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The Starmerfuhrer of England and the fake news mockingbird media, run by the Office For Censorship Obedience & Manipulation (OFCOM) and the BBC lead Television Newspeak International (TNI), do not want the world to report on Tommy Robinsons terrorism trial: https://tommytrial.com
The BBC and the state Breakthrough Media Network propaganda units are protected by secret courts, super-injunctions, DSMA-Notices and non-disclosure agreements. However the US State Department reveals that BBC VERIFY is a BBC propaganda unit designed to spread lies in support of a deep state NATO organisation called the Institute for Strategic Dialogue. The purpose of BBC VERIFY is to indoctrinate ‘TRUST in the BBC’ using censorship and propaganda techniques to shame the viewer into thinking that people who do not trust the nice left-wing BBC are nasty right-wing terrorist. The US has identified 63 fake news spreaders working for BBC VERIFY including the Senior spreader of Disinformation Correspondent, Marianna Spring.
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The Starmerfuhrer has told GCHQ to hack the phones of Elon Musk and Donald Trump using Tempora. GCHQ says we already hack everyone’s phone, even the journalists involved in the phone hacking scandal seen on the telly last week.
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https://www.zerohedge.com/political/dark-money-british-political-operatives-interfering-american-elections
Say it ain’t so.
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The BBC has an initiative whereby reporters are embedded in supposedly independent local newspapers/sites, ostensibly to support local democracy, but one suspects it’s more to do with controling the entire news agenda.
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In N.Z. we were subjected to the “like totally cool” Ali G who produced a BBC propaganda show every morning at 5a.m.,called “First Up”.
The first presenter of this transparent indoctrination apparatus, one Indira Stewart, was later parachuted into TVNZ, and Ali G took over as presenter until another useful idiot could be found.
A sports- jock type, Nathan Ra Ra Ra, who was suitably idiotic, was eventually “discovered”, being deemed to be more aligned with the proclivities of the intended audience.
Riding instructions were assembled each afternoon at “BBC” headquarters(MI5), and transmitted to NZ , thus initiating the global “news” cycle for the day.
Radio New Zealand became known amongst certain deplorable as Radio New Zion, and the show itself was accurately referred to as “First Cr-p”.
Ali G then returned to Albion and became a special correspondent for RNZ.
Did OZ miss out?
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Whaddya know?
Unbeknown to each other, FB and Grimme Nasty wrote the same story, almost simultaneously.
Great minds . . . . LOL
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Television Newspeak International(TNI) is better known in these parts as your Trusted News Initiative.
Clever eh?
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“fake news spreaders” sounds like one of those ‘muck-spreaders’ that farmers use to disperse farm manure! Mostly from bulls and pigs
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‘“fake news spreaders” sounds like one of those ‘muck-spreaders’ that farmers use to disperse farm manure! ‘
That what politicians do all the time, they call them ‘press releases’…
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I see that TR’s trial has been postponed for a couple of weeks while he attends celebrations in Israel
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A major pillar of the UKs ill-conceived net zero policy is the insulation of the old housing stock, indeed, if heat pumps are to stand any chance of providing a decent level of comfort at reasonable operating costs, it’s essential. The trouble is that most of these houses were built to ‘breathe’. Almost any type of insulation disrupts this and risks serious problems with damp, condensation, rot, and mould.
https://order-order.com/2025/10/14/thousands-of-homes-need-insulation-repair-work-after-botched-government-scheme/
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The Starmerfuhrer is to impose Net Zero on England by 2030, and is halting his critics, by arresting more people for Social Media posts than any dictator on Earth, at 12,183 arrests per annum. The upper-class snobs in the Labour party now hate white working-class coal miners more than Thatcher did in the 1980’s, and have sided with Islam in its battle against former white working-class Labour voters, who now complain about rape and vaccine injury, like Tommy Robinson did.
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Yesterday it was suggested why there were no live female hostages released. The reason was not that suggested, merely that there was only 1 outstanding female, known to be deceased. Without taking sides, it is still important to be accurate/truthful.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15189965/Israel-Hamas-return-24-dead-hostages-deliberately-holding-them.html
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That doesn’t sound so bad when you put it that way, does it?
We can just skate right over the mention of a murdered woman, who was probably cruelly abused before her death.
