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    https://joannenova.com.au/2022/12/ox...appy-about-it/

    In the WEF’s own words — this rearrangement of cities is absolutely about climate change:
    As climate change and global conflict cause shocks and stresses at faster intervals and increasing severity, the 15-minute city will become even more critical.

    And the solution was the pandemic (they really say that):

    The obvious, yet incomplete, answer is the pandemic…. with COVID-19 and its variants keeping everyone home (or closer to home than usual), the 15-minute city went from a “nice-to-have” to a rallying cry. Meeting all of one’s needs within a walking, biking or transit distance was suddenly a matter of life and death.

    And then the dark hand of the totalitarian managers appears, as James Woudhuysen, warned in Spiked in late October:

    The madness of the ‘15-minute city’
    The green agenda is taking inspiration from the illiberal days of lockdown.

    To this end, Oxfordshire County Council, which is run by Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the Green Party, wants to divide the city of Oxford into six ‘15 minute’ districts. In these districts, it is said, most household essentials will be accessible by a quarter-of-an-hour walk or bike ride, and so residents will have no need for a car.

    On the surface, these 15-minute neigbourhoods might sound pleasant and convenient. But there is a coercive edge. The council plans to cut car use and traffic congestion by placing strict rules on car journeys.

    Residents will have to register their cars with the council and they will be tracked to count their journeys through the key gateways. It’s the social credit scheme that starts with your car and works like anti-frequent-flyer points.

    Under the new proposals, if any of Oxford’s 150,000 residents drives outside of their designated district more than 100 days a year, he or she could be fined £70.

    The concept of the 15-minute city was born with ‘C40’. Chaired today by London mayor Sadiq Khan, C40 calls itself a ‘network of mayors of nearly 100 world-leading cities collaborating to deliver the urgent action needed right now to confront the climate crisis’.

    Climate lockdowns? Seriously?
    It all sounds a bit ridiculous to suggest a lockdown “for the climate” but listen to the BBC. They’re working awfully hard to persuade us — they obviously think voters won’t want this. Here they are connecting the “15 Minute City” to the fun of covid lockdowns, and setting this up as though it’s totally normal for the government to decide who your friends are:

    How ’15-minute cities’ will change the way we socialise
    And furthermore lockdowns in Paris were great social moments where we all made friends. Who knew how much fun it would be to be told you couldn’t drive far?

    .. for Fraioli, the two-month lockdown that began on 17 March – confining her to a 1km radius of her home – gave her a nuanced, enriching view of her neighbourhood. “I discovered it’s possible to feel like you’re in a small village in Paris,” she says. “To get to know your neighbours, to maintain good links with shopkeepers, to favour local craftsmen and shops over large supermarkets. I even joined a citizens’ movement where people prepare food baskets for homeless people. I thought I would have a hard time living the lockdown, but I was perfectly at home, in a quiet place.”

    I don’t seem to recall “getting to know neighbours” as being part of any lockdown anywhere?

    And lookout — the 15 minute city is not just Oxford, but turning up in Brisbane, Melbourne, Barcelona, Paris, Portland and Buenos Aires. It’s everywhere.
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    Hit the shrooms a bit hard last night?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Berries View Post
    Hit the shrooms a bit hard last night?
    Crate day fall out. Strong feelings of depression, anger and paranoia with impaired mental ability.

    Aspirin won't help.
    Manopausal.

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    Quote Originally Posted by R650R View Post
    lololololololololololololol

    I don’t seem to recall “getting to know neighbours” as being part of any lockdown anywhere?
    Even prisoners do it. You must be an anti-social cant.
    I didn't think!!! I experimented!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by mashman View Post
    Even prisoners do it. You must be an anti-social cant.
    I would guess that's exactly what the neighbours think, too.
    Manopausal.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mashman View Post
    Even prisoners do it. You must be an anti-social cant.
    All of that text is cut and paste from the article, I know all my neighbours quite well thank you.
    The AUTHORS intent in that comment was obviously a sarcastic remark with regards to the draconian provisions.
    Let’s not forget our Single Source of Truth dicatated we were NOT to talk to neighbours across the fence, it was illegal under the level 4 bubbles.
    I guess all that went above a few people’s heads....
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    Quote Originally Posted by R650R View Post
    All of that text is cut and paste from the article, I know all my neighbours quite well thank you.
    The AUTHORS intent in that comment was obviously a sarcastic remark with regards to the draconian provisions.
    LetÂ’s not forget our Single Source of Truth dicatated we were NOT to talk to neighbours across the fence, it was illegal under the level 4 bubbles.
    I guess all that went above a few peopleÂ’s heads....
    I know, I read it. Ironically, it's almost the same thing that The Venus Project design towards for more sustainable communities. Kate Raworths donut needs that data too i.e. peak desire v's what you can have within sustainable limits.

    The fear that's generated sells though. Both extremes (TVP and WEF) v's the way we live today, and yet, both touting exactly the same thing as being required in order to provide some form of global food/water/energy/blah blah blah 'security', sustainably, so as to limit resource wars, poverty, the usual shit that no one ever addresses.

