man repeating the CIA narrative all the time reckons Australians are frightened, and then as usual, does his best to add to it.
“Australia has become a frightened country. Alas, there is much to be frightened of…“China’s shipbuilding capacity is more than 200 times greater than that of the US. China is the only country in the world producing heavy bombers. It is the only country in the world with two fifth-generation jet fighter designs in production and two sixth-generation designs conducting flight tests. China is expected to triple the size of its nuclear weapons arsenal by 2035…Australians, by a majority of 54 per cent, expect that China will displace the US as the dominant superpower…”
Although its amusing what they think the answer is- “support for an Australian nuclear weapon is also rising. Thirty-nine per cent are in favour,”
A confusing mixture of loving the USA but hating Trump explains the results he is discussing, the place exactly where Australia deserves to be.
https://smry.ai/www.smh.com.au/world/asia/this-is-the-australia-that-pauline-hanson-has-been-waiting-for-a-frightened-country-20260622-p6092n.html?smryFrom=home
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You must have some really good sources of information regarding the intricacies of the CCP’s defence department’s policies, planning & what used to be secrets in weapons systems & designs. WOW! Expect a visit from either the CCP authorities or Western secret service soon!
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It’s damn near impossible to keep secrets in today’s world of ubiquitous surveillance. Satellites can monitor every square inch of the planet in high resolution. Signals intercepts can eavesdrop on the vast majority of electronic communications. Hackers can break into almost any network-connected device. Five-eyes spies know what China is up to. China knows what the Five-eyes are up to. And both of them are more than happy to share what the other guy is doing with friendly/captured media outlets.
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“Australia has become a frightened country.”
Really do not get it.
Practically your own hemisphere.
Giant giant shark filled moat.
Poisonous flora and fauna invaders would need a handbook and a case of epipens to survive.
A desert three Lawrence of Arabias couldn’t cross.
A reputation for producing some of the baddest a$$ warfighters anywhere when you ain’t trying to put them in jail.
China is displacing itself.
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China’s demographic implosion has begun and will unfold rapidly
An aging population, a collapse of fertility, and record numbers of abortions and divorces are turning a decline into a full-on nosedive
The Chinese have already grown unaccustomed to large families, and are now becoming accustomed to a childless and familyless way of life. During the years of birth-limitation policy, abortion was transformed from an informal social institution into something close to a state institution. In 2023, 9,762,000 abortions were performed – more than half (52%) of all pregnancies in the country were terminated. By the number of abortions per thousand women of reproductive age, China (33.1) surpasses almost all other countries. Incidentally, compared with the year 2000, abortions in China have become twice as frequent. This is the people’s answer to the state apparatus’s new rhetoric in support of childbearing.
The bureaucratic appeals to support rather than limit birth rates are addressed to Chinese families, while the number of families in China is shrinking rapidly. In 2024, 6,106,000 marriages were registered – half as many as just eight years earlier (11.3 million). Moreover, marriages themselves are becoming less stable. In the first decade of the 21st century, the number of divorces amounted to 18% of the number of marriages; in the second decade, 29%; and in the first half of the 2020s, already 43%.
Extrapolating the falling trend gives a bleak prognosis: by the end of the 21st century, China’s population will amount to 200 million people, with the absolute predominance of the elderly. So the process whose beginning we are observing today is not even contraction – it is demographic implosion.
That said, the end of China’s geopolitical predominance is not preordained. This is because all of East Asia is experiencing the same demographic decline: Japan, both Koreas, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, and the Philippines – all these “dragons,” whether they had time to rise or not, are visibly aging. Meanwhile, China is strengthening its economic and military power, betting on AI, unmanned technologies, and the gigantic scale of its equipment and weapons park.
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“This is because all of the West is experiencing the same demographic decline: Italy, France, Germany, UK, Spain, Netherlands– all these “old Empires” and their white colonies, whether they had time to rise or not, are visibly aging.”
So, do you limit immigration and work towards a smaller, aging society, or do you flood the country with dubious 3-worlders who will change the culture completely within two generations?
Me, I’d keep the culture, keep the immigrants out and let robots do all the work… too late for Europe now.
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Wait long enough and we are bound to agree on something.