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https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/FMfcgzQcqHZXBZXNsZBWglNkHMgLqZFB
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https://www.breitbart.com/news/exposed-the-ccps-united-front-network-in-americas-heartland-part-iii/
You can bet that similar programs and CCCP entities operate in Australia too! Especially Victoria
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Elements, at the very least, of the ALP have been owned by the CCP going back to the Keating years.
They took over that ownership from the USSR when that collapsed in 1990.
The Keating piggery was the classic example back then – co-owned by Chinese interests, all the product went to China, all the profit went into Keating’s pockets and he very carefully never declared either his part ownership, his co-owner’s identity, or his income.
The prick should have gone to jail for tax evasion over that.
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Famously he didn’t do his own tax return delegating that duty to Gavan Disney.
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FWIW – USA
“This might be a bit premature but, “The Great Reclamation” is underway”
“At this moment, the Supreme Court has before it perhaps the most consequential case regarding the Deep State (permanent DC bureaucracy that is mostly leftist). For decades, an opinion called “Humphreys Executor” has essentially handed the entire government in Washington to unelected appointees who can never be fired or lose their appointments, by any of the three branches of government. This has led to a constant “resistance” to all Republican presidents, hobbling their field of action and effectiveness. This is the main source of the “law fare” continually attacking President Trump since his first day in office in 2017. Below, from an X post, is a good explanation of the precedent, and what will happen if it is overturned by the Supreme Court next year. After the main post, I will copy a comment to the post that offers clarification of the timeline. I will put a link to the original post at the end.”
More at
https://rushbabe49.com/2025/10/13/this-might-be-a-bit-premature-but-the-great-reclamation-is-underway/
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Thanks,
Potentially that is very important for the future of the USA and maybe ultimately everywhere.
I will be taking notice over the next few months.
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Thanks a i,
Great news. And I just love this paragraph from your link:
I guess a few people might be slightly unhappy about this.
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The UK Government is yet again using lawfare against Tommy Robinson on fabricated “terrorism” charges. He wouldn’t give UK Gestapo his phone pin number when they had no legitimate reason to ask for it. And it waa about a year ago anyway.
But this time he has the solid financial backing of Elon Musk to pay for the best lawyers.
And Tommy is also about to go on a State visit of Israel as an Official Guest.
Also at the hearing, the BBC and perhaps other “journalists” complained about a citizen journalist from Rebel News Canada being present even though he is an actual journalist, just not Lamestream. The judge accepted his credentials but when the judge Left court officials expelled him anyway.
Video: Jeff Taylor discusses. 12.5 minutes https://youtu.be/xgVc5RMauNI
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Oooh … that’s brazen.
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https://x.com/KatrinaBiggs2/status/1975990319415165243
A similar case occurred in Godzone a few days ago.
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FWIW
“Not so “Rare Earths” again – China Semi-monopoly”
https://chiefio.wordpress.com/2025/10/13/not-so-rare-earths-again-china-semi-monopoly/
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How many wokesters have even heard of lanthanides, let alone be able to pronounce it?
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“How many wokesters have even heard of lanthanides, let alone be able to pronounce it?”
But do you know that lanthanides have varying toxicity and that recent research has focussed on their potential to cause harm, and more studies are needed to fully characterise their long-term health impacts?
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I don’t understand your point.
Many of the lanthanides and actinides and their compounds have been understood to be toxic for a very long time.
It’s not some recent discovery.
Are you aware of the huge environmental destruction of rare earth mining and processing in China?
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Yep, and there are two ways to refine and process lanthanides.
One is cheap and incredibly dirty, which is the way the Chinese do it, producing actual lakes of toxic by products which bond very easily with organic molecules, that are seeping down into the ground water, which will eventually make it’s way to the river system, and then into the sea.
These things do not break down, they are far, far worse for the environment than even the radioactive by product of nuclear plants if that were simply dumped on the ground.
The other way is expensive, slow, and clean, which cannot compete with the Chinese product unless said Chinese product is completely banned by the rest of the world, including everything it is used in.
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“BTW, the USA has made some progress on No.2 and there are ongoing efforts to reopen US mining and refining with military contracts.”
So Albos selling point in his meeting with Donald Trump is already well behind the eight ball. It will take many years for any mining/ refining projects to get approved let alone get producing. Another stupidly deceptive narrative by the MSM. and Labour. Its like a Childs top, it spins and spins but does absolutely nothing else.
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This Tweet contains a 42 sec video of TRUMP:
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FWIW
“President Trump and the Nobel Peace Prize”
“I’ve been getting awfully fed up with the brouhaha over whether President Trump should/should have/ever will win the Nobel Peace Prize.
