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Sunday, 19 March

00:58

Vielleicht sollte ich anstatt ber Schlangenl zu ... "IndyWatch Feed National"

Vielleicht sollte ich anstatt ber Schlangenl zu meckern lieber schlechte Ideen verffentlichen.

Prior Art 1: Mit einer "KI" erkennen, welche Teile einer Konfigurationsdatei Keywords und welche variable Werte sind. Dann Konfigurations-Fuzzing!

Prior Art 2: In Echtzeit Konfigurationen unternehmensweit durchrotieren, so dass die Funktionalitt bestehen bleibt, aber stndig andere Parameter ntig sind fr die Inanspruchnahme von Diensten. So reduziert sich die Angriffsoberflche automatisiert und man belstigt Exploiter!1!!

Prior Art 3: Auf Mobiltelefonen haben Apps einen serialisierten State, den sie dem System sagen, und anhand dessen sie in genau denselben Zustand wiederhergestellt werden knnen. So kann man eine App killen und spter neustarten, ohne dass fr den Benutzer erkennbar ist, dass die App in der Mitte weg war. Das knnte man auch auf Servern machen! Dann in der Mitte des Unternehmens einen Orchestrator haben, der stndig Dienste killt und neu startet mit dem State, vorher meinetwegen dafr sorgt, dass die solange aus dem Load Balancer genommen werden. So verhindert man, dass irgendwo ein Angreifer Schadcode injected hat.

Prior Art 4: Antivirus / Firewall / AI based anomaly detection fr den hinterlegten State. Observability. Einmal das ganze Programm!!1!

Prior Art 5: Serviceangebot: Wir fahren Angriffe auf Ihr Unternehmen, aber nicht um Schwachstellen zu finden, sondern damit Ihre "KI" Anomalien zum Trainieren hat!1!!

Hat noch jemand brillante Ideen, bei denen man den Patentanwlten mal in den Pool pinkeln msste?

Update: Ein paar Kumpels meinen, Prior Art 3 werde jetzt schon so gemacht. Man nenne das "Rejuvination". Einer meinte gar, das sei bei der Mondlandung so gemacht worden.

Update: Aus Prior Art 1 knnte man auch noch eine Firewall und Anomaly Detection "erfinden".

Update: Prior Art 6: Bei der Passwortrcksetzung knnte man einen KI-Chatbot haben, der vorher schon mit dir gechattet hat, und dich dann wiedererkennt anhand frherer Konversationsthemen und -Meinungen. Quasi sowas wie Schrittmustererkennung, nur halt fr Textchat!

Prior Art 7: Eine KI benutzt das ber dich vorhandene Wissen aus dem Netz, um Kandidaten fr die Sicherheitsfrage zu bewerten (abzulehnen) bei der Accountregistrierung.

Prior Art 8: KI-assistierte Partnersuche. Die KI matcht Leute, die online ber dieselben Dinge und Leute Hatespeech verbreitet haben.

Kennt ihr das, wenn jemand einen Zusammenhang herstellt ... "IndyWatch Feed National"

Kennt ihr das, wenn jemand einen Zusammenhang herstellt zwischen Dingen, die ihr bisher nicht im Zusammenhang betrachtet habt, und pltzlich rast euer Hirn los und bewertet Dinge neu?

So ging mir das gerade bei der Lektre von diesem Jonathan Haidt-Artikel. Jonathan Haidt hatte ich hier schon ein paar Mal verlinkt, der hat die Heterodox Academy mitgegrndet. Da geht es darum, dass unter College-Professoren die politischen Positionen sehr einseitig verteilt sind und das am Ende dem jeweiligen Feld schadet, wenn da nur noch gegenseitiges Schulterklopfen statt kritischer Auseinandersetzung gemacht wird. Ihm ging es um Psychologie und Geisteswissenschaften, er ist auch selber Psychologieprofessor. In der Forschung ist sein Gebiet vor allem Moralfragen.

Haidt wurde berhmt mit einem Buch namens "The Coddling of the American Mind", auf das sich natrlich die ganzen Konservativen gestrzt haben, weil sie glaubten, es sttze ihre Position.

Aber betrachtet den Artikel mal unabhngig von dem ganzen geschichtlichen Ballast. Das Buch geht zurck auf eine Kooperation mit einem Freund, der unter Depressionen leidet, und dafr im Krankenhaus in Behandlung war, wo man ihm CBT beigebracht hat, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Sie haben ihm gezeigt, worauf er achten kann, in seinem eigenen Verhalten, um zuknftige Depressions-Episoden abzumildern oder ganz zu vermeiden. Anders ausgedrckt:

Thinking in these ways causes depression, as well as being a symptom of depression. Breaking out of these painful distortions is a cure for depression.
So und die These von dem Papier ist jetzt, dass viele dieser Verhaltensmuster heute (ihm geht es vor allem um Universitten, aber das lsst sich auch auf Schulen und Bibliotheken verallgemeinern) angewendet werden, nicht um absichtlich die Schler krank zu machen, aber dass das eben der Effekt ist.

Naja, knnte man denken, dann zeig uns doch mal die Zahlen, dass die Uni-Studenten alle psychisch krank werden. Jetzt liegen da ein paar Zahlen vor. Besonders heftig betroffen sind junge linksliberale weie Frauen.

Ich hatte noch nie von CBT gehrt und daher ist die ganze Herangehensweise seines Kollegen absolut neu und faszinierend. Vielleicht geht euch das ja auch so.

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Saturday, 18 March

21:41

I love her! More strength to you! "IndyWatch Feed National"

I will be referred to as a woman, as female, as a feminist there isnt a misogynist alive who has the chops to change my mind. But theyll call me a TERF regardless & Im at the point when I just dont f***ing care It is worth listening to every...

17:33

Whys it so dang hard to find work in this town? "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

Ive applied for over 200 jobs in the past 30 days and I cant even get a call back. I have a well designed CV, I have sales (KPI, management etc) experience, Mining experience (Lubrication and Rigging) and more.

Is anyone else finding this to be a problem? Im moving here in a week and I cant find a thing. Ive applied for literally anything.

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16:33

GKP S5/E8 CBDCs a Solution Looking for a Problem "IndyWatch Feed National"

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-czdkj-13bd430 Gday Folks, On todays show no Andy as hes over in PNG but Ethan joins me for a discussion about bank closures in Australia, Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), Inflation, and US bank collapses.  Not the most high energy conspiracy style of topics but we hope we made it as interesting and informative as []

16:32

Where to watch F1? "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

Hi everyone.

I've arrived in Cairns this afternoon after travelling 39 hours from Scotland. Taking advantage of my messed sleep and jet lag; I'd really like to watch the Saudi Grand Prix, which is been shown on Fox at 0400hrs local time.

Does anyone know somewhere that is open that will be showing the race? What would be ideal if there is a bar that has some sort of race and breakfast deal?

Thankfully I'll be in Melbourne for the race in two weeks time and will not need to worry about time zones or even finding a TV!

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14:22

No-ethics Case, Part 1:  The Regime That Condones Child Sexual Abuse "IndyWatch Feed National"

One courageous individual not in alignment with the Nazi regime

Definition of Regime:

Mode of rule; a government, especially an oppressive or undemocratic one; heavy-handed administration or group in charge; a way of organizing or managing a system; a regulated period of rule

by Dee McLachlan...

13:46

International Criminal Court issues arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin. "IndyWatch Feed National"

Hate to be the Russian local police station warrants guy who gets this Interpol warrant to execute! No more overseas jaunts for Vlad. On 22 February 2023, I submitted applications to Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court for warrants of arrest in the context of the Situation in...

12:24

Press gallery useful-idiot fan-girls get selfies with Albo - so much for independence. "IndyWatch Feed National"

You look at the bright smiles and cheesy grins and ask yourself would Laurie Oakes have behaved like this? TV try-hard mini celebrities claiming to be journalists queuing up to get a picture with Therapeutic Albo and Labors Chris Minns. Any wonder the public has no confidence in their...

08:11

Elsa Patakay, rip off merchant gone bust and rightly so? "IndyWatch Feed National"

Elsa's 100% supportive husband a Mr. Chris Hemsworth

What does the world need?

Another model, or another influencer?

How about a human that does both with extra skill-set of re re-branding someone elses products and flogging them off as their own?

Basically a low value human.

Well, it seems that Ms. Elsa Lafuente Medianu, who trades under the false name of Ms. Elsa 'Patakay' ripped off the founder Habitual Beauty Keira Rumble by casing her product from the comfort and 'anonymity' of her brand new, tax deductible laptop i.e. getting Ms. Rumble to ship very generous orders to Ms. Patakays head office address in Sydney.

So whats next?

You get someones I.P. (Intellectual Property), i.e. design of the product and flog it off as your own.

Brilliant!

Thankfully no one else is as entrepreneurial as Ms. Patakay, well, sans China with Euro brands e.g. BMW luxury cars, but thats government supported.

In any event, her husband a Mr. Chris Hemsworth thought it was such a...

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Friday, 17 March

22:42

Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Boeing B737-7ES / E-7A Wedgetail A30-006 "Mitchel 15" Spotted Completing a Missed Approach at Rockhampton Airport "IndyWatch Feed Qld"

On Thursday 9 March, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Boeing B737-7ES / E-7A Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C) aircraft A30-006 was spotted completing a missed approach into Rockhampton Airport.





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22:38

Places to light a fire "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

Hi everyone! New to Cairns here. Good places to light a fire and cook a bbq? Someone recommended Stoney Creek. What do you think?

Thanksss.

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22:00

Science-Based Satire: Florida Authorities Report First Case of Mosquito-Borne Fentanyl Overdose "IndyWatch Feed National"

Can a mosquito bite result in a fentanyl overdose? Will police soon be fitted with wearable naloxone pumps? Can fentanyl be detected by a handheld electronic device? The answer...is no. This is merely more nonsense cooked up in the mind of someone who probably should stick to his day job.

The post Science-Based Satire: Florida Authorities Report First Case of Mosquito-Borne Fentanyl Overdose first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

21:40

Aboriginal elites - the chosen people - have spoken "IndyWatch Feed National"

Here is todays self-generated summary of what the Aboriginal elites talked about. Imagine how boring this little gab fest would have been. A room full of people agreeing with each other and trying to out-worthy one another. In the real world, its called a wank. Subject: Referendum Engagement Group Communique...

20:00

TENNESSEE HOUSE BILL: STATE TREASURER MAY ACQUIRE GOLD TO PROTECT ... "IndyWatch Feed National"

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We round out this week's blogging about the pushback movement from the states with this story from Tennessee shared by K.M.  This is another

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19:47

The AUKUS nuclear submarine deal is part of an imperialist crusade against China "IndyWatch Feed National"

By Timur Fomenko | RT | March 17, 2023

Earlier this week, a trilateral summit was held with the leaders of Australia, the United Kingdom and the US in San Diego to flesh out the details of an AUKUS deal providing Canberra with nuclear-powered submarines, with the intention of containing China in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

The pact will also create a rotational presence of UK and US nuclear submarines near Perth, Western Australia, starting from 2027. The goal is to integrate the US and UKs nuclear sub fleet while Australia builds the necessary operational capabilities of its own.

