Not surprisingly, ‘Facebook, Twitter and other big tech companies actually want standardized Internet speech regulations. In fact, Facebook has been spending millions of dollars on ads that openly call for more government regulation of speech on the Internet. You can view an example of what I am talking about right here. At first glance, it may seem odd that Facebook wants more government regulation of the tech industry, but it actually makes perfect sense. If the federal government is the one making the rules, Facebook and the other big tech companies can legally censor you into oblivion without ever having to worry about any legal consequences. And then because all other social media platforms in existence will have to follow the exact same rules, there will be nowhere else for you to turn. There won’t be any “free speech alternatives” to Facebook and Twitter, because all of those “alternatives” will be forced to apply the same speech standards that Facebook and Twitter and applying.’http://endoftheamericandream.com/
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And we were led to believe Hitler was dead!
‘The Austrian government is meeting over the weekend with the intent of imposing a nationwide lockdown on unvaccinated citizens, and at least two provinces are slated to be under such orders starting Monday.
Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg said Friday that he and regional leaders would get together on Sunday to discuss the plans, and that “The aim is very clear: that we give the green light this Sunday for a nationwide lockdown for the unvaccinated,” the Associated Press reported.
Regardless of whether the federal government approves the lockdown for the unvaccinated to apply to the entire country, unvaccinated residents in the provinces of Upper Austria and Salzburg will be under lockdown beginning Monday and will only be allowed to leave their homes for necessities such as buying groceries or going to doctor’s appointments.
Unvaccinated Austrians are already banned from going to events that have 25 or more attendees, and have also been prohibited from going to hairdressers or most restaurants under rules that went into effect this week.
Roughly 65% of Austrians are vaccinated for COVID-19, which is the same average for the population of the entire European Economic Area according to European Union data, Reuters reported.’https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/austria-set-to-impose-nationwide-lockdown-for-unvaccinated/ar-AAQE5P2?cvid=e1b1e52ef8af4ffab37b698b64cd992c&ocid=winp1taskbar
Australia is the same. Apartheid is alive and well in these Communist/Marxist leaning nations! When the CCP takes over it will not be such a shock to the system.
‘Facebook’s parent company Meta has launched a program to “support” journalism in New Zealand and has made a new commitment to managing “defamation.”
The aim of the program is presented as a way to help media organizations in New Zealand create sustainable business models.
The program includes a Grant Fund, Audience Development Accelerator, the creation of a News Innovation Advisory Group, and the provision of digital training focused on engagement for news organizations.
According to Facebook’s head of public policy for Australia and New Zealand Mia Garlick, the program will involve 12 media organizations with regionally, culturally, and digitally diverse publications. The idea is that these organizations will “come together and try to innovate and learn from experts and really collaborate on new strategies to drive business growth both on and off Facebook.”
Garlick said that the International Center for Journalists would help establish the advisory group.
“What we’re really trying to do now is trying to recognize that the goal in New Zealand is to support a sustainable and diverse and robust ecosystem, and so we want to make sure that we’re offering different solutions for publishers, no matter where they are in their digital transformation journey,” Garlick said.
Garlick denied that the New Zealand journalism program is not a way to keep media organizations from demanding deals such as those afforded to Australian media houses and she also made a commitment to helping news outlets censor “potentially litigious” comments.
There were several strategies to prevent “false comments” being posted, Garlick said, according to RNZ.
The other aspect mentioned by the announcement was that Facebook was committed to help all page administrators to “better moderate” their comments.
“So what we did in March this year is that we released a tool that allows page owners, including publishers to be able to [turn] off comments on a post on a per post basis,” Garlick said.
