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For the CORRUPT ULTRA RICH MAYBE. It won't be CLEAN for anybody and IF you don't LIKE what the KING does you won't go far. Your Golden Wonder is 100% FAKE. Nev

BREAKING: Mary Trump exposes her Uncle Donald after his "quiet, piggy" moment by revealing exactly where his "despicable" misogyny comes from — and it explains so much. Nobody spills the beans quite like family does... "Donald's misogyny runs deep and is actually honestly come by because his entire family was a bunch of misogynists," Mary Trump said on her Youtube channel. "I want to remind you just how in character all this is by showing you a montage of clips from MSNBC. And I also, also while watching it, I want you to pay particular attention to the reactions Donald gets." She then played a montage that included Trump being confronted about calling women "fat pigs, dogs, slobs and disgusting animals," a recording of him implying that Megyn Kelly mistreated him because she was menstruating, and him stating that he "never liked horse face." In one segment, he talked about a woman gaining a "massive amount of weight," in another he insulted a woman who accused him of sexual assault by saying "Believe me, she would not be my first choice." Mary Trump's video was prompted by Trump snapping "quiet, piggy" at a female reporter on Air Force One after she dared to ask him about Jeffrey Epstein. "Aside from the grotesque reactions of the people in those crowds," Mary Trump said, referring to the MAGA supporters at his rallies, "which quite frankly explains a lot about how we got here, Donald is admitting something very openly there as he has at other times." "He actually is admitting that he would totally rape a woman, just not somebody who looks like that. Essentially, he's saying he would only rape women he finds attractive," she continued. "I grew up with him. I grew up with these people so again, none of this is surprising," she went on. "What remains surprising to me, even though I shouldn't be surprised by this either I suppose, is that the American people are still willing to put up with his dehumanization of women, his treating them like second class citizens, and the contempt he so obviously has for half of the population." "In the Trump family, girls had no value. Donald's oldest sibling Maryanne was a girl," she said. "My grandfather never once considered her a viable option for taking over the family business that would have been my dad, his oldest son friend. That didn't work out but the next oldest Elizabeth would never have been considered either. So therefore, it fell to Donald who is not only incompetent and unskilled, he was just a terrible, terrible businessman. And my grandfather knew it but what mattered more was that he wasn't a woman. Clearly, Trump inherited his hatred of women from his corrupt, detestable father. This president sees women as sexual objects to be insulted, abused, and discarded. The fact that so many s-called "Christians" support him despite his complete lack of morals tells you everything that you need to know about the religious right in this country. Please like

This thread is supposed to be about celebrating positives. We did not just decide one day to go on a strenuous bush walk. Since retiring 4 years ago we have done about 3 bush walks a week. There are many walks we would not do. Known bush walks are very easy to research in terms of difficulties. As far as age goes one of the greatest threats to health is inactivity. This is a threat both physical health and mental health. Depression is not uncommon amongst the aging. Whilst bush walking we do cross paths with older bush walkers who are older than us and obviously very fit. I do in fact have a cardiac condition. I do yearly stress echocardiograms. The last one whilst noting my abnormalities pronounced me to be much fitter than the average for my age (63). If we're not fit I would be having symptoms, I do not. My cardiologist advises me to keep up the exercise It is important that as we age we don't give up.

Had a great ride today, over to Richmond, through to Sorell, then up the Tasman Highway to Orford on the East Coast. Interesting names along that road. I went over the Bust-me-gall and Break-me-neck passes, fortunately doing neither, then up Black Charlie's Opening without even buying him dinner first. On the way back I came via Midway Point and while passing the end of the runway at Hobart Airport, saw a C-17 parked on the tarmac so rode in for a closer look. Very enjoyable!

Just snapped this in Hobart in front of a sweets shop. Not sure why Esmeralda has balls, and the Tassie Map is usually a short distance away from the freckle...

I guess this was way too subtle for you blokes. The positive I celebrated was that my Mother reached the age of 100 years and is still mentally acute. I have been so lucky to have had the past three years since I came up here to reunite with her after sparse contact for forty or so years. She received greetings from everyone in government from King Charles to the local Shire mayor.

I was thinking about joining a dating site for people my age. It's called Carbon Dating.

Sadly, most rules or safety features are designed for the idiots, and the rest of us just have to endure them.

Alternatively, we could possibly improve the driving culture. If motorists respected the safety of others, there would not be a need for these speed bumps. Basically when we get behind the wheel, we suddenly act like we are ALL great drivers, and we ALL know better than the experts who put up speed limits for proven good reasons. I know because I AM a great driver (not like youse cretins).