It is no coincidence that the deal was announced on Commonwealth Day, an annual celebration of the former dominions of the British Empire. On the same day, the UK government released its integrated review, whereby it vowed to increase defense spending. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak then proceeded to describe China as an epoch-defining challenge, framing the UK, and the AUKUS alliance at large, as a benevolent force dedicated to keeping the Indo-Pacific open and free. China reacted by harshly condemning the meeting, decrying it for a typical Cold War mentality that will only exacerbate [an] arms race, undermine the international nuclear non-proliferation regime and hurt regional peace and stability.

Chinas interpretation of the AUKUS submarine deal is correct. The Biden administration is aggressively expanding its alliance system in a bid to militarily contain Beijing. Along with the AUKUS pact, it is also pushing for trilateral cooperation with South Korea and Japan, something South Korean President Yoon Seok Yeol is open to, expanding its military presence in the Philippines, and taking part in other regional groups such as the Quad. However, AUKUS is unique because it consists solely of Anglosphere nations, and as such, embodies the neo-imperialist sentiment of Anglophone exceptionalism.

The UKs decision to pursue an increasingly anti-China foreign policy is, of course, influenced by the US and against Britains best interests. However, its foreign policy narrative, especially in light of Brexit, is clothed in imperial nostalgia, which reflects back on the British Empire as a force for good. It drums up not memories of enslavement, exploitation, or aggression against o...

19:47

Link "IndyWatch Feed National"

What Policymakers Need to Know About the First Amendment and Section 230


The Supreme Court just heard two cases - Twitter v. Taamneh and Gonzalez v. Google - that could dramatically affect users speech rights online. Last week, EFF hosted a panel in Washington D.C. to discuss what legislators need to know about these cases, the history of Section 230, and the First Amendments protections for online speech.

Alongside EFF Senior Staff Attorney Aaron Mackey, the panel included Billy Easley, Senior Public Policy Lead at Reddit, and Emma Llanso, Director of the Free Expression Project at the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT). Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), one of the co-authors of Section 230, gave opening remarks. 

Senator Wyden and the Supreme Court 

Senator Wyden opened the panel with background on the law: it simply establishes the principle that the person who creates and posts content is responsible for that content. Thanks to Section 230 and the First Amendment, websites can take down what they want. Section 230 is essential to smaller companies and startups: The big guys can take care of themselves, but the small guys should be able to compete with the big guys, Wyden explained. The law democratizes speech, and elevates the choices of users. Thanks to Section 230, people are able to speak out. 

Wyden then discussed the latest Supreme Court cases. In Gonzalez v. Google, the petitioning plaintiffs made a radical argument about Section 230. They asked the Supreme Court to rule that Section 230 doesnt protect recommendations we get online, or how certain content gets arranged and displayed. In Twitter v. Taamneh, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that online services can be civilly liable under the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) based on claims that t...

18:10

FDA authorizes 4th booster for babies "IndyWatch Feed National"

while data from the UK and Germany suggest you cause 22 serious injuries with the shot in order to prevent a single childs hospitalization

By Meryl Nass | March 15, 2023

We need to start charging the individual public health officials with crimes for acting outside their legal authority where is the US Pascal Najadi?

On December 8, 2022 the FDA authorized bivalent COVID boosters for children as young as 6 months old.

More children now have the opportunity to update their protection against COVID-19 with a bivalent COVID-19 vaccine, and we encourage parents and caregivers of those eligible to consider doing so especially as we head into the holidays and winter months where more time will be spent indoors, said FDA Commissioner Robert M. Califf, M.D.

Yesterday, the FDA authorized a 4th dose of mRNA COVID vaccine for children aged 6 months to 5 years of age.

Risk-benefit assessment used to be the foundation of public health practice. Lets look at some recent data on vaccine risk and vaccine benefit.

The German Minister of Health, Dr. Karl Lauterbach, admitted that 1 in 10,000 COVID vaccine doses leads to a serious adverse event. He also appears to be building his alibi, claiming he did not sign the vaccine contract. Yet he did promote, cajole and enforce the vaccinations, nonetheless.

Family physician Dr. Scott Jensen, former Minnesota State Senator, noted th...

18:00

Secret Pfizer & Government Documents reveal Millions Dying Suddenly "IndyWatch Feed National"




Not quite AIDS ,but same profile and worse, it is not getting better. What i am saying is that if 1.8 million diedover the past two years, will 1.8 million die in the next two years.


If that actually happens, or god forbid, we see a a  steady increase, then the real event will be a slow creeping AIDS like pandemic where folks die from any damn infection.

If 4,000,000,000 are infected, then we will see the 4,000,000,000 reported to me from the other side.  At least the path is now clearer.


Secret Pfizer & Government Documents reveal COVID Vaccination has caused Antibody-Dependent Enhancement, V-AED & AIDS resulting in Millions Dying Suddenly




Confidential documents reveal that within months of receiving the initial doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, some individuals are developing Antibody-dependent enhancement (ADE) and Vaccine-Associated Enhanced Disease (VAED).

And as if that werent alarming enough, official documents also prove that a mysterious form of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome is also appearing in a disturbing number of recipients just five months after their initial injections.

This may explain why, tragically, official Government records confirm that millions of people have mysteriously died suddenly in countries around the globe, including the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, and Europe, in the wake of the widespread distribution of the COVID-19 vaccines.


Antibody-dependent enhancement (ADE) and Vaccine-Associated Enhanced Disease (VAED). are serious adverse events that can occur after vaccination.

ADE and VAED can occur when an individual is exposed to a pathogen, such as the alleged Covid-19 virus, after receiving a vaccine tha...

17:56

Best pub to make my local? "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

Im moving to Townsville next week (Mt Louisa), any recommendations for a good pub to call my local?

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17:40

Contemporaneous account of aboriginal savage tribal war and cannibalism in Gundagai "IndyWatch Feed National"

Extract thanks to Mark Smith, you can verify the story in full for yourself from the Wagga Daily Advertiser, Saturday 18 May 1912, page 3, archived at Australia's National Library here: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/15632125

17:39

AUKUS is good, but more issues need attention: LNP "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

This week Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced details about what the AUKUS agreement will look like for Australia.

While the Opposition agrees with how the deal is going, there are some other issues they believe the Albanese government needs to focus on too. 

Image: Opposition Deputy Whip Senator Paul Scarr joined Eduardo Jordan at Radio 4EB. Image by Alex Nagl

Produced By: Eduardo Jordan

Featured In Story: Paul Scarr Federal Senator for Queensland and Opposition Deputy Whip

First aired on The Wire, Friday 17 March 2023

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17:39

What does AUKUS represent for Australians? "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

All week weve been hearing about the AUKUS nuclear submarine deal between Australia, the UK and the US.

Details announced on Tuesday unveiled Australia will get several Virginia class submarines from the US, while eight brand new submarines are built here on home soil.

But what does this deal mean for the Australian population? And for our relationships in the region? 

Produced By: Amanda Copp

Featured In Story: Doctor Bianca Baggiarini Lecturer in Military Studies at the Australian National University

First aired on The Wire, Friday 17 March 2023

The post What does AUKUS represent for Australians? appeared first on 4YOU 98.5FM Capricorn Community Radio.

17:38

Intervention Order fails LGBTQI+ victim survivors "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

A Victoria report on LGBTQ+ survivors of family violence details barriers to justice as the group engages with mainstream intervention order systems.

The report attributes heteronormativity as a barrier to justice where notions surrounding family violence are typically characterised through a male-offender and female-survivor lens.

Half of the LGBTQ+ victim-survivor report participants were identified as a perpetrator on intervention orders; an occurrence that enabled abusers to use the law against survivors.

Report participants also found that criminal justice actors including police and court systems lack cultural competency and training around the ethics of assisting LGBTQ+ survivors.

Implementation of community-controlled services is highlighted as a culturally safe response, that provides trauma-informed care for the LGBTQ+ community in comparison to mainstream services.

Produced By: Vavineh Jordan

Featured In Story: Ellen Reeves Post Doctoral Research Fellow at the Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre

First aired on The Wire, Friday 17 March 2023

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17:37

Aboriginal Ranger groups benefit communities: report "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

The WA governments Aboriginal Ranger Program has benefited communities by offering employment and strengthening connection to country, / according to a new study by the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.

Phase one of the $20 million program ran from 2017 to 2021, and is the subject of a new report, Empowering People, Culture and Connection to Country.

Story published by Ngaarda Media

Produced By: Tangiora Hinaki

Featured In Story: Dr Kate Rodger Social scientist at the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions

First aired on The Wire, Friday 17 March 2023

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17:37

Superannuation funds are greenwashing climate targets "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

A new report released by Market Forces shows some superannuation funds are greenwashing their climate targets.

The report shows how five superannuation companies are doing this practice, despite the legal risk they face.

Produced By: Eduardo Jordan

Featured In Story: Brett Morgan Superannuation Funds Campaigner at Market Forces

First aired on The Wire, Friday 17 March 2023

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16:45

Trade Justice Dinner 2023 "IndyWatch Feed National"

We hope you'll join us for an evening of delicious Greek food, entertaining speakers and great company at the return of our annual fundraising dinner. All proceeds will support AFTINET's trade justice campaigns.

6pm, Tuesday May 16, 2023

Meraki Restaurant, Cyprus Club, 76 Stanmore Road, Stanmore 2048

Directions: The club has car parking for 200. Bus routes 423, 426, 428, 430 from Martin Place via Railway Square stop at the corner of Enmore Rd and Stanmore Rd, 5 minutes walk from the club, as does 355 from Bondi Junction.

$79.50 per person

Vegetarian/Vegan options | Bar Available

Please pay by Wed May 10, 2023 https://www.trybooking.com/CGRZM

Special guest speaker: Senator Tim Ayres

Assistant Minister for Trade and
Assistant Minister for Manufacturing

Tim was elected as a Senator for New South Wales in 2019. During the 46th Parliament, he was Chair of the Senate Standing Committee on Finance and Public Administration and Member of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Joint Standing Committee. His office also hosted parliamentary forums on trade justice issues organised by AFTINET.

Before entering Parliament, Tim spent twenty-four years in the trade union movement, representing the interests of workers across a variety of sectors including manufacturing, defence, food processing, aviation and metal industries.

He held several elected leadership roles in the Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union, including NSW state secretary.

 

 

 

16:19

Bakhmut now the Stalingrad of the 21st century "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

One of many buildings in Bakhmut wrecked by shelling.

By COSSACK COLONEL
YURI KOMINYISKI


Its early spring the ground is defrosting and the snows melting this ensures that the trenches in which the Ukros and their NATO brethren hide are flooded. In many i...

15:51

A very lucky girl. "IndyWatch Feed National"

Damn. pic.twitter.com/f0eaLWKo2j Geminigirl (@desertlife88) March 16, 2023

15:46

The Wearin o the Green, and Parallel Laws Today "IndyWatch Feed National"

The Easter Rising, Irish Rebellion of 1916

by Mary W Maxwell, LLB

William Butler Yeats sixteen-line poem famously memorializes the unsuccessful 1916 Easter uprising (known as The Rising) of the Irish volunteers:

Sixteen Dead Men

O but we talked at large before

The sixteen men were shot,

But who can talk of give and take,

What should be and what not

While those dead men are loitering there

To stir the boiling pot?