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‘let robots do all the work…’
Japan is mass producing hubots, ideal for nursing homes, AI programmed to amuse and assist the inmates.
Has all the elements for a classic sitcom.
Japan has kept the immigrants out and Australia could learn a lesson from them.
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Good luck keeping the 3rd worlders out when 95% of the world’s population is 3rd worlders. They are going to want access to that 1st world infrastructure and the east/west won’t have enough military age young men to stop them from taking it. And that assumes it even reaches the stage of military response. The more likely scenario is that all the governments of the east/west will simply be overrun by illegal immigration because they lack the will/backbone to stop it. Too many soft/pampered politicians protecting their own backsides instead of protecting their countries.
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Those points remind me –
There was an Ernest Hemingway story that he arrived at his favourite “Irish” pub to be greeted with awe. The story had gone around that, the last time he was here, he broke a shillelagh over his own head.
His answer when asked about it was –
“Seems a good story not to deny”
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Somebody once said that everything in Australia either scratches, stings or bites. And I believe that we still have the 10 most venomous snakes in the world.
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I wonder what they would get by invading, that they dont control or have bought outright already? Why would you bomb your own quarry and gas line? Arable non polluted land maybe? more factory fishing?
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“Arable non polluted land maybe?”
Not such a lot of that compared to the total land area, maybe they would push ahead with the Bradshaw project and move more Ord water inland, that might make it more worthwhile.
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China can’t make single crystal jet turbine blades, hence can’t make a good jet engine which can power an aircraft in supercruise*.
* Beyond Mach 1 without after burner.
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Australians are comfortable with China, being our biggest trading partner.
‘In this year’s Poll, a clear majority of Australians (61%) say they see China more as an economic partner than a security threat, an 11-point increase since 2025. This finding marks one of the largest swings in sentiment in this year’s Poll.’ (Lowy Institute)
Australians no longer think of America as a reliable partner in any way shape or form, all thanks to Donald who did the world a great favour in showing us the ugly face of capitalism.
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The other face is more attractive to Australians?
That makes sense.
Side with murderous surreptitious single party authoritarians that unalived tens of millions of it’s own for the sake of ideological social revolution.
As a opposed to the one culture founded on a document of expressed aspirational liberty as yet unmatched in history.
Because of the temporarily in charge elected Orange Man Bad.
Go with the Mandarins as opposed to the obnoxious Yank that tells you exactly what he wants, even without you asking.
Good plan.
Comfortable.
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The ugly face of capitalism is the vulgar display by the POTUS and his associates who have profited on the stock market from his erratic behaviour.
Orange man is mentally ill and beastly people are taking advantage. The rest of the world can see this and have already decided to give America the cold shoulder until the regime is decimated at the midterms.
The US has only been around for a couple of hundred years, not yet a failed state but $30 trillion in debt suggests it is bankrupt. Yeah, we’ll go with the regime in Beijing because they prefer soft power and have no particular interest in going to war.
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Central Europeans were comfortable with Nazi Germany as their largest trading partner … until the Nazis decided to cut out the middle man and just take it all. Ditto for the Empire of Japan in the Pacific.
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FWIW – if you are game
“Exact date EV prices set to implode as novated leases end, triggering ‘bargains’ for second-hand buyers”
https://www.couriermail.com.au/motoring/exact-date-ev-prices-set-to-implode-as-novated-leases-end-triggering-bargains-for-secondhand-buyers/news-story/931e6a32a042c5e3aca55a6b54b414da
Not paywalled when posted
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And despite all the very optimistic publicity about EVs sold in Australia, they still only amount to 1-2% of vehicles on the road.
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Used EVs are no bargain, more like a money trap.
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I won’t buy a new one…Why would I go near a used one?
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Average IQ is a 100ish. (he says optimistically)
If they get low enough to be disposable, people will snap the up. The next wave after cheap EVs will be abandoned EVs.
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That’s when I get the batteries for my solar setup and have a few EV chassis standing up out the back yard… Tesla Powerwall is talking 13KwHrs, cars talk 70!
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The automative mechanic I have used to service my various cars over three decades told me that you get rust with Chinese cars for free when you buy a new one. So a secondhand Chinese built car should be avoided. In fact he does not recommend any new Chinese built vehicle.
