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If you remember there have been some dubious (even in my opinion as a skeptic) murmurs about the Arctic being unusually cold. The UAH data for June (yes I know, the whole LT, not just surface 2m) confirms that the Arctic as a whole is not unusually cold at +1.01C anomaly, despite DMI indicating that the high Arctic surface temperatures are about 1C colder than average. That pretty much agrees with climate reanalyzer which also shows it is not unusually cold as a whole. And there is nothing unusually slow about the summer melt either.
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2026/07/02/uah-v6-1-global-temperature-update-for-june-2026-0-46-deg-c/
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A little cooler than usual for this time of the year. https://ocean.dmi.dk/arctic/meant80n.uk.php
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Yes, exactly as I said. That is not the whole of the Arctic.
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What do you mean LT?
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It is usual to use the acronym TLT when referring to the UAH satellite inferred Temperature of the Lower Troposphere.
This is a long run record that started before the observing instruments had the resolution to infer a surface temperature. The actual temperature being measured is around freezing so often high in the atmosphere.
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They are expecting a super El Nino to boost temperature, but they’ll be disappointed..
https://classic.nullschool.net/#current/ocean/surface/currents/overlay=sea_surface_temp_anomaly/orthographic=-113.35,0.09,530/loc=-92.794,-8.597
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Meanwhile in the USA during a monstrous Heat Dome with daily temps over 40C:
“PJM grid was kept afloat Thursday almost entirely by natural gas, nuclear, and coal. As of Friday morning, the three fuel sources were supplying more than 94% of the grid’s total power.”
“…the takeaway is clear: fossil fuels and nuclear power are keeping the lights on, AC units humming, and preventing rolling blackouts.”
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/fuel-mix-savings-americas-largest-grid-blackouts-today
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And that includes 2 large AIR-CONDITIONED STADIUMS in Texas.
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Meanwhile Bowen is hunched in his office , rocking back and forth, mumbling renewables…renewables
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I thought he was on “Soma holiday”
To cryptic?
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Just when they are needed most, unreliables go on holiday, useless.
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‘ … unreliables go on holiday …’
Heat domes provide plenty of sunlight, but no wind.
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Unreliables go on holiday every single day of the year.
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Don’t know if the Ukraine/Monaco bombing has been mentioned.
Main suspect will have trouble hiding. The bloke seemed to have enemies on every side in governments, business, and crimeland.
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15950375/The-hunt-Anastasia-Assassin-Europe-wide-hunt-bucket-hat-wearing-Ukrainian-woman-linked-organised-crime-blew-oligarch-mistress-son-Monaco.html
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Yes, obviously the rich and famous don’t believe in the protection offered by The State either, there might be a lot of scores to settle from the corruption in Ukraine.
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US At 250: Why America Has Been So Successful And Can It Continue
To mark the 250 year anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence, Deutsche Bank has published a report looking at how the US emerged as a global superpower, and why it’s likely to remain one despite new challenges.
First, DB considers how the US went from being a comparatively small country to the world’s pre-eminent global power. These reasons range from the US’ natural advantages, like favorable geography, to factors like its institutional stability and risk-tolerant capital markets.
DB then considers the challenges that threaten US outperformance: China’s rapid growth means the US faces its biggest rival since its own emergence as the world’s dominant power. China’s rise also coincides with several other issues: the rules based international system that the US helped create is under immense strain; the reserve currency status of the US Dollar is under pressure; and the country’s public debt-to-GDP ratio is set to hit new records in the coming years.
Finally, the bank’s analysts Peter Sidorov and Henry Allen look at why the US is likely to sustain its outperformance, thanks to a collection of reinforcing advantages. In fact, the US has consistently emerged from challenging periods successfully, be that after the Great Depression, the malaise of the 1970s, and again around the GFC and its aftermath.
The bank concludes with a few lessons for investors and for the rest of the world.
1. The Lessons from History: What underpins America’s Success?
2. The Challenges Ahead: Why the US now faces a crucial decade
3. Why the US Should Remain a Long-Term Success Story
What can the rest of the world learn from the US’ success?
In part, it is simply down to luck, including geographic advantages and an abundance of resources, such as energy, that cannot be replicated elsewhere.
However, there are several features that could be reproduced elsewhere.
Excellent Analysis and Worth a Read and Save!