 

You say that we should still the land

Till Ger...

15:00

Australian Dollar and Bitcoin "IndyWatch Feed National"

1.00 AUD = 0.00002 BTC
0.00010 BTC = 4.00 AUD
Converter

14:25

Pro-farmer, populist party kicks globalist butts in Dutch Senate "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

Victorious BBB leader Caroline van der Plas is swamped by media after her anti-globalist party became the single biggest party in the Netherlands. Below: The scene that repeatedly terrorized the compromised conservative Dutch PM Rutte who is pushing EU-WEF green policy to make food scarce.
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13:54

Have you got a funny kid? "IndyWatch Feed National"

Do you have a funny kid? The search for Australias funniest teens is making its way across the nation! The Melbourne International Comedy Festival host Class Clowns a nation wide search for young talent. For school kids 14 to 17 years who have a unique way of interpreting the world.

Running for more than 25 years, the Class Clowns program plays a valuable role in supporting the confidence, self-expression and creativity of young Australians. The competition, workshop and mentoring opportunities aim to amplify the voices and perspectives of young people, creating a pathway for emerging Australian talent. Class Clowns works best when seen as a way of complementing existing English, Wellbeing, Drama and public speaking initiatives.

Free workshop Brunswick Heads

Registrations are currently open for the heat in Brunswick Heads, so if you have any comedy-inclined storytellers in your midst please sign them up! Registered participants will have the opportunity to work on their comedy with Mandy Nolan, a professional comedian who has taught over 2,000 people, before hitting the stage in front of a live audience. 

These workshops are FREE, but limited to the first 18 people who register, so get in quick!

Your students could WIN a free trip to Melbourne to perform at the National Grand Final held during the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Well fly all the national finalists (and their guardians) to Melbourne to perform at the Festival for a chance to win the Class Clowns crown and a $2,500 prize package! 

To sign up head to our online registration form here please note that a teacher or guardian must register on behalf of students.

What to Do:

  • Register for a heat near you   register here now.
  • Check out our Education Resources
  • What videos of expert advice through a series of videos from some of Australias funniest folk, filled with tips and tricks to help get budding performers started on their comedy journey. The first of these videos Why try comedy? is available to the public here, ...

12:44

New Report Identifies Need for Rental Affordability Champions in State Parliament "IndyWatch Feed National"

Friday, 17 March 2023

A new study ranking State electorates in metropolitan Adelaide by rental affordability impact highlights the need for SA MPs to take urgent action on easing the crisis.

12:34

Fiction | Wonder women of the lizard world "IndyWatch Feed National"

I was fanning myself with a textbook when the tradie told me about the gecko. It had, in search of reprieve from the burning meteorological irregularity, crawled inside our air conditioning unit, damaged the wiring, and gotten itself fried. Without climate control, we had suffered through December and January, red-faced and irritable.

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11:32

Dan Andrews. Never forget. "IndyWatch Feed National"

Australia imposes sanctions on Iran and Russia over human rights violations. This is Australia pic.twitter.com/XOzgRwYrif Kim Dotcom (@KimDotcom) December 11, 2022

10:47

United States bank failures point to a deepening financial crisis "IndyWatch Feed National"

Contributed by Joe Montero

While  U.S. government spokespeople, including Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, are doing the rounds to convince everyone that the nations banking system is sound, there is an air about that suggests this is not the case.

First of all, so much energy would not be spent on trying to re-assure the public, unless there is something going on. There have been a series, no just one, of recent banking collapses in the United States. One bank, First Republic, saw its share price plunge almost 70 percent last week. Silicon Valley Bank collapsed. So did New Yorks Signature Bank. Others find themselves in a precarious situation. They could tip over any time. 

Concern was so high that President Joe Biden had to hold a press conference to ensure Americans.

President Biden reassures Americans that our banking system is safe.

Video from Bloomberg

The fact that more than one bank is involved suggests the something is going wrong with the banking system. Despite some politicians and commentators pretend it is only the Silicon Valley Bank that got into trouble and blamed it on the woke problem, whatever that means, there is no evading the truth. Silly claims must give way to the reality.

Promises to impose better regulation are well and good. On their win they are not enough because this is dealing with the symptoms and not the cause. The claim that the banks are paying for the help is not true. They will receive money that comes from somewhere else, and this is being covered by the government. They may pay something off in the long run, that is, if it is said they can afford to do so.

Whether government support is justified or not depends on whether this is directed into ringing about a major overhaul of the banking system. Biden has not offered this.

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10:36

Will you keep paying tax to an unlawful foreign corporation? "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

Letter to the Editor

Australians are too busy, read distracted, with how the house collapsed; Why did it fall? Who did what?..All while Australia is a ship that is sinking fast under its own weight of :DEBT: and Excess printing of Funny Money to fund all manner of schemes that NEVER come to fruition; Just have a peek at how much money has exchanged hands for Submarines that we will NEVER own and actually have yet to reach the drawing board; Or how about the amount of money and ADF assets that have been sent to Ukraine in foreign aid while there are tens of thousands (if not more) of Australians who can not afford to keep food on the table, let alone a roof over their heads;

AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT, All STATES and TERRITORIES and all the Bureaucracies within them, are listed within US.inc as Corporate entities, REGIS-STERED with USSEC and are TRADED on the STOCK-EXCHANGE; American (Jew) Financial market says boo, Australia runs and hides hoping THEIR DEBT wont get called in;  AUSTRALIA is also listed on the US Securities and Exchange Commission as a Political Subdivision of the USA.

Who owns this :DEBT:?

Not only is the Reserve Bank Australia a PRIVATELY owned Rothschild subsidiary of the Bank International Settlements, but the ATO is also a PRIVATE CORPORATION owned by a majority shareholder, BLACKROCK

( https://www.blackrock.com/au/individual/about-us/about-blackrock );

AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT owns this DEBT, not you, The P...

10:25

Canberra event: "Are we really living in a democracy?" 19 March, Smiths Alternative "IndyWatch Feed National"

Canberra Conversations SUNDAY 19 March 2023 AT 3:30 PM 5:30 PM Smith's Alternative, 76 Alinga Street, Canberra, ACT, Australia, Australian Capital Territory. 3 speakers plus forum.

 

 

Are we really living in a Democracy?

JOIN THE CONVERSATION
Come to our first ever Canberra Conversation to discuss with 3 expert speakers whether we do indeed live in a democracy and if not what we can do about it.

GUEST SPEAKERS
Tim Hollo https://greens.org.au/act/person/tim-hollo
Topic: "Democracy is dead. Long live Democracy!"

Christine Milne https://christine-milne.com/my-work
Topic: Wrestling back democracy from plutocracy: Proportional Representation

Dr Tjanara Goreng Goreng tjanara@oneinmaglobal.org...

09:17

Scientists offer evidence that Venus is volcanically active "IndyWatch Feed National"

Venus appears to have volcanic activity, according to a new research paper that offers strong evidence to answer the lingering question about whether Earth's sister planet currently has eruptions and lava flows. Venus, although similar to Earth in size and mass, differs markedly in that it does not have plate tectonics. The boundaries of Earth's moving surface plates are the primary locations of volcanic activity. New research by University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute research professor Robert Herrick revealed a nearly 1-square-mile volcanic vent that changed in shape and grew over eight months in 1991. Changes on such a scale on Earth are associated with volcanic activity, whether through an eruption at the vent or movement of magma beneath the vent that causes the vent walls to collapse and the vent to expand. The research was published today (March 15) in the journal Science.

08:39

Population growth approaching record pace "IndyWatch Feed Qld"

Population count accelerates

Australia's population increased by +128,670 in the September 2022 quarter, implying an annual pace of around +500,000 per annum. 


Source: ABS

The population is growing faster than previously projected, and the population clock as of today was ratcheted higher to 26,385,000.

Indeed, this now implies population growth of faster than one person per minute, which is actually more like an annual population growth of +573,000 per annum.

I guess it will slow down a bit at some point.


The peak of the rush to south-east Queensland passed in the September quarter.

More and more employers are requiring workers back at their desks in Sydney and Melbourne, and with each passing week this trend will continue. 

...

08:31

Jim Chalmers "I have a plan". "IndyWatch Feed National"

The @AlboMP Government has a comprehensive plan to build a more productive, more resilient and more prosperous economy, one that creates more opportunities for more Australians. My speech to CEDA today here: https://t.co/VaOwOLVACJ #auspol #ausecon pic.twitter.com/aSwaY88JbJ Jim Chalmers MP (@JEChalmers) March 16, 2023

08:23

Increasing interest rates benefits only trading banks "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

By Ron Chapman

Heres a recent example of commentariat shilling for usurious fractional reserve banking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBOUPE4QZ6s

In the video Marc Faber says the economic system needs painInterest rates are still negative in real terms banks havent increased rates enough to curtail inflation But of course the poor people suffer Nobody can avoid a recession in the long term. Recessions come and go and are necessary.

Banks create credit, not money

That is misleading propaganda. Recessions are not necessary. Rather, hiking interest rates ENOUGH to reduce inflation is what causes suffering. It does that by reducing the money supply by levying unconscionable interest rates on borrowers which fraudulently syphons wealth from the general population into the pockets of private corporation bank shareholders. Eventually the process causes such hardship that the money supply shrinks as populations cannot afford to borrow more currency into circulation. That causes recessions and depressions that are exacerbated by governments (who are in cahoots with the banks as governments create the situation by licensing banks to issue currency which the governments Treasury should emit) instituting austerity measures that reduce government spending on welfare and everything else. This process is entirely organised and controlled by the governments and banks.

Limiting inflation really means hiking the PRICE of money (currency) so much that unemployment rises and peoples spending is restricted because their wages...

06:14

BRICS another Rothschild enterprise? "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

From Han Barkmeyer

ROTHSCHILD control BRICS. ROTHSCHILD control the Worlds Banking System.

Iran, Argentina, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Turkey have applied to join BRICS. Founding members are Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa

Jair Bolsonaro, who recently lost the election in Brazil, the Selection Committee appointed Lula, wanted Braxit from BRICS.
Bolsonara is also a conservative Christian and loves Israel, like all the Evangelicals in America.

Bolsonaro was completing the process, started by previous President Michel Temer, taking Brazil back to the North-West axis controlled by the U.S.
Now we can clearly see why Bolsonaro had to go. They tried to kill him, but he survived the assassination attempt.

BRICS is a ROTHSCHILD smokescreen. They have sucked the West dry and now want to transfer their wealth to BRICS to create ever bigger profits.

ROTHSCHILD are moving out of the US Dollar, the global reserve currency, into gold and other currencies. They are looking to get ahead of the downward trend curve, and cash out before a global collapse, and use gold to pick up the pieces.

In recent decades more and more Chinese economists and budding entrepreneurs have closely studied the Rothschilds.
At the same time, members of the Rothschild family have looked to a rising China for new business opportunities.

China is fascinated with the Rothschilds and Jewish business practices.
Chinese books...

03:32

Australian premiers spar over nuclear sub waste disposal "IndyWatch Feed National"

RT | March 16, 2023

The Australian political establishment is divided as to where the federal government should dispose of nuclear waste associated with the countrys expanded submarine deal with its AUKUS allies.

