Why ‘cringe’ AC/DC comment is just embarrassing

https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/tours/why-cringe-acdc-comment-is-just-embarrassing/news-story/b1b0d3f88edbadda414e4abddf5da706 

Err, Maybe the wingers should either shut the hell up, or just try to do over many decades what  these guys have done from scratch. AC/DC don’t have anything to prove, nor do they give a shit what some wee boys say. They have stood the test of time, as have the Rolling Stones and others. 

Vocal range changes over the years and depending on what one’s singing style is, it can be more intense on the vocal cords. You cannot compare Brian Johnson to Mick Jagger either, as their music is a different genre requiring different vocal styles. One has also to learn how not to damage the vocal cords when singing like Brian does or heavy metal vocalists do or the career span would be very short. Smoking heavily and drinking too much alcohol is another factor, not just from the risks of cancer and many other health risks and perhaps not getting covered by insurance if they neglect their health. This is a multi million dollar business after all it’s not some young blokes playing in a mere garage. 

One cannot maintain the lifestyle of a 20 year old in one’s 70’s or even in one’s 40’s. Intelligent people understand that a healthy lifestyle will promote a lasting career and lifespan. Maintaining bodily health not just to follow your passion in any life choices but, not ending up in your grave through stupidity. 

As for Angus’s attire, that’s his gimmick, yes maybe it’s a bit over done at his age. But that’s his choice and if he still wants to do that, good on him. He is not taking himself seriously, he’s a showman and his fans expect him to dress this way on stage. 

Even the journalist comes across as a complete wanker, he’s got nothing on these guys! Real music stopped by the early 1990’s, now it’s all auto tuned and garbage. Factory production line trash to be blunt. 

What ever rocks your boat as they say, but before crapping on the real men in rock, get off your arse and do exactly what they did starting with nothing and learning from those that came before you.  Then keep going to you get this old, and see how fit  you are as well as your vocal skills. The rule is never send a wee boy to do a man’s job it’s just casting pearls before swine. 

She was brutally attacked – but what happened next was worse

 https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/she-was-brutally-attacked-but-what-happened-next-was-worse/news-story/7ee3da14939998de74238d231e6d7427

This is horrific, the laws need to be changed to allow victims the opportunity to pursue justice in circumstances such as this. There is not much of a payout for victims of crime through the courts either and it would not cover all the legal costs such as this case. There are time limits applied as well and the compensation is in categories which have different monetary values. One needs to seek legal advice on how to obtain the correct payments that one could be entitled to.

Perhaps the police need better training in this area, as stated, victims of violence do not all act meek and mild and sometimes the police officers attending the incident may not pick up on who is the victim. Fight or flight responses can be misleading. Victims, who are usually women, come in all shapes and sizes and ethnicity. Anger and humiliation are normal human reactions, then feeling frightened, intimidated, mental illness suffered by the victim and not believed all adds to the stress.

 Yes, it is also a minefield for police too because some victims will withdraw charges within 24 hours usually due to intimidation or feeling guilty about calling the police or family members pressuring the victim. Police are often left frustrated by the victim withdrawing charges, and that can happen multiple times by one person, which leaves police reluctant to get involved. Either way it’s a horrible situation made worse by injuries suffered by the victims and most often the victims have no money to take legal action or even seek legal advice. 

Plane and car crash testing is still designed to keep men safe. That puts women in danger

 https://theconversation.com/plane-and-car-crash-testing-is-still-designed-to-keep-men-safe-that-puts-women-in-danger-268990

Why has it taken so long for someone to think of this? Women and children are smaller and lighter than men, we are thrown around more in a crash, and I am speaking as a person seriously injured in car crashes as a passenger in a few car accidents from childhood to adulthood. 

The impact injuries can be serious lifelong and life altering injuries, which affect many aspects of life for the rest of our lives. Women of child bearing age with serious injuries have the added problem of having children and living with injuries that affect them in raising their children, such as not being able to pick up the child to hold them because of  back, neck, hip, shoulder and even elbow and wrist injuries causing severe pain and discomfort. The lighter body weight causes more whiplash injuries and impact injuries to the neck and spine. Then there is damage to the body’s nervous system and some injuries can worsen as we age too. 

