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What do you mean, "support one nation" - you've proudly told us many times that you don't vote!

This article below, was written in Oct 2025 - well before Lil' Donnys Middle Eastern adventure escapade..... https://www.fpri.org/article/2025/10/americas-scale-problem/

I reckon W.A. is heading into a wet Winter. The cold fronts are coming in strong, early for the season, and well up across the State.

The reason why Trump is into Iran, is because we as Aussies, fail to grasp just how important Israel and the Jews are, in the American Christian Fundamentalist psyche. Israel MUST be supported at every turn, according to the majority of God-fearing Americans (and there's a lot of them, and a lot in positions of great power). The Jews are Gods Chosen people in their view, and Fundamentalist Americans believe they alone have the greatest God-given power in the whole World, to ensure that the Chosen people survive the Great Evil of the End Days - and that great Evil is Iran, and the Islamic Empires. So every attack on Israel is an attack on every American Christian Fundamentalist. So when Netanyahu says he's under attack and needs to beat back the Evil Empire, the American can only reply with, "how much help do you need, and we'll provide it for as long as you want". Netanyahu knows full well the great benefit of having both a huge Jewish influence in America, backed by Christian Fundamentalists. Trump can only see huge Trump Inc gains in resorts and hotels in any of the "conquered" areas - so he's happy to go along with Netanyahu's aims. And Bibi's aim is to devastate anyone, or any organisation, or any country that is Islamic, and threatening Israel. Remember, Bibi's greatly loved brother was killed by Islamic terrorists at Entebbe, and he harbours a bigger and longer lifetime grudge against Islamics, than the grudge that GON harbours against politicians that favour conscription. Trump is an opportunist, constantly seeking adulation and personal glory and wealth gains, and anything that helps those agendas can only be good, in his feeble mind. Accordingly, he's happy to continue to support Netanyahu's adventures into killing multitudes of "nasty" Islamics, because Trump knows that's an agenda that's got a huge level of support in America - and any "wins" over nasty Islamic terrorists (who took a couple of hundred innocent Americans hostage, and who also tortured them in 1980-82, don't forget), is a huge win for Donald. But now, the American adventure into Eye-Ran is looking a bit messy - and besides, Donny just got told his military have just expended around 11,300 VERY expensive missiles, rockets and other hi-tech armaments - and that Damned Strait is STILL blockaded! - and he's also been told, it will now take about THREE YEARS to produce another 12,000 of those very expensive missiles and rockets, just to make up their basic ammo requirements - and American arms manufactures are RELIANT on that Straits being OPEN! - because American companies are now having problems acquiring the BASICS of many arms manufacturing materials - because quite a number of those basic supply-chain materials HAVE to come through those Straits! "Here is how materials passing through the Strait impact American manufacturing: Helium for Semiconductors: Qatar, which exports through the Strait, supplies nearly one-third of the world's helium. This is crucial for cooling in semiconductor wafer manufacturing, affecting the production of computers, vehicles, and electronics. Petrochemical Inputs: The Gulf region is a hub for petrochemicals, supplying a significant share of raw materials used in plastics, polymers, and single-use packaging. Disruptions affect production and increase costs for manufacturers in these sectors. Sulfur and Fertilizer: Nearly half of all global seaborne sulfur trade passes through the Strait. Sulfur is essential for producing sulfuric acid, which is used in processing critical minerals like copper and cobalt (for batteries and jet engines). Aluminum and Steel: The Middle East accounts for a significant portion of primary aluminum production, with Gulf smelters supplying material for construction, transport, and renewable energy industries. Energy Prices: About 20% of global oil and LNG flows through the Strait. A closure causes a dramatic surge in energy prices, impacting the cost of manufacturing and transporting goods in the U.S." So....... right about now, Donny is in a BIG bind! That AWE and SHOCK attack on Iran ain't working! Those GODDAM Islamic terrorists are still beavering away, and still controlling important things like the Straits!! I reckon Donny must be looking for a quick and easy way out, and expecting some of his LOYAL associates to come up with the ANSWER! But it ain't forthcoming, and things are getting to be a little too wild for him!! This being a World Hero ain't the easy ride, he thought it would be!!

It's not so much "immigration", but "mass immigration" created by the conjoined major parties. They ignored public opinion and went ahead with it anyway. Immigration was no longer included in the democratic process, and still isn't. You can have your say, but it inevitably falls on deaf ears. Things might be changing though, with the high cost of living and shortage of housing, the pig-headed major party politicians can't help but hear rumblings from nearly every sector of the broader community. Mass immigration drove me to support One Nation, that's how it affected me. I will not support or vote for parties who find it convenient to gang up against the Public for selfish reasons. They promise sweeteners at election time, but the issue of immigration is completely off the table. As the major parties lose their influence over the general public, as is happening now, we'll get a chance to gain power over them and tell them what we want, not what they want all the time. Mass immigration is not doing what it is intended to do, making us stronger, no, it is making us weaker in every respect you can think of. Why do we have a trillion dollar debt? Why do we have so much drug crime? Why is the nation split into 200 different groups with 200 different flags? Why did we have an anti Semitic "Bondi", and blocked streets full of River to the Sea people? We shouldn't go around with blinkers on. Take them off and look around.

