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Great interview by Fox Business with Bjorn Lomborg:
Donald Trump is preparing to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement
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………..Will he do it at
like with the experimental gene therapy transfection….??
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Warp_Speed
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Happy Saturday!
Check out our website,
https://www.standupnowaustralia.com.au/
Be informed!
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Tell us more.
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Hi Peter,
Standup now Australia has come out of the Plandemic times, where like-minded people were looking for ways to get heard, to be informed and to inform others, help and give them support and even tools to get heard.
Dont miss the stand on
ALL ABOUT THE W.H.O.
We are aligned with ACA https://alignedcouncilofaustralia.com.au/
We embrace Port Headland and their great move.
In the Inform Me series various, but burning topics are discussed in live Webcasts and Audio interviews with book authors, national and international interesting figures. You can learn about your health, your food, your government, your options and how you can get active.
Maybe check “Your Local Community Connect Groups”
https://www.standupnowaustralia.com.au/community-connect-recordings
You might find well known names, and if not, you might get to know them.
If you need more info, we are always looking for volunteers.
Also want to say Thanks Jo for all your hard work.
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Looks dangerous.
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u saying?
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And to this Misinformation/Disinformation Bill (MAD) currently before the Australian Senate there is this – from the The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Article 19
Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a milestone document in the history of human rights. Drafted by representatives with different legal and cultural backgrounds from all regions of the world, the Declaration was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris on 10 December 1948 (General Assembly resolution 217 A) as a common standard of achievements for all peoples and all nations.
Should the MAD ever become Law then I will use the above Article 19. Australia is a signatory to the UDHR and appears to love the UN.
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But Johnny… these are ‘un-presidented’ times (the USA effectively has no president), Santa is about to snap-freeze parts of Europe, and the latest Tasman Low you guys exported sucked up bitterly cold ‘unstable’ air, causing SNOW to fall on the whole length of our Southern Alps, as low as the base buildings on Coronet Peak, The Remarkables, Mt Hutt and Craigeburn.
As Frank Sinatra prophesied:
I’m Dreaming Of A White Snovember
We can’t have the proles sharing evidence the wholly unholy ©️©️©️ cult is a crock, now can we little Johnny. Now be a good boy and go stand in line for your 666th booster.
Signed: Great Albo’s Government (GAG).
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LOL. I never did get the Jab or the Boosters. Oh, wicked uninformed me.
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Oh, but the “pandemic of the unvaccinated” will get us all!
Off to the prison camps with you, to save humanity! 😁
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Hang around. Some day someone will do some research and need a control group. Should have happened already, of course.
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Objection your honour, the high pressure is drawing up bitterly cold winds from the Southern Ocean. The low pressure was only passing through.
http://www.bom.gov.au/fwo/IDY65100.pdf
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Was there something in there about coerced medical treatment?
Asking for a friend.
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The Bill is unlikely to pass muster, the Shadow Communications Minister is greatly opposed.
https://theconversation.com/politics-with-michelle-grattan-shadow-communications-minister-david-coleman-says-misinformation-legislation-one-of-the-worst-bills-ever-243695
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Hertz loses $2 billion, largely because of electric cars
The global car renting giant has posted its fourth loss in a row as it slashes its fleet of Tesla and Polestar electric cars.
Rental car giant Hertz has announced higher than expected losses of more than $AU2 billion which the company says is largely due to its failed electric vehicle strategy.
In announcing its third-quarter (July-September) 2024 results to shareholders, Hertz reported a loss of $US1.3 billion ($AU2 billion) with the majority being losses from its ex-rental electric vehicle sell-off.
The company decided to offload one-third of its United States (US) fleet of Tesla and Polestar electric cars – meaning around 20,000 vehicles – in January 2024, which it said was due to high ongoing repair costs.
The following month Hertz cancelled a deal to buy 65,000 Polestar electric cars which were also destined for its US fleet, and in April 2024 said it would sell off an addition 10,000 electric cars.
The company says it is targeting an average of below $US300 ($AU460) in monthly depreciation for each vehicle, but it’s latest reported figure is nearly double at $US537 ($AU823).
