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factotum started the topic in Thursday, 27 Aug 2020 at 11:12am

Septic Tanks are going to Septic Tank

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frog Sunday, 18 Jun 2023 at 4:15pm

Trump knew he was a target for personal and financial destruction by some powerful groups. Given that he should have sought to be squeaky clean - a small hard to attack target. Storing bigly secret stuff in his ballroom was very unwise.

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truebluebasher Tuesday, 20 Jun 2023 at 8:40pm

AUKUS Forces give the nod....

2021/22 Defence Spend
$877b = US
$849b = China + Russia + India + Saudi Arabia + UK + Germany + France + SK + Japan + Ukraine
https://www.pgpf.org/sites/default/files/the-united-states-spends-more-o...

[US] "Top 3" Weapons Buyers = 1.Saudis 2. Japan 3. Australia
https://www.barrons.com/asset/external-media/afp/AFP78365053913888047843...

[ Breaking News ] Today...Nuke Ship invades Port of Brisbane
Brisbane is Nuke free since '83...'95 Nuke Free Zone > Reaffirmed 2009 with Medical Exemption.

Nuke Ships are not Welcome in Brisbane! [ Yankee Go Home ]
https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/massive-us-navy-shi...

USS America Nuke Warship breaches Oz Capital City Border Laws.
https://epaimages.com/search.pp?pictureid=11548464

22 July -4 Aug 2023 Talisman Sabre...(16 nations)
Notice USS America War Ship > 1month target in Oz...we are officially a US Nuke Junk Yard.
WA have already manhandled US missile Loading...
Guessing there'll be Nuke Rod handling / training in Bne Ship/Sub Port with this visit.

30,000 Troops Aukus / Anzus / 5 Eyes / 3/4 Qauds / Seato / Nato-AP4 (Not one inch) Pacific Takeover

Oz + NZ + US + UK + Germany + France + Canada + Japan + Korea + Indo + PNG + Tonga + Fiji
Observer Nations : Philippines + Singapore + Thailand + [ Sign Here ..... if you wanna bully China]
https://www.minister.defence.gov.au/media-releases/2023-04-16/largest-ev...
https://www.defence.gov.au/exercises/talisman-sabre

WARNING...Talisman Sabre is now touring Oz Wide...invading the Peace in your Nuke Free City.

Qld : Bne / Ipswich / T'ville / Mackay / Gladstone / Weipa / Ingham / Charters Towers / Bowen + 8 other.
NT : Darwin / Tindal
WA : Curtin
NSW : Jervis Bay
Norfolk Island

[ Peace Not War ] No AUKUS Nuke Attack Subs / No Nuke War Ships.

Education / Health / Housing or $368b Unsound US Nuke Subs

Salute the freedom fighting Resistance...

23 June 6pm Peter Garret...Trades Hall...Lygon St. Carlton, Melbourne.
30 June Art Auction... Catalyst Social Centre...Coburg, Vic
15 July 11am No Nuke Subs...Community Rally Brunswick, Vic
18 Aug ALP Conference Rally Meanjin (Bne)

https://antiaukuscoalition.org/

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truebluebasher Wednesday, 21 Jun 2023 at 12:35pm

How to Torpedo yer own $368B Subs
15 Sept 2021 Oz torpedoes 12 Adelaide built French Subs
14 March 2023 Oz signs up 8 Adelaide built UK Nuke Subs

15 June 2023 Albo swears he will reduce 8 Subs > 5 > 4 & is determined to tear up Nuke Sub deal.

Oz may be able to wrangle 3 Adelaide built UK Subs by the end of this or next Century or maybe never!

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/15/australia-may-only-build-t...

Oz Govt defines AUKUS Optimal Pathway.
Albo : "We can Goddamn choose any unsound UK/US unseaworthy $368B Nuke Sub Combos we like!"