Barnaby Joyce?

The talk now is breeding up bees that have the ability to resist the varroa mite. Bugger the Americans, and their noxious imports!! We should send them something equally noxious in return.

Just a little out of date now, but still funny ...

A bunch of South Australian farmers moved into the "developing farm" region West of Ravensthorpe in the 1960's and 1970's. This area (roughly bounded by Ravensthorpe, Lake King, Lake Grace, Pingrup and Ongerup was the last of the "native bush" Crown Land in W.A. offered to applicants to clear and turn it into farmland on a Conditional Purchase arrangement. You could tell the South Australians in this entire area of "new land" farmers by the way they talked. They talked with a re-aal slo-oww draw-wl, compared to the locals. It was a very distinctive style of speech that became obviously fairly quickly, once you started talking to them for a few minutes. We were quite surprised at the regional differences in speech.

Actually meant to post the above fuel ad in the fuel crisis thread.

Classic

I remember this from 1979 fuel crisis.

It's a REMOTE area . Used to use Opal Fuel. . No good for sniffing. Nev

https://tyrecycle.com.au/what-we-do/the-process/

As high as 440 in Arnhem land and other parts up there. Crikey. l mean locations like that you know are gonna be dear but eh, that's dear.

We often go for an evening walk on a walkway over the water which is made of recycled milk containers. The walkway at Geelong Adventure Park was constructed using approximately 17,000 kg of recycled plastic, equivalent to 440,000 2-litre plastic milk bottles. This project utilized APR Composites' materials to create a durable, reclaimed infrastructure that keeps waste out of landfills. APR Composites +1 Project Details Location: Geelong Adventure Park Material Composition: 17,000 kg of recycled plastic (milk bottles) combined with 17,000 kg of reclaimed non-treated timber. Volume: Reused approximately 440,000 x 2-litre plastic milk bottles. APR Composites Local Recycling Context Plastic Types: In Geelong, HDPE (High-density polyethylene) milk containers are typically accepted in recycling bins. Container Deposit Scheme (CDS): Certain milk containers under 1L may be eligible for the Victorian Container Deposit Scheme, though guidelines can vary based on the specific material (paper vs. plastic).

Cardboard is neither a High Value Product or a bad Pollutant. It could be used as fuel in a Properly designed Furnace, reclaimed or Mulched. Nev

Ah interesting. 30% to 40% of used tyres are used as fuel for cement kilns, industrial boilers and energy recovery systems. Here is a list Fuel (TDF): ~30–45% Crumb rubber / materials recycling: ~15–30% Export (often for fuel or reuse): ~20–40% Stockpiled / unaccounted (varies): remainder

Tyres are used in road surfacing and asphalt. You can also see it in that playground, black springy flooring. Also used in conveyor belts, and apparently, you can make fuel, but I am not sure how much this is done

The shelves aren't empty yet and Ukraine is Much Worse off. Be thankful for what you DO Have. Nev

Ther is one big problem with recycling hat is never mentioned: the cost of transporting material for recycling. Today I was talking to the boss of our local recycling station. He told me that he sells his cardboard for recycling for $1000/tonne. However, it costs him $2000/tonne to transport it to the next step in teh recycling (probably packing for transport overseas. I didn't ask). So, he says he will continue to accept cardboard, but he will have to stockpile it until transport costs drop. No doubt the same factors impinge on the glass and plastic recycling. The last time you got your car serviced, or replaced tyres, did you notice the environmental levy added to yoiur bill? I'd really like to know where those tyres are being recycled in Australia. There are rumours of rural properties being leased and used to store tyres for recycling. Often they never seem to leave the properties. What is saddening is that most of us try to do the right thing and make an effort to recycle at least some of the recyclables that we accumulate by living our modern lifestyles. The recycling system seems to fail to meet our high ideals once our additions to the pile are carted away from our doorsteps.

I didn't grow Wine grapes then, but I drank wine. 8 weeks Later I was flying to Papua New Guinea . POM LAE. What a change from what I was used to. Nev

Thanks to my parents I'm a post war immigrant from Holland so the impact on me personally has been quite significant. Likewise, I think our family's impact on Australia has been quite significant, but that's just my opinion.

It's very good for scaring and stirring up People and where would Pauline be without it? Britain should have remained in the EU. The far right is More of a Menace than anything else. People today don't know much about HITLER. It's too Long ago.. Racism is Not a good Basis for anything. We all bleed and feel Pain and Protect our Kids. Looks at the damage that has been done in the name of a Religion down through the ages all of which are Patriarchal. Nev

Most Mining does a lot of environmental damage which could be reduced IF we were fair dinkum about it .You only have to Look at PLASTIC which we all use. REcycling is the way to go. The World's oceans and rivers are not bottomless rubbish tips. . Desal Plants could provide Minerals. We haven't tried yet. There is NO Plan et B. Nev