The vehicle depreciation bill for the third-quarter was a staggering $US937 million ($AU1.43 billion).
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I’ll guess none of the big folks at Hertz have ever heard of Jo Nova, WUWT, …, and, of course, me.
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Volcanic Eruption from Space
The massive underwater volcanic eruption in Tonga, captured by two satellites, Himawari-8 and NOAA’s GOES West, on January 13, 2022, holds the record for the biggest volcanic eruption ever seen from space.
Himawari-8 Satellite Imagery
The Himawari-8 satellite, operated by the Japan Meteorological Agency, captured a stunning image of the eruption, showcasing the immense scale of the event. The satellite’s Ash RGB (“red, green, and blue”) imagery allowed researchers to identify volcanic ash and sulfur dioxide ash using color, providing valuable insights into the eruption’s dynamics.
NOAA’s GOES West Satellite Imagery
NOAA’s GOES West satellite, an Earth-orbiting probe, also captured the eruption from space, providing a unique perspective on the event. The satellite’s imagery revealed the extent of the volcanic plume, allowing scientists to monitor the eruption’s progression and impact.
Comparison to Other Eruptions
To put this eruption into perspective, James Garvin, the chief scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, estimated its explosive force to be around 10 megatons of TNT equivalent, making it more than 500 times as powerful as the nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, during World War II. In comparison, the largest nuclear test, Tzar Bomba, released 50 megatons of energy, five times more powerful than this volcanic eruption.
Notable Aspects
. The eruption generated 200,000 lightning strikes in a single hour, with the sound of the eruption heard as far away as Yukon, Canada, approximately 6,000 miles away.
. The satellite imagery provided valuable insights into the eruption’s dynamics, including the movement of ash and sulfur dioxide ash.
These two satellite captures offer a unique glimpse into the most significant volcanic eruption ever seen from space, highlighting the incredible power and scale of geological events.
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FWIW – latest Kunstler
“The Great ‘Splainin’ Cometh
The meltdown has gotten so heavy liberal bureaucrats are ready to form antigovernment militias and fretting about black helicopters —Max Blumenthal”
https://jameshowardkunstler.substack.com/p/the-great-splainin-cometh
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From the reference:
Meantime Dr Mellissa McCann’s class action, a world first, moves very slowly through our court system.
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The Effectiveness of Lockdowns, Face Masks and Vaccination Programmes Vis-à-Vis Mitigating COVID-19
Recently published analysis by Martin Sewel.
https://metatron.substack.com/p/the-effectiveness-of-lockdowns-face
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Even seemingly innocuous and ever-present hand sanitiser came with costs. An ArtNaturals distribution centre in California caught fire, and chemicals, including ethanol, passed through the city’s sewer system and into the Dominguez Channel, causing elevated levels of hydrogen sulphide to be emitted into the air (Martyn, 2023; Powell, 2021). At one point, the hydrogen sulphide levels in the local waterway were about 230 times higher than California’s nuisance standard. The lingering stench cost the Los Angeles Department of Public Works an estimated $5.4 million to remedy. – that stuff is flammable – should not be at the exits of public buildings!
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‘Foul-mouthed’ Kevin Rudd should never have been made US Ambassador … but some in the media don’t want you to know this
Journalists defending Kevin Rudd’s ambassadorship have opted to shamelessly lie to their audiences out of a misguided belief the lie protects the greater good, writes Jack Houghton. Digital Editor
The moment a foul-mouthed thug, rejected by Australian voters, with a proclivity for bullying journalists, critics and political adversaries was named US Ambassador, our country was put at risk.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese should never have appointed Kevin Rudd to such an vital role, knowing the baggage he carried, but rather than putting the interests of Australians first, the Prime Minister elevated his mate.
The real crime, they argued, was reporting facts.
Sydney Morning Herald Editor Bevan Shields said it was a disgrace journalists published accurate Rudd quotes.
“News Corp has been running hard on this for months, ramping up a sense of crisis to the point where it has created one,” he said.
“Media campaigns can be a force for good. This one by News Corp is a disgrace.”
