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So this is happening now in Nasty UK:
This is on an Electric Guitar forum. There is no porn allowed. Just a photo of a guitar in this case. Pretty much everyone who frequents such forums are musicians way older than 16.
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Nasty Socialist UK
The rumours are that the Starmerfuhrer of England has ordered the Marxist Idiots, Section 5 (MI5) to surround Westminster Magistrates Court, next Tuesday, and get Secret Courts to issue Super-Injunctions and non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) to censor and silence people who refuse to allow the Police access to their iPhone.
The Starmerfuhrer has declared all patriotic British people and right-wing Christians (Complaining of Mass Rape and Vaccine Injury) Right-wing, anti-Communist “enemies of the authoritarian state”.
The Starmerfuhrer has ordered the Office Research, Information and Communications Unit (RICU), the Defence Intelligence (DI), the Joint Intelligence Organisation (JIO), the Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism (OSCT), the National Crime Agency (NCA), the National Internet Intelligence Investigations Team (NIIIT), the 77th Brigade Domestic and International Psyops Teams and the GCHQ JTRI Group to spy on anyone, who supports Tommy Robinson, Elon Musk and Donald Trump.
The Starmerfuhrer has also ordered the Office For Censorship Obedience & Manipulation (OFCOM) to enforce compliance with state censorship and propaganda. The BBC/Antifa alliance and the BBC lead Trusted Newspeak International (TNI) have also promised to support state censorship and propaganda.
The Starmerfuhrer is to get the Islamic run Home Office to introduce the Britkarte. The Britkarte, will be a compulsory ID Card to be used to transform our lives by stamping out Islamophobia within the Jewish community. The Starmerfuhrer says that the additional police assets would be deployed immediately to stamp out fear of Islam after the Starmerfuhrer recognised Palestine. The Starmerfuhrer was inspired by the first country to issue compulsory ID cards in 1938, which introduced mandatory identity cards (the Kennkarte) via a decree “Verordnung über Kennkarten” issued on 22 July 1938. The Britkarte, like the Kennkarte, is to be used for control, surveillance, and population tracking, especially to identify the enemies of ‘nasty’ socialism, like Brits, Jews and Trump supporters called Kenneth.
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Got a haircut yesterday and my barber (who left Leeds many years ago with firm Labour beliefs) predicted that England could well be entering a rebellion.
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The parting of the weaves?
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It will likely happen in Australia as well as soon as the social media ban is implemented for under 16’s. Plus our e Safety Kommissar has already put in place an extensive censorship regime for Australians. I wouldn’t call us a free country any more, just (currently) less of a dictatorship than North Korea.
Topher Field had some comments on the forthcoming departure of the e Safety Kommissar but her censorship regime will likely stay, although there are likely many forthcoming court cases by Big Tech against the Government over the excessive censorship.
https://youtu.be/gpvJjtHipNM
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Truth bombs fly as we head for energy security meltdown! Australia’s east coast now exists with one of the most erratic electricity markets in the world because it is literally run by the weather that even our own illustrious BOM is unable to predict. Unfortunately, this chaos will show up on our bills for the next 20 years. Long after the architects of this debacle disappear from sight but never memories!
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Yes.
I suspect that the situation is not easily fixable if at all, and certainly not in less than 20 years.
Unfortunately the Left swallowed the global warming propaganda hook, line and sinker (or they did it willingly knowing it would destroy the country) and Australia will never be again the free and prosperous nation it once was.
Emperor Xi is very pleased.
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David, I admit that 20 was a purely arbitrary number that I based on the length of time Governments assumed our memories of their various domestic subsidies would last.
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Just remember the undignified end of the last Fuhrer. His stiff British upper lip will not save this one!
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Elon Musk has stated that civil war in UK is inevitable! Elon tends to have a record of being proven to be right in his predictions!
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Just on recent (today) interactions with Progs I personally know, I’m feeling less secure about the American situation.
The two political spectrums exist in different realities.
Just as result, I’ve resolved to avoid speaking about anything even remotely political.
There is no point.
The only difference is that in the UK, it’s the Trads rebelling against the Progs.
Here, it’s the Progs rebelling against Trump … and for me, reality and sanity.
No doubt they feel the same, I think sincerely.