It took generations of vehicles built in established economies to resolve rust issues. The galvanising of the sill on my 2008 Renault is so obviously thick, it shows a perceptible departure line to the standard paint protection.
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FWIW
Remember when it was reckoned that, on a quiet night, you could hear the tinants working on an Alfa Sud?
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FWIW
“Wikipedia’s Founder Gets the Wikipedia Treatment: “…if you aren’t with us, STFU.””
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2026/06/23/wikipedias-founder-gets-the-wikipedia-treatment/
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And nobody is surprised.
Wikipedia is GIGO, much the same as AI.
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Which is horrifying, since people treat AI output (largely trained on Wikipedia) as gospel truth, and AI is unable to discern the difference between a oft-repeated false narrative and rarefied truths that contradict that narrative. When in doubt, the most voluminous version of events is the one that AI chooses, even when it is patently false.
And that’s before we even take into account AI’s penchant for hallucinating entirely false information about 10% of the time.
https://llm.knowlatest.com/chatgpt-head-nick-turley-issues-important-usage-warning-to-users/
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MOCKINGBIRD-ACTIVE
On **June 18, 2026** — buried inside Gabbard’s declassification release — was a file labeled **”MOCKINGBIRD-ACTIVE.”** Not the original 1953 program. A CONTINUATION. Updated. Expanded. Running until **THE DAY SHE RELEASED IT.**
The file contains **2,314 names.** Journalists. Anchors. Editors. Producers. Across EVERY major network. CNN. MSNBC. ABC. CBS. NBC. The New York Times. Washington Post. ALL OF THEM.
Not “influenced.” Not “leaned on.” **PAID.** Monthly wire transfers from **3 shell companies** traced back to Langley. Average payment: **$14,700 per month** per asset. Some received more. MUCH more.
https://x.com/MrPool_QQ/status/2068820788858515798
Lying, corrupt, paid-off dinosaur media.
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Any Australian notables there?
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Shows the stupidity of journalists at their ABC. They do the government bidding for their standard salary.
Imagine if there was enough honest ones so the low integrity liars would need to be paid extra. The whole organisation is low integrity and lying every day.
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FWIW
Perhaps the architect “should have thought ahead”?
https://patriotpost.us/memes/128535-accurate-2026-06-22
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Another royal flush?
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British police assault young girls!
https://x.com/TRobinsonNewEra/status/2068829870885372332
Brownshirts…
Maybe the new government will end the insanity.
/Dream on…
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2 tier policing doesn’t exist, at least according to most media and Labor politicians.
Some coppers in the UK deserve all the crap they get.
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I believe assaulting young white girls is within the rules. They’re not allowed to assault white girls who are participating in a leftist demonstration/riot however, or if they have penises.
Complicated, isn’t it?
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The only thing more pathetic than the cops roughing up a bunch of little girls is that ZERO men intervened. I’m not self-styled alpha male by any stretch, but even I would have at the very lest put myself between the cops and the girls. And that’s assuming I had kept my cool after seeing them flat-out punching and rag-dolling little girls. The more likely scenario is I would have seen red, tackled one of them, gotten a lick or two in, then got my butt whooped by the rest and spent a few nights in jail and a year or two making my lawyer richer than he already is (and myself poorer).
If that is the state of British manhood, they deserve what they are getting. If the descendants of a the mad bastards who ruled half the world from a tiny island are too soft to keep the society that their ancestors passed down to them, then screw ’em. You get what you deserve.
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Australia’s defence spending solved!
The experiment has been completed and the results are Freedom can only exist in a country where the right to bear arms is protected. Trump knows he will only be safe while the Deep State understands that if they eventually succeed in killing him the people are armed and will come for them.
Litmus Test:
Iran – population disarmed – no freedom – unable to defend itself
USA – population armed – freedom – only vunerable to self destruction and God help any leader who attempts to dominate without bringing the majority of “We the People’s” support with them.
In Australia our conservatives should campaign on clear issues:
(1) No careers for politicians. 2 year terms and no more than two consecutive terms. It is not a job, it is a community service!
(2) No party funding. We are being robbed by an unelected party bureaucracy. One Nation has just demonstrated that public funding is there when it is required.