Shields thinks it is better to tell a lie, as long as the lie serves the greater good.
Of course this type of logic is anti-journalistic and about as nonsensical as suggesting a man who once said “those Chinese f@ckers are trying to rat-f@ck us”, should be US Ambassador because of his Chinese expertise.
This reality was being ignored by journalists who instead opted to shamelessly, and sycophantically, betray their audiences to defend Kevin Rudd.
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Anthony Albanese receives the kind of compliment you DON’T want to get: China’s Communist regime makes comments that were once unthinkable about an Australian prime minister
Chinese state-owned newspaper praises Anthony Albanese
The China Daily urged other western leaders to be like Albo
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From our perspective its good have a foot in each camp.
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He clearly has no intention of resigning. Kev’s ego requires a trip to a Buddhist retreat, I think.
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Victoria’s net debt surpasses $140 billion, with opposition claiming the state’s financial position is ‘rapidly deteriorating’
The Victorian opposition has claimed the state’s financial position is “rapidly deteriorating”, with a new report revealing net debt under the Allan government has surpassed $140 billion.
Bryant Hevesi Digital Reporter
Victoria’s net debt has soared past $140 billion after more than $7 billion was added to the state’s debt pile by the Allan government in just a three month period.
The state government on Friday released the quarterly financial report covering the three months to September 30, which showed net debt had blown out to $140.6 billion.
That compared to the $133.2 billion figure recorded at July 1, with the government saying the net debt increase “was mainly driven by an increase in borrowings”.
The government’s borrowings were also partly blamed for an increase in expenses, along with more spending on the health sector, and employee wages.
Government expenses were $24.9 billion across the quarter, $1.8 billion more than the same time last year.
Total revenue was $23.2 billion, resulting in a deficit of $1.7 billion
The report further revealed that the government spent more than $1.5 billion just on interest.
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So the Capital of Sicktoria is not even $1.
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Victoria is now so brainwashed hard core left, I predict they will continue to vote for the current course until it brings us all down.
This new woman Premier is not the crafty politician Dictator Dan was so she may falter. If Dan had stayed on I’d say he’d be voted in until death. I rate him as the best political operator Australia has ever seen, he’d sell ice to an eskimo that bloke. Selling his wild leftism to wild leftist Victorians was a walk in the park for him.
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‘The Greens in more expensive clothes’: The Teals are a study in hypocrisy, from their beachfront property portfolios to their renewable energy contradictions
It’s starting to look like the Teal MPs don’t actually believe in “the science” of climate change and think the electorate is simply gullible, writes Rocco Loiacono. SkyNews.com.au Contributor and Political Commentator
Many voters experimented with the teals at the 2022 Federal Election given their campaign emphasis of climate action and integrity.
One now wonders how many of those voters are having buyer’s remorse, for by their fruits, you shall know them, and the fruit of the teals is hypocrisy.
Let’s look first at climate action.
Wentworth teal Allegra Spender has called for a 50 per cent cut in greenhouse emissions by 2030.
However, a report in the Herald Sun has found that Spender has at least three homes in at-risk waterfront areas of NSW.
According to the NSW Government, sea levels on the part of the state’s coast where she has one of those homes – remote Great Mackerel Beach on Sydney’s far northern beaches – are likely to rise by between 0.21 and 1.06 metres by 2100.
“These projections do not include processes associated with the melting of ice sheets which for NSW could result in (a) sea level rise of up to 2.3 metres by 2100,” the government says.
In addition, Ms Spender owns two ground-floor apartments opposite the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia at Darling Point.
The Herald Sun report also notes that Spender’s fellow teal, Goldstein MP Zoe Daniel, owns property by the ocean.
This is the same Zoe Daniel who waxes lyrical about the need for a fuel efficiency standard, yet had to admit she actually voted for fossil fuel rebates after earlier dismissing such claims as “misinformation”.
How about Kooyong Teal Monique Ryan flying business class 27 times at taxpayer expense in the middle of a cost of living crisis?
The teals take the electorate for mugs – They could be described as Greens in more expensive clothes.