$368b will be spent patching up Virginia Peels & decontaminating our Nuked Port Cities Water supply.
All Hail the US poisoning of near all Pacific Island Ports...(Can't Breathe or Drink the Water...Dying!)
Now it's our turn...right here right now! Suck it Up...Love the smell of Napalm in the morning...Let's Surf!

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indo-dreaming Thursday, 22 Jun 2023 at 8:01am

Its amazing this isnt being talked about here or getting more media attention .

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frog Thursday, 22 Jun 2023 at 8:21am

US winning as normal.

Build tensions and posturing regarding Tawain. Arms Taiwan to the teeth. China / US relations sour.

US realise commitments of arms to Ukraine have weakened capacity for two front proxy wars.

Ooooops. Panics and pushes (pleads) for Blinken visit to China to ease pressure there.

China forgives and forgets?

Maybe this is how it went?

Blinken has 7 hours of official meetings with an uncompromising lecture from Foreign Minister and is probably served dried smelly crows feet for lunch to soften him up prior to short meeting Xi. Xi makes sure Blinken waits outside his office in a drafty corridor without a chance to visit toilet for a long time before the meeting. Blinken strives to make friends but is mainly just busting to pee throughout the meeting as Xi makes his points.

Blinken still picking crows feet from teeth as he is driven to airport.

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sypkan Saturday, 24 Jun 2023 at 12:49pm

the room has turned?

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frog Saturday, 24 Jun 2023 at 1:22pm

A ripple in The Force!

But just a ripple.

More a signal for the heart attack or stroke plan to approach activation.

Get ready for Kamala POTUS.

A brief reign though I suspect.

Someone is lined up for 2024.

KJP ?

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frog Sunday, 25 Jun 2023 at 8:27am

Getting serious for Biden. Even the "protect, deflect for Joe at all costs" CNN has shifted to attack over Hunter's coercive "business" dealings with China using his father. as leverage.

The dreaded phrase "the finger points at" has been used!

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/msm-betrays-biden-regime-savages-spo...

WhatsApp message that Hunter sent to Henry Zhao, CEO of Harvest Fund Management.

“I am sitting here with my father and we would like to understand why the commitment made has not been fulfilled. Tell the director that I would like to resolve this now before it gets out of hand, and now means tonight,” Hunter wrote to Zhao, according to Shapley’s testimony.

Kamala POTUS / KJP VPOTUS preparing to be dream diversity take over post Biden upcoming health issue?

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Jelly Flater Tuesday, 27 Jun 2023 at 12:03pm

‘How come these “errors” never free up any money for US health care or for the un-housed?’

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truebluebasher Monday, 3 Jul 2023 at 4:26pm

Weaponizing Olympic hieroglyphs

Crew & special guests might not think much about Olympic marketing...
These humble power puff LOGOS obliterate their host nation by their own hand.
Please do not idolize these Taboo Olympic Logos...very powerful Juju!

Because of the immense power they wield...tbb will limit the exposure to more recent self annihilation!
Rogues gallery of 21st Century evil Olympic Hieroglyphs...
https://dtsdesigns.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/PastLogos-uai-2064x535...

2000 Runnin' from the Sydney Olympic Crime Wave
https://historyandheritage.cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.au/sites/phh/files/i...

2004 Games Bankrupted Greece & all they got to show for it is these Baubles'n'Beads
https://cdn.britannica.com/63/154563-050-7B5F8363/poster-Athens-2004-Oly...

2008 China's Olympic Belt & Road World Domination Map Logo.
https://www.nicepng.com/png/detail/177-1775509_beijing-2008-logo-beijing...

2012 Brexit Games tore Britain apart ... (First of the impending doom Olympic Shockwave Logos)
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/516obS4rS8L._AC_UF894,1000_QL80_.jpg

2016 Rio Samba ...Wish You Were Here...(Awarded as best Touchy Feely Logo)
https://i.imgur.com/ZmoVi2c.jpeg

2020 Tokyo Coronavirus Logo (That is scary... tough Logo to beat!)
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/MSrmGMbAcBVnJQxbNkytye.jpg

2024 Le Flamme Olympics > Earliest & longest Opening Ceremony sets the World alight! OMG!
France raises the bar on Olympic Self Destruct Logos...Raise the Alarm ....Man is that Shit Hot!
https://www.leparisien.fr/resizer/s74YEjwXZAeEknn51amLlHyYBlY=/1200x675/...

