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I wish their porky arsehole would quietly expire and definitely not be exported.

I’m done with politely ignoring anti-semites. In real life or on line.

I agree with most of what you have said except this. At the Palestinian protests, at campuses, in Sydney, Melbourne, etc, people were openly chanting kill the jews and gas the jews. This was not protesting for Palestine, but protesting against Jews.. anywhere.. and calling for their murder. The response from the governments? Tepid. Did anyone get charged with incitement or racial vilifcation? Crickets. In the UK it was nuch the same, except apparently you can be charged with a hate offence calling a horse gay or something. Surprise, surprise, the same thing happened, although more weren't killed because of logistics and it was a long gunman as I recall. Just imagine the response had it been Jews protesting to kill and behead the Muslims...

Had a ripper thunderstorm from about 3:30 to 4:00PM today, we got a hammering with around 16mm of heavy rain. Very nice to be cooled down, after the temperature peaked at just over 40° at around 2:30PM.

Hey I was only highlighting a product that USA has a surplus of. The could benefit from exporting their surplus porky arseholes.

I think it's normally called Fate. If you're destined to die that moment as an innocent victim, that's it. Had my share of narrow squeaks with the Grim Reaper, and rarely due to anything I'd done wrong.

Oct 7th comes to Australia. Congratulations Albo.

There's NO other Motive Power approaching the efficiency of an electric Motor already. Nev

The Chinese are driving EV (and battery) development with relentless research and development. The latest news is BYD has patented a Variable Flux, Permanent Magnet, Synchronous Motor. The ability to vary the magnetic flux levels in an electric motor that is running, leads to more consistent torque output and reduced energy loss - especially at highway speeds. This ability to vary the magnetic flux of the motor then leads to improved EV range, and lower thermal stress levels on the battery. BYD's research also indicates they are developing improved stator and rotor designs, and magnetic flux control components, which all lead to greater EV efficiencies. https://carnewschina.com/2025/12/14/byd-advances-variable-flux-permanent-magnet-synchronous-motor-technology-patents-unveiled/

The EV sales figures have been skewed by Govt intervention, rebates and incentives, tariffs, the Chinese assault on global car manufacturers, and much misinformation. In my neck of the woods, tax lurks such as salary sacrifice and novated leasing has propelled EV sales. On a stand-alone basis, EV's are still too expensive, and their depreciation is still high. The Europeans have shot themselves in the foot, trying to protect their (very profitable) local car manufacturing industries. They introduced high tariffs on Chinese EV's being imported into Europe, and the Chinese simply imported more hybrids and IC-engined vehicles, and therefore STILL improved their overall sales levels. The Chinese EV sales into Europe dropped 10% as against this time last year, so that probably explains all the cries from the fossil-fuel adherents, of "EV's are finished, sales are falling, now that people have woken up!!" The bottom line is, the Chinese attack on the global car manufacturers is relentless, and they will undoubtedly win. Their productive capacity is mind-boggling, and their cost base is 30% lower than anywhere else in the world. I wouldn't buy a Chinese EV today, because I believe there's going to be a shakeout in the Chinese car manufacturers within 4 or 5 years - but I'll wager in 4 or 5 years time, over 2/3rds of cars (and trucks and buses) on our roads, will be Chinese. I just sighted the Chinese car market stats, and they currently sell 114 brands and 1,142 models of Chinese cars within the country. That is just staggering, and there will surely be many of those brands fall by the wayside over the next few years. https://www.drive.com.au/news/chinese-ev-european-tariffs-have-backfired/