An accord was struck by the leadership of the countries which make up the trilateral AUKUS alliance Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom when they met in San Diego, California earlier this week, which rubber-stamped the sale of nuclear-powered submarines by Washington to Canberra.

In addition, Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese confirmed that his country would construct its own fleet of nuclear submarines, which will be delivered in the early 2040s. The terms of the agreement stipulate that the Australian government will be responsible for the disposal of nuclear waste from the vessels but this appears to have opened a new political front for the countrys various state leaders.

I think the waste can go where all the jobs are going, said Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews via the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on Thursday, referencing the 8,000 jobs which are expected to be generated in South Australia during the construction of the military submarines. I dont think thats unreasonable, is it?

West Australian Premier Mark McGowan has also indicated that nuclear waste disposal sites are unwelcome in his state, joining Andrews in suggesting South Australia as the most appropriate location.

Susan Close, the acting South Australian premier who doubles as the regions environment minister, responded to the suggestions by saying the decision on nuclear waste locations should be dictated by science and not by state leaders trying to move nuclear waste that doesnt yet exist across the border.

A final decision on the location of the site is not expected for another 12 months, and the site that is eventually selected wont be required for use until around 2055.

The AUKUS deal will see Australia become the seventh nation with nuclear-powered submarines in its military arsenal, and comes amid Western concerns about Chinas military expansion in the Indo-Pacific region. Beijing has rebuked the AUKUS nuclear submarine agreement, saying it contradicts accepted norms of nuclear non-proliferation.

02:37

Silicon Valley Bank collapse "IndyWatch Feed National"

Last week, two major banks collapsed: Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature. These were the second and third largest bank collapses in US historythe largest being Washington Mutual in 2008. Since I seem to be writing about finance this month, I wanted to try my hand at explaining why, for the reader who doesnt know anything about finance.

Short answer: SVB placed a big bet long-term US treasury bonds and mortgage-backed securities. However, the prices of these assets went down. Companies with money in SVB were worried about it, so they started withdrawing a lot of money, requiring SVB to sell its assets at a loss until it was wiped out. Bank collapses tend to spread via a process called contagion, and Signature appears to be the first victim.

Really long answer: Okay, lets walk through these concepts one by one.

First of all, what even is a bank? A bank is an institution that accepts deposits of money, we know that. But how does a bank pay you interest, pay expenses, and make its own profit besides? A bank basically borrows money from depositors and uses it to give out loans or make other investments. The bank makes money because its own investments give it greater returns than the interest they pay you on on your bank deposit.

You might think, why allow the bank take a cut? Cut out the middleperson, invest your money directly instead of depositing it in a bank. However, the bank account offers two distinct advantages: you are guaranteed your money back, and you can easily withdraw it at any timewith important exceptions to be discussed further down.

The ability to produce money on demand is called liquidity. If an asset is illiquid (meaning not liquid), that means that it may be difficult to sell on short notice, and you may suffer a loss from having to put on a fire sale. While depositors want their bank accounts to be completely liquid, the bank itself doesnt need to be completely liquid. Thats because, generally speaking, depositors are not going to withdraw all their money at once. Banks need enough liquidity to cover the aggregate demand of depositors, but theres a lot of room left for illiquid investments, which tend to have higher returns.

The way banks guarantee all your money back is by taking on almost all the risk themselves. Banks make leveraged investments, which means borrowing money (e.g. from depositors) to invest money. For example, suppose a bank makes a $100 investment with 10x leverage. Theyre investing $10 of their own money, and $90 of your money. If their investment has a 10% payout, then they earn $10, doubling their money. If it had a 10% loss, they lose everything, and the bank becomes insolvent, which could lead to collapse.  But it doesnt really affect deposits unless the bank suffers more than 10% loss, in which case depositors might lose some money...

01:27

India, Australia, and the Indo-Pacific Imperative "IndyWatch Feed National"

With the rising challenge of China, Indo-Pacific geopolitics is headed for more uncertainty. In his recent visit to India, Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visited INS Vikrant, Indias newest aircraft carrier.

Aboard the INS Vikrant, PM Albanese declared that there has never been a point in both of our countrys histories where weve had such a strong strategic alignment. He noted that India is a top-tier security partner and that the Indian Ocean is central to both countries security and prosperity.

The visit to INS Vikrant underscores the growing importance of the maritime dimension of Indo-Pacific geopolitics. Hosting the Australian PM on an aircraft carrier is also a demonstration of the strength of Indias strategic ties with Australia. Furthermore, it underlines the evolving strategic alignment between India and Australia.

The defence and security partnership has emerged as one of the key pillars of Indo-Australian strategic partnership. Both countries are participants in the Malabar naval exercises and are deepening and widening their military-to-military exchanges. Australia has invited India for Exercise Talisman Sabre. Such joint exercises not only build interoperability and familiarity but also contribute to creating greater trust and awareness about each other.

In the context of growing Chinese assertiveness across the Indo-Pacific, military cooperation has assumed critical dimensions. Just like India, Australia too faces growing Chinese challenge in its own region. Chinas forays in the South Pacific have galvanised Australia and the United States into action. India too is slowly increasing its outreach to the island states of South Pacific.

The security in the Eastern Indian Ocean, especially along maritime Southeast Asia, is a shared area of concern for India and Australia. China looms large, geographically as well as strategically, over this region. Building strategic convergence to limit Chinese influence and expanding the strategic partnership is in the interest of India and Australia.

Along with defence and security, trade and economy are also key areas of cooperation. India and Australia signed an Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA) last year. The agreement is expected to add economic muscle to the burgeoning politico-military partnership. As India...

01:17

EXCLUSIVE: Ted Cruz Demands Answers From Meta, Google, And TikTok In New Senate Probe "IndyWatch Feed National"

Ted CruzThe Texas senator followed up with Silicon Valley's major players to explain their initial responses to congressional inquiries were not adequate.

01:02

Melbourne Sat 18 March: Protest against the AUKUS war alliance, nuclear submarines and to free Assange - Victorian State Library "IndyWatch Feed National"

Melbourne State Library 1 pm Saturday 18 March against AUKUS US $170b nuclear sub purchase and alliance , and .

 

 

The , and have organised a at 1pm on Saturday 18 March outside the State Library of Victoria. As the Australian armed forces with its eight US-manufactured nuclear-powered hunter-killer submarines, costing a staggering $170 billion, and used in its planned war against China, the need for protest action to stop this is more urgent than ever.

 

This planned war against China is only one component of the United States' overall war against humanity, upon which it embarked in 1945, following the end of the Second World War. One estimate of the cost, so far, of this war - in Korea, Vietnam, Africa, the Middle East and elsewhere - is 20 million lives.

Protestors will also be calling on the Australian government to act to use the power vested in it to end the illegal imprisonment and torture of Julian Assange by the UK government and also to prevent the US government's no-less-illegal efforts to have him extradited to the US to face trial before a kangaroo court and thence imprisonment in solitary confinement for the rest of his life.

If you are free in six weeks time, on the afternoon of Saturday 18 March, please be there at the State Library at 1pm to add your voice to those opposed...

00:32

Sunak grants 5 billion boost to the military despite growing issues of poverty and inflation "IndyWatch Feed National"

By Ahmed Adel | March 16, 2023

Britains updated defence and foreign policy strategy envisages an additional 5 billion for armaments and is a demonstration that Londons priority is confrontation with Russia and China. Although UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak promised this considerable appropriation for the military over two years, it is unlikely to appease British conservatives as the figure did not meet the demands of spending 3% GDP on defence.

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace wanted a larger military budget but officials are reportedly delighted with the settlement. This is unlikely the case behind closed doors.

Most of the 5 billion will be used to replenish ammunition stockpiles given to Ukraine and work on the AUKUS project to develop nuclear-powered submarines for Australia. Effectively, the main priority of Londons updated defence and foreign policy strategy is to oppose the main geopolitical threats to Anglo hegemony Russia and China.

Speaking from San Diego on March 13, Sunak said: Its clear that the world has become more volatile, the threats to our security have increased. And thats why were investing 5 billion more in our world-beating armed forces over the next two years and increasing our defence spending to 2.5% of GDP so we can continue to be a world leader when it comes to defence and keeping our country safe.

Of course, this omits the obvious failures in Afghanistan and Ukraine, and the fact that neither Russia or China pose a threat to Britain. In fact, it is evident from the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan that the threat is the UK.

Russophobia guides the British political and media establishment, and has thus shaped British public opinion for more than 200 years. Therefore, in the context of Russias special military operation, the updated strategy does not represent anything new in terms of escalation. Rather, it just merely shows the British establishments continuous Russophobia.

The procurement of ammunition and atomic armament demonstrates that the Sunak government is continuing what Boris Johnson, and those before him, started. What is telling though is that a 5 billion boost is being allocated to the military, partially to replenish stocks given to Ukraine, just as the UK is experiencing the worst economic catastrophe of the 21st century, thus far.

According to the latest figures (2020/21), around one in five people in the UK (20%) were in poverty, or 13.4 million people. Of these, 7.9 million were working-age adults, 3.9 million were children and 1.7 million were pensioners. Therefore, one in four children in the UK are living in poverty (27%).

However, a report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, an independent social change organization working to solve poverty in the UK, said in January 2023 that living standards are likely to have fallen since the latest official dat........

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23:15

Rare waterspout swirls over Darwin Harbour, Australia "IndyWatch Feed National"

A waterspout was seen swirling near Darwin Harbour in the Northern Territory on Wednesday, March 15. Credit: Taryn Hirst via Storyful

22:53

ABC 'comedy' wanker "IndyWatch Feed National"

New submarines are on their way! Eventually. Possibly. pic.twitter.com/hOK4T8Qixj Mark Humphries (@markhumphries) March 16, 2023

22:25

NSW Labor on Matt Kean's fundraising war-chest "IndyWatch Feed National"

Dear Comrade, We've always known the Liberals have ultra-rich donors with deep pockets. But would you believe this: Treasurer Matt Kean alone has raised $360,000 for the Liberals' election campaign: And unfortunately for us, that kind of cash goes a long way in tight elections like this one.$360,000 can buy...

22:20

"IndyWatch Feed Qld" "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

On Wednesday 8 March, a pair of Australian Army Boeing CH-47F 'Foxtrot' Chinook helicopters were noted passing through Rockhampton Airport as they flew home to Townsville after being at Melbourne (Avalon) where they were on display at the just completed Australian International Airshow.



The two Chinooks were identified as A15-302 and A15-303 and are both operated by the Australian Army's 5th Aviation Regiment (5 Avn Regt) 'C' Squadron based at Townsville.

They looked to fly separately into Rocky from RAAF Base Amberley with A15-302 flying as "Fatboy 359" and A15-303 a few minutes behind as "Brahman 11".

After taking on fuel, both Chinooks departed separately from Rockhampton Airport for Townsville.

Of interest, we reported on Wednesday 22 February, that A15-302 and A15-305 were planned to head South to Avalon but it appears that A15-305 returned to Townsville with it then subsequently passing back through Rockhampton Airport on Saturday 4 5 March as one of three Chinooks (also A15-304 and A15-307) to embark on the HMAS Canberra to head to Vanuatu for Cyclone relief efforts.  

It is unclear when A15-305 flew back to Townsville...

