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Pure right wing American, MAGA-land, unadulterated BS. This part is especially untrue - "The contradiction being that Europeโs energy systems, industrial bases, and geopolitical sermons ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ง ๐ก๐๐ซ๐-๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ง๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ." Europes energy systems don't ALL depend on America. They get energy from Russia, from Norway, Azerbaijan, and Algeria for pipeline natural gas. They ship in millions of tonnes of Australian canola and turn it into transportation fuel. They ship in Uranium for nuclear power plants from Canada, Kazhakstan and Australia. They have huge hydro, windpower and solar energy projects. They have diversified their energy suppliers since the start of the Ukraine War. And at the end of the day, European consumers of energy use around one-quarter of the average American energy user. They drive fuel-efficient vehicles and EV's, not gigantic V8 fuel guzzling urban assault vehicles, and even their homes only use modest levels of energy because they're well insulated. It is pure American propaganda. The Europeans are primarily seeking a ceasefire, as they see massive global upheaval, a huge global recession, high interest rates, and vastly increased levels of unemployment, if this idiocy of Trump and his sycophants is left unchecked.3 points
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James E Thorne is the one who is misunderstanding Trump's lack of strategy as strategy.2 points
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It is largely true, and the legislation has been passed by the Idaho legislature - but it hasn't been signed into law by the Idaho Governor yet. Then, it appears, if the law is signed by the State Governor, there will be a Federal legal challenge to it. https://idahocapitalsun.com/2025/03/24/idaho-legislature-widely-approves-child-sex-abuse-death-penalty-bill-sending-to-governor/2 points
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Just WHY would you take a lot of notice of THAT theory .Trump has NO idea of what he is doing and is well out of his depth. Nev2 points
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He called it sickening. He called it evil. Then he signed the two harshest laws in the country. No hesitation. In March 2025, Idaho Governor Brad Little signed two laws that together created the harshest punishment framework for child sex offenders in the country. HB 380 made sexual abuse of children under 12 a capital crime punishable by death when at least three aggravating factors are present. HB 37 made the firing squad Idaho's primary method of execution, replacing lethal injection as the default. Both laws take effect on July 1, 2026. When signing HB 380, Little said: "The sexual abuse of children is sickening and evil, and perpetrators convicted of these crimes deserve the ultimate punishment." The House passed the death penalty bill 63 to 0. The Senate followed 30 to 5. Before HB 380, Idaho had no mandatory minimum sentences for child sex abuse. The state is spending $950,000 to retrofit its maximum security prison near Kuna for firing squad executions, and construction is already underway.1 point
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Christmas Island had a Lot of Land Crabs and a big drop off the end of the Runway. Nev1 point
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๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ โ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ James E. Thorne (@DrJStrategy) published a piece on X that has racked up ๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฐ๐ฌ in hours, and it deserves every one of them โ because it explains the single most misunderstood element of Trumpโs Iran strategy. The conventional criticism is that Trump is too slow to reopen Hormuz. The reality, Thorne argues, is that the delay ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฒ. Trump is deliberately withholding the American security guarantee at the moment of maximum stress โ not because he canโt clear the Strait, but because doing so too quickly would let Europe go back to sleep. For decades, Western allies built their economies and green energy mandates on a silent assumption: ๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ซ ๐จ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ณ. They ran down their militaries, underfunded NATO โ the U.S. carries ๐๐% ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ โ and lectured Washington about multilateralism from the comfort of a security blanket they never paid for. Then Trump pulled the blanket. On March 15, he told the world that countries receiving oil through Hormuz should โtake care of that passageโ themselves. The initial response was exactly what Thorneโs thesis predicts: EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas declared โ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ณ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฑโ๐ด ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป ๐ค๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏโ and added โ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆโ๐ด ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ.โ Japan, Australia, South Korea, and the UK all initially rejected the call. Then the pain arrived. Oil surged from $๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ $๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐๐ฅ. Tanker traffic through the Strait dropped ๐๐%. Over ๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ anchored outside waiting for safe passage. European energy prices spiked. The โnot our warโ posture became economically untenable. Two weeks later โ on April 2 โ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐ ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ launched a coalition to secure the Strait. The UK hosted the inaugural meeting. Europe didnโt just join โ theyโre now scrambling to lead, with British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper chairing the talks. The very nations that said it wasnโt their problem are now volunteering ships. Thorne frames it in Hegelian terms: Trump โ๐ช๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐บ ๐ด๐บ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ญ๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ฆ.