How on earth can next Olympic City win an end of the world Olympic Logo Medal...near impossible!

2028 L Anarchy Games marks the end for LA + the Olympic Logo Movement....Bring it!
https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/220719111024-02-los-ang...

2032 Meanjin Golden Good Luck Star is being consumed by the evil Olympic Dark Matter...Shit happens!
https://preview.redd.it/gvfp4eohrxe71.png?width=2000&format=png&auto=web...
Qldurrz must now conjure up a more powerful Logo to ward off the cataclysmic Olympic Ideal.

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truebluebasher Wednesday, 5 Jul 2023 at 4:42pm

&t=62s

4th July Surfer Dude Beach Party > Aussie's Back Stage Pass c/o "Pro" Alex Hayes QS 2014/15
[2:50] Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi!
[6:00] JOB is a Kook > Boyz Toyz > Cops
[11:15] Surfers (vs) Skaters (vs) Chix Boobs > Wot Wot
[16:10] VIPs
[19:20] Australians are Americans Aussie Aussie Aussie God Bless Americans
Not Sure...maybe this is now an Aukus thing...'Aussies are Americans'

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Jelly Flater Saturday, 8 Jul 2023 at 3:06pm

More ammo …
- freedom, security & clusterfuck $$

https://www.npr.org/2023/07/07/1186534233/cluster-bombs-munitions-ukraine

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etarip Saturday, 8 Jul 2023 at 5:57pm

Isn’t it terrible that cluster munitions are being used in Ukraine. Absolutely bloody awful.

You don’t seem to have had an issue with it before. Why now JF?

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indo-dreaming Sunday, 9 Jul 2023 at 9:19am

Had to laugh at the innocent conversation between my 9 year old daughter and non political wife this morning when Biden was on TV.

Daughter: Is that the guy the guy that always falls over.

Wife: Yeah he is very old, like my aged care residents.

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frog Sunday, 9 Jul 2023 at 9:37am

An interesting article from a very influential think tank:

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/dont-let-ukraine-join-nato

Some key points of consequence:
- the premise of bringing Ukraine into NATO as an inevitable next step, at some future time, underpinning so much rhetoric, so many promises and the carrot dangled in front of Ukraine's leadership and people, is being questioned at high levels.

- the article, points out that, at the very least, bringing Ukraine into NATO is very problematic in many ways both to achieve and then in terms of unintended consequences and ongoing thorny issues to be managed forever. It is not a problem solved moment.

- the fear that Russia is a threat to western Europe is dismissed:
"The idea that Russia could pose a serious threat to Poland, much less to France or Germany, is outlandish"

Articles like that are never just thrown out there into the public arena without deep support from from powerful people and without a reason.

Shifting sands underpin so much that superficially seems agreed in the dominant narratives and implicitly promised to key players.

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etarip Sunday, 9 Jul 2023 at 3:48pm

Foreign Affairs isn’t a think tank. It’s a publication. They try to provide a platform for a range of writers and diverse perspectives.

_________
“In pursuance of its ideals Foreign Affairs will not devote itself to the support of any one cause, however worthy. Like the Council on Foreign Relations from which it has sprung it will tolerate wide differences of opinion. Its articles will not represent any consensus of beliefs. What is demanded of them is that they shall be competent and well informed, representing honest opinions seriously held and convincingly expressed. We do not expect that readers of the review will sympathize with all the sentiments they find there, for some of our writers will flatly disagree with others; but we hold that while keeping clear of mere vagaries Foreign Affairs can do more to guide American public opinion by a broad hospitality to divergent ideas than it can by identifying itself with one school. It does not accept responsibility for the views expressed in any article, signed or unsigned, which appears in its pages. What it does accept is the responsibility for giving them a chance to appear there.”
_______

There’s a whole range of obstacles to Ukraine joining NATO. Personally, I think it will happen, but probably not in the short term.