    Point being, we're going to have to shift towards what both of those groups speak of (evidence is an arse that way), as well as skirting the scary reds under the bed communists world to reach a point of sustainability. End of story in terms of reality for human beings to have an existence on the planet. The rest is simply how we do it. So far, WEF is gonna win, coz they actually have a plan to bring about sustainability and the means to push it on everyone they wish using money as their weapon/measure of choice/worth......... but as ya'll keep banging on about how important that it to ya, yer essentially giving WEF the road .......

    I'm sure your neighbours love you too.
    I didn't think!!! I experimented!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by george formby View Post
    I would guess that's exactly what the neighbours think, too.
    Projection is such an ugly thing
    I didn't think!!! I experimented!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by mashman View Post
    I know, I read it. Ironically, it's almost the same thing that The Venus Project design towards for more sustainable communities. Kate Raworths donut needs that data too i.e. peak desire v's what you can have within sustainable limits.

    The fear that's generated sells though. Both extremes (TVP and WEF) v's the way we live today, and yet, both touting exactly the same thing as being required in order to provide some form of global food/water/energy/blah blah blah 'security', sustainably, so as to limit resource wars, poverty, the usual shit that no one ever addresses.

    Point being, we're going to have to shift towards what both of those groups speak of (evidence is an arse that way), as well as skirting the scary reds under the bed communists world to reach a point of sustainability. End of story in terms of reality for human beings to have an existence on the planet. The rest is simply how we do it. So far, WEF is gonna win, coz they actually have a plan to bring about sustainability and the means to push it on everyone they wish using money as their weapon/measure of choice/worth......... but as ya'll keep banging on about how important that it to ya, yer essentially giving WEF the road .......

    I'm sure your neighbours love you too.
    I mean, thanks for confirming what I've been saying for years - however - when it comes to the Masses vs Top-down authoritarians, my money is always on the Masses (eventually).
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    Quote Originally Posted by TheDemonLord
    I don't read what you write (first post after new year aside). Save your energy unless you think you're accomplishing something with whatever one sided statement/s you make.
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    The Twenty-Seven Most Embarrassing Reactions to Taibbi Thread About Twitter Censoring Hunter Biden Tweets

    From darling journo of the man on the street to doing PR for Musk lol.

    A first round of tweets that came to a conclusion that few seemed happy with, therefore it's a support piece for the richest man on the planet and not journalism ... fickle tweats
    I didn't think!!! I experimented!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by mashman View Post
    I know, I read it. Ironically, it's almost the same thing that The Venus Project design towards for more sustainable communities. Kate Raworths donut needs that data too i.e. peak desire v's what you can have within sustainable limits.

    The fear that's generated sells though. Both extremes (TVP and WEF) v's the way we live today, and yet, both touting exactly the same thing as being required in order to provide some form of global food/water/energy/blah blah blah 'security', sustainably, so as to limit resource wars, poverty, the usual shit that no one ever addresses.

    Point being, we're going to have to shift towards what both of those groups speak of (evidence is an arse that way), as well as skirting the scary reds under the bed communists world to reach a point of sustainability. End of story in terms of reality for human beings to have an existence on the planet. The rest is simply how we do it. So far, WEF is gonna win, coz they actually have a plan to bring about sustainability and the means to push it on everyone they wish using money as their weapon/measure of choice/worth......... but as ya'll keep banging on about how important that it to ya, yer essentially giving WEF the road .......

    I'm sure your neighbours love you too.
    Well one well known radio host was known for articulating that communism and capitalism are two sides of same coin...

    The word sustainable is a Latin derivative of the Russian word for starvation, golodaniye

    Not much in our current world is unsustainable. Curiously activists and govts are really only concerned about stuff that relates to freedom of movement hhmmmm no prizes for guessing why?
    Where are they on the sand issue, the worlds 2 biggest traded bulk commodity. We are rapidly running low on proper sharp sand for construction and cement ( the desert stuff is rounded and useless, marine stuff has salt contamination). Yet you don’t hear SFA about sand.
    Be a bit hard to build all those wind turbine bases, sea walls andvinternment camps without it...

    Yes we can clean up some technologies but there vast swathes of earth under utilised and full of unknown discoveries...
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    Quote Originally Posted by mashman View Post
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    The Twenty-Seven Most Embarrassing Reactions to Taibbi Thread About Twitter Censoring Hunter Biden Tweets

    From darling journo of the man on the street to doing PR for Musk lol.

    A first round of tweets that came to a conclusion that few seemed happy with, therefore it's a support piece for the richest man on the planet and not journalism ... fickle tweats
    So your saying journalists report stuff based on whose throwing out the cash... sounds kinda familiar.....
    Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket - Eric Hoffer

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    When I want factual news, I go to Twitter not the state sponsored New Zealand media.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Al Bundy 4eva! View Post
    When I want factual news, I go to Twitter not the state sponsored New Zealand media.
    Is it factual news that Teslas do not use camera's.

    Quote Originally Posted by Al Bundy 4eva! View Post
    Teslas don't use cameras, they use a new technology in a micro chip called Dojo.
    .
    https://twitter.com/teslascope/statu...61134876221440
    https://twitter.com/ft/status/889633821938855936
    https://twitter.com/driveteslaca/sta...53246381932544
    https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1210273702476054529

    or tesla themselves
    https://www.tesla.com/en_NZ/autopilot/3



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    That was fast, I presuming you had this post lined up ready to go, I'm sorry I kept you waiting for a week or so or whenever it was the last time I visited this site...lol.

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