(3)Paper ballots counted at the polling station. Non compulsory voting.
(4)Elections where there is a primary to select the two top candidates and then a run-off.
(5)The right to bear arms. Tyranny reigns unopposed when a population is disarmed. Look what happened to Iran.
There! Solved the budget and our lack of a defence without being diverted into a argument about government funded childcare or who should or shouldn’t receive funding for a date night with a foxy carer on the NDIS tab. Both Hanson and Taylor are being lead by the nose down rabbit holes where they do not need to go. Hanson is going to be brought down on a National stage trying to appease welfare activists who have grown fat on not solving issues that were better handled at community level.
Free the people to control their own capital and allow them the means to represent, defend and look after their own communities and the rest falls into place.
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“Iran – population disarmed – no freedom – unable to defend itself”
So what has it been doing against the self proclaimed greatest military power on earth for the last few months?
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Taking Hits! and just plain lucky US production of weapons hasn’t ramped up to the level the Chinese industry is currently operating at.
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FWIW – been there!
“My daughter’s friend in grad school, upon being asked by a member of her dissertation committee why she didn’t include a Marxist perspective. “I grew up in the Soviet Union. I don’t practice recreational Marxism.” ”
https://x.com/charlesmurray/status/2069436451700216051
And
“I don’t care what communism is in theory because I know what it is in practice.”
https://x.com/ReviewsPossum/status/2069067590593294628
Via https://instapundit.com/805755/#disqus_thread
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FWIW –
A graph for Canberra to contemplate.
Or for the rest of Oz to contemplate for Canberra
https://x.com/CurtMills/status/2069430928682766618
Via https://instapundit.com/805727/#disqus_thread
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Andy Burnham, the soon-to-be leader of the UK’s Labour party (and possibly PM) was previously Mayor of Manchester. During his mayorship, Manchester City Council awarded $10M to an EV-related business called ‘Be.EV’.
One of the directors of Be.EV is Andy Burnham’s wife.
Nothing to see here. Move along now.
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Five Eyes intelligence warns of AI for devastating cyberattacks emerging within months
The intelligence services of the Five Eyes countries warned in a joint statement that advanced AI models will emerge in months, not years, accelerating cyber threats. They called on leaders to act now, emphasizing that cyber risk has become a primary business risk.
The unexpected public intervention by the signal intelligence agencies of Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Canada comes after the Trump administration earlier this month decided to ban “foreign nationals” from using the highly publicized artificial intelligence model created by the technology company Anthropic, called Fable.
https://unn.ua/en/news/five-eyes-intelligence-agencies-warn-of-ai-models-capable-of-destructive-cyberattacks-emerging-within-months
The “experts” get it wrong as they’re linear thinkers, not factoring in self-evolving technology and exponential growth.
Historically, it’s been linear, but “the times they are a changin”.
Understand or get left behind.
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If they’re warning about it on the MSM, you can be fairly sure its already embedded and working.
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Yep
It’s preemptive damage control.
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Q.ANT runs Generative AI on photonic hardware
Q.ANT successfully demonstrated a diffusion model and a recurrent neural network on its second-generation Native Processing Unit (NPU) at ISC High Performance 2026 in Hamburg. This proves that Q.ANT’s photonic architecture supports the full breadth of modern AI capabilities in generative image synthesis and sequential time series prediction.
These developments reveal that Q.ANT’s NPS has advanced beyond foundational algorithms to genuine commercial applications. Using Q.ANT hardware, these high-performance computing tasks target to operate with 30x the energy efficiency of classical processors in equivalent matrix operations at the photonic circuit level.
https://qant.com/press-releases/q-ant-runs-generative-ai-on-photonic-hardware/
Transistors will be the valves of the future, museum pieces..
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FWIW
“Canada’s EVs-for-canola deal is not a normal trade arrangement. It provides five years of EV market access in exchange for roughly 10 months of canola tariff relief, an asymmetric deal where China holds the leverage. 1/6”
https://x.com/MichaelKovrig/status/2069405322955960708
https://www.smalldeadanimals.com/2026/06/23/our-chinese-installed-governor-in-ottawa-55/
Sounds familiar?