“Facebook removed harmful health information relating to Covid-19 and vaccine issues, plus page administrators had the ability to set their own custom filters,” the report states, adding that “Facebook had been working with health experts around the world and in New Zealand to find out what were the claims that were harmful and should be removed in relation to Covid-19”
“We invest significant resources in making sure that we’re removing those and then we invest in fact checkers and we have fact checkers working across New Zealand as well, and when they rank content as false, including Covid and vaccine misinformation, then that will reduce in its distribution and people are notified that they’ve shared misinformation,” Garlick said.’https://reclaimthenet.org/facebook-partners-with-new-zealand-media-for-funding-censorship/
These people are elected officials in the Australian state government of New South Wales. Now, I am not saying they are telling porkies (lies) on purpose but what I am saying is that what they are telling us concerning these so-called renewables is not the total truth! The bald guy is the treasurer and energy minister for the state, Matt Kean or (Green) as some call him. He is a Greenie in the Liberal Party (which is supposed to be the conservatives) and should be ousted at the next election or the lights will literally and completely go out. Here’s why; ‘Australia’s first ever Renewable Energy Zone (REZ), the Central-West Orana REZ, has been declared.
Energy Minister Matt Kean said this is a great win for the Central West as the REZ will help drought-proof traditional farming communities, as well as provide new income streams for landholders that host electricity infrastructure.
“NSW is driving the nation’s action on climate change, by securing our economic and environmental prosperity for decades to come,” Mr Kean said.
“Once complete this REZ will provide at least 3,000 megawatts of cheap, reliable electricity, enough to power 1.4 million homes. It will also drive $5.2 billion in private investment into the Central West by 2030, supporting around 3,900 construction jobs.
“In NSW, we not only have targets and plans, we also have nation-leading legislation that will deliver on our commitment to halve emissions by 2030 and achieve net zero by 2050.”
“REZs are modern day power stations which bring together low-cost solar and wind generation with transmission and storage to produce cheap, clean and reliable electricity.”’https://dugaldsaunders.com.au/australias-first-renewable-energy-zone-declared/#comment-780
The truth is that anyway you look at it there’s NOTHING low cost or reliable with solar or wind energy. Both depend on the weather. Solar only works when the sun is shining and if there are clouds then not so good. Wind, well, it doesn’t take a climate specialist to know when they work. In fact, go to any energy provider and see how much cheaper these forms of energy are. For example:
“At Origin, with GreenPower, we offer our customers the option to make their energy plan green by choosing to pay a little bit extra to support the purchase of renewable energy.
You can choose to offset the equivalent of 25%, 50% or 100% of your electricity consumption from the electricity grid against renewable generation from sources such as solar, wind and hydro.
Green Gas costs adds just $1 a week to your bill,and with that contribution, we’ll offset 100% of your green gas emissions.”https://www.originenergy.com.au/electricity-gas/green/
So, to save the earth it’s only going to cost the customer $1 a week! I thought it was cheaper to save the planet with renewables?
This climate change madness is just today’s way of shaking one’s fist in the face of God! You see way back in time God said in Genesis 8:22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
Oh, this verse also comes to mind when I think of these climate scammers; Psalm 2:4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh…
When’s a lie not a lie? Ask, Prime Minister Morrison. Now, “Don’t hurt your back doing back flips” ‘Prime Minister Scott Morrison has doubled down on comments made toward Bill Shorten in his last election campaign who he accused of “wanting to end the weekend” with his electric vehicles policy.
Mr Morrison was doing the media rounds on Thursday morning when he was asked by Sunrise host David Koch about his “massive backflip” on electric vehicles before a video was played.
In the clip Mr Morrison criticised EVs and the policy set out by then-Labor leader Mr Shorten, who he accused of trying to force Australians to give up their petrol-run cars.
“It’s not going to tow your trailer, it’s not going to tow your boat. Bill Shorten wants to end the weekend when it comes to his policy on electric vehicles,” Mr Morrison said at the time.
He was asked whether it was a “come to Jesus moment” and what lead him to change his view.
Mr Morrison stood by his comments saying Mr Shorten and the Labor Party wanted to “force” people to do it.
“I still don’t want to do that,” he said.