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Can download Original Deutsche Bak Report Here – 15 Pages
https://www.dbresearch.com/PROD/IE-PROD/PDFVIEWER.calias?pdfViewerPdfUrl=PROD0000000000631547&rwnode=REPORT
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The main present advantage for USA id POTUS Trump. USA is no longer self-harming their economy.
China is growing old very fast. China has a major demographic challenge and is highly racist so little prospect of overcoming their population decline with immigration.
On present projections, USA will have greater population than China by 2080. I will not see that but my kids might.
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People talk of the fall of the USA as inevitable as the fall of Rome but that took a couple of centuries. Both were rich before the decay set in. The US will outlive anyone living today.
China and Russia, OTOH, never became rich so their collapses will be swift and devastating. They have no fat to last winter. (metiforically speaking)
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” They have no fat to last winter. ”
Ah, they don’t have the level of capital that the British built up, or more recently, the Yanks, but then again, China and Russia do not expect so much from life as spoilt Westerners.
“China is growing old very fast. China has a major demographic challenge and is highly racist so little prospect of overcoming their population decline with immigration.”
All the West has declining populations, and importing the Third World to solve that will just wipe out the Western culture. China may get smaller, but they will still be Chinese, while there won’t be a trace of the English left, or French, or Germans or..
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Russia has no fuel to get them through the winter, the Federation is doomed and it ‘will be swift and devastating.’ Beijing will then take full advantage.
America is drifting into isolation, a bold experiment which could be overturned after the midterms.
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Depending on where you think the fall begins, it could be as much as 500 years. The Roman Republic fell 500 years before the western Roman Empire fell, and the Empire’s territorial peak came about 350 years before the fall of the western Empire. Personally, I feel we are around the fall of the Republic stage. We have yet to see our version of a Caligula/Nero/Commodus, though the Trump-deranged would argue that he is all of them rolled into one while the MAGA true believers see him more as a Marcus Aurelius figure.
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In an AI world demographics is not a big issue.
‘A Russian official has said a boom in Chinese men marrying Russian women can be expected in the wake of new visa rules making travel between the two countries easier.
‘There are currently 35 million more men than women in China, according to official figures. Russia, meanwhile, has around 10 million more women than men, British newspaper The Times reported.’ (TVP World)
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Ambrose-Pritchard having a wank in the SMH.. A whole-hearted supporter of the Elites in banking making it harder for oil companies to borrow money.
“fossil fuel companies will face bigger haircuts from October onwards. Their debt will be worth less as collateral for borrowing money or securing a trade, depending on how far along they are on the green-to-brown spectrum…it is a warning to Shell, BP and the other European oil majors that they may face a penalty if they abandon the “green stuff” and keep doubling down on oil and gas…The European Central Bank (ECB) is acting in parallel, using pillar two of the global “Basel regime” to squeeze loans to high polluters and shift incentives for the capital markets.”
All at a time when oil is showing itself to be the real essential in the energy marketplace!
“Some 40 central banks and supervisors now publish the “weighted average climate intensity” (Waci) scores of their bond and foreign exchange holdings. They are in turn pushing pension funds, insurers and the likes of Amundi, Legal & General, BlackRock and Vanguard to follow suit.”
They are not giving up on forcing us down the pathway to peasantry, even if the voters can see the reality of energy shortages. I’ve just paid the electricity bill, up from $500 & something to $700 & something in the last couple of years. Politics becomes meaningless in life when the outcomes are so clear.
https://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/the-world-s-financial-system-has-been-upended-20260702-p60buz.html
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European capital markets. If they want to make themselves less competitive, American capital markets will be more than happy to grab a long straw and drink their milkshake. The EU keeps forgetting that the oil majors are global companies, and can simply choose to do business elsewhere.
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Trump shooting report leaves many questions unanswered.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/07/bombshell-ig-report-secret-service-was-searching-internet/
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The SS must have found their most incompetent drone operator and sent him, then set up their comms room away from everyone else, sounds like the pathetic SS effort on the 22nd of November 1963.
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Captain obvious x 2
They,are perfectly happy to have anything that suits Sydney lefty sensibilities light up its sales. It’s just politics.
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DEI hires … everywhere.
That and Trump not actually being president at the time. The sitting president gets the Secret Service ‘A’ team, while his family and other current protectees get the best of the rest. The dregs get assigned to prospective candidates. The problem is, the dregs used to still be highly competent guys just waiting to move up the ladder, while today they are a mix of those guys and incompetent DEI hires, and a chain is only as strong as it’s weakest link.
