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Australians: have a listen to this!
Insanity.
Well, that was wild. I'm at the Australian Parliament and just left a meeting with two staffers for the governing party. They told us that the government needed more power to censor things like the upcoming US execution of Nidal Hasan.
When I asked why they needed to censor that video, one said it was to prevent copycat killings. Copycat killings by governments? I asked. Er, no, they said. Copycat killings like of a backpacker, several decades ago.
So, under that logic, I pointed out, the government should censor things like last year's Bondi massacre, where two Muslims killed 15 people, no? Well, that was news, they said. Didn't they realize their bill would allow the government to censor news? They didn't seem to know, or care.
They also admitted that they did not know that the bill would allow the government to create and operate an unlimited number of fake social media accounts to attack its political enemies and spread disinformation. Having presented them with information they had never heard about a bill they had clearly not read, they emphasized to us, strenuously, that they were moving forward with the bill.
So there you have it. The government wants the power to arbitrarily censor scenes of violent crime, or violence, for any reason. And it wants the power to use an unlimited number of fake accounts to wage offensive disinformational warfare against the Australian people.
Given that the Bondi massacre last year increased public opposition to mass migration, and support for the populist One Nation Party, it seems obvious that the government wants to censor such events in order to protect its political power.
It's quite telling how obediently governing party members insist such a law is needed without even knowing what's in it.
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Just finished two days of filming in Western
Sydney with fellow Greek Aussie Patriot @PeteZog.
We visited dozens of NDIS (National Disability Insurance Scheme) providers in the diverse suburbs of Lakemba and Bankstown after being inspired by @nickshirleyy’s work exposing massive disability fraud in Minnesota.
Australia is ripe for this kind of investigative research because government NDIS spending on child autism almost matches the entire overall Australian national defence budget.
In Lakemba, western Sydney, there are more than 1,300 NDIS businesses within a 5-kilometre radius.
Lakemba has one NDIS business for every 13 residents, so we wanted to assess how many of these businesses are actually operating.
Time after time we found NDIS offices with locked doors and blacked out windows despite their websites insisting that they were open.
We visited one $3 million house in Bankstown that was registered as the primary business address for an NDIS provider accused of multiple significant compliance breaches by the official NDIS regulator. An elderly Somali grandmother answered the door and refused to answer basic questions about the compliance breaches on the grounds that she did not have a translator. She very clearly understood what we were saying though because she became extremely agitated and hostile before slamming the door on our faces.
Later, staff at a day care business located directly across the road from the ISIS-linked Al Madina Dawah Center - the mosque that radicalised the Bondi shooter - tried to prevent @PeteZog from leaving their office, blocking the door and threatening him after Pete tried to ask basic questions about their business.
The day care staff member admitted to praying at the extremist ISIS linked Al Madina Dawah Center across the road and called men from a neighbouring NDIS shop to try surround us and fight us. They yelled that they were “calling their boys” and heaps of strange foreign Middle Eastern men materialised out of neighbouring buildings to try attack us.
Luckily we had two extremely tough, 7 foot tall Christian Pacific Islander security guys with 200 kg bench press records. We hired these guys after leading that they protected Kendrick Lamar on his Sydney tour, and they completely mogged the guys trying to surround us. Best $800 I ever spent.
The overall scale of NDIS fraud in Australia is likely in the tens of billions. Really excited to publish our video.
Follow @PeteZog - he makes awesome Mr Beast style videos.
How do you know when your little kid has turned into a full blown teenager?… when it’s 42 degrees… and he is still in a hoodie 😂
The ability for @RobertKennedyJr to accurately articulate the problem statement, with a thought out and practical solution, on so many issues, (and say when he does not have an answer) has to be the bright light for America’s future? I hope Americans take the time to listen…
.@RobertKennedyJr tells @BenShapiro why he chooses to focus on the values we share rather than what divides us.
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Great ride this morning before @allinsummit with some besties!
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Startup founders get to be...
- VP of Product
- VP of Sales
- VP of Marketing
- VP of Customer Support
- VP of Engineering
- VP of Finances
- VP of Janitorial Services
- VP of Operations
- VP of MEMEs
All at the same time. It's awesome.
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Hope to see some other besties going to @allinsummit at our cycling event Sunday and Monday!
We got a bike-hire so just bring your Lycra!
Replying to @ALLIN_meetups
Road cycling led by @ConradBates and @Ryan_G_Lambert
International Cycling Executives (ICE) ride from UCLA, taking in Bel Air, Beverly Hills and Hollywood with epic views of LA, and the valley along the iconic Mulholland Drive.
SUN SEPT 10 // RSVP app.getriver.io/events/cycli…
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Road cycling led by @ConradBates and @Ryan_G_Lambert
International Cycling Executives (ICE) ride from UCLA, taking in Bel Air, Beverly Hills and Hollywood with epic views of LA, and the valley along the iconic Mulholland Drive.
SUN SEPT 10 // RSVP app.getriver.io/events/cycli…
What a Giro it’s been! And Karma for the 2020 TDF…. and Ben put on a amazing show and was genuine “Giro Hero!” 👊😜 @cyclingstrategy
instagram.com/p/Csz5nyMyDbb/…
Economics 101: increasing costs drives inflation.
Land tax is a percentage of property value… land value goes up … and taxes go up…. That’s cost.
Land tax is now the largest cost to hold property… adding tax to recover CoVid will increase rents @DanielAndrewsMP!
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If you invent a novel drug, you need the government to vet and approve it (FDA) before you can commercialize it.
If you invent a new mode of air travel, you need the government to vet and approve it (FAA) before you can commercialize it.
If you create a new security, you need the government to vet and approve it (SEC) before you can commercialize it.
More generally, when you create things with broad societal impact (positive and negative) the government creates a layer of review and approval.
AI will need such an oversight body. The FDA approval process seems the most credible and adaptable into a framework to understand how a model behaves AND its counterfactual.
Our political leaders need to get in front of this sooner rather than later and create some oversight before the eventual/big/avoidable mistakes happen and genies are let out of the bottle.
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What is the value, to the economy, of money spent on cycling?
Wed 20 Oct, 7am, @oshergunsberg is leading the discussion with the Treasurer, the Hon Josh Frydenberg MP, among others, to launch cycling economy report.
Register to join on Zoom: internationalcyclingexecutiv…
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I am looking fwd to 25 June when I will interview Luca Guercilena, GM of Team @TrekSegafredo on DoubleShift, as Ryan O'Neill @cyclingstrategy previews the TDeF. Register for free and tune in Friday at 4pm UK time.
internationalcyclingexecutiv…
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Can you really #trust the #data driving your crucial business decisions? EY Global Consulting Chief Data Officer @ConradBates explains how to put data to the trust test in his latest article. #TrustedIntelligence ey.smh.re/1E8u
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Join me in an hour on #DoubleShift as we talk with @chezpro about #diversity in #sports. Register at: spr.ly/6014HCBLu
She's a trailblazer as the 1st female Sports Director of a men's #WorldTour team: youtube.com/watch?v=wZYRLuZF…
@Velon #cycling @ConradBates @AndyBaldwin_
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#DoubleShift 2021 continues this Friday 7 May at 4pm local time. On the eve of the Giro d’Italia, we’ll hear from last year’s inspiring winner @taogeoghegan and Graham Bartlett, CEO @VelonCC. Register now to join for episode 2: spr.ly/6014HCBLu


