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Blackout Bonehead Bowen has built a house at Bawley Point on the NSW South Coast. He doesn’t appear to be worried about rising sea levels.
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Keeping an eye on the poorly named Inflationary Reduction Act.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/what-to-expect-from-the-new-trump-administration-on-climate-and-environmental-policy
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“What to expect from the new Trump administration on climate and environmental policy”?
Great things
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Yes indeed, a radical of the first order.
‘ … some conservatives have also laid the groundwork for Trump to go even further if he chose to. One option would remove the United States from the 1992 U.N. treaty underpinning the entire framework for the annual global climate negotiations, a much more definitive step … ‘ (Politico)
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Oli London@OliLondonTV
Whoopi Goldberg threatens to join liberal women going on sex strike, after Trumps win.
“If we don’t let you, you don’t get any. It’s that simple.”
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I hope the average normal man has better taste anyway!
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The lack of self-awareness is telling, isn’t it?
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Whoopi Goldberg Throws Support Behind Anti-Trump Sex Strikes
The Comments are Excellent – Some Fascinating Thoughts Out There!
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Bonus Hilarity- “Whoopi” was given the name “Caryn” at birth. And the Goldberg part is duping producers.
Oh and “Whoop” refers to her habitual flatulence.
Not very lady like!
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Wind Turbine Design
If I was designing a wind turbine I would not locate the generator and all the complex controls at the top of the mast as part of the rotating nacelle. As an engineer I make the alternative design suggestions as below:
Instead locate all this equipment at the base of the tower.
This could be easily achieved in the following manner:
The turbine’s horizontal drive shaft could easily input a very simple bevel gearbox in the nacelle providing an output to a vertical driveshaft that runs the all the way down the centre of the mast to the base into the generator unit with its step-up drive system and control equipment. The only control system remaining in the nacelle would be to feather the blades.
This way, all the complexity of the system is at ground level and easily accessible for maintenance, service and repairs, reducing these costs and improving safety for technicians.
The past experience of conventional wind turbines has shown that there have been many failures and fires at high altitude in the nacelle mainly due to bearing or system failure and overheating. These events lead to extremely costly and dangerous repair and recovery operations at high altitude.
By locating all this complex part of the system to ground level it would be much more manageable and have easier access for regular monitoring, maintenance and repairs, reducing costs and improving safety.
I am not a fan of wind turbines or solar panels at all, but if they must exist they should be at least be practically designed.
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I see your point and made similar suggestions … in the 1980’s!
Nowadays, as an Engineer not shying away from the bigger picture, I propose that the things not be built as there are safe, reliable and clean means to provide electrical power on demand, at the required rate, without disrupting large areas of land/sea.
Climate is changed by land use.
More than 2GW of dispatchable electrical power can be produced by a modern power plant covering an area of about 10 Hectares. Two truckloads of fuel per year. Enough fuel for 5 years can be stored within the site in an area of 1 Hectare; securing fuel prices.
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Weight..You forgot the weight distribution! Putting the mechanicals in the base would make the top far lighter, less likely to mechanically fail and cheaper to build. I have no idea why they are built like they are, it is stupid now you point it out.
If they were a racing car they would be a double-decker bus!
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The top could hardly be made lighter since the mass of the blades would not be reduced and the mass of the generator which now counter-balances the blades would have to replaced by some equally massive balast.
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Hydraulic transmission downlines might be more efficient – just saying…
I expect a bit of dressing down from professionals with specific experience.
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Err ?….No !
Hydraulic transmission is VERY lossy..
And for 10+ MW not very realistic as it would require a large pump at the top of the tower.
But Even a 10+ MW bevel drive gbox would be a bit of a lump also !
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Three major renewables articles in The Australian today- they are really getting stuck into the subject.
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Free speech is causing chaos. The world does not know how to deal with it.
Free speech has only existed for what, 12 years or so? Before that it was only an idea, one couldn’t actually practice it apart from a Letter to the Editor, which they would edit or refuse, or you could be a journalist, an author or a broadcaster. That is, not many people. Now since social media, well, everyone has it and its driving people bonkers.