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FWIW – party tonight
“Down under, 27 landmarks across Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane, and Darwin will be lit up, including Flinders Street Station, Melbourne Town Hall, the Story Bridge and City Hall in Brisbane, and Darwin’s Parliament House and Convention Centre. The Sydney Opera House declined to participate.
Speaking of declining to participate, one of the most glaring omissions is that no major British government landmark —not the Houses of Parliament, not Buckingham Palace, not the Tower of London, not Tower Bridge— will be illuminated in American colors. The BBC said the UK will celebrate the occasion with “quiet reflection.” Draw your own conclusions.”
More at
https://open.substack.com/pub/coffeeandcovid/p/happy-birthday-usa-friday-july-3?
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‘The Sydney Opera House declined to participate.’
With America on the nose its a smart move.
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Rubbish.
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The Opera House is a cultural centre and on this occasion the administrators are abstaining.
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Captain obvious x 2
They,are perfectly happy to have anything that suits Sydney lefty sensibilities light up its sales. It’s just politics.
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Yes of course, but its generally of a cultural nature, this event would be devisive.
‘As the United States celebrates its semiquincentennial, new polling from the United States Studies Centre (USSC) at the University of Sydney finds that while 58% of Australians believe President Trump’s second term has been bad for the Australia, 49% say Australia needs its alliance with the United States more than ever — more than twice the number who disagree.’
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Everything bad for AU is because of feckless leadership. Blame it on the US if you like but then admit that you are dumb…
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I guess the Opera House remained in blackout to acknowledge the funeral of Khomeini in Iran. How disgusting.
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Telling blatant lies is disinformation, grow up.
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Cody Harper, Birmingham England – following up on my Friday post re the assault on Cody by a group of men that resulted in Cody (the assault victim) being arrested (original video of incident link).
Birmingham police initial response was:
“The incident has been reviewed, and we have no concerns over the officer’s actions and we are satisfied that they were reasonable and proportionate in the circumstances. We would ask that footage is not further shared to allow the legal process to take its course.”
Contrast that with the Henry Nowak (stabbed victim arrested) incident where Hampshire Police admitted they wanted to issue a public statement addressing online “disinformation” during the trial but were advised against it by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).
How is it that the Birmingham plods can publish their “judgement” that their officer’s actions were acceptable and in the same message call for redistribution of the video of the Cody incident (do they see this as “disinformation”) be curtailed in order to “…allow the legal process to take its course.”
At least this story is gaining traction with coverage by the Daily Sceptic which includes comment on how Robert Jenrick, the Reform UK MP has also expressed his concerns.
Should be an interesting court case on 21 June when Cody appears on his assault charge.
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FWIW –
“American Education Is in Almost Irredeemable Decline”
“I will defend the use of “almost” only by noting that there are still educational institutions out there providing quality instruction. In virtually every city of size, there are at least a handful of options where kids won’t be indoctrinated into the kind of anti-American woke stupidity that has become virtually omnipresent in the public schools. And of course, there is the burgeoning panoply of resources available to homeschoolers, which stands as the silver lining to the mess we’re in.”
More at
https://hotair.com/headlines/2026/07/02/american-education-is-in-almost-irredeemable-decline-n3816511
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FWIW
“OH, TO BE IN ENGLAND: We’ve Got the Gayest Parliament.”
https://x.com/TheBabylonBee/status/1795877837460668595
Via https://instapundit.com/807960/#disqus_thread
And
“A leaked internal home office report from 2002 shows the UK Government had planned to change what “British-ness” meant through mass immigration
It was always the goal to erase our identity and replace us”
https://x.com/BasilTheGreat/status/2073137672587997188
Via https://instapundit.com/807981/#disqus_thread
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Gayer than the American Legislature? I think not.
https://nypost.com/2025/04/21/us-news/aidan-maese-czeropski-who-allegedly-filmed-himself-having-sex-in-congress-checked-into-psych-ward-after-scandal/
Though he is Australian now, so you guys have that going for you.
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FWIW
“Are we as offended by Mamdani using George Washington’s desk to make a speech once we realize he doesn’t even know how a desk works”
https://x.com/KateHydeNY/status/2073113107820397037
Via https://instapundit.com/807938/#disqus_thread
Shades of “Elbow” and an Akubra?