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The allegations so often posted here by people who really should know better as they are intelligent people and no doubt well qualified in various areas, in politics and parliamentary procedure on the other hand so quick to criticise and apportion blame by perception and obviously ignoring procedure, and for example Snowy 2.0 was an announcement by Prime Minister Turnbull for a proposed Snowy 2.0 in 2019 that also required State government shareholders approval. The Federal Government acquired State shares afterwards and paid about $6.5 billion which I understand is part of the costings.
And the media estimates are not for Snowy 2.0 Project alone, they have added transmission lines that are not dedicated to Snowy 2.0 hydro electric power station that uses the existing hydro electric power stations dams.
However please consider;
Federal Approval Process
Funding and Environmental Approval
The Australian Federal Government committed funding for the Snowy 2.0 project, which is a significant renewable energy initiative.
Environmental approval was granted after a comprehensive assessment process, ensuring that the project met necessary ecological standards.
Key Steps in Federal Approval
Initial Approval: The project received initial funding and approval for early works in February 2019.
Final Approval: On June 30, 2020, the Federal Government provided final approval for the main works, allowing construction to proceed.
State Approval Process
Bilateral Assessment
State-level environmental approval was granted as part of a bilateral assessment process, which streamlined the approval requirements between federal and state governments.
This process ensured that both levels of government were aligned on environmental standards and project impacts.
Importance of State Approval
The state approval was crucial for the project to move forward, as it addressed local environmental concerns and regulatory requirements.
Summary of Approvals
Approval Level Date Key Actions
Federal February 2019 Initial funding and early works approval
Federal June 30, 2020 Final approval for main works
State Date not specified Environmental approval through bilateral process
The combined federal and state approvals have set the stage for Snowy 2.0 to become a major contributor to Australia’s renewable energy landscape.
ABC Australia
snowyhydro.com.au
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I was going to read all that, but got distracted by ‘Utopia Australia’..
As we have seen many times, what Canberra wants, Canberra gets. There is no chance a State Govt will hold out against them, they are completely powerless when push comes to shove.
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KP. the Commonwealth of Australia was formed by former colonial governments at time of Federation of States 1900 and the Commonwealth or Federal Government was created by the Federation of States, the House of Representatives and to look after State affairs the Senate house of review.
See the Australian Constitution, the States have far more powers and areas of responsibility than the Commonwealth-Federal.
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On paper they may Dennis, but their rank stupidity of letting Canberra raise its own taxes made them completely powerless. Now they go begging to Canberra for GST cash, instead of having Canberra beg them for the Federal budget each year.
America is the same, annoy Trump enough and he will starve your State of Federal grants in all sorts of areas.
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States of the Commonwealth of Australia each have their own tax revenue base plus a share of the GST that is collected by the ATO on behalf of the States and Territories..
The federal Government raises around 81 per cent of total tax revenue in Australia. State and Territory governments receive 45 per cent of their revenue through transfers from the federal Government, including all GST revenue.
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States of the Commonwealth of Australia each have their own tax revenue base plus a share of the GST that is collected by the ATO on behalf of the States and Territories..
The federal Government raises around 81 per cent of total tax revenue in Australia. State and Territory governments receive 45 per cent of their revenue through transfers from the federal Government, including all GST revenue.
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There is no scapegoating Turncoat. He is a kleptomaniac using his position of authority in the government to roll Tony Abbott so he could start Snowy 2 to give his wind farms more hope of making money. He remains unremorseful about his leading role in initiating this useless money pit.
Turncoat heads his own “renewables” business. These are subsidy sucking wealth transfer schemes. Making him wealthier and most Australians worse off. He is worse than Labor. He has killed the LNP. Tony Abbott now trying to resuscitate the dead horse.
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Regardless, it’s a dog of a project. Its cost continues to spiral out of control, it hasn’t met its environmental requirements, with the latest issue being highlighted as a blatant disregard for environmental regulations, and the transmission lines continue to destroy the sensitive mountain environment. It won’t achieve much, as it can only backup 10% of the grid at best, and all it will do is to add more cost to the already-expensive power. There are serious doubts as to whether the top reservoir has sufficient capacity to deliver 350 GWh, its efficiency is being questioned, and also the ability of the unusual tunnel design to withstand the large amounts of water flow.