Agreement on definitions of words on which to base a discussion is impossible.
I also feel confident that this conflict is intentionally manufactured by elements within the governments, allied with extra-governmental factions that have arisen to obscured power over the last couple of decades.
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They do, but fortunately true believer lefty progressives are a pretty small minority in America. Most of the Democratic coalition is NOT progressives. A quarter of Democrat voters are black Americans, who tend to skew conservative culturally even though they vote mostly Democrat. Same goes for Hispanics and Asians. And from 2012-2024, Republicans made inroads with all of them (especially Hispanics). Those democrat voters tend to skew more towards classic liberalism than leftism and share a similar reality with most Americans.
Progressives are mostly retired hippies and white women. Those are the ones who make the most noise in the Democratic coalition and tend to be WAY over-represented in the halls of power and the media relative to their proportion in the population. They also tend to be the ones on the ’20’ side of 80-20 issues, which is why the party’s popularity is in the toilet. Republicans, independents and even ‘liberal’ Democrats are find their antics and political preferences appalling.
So why do they hold do much sway? Because they show up in force during primary season. Democrats hold very few seats outside of highly populated coastal enclaves, and you can’t win the democratic nomination in a bright blue coastal district if the progressives have you marked as an enemy. So politicians like Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jefferies live in terror of being primaried from the left.
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Another factor is the shameless buying of votes with other people’s money/fiat money. I notice that TDS runs strong among those who depend on tax payers for their paycheck. And since BHO that’s a lot of people. Cops. School teachers. College professors. Social workers. Snow plow drivers. Garbage collectors. Subsidy Farmers/Green Energy. Alaphabit agency bureaucrats. It’s a long list.
Especially on a local level. For example, next week we have only one thing on the ballot this year. That’s a new swimming pool. But not really. There are a whole Santa Claus list of things tied to it. Including a big pay raise for local government employees. It’s a big tax hike in disquise. All the people who work at the city and county have vote yes signs in their front yards. The local media have been silent about the Santa list. How many people will vote yes thinking a new swimming pool, what is wrong with that?
A factor in the 2008 and 2020 elections were local and state government bailouts. Local Dems buy people’s votes and then expect a bailout and/or inflation to pay for it -sometime down the road. But we are approaching $40 Trillion in debt.
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>Elon tends to have a record of being proven to be right in his predictions
Yes Elon is clever. There are so many clever people, why can’t we have them running the country instead of the fools we elect?
Why are we always presented with, and restricted to these third-rate hacks who are totally out of their depths?
That brilliant lawyer James Allan writes brilliantly and always writes a good article.
Dominions falling like dominoes
https://www.spectator.com.au/2025/11/dominions-falling-like-dominoes/
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[Found in the bin. No idea why. – LVA]
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Aa Donald Horne wrote in The Luck Country, 1964.
Incompetent Australian “leadership”, in all areas, has been going on for a very long time.
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Applause! So who’s worth voting for (ie actual experience and competence in doing so, as opposed to ex-real estate agents, dreamers and agenda pushers) as I keep saying?
No-one.
Well-meaning is one thing, competent another.
The
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“Why are we always presented with, and restricted to these third-rate hacks who are totally out of their depths?”
Because we insist on DEMOCRACY!! You only have to be popular within the Party circle to get put forward, and once you have approval the whole propaganda machine swings into action to get you elected.
So we get fraudsters all the time, people who can lie, cheat and bamboozle those around them to convince them to be supporters. Used car salesmen, door-to-door knockers, snake-oil sellers, lawyers, outright fraudsters.. its been that way forever, and democracy is the ideal situation for them to succeed in.
The sort of people you want in power are the sort of people who don’t want it! Change the system to change the type of people in power.
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‘Because we insist on DEMOCRACY!!’
Because its better than theocracy and autocracies.
‘Change the system to change the type of people in power.’
Getting rid of compulsory voting might be a good start. Also, allowing the electorate to vote on every Bill (I think that was your idea) would allow for greater flexibility.
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James Allan’s article is brilliant absolutely brilliant. It sums up both Australia and Canada’s position perfectly and why we are in the hole we are in. Why can’t the voters see?