โ The contradiction being that Europeโs energy systems, industrial bases, and geopolitical sermons ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ง ๐ก๐๐ซ๐-๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ง๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ. The prize isnโt just reopening a chokepoint. Itโs a reordered system where access to secure oil flows is ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐จ๐ง ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ โ not assumed as a right. A world where the United States sits at the center of the hydrocarbon chessboard. ๐๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ๐งโ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ. ๐๐ฐ๐จ ๐ฐ๐๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐จ๐ $๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐.1 point
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The Minister responsible is the Best one to ask. I would NOT respond to a question out of the Blue from an Unknown enquirer who you would not have a clue what they were asking for and in what context. I've Had people who I would only Make a statement to IF they agreed to NOT fiddle with it. Most questions I have Asked of Pollies did not Provide a satisfactory answer but I have a few I regularly discuss things with. Nev1 point
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Nice, still would have been nice to get an answer from the politicians if you make the effort to contact them.1 point
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I think that we could agree that your average Achmed and Fatima only want to live in peace, with its attendant safety. No doubt Abraham and Ruth feel the same. The problem is that both sides are dictated to by war lords and their thugs against whom our average Arab and Jew are powerless. There may be some hope of change in the fact that elections are due in Israel later this year. That is if Netanyahu doesn't postpone them due to the 'emergency situation'. About the word "thug" thug(n.): 1810, "member of a gang of murderers and robbers in India who strangled their victims," The thugs roamed about the country in bands of from 10 to 100, usually in the disguise of peddlers or pilgrims, gaining the confidence of other travelers, whom they strangled, when a favorable opportunity presented itself, with a handkerchief, an unwound turban, or a noosed cord. The shedding of blood was seldom resorted to. The motive of the thugs was not so much lust of plunder as a certain religious fanaticism. thuggery(n.) 1839, "system of ritual killing as practiced by the thugs," Also thugee, from the native Hindi form of the name for the system of religious assassination.1 point
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I get that his government won't please everyone and of course, like alol governments, there will be failures. But, at least as far as the news that comes out of SA is concerned, he and his government seem to be working out for more than less of the population, so, on balance, I would suggest, compated to others, he is doign a good job, Is this the plant you're referring to: https://www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in/2025/10/15/cost-to-taxpayers-revealed-over-failed-hydrogen-plan In comparison, the withdrawl from hosting the 2026 Commonwealth Games cost Victoria close to $600M.. more than twice the cost of the failed h2 palnt as of the above report: https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/victoria-govt-exaggerated-commonwealth-costs-on-withdrawal-says-auditor1 point
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This is a South African story, and despite the storys sadness, the newsreader just loses it, laughing about the scenario ..... (you need your sound on) https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVEKlGcjEiu/1 point
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In God's name any crime against Humanity can be justified. It's happening all the time. Where are All the God given Rights listed.? Made up as required I Would suggest. How terribly convenient. Nev1 point
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What a start to Easter... Had to clean a 30kg fatberg out of our grease trap this morning. Probs should clear it more often... ๐1 point
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Now that I agree with whole heartedly. A strong opposition is essential to keep the government performing. However the LNP has lost their way and forgotten that if they ever want to be in government again, they need to recapture the centre, not the lunatic fringe. But yes ON are who I'm hoping will implode quickly. Given the quality of their candidates, it shouldn't be long.1 point
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Charging extra for something extra is Perfectly Normal. It HAS to be waterproof or it's useless. Like any other Boot space, and It HAS to be More difficult at the front as that's where rain Hits hardest when you're Moving. Nev1 point
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Make the death Penalty Mandated and the rapist will kill the victims so they can't tell and the Penalty is No Higher anyway, so what have they got to Lose? Nev0 points
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Those games are Difficult to get a sponsor for and are More or Less Moribund. It was a Good idea to get out of them. Nev0 points
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