The left have discovered they straight up hate free speech. The latest thing is to leave Twitter for BlueSky, an echo chamber where dissent from the narrative is banned – I would assume, it is the only thing they would accept. I would predict it won’t take off, but who knows.
It is also noticeable that X now has a proliferation of fans of mid-century German man. After being largely removed from social media previously, they are like teenagers accessing alcohol for the first time at a frat party with a keg, extremely obnoxious, loud and aggressive. Have a look at X Spaces and it is extremely common to be listening to people who think they’re in the Berlin Bunker.
And yet Elon, grapples with the issue himself. At first being cautious, he opened the flood gates in pursuit of free speech absolutism. But not quite. About the only person still banned from X is Jared Taylor, a very polite respectable proponent of his topic who does not at all respect German Man or go in for the anti Israel people stuff. I fail to understand why his ban remains.
And then we have the Australian government, clumsily trying to lead the world and failing miserably because they are ham fisted idiots that I liken to a dog trying to catch that annoying March Fly.
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Constitutional law expert calls out Australian government’s “really problematic” misinformation bill
Socialist governments have always been uncomfortable with freedom of speech.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9I37d6FNKJ4
The three idiots of COP29. Excellent video by Paul Burgess on Ed Millipede’s smooth talking UK windmill propaganda. He produces good argument does Paul.
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The trouble with people like Millaband and Bowen is that they cannot and will not face the facts and admit that they are wrong.
They won’t admit that everything that they believe in has been BS.
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‘Snow White’ star Rachel Zegler has ALREADY backtracked insane Trump-voter slams — but the damage is done
By Post Editorial Board
From the Comments
– More like “Snow Brown”. Walt Disney wouldn’t believe the woke mess that his company has become. Hollywood needs to stay out of politics.
– So joyful, loving and tolerant. Such morally superior people on the left.
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The film might get some cheers- especially the scene where she partakes of the Apple!
Woke~>Broke is in high gear this time around.
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I wish she could describe specifically what she thinks is going to happen. If she moved on from hysterics and said specifically what she thought would happen, she may realize how stupid she soubds.
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Bush fire policy up for debate.
‘Environmental activists and green academics in Western Australia are pushing the government to make radical changes to bushfire policy and operations. In place of the current approach, which integrates pre-fire mitigation with post-fire response, the activists are pushing for “response only”, otherwise known as ‘the Aunt Dolly Bushfire System’. (Roger Underwood / Saltbush Club)
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I tend to agree with this one, I differ from most in this sphere.
Of course there is sound reason to burn off the fuel load around cities within and against bushland, especially Sydney where the forest is a dry tinder box type.
But when bushfires strike, everyone becomes hysterical and demands the bush be burned by aboriginals, all the time. The political right particularly does this. Then, thankfully, the hype dies away and nothing happens. Easy to say burn it all, but bushland is vast, and how are you going to do it?
My local fire brigade has been trying to burn the bush around here since 2019, and it keeps raining so they can’t. Which makes me laugh.
They came knocking this year again, wanting permission to come onto our place to do load studies. I said no, go away. Why? I’d actually like it burned, clean things up. But I fall trees, to stop fire, and danger of trees falling on the house, and the fire guys are all greenies these days, especially the nerd admin ones, and I don’t want Greens snooping around thank you.
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In the past, it may have seemed odd that academics don’t read. 🙁
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Dark Skies Over Indonesia: Explosive Eruption Sends Ash Miles Into the Sky
Satellite Observations and Volcanic Activity
On November 13, 2024, the OLI-2 (Operational Land Imager-2) on Landsat 9 captured an image of a volcanic plume drifting westward from Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki. That same day, Indonesia’s Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation Center (PVMBG) reported plume heights of 1,200 meters (3,900 feet). These eruptions followed even more powerful events earlier in the month. On November 7, an eruption sent ash soaring to 17,000 meters (56,000 feet), and another on November 9 reached 15,000 meters (49,000 feet), as reported by the Darwin Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC).
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From Germany’s solar industry: (translated by Google)
“Solar and wind will never pay off in Germany”
With a change of government inevitable (ASAP), so comes a change of public, corporate position.