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El Gato Malo has a theory that he calls ‘Rule by Rube’ to explain it. It’s worth a read.
https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/gatos-postulate
It starts with
and ends with
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That article is very good!
if politicians are bought and sold, the sort of people attracted to politics will be grifters.- politics becomes a goody room and the kinds of people that excel at conning others and compromising morals will chase the gold rush.
grifting turns politics into “story time”-the story does not have to be true. in many ways it’s better if it’s not as you get a lot more optionality. but the story needs a villain and the story needs a plan.
story time makes the people into rubes.-as they fall for these stories, the people become rubes. they genuinely believe the grift and clamor to pay for the shiny products on display even and especially when this is just lining the pockets of con men that they have mistaken for leaders. they become true believers.
true believers are more believable than grifters.-the hegemonic huckster class is wont to surround itself with zealots and activists. these people add a patina of credibility to the whole affair because their sincerity shines through
…and…
once the “story” is sufficiently set in the public consciousness, the public starts to seek out its most devout and vivid tellers and these are nearly always of the “true believer” class. they simply have more energy, honesty, and intensity than the carnival barkers..once the “story” is sufficiently set in the public consciousness, the public starts to seek out its most devout and vivid tellers and these are nearly always of the “true believer” class. they simply have more energy, honesty, and intensity than the carnival barkers
…so we end up with brainless religious leaders in control, voted in by rubes. Explains democracy precisely!
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Sounds a bit like Tasmania to me and South Australia isn’t far behind. Ever since ‘Greenism’ took hold Both States have gone down hill. The speed of their demise can be compared to the cost of domestic electricity that has increased exponentially as has the amount of Government sanctioned debt incurred to satisfy the clamor for glamour.
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The thing is, the people who REALLY hold power don’t want us to know they’re in power, consequently they don’t put themselves forward for election. What they do instead is recruit squishy, compliant idiots to front the operation. It has been this way for a long time.
All we see, most of the time, are the puppets.
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>the people who REALLY hold power don’t want us to know they’re in power, consequently they don’t put themselves forward for election. What they do instead is recruit squishy, compliant idiots to front the operation.
This^
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I posted this link to AEMO Q3 report late yesterday:
https://www.aemo.com.au/-/media/files/major-publications/qed/2025/qed-q3-2025.pdf?rev=7436be91333e4603bc59158b0bf095a1&sc_lang=en
I am certain it will be big news that the wholesale price is down. But that does not matter beyond a headline Blackout will grab because the gap between wholesale and retail has to grow to cover the cost of all the additional aspects of getting WDGs into the grid.
The weather report makes interesting reading. August in the capital cities was up to 3C cooler than average. But then BoM do some statistical gymnastics to claim the whole country was warmer for the quarter.
There was a big jump in rooftop sole over last year. The operational demand was up over last year for Q3 but still not as high as 2008. Operational demand hit an all time low of 10GW at 1300 on Sep14.
I can sum up the report in a few words – the grid is stuffed. Rapidly rising costs on falling wholesale demand. It will be even more obvious in Q4 as rooftops and household batteries make greater impact and Tomago exits the market – if they do not get Federal welfare after NSW passed the baton. NSW does not need no stinken industry.
A little cloud in SA yesterday so grid solar was only fully curtailed from 2pm to 4pm but curtailment still exceeded the generation. Rooftops served 33% of the demand for the 24 hours to 6:30am.
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Hope the forecasted tornadoes (!?) and ‘giant’ hail don’t take out all those rooftop panels and scattered windmills this weekend.
Very doomy forecasts everywhere – is it a conspiracy or something? Can’t believe a thing I read any more.
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Lots of atmospheric moisture from Gulf to Central NSW and enough surface heat to produce intense convective storms. So big hail is a possibility down Queensland coast. Forecast for Monday:
https://earth.nullschool.net/#2025/11/03/0200Z/wind/surface/level/overlay=total_precipitable_water/orthographic=131.08,-36.79,528/loc=142.038,-24.299
Enough moisture already off the coast now to support supercells.
https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/overlay=total_precipitable_water/orthographic=131.08,-36.79,528/loc=151.646,-26.199
TPW above 30mm will support convective instability..
In time, the solar panel installations in Australia will be set for maximising winter input. That puts panels in Brisbane at 50 degrees to the horizontal. So big hail will deflect rather than smash the panels. They are designed for the terminal velocity of a 25mm hailstone having direct impact. So a cricket ball size will be do more than crack glass if it is a direct hit.