I wouldn’t characterise this as anything more than an opinion piece. I saw a rebuttal on another forum.

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Michael Adam Thursday, 13 Jul 2023 at 1:02am

“Cool” website there blumpy…
“Toxic” indeed.
Keep up the …erm…”work”.

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frog Friday, 14 Jul 2023 at 8:00am

When comedy is a heartbeat away from reality. Kamala makes America proud.

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sypkan Friday, 14 Jul 2023 at 9:27am

I honestly cannot understand how kamala harris can be so bad at her job

I had high hopes for her when she was suggested as vp way back when...

thought she had quite the resume, ticked all the boxes that the democrats like to tick, and could save the US from the embarrassment of the weekend at bernies white house edition charade they had proposed for top dog...

but somehow, she is utterly incompetent, absolutely impersonable, and just plain weird...

really weird, almost creepy

something really doesn't add up about her

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Island Bay Friday, 14 Jul 2023 at 10:10am

Sypkan, I think she's an alcoholic, not very bright, and very much out of her depth. Unfortunate combination for the US VP.

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Island Bay Friday, 14 Jul 2023 at 10:22am

Btw, only basing that on watching her speak publicly. Not on any rumours.

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Jelly Flater Friday, 14 Jul 2023 at 10:57am

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flollo Sunday, 16 Jul 2023 at 6:31pm
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Nibbler in Chief

https://www.news.com.au/world/north-america/us-politics/bidens-nibble-on...

Yeah, I just saw this. He’s super creepy. I can’t believe that only choices are either him or Trump. What a shit situation.

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velocityjohnno Sunday, 16 Jul 2023 at 7:25pm

did you say shit situation?

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velocityjohnno Sunday, 16 Jul 2023 at 7:29pm

A little more seriously:

https://www.economist.com/international/2023/07/02/nato-is-drafting-new-...

'On July 11th and 12th leaders will gather in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, for nato’s annual summit. They are expected to approve the alliance’s first comprehensive defence plans since the cold war. “It’s the most dramatic change…since the fall of the Berlin Wall,”'

A lot of history being written in a short space of time since Feb '22.

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velocityjohnno Sunday, 16 Jul 2023 at 7:43pm

... So naturally I went off looking for what Nostradamus might think of the situation and as per usual found everyone interpreting it any way they wish:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/oct/10/why-nostradamus-prediction...

https://www.iflscience.com/this-is-what-nostradamus-actually-predicted-a...

https://honey.nine.com.au/you/nostradamus-2023-predictions-dark-times-ah...

but yeah, I remember one prognosticator years ago predicting a Christian Russia would save Europe, can't find that one today...

It's pretty obvious that a new cold war, at least, is developing. Looking into supply chains of certain materials, I'm seeing certain countries divesting and having their directors exit boards, which would suggest to me parallel supply chains developing. On top of all the military build up, which is as large as the 1930s for my 2c.

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Jelly Flater Sunday, 16 Jul 2023 at 8:21pm

- vj put up some good links

The imaginary rules are being rewritten…
- and something about fate loving irony, but hating hypocrisy ;)

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truebluebasher Sunday, 16 Jul 2023 at 11:44pm

Noting Joe / Kamala come across as simple coz they're not Ivy League.
Nearly all Prez Teams / Judges / Washington are Ivy League toffs!
2019 Biden running for Prez at Penn Uni :
"There's a River of Power that flows thru this country, some people - most people - don't even know the River is there & some people, a few, get to Swim in the River all the time & that River flows from the Ivy League!"
Biden went on to bully the Penn' Dean to accept his Grand Daughter!
Important to understand that the A Team are not embarrassing the Holy US Jock fraternity!
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/11/biden-harris-to-be-first-democratic-tick...
https://newrepublic.com/article/170562/joe-biden-ivy-league-upenn
Regular Joe (vs) Ivy League
Like Obamacare...Joe is democatizing Education
https://www.ft.com/content/98e47bad-c36c-4659-8a47-7c8f28939eac

Speaking about Obama Care...here's Joes' Kicker on weird traits!
So all know about the Stutter...but there's more onto that.

