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I was just reminded by an article about an event 50 years ago today. I was growing up in Adelaide, and I was 13 years old. The Dunstan government had just decriminalised homosexuality, being the first state to do so. A religious nutter who claimed to be a clairvoyant predicted that this would cause a tidal wave on this day at midday, and it would wipe out Adelaide. Although apparently some took it seriously, a few sold their houses and moved, it was mostly treated a little more lightheartedly. Some workers turned up to their jobs in flippers and floaties. I can remember "I survived the Adelaide tidal wave" T-shirts. The Premier, the colourful Don Dunstan, stood on a balcony at Glenelg saying if the tidal wave came, he would turn it back.

We can't believe you, unless you produce photographic proof of this astounding event. 😄

Pilot John Gregory crashed into the tree near McCall, Idaho, in April 2019, when he was attempting a forced landing in a nearby field. He was uninjured, and was rescued by a volunteer firefighter who also owns a tree removal business. That'd be some rescue! https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/northwest/pilot-rescued-after-plane-crashes-atop-tree/#:~:text=Pilot John Gregory was not hurt in,department in the resort town of McCall.

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No, I'm not cynical. I think Albo's doing a good job, as is Penny Wong and others, but they have to pick their battles wisely. The world certainly need good politicians and leaders but there are plenty of examples of bad ones.

Nuculer and Aluminum, Gas for Petrol. Zee for Zed. etc Nev

I'm not as cynical as you appear to be. I've followed politics from an early age. I've always Believed the world NEEDS good Politicians/ Leaders and My mind has not changed except Maybe the feeling is even stronger. I was Born into WW2. in a Coal and steel Town. Air raid shelters Tank Traps searchlights Blacked out windows War news all the time. Nev

Not only a misspelling but usually a clear mispronunciation as well.

Unfortunately, there isn't any upside for the Australian Government to openly criticise the Trump administration's domestic activities within the US or complain that he doesn't care about the Constitution. Netanyahu's ruthless destruction of a neighbouring country is not in the same category as what Trump does within the US borders. We also benefit from what goes on at Pine Gap and the other facilities in terms of intelligence and security, so they are not going to be closed. However, I don't think Albo would be silly enough to sign up to Trump's new scheme.

Maybe they realise that they have us shouting about domestic matters which distracts us from international matters.

I said I'd let you Know when the Dexta (Tractor) fired up. About an Hour ago. *(1700). Even Idle. Plenty of oil pressure. NO leaks. It's been HOT where I work under a Clear roof. Still some wiring and Paint to finish, but NOW it can Be Moved..Nev

Maybe our Leaders are Smarter than we give them credit for. THEY get More information than WE do. Nev

To my way of thinking, 'should of' in text is a misspelling of "should've", which is an acceptable contraction in informal speech/text of 'should have'.

Have you noticed that all the kerfuffle has been about the USA'a relationship with the Northern Hemisphere and Middle East. Not much is being said about Asia and bugger all about teh USA's relationship with Australia. Getting a seat on the Board of Peace is not something Australia should aspire too, especially at the moment as we try to sort out how to control multicultural; peace in our own backyard. I am saddened by the fact that our leaders, from all Parties, have not condemned the actions of the Trump Administration towards its own people and the the Constitutin it claims to honour and defend. Our leaders rightly condemned the actions of the Netanyahu government. They have been quiet on the Iranian situation, and so many other similar government -v- the people situations. I wonder how many Australians have had enough of Trump to call for the closure of Pine Gap, Tindall and th Western Australian submarine base? But I suppose those who would call for those things would be labelled pro-Chinese Communist taitors.

Let me see - $1B for each member country to join the Board of Peace, and the Trump organisation charges a $750M fee to each country, for setting it all up. Sounds like a deal to me!

Well and truly off in this case.

You Curry things that are a Bit OFF. Nev

Trumps AMERICA CANNOT be TRUSTED. THAT is where we are AT. HOW much DAMAGE is ENOUGH? Nev

Good One, red. Nev

Only IF you let it. There are Much Worse things happening OUT THERE. Nev

Just nitpicking on a Monday morning, but there's another one of those really irritating American expressions in that joke that has found it's way over here. ".. off of furniture.." It should just be "... off furniture...". Here's another classic - ".. should of..." instead of "... should have...". So irritating!

The Gaza group will be a small sub-committee. He's trying to set up something a lot bigger to rival the UN as an international organisation with himself as the inaugural head with final authority over everything. That and the $1b contribution request should be a red flag for any country that's been invited to join. I don't think he's going to many takers at this stage of the game unless they see it as a way of currying favour, but that often doesn't work anyway.

Donald Trump will reportedly charge leaders $US1 billion for a permanent seat on his newly created ‘Board of Peace’. Australia is among the countries invited to join the board, which is part of the US President’s 20-point plan to end the Israel-Hamas war and will oversee the reconstruction of Gaza. According to a draft charter for the proposed group, first reported by Bloomberg, members can receive a permanent seat on the panel if they fork out at least $1 billion. Members who choose not make the payment can still join but will reportedly only serve three-year terms.

The Ukraine is full of people who support Russia, they are descendants of the Russians forcibly moved into the Donbas region by Stalin between 1930 and 1952. Zelinskyy has just carried out several corruption purges in the military, in the Ukraine energy sector, and in the Govt. Corrupt Ukrainian bureaucrats were getting huge kickbacks in the energy industry, he's charged former PM Yulia Tymoshenko with vote buying, and Ukrainian Security services have uncovered numerous Ukrainian traitors keeping tabs on Ukrainian troop movements and handing the information to the Russians.