THE MEANING OF OZ - All you need to know!

Medical apartheid still happening in Un Zud?

Mother sees her child abducted by authorities because she wants to choose blood donors for her child.

Not surprising that we don't want tainted blood.

Early in the episode, I did hold hope for Jacinta Ardern.

She's WEF through and through. Not to be thinking she represents us.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-07/nz-takes-custody-of-baby-from-anti-vax-parents/101746236

It's a weird time to be watching the game.

I think there's so much fear associated with this mental game they're playing.

You can literally point a bone at some people, and they wish themselves to death.

Let's see Paul Hogan top that lot.

You're such a DH. BBC is asking the questions of virologists in China not making up the answers. But yeah, keep on posting from Facebook - way more reliable.

Crap day in Oz
Four police officers go to a remote property western Queensland looking for a missing man. Two are mowed down by gunfire, (a male and a female officer, both in their twenties), two escape (one with a bullet graze) and raise the alarm one (another female officer) ran into long grass which the assailants lit to flush her out/incinerate her). A neighbour was also killed (unclear on when/where).
Special ops arrive and kill the assailants (the missing man, his brother who owned the property, and the brother's wife)
Full story as known right now.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/dec/13/wieambilla-property-owner-gareth-train-brother-nathaniel-missing-man-shooting-qld-queensland-police-officers


Unsurprisingly the brother was deeply into conspiracy theories
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/dec/13/queensland-wieambilla-shooting-timeline-what-we-know-so-far-nathaniel-and-gareth-train-six-killed-qld-police-officers-rachel-mccrow-matthew-arnold

We used to chuckle at the various conspiracy theories because we truly believed they were just believed by the odd mentally confused and were susported in the ridiculous notion that Black Muslims had taken over America. But then I remembered all of the drool that was spilled over Hillary Clinton for years, back when Bill was Governor of Arkansas. I tried for a lot time to figure out where was the magic giant diamond hidden or how to find the magic fountain of ever-lasting marvelous happy dances, but usually got bored, didn't believe in those searches. During that time frame it always seemed to be wishful thinking, not really hurtful but still a remarkable goal for the ones who still wanted to search believe/profit.

Now we hear of Qanon theories in Germany, I bet they are inflating in Hungary, our curiosly temporary best friends in the Soviet Block, oh darn......I meant to say Russia are fat full of the very best rumors of what Qanon wants..........so it's no longer funny any more........the demented twits are organizing........it has to
stop. The terrain won't alway comfortable for them.

That's shocking to hear from Australia, but page 2 news here in the United States of Automatic Arms.

At least Australia seems committed to stopping this crap. We sure as hell are not.

The 'missing man' was a rabid antivaxxer and former school principal who'd been sacked, had a heart attack which resulted in depression. It seems like the the assailants called the police to say the missing man had been seen on the property to lure them to the ambush.

I wonder if they'll ever figure out how 'organised' this was. I fear copycat killings.

It could have happened here. The crazy is everywhere.

The neighbour saw the smoke from the grass fire (set to burn out the officer hiding in it) and drove over to help fight it. He was shot in the back.

This one is just for you, hinge. And note, it's not not from FB, and neither were some of my other posts, DS.

https://www.bitchute.com/video/viIU1srw7TQo/

Bitchute. What a crock of horse ****. No wonder you like it so much. You enjoy being lied to.

BitChute
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitChute

Available in English
Country of origin United Kingdom
Created by Ray Vahey
Parent Bit Chute Limited
URL www.bitchute.com

Launched January 2017; 5 years ago
Current status Active

BitChute (a portmanteau of "bit", a unit of information in computing, and "parachute"[1]) is an alt-tech video hosting service launched by Ray Vahey in January 2017.[2] It describes itself as offering freedom of expression,[3][4] while the service is known for hosting far-right individuals, conspiracy theorists, and hate speech.[a] Some creators who use BitChute have been banned from YouTube; some others crosspost content to both platforms or post more extreme content only to BitChute.[5][16] Before its deprecation, BitChute claimed to use peer-to-peer WebTorrent technology for video distribution,[2] though this was disputed.[17][18]


