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Boston-born (DotRat), USN Viet vet, Australian citizen, #Bagger. @dotrat47.bsky.social

a guest on Boonwurrung lands
Joined July 2008
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100 hours. That's how long experts estimate you can go without fresh water. 100 hours. Given we live, more or less, on a desert island, you'd think we'd pay a bit more attention to its conservation and protection. 👀
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Hey @ABCaustralia Gina’s red herring Hanson has banned the @abcnews Why does #afternoonbriefing have ON @Barnaby_Joyce on the show Stop platforming One Nation when they’ve banned you
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If Social Security thinks retirement age is 62, why are we electing 70-80 year olds to Congress and as President?
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Folks, I get the intent, and I love the concern, it's real and valid, I just really would stress some real fucken reality. We're a bit past the "petition" phase of getting rid of the fascists, yeah?
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Football commentator and media dude Sam Newman just claimed the woman raped by sports manager Ralph Carr had 'buyer's remorse' and he questioned the evidence of the rapist's crimes. He made the comment during an interview with other good bloke Wayne Carey (because of he did). I hope Newman is cancelled by AFL and by ever media outlet that platforms him. How dare he stand up and call a rape victim a liar. Let's recap. Carr was convicted of raping the woman in March of 2023. He was convicted by a jury. The woman was repeatedly called a liar by his defence. She endured a grueling and demeaning cross examination. For context, juries rarely convict in rape cases because of the old 'he said she said' bullshit. Carr himself had a cloak of anonymity for three years as he used his money and power to convince the legal system to protect him. He was charged in 2023 and a suppression order – similar to the one used to protect rapist Tom Silvagni – was rolled out. He raped the woman in 2023 after spending months harassing her sexually. He attacked her when she became distressed while telling him of a relationship breakdown. ❤️SUPPORT MY WORK❤️ Please support The RED HEART Movement and Australian Femicide Watch by grabbing a RED HEART tee or providing a crowd-funded donation! 100% of money raised funds support for families of femicide, an apartment for domestic violence survivors and my work documenting the killing of Australian women and children. Links in bio or visit australianfemicidewatch.org
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saying it again, every single person who has given ‘testimony’ at the Australian #royalcommission into antisemitism should have their social media accounts scrutinised. you can’t scream antisemitism while being proudly & publicly Islamophobic & racist.
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Too gutless to allow replies. Fuck off back to your wonderful fascist, racist America. We're sick of Zionists. We're sick of genocide apologists. And we're sick of foreigners trying to tell us what to do and think.
As I told @News24Aust's @SharriMarkson, the pro-ISIS, pro-Hamas, pro-Hezbollah, and pro-Iranian regime crowds aren’t just antisemitic. They don’t just seek to murder Jews. They are fundamentally anti-Western and anti-democratic, and their ideology poses a threat to everyone. The fight against radical Islamism is a fight against extremism and hate, and it should concern everyone.
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"The reason over 80% of Australians have an unfavourable opinion of Israel, the highest in the West, is reasonably simple. Australians have witnessed, for too long, the overwhelming and incessant demands of Zionists taking precedence over the public interest" boganintel.com/p/greenblatts… #IsraelIsATerroristState #GenocideinPalestine #FreePalestine #auspol
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Please consider signing this if you haven’t already 🙏
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When will sanity, logic and reality be applied by the ALP to the warped fiction of AUKUS. We hand over $Bs to the US and UK military/industrial complex, sacrifice our sovereignty and get treated as mugs. The optimal pathway becomes more flawed and unrealistic by the day!
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Another Israel premier. Ben Carroll $85k trip, IAI, Elbit, Rafael. @SleekitScotsman sleekitscotsman.substack.com…
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It is preposterous that a person who actively supports a foreign government widely condemned for committing genocide in one country, that is using the same tactics in a second country while instigating war with a third country should make policy decisions for this country
Jillian Segal says her plan is to “expand” IHRA training “at scale” — to all govt depts & all businesses in the country — & be driven by a new taxpayer funded body - which she reveals is already in the works.😳 What the hell is going on?
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Exactly. Unfortunately we've replaced one Z with another. 🙄
Replying to @YaThinkN
Victoria is the world's capital for courts suppressing identities. Notably only the well off seem to get this treatment. Failure to drive improvements to law & order in the state is another reason voters glad to see the back of Jacinta Allan...
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I care this man is GUILTY OF RAPE I care he remains(after 3 years of identity protection) UNNAMED I care this COSY SECRET is kept from Community, which has the RIGHT TO KNOW who is A RAPIST I CARE FOR RAPE VICTIMS I do not care if he is "well-connected" a "Melbourne business man"
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"found guilty of rape and has been taken into custody" YET still his identity is protected by the court. How the f*ck can that be? Australia's so-called justice system has NO justice for women & children victims of male crimes, particularly wealthy connected men 🤬
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Nasty low key Labor campaign underway to denigrate Husic -
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If I used force to push Israeli families off their land, I doubt they would call me a 'settler.'
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...@kwelkernbc Think of the lives and families this man has destroyed. And you stand there and laugh with him
Tough to hold the fascists to account when you're busy fraternizing with them
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Replying to @RonniSalt
Does Ben Carroll's March 2023 trip to Israel, which cost taxpayers $43,714, tell us anything about the premier's "new direction"? Can't wait for the details. I'll go out on a limb to say that more restrictions to freedom of speech & a side serve of authoritarianism is on its way.
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I love how everyone is appalled at the very concept of arresting the President of Israel, like we didn’t black-bag the President of Venezuela earlier this year.
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