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You know you are getting old when your kids start talking about choosing an old folk's home..... for themselves.

Back to the latest Middle East conflict.... Sorry to post a meme but I couldn't resist. I once thought Dubya was the worst, but not any more. Being a sociopath means never having to say 'sorry'.

I don't think dear leader/comrade Albo has anything to fear from her. Labor's a shoe-in for a third term the way it's looking.

We went to a Post Modern Jukebox stage show at the Astor Theatre in Perth about 18 mths ago. They put on quite a show, but I prefer the original golden oldies. SWMBO loved them, she was the one who saw the show, and booked the tickets.

I think that is indicative of the "young bulls" taking the place of the "old bulls". That age group, and I think you should also include those up to 35 years of age, represent generation who are the product of their parents. Whereas a lot of us oldies followed the political beliefs of our parents because we grew up in possible more stable political times, those up to the age of 35 grew up in the Information age and have had access to more political influences than we oldies ever did. But when was the last time you managed to have a "deep and meaningful" with a person under 35 years of age to find out what they and their friends are thinking? Perhaps Jerry, with his daughter just starting Uni, is the only one in our group who might have that opportunity.

I'm really surprised How many APPEAR to be supporting her but I don't know HOW the Question is PUT in the surveys. Does anyone here know? We NOW don't have a 2 Party system but it's what it is and not a con. Nats/ Libs are in BIG trouble . They have no idea where to go. and the Ghosts of Howard. Abbott, Morrisson and Dutton haunt them. Nev

He must spend ages Making himself look as a Tradie. He's ALL for COAL. Nev

Some of them might be in an old people's Home. Nev

Dubya partied when Rump was elected, because he was no longer the worst president.

Wouldn't her kids be scarier?

There is one thing I like about Bahai religion. They don't mind quoting any of the various religious texts. So they seem to try to filter out the warlike bits and use the more moral parts of other religions. I attended a service once, they seemed a nice peaceful mob, but religion doesn't appeal to me. A bit like Esperanto, treading a middle ground gets everyone offside - as each religious mob try to exclude all the other ones because 'they aren't 100% MY true religion'. Also, they read a quote from the bible, and another from the koran or whatever, which risks making people think about things too much. Can't allow that in a successful religion, can we?

The Bahai's are hated by all the Islamic sects and they get a hard time everywhere they go. My first girlfriend, when I was in the Army, turned to the Bahai faith after I broke up with her in early '72. It was strange, because she came from South Africa (she was a white and a redhead, and of British ancestry), and her family were very religious Christians. She came back and paid us a visit about 5 years afterwards, and I can recall my father being appalled at her turn to a "weirdo, airy-fairy religion", and he tried his best to convert her back. But she was besotted with the mob, and was convinced they were the finest, most religious people on Earth - and she'd apparently found a new boyfriend in the group as well. So she left, and I've never heard from her in the intervening 50 years. I have no idea where she went, and I can't even trace her. I would have liked to know how she ended up, whether she still worships them, or whether she "saw the light", and joined some other religious mob. Some people are alwayd looking for the religion that answers all their desires.

The good thing about dating a woman our age .......... you don't have to worry about meeting her parents.

To say Albo is the Aussie version of Chump, IMHO, is a bit rich. I agree with @nomadpete - he represents the less ship party, but it so far is not making some of the fundamental changes needed. I sympathise with Albo et al.. and I imagine, given his history in Labnor where we was firmly on the socialist left faction of the party, having to walk the balance of a small but powerful set of vested interests versus what is in his mind better for the community would not be an easy job. And between him and anything that the LNP have served up from Howard onwards, I would prefer him and his team and suggest Australia would poltiically and economically be in a lot better shape - assuming hubris didn't set in like it normally does. While the media play its part, in the second election of Labor, they increased their majority - so Aussies aren't quite as beholden to the media as we like to think. But the reality is for the majority of Australians, life is getting worse in a material sense while for the elite, it seems to be getting disproprotionately better and Labor are perceived as not doing enough to change things for what they promise and/orstand for. There are challenges in making change - defiinitely. And in a global economy, it is very difficult to stand up against vested interests without some real ramifications. If you think QANTAS taking its maintenance facilities to a low cost country is not representative of threats that are made to governments who want to introduce changes to even things up, think again. Many companies here have moved operations overseas because they could get a better deal and the government stared down their threats. If you lose employment as a government, there is a backlash. GBut that still does not mean we should not crticise poor judgment or performace,because it is not as poor as the other mob. That just permits the race to the bottom and people get fed up and the nutty protest parties flourish. The UK has shown this, and now, unbelievably for a country such as Australia, One Nation is getting a look in beyond rabid loonies. Of course, the US has made the protest person their leader on some chumped up promises.. but so detached from the real world are the political elite, that people have had enough. Its sort of what my Iranian employee said, it's sad it has to come to this, but something has to change.

Interesting comparison of Patriot missiles used. They burned up 800 in 3 days on Iran. But only supplied Ukraine 600 of them over the past 4 years. No idea what stocks the U.S. have, nor their manufacturing capability. Muy more shares in U.S. arms industry!