In the first place, previous winners of the Prize have comprehensively dishonored and discredited it merely due to their inclusion on the winners’ roster. Lawdog puts this nicely in perspective, so I won’t repeat the details here.”
[https://thelawdogfiles.substack.com/p/the-nobel-peace-prize]
Concludes
“Since his acceptance of the Peace Prize, it’s been irredeemably dishonored in my eyes, and in the eyes of many around the world. I don’t want President Trump to be awarded the Peace Prize, and if he is, I want him to refuse to accept it. Why would anyone with any self-respect want to be numbered among a bunch of losers like that?”
https://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2025/10/president-trump-and-nobel-peace-prize.html
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Yes, when you consider other unworthy recipients were Obama, António Guterres, Abiy Ahmed and arch terrorist Arafat.
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FWIW – the wonders of technology!
“Software update bricks some Jeep 4xe hybrids over the weekend
Jeep has pulled the update; owners are advised to ignore it if it already downloaded.”
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/10/software-update-bricks-some-jeep-4xe-hybrids-over-the-weekend/
Via https://instapundit.com/750573/#disqus_thread
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Transparent film LED screens
https://va.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_t3e7ajmyCo1y82kbt.mp4
Ooohhh!!
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FWIW
“Scary Terry F Retweeted
Hi, it’s Abject Terror. Yep.
@abbycohenwl
Exorcist: I’m here to remove the demon that has possessed you
Me: I didn’t call you
Demon: I did
3:54 PM • 10/17/19 • Twitter Web App
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https://accordingtohoyt.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dmon.jpg?w=1024
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Knock at the door…
Door opens and it’s the grim reaper.
Homeowner: “ha ha, I’m fully vaccinated!”
Grim reaper: “ironically, that’s why I’m here.”
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Cornell’s tiny “Microwave Brain” chip could transform computing and AI
Cornell engineers have created the world’s first “microwave brain” — a revolutionary microchip that computes with microwaves instead of traditional digital circuits.
This tiny, low-power processor performs real-time tasks like signal decoding, radar tracking, and data analysis while consuming less than 200 milliwatts.
The chip’s performance comes from its architecture, which functions as a neural network—a system inspired by the human brain. It uses interconnected electromagnetic modes within tunable waveguides to recognize patterns and adapt to incoming information. Unlike standard neural networks that rely on digital operations and clock-timed instructions, this system operates in the analog microwave range, enabling it to process data streams in the tens of gigahertz, far exceeding the speed of most digital processors.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41928-025-01422-1
/seen it…
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– Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)
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“What the herd hates most is the one who thinks differently; it is not so much the opinion itself, but the audacity of wanting to think for themselves, something that they do not know how to do.”
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DFQMbXvn2RNI&ved=2ahUKEwjh7v6C5aSQAxXoS2wGHcFlMR8QtwJ6BAgIEAI&usg=AOvVaw0vwiUWvV19q8ojnCJiFePQ
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Over my back fence is a large paddock in which the owner agists cows. Their herd behavior is quite fascinating. And the same must be said for flocks of birds which pass overhead. The forces which cause movement or changes in direction are almost invisible. Careful observation usually shows multiple impulses in multiple directions within the herd or flock. Some impulses spread. Others are ignored.
If cows and birds can be said to hold opinions, they are very lightly held opinions. Just as Orwell described in 1984 with the example of the chocolate rations. And just as the world sees today in the era of social media and its influencers.
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Reasons Australia how Albanese has destroyed Australia’s relationship with the United States:
1) Our three most important people in relation to the US Alliance, Wong, Albanese and KRudd, all have TDS and are anti-American and are also low IQ fools, and TRUMP hates idiots.
2) Australia’s heavily subsidies what little industry we have left such as steel and aluminium because it is impossible to run such operations profitably on expensive wind and solar.
3) Albanese made no serious effort to meet with TRUMP but him and other Australian politicians are making regular visits to China and Emperor Xi.
4) Not being very supportive of the Australia-US Alliance and realigning Australia’s interests toward China.
5) Australia has a fanatical commitment to the anthropogenic global warming scam.