“You don’t get people to do something else by pushing up the prices of what they’re currently doing. And that’s still what Labor wants to do. They want to put up your petrol prices. They want to increase your cost of living to force you to make other choices.’
The Prime Minister said it was about “respecting” the choices of millions of residents.
But he refused to answer why he had a sudden change of heart on EVs following his policy announcement this week.
Co-host Natalie Barr said it was not a mandate Labor was introducing but a non-binding emissions target of 50 per cent.
Mr Morrison reiterated Mr Shorten was “going to put up fuel prices to force people to switch over”.
“That’s not how we do things,” he said.
“We don’t, we’re not a government that goes around telling people what to do. I think Australians have had a gutful of governments telling them what to do in their lives.”
Mr Morrison is on a media and campaign blitz ahead of the election, likely six months away, where he announced his plan to encourage more Australians to buy electric vehicles.
The Prime Minister pledged he “will not be forcing Australians out of the car they want to drive” as the government looks to accelerate the rollout of 50,000 charging stations to encourage more people to buy electric vehicles.
“Australians love their family sedan, farmers rely on their trusted ute and our economy counts on trucks and trains to delivers goods from coast to coast,” Mr Morrison said.
“We will not be forcing Australians out of the car they want to drive or penalising those who can least afford it through bans or taxes. The strategy will work to drive down the cost of low and zero emission vehicles, and enhance consumer choice.”
“We will do this by creating right environment for industry co-investment in technology development.”
He said the plan was designed to avoid taxes and “offer choices not mandates” as electric vehicle prices slowly fall in line with rising demand.
The plan does not include subsidies, tax incentives, sales targets or minimum fuel emission standards that would make electric vehicles more affordable, industry groups have said.
Mr Morrison hopes Australians will embrace electric vehicles like they have with rooftop solar.
More than 1.7 million electric vehicles are expected to be on the road by 2030.’https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/politics/scott-morrison-says-he-does-not-want-to-force-people-to-buy-electric-vehicles-after-heavily-criticising-labors-policy-last-election/news-story/06523bc93eea3c28311e0cab2faf658a?utm_source=SkyNews&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Editorial&utm_content=SN_DAILY_PM_01&net_sub_id=282058248&type=curated&position=1&overallPos=4
This China virus has allowed those elected officials who lean toward the CCP type of rule over the people to move further in that direction all under the guise of keeping the populace healthy and safe! This China virus along with the UN Climate Change Scam is heading the world toward that one world government!
Well, now ‘Authorised officers have raided a surgery in Melbourne, taking confidential patient documents pursuant of Covid health orders according to a rattled Melbourne doctor shocked by the experience.
Seven authorised officers were recorded on a Facebook livestream arriving outside the surgery in the Western suburbs at 1.15pm today after Dr Mark Hobart allegedly refused to surrender private patient information to Victorian health officers.
“I have just been invaded by seven authorised officers from the Department of Health and they have seized my confidential patient files and my appointment book and various other documents. They say they are going to give me an itemised list of what they’ve taken. And there was quite an intimidating experience. I think they’ve gone now…” said Dr Mark Hobart. “They just came here to seize files […] they all just came in and started walking around.”
Dr Hobart said that he was not served with any kind of warrant.
“This means that the government can go to any doctor and enter their premises and seize patient files for no reason. They haven’t given me any reason why they wanted to see my patients’ files,” added Dr Hobart.
A sign affixed to the inside of the surgery window reads:
‘The Victorian Government has banned patients from entering this surgery because Dr [Mark] Hobart refused to surrender your private and confidential patient files.’
Morgan C Jonas live-streamed part of the incident to Facebook.
“I was told by these people that there is no such thing as patient confidentiality under the news laws,” said Dr Hobart, when asked about the status of patient confidentiality.
The authorised officers were allegedly acting under the current Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008, citing several sections to Dr Hobart while the files were being removed. Dr Hobart is not sure exactly what was taken. He had to hurriedly copy part of his appointment book, which was also confiscated.