Possums in Australia show some of the world's highest PFAS levels among small mammals

 https://phys.org/news/2025-10-possums-australia-world-highest-pfas.html

This is so sad,  but perhaps they need to check domestic animals including farm animals also. 

Aussie girls 'hunted' by young men online to commit violent acts in 'twisted' gamification

 https://www.9news.com.au/national/australia-federal-police-young-girls-targeted-by-young-men-online-like-video-game/da51b4f1-a53e-4069-9d6a-7298b700a144

Absolutely vile, if this isn’t a disease of the soul then I don’t know what is.  Just keep in mind how misogynistic and lax the courts are. Bail, sure no problem. 

Wall dig leads to 'once-in-a-generation' discovery

 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czdrvegdd08o

I guess they just stumbled across it 😜 

Donna Lee on the reality of living with young onset dementia

 https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/wellbeing/donna-lee-on-the-reality-of-living-with-young-onset-dementia/news-story/7bbd170dd534d95d50f532e62cee0ff7

My heart goes out to this poor lady and everyone that suffers from dementia, it’s a horrible and cruel disease. This article also shows how ignorant some people are, there are even children and teenagers with dementia. Hazel Hawke was diagnosed early with Alzheimer’s too which was well publicised, she wanted people to be aware of that at the time she was diagnosed to help educate people about the condition. 

Women also have cognitive issues due to menopause which can start early and stress can exacerbate our cognitive abilities. 

Discovery on power pole reveals growing problem Aussie town didn't know existed

 https://au.news.yahoo.com/discovery-on-power-pole-reveals-growing-problem-aussie-town-didnt-know-existed-074734939.html

Er, I think most people are aware of this fact but very little is being done. The buck stops with the government and the public needs to put pressure on the government to man up and protect these beautiful but vulnerable koalas. Step up Australia and make koalas a protected species. 

Let’s not forget the horrible bushfires of 2019 that decimated thousands of animals and forests, so why isn’t there an urgent action to protect koalas? Your call NSW government, pull your finger out, we don’t want more dead koalas and the clock is ticking. 

Not just ‘growing pains’: 1 in 5 Australian kids live with chronic pain, but it’s often invisible

 https://theconversation.com/not-just-growing-pains-1-in-5-australian-kids-live-with-chronic-pain-but-its-often-invisible-265680

There are many health issues that children face such as Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (JRA), scoliosis, circulatory problems, migraines and for girls there is endometriosis to name a few. I suffered from painful legs from the age of 11 and would walk to school in tears for two year, and this was a long walk every day from a top floor flat and walking up hills to get to my school a suburb away. My mother dismissed it as growing pains and I was never taken to a doctor. I have always had painful legs and circulation problems not to mention Reynaud’s syndrome, as I got to my 30’s, which is agonising in my feet and hands. I assume my parents didn’t know about magnesium deficiency or B12 back in the early 1970’s and it may have helped me. By my teenage years the circulation in my legs got worse and I would lose  all feeling in my legs sitting on the floor at school assemblies. My parents didn’t take me to a doctor to find out why, they were just not interested. My circulation is much worse nowadays in my arms and legs, which causes me to lose a lot of sleep every night.

Parents need to be more aware and listen to their children, but not to encourage hypochondria. Children should have proper medical checkups like adults do, because children do get cancer, tumours and many different health conditions. Girls do have a higher pain tolerance than boys but that doesn’t mean there isn’t something wrong. Do not let a doctor fob you off and be respectful when asking to be sent to a specialist or a paediatrician. 