6) Rewarding Hamas for their October 7th atrocities. Albanese even quoted Hamas propaganda in a statement. https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/politics/anthony-albanese-attempts-to-distance-himself-from-hamas-praise-despite-multiple-statements-welcoming-palestinian-recognition/news-story/6d1d7ad8d04b3908059b3ef7b6359582
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UK: if you believe ‘Western Culture is under threat from mass migration and a lack of integration’ you are a TERRORIST
https://x.com/Basil_TGMD/status/1977995589452198039
Well, lock up the population then.
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UK Govt holds up a white sheet of paper..
“It black I tell you, anyone can see its black, its always been black, its black now, it was black yesterday and it will be black tomorrow! Just believe me, look at it yourselves, isn’t it clearly black? There may be some stupid people amongst you who doubt it is black, well, ignore them if you can’t point out to them that it is obviously black!…and ve vill imprison anyvun who says oddervise!!”
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Australian Signals Directorate releases the Annual Cyber Threat Report 2024-25
https://www.cyber.gov.au/about-us/view-all-content/reports-and-statistics/annual-cyber-threat-report-2024-2025
😎
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Western business leaders ‘Terrified’ after touring Chinese factories
Ford Motor Company CEO Jim Farley and other top business leaders are “terrified” over China’s breakneck technological advancements, warning that the Asian superpower’s innovations could crush American companies if they don’t act fast, according to a stunning report from The Telegraph.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/most-humbling-thing-ive-ever-seen-western-business-leaders-terrified-after-touring
When robots can tie shoelaces, it’s game over.
“The only winner in the AI race will be AI itself”. (c) 2025 JC2 😉
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Hay balers have been knotting hay bales for many, many decades.
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But there are machinery blog threads that attest that is “mostly, with luck”
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Crappy operators blame their machines.
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We can thank many western car companies for that. They foolishly built manufacturing facilities in China, in the process transferring invaluable skills, technology and experience to a ruthless competitor that fully intends to destroy western manufacturing. This gave China a free leg-up, meaning their own auto manufacturing STARTED at the point where the west had taken many decades to reach.
It never made any sense whatsoever to me, but I’m just a low intelligence drone.
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NVIDEA already the most valuable company in the world at $4.3tr. I expect there are already a few that are winners from that. The company may die but it has already produced quite a few winners who are set for life.
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Media in the northern hemisphere are talking about a huge deal. . .bigly.
Possibly something to do with a certain Donald Trump.
Assuming that it is true, can we take bets on what it might be?
What FB would like to know is if the U.S. were to do a trade deal with Russia, would N.Z. then be permitted to sign the Russia-Belarus-Kazakhstan Customs Union agreement that has been negotiated?
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An end to the Ukraine war would be fantastic of course, but even though I am a fan of Trump, I fear that he has a plan to magic away America’s debt in a way that would be devastating to the rest of us. Some sort of economic/monetary ‘reset’ that would leave all of those dependent on the USD in some significant way substantially worse off. There are ways to do this, but most ‘experts’ say America wouldn’t dare do it for fear of wrecking their relationships with other nations. This would likely play right into the CCP’s hands as there would be a rush toward BRICS.
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‘ … there would be a rush toward BRICS.’
Albo will probably join BRICS when Putin and Xi are gone, shouldn’t be too long.
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No reason to wait, except for Western propaganda. Changing the leader won’t change the country or its politics, just look at your own.
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Not for nothing did my parents refer to television as the idiot box.
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SO relevant to today, David.
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Wow, it looks like being “trans” is no longer trendy in the US.
Too bad for all those poor wretches who the Left managed to convince to sterilise and mutilate themselves.
And in most if not all states in Australia it’s illegal for a professional to counsel anyone that they may indeed already be their correct biological gender.
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An additional entry to my little book of rules to live your life by:
Don’t be an early adopter when it involves surgery
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‘ … can we take bets on what it might be?’
A ‘remote viewer’ says 3I/ATLAS has reptilian occupants?
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Oh no! Not more politicians!!!
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It’s just a rock.
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Its as big as Manhattan and made of nickel.
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How about an oil pipeline across the Bering Strait?
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That would be the epitome of a stranded asset.
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FWIW
“NYISO Weighs In On The New York State Draft Energy Plan”
“NYISO is the New York Independent System Operator — the not-for-profit entity created to manage New York State’s electrical grid. Their main job is assuring that there is sufficient electricity generated moment to moment to closely match customer demand. Neighboring states have multi-state ISOs (i.e., PJM and ISO-NE) to do the same job, but being New York, we have our own.