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Funny that, I thought he looked seriously presidential.
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What country?
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Obviously not in the US.
‘Once the midterms are complete, attention will shift to the race for the White House. Mamdani, born in Uganda, is not eligible to run. But he could again play the role of kingmaker.’ (Guardian)
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Ah. The Grauniad. But Obama wasn’t eligible to be president either.
Never mind.
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FWIW
“Two Politically Pretentious Canadians Interview U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra
July 2, 2026 | Sundance | 169 Comments
I’ve said it before, U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra is the most underpaid U.S. emissary sent to a hostile nation and constantly surrounded by threats, bitterness, anger and hatred.”
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/07/02/two-politically-pretentious-canadians-interview-u-s-ambassador-pete-hoekstra/
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Reading through the comments was stimulating and informative, a totally different world.
Carney is abused because he stood up to American provocation, I wish him well.
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Details Gordo, details. What provocation would that be?
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Great. He stood up to ‘American provocation‘.
And in the process, he damaged the relationship with his countries #1 trading partner (75% of Canada’s exports flow across the southern border) and security sugar daddy, doing huge damage to Canada’s economy. Over the last two quarters since his feud with Trump began, Canada’s GDP has grown -0.2% and 0.0%. Meanwhile, America’s economy is humming along and should be acting as a rising tide that lifts all boats around it … and it is …. for Mexico. But Canada has opted to go their own way, and now Trump is mulling over scrapping the North American MCA (Mexico-Canada-America) trade agreement and doing a bilateral deal with Mexico instead.
Well done. I hope the virtue signal is worth it.
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Its well worth it, this US regime has opted for isolationism, its part of the political culture.
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Isolationism?
If anything, Trump has opted for a bit too much interventionism for my tastes. He’s overthrown one regime already (Venezuela), is in the process of overthrowing another (Iran) and is in the early stages of working on a third (Cuba). He’s also formed much tighter bonds with many South/Central American nations (Argentina, El Salvador, Panama, Bolivia, Columbia, etc.) than the USA has had in decades. And lastly, he has completely reshaped world trade with his tariff program and has rerouted global energy supply (in America’s favor) with his interventions in Venezuela and Iran. That is anything but isolationism.
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Military intervention is not useful in promoting world peace, America seeks to be self sufficient and drift into isolation. Eventually they will have to dismantle the military industrial infrastructure as the US Bond Market takes a battering.
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Isolationism Gordo?
I don’t think that word means what you think it does.
World domination would be closer to the mark.
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Economic isolationism.
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Nope.
If any criticism is to be made it is that the USA is using its enormous economic power to strike agreements with nations who are unable to strike a fair bargain.
That is not economic isolation.
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Carney’s hubris will cost Canada dearly, largely because Canada is economically illiterate and run by fools.
USMCA “Is Not Renewed”, ie, next step isn’t a 10yr decoupling, it is Trump announcing later in 2026 that the US is withdrawing from the USMCA which triggers a 6 month clock to the US fully exiting trade with Canada
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/07/01/ustr-jamieson-greer-makes-it-official-the-usmca-is-not-renewed/
Canadian Dollar is collapsing
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/06/30/the-canadian-dollar-is-collapsing-heres-what-to-expect-next/
Canada is in Recession while Mexico GDP grows double expectations
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/06/28/usmca-status-canada-in-recession-mexico-gdp-grows-double-expectations/
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Talking of virtue signalling .
‘US President Donald Trump once called cryptocurrency a “scam”. It’s now a major moneymaker for him: his just-released annual financial disclosure shows he made more than US$1 billion from cryptocurrency last year.’ (The Conversation)
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Gordo, first the Grauniad and now the Conversation.
You are going to have to lay off the cool aid.
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There is no conspiracy, the Trump regime is the most blatantly corrupt Administration in history.
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Details Gordo. Details.
We get that you have a severe case of TDS but we can only help with your derangement if give us the details.
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Hey David, thanks.
After a cold winter and mild spring, we’re having a heat wave, which will put a damper on some of the celebration.
But I live a very Blue area, there are more Rainbow and Palestinian flags than anything else.
We have POC political leadership that only associate with white people that hate white people as much as they do.
Patriotic bumper stickers can get your car vandalized.
