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Operation Rolling Pin - The Liberation and The Battle That Followed!

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Written by: Op-Ed Ratty News

Operation Rolling Pin - The Liberation and The Battle that followed!

Special Dispatch from Dusty Gulch
By Roderick Whiskers McNibble, Chief Investigative Correspondent

The Cybertruck disappeared into the dust.

Back in Dusty Gulch, nobody spoke.

The WDP gave a faint, uneven thrum. Dusty McFookit was concerned.  The future of his beloved town - our beloved town - was at stake. Would Feline Force Five succeed in their daring mission?  Maureen watched the road. Trevor’s titanium knees clicked softly as he shifted his weight.

The sonic rolling pin was in Honklander hands, but for how much longer? .

And a question that the entire town was thinking but not asking out loud was " Who trained the Feline Force Five? " 

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Gunpowder Treason and Plot - 5th of November

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Written by: Op-Ed Flysa

When I was a lad in Western Australia, the 5th of November used to be an eagerly awaited event. 

That was Guy Fawkes Night, commemorating the apprehension in 1605 of conspirators who plotted to blow up the British Parliament and were hanged and quartered.

Just the sort of thing a young Flysa could get excited about. 

The Catholic conspirators led by Fawkes, placed thirty-six barrels of gunpowder in an undercroft beneath the House of Lords in order to assassinate the Protestant King James 1 during the opening of Parliament, and place his young daughter Elizabeth on the throne as a puppet Queen.

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The Planned Surrender of Australia: A Warning from 1989

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Written by: Op-Ed Monty

The Planned Surrender of Australia: A Warning from 1989

E.D. Butler (1916–2006) was an influential Australian nationalist and founder of the Australian League of Rights. He was known for his opposition to international financial power and his advocacy of national sovereignty.

He was also a committed antisemite. His writings and the organisation he led promoted the Protocols of the Elders of Zion and denied or minimised the Holocaust. I reject those views outright. They are abhorrent, and they must not be excused or forgotten.

But rejecting a man's prejudices does not require us to dismiss every question he raised. In 1989, Butler delivered a speech titled The Planned Surrender of Australia, examining what he saw as the cumulative loss of national sovereignty through international treaties, economic integration and the transfer of decision-making away from Australian voters.

More than three decades later, some of those questions remain uncomfortably relevant, not only to Australia but to many Western nations.

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Those Ragged Bloody Heroes of the 39th Battalion

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Written by: Op-Ed Happy Expat

Of all the magnificent units and regiments of the Australian Army I doubt if any have a better claim to have been the one that saved Australia than the 39th Infantry Battalion, the first to advance down the Kokoda Track to confront the Japanese.

There are a number of units who could claim this title. The 25th Brigade in the defence of Milne Bay so ably presented a few days ago and the Coral Sea Battle. The former was supported by the RAAF. The Coral Sea Battle was a largely American enterprise. The 39th held the Japs at bay alone and unsupported until the 7th Division arrived fresh from the Middle East. For that they get my vote without detracting in any way the efforts and performance of all of our other units, and the Americans, who took on the Japs.

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Semakh: The Light Horse Charge Beyond Beersheba

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Written by: Op-Ed Monty

Semakh: The Light Horse Charge Beyond Beersheba

Eleven months after Beersheba, the Australian Light Horse rode into another hail of machine-gun fire.

The famous photograph may be disputed, but the courage of the men who fought at Semakh is not.

The Charge of Beersheba has become one of the defining moments in Australia's military history. Its fame rests on the extraordinary courage of the men who rode into Ottoman fire, and on an iconic photograph whose authenticity remains contested.

But the story of the Australian Light Horse did not end at Beersheba, nor does its significance depend upon a single photograph.

On 25 September 1918, as General Allenby's forces swept north through Palestine, the 4th Light Horse Brigade was called upon to capture Semakh, a railway station on the southern shore of the Sea of Galilee.

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Re Enactment or Real - The Image of The Charge of Beersheba

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Written by: Op - Ed Anthony Hammill

I’ve started and restarted this article, pondered how to avoid hurting anyone’s sensitivities, and in the end have decided to accept Admiral Farragut’s advice at the Battle of Mobile Bay in 1864: Damn the torpedoes - full speed ahead!