If there is any entity that ought to be loudly outspoken about New York’s ridiculous energy schemes, it is NYISO. After all, when generating most of our electricity from wind and sun proves not to work, as it will, and when the blackouts follow, as they will, NYISO stands to get a large share of the blame.
So where are they? The good news is that they are slowly waking up. The bad news is that even now they are not being nearly as outspoken or as loud as they should be. On October 6 they submitted a long (25 page) Comment on the State’s new Energy Plan. That Comment takes the level of their expressed alarm to a new, if still unjustifiably muted, level.”
More at
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/10/14/nyiso-weighs-in-on-the-new-york-state-draft-energy-plan/
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There was an interesting car jacking or three in Melbourne on Monday.
The first jacking was an older Honda Civic. He forced the driver out; got in and fiddled for a while then got out and jacked another more modern SUV – women out under gunpoint; him in and off. He may have crashed that because he ended up in a small Hyundai hatch.
I am not certain but I think the Honda had an anti-theft device – a gear lever. I figure this bandit had not been taught to use a clutch and gear lever. That third pedal would have been very confusing for the deluded soul.
He ended up with 20 or so riot squad police in pursuit though city streets on foot after terrorising a hotel lobby. He had to be carted away in an ambulance; badly battered, bruised and bleeding after rubber bullets were used to subdue him.
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FWIW – Items around the Middle East peace
“It’s less important whether Hamas has really agreed to disarm and give up power than whether Egypt, Turkey, and Qatar have agreed that Hamas must disarm and give up power. Terrorist movements like Hamas facing much stronger enemies like Israel can’t survive without outside support.”
https://x.com/ProfDBernstein/status/1978275928493990320
Via https://instapundit.com/750833/#disqus_thread
And
“No, the War In Gaza Is NOT Over. So What Is Next?”
https://pjmedia.com/rabbi-michael-barclay/2025/10/14/no-the-war-in-gaza-is-not-over-so-what-is-next-n4944865
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Someone should ask Mr Wong and Soyboy what the capital of Palestine is, and for that matter, what the capital of Israel is.
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FWIW
“The Perth Mint is out of silver”
https://x.com/GoldSilverHQ/status/1978151316321976533
Via SDA
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Sort of… Right now they have 17 different types of minted coins of various weight in stock, and 41 out of stock. 6 minted bars, 2 in stock, 4 out of stock. Still plenty of their special minted coins for various collections, 560 types of them, but your coloured silver Miss Piggy 1-ounce ‘coin’ will cost you $205.
Otherwise, $90/ounce, so maybe short supply for investors who are going to buy bullion in stacks.
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FWIW
“German Energy Expert Warns of Germany’s Energy Supply Madness…Energy Security on the Line”
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/10/14/german-energy-expert-warns-of-germanys-energy-supply-madnessenergy-security-on-the-line/
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Aa South Africa seeks to return to its pre-European roots, it is now burning universities. They have burned the university where many black African presidents were educated.
Willem Petzer discusses (under ten mins):
https://youtu.be/A9ZSejZhf3Y
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FWIW – outside watchers
“Aussie Climate Agency Concedes It Did Not Scrutinize Data Behind Major Climate Risk Report”
And inside watchers fortunately
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/aussie-climate-agency-concedes-it-did-not-scrutinize-data-behind-major-climate-risk
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This is the kicker.
“It’s a normal scientific practice to cite previous reports without … going back and checking the accuracy of those reports,” she said.
‘The response prompted the Liberal senator to probe further.
“That doesn’t sound scientific. Excuse me, I’m not a scientist, but that doesn’t sound scientific to me,” Smith said.
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Hmmm!
““It’s a normal scientific practice to cite previous reports without … going back and checking the accuracy of those reports,” she said.”
Might be now but sure wasn’t when I started 60 years ago.
Our mentor drummed into us that you had to have read everything you cited in detail and not just the published abstract. And should have photocopies as back-up.
And that you should do similar as a peer reviewer.
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FWIW
“RFK Jr. Demands Med Schools Teach Nutrition: “Master The Language Of Prevention” ”
“Arguing that preventable and chronic diseases can be ratcheted back through diet, nutritional health and lifestyle choices, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has directed medical programs to embed nutrition education into curricula and testing.”
“The directive comes as the Department of Health and Human Services works to develop updated U.S. dietary guidelines, expected to be released by December.”
More at
https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/rfk-jr-demands-med-schools-teach-nutrition-master-language-prevention
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