Australian pet products supplier, Petstock, has become the next in a growing line of companies to boycott Australia Day. Perhaps there was a time when you could purchase an Australian Flag dog coat for your spaniel, or a bandanna for your terrier, but those days are numbered. It should be noted that supermarket giant Woolworths has recently acquired a 55% stake in Petstock Group, obviously using their power to push their anti-Australia Day agenda. Interestingly, I went to their website, and discovered something a bit strange. If you search for “collar”, of course you get a wide range of cat and dog collars as expected. But, if you search for “Australia”, this is no joke, you get an error message – “Something went wrong”. I don’t know if this is intentional, or just some kind of bug, but it’s amusing nonetheless. In a statement from Petstock, the head parakeet said, “At the Petstock Group, we remain committed to being an inclusive organisation. It is at the heart of our mantra of People, Pets, Planet, that we show respect and make sure everyone who comes through our physical or digital doors feel like they belong.” Except if you celebrate Australia Day, then you can bugger off! When asked about these controversies, head parakeet, I mean Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese simply said, “I think we need to stop looking for areas in which we can be outraged – we need to come together.” That’s funny coming from him. In the first year-and-a-half of his term as PM, he lead the charge in dividing Australians with the massive, cash-wasting, Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum. That ended up being very unifying, didn’t it? Cricket Australia Chief Executive Nick Hockley also is banning all references to Australia Day in the upcoming test match that will be played over Australia Day. He said, “We’re not in any way boycotting Australia Day… We’re just mindful that in our communication materials, it means different things to different people, and we’re respectful, and we just want everyone to feel welcome.” Australian Cricket Captain Pat Cummins has weighed in on the issue and stated, “I think we should have an Australia Day, but I think we can probably find a more appropriate day to celebrate it.” Ah yes. Just change the date! That will fix everything, won’t it? Do they think we’re stupid? No matter what date Australia Day is ever held, these activists will never come together to celebrate Australia. They hate what Australia stands for. They want Australia Day, and perhaps Australia, abolished. Although not all Labor politicians agree. Chris Minns, Premier of New South Wales, stated, “This is a day for us all to celebrate with your family and friends, and recognise that we live in the greatest country on Earth. I definitely will be doing that. Cricket Australia should revisit the decision. The idea that you would take a national day away from any country, particularly Australia, is a strange one. We should right now be trying to pull each other together, and this is the day that we’ve set aside to celebrate what it means to live in the greatest country on Earth.” Queensland Premier Steven Miles was a bit less enthusiastic. When asked about the Australia Day cricket controversy, he said, “I haven’t given that much thought… I suppose the Boxing Day Test starts on Boxing Day, whereas this Test will start the day before Australia Day. That might be their explanation, but you’d really have to talk to Cricket Australia.” He’s right. He hasn’t given it much thought. He’s trying to insinuate the reason for not mentioning Australia Day during the Australia Day Test match is that the five-day match doesn’t actually start on Australia Day. What a whole lot of rubbish! Some people are using the analogy that insisting on celebrating Australia Day against the wishes of a minority, is akin to not installing enough disability ramps and lifts for the relatively small proportion of people who are wheelchair-bound. I think that’s a really poor analogy. Cancelling Australia Day because a few people are upset by it, is more akin to removing all steps and stairwells because wheelchair-bound people are upset by watching able-bodied people use them. Furthermore, wheel-chair bound people are not going around rubbishing or attacking their own country, as per the anti-Australia Day fanatics. An online poll by the Courier Mail asked the question, “Should Cricket Australia be snubbing Australia Day?” An overwhelming number of respondents, 97%, said No. Cricket Australia, of course, should continue to recognise Australia Day, and stop playing this stupid, woke game. It just goes on. These people are just not listening to the majority of Australians and are set on their crusade to tear down Australian traditions. I don’t know what we can do about it except to keep calling them out. Hopefully, common sense will prevail. MUSIC Allégro by Emmit Fenn ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRdgfsHQAtY

Antarctica is the coldest, windiest and driest continent on Earth. The average annual temperature at the highest parts of the interior is about −60 °C, but even that is not cold enough to store Pfizer’s new vaccine. The vaccine, developed in conjunction with German biotech company, BioNTech, is said to have an effectiveness rate of about 95%, but with one major caveat — it has to be stored at −70 °C. As Time Magazine put it, that’s cold enough to turn your ice cream into an impenetrable block of ice. Obviously, this will cause a logistical nightmare. Delivering the vaccine to hot countries in the developing world may become problematic. Luckily for the dry ice manufacturers, dry ice comes at a nice frosty temperature of −78 °C, perfectly suitable for transporting and storing Pfizer’s new vaccine, but obviously, this involves more cost. So why all of this coldness? Why does the vaccine need to be kept so cold? Well, the vaccine uses a novel technology — strands of messenger RNA (mRNA), held within lipid particles— that are vulnerable to degradation at room temperature and require doses to be frozen for transportation, then thawed for use. This type of vaccine does not put a weakened or inactivated virus into your body, but rather teaches your cells how to make a protein that triggers an immune response. Anyway, the UK have approved the vaccine, which is set to be rolled out next week, with Boris Johnson stating that there will be “immense logistical challenges” due to the frigid temperatures required to store the vaccine. The key point is the cold! If and when you get the vaccine, make sure you think of the mountainous interior of Antarctica when the mRNA enters your veins. Australian Made on eBay: http://ebay.us/4lIOkc Buy goods from the US with https://www.bigapplebuddy.com – For $10 off your first order, use checkout/promo code: DAILYRANT OUTRO MUSIC Fortress Europe by Dan Bodan (https://www.youtube.com/user/danbodan) #Pfizervaccine #PfizerBioNTech #VaccinePolitics #Pfizer #vaccines ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyMKkO01adA