Dr Hobart was also issued with a prohibition notice and told to cease training, meaning he is only allowed to speak with patients over the phone. He can no longer treat patients in the surgery or earn an income from his work.
One of the authorised officers interrogated the receptionist at the surgery, asking if she was fully vaccinated – she replied that she was.
“The doctor has to supply that to me. He [Mark Hobart] has to supply proof that you’re double-vaxxed or you’ve got an exemption,” said the authorised officer.
“I don’t feel comfortable with giving out people’s medical information,” replied Dr Hobart.
The staff were distressed at the Victorian government removing patient information without their knowledge. The authorised officers left with their arms full of private medical files.
They were asked if they would like to make a comment for the media, but the authorised officers did not reply.
Dr Mark Hobart is a family practitioner who has worked for three decades in the profession.’https://www.rebelnews.com/officers_raid_doctor_surgery_in_melbourne?utm_campaign=rb_11_10_2021&utm_medium=email&utm_source=therebel
Once the Liberal Party of Australia was considered conservative. No longer! ‘The Liberal Party’s increasingly unpopular approach to government can be summed up in a single sentence: “we’re 40 per cent less terrible than Labor and the Greens”. The latest example of many is Morrison’s new electric car policy.
Although Bill Shorten – the bloke who calls angry tradies fed up with lockdowns “man-baby Nazis” – was punished for promising 50 per cent of new car sales would be electric by 2030 at the last election, PM Scott Morrison has decided to go down the very same path.
Instead of a 50 per cent electric vehicle target, this morning ScoMo announced he’d aim for 30 per cent of new sales to be electric vehicles by 2030 (that’s a total of 40 per cent lower than Labor’s 2019 policy).
Morrison promised he’ll spend $250 million on public and household electric vehicle charging, electrifying commercial fleets, and heavy and long-distance vehicles – almost five times more than the $57 million Labor committed to developing an electric vehicle industry.
And when questioned about how similar his electric vehicle policy is to Labor’s, Morrison said “I have a problem with governments telling people what to do and what vehicles they should drive” – even though he has no issue with the state telling people what vaccine to get, what jobs are essential/non-essential, and what farmers should/shouldn’t do with their land.
How short do you think our memories are, mate?
Millions of Australians who voted for you in 2019 remember exactly what you said about electric vehicles.
At the time, you asked 2GB radio’s audience, “What about all these charging stations, how much is that going to cost? I mean if you have an electric car and you live in an apartment, are you going to run the extension cord down from your fourth-floor window?”
At a doorstop you said, “Bill Shorten wants to end the weekend when it comes to his policy on electric vehicles where you’ve got Australians who love being out there in their four-wheel drives… [An electric vehicle] won’t tow your trailer. It’s not going to tow your boat. It’s not going to get you out to your favourite camping spot with your family.”
Attorney-General Michaelia Cash said, “we are going to stand by our tradies and we are going to save their utes” in response to Labor’s policy on electric vehicles.
Even Energy Minister Angus Taylor posted the following on his Twitter page:
This is not the way to run a government, guys, and here’s why:
CEO of energy company Lumea Richard Lowe admits “one electric vehicle, we estimate, consumes about the same electricity as your average household.” In other words, prepare for even higher energy prices after they already went up by over 101 per cent over the last decade.
According to a paper by experts in ecology from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and the US Environmental Protection Agency’s National Risk Management Laboratory:
- Half the lifetime carbon-dioxide emissions from an electric car comes from the energy used to produce the car, especially in the mining and processing of raw materials needed for the battery – roughly double the energy used to manufacture a gasoline-powered car.
- This means that when a new EV appears in the showroom, it has already been responsible for 14,250kg of carbon-dioxide emissions (assuming a vehicle life of 150,000km) while the equivalent amount for manufacturing a conventional car is 6,450kg.