For its cost, there are plenty of alternative options to provide power stations using either coal, gas or nuclear. It should be shut down now.
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It has turned out that way Graeme4, my comments are not in defence of the project as such, I am trying to get people to put prejudices aside, perceptions often noy soundly based aside and look at the big picture.
I posted this yesterday;
“Snowy Hydro 2.0’s costs have ballooned more than 20 times the $2 billion forecast by former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull in 2017.
Calls have grown for a Royal Commission into the project as questions are raised about possible misallocation of resources.
Former Snowy Hydro boss Paul Broad laid the blame with the Energy Minister who he claimed allowed Italian contractor Webuild to ramp up costs.
Mr Broad criticised the decision to renegotiate from a fixed-price contract to a cost-plus model, which allows a contractor to be reimbursed for certain expenses.
“When (Mr Bowen) got there (during) the back end of COVID, his then chair of Snowy Hydro went off to Italy and renegotiated the contract away from an incentive-based contract to a cost-plus contract,” he told The Kenny Report.
“So in my view, he created the problem rather than solved it. He created a problem that we’re going to see now when a cost goes through the roof.”
He claimed the energy minister took a leading role with the project which contributed to the cost rises.
“Chris and the people in Snowy at the time – I suspect under Chris Bowen’s instructions, because … the whole place seems to run out of his office (and) under his instructions – ended up with a cost-plus contract, which leads to significant increase in costs,” Mr Broad said.
Mr Broad resigned from Snowy Hydro in August 2022, just three months after Labor won that year’s election.”
Sky News
NOTE: Albanese Labor Government closed the ABCC – Australian Building Construction Commission – that was the government industry watchdog organisation that had penalised unions and contractors for breaches.
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The Liberals were to blame for instigating the silly project, but Labor is manifestly worse by, after seeing that it’s a dog, continue to feed it, making the problem even worse. There is no way it’s ever going to be a success, and it seems every day there is more bad news, with the recent disclosure about the agreement with the CFMEU another reason for even more cost blowouts.
I wouldn’t blame anybody being prejudiced against Turnbull – I believe that he deserves every criticism and more for dragging the Liberal Party down, and he continues to do so.
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Obfuscating basic reality with faux complexity. Is that you Sir Humphrey?
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FWIW
“In event of a tornado, take shelter under the nearest golf cart.”
“Ring camera captures tornado ripping home off ground, slamming it back down”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0wyCwHINGQ
https://www.smalldeadanimals.com/2026/06/23/honey-i-finished-the-internet-655/
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Duck and cover. Whatever to populace needs to feel “safe”
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FWIW
“The Forest Management Conundrum in the United States-Part 1”
“Fire is both the problem and a part of the solution. The Native Americans used it as a solution. Our fire prevention policy for the past 150 years on the west coast have created a massive fire deficit. At this stage, we cannot use fire as the Native Americans did. The fuel loads are much too high; the results would be catastrophic. The fuel loads need to be reduced to the levels that we can employ fire using the Native American’s principles.
In light of this information, it is now obvious our current forest management, or in many cases non-management, is wrong-headed and needs to be addressed. Continuing on our current path will lead to increased forest fires and further unnecessary degradation of our nation’s forest resource. The solutions are obvious but will not be easy.”
More at
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2026/06/23/the-forest-management-conundrum-in-the-united-states-2/
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FWIW
“Just A Point, Here”
“Talking about making America’s military great again (MAMGA?), this was said:
“The White House is seeking expanded manufacturing commitments from defense contractors, [and] is pressing automakers to convert spare production capacity to defense.”
Ummm the way I see it, the only “spare production capacity” that U.S. automakers have right now — because they sure as hell ain’t gonna quit making SUVs and pickup trucks — is in EV. And I’m not so sure that the Dept. of War is looking for EV stuff unless it’s drones.
As always with Salamander, it’s a fine article.”
“Revitalizing the Arsenal of Democracy”
https://cdrsalamander.substack.com/p/revitalizing-the-arsenal-of-democracy
https://www.kimdutoit.com/2026/06/23/just-a-point-here/
Via https://instapundit.com/805823/#disqus_thread
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