21:47

Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Boeing C-17A Globemaster III A41-210 Missed Approach at Bundaberg Airport as "Stallion 24" - Plus More! "IndyWatch Feed Qld"

On Wednesday 1 March, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Boeing C-17A Globemaster III A41-210 was noted completing a missed approach at Bundaberg Airport.


File photo

It was flying as "Stallion 24" and departed RAAF Base Amberley to fly up to complete the missed approach at Bundaberg Airport.  It then flew North to meet up with RAAF Airbus A330-200 / KC-30A Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) A39-001 "Ausy 435" which was flying from Guam to Amberley.

From near Proserpine to Gladstone the two RAAF heavies flew together but the Globemaster was then tasked by The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) to fly to a 5-metre boat with one person on board, reportedly in trouble 60 miles North-East of Rockhampton.  They flew out to it and found it anchored and not drifting then flew low around it for over an hour until LifeFlight Rescue Bell 412EP VH-XCK "Rescue 522" arrived from Bundaberg.  

The Globemaster then returned to Amberley. 

VH-XCK "Rescue 522" returned from there to Bundaberg Airport.

Photo taken by Scott Harris 

21:08

Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Airbus A330-203 / KC-30A (MRTT) A39-001 Missed Approach at Rockhampton Airport "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

On Friday 3 March, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Airbus A330-203 / KC-30A Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) A39-001 was noted completing a missed approach at Rockhampton Airport.

File photo

It was heard to be flying as "Dragon 30" and flew up from RAAF Base Amberley to complete the missed approach at Rockhampton Airport.  It then continued up to land at Townsville.

Later, A39-001 "Dragon 30" departed Townsville to the North to meet up with fellow RAAF KC-30A MRTT A39-006 "Dragon 35" which had earlier departed RAAF Base Tindal and flew across to a position overhead Cairns where they both then flew down together to Amberley.

Of interest, as shown in the photo above from Penang, Malaysia, taken earlier in the week shows, A39-001 has been re-painted.

On their entry to RAAF service, the KC-30A fleet initially carried a low-visibility grey colour scheme brought over from the predecessor Boeing B707 Tanker Transports. This included the aircrafts identification numbers, emergency markings, RAAF roundels and squadron insignia being applied in blue grey paint.

Difficulty with identifying individual KC-30As on the tarmac and in the air will see the existing blue-grey markings swapped with dark grey markings that have higher contrast with the light grey applied to the rest of the aircraft.

Most (if not all) of the seven RAAF KC-30As have received these new markings with the dark grey markings to be applied on each KC-30A as it comes due for scheduled repainting.

It certainly makes it a lot easier for us plane spotters to identify the KC-30A with a repaint program applying dark grey markings to the aircraft.

Photo taken by Pravin Menon 

20:57

Was Silicon Valley Bank crashed deliberately? "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

By Han Barkmeyer

Its extremely interesting to note one specific fact about Joseph Gentile, the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). Gentile seems to have a history of being at the helm of ships that sink in a very dramatic fashion. In fact, his job before SVB was atLehman Brothers.
Yes. That Lehman Brothers.

Prior to joining SVB in 2007, Mr. Gentile served as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for Lehman Brothers Global Investment Bank where he directed the accounting and financial needs within the Fixed Income Division.

Who is Joseph Gentile, the link between the SVB and Lehman Brothers collapses?


https://www.esquireme.com/brief/who-is-joseph-gentile-the-link-between-the-svb-and-lehman-brothers-collapses

Well, well, well, it seems the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) has brought a certain individual back into the spotlight. Joseph Gentile, the banks Chief Administrative Officer, has been making headlines due to his past involvement with Lehman Brothers, the global finance firm that famously went bankrupt during the 2008 financial crisis.

Yup, you read that right, the same guy who used to be Lehman Brothers Chief Financial Officer (CFO) is now at the center of attention in the SVB debacle.

SVB, once the premier financial institution for tech and health startup businesses in the US, has been in a rapid downward spiral since Friday, with customers starting to withdraw their deposits due to the banks investments being adversely affected by recently hiked interest rates.

Natural News:
Let there be no illusions about how this ends: The total collapse of the dollar, the banking system and the USA as we know it. Perhaps that was the plan all along.

Yes, it was the plan all along. The plan was hatched 3,300 years ago.

Mr. Gentile is obviously working for those who want to destroy America and the West.


https://odysee.com/@KnowMoreNews:1/Edom-Finished:d

20:52

Yet another tacit Liberal Party murder confession. "IndyWatch Feed National"

The Liberal Party has made a number of tacit murder confessions in regard to Robodebt and the illegal importation of COVID-19, but the SA Division of the Liberals appears to be striving to win a glod Logie award for such confessions.

Short link to this posting:  https://wp.me/p1n8TZ-38N

In a video of 35 seconds duration, the SA Liberal Party hammers the Malinauskas Government for making ambulance ramping twice as dangerous, and potentially twice as deadly as it was under Premier Steven Marshall. 

I may be wrong, but I strongly suspect that this advertisment is an admission that the Liberal Party violated the Genocide provisions in Section 268.5 (2) of the Commonwealth  Criminal Code Act (1995) and the Criminal Neglect provision in Section 14(1) of the SA criminal code:

This advertisement is 35 seconds of ultra-compelling audio-visual evidence of the fact that in Australia, politicians see themselves as being above the law when they make fatal decisions.

HOW WIERD This advert is demanding that Peter Malinauskas fix a deadly problem that the Liberal Party did not fix in 4 years of government.

Robo-debt, Welfare-Gate, COVID-GATE and Vaccine-Gate are other examples of this nasty habit of making unlawful decisions that kill people.

PLEASE SHARE MY WEB POSTING LINK WITH AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE SO THAT THEY CAN SEE THIS VIDEO BEFORE THE LIBERAL PARTY WAKES UP TO THE LEGAL IMPLICATIONS OF THIS TACIT MURDER CONFESSION AND CANCEL IT.

Share this posting:  https://wp.me/p1n8TZ-38N

Ronald Medlicott. Citizen, teacher and volunteer Christian lay-advocate.

20:03

Ukrainians picking very unwise fights with potential mercenary Muslim enemies "IndyWatch Feed National"

Kind-hearted and tolerant Ukrainians use the Koran as a cutting board for their salo. pic.twitter.com/pT9Acfg98z Donbass Devushka (@PeImeniPusha) March 15, 2023

20:00

This and That "IndyWatch Feed National"

  In search of the lost ark   AUKUS trilateral security pact between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States (Defense News) On Monday, the U.S., Australia, and the United Kingdom unveiled new details about their partnership to produce for Australia its own nuclear-powered submarine by 2040, known as the SSN AUKUS. The U.S. []

The post This and That appeared first on Virtual Mirage.

18:17

BEST OF THE WEB: Study: More infant vaccines lead to higher infant mortality "IndyWatch Feed National"

Do childhood vaccines impact a child's mortality risk? While controversy around this issue continues to swirl, peer-reviewed research suggests the answer is a yes. In 2011, Neil Miller, Ph.D., and Gary Goldman, Ph.D., published a paper in the journal Human & Experimental Toxicology showing infant mortality rates correlated with childhood vaccination rates, with high-uptake countries having higher child mortality. As detailed in the abstract:1 "The U.S. childhood immunization schedule specifies 26 vaccine doses for infants aged less than 1 year the most in the world yet 33 nations have lower IMRs. Using linear regression, the immunization schedules of these 34 nations were examined and a correlation coefficient of r = 0.70 (p < 0.0001) was found between IMRs and the number of vaccine doses routinely given to infants.

18:06

The Flat Earth Movers at The Demolition Derby Were Plowed Under so God Left Them a Rose on the Grave of Their Mind. "IndyWatch Feed National"

Reflections in a Petri Dish March 15, 2023

Dog Poet Transmitting.

They came out from under a rock somewhere and are dancing like stick-figure Meth-heads in their torn underwear. They pay no mind to the rest of The World that pays no mind to them. Except when they trip in front of your car while screaming at invisible creatures from another dimension; Do you know who I are? They burn incandescent for a minute or two, then fizzle out like a cigarette butt in a can of beer.

They drive Flat-Earth movers at The Demolition Derby, where they plow themselves under & God leaves a rose on the grave of their mind. Is it because so many people have collectively become so dumb that they think they can turn the clock back to the day before Pythagoras, and no one will notice? When college grads can no longer find the rest of The World on a map, they might be right.

Then again their world might be flat. Mine is not.

You see certain financial and political forces that are trying to regress humanity back to the primitive tribal mindset, with their tattoos and nose rings.. their pierced privates writhing by the firelight of bad-drumming circles; calling out Lovecraftian rhythms to their poisoned bloodstreams dreaming of the halcyon days of human sacrifice; soothsayers dismembering children and reading their entrails, ALL FOR THE BENEFIT OF The WEF butt bandits, who are liking them to be as dumb as they come so that they can get away with whatever they please.

Is it any less soul-killing to be spending their hours in skyscraper towers, and juggling numbers in the hope that possibly just maybe it will all add up to enough to pay off their indentured enslavement to the company store? Thats not even their real bondage. Their real bondage is to all the nasty habits they picked up trying to forget what they have to go through to afford them.

Yesterday in honor of the flat Earth junkies, someone said that Space isnt real either. I told them that neither is Matter. Matters just energy that woke up and had to pee and it cant find the bathroom. Then there is a period of reasoning it out, and an emergency decision gets made. Then the peeing takes place and it turns back into Matter until it has to pee again its a creeping somnambulism thing. This is where Karma comes from.

So it takes countless forms shape shifting appearing to be and then not being; a sort of to pee or not to pee, is that the question? Youll understand it better once you see Schrodingers cat in the litter box. Then the answer to your own personal existence will be explained when the cat does or does not di...

18:00

The Worst Deal Ever Australia To Pay U.S. For Nuclear Insecurity "IndyWatch Feed National"

Moon of Alabama March 15, 2023

The the last weeks review I mentioned the AUKUS deal. It was first announced in September 2021. Back then I wrote:

Yesterday the U.S., the UK and Australia announced that the latter one will buy nuclear powered submarines to do the U.S. bidding against China.

This is a huge but short term win for the U.S. with an also-ran booby price for Britain and a strategic loss of sovereignty and budget control for Australia.

It is another U.S. slap into the face of France and the European Union. The deal will piss off New Zealand, Indonesia and of course China. It will upset the international nuclear non proliferation regime and may lead to the further military nuclearization of South Korea and Japan.

Australia currently has six conventional submarines. It had ordered new ones from France but scrapped that deal for AUKUS:

The price for the new submarines Australia will have to pay will be much higher that for the French ones. Some $3 billion have already been sunk into the French contract. France will rightfully demand additional compensation for cancelling it. The new contract with the U.S. or UK will cost more than the French one but will only include 8 instead of 12 boats. As three boats are needed to keep one at sea (while the other two are training or in refit), the actual patrolling capacity for Australias navy will sink from 4 to 2-3 concurrent submarines at sea.

The much higher price of the fewer more complicate boats will upset Australias defense budget for decades to come.

I further suggested that blackmail may have played a role in the AUKUS deal.