30 odd y/o ago Biden suffered 2 Brain Aneurysms & dropped out of Prez Race.
Aneurysm Clipping > results in Physical / Emotional / Cognitive deficits.
Inappropriate Hand Locking / Hair Sniffing / Suckling / Gaffes / Shouting / Zomboid looking Lost

2008 Joe's Spoof...(Only it's a Real Life parody)
A few Comedians of the day were onto Joe's Tourette Syndrome (Like) Disease.
Joe get's defensive & states his only elective surgery being his Hair Plugs
Joe admits to his Brain Sensor Problem & say's after 4 decades to please ignore it & to back off!
https://www.thespoof.com/spoof-news/us/41492/senator-joe-biden-admits-to...

2013 / 2019 Possible clotting leads to Joe's Eye Hemorrhages > Eyes go blood red on stage.
Guessing this happens more than just these 2 occasions.
He deeply frowns as he massages his brows > Mostly the Left side...(Guessin' massive migraines)
If one examines closer he presses finger/s to stem the Hemorrhage...like a med technique!
Also pinches/ massages frontal lobes to ease the pressure...Definitely med tips...to back it off!
https://theworld.org/stories/2013-02-13/joe-biden-zombie-eye-glasses-go-...
https://diply.com/66326/joe-bidens-eye-fills-with-blood-during-live-tv-d...
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/politics/2023/04/01/TELEMMGLPICT...
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https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/40628648-e16593110...
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https://www.kevinmd.com/2019/09/an-ophthalmologist-analyzes-joe-bidens-r...

Da Prez can withhold any Med records he chooses...
However! When his health is clearly in question then few will believe the Health System is Working.
All know he's ill ...therefore the Whole Health system / Covid response comes into question.
Voters naturally ask...if Da Prez is hiding serious health issues then he's not trustworthy to be Prez!
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11751041/Doctors-cast-doubts-...

Biden trails Polls on Mental Sharpness 32% Trump 54% + Physical Health 33% Trump 64%
Both Too Old Both 43% > Neither too old 28% > Biden too old 26% Trump too old 1% (n/a 3%)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/07/biden-mental-sharpnes...

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velocityjohnno Monday, 17 Jul 2023 at 2:16am
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...the Holy US Jock fraternity!

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Jelly Flater Tuesday, 18 Jul 2023 at 8:25pm

The real deal ;)

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truebluebasher Wednesday, 26 Jul 2023 at 9:00pm

Outrage over Anti BLM pro Gun Lobby Lynch mob message to the Capital.
Jason : I never wrote it / I never chose the Lynching Courthouse / I never mixed the News Clips.
White folk play dumb and say they don't get it > Black dudes say it's more woke than offensive ...
That qualifies as enough outrage to get the Vid pulled > Bogan Track goes #1...

Now the Parody Cover Track get's Banned

Goes a bit like this...
https://www.tiktok.com/@adeemtheartist/video/7257943878534303019

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sypkan Friday, 28 Jul 2023 at 9:54am

ignore the white guy if you must...

but the black dude's got a good thing or two to say

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Jelly Flater Friday, 28 Jul 2023 at 10:31am

‘ain’t nothin like a man that can do what he wanna’

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frog Saturday, 29 Jul 2023 at 1:05pm

Being VP of the USA sure can help boost your income.,,

"Joe and Jill Biden saw their pretax income climb from $338,464 in 2016 to a whopping $9,578,639 in 2017 -- an amount that was more than 28 times Biden pretax income for the prior year and more than twice, in just one year, total Biden pretax income for a 16 year period from 2001 through 2016."
"two subchapter S corporations, each formed in 2017, somehow managed to send more than $10 million dollars together in their first partial years of operation, to the Bidens."