House prices in Australia have become so unaffordable that many young families simply cannot buy into the market. Wealthy Australians have become a nation of property “investors” thanks to a series of government policies that allow and encourage it. The lower and middle class have either been burdened with massive debt, or they are stuck renting for the rest of their lives. In the 1970s, the average house price was about twice the average annual income. If we used today’s figures as a guide, the average home should only cost about $140000 to $150000. But in reality, the average Australian house price is much higher. Homes in Brisbane have a median cost of $478000; Perth $515000; Melbourne $595000; and finally Sydney comes in at a whopping $776000. Bubble, Bubble By many definitions of the term, Australia is in a classic bubble. Japan had one in the 1980s which burst in the early 1990s and sent their economy flying into a downward spiral. They are still feeling the effects of it to this day. Ireland also had a major property bubble which burst in 2007. Despite the bubble bursting, media commentators still encouraged people to go out and buy. Irish television was littered with house-hunting and house makeover shows encouraging people to increase their property “portfolio”. Much like what is happening in Australia at this very moment. It’s unbelievable that we’ve allowed this to happen. In my opinion, a house should not be an investment. It’s a place for people to live and to raise their families. It’s a necessity of life. To say that an investor should be allowed to take $400 (or more) a week away in rent from a poor family just because the owner happens to have more money than them, is in my opinion, immoral. It’s a classic case of the rich becoming richer and the poor becoming poorer. If history has taught us anything, ultimately this social hierarchy will fail. Future generations will not tolerate such obvious exploitation. Wage Slavery Of course, many property investors will justify their actions saying things like “We’re only doing what the law allows”, and to some extent, they are right. However, it is not good for society to have all the workers (i.e. the people who actually build and create things) to be stuck in a constant slave-like existence. They work hard every week in order to pay off their mortgage, or pay the rent. They do not have the option of leaving their job, even if it is the most dirty, dangerous or demeaning one. If they did leave, either the bank would take their home, or the landlord would kick them out. ... Hard Work Pays Off? The modern landlord class is no different from the landed gentry of the past. They are maintaining their wealth by taking from the poor. I have a friend whose boss ow ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux-GExMxZEc

I smell a RAT up my nose. Sorry, I couldn’t help myself with this one. Yesterday, I was sent an email by one of the higher-ups at work explaining the benefits and limitations of taking rapid antigen test, or RAT (that’s got to be a joke, right?). She also sent this diagram telling us how to use a rapid antigen test. Um, no thank you! Fall of Society ▶ https://ebay.us/d7Vq8f Who would voluntarily stick a swab half way into their head? Certainly not me. And before you start telling me it’s for the greater good, what good? The government are telling us that for the vast majority of people who test positive, they will only have minor symptoms, if any symptoms at all, and the best course of action is to stay at home and take some paracetamol if you have a fever. Good luck!. “Panic-buying PANADOL after top doctors urged Australians to stock up. Australians are clearing supermarket shelves of popular painkillers”. Not to mention that the Chief Medical Officer is telling people that if they have respiratory problems, they probably have the virus. “What’s happening at the moment, a lot of people are using rapid antigen tests early in their illness when there’s not as much virus in the nose and throat. And so that can be negative initially, but they become positive as you go through the illness. So it is a matter of persisting”. So he’s suggesting that persistence is the key to testing positive. Keep sticking a swab up you nose until finally you test positive to the virus, and then you’ll be told to stay home and take some Panadol. People are being told not to go to hospital unless they have sever symptoms like difficulty breathing and chest pains. My question… What was the point of the test? What’s the point of sticking a swab half way in your head multiple times just so that you can be told to stay home? I mean, if I’m sick, I would stay at home anyway, regardless of the type of virus. New South Wales are even threatening people with a $1000 fine if they test positive with a RAT test, but fail to report the result to the authorities. Can anyone please tell me how this is enforceable? If I test positive by repeatedly sticking a swab up my nose, how will they ever know unless I tell them? Or my housemate dobs me in? Or more likely, people will just avoid taking the test altogether in order to avoid the fine. None of it matters, anyway. RATs are in short supply all across Australia. Good luck finding one anywhere. Whenever people see them for sale, they snap them all up. They’ve become like illicit substance on Facebook. “Does anyone know where I can get a rapid test asap please!!”, “Hey everyone. I don’t want to look like someone who nags for a RAT but my mother is a soul trader. (She trades in souls?). She is currentl ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3EU1VYF4TM