Hormonal changes are notorious for playing havoc with adolescents too from severe acne, which can become infected, to girl’s reproductive system problems, this includes fibrocystic breast disease. Doctors tend to be very dismissive of this and I speak from experience of over 43 years of chronic breast pain. I lost confidence in doctors in the first two years and I found male doctors were the worst and very ill informed of such matters. I ended up going through alternative therapy but even that was not successful. When it comes to girls and hormones, please don’t rule anything out because it can last a lifetime with misery and pain. 

Teen gamer reveals sickening scenes on Roblox as eSafety Commission announces new commitments to combat grooming

 https://7news.com.au/news/teen-gamer-reveals-sickening-scenes-inside-roblox-servers-as-esafety-commission-announces-new-commitments-to-combat-grooming-c-20021789?fbclid=IwZnRzaAM9UQpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHty2a8rd9-U89JAXPXF8GDQ-B0sE-DT8vwrjPYpw90kFBgFCLLhYThZGfEmX_aem_V6btcGVBpuE7KAjkaA3tcQ

Please read this article and take it onboard, there is no way on earth that I would permit my child to use this platform, I am not in favour of online games for children as it is. I know kids can be very secretive about what they get up to, and all the more reason for parents being more concerned about what their children are doing online. Parents need to be having very serious conversations with their children about safety and sexual assault, harassment and violent behaviour, including the repercussions of their actions and the harm caused. It’s bad enough that children are committing suicide in the past few decades, and this article mentions a boy took his own life because of this platform allowing predators to operate online. 

World's first AI minister will eliminate corruption, says Albania's PM

 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2znzgwj3xo

Absurd is the word that comes to mind here. The program is obviously set up to be manipulated for any agenda needed. Having this trialled in Eastern Europe takes the spotlight away from being in a major western country. This is a dangerous precedent being set and what are the legal consequences of this? This is not a good idea and from this what direction will it progress to? What happens if this AI gains its own autonomy? 

Dusting of snow for parts of the ACT, NSW, Tas and Victoria amid Antarctic blast

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-30/snow-fall-as-antarctic-blast-arrives-nsw-act/105711478 

It's been a cold and wet week in Canberra, brrrr! Today we woke up to snow in the mountains around us, reminding us that winter is still here. There are some lovely photos here in this article, but many more online,  I saw some lovely photography this morning when looking over the news and FB updates. It will be a very cold night tonight too, going down to minus 3, but then the week will warm up thankfully. 

Winter does not actually end on the 1st September, it ends on the equinox (Vernal/Autumnal equinox) which is on the 23rd September AEST this year. There is a reason we have an equinox for summer and winter to mark the division of  the four seasons. The summer equinox usually falls between 22-23 September and the winter Equinox falls between 20-22 March annually in the Southern hemisphere and reverse in the Northern hemisphere. It has always been that way and not just picking the first day of the month, it is a precise astronomical  calculation that is thousands of years old. 

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Ugly Human attitude: Hairless Frenchie named World’s Ugliest Dog

https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/life/entertainment/style/2025/08/10/frenchie-ugliest-dog 

WTH? What is wrong with people, this is not at all funny, it’s insulting and demeaning. How about an ugly human contest, more on their personality and how they treat animals and other people. 

I find these contests abusive to animals, why aren’t there animal rights activists protesting against this? Sure these dog owners may “love their dogs” , but holding them up to ridicule is not a loving act. We humans should be above this sort of behaviour, but here we are. Just because they are highlighting rescue animals doesn’t give them the right to make fun of these poor little dogs. 

The ANU is moving to kill the Australian National Dictionary - this is why it matters

 https://theconversation.com/the-anu-is-moving-to-kill-the-australian-national-dictionary-this-is-why-it-matters-261844

What an absolute disgrace, deliberately and wilfully destroying Australian culture, the leftist ANU strike again, very un-Australian. 

NASA wants US to be the first nation to put nuclear reactor on the moon

 https://edition.cnn.com/2025/08/05/politics/moon-nuclear-reactor-us-nasa

Excuse me, what gives you or anyone the right to do this? I don’t see this actually happening because other factors will prevent this happening. 

