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Agreed. The Bannon policy of 'flood the zone' combines excess floods of multiple possible truths in the media, and desensitising the public, with feeding the conspiracy minded. True facts (is that an oxymoron?) are still thin on the ground.

It's how Trump deals. Bring in the troops. You have to leave people a Face saving way out. He wants to rub everyone's nose in the Cat$#!t. BIG Tough guy. I reckon if you bopped him on the Nose He would cry. Nev

Don't pull ONE line out of context and make a story of it nothing like what I said. IF you don't mind. It's not fair. Nev

Quoted from France24 news site:- "US buildup of warships and fighter jets sets stage for potential war with Iran" https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260219-us-buildup-warships-fighter-jets-armada-sets-stage-potential-war-with-iran

To add some credibility to the news of military activity, it has been reported that the two pizza shops near MacDill airforce base reported major sales spike in pizza orders last night. Historically, such reports have previously coincided with major U.S. military planning and activity events. (Sorry, but I cannot find the 'sarcasm' emoticon)

No idea if it is real or not.. But I would argue only those that want to keep the incumbents in (hint... an Iranian works for me and is not from a minority)

First question....Is this real? If it is, the next question is.... is somebody planning to 'turn it into glass' in order to bring peace to these troubled places? A third of the U.S. naval fleet parking on the doorstep, is probably unsettling to the inhabitants of Iran.

Your not wrong about the mind not resting easily in indecision Nev. Something as big as this at a time like this nothing is resting easily for me atm l'm afraid. Think l've come to a decision over the last few wks though, on the whether to stay here or not part anyway. Thing is, 2 different guys looked at this place when it was up for sale, both a bit older than me, one 70ish. Both pretty well said the same thing and echoing the same things worrying me about staying and l've thought a lot about it. The 70ish guy said it's a lovely block lovely spot but while he'd be enjoying it right now, it wouldn't be long though before he'd be sick of the driving [50k ea way to the main town] , as well as the tiny town here and plus the size of the property itself and looking after it. They both said much the same thing. They were right , l mean 5 -6yrs l'd be same boat, few more onto that and l'd probably need to be looking for a new place again. There'd be no dodging that one better l don't even bother. Better l just try selling it off and look for something more suitable long term l reckon. Don't know what l'll be able to manage with prices out there now if l can offload this one and decide to buy again but really, end of the day it's just not even practical staying.

Ahh.. She wishes to be, for her cause..... a martyr.. .A bit like those that are the sibject of her cause. I don't want to get into the argument about, what is in effect, Islamophobia. Because this is the way it goes: - Muslims are wanting to kill everyone. - Yeah, well the others aren't better.. Look at that Aussie bloke in NZ.. killed a 53 Muslims. They way I read it is that some people say "these people are bad"., and others say "yeah, well so are these people, so it cancels out". It's toxic in itself. Here's a judg'es sentencing of Islamic terrorists who wanted to kill Jews. Not liberate Palestine.. Just kill jews out of pure hatred: (It is Sky UK, not Australia; it is not affiliated with NewsCorp, and it is in full... not edited). Now, if they were successful, they may have killed, say 157 Jews.. Do we look for an episode where there were more Muslims killed (in a civil, not war setting) and then jusitfy their actions? The discussion (here, but in general public discourse) reminds me of this: The difference is everyone gets blown to smithereens. No actions in these cases - whoever commits them is justifed nor acceptable. And it doesn't matter if the other side did it bigger and, ahem, "better". What we need to get to is why people go off the rails like the Aussie bloke in NZ, or the two defendants of the case the judge is summing up, or any of the others; work out what drives it and try to address itl work out how to spot it to intervene.

Well, back to topic.. Albo proomised us he would lead a government of integrity. Once of his henchwomen promised to end jobs for the boyz... How far did that one go? Ahh.. not very.. Easy to talk the talk while in opposition

Personally I would wait for the official stuff than speculation at the moment. There wil be all osrts of rumours in the mill at the moment. Whilst Mountbatten (he is actually no longer officially a royal anymore) was a few cents short of a dollar whom Epstien and let's not forget Maxwell could exploit, many people he dealt with had a few more grey cells between their ears, so building a fake, or at least embelished dossier for extortion purposes would not be too big a leap. Of course, there will be those who are entirely involved, regardless of extortion or not, and there are those whom may have had a somewhat fake or embellished set of files established to see how far messrs Epstein and Maxwell could get,.