My neighbors equate patriot with white.
I think of the outstanding patriotic American military personnel of every ethnicity that I have had the good fortune to work with.
I console myself by remembering that historically America has always been politically tumultuous.
One difference is that previously the disparate POVs still identified as American, now we have the propagation of One World Globalism.
So we will soon have members of Congress that are openly Anti-American.
Sadly have elite elements of the society that have the strategic goal of social division and upheaval.
Very weird for me as a Southerner.
Most of my youth I was embarrassed about my accent about being a small town boy.
The Confederate flag was cultural artifact that mostly invoked humor.
Granny would start ranting and waving one around whenever she got mad at Jed.
Then something changed.
I think it was Obama.
As an adult I even learned a historical song that I had never heard before …
“I’m a Good Old Rebel”.
“I’m a good old rebel
and that’s just what I am
And for this Yankee nation I do not give a damn
I’m glad I fit again’ it I only wish we’d won
Ain’t asking for no pardon for anything I done”
Here’s the great Hoyt Axton singing it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rS297rgubIA&list=RDrS297rgubIA&start_radio=1
Most of my life I would have been appalled.
Now have much more understanding of the sentiment.
Only ’cause I’m being labeled and ‘insurrectionist’ and a ‘racist’ when I had and have no thought whatever of such.
BTW, great appreciation of your POV and contributions to this blog.
And much hopefulness for the restoration of the promise of both our nations.
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Honk, this was sweet. Thank you for your comments.
I’d proudly fly your granny’s Confederate flag here in Minnesota. None of my forbears were here during the Civil War but I am proud for the people that fought on either side for what they thought was right. More than that I’m sad for the families and their losses on both sides. We were (and are) brothers and sisters.
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So, following his DV conviction , it is being reported that Nicky Winmars (ex footy player) statue in Perth is to be pulled down (in his famous pose, pulling up his jersey and pointing at his skin to assert his aboriginality, or us that indiginousnessness now?
What can you say? Its all more than a bit ironic. I’m sure there will be memes proposing alternate locations.
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Damnatio Memoriae
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Pauline Hanson presents as pro-aspiration in the mould of a small businesswoman who understands life outside the public sector
‘Shared culture’:
Pauline Hanson’s reasonable wish for Australia weaponised by those who resent the idea our nation should have a common social purpose
The word of the moment is undoubtedly ‘monocultural’
In her take-no-prisoners speech at the National Press Club Pauline Hanson said it was time to axe “multiculturalism”.
“We cannot be a multicultural society,” she said.
“We are a multi-racial society, but we must be monocultural. Australians must live under the one cultural umbrella.”
A reminder from the great Philosopher of Language Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951), who famously mused that we shouldn’t let a word hold us captive.
In other words, don’t become so fixated on a single word that you miss the idea behind it.
And the idea behind the word “monocultural” is “shared culture”.
When there is a “shared culture” that covers a territory or a population group that is a “monoculture”.
Part of the panic-stricken response to Hanson came from people who seem to despise Australia and dismiss any notion that an “Australian culture” should exist.
But they are just the latest iteration of “cultural cringe” – the memorable phrase coined by literary critic A. A. Phillips in 1950 to name this cringing sense of inferiority that infects the elitists.
One radio host joined the panic by pleading with his listeners to ring and tell him what Australian culture could possibly be.
Here’s the answer – Australian culture is “the common pot”.
It’s “the common pot” that we all contribute to, and that feeds us all.
We all share what we have with each other, and the resulting “common pot” feeds our Aussie spirits.
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Latest on unusual clots found by embalmers in victims of mRNA covid “vaccinations” who have died.
Dr Philip McMillan discusses:
Paper analysing nature of clots:
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Scientists have created a 3D-printed remote-controlled cyborg cockroach equipped with IR cameras — living insects fitted with flexible ‘diving suit’ can survive and move underwater for three hours
The cockroach is pretty much the ideal platform for this type of endeavor, as their legs are easy to control with electrical impulses, and their locomotion characteristics let them navigate almost every type of terrain, oftentimes better than many miniature robots. Their biological batteries theoretically last for weeks on end, too. One roach needs food only every few weeks, a mission-critical feature given that scientists working with miniaturization of any sort keep butting their heads against energy limitations. The IR cameras and wireless do use an actual mini battery pack, but the insects themselves can find sustenance on their own.