Yeah heard a run down on him today they reckon he's very strongly of his fathers mind and views too. No surprise. But do you know his own family was also killed in this so between that and his father , l hate to think where this is all gonna go later on if he stays in power.

You can add me to it too ha ha. Loveee talking with my daughter about anything, she's as sharp as a tack, extremely aware and just an all-round brilliant person, 23. Use to see a lot of her friends to when she was still living with me, she's out on her own now. Some of them were great girls to but others, well. Herself and some friends also well aware of the idiots supposedly leading our country too and with some strong thoughts. Some of the boys to wellllll, lets just say they're a very different breed to when l grew up even she acknowledges that and calls most of them manchilds these days, which is somem like many of them came across to me too. Too much internet, keyboards and fb's and not enough real world reality. Not to say all but l have noticed it outside too. Half of them too sadly haven't even grown up with dads and you can see it too.

Clive Palmer said now l know he did a lot of rambling but that Libs and Lab both used pretty well the same model . Well, to me there's always been differences but sometimes l also see he was right on much of it too. Which doesn't give us much to choose from bc to me especially with this last stretch of of Albo, they both fk the place just in slightly different ways. Gotta wonder what'll become of Hanson next one the way they're going but we def' need a 3rd party .

Like the facebook link that goes to a fake ABC Insiders site. It shows the ABC on Pauline's side well and truly. We'll see aliens land before that ever happens. It was designed to fleece money from suckers in a crypto scam. It's unbelievable how suckerbook marketplace turns a total blind eye to fraud. Almost all the sponsored ads on it are scammers.

Ayatollah Jr. has been officially anointed.

I wonder if whoever made that meme realises we don't vote for a prime minister. They're appointed by the party/parties than can cobble together a majory and convince the GG they can form government.

Different pollsters ask slightly different questions, but a lot of them lately seem to be polling primary intentions and not preference direction. Gender and age group is usually asked for analysis. A lot of it is probably swayed by immediate events. For example, in the latest morgan poll, the Greens have picked up 3% and Labor is down 4. Morgans think that 3% Green gain at Labor's expense is because of Albo and Co. going all the way with DJT and the Greens taking a stance against the US/Israel strikes. Some of the analysis is interesting. There's been a trend for a while now of the youngest age group, 18-24, moving more to the right. The Greens and Labor have lost support in that group to One Nation, independants and others, but the Greens have gained in all groups 25+, whereas Labor has lost in all age groups and both genders. One Nation gained support in all age groups under 65. Some polls a couple of weeks ago showed ON gaining among young women more than young men. A bit of a reverse from it's historical male dominated support. I think One Nation is the wild card, and come next election, they will have either fallen on their face or put egg on a lot of other faces. The Greens are what they are. What you see is what you'll always get, 10 to 12%. If Labor stuffs up enough, the Greens might get 15% briefly but they just don't appeal to enough of the population to acheive anything higher than balance of power in the Senate. Nev, you're right about the Nats/Libs being in big trouble. At the moment they are well and truly wedged. All Labor has to do is sit tight and win. Of the small amount of Labor primary votes bleeding to the Greens, most would return in preferences. Labor would feel a lot more comfortable having the Greens on the left than the Coalition would feel having One Nation on the right. It's like the Coalition has driven their Ford Ranger into a parking space designed for little noddy cars, and now they're stuck and can't get out. Go to the right, they lose the centre, go to the left and they lose the right. Interesting that the Nats have elected a Victorian moderate as deputy. More than likely for balance. Matt Canavan can talk the talk to try to woo voters back from One Nation, and Chester can try to butter up the Libs. Smoke and mirrors.

There's nothing Classy about our "Uncouth Barbarian", Glorious Emperor.. Nev

I don't think Canavan has ever made a statement that I agree with. Watch the Nats slide even further to the insane right, if that's even possible.

What trumpy did now? Displayed his high standards of staff selection. President Donald Trump quietly appointed Erika Kirk to the Air Force Academy board, prompting swift outrage and mockery from both sides of the political aisle.

It is hard when 49.9% of the population doesn't like your mob.

Given I had to top up my heating oil tank and the price quoted doubled from the last fill about 6 weeks ago, if I didn't laugh, I would have to cry. In fact I am thinking of cancelling the order... As I canrun the hot water on electricity.

Scomo and Abbot were a lot worse.

One party is the shyte party, and the other is the shyte lite party. Just because one is a bit less dodgy than the other, doesn't make sun shine from it's orifice.

That's a certainty. However i cannot give him credit for single handedly destroying a global civilisation. Civilisation (not always civil) will stumble on regardless. The tangerine toddler has simply acted out all the hidden failings of the world order. Failings that were previously dormant, or simply hidden, and until he came along, weaknesses were slowly eroding the moral fibre of world order. For instance, governments of most countries have always suffered from CEO type rot. The job description calls for a ruthless, results driven psychopath, usually overpaid. It doesn't call for a considerate egalitarian, fairminded person. The USA has a history of overt selfishness. Their glorification of capitalism overrides the welfare of the populace. Politics and War is all about making money. It's just that tRump makes it so obvious. As with our Australian system, both major parties are plainly in the pockets of the megarich. That is certainly not ethical.