López didn’t mention nuclear…
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In-flight service, 2024-style:
Jet2 passenger kicked off flight after refusing to pay £9 for a tuna sandwich
The sandwich was still frozen when served.
Being disruptive and disobeying the directions of the cabin crew is actually an offence. The regulation is based on the assumption that cabin crew are reasonable.
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FWIW
“The Biggest Blunder in the History of American Politics”
“The biggest blunder in the history of American politics was the premeditated, unabashed, and overt theft of the 2020 presidential election by the Democrat Party, the legacy media, and their fellow left-wing elitists in the Ruling Class as that alliance failed to create an unquestioned landslide defeat of Donald Trump and were thus, forced into the impossible task of placating the extreme left-wing faction of the coalition. This blunder set the stage for the 2024 Trump landslide and hastened the demise of the Democrat Party and the legacy media.”
More at
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/11/the_biggest_blunder_in_the_history_of_american_politics.html
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On that line of thought but terser
“True dat”
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMIawOB39G1PKILraCDz0H1Un-cFxksqNO1Xv-HCGlkQ3zVf9aGX9Lg5aPUmVBNmVTfW3_4FZhy1UzuyXSM5uCC7zo0KToeZEbagzjLvfFy0UrTmXjyrSzksSXVQcAcWQ1jfNJyrMQ1RU2F0yuehwe3rqA_6mrrvcuc9y8yxQxVWocjyGyOkLmBUpg-JM/s550/Ashley%20St%20Clair%20tweet%202.png
https://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2024/11/true-dat.html
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Child, 9, among kids investigated by cops for hate incidents after calling classmate a retard
And two secondary school aged girls were recorded for saying a fellow pupil smelt “like fish”, The Times reports.
Freedom of information requests made by the paper revealed how British cops are recording cases of children committing non-crime hate incidents (NCHIs).
It also found widespread confusion in police ranks about which incidents qualify.
Over 13,200 NCHIs were recorded in just a year from June 2023 to June 2024, across 45 of the UK’s 48 forces.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/31728182/children-non-crime-hate-incidents-police/
How can the pommy police hold their heads up in public when engaging in such petty minded bs?
Surely there’s REAL crime to spend their time on.
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“Surely there’s REAL crime to spend their time on.”
Too dangerous, they’re a Govt Dept and its all about their saaaafety at work…
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Canadian military you say…
https://x.com/ryangerritsen/status/1856782565534826501
Perhaps they should recruit a choreographer.
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The US economy is 50% larger than the EU’s—Europe’s economic suicide unfolds.
https://citizenwatchreport.com/us-economy-50-larger-than-eu-europes-economic-decline-is-undeniable/
EU static since 2008.
Collapsing on time as predicted years ago. Capital’s fleeing to the USA, and if Trump officially becomes President, EU manufacturing and economies are toast.
Maybe the “new citizens” will turn it around.
/sarc
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How many obits for the US economy and the US$ have been posted here?
You know China, India and Russia are going to trample the Yanks into the dust.
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Albanese Government hides Covid-19 Response Inquiry submissions while trying to pass Censorship “Misinformation” Bill through Senate
The Department of the Prime Minister & Cabinet has removed the submissions to the Covid-19 Response Inquiry from its website, effectively hiding them from public view as the Albanese Government tries to pass a censorship bill through the Senate.
The public responded overwhelmingly to the inquiry with more than 2000 submissions published in March on the Department’s website, many from mRNA-injured people who told heartbreaking stories of how the covid gene-vaccines devastated their lives or killed their loved ones.
The Department has taken all the submissions down and they can’t be accessed online now – at the exact time the stories of the mRNA-injured are getting in the way of the passage of the Government’s desired censorship “misinformation” bill through the Senate.
https://lettersfromaustralia.substack.com/p/albanese-government-hides-covid-19
Gotta cover their porcine butts…
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If real, this level of robotic agility is impressive, well to me at least
https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/skynet-wheels-chinese-tech-firm-reveals-terrifying-robo-dog
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FWIW
“IF THEY UNDERSTOOD SECOND ORDER EFFECTS THEY WOULDN’T BE LEFTISTS: Fallout.”
