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Thongs are disgusting footware ,never owned or worn

I wouldn't wear thongs away from home. They are simply handy to slip on to go outside into the yard. I found that walking any distance in thongs gave me pain in the hips.

So many points tocomment upon. I believe that the American influence has not been introduced by police. In my opinion the generations which have come after the Boomers have had their attitudes towards Society molded by what American entertainment media has poured onto them. There is definitely a failure to acknowledge that the exercise of one's Rights as granted by Society has to be balanced by the acceptance of one's Responsibilities towards Society. It is that abandonment of Responsibilities that has lead to Society reducing many previously granted Rights. Should our police regularly carry long arms? Definitely not, for the simple reason that using high powered firearms requires a lot of skill to avoid 'collateral damage'. Gaining those skills takes long and frequent training to do which would markedly reduce the number of police available for the day-to-day duties involved in keeping the Peace. Competency with firearms cannot be obtained through a one day per year revision session on a range under virtually stress-free conditions. I agree that a small police unit of police regularly trained and disciplined in the use of these more powerful firearms is required for those operations aimed at the arrest of person reasonably expected to be prepared to use firearms to avoid arrest. These are planned operations in which each participant has a defined role within the team. Arrest by persons other than Police. I've explained before that anyone can arrest an offender in the act of, or immediately following the commission of an offence. Obviously a security guard would not want to do it because such an action is likely to result in loss of time by the employer if the security guard is required to attend Court as a witness. From my expereince, security guards are mostly just full of piss and wind. The Media. Once again the Media make matters worse by publicising situations when specialist armed police are in action, even if that action is simply patrolling on foot at New Years Eve events. One heavily armed police constable wearing body armour gives a false image when the majority of police are getting atound in cargo pants and shirts. When you see those bulky vests that regular police wear, they are not wearing body armour. The vests were introduced becasue police were carrying too much equipment on their waists and this was causing lower back injury. The introduction of vests was a Work, Health and Safety measure.

VERY SAD to Hear. I know the Area well. Great stress for Many in such times. Keep safe. Nev

Maybe start a new topic for that. My comment was Mainly about Trump and his Behaviour. Nev

If the system ain't broke, don't fix it

There CAN BE BAD KINGS as well. Being a Republic is NOT having a Dictator. It JUST means you don't have Power by Birth. You don't get to VOTE for a King. IF you get a Dictator you don't get a Free and Fair Vote ever again. The FREE vote is the Key. Nev

You have to be a Thong "Nong" to do it. Observant people can see the foot is going to come out when going up hill.. IF "It's ALL down hill from HERE" it works OK. Nev

I must be an outlier. I've never owned a pair of thongs. Don't know how people manage to walk in the floppy things.

Keen are the best. I have been wearing nothing but for 20 years. SWMBO calls them clown shoes.

And they are working hard to subvert the election: Heather Honey is an outspoken election denier and the deputy assistant secretary for election integrity in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The Republican National Committee (RNC) has created a new "election integrity" division, with Trump ally and attorney Christina Bobb serving as senior counsel for election integrity. Harmeet Dhillon, a lawyer involved in challenging the 2020 election results, who now leads the civil rights division of the Justice Department. Kurt Olsen, an attorney involved in the "Stop the Steal" movement, is a special government employee involved in investigating the 2020 election. Cleta Mitchell, a prominent conservative lawyer, founded the Election Integrity Network, an activist group that coordinates with individuals like Honey and supports these appointments. Hans von Spakovsky and J. Christian Adams, who were part of Trump's 2017 Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, continue to promote strict voting regulations through conservative foundations Some judges have so far stopped other attempts to swing the election in Trump's favour: https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/09/election-trump-order-ruling-00721151

How many Aussies still want to ditch our King? Looking at the failing democracy in usa, I sure don't like going down the path of having a president! It's not working out too well for them!

I had hoped that once Donold won the election, that the toxic division of usa might cool down. I was so wrong about that. Just reading some us news now, and they gave most coverage to vitriolic hate against protesters. The ICE could do their job without all this theatrical agression. Their job could be done quietly, respecting people, without doing it at gunpoint and with hidden faces. It's clear to me that ICE is designed to frighten and threaten and enrage everyone. But they intentionally stir up the division. Stoking fear & hate helped DT win the presidency last time. And yet, their mid term elections are still months away, (if they actually have them). They are winding up the voters a bit early!

He told the New York Times in an Oval Office interview yesterday that the only limit on his power is “ my own morality, my own mind”. When asked if he needed to comply with international law, he said “yes, depending on what your definition of international law is. I don’t need international law”.

Like ALL Dictators. What happens when they get Desperate? Blame everyone else and go More extreme. Keep watching. You will be Paying for it.. Nev

From Red's link above.... Trump’s action as the behavior of a leader who “believes in absolute executive power,” ------------------ The current man in the gilded oval has clearly shown no intention of letting state law, federal law, or international law get in his way. His policy seems to be "I can do whatever I want. So whatcha gunna do about it?"

So, would you rather have Miller or JD vance or Donold in the gilded oval? The whole mob looks equally qualified.

https://northwavenews.com/posts/europe-delivers-a-stunning-checkmate-on-trumps-greenland-ambition-igniting-fury-in-washington-baongoc-baongoc/ https://sportvictoryarena.com/posts/the-political-firestorm-erupts-trumps-venezuela-operation-ignites-a-furious-backlash-in-washington-binbin-binbin/

The sooner he succumbs to a massive heart attack the better,

I see reports that the trump administration has prevented state and county law enforcement and courts from dealing with investigating the case. Witholding evidence. Its for FBI only. And trump has already told everyone it was clearly self defence by the goon.

The curious thing about security guards in Aus... is they have no power to detain or arrest or touch an alleged offender. At least that's what I was told. A friend did security for a while and he said he had to bluff. Basically he was legally only allowed to ask them nicely to wait here whilst he phoned the police. The exact opposite to what we see in usa.

Yes, I believe we are blindly following the U.S. and making our Police look very threatening. Mind you, a lot of security service companies are pretty good at making their employees look very intimidating, too.

Read carefully what I wrote previously. It is NOT duress. You not being pressured into committing a crime, by presenting for National Service under a law brought in by a democratic Govt. https://www.ag.gov.au/crime/publications/commonwealth-criminal-code-guide-practitioners-draft/part-23-circumstances-which-there-no-criminal-responsibility/division-10-circumstances-involving-external-factors/102-duress I do agree that National Servicemen who did not serve overseas should receive more Govt benefits, to compensate for interruption to other plans you may have made during the conscription period, and to compensate for possibly lower earnings during your military service. Most National Servicemen I know who never served in a War Zone are unhappy people.

To GON - Totally incomparable. Use your judgement for once

There's plenty of masked ICE thugs being videoed, beating the crap out of anyone who they select as "the enemy". Talk about 1934 Germany all over again. The ICE operatives are judge, jury and executioner all rolled into one - and J.D. Vance claims they have "absolute immunity" (from prosecution). At least some people are identifying the ICE murderers and calling for them to face punishment.