But we are still a long way from anything sensible on solar power or the grid.
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It would be a good time for a lot of panel hail damage because it will give the Naionals a bit more amo against net zero.
The only place you see solar panels optimised for winter input is on stand alone street lighting or offered systems in remote locations.
https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse4.mm.bing.net%2Fth%2Fid%2FOIP.-9fiXpPE1uymQJUcj4ZSPwHaHa%3Fpid%3DApi&f=1&ipt=34a0ddb17eceed1501253a013753bdbe6e0b57fee046efb99ca1410c5b37a324
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I frankly doubt that many residences would go to the effort of orienting their solar panels away from their roof alignments. And I for one wouldn’t want to receive more solar energy in winter. I draw very little power in winter, so I would want it maximised for summer. Horses for courses – not everybody lives in cold parts of Australia.
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All three of the solar installers I have historically spoken with expressed an avoidance for panels installed with “angle adjustments (ie not on the roof line).
Horses for courses – not everybody lives in cold parts of Australia.
Draw a latitudinal line from Jandakot across Australia.
I would argue anyone living south of that line would like better solar panel output during the “winter half” of the year. Certainly anyone within 100 km of the south coast (or above 700m altitude in the east) would.
I would certainly like a string of north facing wall mounted panels with about a 30 degree offset. I have enough insulation I use almost no grid power in the summer period, so if that vertical string generated minimal power then it would probably make Western Power happy.
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Kamala Harris has meltdown over TRUMP ballroom and even says the F word.
https://youtube.com/shorts/HnBYnnFGdJg
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It’s a year zero cult, with Trump coming down the elevator to announce his candidacy in 2015 being year zero. Nothing that happened before that exists. Which is why no one cares that multiple democratic and republican presidents and staffers have advocated for a ballroom for decades.
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FWIW
“Greta Thunberg Announces Plan to Copyright “How DARE You!” ”
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/10/31/greta-thunberg-announces-plan-to-copyright-how-dare-you/
Maybe Jo can turn
“A perfectly good civilisation is going to waste”
into a source of chocolate?
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And the comments there!
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Or ” A perfectly good chocolate is going to waist” 😁
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“Meanwhile, Hollywood insiders report that Netflix is already in talks for an eight-part docuseries tentatively titled ‘Greta: The Wrath of DARE.’”
And the actress selected to play the lead “Greta” the little Scandinavian goblin will be selected from a large group of people with visible levels of melanin, just to be fair.
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If they have visible levels of melanin then they won’t be fair in appearance.
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I had to check if it was parody or not.
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FWIW
”
Land of the Living Dead: Paul Ehrlich this Halloween”
“Always wrong but never in doubt. Welcome to the-end-is-always-near world of Paul R. Ehrlich, where humans are the problem–or at least everyone that does not see what the neo-Malthusians warn against. The land of the living dead–something to think about this Halloween.
I was reminded of neo-Malthusianism come Halloween 2025 upon rereading a piece in the (Progressive Left) The Guardian, “Paul Ehrlich: ‘Collapse of Civilisation Is a Near Certainty Within Decades‘”, published eight years ago (March 2018).
“Fifty years after the publication of his controversial book The Population Bomb, biologist Paul Ehrlich warns overpopulation and overconsumption are driving us over the edge,” the subtitle of Damian Carrington article states. She continues:”
More at
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/10/31/land-of-the-living-dead-paul-ehrlich-this-halloween/
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This is the world’s smallest mobile home trailer pulled by a bicycle.
I must say it’s absolutely brilliant.
It could be the solution to Australia’s housing crisis as we continue to import people at a far higher rate than housing can be built.
https://youtu.be/QwRQ93MUklg
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Video.
Building a “blown wing” aircraft with high lift.
Injecting high pressure air into the boundary layer prevents boundary layer separation and allows increased angle of attack, lower stall speed and higher lift.
https://youtu.be/o6FMjOl0TRA
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The F-4 Phantom had boundary layer control (BLC) air, bleed air from the compressor, injected when the leading edge flaps (slats) were opened. It worked well. It is the most brutish aircraft EVA.