Vahey interviewed in 2018

Bit Chute Limited, BitChute's corporate identity, was registered by Ray Vahey in January 2017 in Newbury, England.[3][19][20] At the time of the site's launch, Vahey described BitChute as an alternative to mainstream platforms; he believed these platforms had demonstrated "increased levels of censorship" over the previous few years by banning and demonetising users (barring them from receiving advertising revenue), and "tweaking algorithms to send certain content into obscurity".[2] In 2018, the creators of BitChute described themselves as a "small team making a stand against Internet censorship because we believe it is the right thing to do."[21]

In November 2018, BitChute was banned from PayPal.[22][23] PayPal also banned Alex Jones, the Proud Boys, Tommy Robinson, and several anti-fascist groups and users at the same time.[22] In 2019, crowdfunding website IndieGogo also banned BitChute.[15] BitChute has also been banned from using Patreon and Stripe.[17]

In January 2019, BitChute announced in a post on Gab that they would move their domains over to Epik, a small domain registrar known for accepting the registration of websites that host far-right content.[12][24]

In March 2020, a new provision to Germany's Network Enforcement Act required social media companies to report instances of hate speech on their platforms to authorities. However, online news platform Coda reported that while the law applies to platforms including YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter, BitChute is one of the platforms not affected by the provision.[25] In early August 2020, Twitter began blocking posts linking to the site, later showing a warning to users who clicked on the links.[26][15]

As of January 2021, BitChute was in the process of being reported to Ofcom by the Community Security Trust after discovering Holocaust denial and Holocaust glorification content on the website, among other content considered harmful by the charity such as conspiracy theories related to COVID-19.[27] The trust's blog stated this will be an important test case for Ofcom's new role regarding regulation of social media in the United Kingdom, especially concerning extremism and hateful content.[28] Also in January, BitChute added "incitement to hatred" to its list of prohibited content, using the definition from the United Kingdom's Audiovisual Media Services Regulations 2020,[29] though Bellingcat wrote the following month that "racist slurs, Nazi imagery and calls for violence against Jews remained common in video comment sections."[15]


Since launching, BitChute has accommodated far-right groups and individuals.[a] The Southern Poverty Law Center wrote in 2019 that the site hosts "hate-fueled material", the Anti-Defamation League wrote in 2020 that "BitChute has become a hotbed for violent, conspiratorial and hate-filled video propaganda, and a recruiting ground for extremists", and Bellingcat wrote in 2021 that the platform was "rife with racism and hate speech".[12][13][15] According to a 2020 report from anti-extremism group Hope not Hate, BitChute "actively promotes" content which was removed from other platforms as hate speech. Hope not Hate also documented videos hosted on BitChute supporting or produced by terrorist groups, including ISIS and the neo-Nazi groups National Action and Atomwaffen Division.[4][14] A June 2020 report from British Jewish group Community Security Trust said that some terrorist videos had been on the site for over a year, and that BitChute only removes this content when forced to.[9][30] An academic analysis published in July 2020 using a data set gathered in 2019 over five months found that BitChute had more hate speech than Gab, but less than 4chan. It found that only a small group of channels on the network had any meaningful engagement, almost all of which pushed conspiracy- and hate-laden content. Like the research from Hope not Hate, this analysis found content promoting the Atomwaffen Division posted to BitChute, including a recruitment video.[16]

BitChute's founder Ray Vahey has described BitChute as "politically neutral".[22] Hope Not Hate wrote in their 2020 report that "in actuality, the company chooses to almost exclusively promote content and producers that engage in hate speech and harmful misinformation" and that the "vile and dangerous content that abounds on BitChute is a result of deliberate decisions on the part of their founder and team".[14] Bellingcat reported in 2021 that Vahey used the platform's Twitter account to promote antisemitic conspiracy theories, COVID-19 misinformation, and QAnon content.[15]

BitChute is part of a group of "alt-tech" websites that position themselves as less strictly-moderated alternatives to mainstream social media platforms like YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter.[8][11] Deen Freelon and colleagues writing in Science characterised BitChute as among the alt-tech sites that are "dedicated to right-wing communities", and listed the site along with 4chan, 8chan, Parler, and Gab. They noted there are also more ideologically neutral alt-tech platforms, such as Discord and Telegram.[11] Joe Mulhall of the UK anti-racism group Hope Not Hate has categorised BitChute among the "bespoke platforms" for the far-right, which he defines as platforms which were created by people who themselves have "far-right leanings". He distinguishes these from "co-opted platforms" such as DLive and Telegram, which were adopted by the far-right due to minimal moderation but not specifically created for their use.[15]