I have an intellectual and emotional stake in this matter of the Charge of Beersheba (Be’er-Sheva). My maternal grandfather, 2788 Trooper John Joseph McGrath, was a horse breaker who served in the 2nd Remount Unit for more than three years under Major A.B. ‘Banjo’ Paterson in Egypt and Palestine.

My father, QX 17611  S/Sgt James Hammill served in the 2/ 14th LHR between the wars, then in Tobruk and the Middle East, including Palestine, with the 2/9 Bn. The subject of the Charge of Beersheba was not an infrequent topic at home and in places that I visited.

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The Charge at Beersheba - The Gold Standard of Mounted Daring

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Written by: Op-Ed Happy Expat

Beersheba is a name that should resonate with every Australian with the same ease and reverence as Gallipoli.

Sadly it does not.

Because the charge on the desert city of Beersheba on 31st October, 1917 is the most outstanding piece of military daring and execution ever undertaken in the military history of the World.

On that day 800 members of the Australian 4th Light Horse Brigade of the Imperial Mounted Division brought a stunning victory from the jaws of defeat and started the dismembering of the Ottoman Empire.

The attack began in the late afternoon by this unique breed of men riding a unique breed of horse. It is widely described as the last great cavalry assault yet the participants were not cavalry; they were mounted infantry.

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Operation Dambusters: The Pineapples Bounce, the Feline Force Five Return!

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Written by: Op-Ed Ratty News

The Dusty Gulch Gazette
Special Dispatch

Operation Dambusters: The Pineapples Bounce, the Feline Force Five Return!

By Roderick Whiskers McNibble, Chief Investigative Correspondent

As the giant Ratty Airways freight carrier departed, we witnessed the beginning of the dambusting assault on Dusty Gulch. It was a momentous day.

In my career as a rodent roving reporter of some renown, I have witnessed some extraordinary events. But nothing on this scale. It was beyond comprehension, and no doubt never to be seen again.

I was witnessing Gulch history.

The sonic pineapples were about to bounce. The fightback had begun.

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Just Imagine a World Without Coal or Oil

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Written by: Op-Ed Monty

Imagine waking up one day to a world where coal and oil no longer exist. The lights don't turn on, cars and planes are grounded, factories fall silent, and supermarket shelves grow bare. These fossil fuels, which power almost every aspect of our modern lives, are gone....vanished overnight.

The conveniences and comforts we take for granted would rapidly unravel, thrusting society into chaos. But what would this look like on a global scale? How would industries, transportation, and daily life cope with such a seismic shift? The truth is, the ripple effects would be both shocking and terrifying.

The immediate impact would be catastrophic, and society would face unprecedented challenges across multiple sectors. These energy sources are deeply intertwined with our transportation systems, industries, power generation, and daily lives. Within a month, the ripple effects would touch almost every aspect of modern civilisation.

Imagine a World Without Coal or Oil ...What Would Life Look Like?

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The Secret Covenant - Warning or Promise?

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Written by: Op-Ed Monty

Back in 2002, an anonymous person sent an email from a disposable email address to a website. The email was headed The Secret Covenant.

It has, for over 20 years, been seen as a promise. But I believe it was a warning. 

If "The Secret Covenant" were interpreted as a warning rather than a promise, the meaning would shift significantly, and its tone would transform from sinister collusion to a cautionary tale.

This interpretation would frame the document as a call for vigilance against the potential dangers of power, corruption, and manipulation in society.

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Lawrence Of Arabia - The Man Behind the Legend

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Lawrence of Arabia: The Man Behind the Legend

Now, I suspect that plenty of youngsters today wouldn't have the foggiest idea who he was. Those of us who went to school in an era when history lessons involved actual history, however, are likely to remember him.

A British gentleman with piercing blue eyes, riding a camel across the desert, dressed in flowing Arab robes and looking every inch the adventurer.

Had social media existed in his day, he might well have given Taylor Swift a run for her money.

For us, the name Lawrence of Arabia brings to mind the magnificent 1962 film, with Peter O'Toole in the title role. It helped turn an already remarkable historical figure into a legend.

But how much do we really know about the man behind those piercing blue eyes?

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  1. The Cybertruck Comes to Dusty Gulch!
  2. The Brave Bear the Cost While Those Issuing Orders Remain Untouched.
  3. The Currency of Life
  4. Operation Dambusters - The Trevorite Operation

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