“Fallout”
“This is why we need to relearn how to look at second and third order stuff better.
We used to be much better at it than we are now, I blame the Harvard MBA types from the 70’s on. It was about then that we got so tied up in “Next Quarter Profits” that we quit looking any further. Then there was the election cycle that drove politicians to never look further than the next election, and the final nail in the coffin was probably the 24-hour news cycle, in which if it isn’t imminent, it doesn’t run. The bill for all of this is coming due, and it’s not pretty.”
https://wlehman.substack.com/p/fallout
Via https://instapundit.com/684907/#disqus_thread
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FWIW – Canadian military grandeur
https://x.com/ryangerritsen/status/1856782565534826501
Seems to be missing the ideas in the first verse of C.J. Dennis’s “Australaise”
https://www.australianculture.org/the-austra-laise-c-j-dennis/
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FWIW
“Study Reveals Why COVID-19 Vaccine Antibodies Wane Rapidly”
https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/study-reveals-why-covid-19-vaccine-antibodies-wane-rapidly
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From your link:
” However, the current study and other research on RSV, which infects people every year despite everyone having antibodies to the virus by age 3, suggests that whether a person is immune to a virus or bacteria can vary depending on the pathogen, Lee said. ”
Since it’s the moderator of the immune system I wonder if the cause they’re attributing to a difference in the pathogen was really a deficiency in the vitamin D blood levels?
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FWIW
“Food Additives Exposed: What Lies Beneath America’s Food Supply”
“A miraculous discovery, for sure, and one that will no doubt benefit medicine. But it’s also a reminder of an unpleasant, dangerous truth about the food supply in America today: that it’s full of substances whose properties and safety we know virtually next to nothing about. There are thousands upon thousands of additives—texturizers, colorings, humectants, anti-fungals, anti-caking agents, preservatives—in Americans’ food that have never been independently tested by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or by scientists who aren’t employed by the companies that make those chemicals and add them to their food.”
More at
https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/food-additives-exposed-what-lies-beneath-americas-food-supply
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-16/land-may-be-acquired-wim-resource-avonbank-mineral-sands-mine/104601848 – farms for mines for Chinese wind turbines
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Not really quoted verbatim, but-
The Houthis have shot down their 12th Reaper drone (MQ-9 Reaper). a Reaper costs about $50-60 million, one of the youngest aircraft of the US Air Force. But the American military is avoiding using it as much as possible. They planned to dump 100 Reapers out of 230 at once on a non-core and unnamed department. by 2031, they will get rid of them altogether. This is part of a more interesting process of the US abandoning large unmanned systems. They have already gotten rid of the Predators (MQ-1 Predator), and in the next two years they will completely get rid of the Global Hawk (MQ-4 Global Hawk), there are only 9 of them left. Although they are all relatively new, the oldest was released in 2011. The price is from 140 to 260 million dollars per unit. The role of unmanned aircraft should be replaced by U-2s which are 40 plus years old (the average age of the fleet).
Right before our eyes, a complete collapse of a long-term and very ambitious American UAV program is taking place, and around this, there is a modest silence. Remember how many movies there were in Hollywood with unobtrusively annoying advertising of these drones – they were shown as a symbol of invincibility, no more and no less. But it turned out to be a dud: dancing people in slippers have trashed this symbol in all the cracks before the eyes of the whole world.
The rest of the fascinating article about America’s failing reconnaissance fleet, and which aerospace companies who spend billions on lobbying are going broke… is here-
https://maratkhairullin.substack.com/p/american-intelligence-has-decided
All Russian propaganda I am sure…
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Dammit, miss-spelled the email again!
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FWIW –
“We Need a Name for This Recurring Phenomenon”
“Imagine you’re a psychiatrist with decades of experience. In recent years, you’ve noticed a new category of patients who possess all of the following traits:”
Much more at
https://www.smalldeadanimals.com/2024/11/15/we-need-a-name-for-this-recurring-phenomenon/#comments
And the comments
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