- Once on the road, the emissions of electric vehicles depend on the power-generation fuel used to recharge its battery. If it comes mostly from coal, an electric vehicle will produce 17-27 per cent more carbon-dioxide emission than diesel and gasoline cars.
- If the EV is driven for 90,000 miles and the battery is charged by cleaner natural-gas fuelled power stations, it will cause just 10-24 per cent less carbon-dioxide emission than a diesel or gasoline-powered car.
Even worse, there’s net-zero consideration for the fact that:
- All variants of the 2021 Tesla Model 3 are now made in Chinese factories, which are no doubt running on coal-fired power.
- To replace all the sales of conventional vehicles with electric versions, the world will need a 2898 per cent increase in lithium production; a 1928 per cent increase in cobalt; a 524 per cent increase in graphite; a 105 per cent increase in nickel; a 655 per cent increase in rare-earth minerals; a tripling of copper production; and more coal, diesel and gasoline burning to fuel the work.
- “Two-thirds of all cobalt production” – a key component in the manufacturing of electric vehicle batteries – “happens in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)” where “40,000 children work in extremely dangerous conditions in the mines for meagre income”.
- The mining of lithium in Chile – another key component required for electric vehicle batteries – “uses nearly 65 per cent of the water in the country’s Salar de Atamaca region, one of the driest desert areas in the world … forcing local quinoa farmers and llama herders to abandon their ancestral settlements.”
- The production of nickel for electric vehicle batteries is centred in Indonesia and the Philippines where clear-felling of tropical forests is required to mine the quantities needed for the so-called “green transition” the Liberals now back.
How progressive, ScoMo!
Good luck trying to spin your way out of this one, mate…’https://www.advanceaustralia.org.au/scott_morrison_s_shocking_backflip_on_electric_vehicles?fbclid=IwAR2Aa3MvL0u_siTwlEIpA-iI1O3n55njltwe0P–fTrhgoNln7r1Bq3KyyU
These Apartheid Australian politicians will feel right at home when the CCP takes over.
‘Queenslanders who have not received two doses of a coronavirus vaccine will not be able to attend hospitality and entertainment venues when the Sunshine State eases borders next month.’https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/coronavirus/unvaccinated-queenslanders-will-be-unable-to-attend-restaurants-pubs-stadiums-from-december-17-or-80-per-cent-doubledose/news-story/a39a361cc308efd0ca3ed051f893f901?utm_source=SkyNews&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Editorial&utm_content=SN_DAILY_PM_01&net_sub_id=282058248&type=curated&position=1&overallPos=1
Australia was a supposed democracy until the China virus landed. Now it is a South Africa apartheid nation. Those who have submitted to the Communist cry for the health and safety of the community have now a little taste of some freedoms while the unclean non-vaccinated must endure just a little longer for a democratically elected government allowed freedom! Here are the latest ‘Rules for unvaccinated residents
Unvaccinated NSW residents have essentially been living under lockdown conditions while the rest of the state enjoys new freedoms.
Those who haven’t been fully vaccinated were due to get the same freedoms as vaccinated residents on December 1, but Mr Perrottet set a new goalpost for unvaccinated people last week.
When announcing changes to the roadmap, the Premier said unvaccinated people wouldn’t enjoy new freedoms until the state hits its 95 per cent double dose target or December 15 – whichever comes first.
Jobs Minister Stuart Ayres said the decision was made to protect the wider community.
“We have exceeded our expectations and because of that we are able to make some prudent changes that allow people who are fully vaccinated to be able to do more things slightly earlier,” he said.
“But we will also take that same prudent decision by just holding back unvaccinated people for another couple of weeks.
“It’s in line with the decision we made around not allowing people to travel into regional NSW until we had slightly higher rates of vaccination.
“There is a really clear message here. We want to get to 95 per cent and encourage people to go out to get vaccinated.”’https://www.news.com.au/world/coronavirus/australia/all-the-covid19-rules-changes-in-nsw-from-today/news-story/4f3667aeb127dac545e1374244431ba1
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