A few days after the announcement there were new details publish which suggested that Australia would lease nuclear submarines from the U.S. because the new ones will take many years to build. It would upgrade Perth harbor to be able to handle nuclear propulsion boats:

Cont. reading: The Worst Deal Ever Australia To Pay U.S. For Nuclear Insecurity

17:55

Raising awareness about endometriosis critical "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

Endometriosis is a common and often painful condition where the lining of the uterus grows outside of it causing an inflammatory response, particularly around menstruation.

While the condition varies amongst individuals, it is frequently associated with pain, bloating, heavy menstruation and impacts on wellbeing and at times, fertility.

March is Endometriosis Awareness Month refocusing a lens on the chronic disease continuing to affect the lives of more than 800,000 Australian women, girls, and those who are gender diverse. 

 

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Produced By: Emma Wotzke

Featured In Story: Louise Hull Professor at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at the University of Adelaide, and Libby Trainor Parker Endometriosis advocate with lived experience of endo

First aired on The Wire, Thursday 16 March 2023

The post Raising awareness about endometriosis critical appeared first on 4YOU 98.5FM Capricorn Community Radio.

17:54

Yoorrook Justice Commission hearings highlight systemic injustice "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

The Yoorrook Justice Commission has recently heard from community members with first-hand experiences of the child protection and criminal justice systems, following a series of other hearings last year on various issues impacting First Peoples.

This comes as Victorias controversial bail laws, which meant Aboriginal women were imprisoned at double the rate, are set to be loosened within months.

All First Peoples can continue to tell their truth about any ongoing or historic systemic injustice affecting First Peoples in Victoria by making a submission through Yoorrooks online submission portal.  First Peoples are encouraged to make submissions in any form they wish, including audio or video recorded submissions, artwork, or recordings of song or dance. Free, confidential, and safe social and emotional wellbeing support and legal advice is available for all First Peoples wishing to tell their truth to Yoorrook

Produced By: Anisha Pillarisetty

Featured In Story: Professor Eleanor Bourke Chair of the Yoorrook Justice Commission

First aired on The Wire, Thursday 16 March 2023

The post Yoorrook Justice Commission hearings highlight systemic injustice appeared first on 4YOU 98.5FM Capricorn Community Radio.

17:54

Psychological First Aid for sufferers of natural disasters "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

Over the last three years, many Australians have lost everything thanks to the bushfires and floods, and theyve had to start from scratch.

A research article released last year found Psychological First Aid or PFA is vital for communities to thrive after these traumatic experiences.

Story produced by RTRFM

Produced By: Jeff Bullen

Featured In Story: Dr Jessica Mackelprang Senior Lecturer in Psychology and Clinical Psychologist at Swinburne University

First aired on The Wire, Thursday 16 March 2023

The post Psychological First Aid for sufferers of natural disasters appeared first on 4YOU 98.5FM Capricorn Community Radio.

17:53

Food insecurity rising in Australia: survey "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

Escalating food insecurity has been attributed to a perfect storm of influences including: changes in supply, impacts from floods, rising interest rates and booming living costs, reshaping the need for food relief.

Produced By: Emma Wotzke

Featured In Story: Greg Pattinson CEO of Foodbank South Australia and Central Australia

First aired on The Wire, Thursday 16 March 2023

The post Food insecurity rising in Australia: survey appeared first on 4YOU 98.5FM Capricorn Community Radio.

17:05

Coinbase met with Australian banking regulators over local crypto regulations "IndyWatch Feed National"

Coinbases vice president of international policy told Cointelegraph the meetings took place in Canberra and Sydney and touched on the governments token mapping efforts.

16:15

Simply magnificent new campaign ad for Sleepy Joe Biden. "IndyWatch Feed National"

Thank you Underminder, you always come through with the goods!

16:14

When did Centrelink stop answering the phone? "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

Theyve sent me a $5,000 debt notice and there appears to be no one home to speak with?

I ventured into my first Centrelink office in years yesterday since phone lines seem like a no-go, and they said they had no power to help and to go call.

I feel like I am some kind of infinite Centrelink loop! Will I ever get out?

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15:00

Australian Dollar and Bitcoin "IndyWatch Feed National"

1.00 AUD = 0.00003 BTC
0.00010 BTC = 3.70 AUD
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14:38

Australia's traditional owners - China - buying up our country like it's going out of fashion. "IndyWatch Feed National"

Peaceful invasion hey? But don't despair if you can't afford a house, we've got submarines coming.

13:43

SA union leader resigns after store CCTV records her apparently shoplifting "IndyWatch Feed National"

Leah York has today announced she will step down from her position as Branch Secretary of the South Australian Branch of the AEU following an incident in Mount Gambier last week. Ms Yorks resignation will be effective close of business today. The AEU is in the process of determining interim...

12:31

Lydia Tr is dead "IndyWatch Feed National"

To paraphrase a quote, I am less interested in Lydia Trs dreams than in the near certainty that the Trs of the real world dont make it out of Staten Island. Art is the opposite of rent. Artists need money to live and time to create, as do audiences in order to attend.

The post Lydia Tr is dead appeared first on Overland literary journal.

12:31

Trashing Asylum: The UKs Illegal Migration Bill "IndyWatch Feed National"

He was standing before a lectern at Downing Street. The words on the support looked eerily similar to those used by the politicians of another country. According to UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Stop the Boats was the way to go. It harked back to the same approach used by Australias Tony Abbott, who won the 2013 election on precisely that platform.

The UK Illegal Migration Bill is fabulously own-goaled, bankrupt and unprincipled. For one thing, it certainly is a labour of love in terms of the illegal, as the title suggests. In time, the courts may well also find fault with this ghastly bit of proposed legislation, which has already sailed through two readings in the Commons and resting in the Committee stage.

On Good Morning Britain, Home Secretary Suella Braverman had to concede she was running novel arguments about dealing with such irregular migration, not making mention of Australias own novel experiment which did, and still continues, to besmirch and taint international refugee law.

In her statement on whether the bill would be consistent with the European Convention of Human Rights, enshrined by the UK Human Rights Act, Braverman was brazen to the point of being quixotic: I am unable to make a statement that, in my view, the provisions of the Illegal Migration Bill are compatible with the Convention rights, but the Government nevertheless wishes the House to proceed with the Bill.

The long title of the bill does not even bother to conceal its purposes. It makes provision for and in connection with the removal from the United Kingdom of persons who have entered or arrived in breach of immigration control. It furnishes a detention regime, deals with unaccompanied children, makes some remarks about victims of slavery or human trafficking and, more to the point makes provision about the inadmissibility of certain protection and certain human rights claims relating to immigration.

The central purpose of the bill is to destroy the very basis of seeking asylum in Britain, along with the process that accompanies it. Much of this is inspired by the fact that the United Kingdom does not do the business of processing asylums particularly well. Glorious Britannia...

12:09

How we built a database of conflicts driven by Indonesias palm oil smallholder scheme "IndyWatch Feed National"

In Sumatra, villagers occupied an oil palm plantation and set tires on fire; in the Bangka-Belitung Islands, they filled the local parliament building demanding action; in Borneo, paramilitary police were deployed to control the protests. Each of these incidents appeared in local media reports in Indonesia in the past few years and told what was becoming, to anyone paying attention, an increasingly familiar story. Since the 1970s, as corporate-run palm oil plantations spread across Indonesia, companies promised to share them with local villagers, in plots known as plasma. Initially, they made these commitments to secure access to land and subsidized government financing; from 2007, it was a legal obligation to share a fifth of any new plantation with villagers. During our field reporting in Indonesias palm oil heartlands, we repeatedly encountered allegations that companies were failing to deliver. Local media reports from across the Southeast Asian country told a similar story, with a steady stream of appeals to government, protests, direct action and sometimes even violence, due to simmering conflicts over plasma. When we began to investigate this in earnest, one of the key questions we sought to answer was just how widespread this problem was. It soon became clear that government monitoring was patchy and unreliable. Government agencies themselves openly acknowledged the flaws in their data. Most palm oil producers declined to share data that would enable us to interrogate their claims that they were complying with the law. Since the 1970s, as corporate-run palm oil plantations spread acrossThis article was originally published on Mongabay

12:00

License to Disrupt: Australia Goes Soft on Climate Protestors "IndyWatch Feed National"

Deanna "Violet" Maree Coco, who used a truck and flares to set up an illegal road block on Sydney's main harbour crossing, has just walked free from jail on appeal.

The post License to Disrupt: Australia Goes Soft on Climate Protestors first appeared on Watts Up With That?.

11:45

THREAD: Forestry Corps Total Forest Closure Notice is fake: no arrests at #ForestWalkOn "IndyWatch Feed National"

The Govt is using our money to destroy our native forests. We need them and our native animals need them. Fran Fagan Wingham resident Phew! I got lost, drove rocky waterlogged trails through the Yarratt State Forest lots of forestry utes & blokes but not pulled over. Yarratt Forest NOT closed. Got to []

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11:37

What Does the End of La Nia Mean for Global Weather Amidst the Climate Crisis? "IndyWatch Feed National"

The rare triple dip La Nia that worsened the U.S. southwests drought, harried two busy Atlantic hurricane seasons and poured into record-breaking rainfall in Australia is finally over. 

The National Weather Services Climate Prediction Center issued its final advisory for the outgoing cold phase of the El Nio Southern Oscillation (ENSO) cycle March 9.

La Nia has ended and ENSO-neutral conditions are expected to continue through the Northern Hemisphere spring and early summer 2023, the center announced. 

What does this mean? The ENSO cycle describes whether the waters in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean are warmer than average (El Nio), cooler than average (La Nia) or neutral, ie. average. Either warmer or cooler Pacific temperatures can influence weather around the world. In the U.S., for example, El Nio is associated with dryer, warmer weather in the northern states and more rain and increased flood risk in the Southeast and along the Gulf Coast, The New York Times explained. La Nia, on the other hand, typically brings dryer, warmer weather to the south and wetter weather to the north. 

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11:00

Study: Exercise Should Be First Treatment for Depression "IndyWatch Feed National"

I've been a long-term advocate for exercise as a primary treatment option for depression, and now, an overview of systematic reviews1,2,3 shows just how well-reasoned this advice has been.

Exercise Is 1.5x More Effective Than Best Antidepressants

In all, 97 systematic reviews with meta-analyses of controlled trials assessing the effects of exercise on adult depression, anxiety and psychological distress were included (amounting to a total of 1,039 trials involving 128,119 participants).

Populations included healthy adults, people with mental health disorders and people with chronic diseases. It's the most comprehensive review of research to date, and clearly demonstrates that exercise can rapidly alleviate mild to moderate symptoms of depression, anxiety and other forms of psychological distress. As reported by the University of South Australia, which performed the umbrella review:4

"University of South Australia researchers are calling for exercise to be a mainstay approach for managing depression as a new study shows that physical activity is 1.5 times more effective than counselling or the leading medications

[The study] shows that physical activity is extremely beneficial for improving symptoms of depression, anxiety, and distress. Specifically, the review showed that exercise interventions that were 12 weeks or shorter were the most effective at reducing mental health symptoms, highlighting the speed at which physical activity can make a change.

The largest benefits were seen among people with depression, pregnant and postpartum women, healthy individuals, and people diagnosed with HIV or kidney disease Lead UniSA researcher, Dr Ben Singh, says physical activity must be prioritized to better manage the growing cases of mental health conditions.