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This speech from Tim Wilson gives some insight into Sleezy’s connection with Xi. It sounds like he is describing the CCP manifesto:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2qrvEJmKc0
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He is defending everyone with super against the social democrats, hands off the people’s money. Did I miss something?
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Obviously – The CCP have money – the people do not. Labour wants your money for the party to control – not you. The party above individuals.
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I see, Labor wants to take control from cradle to grave.
The CCP has crashed the economy, they have no money.
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You don’t hate labor enough. They don’t want to control you, they want to own you both physically and financially where they don’t just want to tax you, they want fist call on all your money including after tax savings.
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‘You don’t hate labor enough.’
No, its a democracy and Labor is fully intrenched. This came about because the electorate thought the Coalition was a populist Trump movement and voted them down.
We should expect the Coalition will claw back those losses at the next election and throw the social democrats out the door. With backbenchers like Andrew Hastie leading the charge I think its a certainty.
‘There should be no ADF troops into Gaza until the Palestinian refugees, the nearly 2,000 of them, go home. When it’s safe enough for our refugees to go home to Gaza, then it’s safe enough for ADF troops to follow them.’ (Spectator)
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I’m old enough to remember when the US had money, and spent it on debt trap diplomacy. I also remember how Japan was taking over the world.
Change is the greatest constant.
The book Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins, a former consultant for a U.S. company, exposes how American economic influence was used to persuade developing nations to accept large infrastructure loans by misrepresenting their profitability, effectively creating a debt trap.
Perkins details his role in this system, where loans were structured to ensure repayment through access to natural resources and political concessions, framing it as a form of economic warfare.
This work is often cited as an insider account of U.S.-led debt-trap diplomacy, highlighting the strategic use of financial leverage to gain geopolitical influence.
AI-generated answer. Please verify critical facts
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But only the right individuals that subscribe to The Government philosophy!
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FWIW – for the truckers and “trucker interested” here
“The wheels on the trucks… are falling off?”
(USA)
https://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-wheels-on-trucks-are-falling-off.html
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Andrew Hastie MP posted on Farcebook:
Not bad comments for a Liberal but he is wasted in that party. He should move to a conservative party.
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All the action is in the House of Reps, this is where government resides, not the unelected swill next door.
We need a champion and he is sitting on the backbench, free to say what ever he likes. There are a lot of seats to recover.
https://results.aec.gov.au/31496/Website/HouseDefault-31496.htm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4wBUysNe2k&t=6687s
[Joe Rogan talks to Elon Musk and says …… ? — Jo]
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wS0XXsVQ1E
[Heartland Inst: Bill Gates recants on climate change. – Jo]
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIuwp5PWlk8&list=RDEIuwp5PWlk8&start_radio=1
[Song by James, 2001 – Jo]
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Class Dismissed II
CGCN Analysis
The Secession of the Successful
It’s not every day that you find us agreeing with President Clinton’s former Labor Secretary, Robert Reich. But back in the 1990s, captured an emerging social phenomenon, which he called “the secession of the successful.” By that he meant the nation’s elite removing
themselves from everyday people and their concerns
Exclusive — Realignment: In-Depth Analysis Reveals How Democrats Have Become the Party of the Rich, Elites
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Shredding for recycling and profit
https://va.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_t4ta7qIvYJ1s1ddrj.mp4
It’s amazing how easily paper can jam a 3-phase shredder and how WD40 can fix it. 😉
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The only effective way to handle palm fronds is with a chaff cutter style tool, only diesel powered wood chippers can hack them.
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Having been involved in ticket punching and noting how easily a ticket punch can become jammed, you quickly realise that most cardboard includes cloth materials and sticky binding glues. Eventually the only solution was to move away from mechanical ticket punching, and to mark the ticket in other ways.
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Saturday ejukayshun: shark cleaning for beginners
https://va.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_sykzllatR41wvy3pw.mp4
The shark seems to know…
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AI
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AI.
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Isn’t AI being accused of encouraging suicide right now?? I wonder how…
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You’re not suggesting it is unsafe to offer to scrub a great white’s back?
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What gave it away?
Time index 32? 😆
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I heard Pauline Hansen state in an interview that included Barnaby Joyce that One Nation will contest every seat at the next Federal Election.