Aussie supplement company Blackmores facing potential class action over allegedly ‘toxic’ levels of B6 in products

 https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/health-problems/aussie-supplement-company-blackmores-facing-potential-class-action-over-allegedly-toxic-levels-of-b6-in-products/news-story/b9a96235f1402b67edc1a9bae81e1423

How on earth is this possible? 29 times over the legal limit and irreversible damage caused. One would imagine that a person would get regular blood tests done to keep an eye on their vitamin levels. At least once a year is the standard unless you have a health issue in which you need to have your blood checked regularly. Long term use of vitamins is not normal unless you have an underlying medical condition either. My husband due to his medical condition can't make B12 for instance so he gets injections and that is under medical supervision and has regular blood tests.   

‘People pay to be told lies’: the rise and fall of the world’s first ayahuasca multinational

 https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/jul/03/people-pay-to-be-told-lies-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-worlds-first-ayahuasca-multinational

Please read this article.

A fool and their money are easily parted and praying on the vulnerability of others is despicable. Notice the bit about OSHO, owning 93 Rolls Royces and rejecting asceticism to embracing materialism, hardly someone to aspire to live your life by. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajneesh Read this to the end and draw your own conclusions.

I keep my life very simple, I don’t go in for so called spiritual gurus, I am my own spiritual guide just like you are your own spiritual guide. You are giving away your personal spiritual sovereignty, money and freedom to these practitioners, life coaches, etc. The very thought of them puts me right off, I do not trust nor tolerate any of them, instead I look to myself and I do feel that is what we all need to be doing as individuals. To rely on others is lazy, potentially harmful and you may be manipulated by someone with an agenda that doesn’t align with your own personal values or spiritual values, while making them rich. 

Spirituality is a deeply personal and private matter and there is no set rules about what you deem to spirituality. It comes from a knowing deep down inside the individual, it’s not complicated and it cannot be taught or learned from others. You are tuning into your higher self and living the way that you the individual is meant to live, not from someone blowing smoke in your face telling you what to think, how to feel and how to live. We are all the embodiment of spirit in all of its manifestations. 

 All our answers are within us, we just need to tune in and listen. There isn’t any short cut either, you must put in the effort yourself by honestly examining your own heart and soul. You will know that you are on the right track in life if you feel happy and content, not by what someone tells you. They have a financial incentive to keep you dependent on them for advice and unable to think for yourself. Their teachings are unrealistic and unattainable, which has been well documented in news articles over the years, there is no substance to it. Then there are the like minded individuals that think, oh, I can do this too, and market the bullshit to make money off gullible people too. Do you think this is in any way spiritual? Hell no, this  is predatory capitalism 101, making easy money but devolving spiritually and morally. 

There is no way on earth that I would give these individuals the time of day, let alone my hard earned money. There is nothing spiritual about individuals that behave like this. Do you honestly believe that these people have the answers for you and are also capable of pulling off such un-spiritual behaviour? 

Here we are heading into the supposed golden age of Aquarius too, which is also another mind trick. Yes,  astrologically the sign of Aquarius and its ruling planet Uranus rules spirituality but not like the spin doctors of new age like you to believe. This is not a wonderful unicorns and rainbows world that we will be living in. If you think it is then you are sadly mistaken. 

Let me remind you about the 11th house , it does cover situations that you have absolutely no control over, it’s planetary ruler Uranus, apart from representing the freedom urge Uranus also represents sudden and unexpected events which are often violent, it rules revolution and dictatorships, utopian , egotistical, and rules the occult (positive and negative aspects) in its negative aspects also.  Being in the third dimension we have polarities, and this is a dense and low vibration of death and war, a fact that will never change. 