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/robotics/scientists-have-created-a-3d-printed-remote-controlled-cyborg-cockroach-equipped-with-ir-cameras-living-insects-fitted-with-flexible-diving-suit-can-survive-and-move-underwater-for-three-hours
Next up, remote controlled politicians that spy too.
They’re already a thing? Oh, ok…
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I mentioned DIY cyborg cockroaches in my article “Interfacing To The Brain” – January 2015, https://www.siliconchip.com.au/Issue/SC/2015/January/Interfacing+To+The+Brain .
Kits available at https://backyardbrains.com/products/Roxborough
Also see https://arstechnica.com/science/2016/02/make-your-own-cyborg-cockroach-for-under-30/
Although these ones don’t have IR cameras.
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US Air Force Band doing a little impromptu warmup before POTUS arrives at Mount Rushmore.
Interesting song to pick considering everyone in the band is probably 20-something, “Sweet Child o’ Mine” by Guns N’ Roses. It is a 1987 love song but apparently relevant to 4th July because it evokes youthful optimism, emotional warmth and brings rock ‘n’ roll energy to a day about American pride and shared joy.
Obviously there will be other patriotic and traditional songs played but the posting does not say what they’ll be.
https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2073232998296584356
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FWIW
“We Americans Should Thank the Scots As We Celebrate 250 Years of Liberty and Independence”
https://pjmedia.com/marktapscott/2026/07/03/we-americans-should-thank-the-scots-as-we-celebrate-250-years-of-independence-n4954641
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FWIW
“Which Could It Be?
“One of these is considered an existential threat to Europe”
https://patriotpost.us/memes/128857-which-could-it-be-2026-07-02
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Just purchased the local rag with a very large front page advert by Helen Hains MP.The advert ‘More fuel for farmers and families – Not Billionairs” Apparently the Hon HH has backed a cap on fuel tax credits for mining giants with a “carve out” for farmers and small businesses because fuel security matters and should support the people who need it most, not boost the profits of billionaires”
Now the RH Helen Haines supports renewables, micro grids and batteries all to save the environment, yet doesn’t realise that to make these planet saving devices the materials HAVE TO COME FROM MINING. Apparently because the owners of some of these companies are “rich” they are simply not entitled to be. Ignore that mining creates wealth, employee 10’s of thousands of people and pays billions in tax no, no, charge them a fuel excise that was applied to “road users” and lets drive all of our production costs higher and possibly out of world wide competition.
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Check out the memes in ‘another Ian’ post above, and they explain everything you need to know about the Left.
“I don’t often talk to these 30-yr-old Socialists, but when I do I tell them I want a large fries..”
“Someone called Michelle a man, and just like that, the Left knows what a woman is again!”
..and the irony of computers making people prove they are not robots..
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FWIW
“Europe’s “Soaring Climate Damage” Narrative Runs Into an Inconvenient Dataset”
“One of the most persistent claims in climate politics is that weather disasters are becoming increasingly expensive because climate change is making extreme weather worse. The assertion has been repeated so often by politicians and echoed so faithfully by much of the media that it has taken on the appearance of established fact. Recently, Dr. Roger Pielke Jr. wrote up a revealing post on substack titled: Europe’s Weather Losses Keep Climbing – But a new loss normalization finds no trend after accounting for economic growth.
Some excerpts and analysis follow.”
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2026/07/03/europes-soaring-climate-damage-narrative-runs-into-an-inconvenient-dataset/
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FWIW
“Meet the Climate Activist Shortlist of Candidates to be Next UN Secretary General”
“Surprisingly former New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern wasn’t on the list.”
More at
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2026/07/03/meet-the-climate-activist-shortlist-of-candidates-to-be-next-un-secretary-general/
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FWIW
“What Is Iran Building Now in the Zagros Mountains?”
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/07/03/what-is-iran-building-now-in-the-zagros-mountains-n2203980
Via Hot Air
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Video: Prof. Peter Ridd’s July 4th tribute to American science.
https://youtu.be/rN-bQnXaAMo
For those that don’t know Prof. Ridd, formerly from James Cook University in Queensland, Australia, was persecuted and prosecuted for (effectively) not following the Official Narrative on “climate change”.
So much for the integrity of Australian “science”.
Science advances via falsification, replication and open debate, not enforced “consensus” as in that absurd term of the Left, “consensus science”.
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