Some creators who have been banned from YouTube or had their channels demonetised subsequently migrated to BitChute.[5] The far-right conspiracy theory channel InfoWars migrated to BitChute after being banned by YouTube in 2018.[3] Other creators maintain a presence on YouTube and on BitChute, and some post more extreme content on BitChute while using YouTube for less extreme material.[16] Prominent far-right and alt-right video creators who have cross-posted to both YouTube and BitChute include Lauren Southern, Stefan Molyneux, Millennial Woes, and Paul Joseph Watson.[5][6][21]

The platform also hosts misinformation related to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] The conspiracy theory video Plandemic has been viewed on BitChute millions of times after having been removed from other platforms for spreading medically harmful misinformation.[31][32][14]
Model

BitChute does not rely on advertising, and users can send payments to video creators directly.[21] Since its launch, the site has promoted its use of the peer-to-peer technology WebTorrent as a means to decentralise hosting and reduce costs.[2] BitChute allows creators to monetise the videos they publish on the platform by linking to fundraising websites including SubscribeStar, PayPal, and cryptocurrency processors. Although PayPal banned BitChute themselves from using their service, BitChute still links to PayPal pages for creators who choose to use them.[15]

At launch, the site claimed it was using peer-to-peer WebTorrent technology.[2] However, a November 2019 report by Fredrick Brennan, published in The Daily Dot, failed to find any evidence of peer-to-peer data transfer in BitChute's videos.[17] All videos Brennan downloaded came directly from BitChute's servers, with no part of the videos received from peers. According to Brennan, magnet links on the site do not work. Brennan challenged BitChute's use of the word "delist" to describe deplatforming users, saying that the wording is misleading in that it makes BitChute seem falsely similar to BitTorrent (where a site maintains one "list" of content, but independent trackers may be created as well), when in reality BitChute is just deleting a user's videos from the BitChute site.[17] According to Ars Technica in April 2021, the option to host videos using WebTorrent on BitChute "appears to have been deprecated".[18]

Trying to make Facebook look good, huh?

I don’t see any evidence of that.

One of Builder’s crew. The psychology is always the same

Seriously, Builder was good for a chat about renewables/domestic solar. I wish the best for him in this difficult time.

Not sure why you think it's been a "difficult time" for us, hinge.

The coming weekend is the first this year that we haven't been fully booked.

In fact, even during "lockdown", which apparently achieved three-fifths of far call, in reality, we were still busy, seeing as how all of us "essential" workers couldn't stop for the deadly (in ocker, that's actually a positive descriptor) virus.

I said all along that it was an IQ test. Anyone who believed that children were safe (initially the claim of the "experts" in their respective fields) and that the usual super-spreaders of any bug getting around, weren't a risk factor, failed the test.

He means a difficult time for you personally, B, you've lost your mind. Even I pity you.

The start of the "social credit score" in Australia?

CBA to provide personalised carbon footprint for customers based on their spending data in a partnership with fintech start-up CoGo.

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Big Brother much? I was at the Big Green Shed the other day, and my phone was at home, but I used my credit card to purchase a quantity of mushroom compost for the company. Nek minnit, my "news" feed is full of advertisements for mushroom compost.

Miffed enough to phone my "bank" to complain that they are not at liberty to share my purchases with anyone. They claimed that it's all algorithm-based, and "out of their control".

Back to cash we go.

Former federal MP Dr Kerryn Phelps has revealed she and her wife both suffered serious and ongoing injures from Covid vaccines, while suggesting the true rate of adverse events is far higher than acknowledged due to underreporting and “threats” from medical regulators.

In an explosive submission to Parliament’s Long Covid inquiry, the former Australian Medical Association (AMA) president has broken her silence about the “devastating” experience — emerging as the most prominent public health figure in the country to speak up about the taboo subject.

“This is an issue that I have witnessed first-hand with my wife who suffered a severe neurological reaction to her first Pfizer vaccine within minutes, including burning face and gums, paraesethesiae, and numb hands and feet, while under observation by myself, another doctor and a registered nurse at the time of immunisation,” the 65-year-old said.

“I continue to observe the devastating effects a year-and-a-half later with the addition of fatigue and additional neurological symptoms including nerve pains, altered sense of smell, visual disturbance and musculoskeletal inflammation. The diagnosis and causation has been confirmed by several specialists who have told me that they have seen ‘a lot’ of patients in a similar situation.”

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Ah! Something we can agree on.