'Physical activity is known to help improve mental health. Yet despite the evidence, it has not been widely adopted as a first-choice treatment. Our review shows that physical activity interventions can significantly reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety in all clinical populations, with some groups showing even greater signs of improvement.

Higher intensity exercise ha...

10:30

Witchcraft and the Cruelty of Anti-Semitism "IndyWatch Feed National"

(L) Chancellor von Bismarck (C) Witch burning, Photo: Encyclopedia Britannica (R) Chancellor Hitler at Berlin in 1938, Photo: AP(L) Chancellor von Bismarck (C) Witch burning, Photo: Encyclopedia Britannica (R) Chancellor Hitler at Berlin in 1938, Photo: AP

by Mary W Maxwell, LLB

I recently found a 1956 book entitled The Magic Background of Modern Anti-Semitism: An Analysis of the German-Jewish Relationship. It was written by Adolf Leschnitzer from lectures he gave at Free University of Berlin from 1952 to 1954. He served in WWI as a German soldier and then was a history teacher in high schools until he emigrated, to escape persecution, in 1939 first to Netherlands then to England.

The theme of the book Magic Background goes like this.  For two centuries the 1200s and 1300s there was violent persecution of Jews in Germany (this book never talks about Jews elsewhere). Oddly, the cruelty lightened up during the 1500s and 1600s, the reason being that a focus on witchcraft replaced it. Then it came back again in 1800s and 1900s.

In the preface, Adolf Leschnitzer says In an...

08:58

Electricity charges are set for a steep rise "IndyWatch Feed National"

Contributed by Jim Hayes

Australians are about to pay a whole lot more for using electricity. All parties promised to put a stop to all these price rises during the last federal election campaign. The promise has been betrayed.

The Australian Energy Regulator (AER) who is supposed to keep a lid on he rises has just lifted what can be charged by electricity companies, and they have been allowed to set tiers to charge different plans with different prices in some areas. The argument given is that this will generate competition.

Expected price rises are from around 20 percent to more than 30 percent. This will add considerable financial stress to many already pressed households.

The problem with the existing price regulation system is that it relies on the belief that the market is the way to generate the best outcome. If this outcome is to deliver lower prices, it has been a total failure.

To be fair, it must be acknowledged that the Albanese government did set a price cap in October last year. This had a small and temporary positive effect. There was a little fall in prices. Unfortunately. this might be coming to an end. A bigger and longer-term solution is needed.

Images by LAVO: Ending coal power plants and shifting to renewable alternatives is part of the answer

If lower energy cost is still the objective, there must be a different approach. It is not necessary to peg to international prices, as is the case at the moment. Instead of generous subsidies to energy companies, there should be sufficient investment into cheaper and cleaner energy. Australia remains reliant on aging coal generation plants that are no longer working efficiently, and therefore raising costs. T...

07:41

The Not-So-Winding Road from Iraq to Ukraine "IndyWatch Feed National"


U.S. soldiers breaking into a home in Baquba, Iraq, in 2008   Photo: Reuters
By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, World BEYOND War, March 15, 2023
March 19th marks the 20th anniversary of the U.S. and British invasion of Iraq. This seminal event in the short history of the 21st century not only continues to plague Iraqi society to this day, but it also looms large over the current crisis in Ukraine, making it impossible for most of the Global South to see the war in Ukraine through the same prism as U.S. and Western politicians.
While the U.S. was able to strong-arm 49 countries, including many in the Global South, to join its coalition of the willing to support invading the sovereign nation of Iraq, only the U.K., Australia, Denmark and Poland actually contributed troops to the invasion force, and the past 20 years of disastrous interventions have taught many nations not to hitch their wagons to the faltering U.S. empire.
Today, nations in the Global South have overwhelmingly...

07:00

Australias old media are on the ropes and are being exposed for bias and conflict of interest daily "IndyWatch Feed National"

Australias old media are now being exposed daily for their biased reporting and failure to declare their conflict of interests which has to mean their days are numbered. The evidence for that []

06:09

Human Patenting, The Coming CBDC Push & Does Your Gov Consider You A Domestic Threat Actor? "IndyWatch Feed National"

Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (3/15/23).
As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth is, or claiming they have the answer, is likely leading you astray, for one reason or another. Stay Vigilant.
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(35) Bernie's Tweets on Twitter: "CLIMATE CHANGE - Doomsday predictions from Al Gore 1992, we had 10 years to save the world. Hes still at it but this time its tied up in the UN & WEFs The Great Reset. He wasnt a billionaire before he became a climate activist. Follow the money. https://t.co/c3mnhQmySC" / Twitter
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05:45

Another lone gunman in Townsville takes his own life "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

Have people suddenly gone mad with firearms and motor vehicles? Or is it a result of the toxic mRNA Covid jab which doctors have warned affects the brain and nervous system?

From ABC

Residents who were locked inside their homes while gunshots rang out through their quiet North Queensland neighborhood are speaking to counselors about their experiences.

Police Landcruiser wagon has a few holes from a centrefire rifle. This is the second such incident recently after an 18 year old girl shot two people in Toowoomba and an earlier incident in Toowoomba when a single shooter fired a rifle in a house.

Officers conducted operations from the kitchens and yards of some homes, forcing some residents to be evacuated.

The sounds of a speaker used by police to negotiate with the man could be heard by residents until the early hours of Monday morning.

The siege ended at 6.45am on Monday, when police found the 50-year-old gunman deceased inside a home.

Key points:

  • The 10-hour siege ended when the gunmans body was found
  • Some residents were forced to vacate their homes to allow police to conduct operations from them
  • The Queensland government is offering residents counselling usually reserved for natural disaster recovery

Outreach teams are doorknocking residents in the Townsville suburb of Kirwan after a 10-hour siege on Sund...

04:45

AUKUS deal worst in history former Australian PM "IndyWatch Feed National"

RT | March 15, 2023

Former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating has fired a broadside against the current government for its endorsement of the AUKUS security bloc and the purchase of American submarines. It doesnt help protect the country and drags it into the US attempt to preserve its hegemony by containing China, he has argued.

Keating, who chaired the Australian government in the 1990s, reiterated his negative view of the purchase of Virginia-class nuclear-powered boats in a lengthy rebuke this week. He branded it the worst international decision by an Australian Labor government since conscription in World War I. Speaking to journalists from the National Press Club of Australia on Wednesday to make the case for his position, he added it must be the worst deal in all history.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese formally confirmed the acquisition on Monday during a visit to California, where he and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak were hosted at a naval base by US President Joe Biden. The plan was first announced in 2021, with Keating blasting the then-Conservative government in Canberra.

Figures in the British government were looking around for suckers, the famously acerbic Aussie politician said of the prelude to the announcement two years ago. And they found whoo! here is a bunch of accommodating people in Australia. The Albanese cabinet was just as eager to push the deal forward, he added.

The Australian Royal Navy is buying up to five attack submarines from the US and possibly building three more with the UKs help. The deal is estimated to cost 360 billion Australian dollars ($240bn).

With that investment, Australia could have 40 to 50 domestically-built Collins-class diesel-electric submarines instead, Keating suggested.

A larger fleet would be far better at protecting Australia from a possible invasion, which would require an armada of troops ships reaching its coast, he believes. Meanwhile, the nuclear subs would be sent to the Chinese coast to potentially take part in a US-Chinese conflict, the former prime minister suggested.

Its a strange way to defend Australia to have your submarines sunk on the Chinese continental shelf chasing Chinese submarines, Keating mused.

We are part of a [US] containment policy against China, he added. Its about one matter only: the maintenance of US strategic hegemony in Southeast Asia.

The politician dismissed as rubbish the idea that China poses a military threat to Australia in the first place and shamed national journalists peddling it.

03:55

Australias Nuclear Submarine Program "IndyWatch Feed National"

Madness. Via: The Diplomat: From around 2027, U.S. and U.K. nuclear submarines will undertake rotational deployments to Australia. In the 2030s, subject to U.S. Congressional approval, Australia will purchase three to five Virginia-class subs. The Biden administration and Australia itself are also making new investments in the United States submarine-building capacity. Lastly, beginning from the []

03:50

The Worst Deal Ever - Australia To Pay U.S. For Nuclear Insecurity "IndyWatch Feed National"

The the last week's review I mentioned the AUKUS deal. It was first announced in September 2021. Back then I wrote: Yesterday the U.S., the UK and Australia announced that the latter one will buy nuclear powered submarines to do...

03:11

Fishy business of squid vessels needs stronger regulation, study says "IndyWatch Feed National"

Squid fishing could be getting out of control due to the industrys lack of regulations, scientists say, prompting calls for greater oversight. Thousands of squid fishing vessels operate across the world, using light to lure the eight-armed cephalopods to the surface and catching them with nets or jigging equipment. While some research suggests that squid are globally abundant, other evidence suggests that overfishing is driving some populations to decline, including the jumbo flying squid (Dosidicus gigas) in the Southeast Pacific and the Argentine shortfin (Illex argentinus) in the Southwest Atlantic. Experts also say that most squid fishing takes place in unregulated areas in international waters, which has allowed the industry to operate without scrutiny. In a new study published in Science Advances, researchers from Global Fishing Watch, the University of California, Santa Cruz, the Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security at the University of Wollongong, and the Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency used satellite and vessel tracking data to study the movements of the squid fishing vessels. It found that squid fishing across the global oceans increased by 68% over three years (2017-2020), accounting for about 4.4 million total hours of fishing time. The study also indicated that 86% of this fishing occurred in unregulated areas, and that many of the vessels traveled long distances to operate in different regions. A major challenge with unregulated fisheries is that we dont know what we dont know and the data to deeply understand questions about stock status andThis article was originally published on Mongabay

00:54

Blockchain is the answer to Russia's settlement issues, banking exec says "IndyWatch Feed National"

There is no technical reason preventing Russia from creating its own blockchain-based system, blockchain provider Fuse Network's CEO believes.

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23:12

Decentralized Communication - #SolutionsWatch "IndyWatch Feed National"

As the internet clampdown begins, people are finally beginning to wake up to the need to find alternative communication platforms. But if the masses are just herded from one centralized platform to another, has anything really changed at all? Join James for today's important edition of #SolutionsWatch where he examines some of the many decentralized communication networks, platforms and protocols that are being developed to address the root of the censorship problem.

23:00

Are You Too Late To Bitcoin? "IndyWatch Feed National"

What is the top for an immutable money that becomes the standard for humanity? Why its time to get off zero.

This is an opinion editorial by Luke Broyles, a Bitcoin content creator.

How much bitcoin does it take to get rich and fund your lifestyle? How little bitcoin does it take to protect yourself against inevitable inflation, bank runs and fiat demise? Are you too late to Bitcoin? What would a 1% allocation do?

These are questions that newbies and veterans of Bitcoin alike ask themselves and each other and, oftentimes, there isnt a clear answer.

Lets provide a solid framework to answer that question.

There Is No Top For An Immutable Money Standard

January 2009 was BTC's first price prediction. Hal Finney predicted that bitcoin could become the global-dominant payment system, or $10 million per coin (Finneys calculation would be closer to $40 million today). But bitcoin would not surpass $1.00 until April 2011... Over two full years later.

Source

What Finney understood is that upon the invention of perfect money all global wealth would inevitably consolidate into it. Henry Ford, Nikola Tesla and others also foresaw this.