That is some start up. Usually startups cost you for years until some product or service is developed and a customer base has grown. Not for Joe. A business genius in a cunning disguise.

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/07/biden_hiding_in_plain_s...

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"There’s an interesting development on the way to the 2024 presidential election. Two outsiders shunned or ignored by the entrenched establishments of both political parties, as well as much of the mainstream media, are connecting with actual voters in a very real way: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. on the Democratic side and Vivek Ramaswamy on the Republican.

As to why they are outsiders, let’s start with Kennedy. Much of why the entrenched establishment can’t stand him, while millions of Americans are flocking to his vision for our nation, was encapsulated during a townhall-style interview hosted by Fox News anchor Sean Hannity this week.

During the course of the townhall — which was interrupted often by applause by the hundreds in attendance — Kennedy said: “We have a system of cushy socialism for the super-rich and this brutal, savage, merciless capitalism for the poor. And it’s all designed to strip-mine the middle class in this country of all their equity, all of their assets and move it to the upper echelons. And the Covid lockdowns were the final straw. Under Covid lockdowns, we created a billionaire a day and this was Trump and Biden — 500 days of lockdowns — we created a billionaire a day. We moved $4 trillion from the middle class to the super-rich. The people who came into the lockdown with $1 billion increased their wealth on average by 30%. We closed 3.3 million businesses.”

Unbiased observers can see why much of the establishment wants him silenced, while millions of American voters believe they have found their champion for 2024. That said, one of the major problems for Kennedy is that much of the mainstream media is part of that entrenched establishment..."

https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/4125309-rfk-jr-and-ramaswamy-coming...

be interesting if this gets enough momentum to actually challenge the machine

the guys talking pretty straight

unfortunately i think his 'anti vaxxer' status is gonna be the only thing that slows him down

that's his autism one... not corona, his corona stance has pretty much been vindicated for many (most?) observers

and I'd imagine even some that are still stubbornly defending the corona craziness, could, and would, overlook his corona stance due to the other stuff he's saying...

brng it on!

geez it's gonna be a grubby election, mired in misinformation...

gaaawwwwd I hate that term

(the biggest screechers are the biggest partakers)

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frog Sunday, 30 Jul 2023 at 10:09am

RFK is being presented as a fool by the democrat aligned media and his own party but when you listen to him he seems quite measured, reasonable and well intended. He is prepared to point out inconvenient points counter to the approved narratives.

That he can plough on against the wall of resistance and purposeful character assassination he faces is quite amazing from a human perspective. 99% of people would crumple and give up under the pressure and seeing the mountain he has to climb ahead.

That must worry the Biden camp. Or should it be the Gavin Newsom camp post upcoming convenient exit stage left Biden health event?

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soggydog Sunday, 30 Jul 2023 at 10:08am

His research into vaccines and vaccine mandates is well worth listening to. He’s not an anti vaxxer.
He’s also taken some pretty big scalps as an environmental lawyer too.
They’ll do everything they can to prevent him from getting up.
He’s running as an independent too I’m pretty sure.

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frog Sunday, 30 Jul 2023 at 10:20am

A CNN enthusiast i know called RFK a "total wack job" - both explanations as to why, were citing carefully constructed (and unfair in my view) twisting of some of his positions.

Narrative control firmly in place. KPIs met. Journo performance bonuses from somewhere incominging.

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frog Monday, 31 Jul 2023 at 10:33am

Update on 2 months of Ukraine counter offensive based on "superior NATO standard training, equipment and strategy" against an opponent endlessly characterised by experts and military leadership as incompetent, brittle, demoralised, badly equipped and poorly led:

Maybe there is some double or even triple secret super NATO strategy feint going on to wrong foot Russia - but a 2 month feint with 20% loss of major equipment and possibly 26,000 Ukrainian casualties seems a little expensive and more than somewhat cruel to the proxy "partners" and their families as a way to "confuse" an enemy.
The breakthrough seems ever to be pending. The New York Times announced the big push is on a few days ago. Now after a poor result this is being back peddled as more probing.