I thought there would be significant support for preferences to the LNP. Now I am thinking they are doing a Trump and Farage. Now I can see they could well be the top in first preference – they are doing a Trump:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgxZKklir_I
This is from Tasmania discussing One Nation support there. The story is that nationally now One Nation have hit 15%.
Think of how bad Sleezy, Blackout and Wrong will be in another 2 years. And LNP are still stuck with the climarte change scam.
Australia’s grid power price can be lowered with one simple rule change – schedule only dispatchable generation. If you can dispatch at your nominated capacity when called upon, you do not get any income for the day.
All retail theft to end. All carbon taxes to end. Pull out of the UN. Send a clear message – no more carp from unelected, unaccountable sickos. KRudd has the right credentials to head UN – a Trump hater. Put him in charge of UN and that will be fatal for the organisation.
Will Pauline make a good PM? Or do they need to get a more eloquent parliamentary leader?
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I can recall some clown years ago stating that Australia will be so hot that the rain that does fall will not make it to the ground. Here we are in November 2025 and this is the weather report:
https://7news.com.au/news/wet-melbourne-cup-day-rain-for-central-australia-and-possible-tornados-for-queensland-as-wild-weather-sweeps-nation-c-20531379
And there are people who still think they were not being scammed. Or they are trying to perpetuate the scam. All stupid or immoral sods.
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” All stupid or immoral sods.”
Make sure you read Steve’s link at 4.2 above, you always get a mix of both..
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Joke told by Ronald Reagan.
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FWIW
“Ed Miliband: Wind Power is Worse Than We Thought So We Need to Subsidise Even More of It”
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/10/31/ed-miliband-wind-power-is-worse-than-we-thought-so-we-need-to-subsidise-even-more-of-it/
Just the “evidence” that “ElBowen” need?
BUT
“A Cautionary Solar Tale: Billions Wasted Thanks to a Rush to Market”
“One of the biggest yet least discussed problems with the race to establish the solar industry before the subsidies run out is that the product has arguably been rushed to market before it is perfected. The construction is getting ahead of the expertise – meaning that billions of dollars could be invested in solar devices that are soon to become outdated.”
More at
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/10/31/a-cautionary-solar-tale-billions-wasted-thanks-to-a-rush-to-market/
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FWIW
“Covid, control agenda and AI”
Dr John Campbell
https://youtu.be/kwFdzs9i7aU
Via Chiefio
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FWIW – for things sensational “Ukraine-wise”
Start here
“https://chiefio.wordpress.com/2025/10/30/instc-russia-iran-india-rail-sanctions-bypass/#comment-179595
And then run the thread to “The Big Canal”
Which seems to be “another while we weren’t watching”
“https://youtu.be/KcpLiPXz5p8
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I guess for that they could have had “Snowy 2”?
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FWIW –
“Record copper prices spark turmoil for green energy projects”
“There will be a thriving trade for copper thieves! Better watch out for your EV charging cable at night!”
More at
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/11/01/record-copper-prices-spark-turmoil-for-green-energy-projects/
Well I guess the good vibe is the recycling?
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FWIW – Making the best of a bad day –
I’m in the process of refurbishing an old style kitchen cupboard for a daughter-in-law.
First job was to remove the metal fittings and work out what was missing. Suprisingly everything is still available in repro – finding them is much easier when you find out the trade names and descriptions.
And then the horror job – take it back to bare wood. There are about seven layers of paint – two white, one cream, one pale blue, one pale green, a daring orange (of armour paint thickness) and a “green of about military colour, military thickness and military armour grade”.
I have paint remover-ed steadily to where today was the last end to do. A day of 38C+ so I started at about 8AM. And the power went off at about 10AM.
From there the shed was cooler than the house so “Sydney or the bush” and I got it finished just as the power came on.
So it is “Beer O’clock”.
Now to the OO-OO steel wool and 240 grit paper and then a varnish finish.
I will know more for any other similar jobs – particularly about “moving in the general direction of away”
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” And the power went off at about 10AM.”
So, what was their excuse? Urgent maintenance? car crash? global warming? just your turn for ‘load shedding’? No excuse given..?
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Been storms on an ageing power supply grid which is being upgraded. Miles of SWER line.
Don’t try and hang the locals
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