A closed (monetary) system inevitably absorbs all open (productivity) systems. Money is the technology that prices everything else within its own ledger. There is no "top" price prediction for an immutable monetary standard of the human race, the standard.

Source: Author

Its About Purchasing Power, Not Price

So, a better way to think of bitcoin's value is not in price, but in purchasing power. Overlaying a share of monetary stock with a given amount of productivity (or economic value) is a better way to predict the money's value. Its worth noting that in a finite ledger, wealth inequality as we know it today does the reverse as we expect today (a topic for another...

21:53

Australia's Treasury and Reserve Bank Held Consultations With Coinbase, Others "IndyWatch Feed National"

Tom Duff Gordon, vice president for international policy at Coinbase. (CoinDesk TV)

19:58

Canberra: Join us - rally, say No to War protect truthtellers 8am 20th March ACT Courts "IndyWatch Feed National"

Join us - rally, say No to War protect truthtellers 8am Monday 20th March at the ACT Courts. On the 20th anniversary of the illegal invasion of Iraq, and as the Coalition of the Willing which was responsible for the illegal invasion of Iraq on 20 March 2003 has regrouped as AUKUS, we should remember the legacy of that disastrous war and other destructive wars. (Reposted from .)

 

Two people in particular are suffering persecution today because they dared to expose war crimes. Julian Assange released material including a video of the Baghdad airstrike which killed two Reuters journalists and other civilians, and ADF Major David McBride gave the ABC information about alleged war crimes in Afghanistan. David will be in court on the day to learn the date of commencement of his trial after 4 years!

We have a great line up of speakers

Dr Monique Ryan MP, Major David McBride, Senator David Shoebridge, Lawyer and survivor of a political prosecution, Bernard Collaery, Dr Sue Wareham, President of MAPW, GetUp CEO. Larissa Baldwin-Roberts and CBA whistleblower, Jeff Morris. Co Convenor of AAPP, Craig Andrews will MC the rally.

The wars on Iraq and Afghanistan resulted in the deaths of many hundreds of thousands of people, as well as injuring or displacing millions more. The wars caused widespread environmental destruction.

Join us to call on the Australian government to:

bring Assange home

drop the charges against McBride, and

SAY NO TO WAR ON CHINA.

Please come along to support David McBride and Julian Assange and to express horror that the countries which were responsible for so much heartbreak in Iraq and Afghanistan are bent on engaging in another war.

This rally is a joint event between the Alliance Against Political Prosecutions, the Independent and Peaceful Australia Network and the Medical Association for the Prevention of War.

MAPW Fundraising dinner 6.30pm, 28 March, Ainslie Football Club, with speaker Prof Clinton Fernandes, author of Island of the Coast of Asia, and the recent Subimperial Power: Australia in the International Arena on AUKUS and Australias Role in the Emerging World Order.

This talk examines the contours of a changing global order and Australias....

16:16

Australian Beaches Cleaned Significantly Through Waste Control Strategies "IndyWatch Feed National"

Newsroom

People oftentimes visit Australia not just to get a taste of the city, but to enjoy the beaches as well. In fact, thousands of visitors flock to the waters and watch as surfers ride the waves while others simply sunbathe.

However, with tourism also comes waste. People dont oftentimes think about the trash they leave behind. Theyre simply there to enjoy, without a care in the world. As a result, some parts of the beaches have been littered with so much plastic.

A recent scientific survey was conducted and when this was completed, researchers found that plastic on Australian beaches has fallen by 29 percent since they did the previous survey in 2013. They were impressed at what they found.

The authors of the study give credit to the well-executed and locally focused waste control strategies. They say that this is what Australians can achieve if they just put their heads together, and this may be something that the rest of the world could follow.


The efforts had been organized by the Australian national science agency....

15:18

Pan-African News Wire "IndyWatch Feed National"

Pentagon Drones Gather Data for Kievs Future Strikes on Russia Ambassador to US

Anatoly Antonov quoted US National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby as saying that US UAVs make these kinds of overflights on a daily basis

AP Photo/Michael Sohn

WASHINGTON, March 15. /TASS/. US drones are collecting reconnaissance data to be used by the Kiev forces for their future strikes on the Russian territory and Russian troops, Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov has said.

"The unacceptable actions of the United States military in the close proximity to our borders are cause for concern. We are well aware of the missions such reconnaissance and strike drones are used for," the ambassador was quoted as saying in a communique, issued in connection with Tuesdays US MQ-9 Reaper drones crash in the Black Sea.

The Russian diplomat quoted US National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby as saying that US UAVs make these kinds of overflights on a daily basis.

"What do they do thousands of miles away from the United States? The answer is obvious - they gather intelligence which is later used by the Kiev regime to attack our armed forces and territory," Antonov said.

"We proceed from the fact that the United States will refrain from further speculations in the media landscape and stop making sorties near the Russian borders," he added.

15:09

Pan-African News Wire "IndyWatch Feed National"

Putin Lambasts Version on Pipeline Blast by Ukrainian Activists

The explosion of such kind, with such power and at such depth, could only be made by specialists, supported by the whole might of a state having certain technologies, Russian President noted

ULAN-UDE, March 14. /TASS/. Statements that the terrorist act at Nord Stream pipelines was committed by certain Ukrainian activists not affiliated with official Kiev are downright nonsense, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview on Tuesday.

"I am confident this is utter nonsense," the President noted in a comment on publications offering such version.

"The explosion of such kind, with such power and at such depth, could only be made by specialists, supported by the whole might of a state having certain technologies, Putin noted. "Certainly," the Russian leader said, answering the question whether it can be assumed that exactly the Western countries committed the blast.

"One should always look for those having the interest. Who was interested? Theoretically the United States is certainly interested - to halt supplies of Russian energy resources to the European market and deliver volumes of its natural gas, particularly liquefied, even if it is much more expensive - by 25-30% - than Russian one," Putin said.

15:00

Australian Dollar and Bitcoin "IndyWatch Feed National"

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13:00

Govt committee in Pakistan lets plagiarizing vice-chancellor off the hook "IndyWatch Feed National"

Muhammad Suleman Tahir

A government expert committee in Pakistan last year cleared a university vice-chancellor of plagiarism charges based on inconsistent claims of ignorance, Retraction Watch has learned. 

The committee, which was convened by the Higher Education Commission (HEC), also appears to have flouted rules that would have held the vice-chancellor responsible even if he had no knowledge of any plagiarism committed by work under his supervision. HEC funds and oversees higher education in Pakistan.

This sends the wrong message to the academic community and undermines the credibility of the HEC, Farukh Iqbal, who brought the charges, told Retraction Watch.

The case seemed simple enough at first. But it has since spiraled into a saga that may reveal as much about the value of political muscle in Pakistan as it does about academic dishonesty.

In October 2020, Iqbal was working toward a PhD in chemical engineering at RMIT University in Australia when he noticed a new paper in the journal Fuel that looked familiar. The authors, it turned out, had lifted heavily from Iqbals 2017 masters thesis, as we reported in 2021.

Iqbal complained to both the HEC and Fuel. The journal investigated and found that Iqbals work had indeed been plagiarized. It pulled the paper in June 2021. (The retraction notice mistakenly refers to a PhD thesis.)

That same month, however, the first author of the retracted paper, Vice-chancellor...

10:58

Tucker Carlson Asked GOP Presidential Hopefuls About Ukraine: Trump Calls for Peace in Europe, Regime Change at Home; DeSantis Response Stuns Establishment "IndyWatch Feed National"

Tucker Carlson Asked GOP Presidential Hopefuls About Ukraine: Trump Calls for Peace in Europe, Regime Change at Home; DeSantis Response Stuns Establishment | 14 May 2023 | Fox News Channel host Tucker Carlson asked Republican presidential hopefuls, those who have announced and those exploring a bid, about their policy on Russias war of aggression against Ukraine. Carlson reported the responses on Monday nights show and posted the responses in full on Twitter. Nikki Haley, John Bolton, Mike Pompeo, Asa Hutchison and Chris Sununu [five useless eaters] opted to not participate. But the number of politicians who did respond is impressive, considering as Carlson acknowledged that it was presumptuous of a cable news show to conduct such a query. Those who answered: President Trump, former Vice President Mike Pence, Gov. Ron DeSantis (FL), Gov. Kristi Noem (SD), Greg Abbott (TX), Sen. Tim Scott (SC), former Gov. Chris Christie [also useless] (NJ) and Ohio businessman Vivek Ramaswamy. President Trump called for peace in Europe (but not at any price) and for regime change at home. [Exactly!]

10:12

The Upcoming Northwest "Heatwave" "IndyWatch Feed National"

 Question

On Friday afternoon at 4 PM, where would be the better place to put on your sunglasses and go outside for a warm St. Patrick's Day stroll?

Seattle or Los Angeles?

The surprising answer:  SEATTLE!

To illustrate the stunning situation, here is the latest European Center surface air temperature forecast at that time.    59F in Seattle and even higher over Chehalis and Portland.


In contrast, about 55-56F in LA on Friday afternoon.

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09:55

Indian Prime Minister Modi to Visit PNG for India Pacific Islands Countries Forum "IndyWatch Feed Niugini"

 Indian Prime Minister Narendi Modi will officially visit PNG in May for a bilateral meeting with PNG Prime Minister James Marape and leaders from the Pacific Island Countries for the Forum for India Pacific Island Countries-FIPIC- Summit.

This years FIPIC summit is the third and will be co-hosted by PNG and India in May.

PNG Minister for Foreign Affairs ,Justin Tkatchenko

According to Minister for Foreign Affairs ,Justin Tkatchenko , the FIPIC Summit is very important as it brings countries to work together with close traditional neighbours to enhance the relationships through diplomacy and official programs and activities.

This is a historical event, we have never had the Prime Minister of one of the biggest leading economies and population to come to Papua New Guinea before country, and shows the commitment India now wants to play in the region and also with Papua New Guinea going forward, Minister Tkatchenko said.

"India does trade with PNG in many different sectors and also India does very well in its SME programs and activities with its people, in agriculture and information and technology and is leading the way as well," he said

Meantime, the 14 FIPIC member countries to attend the summit include PNG as the host, Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Cook Islands, who is now the current Chair of the Forum, Kiribati, Marshal Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Samoa, Palau, Tonga and Tuvalu.

FM100 / PNG Today

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08:59

National Australia Bank makes first-ever cross-border stablecoin transaction "IndyWatch Feed National"

The Big Four Australian bank is the second to issue a stablecoin and hopes to support transactions by corporate clients by the end of the year.

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23:16

6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes eastern Papua New Guinea "IndyWatch Feed Niugini"

An earthquake measuring 6.3 magnitude on the Richter scale has struck eastern Papua New Guinea. The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said that the epicentre of the earthquake occurred at a depth of 211 km, 456 km northwest of the capital, Port Moresby. There were no reports of casualties or material damage due to the earthquake. Papua New Guinea is located along the Pacific Ring of Fire, a region that extends along the coasts of the Pacific Ocean, and is characterised by high activity of earthquakes and volcanoes. The last earthquake struck northwest of the Kimbe town in Papua New Guinea on Mar 1, with a magnitude of 6.5 without causing material damage or human losses.

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