I am of a fairly pleasant and easy-going nature.
But when I am aroused by the injustices of this world, my wife would be first to attest to my ability to rise like a wildfire. I am not a man to rise to anger easily.
At the recent protests against vaccine mandates in Canberra, police deployed long-range acoustic devices (LRADs), which transmit at high volumes and frequencies. A spokesperson for the ACT Police has confirmed that LRAD's ( long range acoustic devices ) were deployed.
Canberra protesters, including women and children, were badly burned by directed microwave energy beams, complaining of blisters on their faces, arms, and torsos. Concentrated microwave radiation can inflict painful burns on the skin from long distances away.
Jewish enclave, home of a deported nation, a present for the Ukrainians: The difficult history of Russian Crimea.
In March, it will be eight years since the day Crimea returned to the Russian Federation. This ended its 60-year history as part of Ukraine, which began, not on February 19, 1954, but a little earlier.
Read more: How Crimea became part of Russia and why it was gifted to Ukraine
We are at the showdown folks. This will be showdown. This is the thing that will sort out who Australia is, what Australia is and the future that Australia can look forward to.
Read more: I remember when... it was all so nice in the nuthouse!
On the 19th of February 1942, the isolated northern city of Darwin in Australia was bombed by the Japanese. Back then, it was a small isolated outpost at the top end of Australia and represented the last post of defence of Australia against the Japanese.
It is probably still the last post in Australian Defense.
Read more: The bombing of Darwin - 19th February 1942 - Lest We Forget
Once in a while, a voice you’ve never heard seems to come out of nowhere. The voice punches you in the gut with concision and force. When that happens, you know you’re hearing the voice of a leader. Not a ruler. A leader. And a leader is someone you follow because it’s the right thing to do, not because you are compelled to do so by other voters or fiat appointers.
Throughout the Commonwealth, trouble is brewing. Our Governor Generals are merely puppet appointments of the governments and our Queen is too busy putting out the home fires to keep them burning in our nations.
The Canada and Canberra debacle - even the bees are swarming at the Beehive in New Zealand.
Read more: The lioness will not sleep tonight. The beast has been stirred.
It’s the season for green-money showers in Australia – the Coral Community just got one billion dollars of green bribes from PM Morrison (this after $141M from PM Turnbull just over 3 years ago). Koalas got $50M from Morrison whilst the Queensland Government bought a huge grazing property to be converted into a national park. And of course the Green Broadcasting Commission got an extra $3.3Billion over 3 years to promote their green agenda.
Read more: Greenism Destroying Australia’s Ancient Grasslands.
“Look what happened last time I took a tablet.”
Those devastating words broke the heart of Trish Jackson, as her 94-year-old mother steadfastly refused to take medication in her nursing home. Now an artist, Jackson from Queensland, Australia is one of 3,000 global survivors of the drug thalidomide.
Read more: 65 years on, the battle for justice for thalidomide survivors continues
What can I say? A flippant email from Redhead resulted in a spike protein of love and caring and ended in hours of fun and laughter.
All because she missed her " boy ".
Let me tell you the story.
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