Mum’s ‘pimple’ led to terrifying ordeal

 https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/health-problems/mums-pimple-led-to-terrifying-ordeal/news-story/6e0e98f5c5aa0c220b4c57c985d36ab9?utm_campaign=EditorialSB&utm_source=News.com.au&utm_medium=Facebook&utm_content=SocialBakers&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR6vqyGClXkY8r_nx3ouuE3ziB26WoUQH-Ha0OABD7_qJ66YW3Kypy-3vWWezg_aem_0PqsvoGNO-atBq26v0581w#

Skin cancer is not something to take lightly, Australia is the skin cancer capital of the world. The sun is much brighter and more intense in Australia than it is in the northern hemisphere and depending on the altitude where you live you are more exposed to the uv rays the higher the altitude and like the article says clouds make no difference. 

Not all cancers look like cancer as the article states, my husband’s melanoma looked like eczema at first but it got bigger and bigger and more aggressive looking, resulting in a deep surgery scar 9cms x 7cms, that has to be covered when outside. I intuitively knew that it was melanoma but both my husband and the doctor said it was a type of eczema. I made my husband go back and get it rechecked and see a specialist. This took two years to get this diagnosis as my husband kept letting it go,  he had a skin puncture biopsy that tested positive to stage 1 melanoma in situ. Surgery was booked in quickly up in Sydney because we couldn’t get into a surgeon in Canberra. 

Both my husband and I avoid the sun because we are both fair skinned and neither of us like the heat. We both grew up in Sydney in the 70’s and 80’s. Schools did not have the sun smart rules back in our day either. So it was walking in the full sun to and from school daily and no shelter from the sun in the school playgrounds back then. Not just that, my husband is like many people who drive with their arm on the windows of their cars while driving. All that sun exposure adds up over a lifetime. I had a little mole burned off my nose last year because I was worried it might be something nasty, then one burned off my right forearm a few months ago because it was itchy. I do cover up in the sun and wear a sun hat, sunglasses  and sunscreen, but that doesn’t guarantee that one won’t get skin cancer. 

Avoid being in the sun between 11.00 am to 4.00pm as much as possible because that is when the sun is at its most powerful. Wear sleeves like the cooling sleeves sold on eBay when your out in the full sun, there are some really cool looking ones out now. I bought a few different ones with patterns and some plain ones for being out walking. If ladies don’t want “hat hair” use an umbrella or parasol, they come in trendy patterns now too. 

The scars from surgery aren’t sexy and they are very sensitive to sunlight. You don’t generally just get melanoma once, it does come back and that’s why they do a mapping of your lymph nodes and put a little tattoo on your body where there was a lymph node of concern. Then the follow up examinations to make sure that there isn’t anything else growing. Don’t be fooled into thinking it only happens to older people, it happens at any age. 

Be safe and be informed, and don’t be fobbed off by a doctor that is instantly dismissive, as a google search will clearly show the numbers of people that have been misdiagnosed and had cancer after doctors have said they are too young or they are paranoid. Be responsible for your own health and wellbeing and be informed in serious health matters such as this, there is no second chance. 

Fallout from Ned Kelly's last stand haunted families for generations

 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-28/bushranger-ned-kelly-glenrowan-siege-145th-anniversary/105442598

Australian history may be short compared to other countries but it is full of heartache and hardship. Life in Australia was very hard up until the 1960’s for many people. The bush ranger era was a frightening time and not something to be glorified. I went to Glenrowan a few years ago where the Kelly gang met their fait. It’s a relatively small area where the last stand took place. Below is a link to my experience of my trip to Glenrowan and a couple of photos of the site of  Ann Jones’ pub. 

https://psychictarotreadingwithalexfulford.blogspot.com/2021/02/glenrowan-victoria-children-in-spirit.html 

Hepatitis A outbreak in several European countries

 https://www.9news.com.au/world/hepatitis-a-outbreak-in-several-european-countries/8aa9a75c-def5-4950-ba34-06f739f5f3b6

While the figures are low really this is pretty nasty, not the sort of thing that one comes in contact with generally, hepatitis is always around as it is in its various strains. If the governments could do an advertising campaign and hand out education leaflets in the streets through charities  and so on, to heighten awareness of Hep A symptoms and prevention in homelessness communities and travellers that has to be a good help in prevention.