The misconduct related to passing on secrets while he was international trade ambassador.

He has been released. There were reports on the internet yesterday that he had been seen watching a six year old girl being tortured with electric shocks.

And I ask, are there many more who might have cause to worry about consequences?

Albert Park would have required modification as longer runoff areas are needed for bikes. There are some corners at AP where there is no room for longer runoffs. Wayne Gardiner had quite a spew about the loss. He said the place had been badly run down since Aust GP Corp took over and the government wouldn't put up cash to restore the place, Asked if he would remove his statue, he said he would "stick it up their arxe".

Indeed. And technically, his arrest is illegale.. and technically, there is no legal basis for the current UK parliament. Howver, if course, both have been accepted and it would be ludicrous to suggest that the parliament is not the legal legislature in the UK, which has an unwrittenn (IMHO, no) constitution. Andrew may not be charged at all. He was arrested on suspicion only. However, in the interest of justice, given the profile of the individual, the investigation should be as public as possible (which is not much) while preserving his right to fair and due process. Remember, there are many more high profile individuals who have been implicated in worse.

The last Royal to be arrested was Charles 1st in 1649. He was convicted of treason and lost his head. I wonder what Andrew will be charged with.

There was some pressure to have it at Albert Park or lose it to Adelaide, I read. I guess that there were some local objections.

When I did UK law, only the monarch him or herself was above the law, held by a case way back in the 15th or 16th century (IO think - have to look it up). Be interesting to see if that actually holds. Of course, just because someone wrote something happened donb't mean it did, or in the context it was written. But, I wonder if any pedo cases are coming his way (and I don't know if he is implicated in indulging in sex with an underage person), because another quirk of UK law is that it applies everywhere in the world. So, as a UK citizen, if you commit an offence under UK law in another country where whatever you did is not an offience, then you can still be liable for that offence in the UK. It was intorduced to stop mutiny I believe.

Oh dear, it looks like Andrews problems are not going to go away - in fact they're getting worse. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/19/police-former-prince-andrew-mountbatten-windsor-sandringham

It'll be a long time before I rush in and buy a Chinese Taiyota. There will be a time coming soon when all these people who rushed into buying Chinese vehicles will start to realise they were only cheap for a number of reasons - build quality, resale value (very low), and poor parts and service backup. And they'll find the model they bought is now utterly and totally obsolete, because the East Wind brand is now the owner of ten other Chinese car brands, and the management has decided that nine of the brands have to go, because they're unprofitable. So those makes will just disappear overnight, like Holden did. Some car guru wrote a little while back that the Chinese Govt will soon force all the 57 different Heinz brands of Chinese car manufacturers to amalgamate into about 5 brands, because only a couple of the manufacturers are actually profitable. Meantimes, Toyota plug along happily with manufacturing reliable and sought after cars, that have high resale value - and they're still the worlds biggest manufacturer by volume, and have billions in cash in the kitty tin.

Haaa nah mate , no midlife here, that's a beauty. Think l had one about 10 yrs back though ha ha. But nah, always known the meaning of life, l wonder, do people really go looking for that bs ? Pretty simple one that one if you ask me, make sure you enjoy the ride and do whatever you must do- ha, or something like that. l suppose it's true what your saying though l am kinda pushing myself for some decision. l do actually feel a bit threatened actually , by bloody time . Age, this bloody housing crisis, better make up my mind bc l sure won't feel like building either here or somewhere new forever that much l do know. Pretty small window for that one couldn't be stuffed now but if l dilly around too long never will. l'm also not living great the way it is right now either.

It’s like the interviews after footy, same shite different speaker. i turn off after the whistle blows.

I should explain that I'm not one of those fanatical lantern collectors. I probably have around a dozen or so, most working, and some that need fixing. That's not counting some junky Chinese ones in a box in the shed somewhere that are better left there. I don't think I would get any more unless something good like a Dietz Monach in good condition showed up. Some of the lantern collectors are quite obsessive about it. I've seen facebook groups that feature collectors who have rooms and garages full of them. They collect them like stamps.