Or, perhaps NATO needs stop believing their own media spin and re-read Sun Tzu:

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

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Jelly Flater Monday, 31 Jul 2023 at 11:49am

…‘There is no instance of a nation benefiting from prolonged warfare’.

- the main premise of The Art of War is that war should be avoided with diplomacy.

That doesn’t suit the official US narrative, though, and definitely won’t help the military industrial complex ;)

The more suitable option for the west continues to be lie$ and plenty of ‘em.

- Like saying that for peace and security Australia should facilitate missile manufacturing for the US ;)

Great idea! That’ll secure peace… more missiles to bomb the world into peace ;)

Whilst our politicians (and the general population - that is now so dumbed down into vassal state servitude) believe the warmongering ideology of blinken and co as something to supposedly be proud of, we continue to forge headfirst into a mindless alliance that will only provide and promote further conflict.

If we are so idiotic and gullible to think the US is doing anything other than deceptively coercing Australia to blindly follow them - then it’s a good chance we’ll find ourselves in a similar situation to Ukraine in the future.

Blinken says ‘any differences have to be resolved peacefully’ …
Now, that is true.
Blinken again - ‘There are some things that are front and centre, including potential conflict. But there’s no doubt climate change represents an existential challenge for all of us’.

Now this is where the real lies and hypocrisy begin to unfold ;)

Saying one thing and doing another only creates superficial results. It will never ensure peace and stability - nor will it help strengthen alliances or provide opportunities for diplomacy.

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Jelly Flater Monday, 31 Jul 2023 at 11:50am

Diversity
Equality
Inclusiveness

;)

- Dick Cheney’s lap dog back in the kennel

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frog Monday, 31 Jul 2023 at 4:56pm

There has long been a line of thought pushed by women that only men create war and that peace would be upon us if only women were in key leadership positions. Then along came Hillary Clinton and Victoria Nuland to prove that to be a myth.

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GuySmiley Monday, 31 Jul 2023 at 5:42pm
frog wrote:

There has long been a line of thought pushed by women that only men create war and that peace would be upon us if only women were in key leadership positions. Then along came Hillary Clinton and Victoria Nuland to prove that to be a myth.

Margaret Thatcher?!?

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andy-mac Monday, 31 Jul 2023 at 5:49pm
GuySmiley wrote:
frog wrote:

There has long been a line of thought pushed by women that only men create war and that peace would be upon us if only women were in key leadership positions. Then along came Hillary Clinton and Victoria Nuland to prove that to be a myth.

Margaret Thatcher?!?

Was Margaret Thatcher a woman?

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GuySmiley Monday, 31 Jul 2023 at 6:11pm
andy-mac wrote:
GuySmiley wrote:
frog wrote:

There has long been a line of thought pushed by women that only men create war and that peace would be upon us if only women were in key leadership positions. Then along came Hillary Clinton and Victoria Nuland to prove that to be a myth.

Margaret Thatcher?!?

Was Margaret Thatcher a woman?

I assume so given any mention of her name over at Fox After Dark is enough to give all the chompers priapism!

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andy-mac Monday, 31 Jul 2023 at 6:17pm
GuySmiley wrote:
andy-mac wrote:
GuySmiley wrote:
frog wrote:

There has long been a line of thought pushed by women that only men create war and that peace would be upon us if only women were in key leadership positions. Then along came Hillary Clinton and Victoria Nuland to prove that to be a myth.

Margaret Thatcher?!?

Was Margaret Thatcher a woman?

I assume so given any mention of her name over at Fox After Dark is enough to give all the chompers priapism!

Play em this ..

https://m.

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etarip Monday, 31 Jul 2023 at 6:18pm

Reckon you might be a little premature in calling this race froggie.