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Well it wouldn't surprise at all actually , 40% of the cost in building a new house now is tax. Over 40 actually. Got a notice about 2yrs back first time ever, that l now how to pay them over a k a yr on a small block of land l have , just because they fkg need more money. So they've done absolutely nothing to help me buy that or pay for it back when, rates, nothing, but now they tell me l must pay them for what ? Well , take your pick. Most Aussies have no clue about this but we've got over 100taxes on us, just everyday working Aussies and families. They say everyday at work until Thursday, goes to the Gov. So yeah , ofc they'll be taxing the family home one way or other sooner or later if they aren't already in hidden this or thats, you can bet on it.

Yes, and no. Our behaviour really stems from the fact that humans are the result of evolution, not intelligent design. We collectively refuse to accept that we are animals governed by survival instinct which is fine tuned to respond to short term threats to our existence. We struggle to respond to any long term threat. Our brain just can't do it. This fact is the biggest single threat to humanity.

People often express disbelief that a gas making up only 0.04% of the atmosphere could have any meaningful impact. Consider ozone (03). Its concentration varies with altitude, peaking between about 15 km and 35 km at just 2–8 parts per million (ppm). By comparison, carbon dioxide (CO₂) sits around 420–425 ppm and is rising by roughly 2.4–2.6 ppm per year. Ozone exists in far smaller concentrations than CO₂, yet its role is critical—without the ozone layer, life on Earth would not survive. Small percentages can still have enormous effects.

Nothing has changed with control of the news for many centuries. Buy up all the cheap newspapers you can find, to ensure you get maximum control of the Press.

These moon slides have always been in their own cardboard pack, a sort of fold out thing, and they've been up and down the East coast from Sydney to Cains, but never opened much. I was just keeping them as souvenirs. When I bought an Epson scanner, I decided to scan them. I think this is the famous one, if I remember, published around the world. Click on it.

Here's the Moon in 1969. I have a set of slides given to me by a photo lab for professional photographers in Sydney CBD. I've kept them all this time and only scanned them in Sep 2024. I can post more If you want to see them, there's 19 all up, different scenes.

One of the few times you and I would agree Nev. The Courier Mail is a shocker. Go back 40 or 50 years ago and it was a fairly normal paper, but these days it's more like a trashy tabloid. One thing I'm not happy about is that almost all regional and local papers in Queensland are owned by Murdoch. That means you can't read them online without a subscription. In the google news feed for example, you might see a news headline from a different region and when you click on it, it's paywalled. I know media businesses have to make money, but getting a monopoly on local news can be a bit manipulative in my opinion.

Why allow yourself to be Indoctrinated with Merdy Propaganda? Bit by Bit it will ruin your Mind. , Guaranteed. There are examples everywhere. Nev

I think there are a lot of us in the same boat. I did have partial pension until recently. My once affordable rural bushland block is now a financial burden. So after some expense and 3 years dealing with state titles office, getting a full survey, we got a archaic property boundary reinstated. We just sold that bit for what our whole block initially cost. Hurrah - money to sustain us. But then our remaining land theoretical value went up. And combined with our new bank balance, we will never get a pension. So when the cash runs out, we will sell up. By then the sale won't buy a little townhouse in suburbia. What then? The system is already set up to remove any accumulated wealth of the average wage earner. The elite live in a different financial world. If you think there is a safety net just take a look at the average pensioner. The social obligation to the aged has been eroded.