Trump has earned a place in History. He has single-handedly destroyed a global civilisation that took oveer 7000 years and billions of lives to create. And the members of the Republican Party of the USA are co-conspirators.

F****d it up again, more likely

The ancient Greeks invented everything, even sex. But it took the Italians to think of involving women.

Is anybody counting down the "FOUR WEEKS" end time for this great war?? Like everything that comes out of the Tangerine Toddlers mouth - unadulterated, pure BS. America will still be bogged down in this war in 6 months time, and the hardline Iranians, and Hezbollah and Hamas supporters, will ensure it goes on for as long as it can. Neither Trump nor Hegseth has a co-ordinated plan to ensure this war ends swiftly and results in a regime change for the better. As fast as they kill new Iranian leaders, the hardliners will produce new ones. I note Sen. Chris Murphy, a Democrat from Connecticut, said recently, "There is no experience that shows an air campaign alone will result in positive regime change." Trump will soon find himself arse-deep in crocodiles, while he thought he was simply wading in to drain the swamp. He'll soon find out that running a successful war is a whole lot different to cheating at golf, and those crocodiles have got a vicious bite.

Maybe he didn't want his combover to blow around.

I got this advice (below) from Fuelwatch W.A. "Tomorrow (Tuesday, 10 March 2026), most branded metro sites are again hiking their diesel price: Ampol up to 251.9 cents per litre (cpl); EG Ampol up to 244.9 cpl; Caltex up to 243.9 cpl; BP up to 239.9 cpl; Reddy Express up to 235.9 cpl; Vibe up to 233.7 cpl; and United up to 231.9 cpl. This follows diesel hikes the last five days by most of the major brands. Tomorrow's average metro diesel price will be 226.2 cpl, however there will be over 20 Perth sites selling below 209 cpl." I paid $1.60 to fill up my diesel Hilux last Tuesday (3rd March).

The ceremony would have been a lot more respectful if he hadn't shown up at all.

They threatened that a while ago and Trump went OFF his tiny Brain and chucked all his toys out of his Pram. Nev

The free trade agreement between Canada, Mexico and the USA (which, ironically, Trump signed for in his first term) is coming up for review. We have heard a lot from Canada dealing with a number of areas of trade, but Mexico has been quiet. I wonder of the Mexican Government is quietly letting Canada do the talking and Mexico is standing in the shadow of Canada going , 'Yeah! Us, too." I think that Canada is more important to the USA in terms of energy supply. Imagine if Canada simplyt switched off the power to the USA for a day. I don't think Carney would be so mean to US citizens.

Two drug dealers are given a chance by a judge to avoid prison... The judge tells them, "You guys don't look like hardened criminals. I'll give you a deal: I'm releasing you for 24 hours. Your job is to go out and convince as many people as possible to quit using drugs. If you're successful, I'll drop the charges. Come back tomorrow and report your numbers." The next day, the first guy says, "Your Honor, I got 14 people to quit! I drew two circles: a big one and a tiny one. I told them the big one was their brain before drugs, and the tiny one was their brain after drugs." The judge is impressed. He turns to the second guy. "And you?" "I got 165 people to quit, sir!" The judge is stunned. "165?! Did you use the same 'brain' circles?" "Sort of," the guy says. "I pointed to the tiny circle and said, 'Listen up, boys... this is what your asshole looks like before you go to prison.'"

Spain ha ha. Nah not goin anywhere, tis my land, can't leave it, goods and bads.

We need more chuckles, the news is all too much gloom and worry today ....

At least he'll never be short of a pin. But I think he might be short of a few 'roos in the top paddock.

She was brought up alongside him, and knows him better than a lot of people - and she holds a PhD in clinical psychology, so she knows well, what drives people.

She obviously doesn't like him much.

Mary Trump explains why Donald is fighting the was against Iran. "Regarding his 'true' motivations, she claimed: "For Donald, there is one reason and one reason alone. He's in trouble, and he knows it. This isn't simply about changing the subject. That, of course, would be bad enough. "This is to keep himself and the world from knowing what an inept, depraved, compromised fraud he is. This is about his unfathomable desperation to avoid being humiliated." Mary Lea concluded by explaining that the President is a 'desperately weak man' who must distract people from this fact, adding: "That is a difficult tight rope for the weakest man I've ever known to be walking. "And yet, somehow, he has been allowed to walk it for his whole life. His whole miserable, useless, selfish life."

That seems a pretty dumb place to store our crude given the geographical distance. We probably have no means to refines it here anyway but the yanks always do whatever they like irrespective of agreements and/or water tight contracts.

I see that USA imports billions of $ worth of Australian beef, annually. Now I see that USA has exported $700,000,000 worth of beef to Australia. https://www.beefcentral.com/news/us-beef-officially-re-enters-australia-after-23-year-absence/ Can anyone explain how this makes sense? Are we exporting so much beef that we left our local market short? We do that with our gas exporting. Doesn't all this shipping back and forth push up the price to the public?