He's NOT the Kind of Person I would like to see in Power. Has NEVER appealed to Me. The arguments He put up for Brexit were well short of Honest. Nev

How bloody stupid! Imagine the damage done to a vehicle dropping suddenly into what amounts to a lane-wide pothole. Even if it was only a blown tyre, the sudden loss of control could prove fatal.

Could be fake but certainly plausible and totally in character.

Beware of random thoughts...

Now that is a believable motive for burying the story. Trust me, it will be buried. I suspect there are some surprising people who will spend big to ensure public attention is directed elsewhere

Wilfully blind, ignorant and gullible in one. You don't play cricket for England, do you? The "man" has presided over defunding government departments designed and, in US terms, making the US clean and healthy, such as the FDA, Obamacare, the FAA, and the like. Maybe you should go over there and experience first hand what it is like. Many of my US based friends are telling me to stay away as it is turning more and more to shit Oh, and pardoning criminals to go out and murder again is also a positive in your mind, I guess?

There are plenty of people in Epstein's shady and corrupt world who would be very happy to see him and his files permanently buried. Aside from his own involvement Trump is probably worried what some of those people might do to him if they hold him responsible for their secrets being aired in public.

Mate, I am not waiting for it. I bought at this time of year as a commuter, and I am going to use it as such. I didn't get my ride in today, but that is OK as the Ducati boy has said his Ducati i a little sensitive to rain and cold, and tomorrow is rainy and cold. So, I will go out then and hit those twisties. I got some of my planned items done today... To cut a very long story short, didn't go to Gloucester, but ended up at a main dealer in Exeter that had 20% off everything. BThe sales assistant was young, female, and blonde. And I thought great, a Saturday student workder. Holey moley, she knew her stuff.. well beyond blokes with 20 years riding experience. She was absolutely professional, and the lad was totally enamoured by her, professionally (though I doubt he would say no to a quick drink with her, even though he doesn't drink). @facthunter - goes to show, blondes do have brains! She would give most of us a run for our brainiac money.

One of the few racing drivers who didn't suffer from overblown self-importance. Dementia is so rampant now, it's now one of the leading causes of death for aged people - 17,000 deaths from it last year, and only 12,000 from circulatory diseases.

Putin must be shaking his head in disbelief at how gullible Trump is. What a tragic joke of history that both the USA and Russia have criminal, terrible leaders at the same time.

Words cannot express the outrage one should have for this "plan". It's not a plan. It's a ransom payout, with no assurance than the victim will be returned. The sooner Australia breaks ties with the present US administration, the better. It a new administration shows itself to be civilised, then negotiations to restore old ties might begin. I know some will say that we are too enmeshed in the USA, but isn't it time Australian people said, 'enough!'? If Australia continues allying itself to the USA as the USA is behaving at the present, Australia's name within the global community will be mud.

Not everything but health and education are more expensive under private systems. As always, insurance companies need to make a profit for their shareholders so it stands to reason that they will overcharge and under deliver whenever they can get away with it. Our family health cover is around $450/month and we're with one of the better ones. I would much rather pay that in extra taxes and have the public health system improved than give it to overseas investors. The USA is a perfect example of the worst way to do health care.

Frank Musset's 1945 UL Harley outfit had 340 thousand MILES on it when I bought it from him and had been used with a GIANT Commercial sidebox to carry two Bikes at a time. I was Good mates with Frank and he was a VELOCETTE Works rider before WW2. I put a DUSTING DUPLEX chair on it and MY wife rode it for years. It was 3 speed with reverse Gear. Frank Later sold British ( Meriden) Triumph and JAWA speedway bikes at his shop in Sydney road. I sold the Bike to a Mate who still rides it regularly. Nev

Hold that thought. I am having a disagreement with my fund at the moment. I will withhold comment until it is resolved.

Well, no. It always costs somebody. In your case, it cost the taxpayers. Don't get me wrong, I believe we should get rid of health insurance companies and make all medical care into a universal government funded health care programme.

BREAKING: New Ukraine “peace plan” leaks — and it reads like Putin dictated it directly to Trump. If you ever wanted to see what happens when the United States and Russia sit down and sketch out the future of Ukraine without Ukraine — and without Europe — the leaked 28-point “peace plan” making the rounds in Kyiv is your answer. And buckle up, because this document isn’t a peace plan. It’s a hostage negotiation written by the hostage-taker. According to Ukrainian media, this Frankenstein treaty was drafted by top U.S. officials with Russian input and approved by Donald Trump — and it reads like the Kremlin’s Amazon wish list wrapped in an American flag. Ukraine’s input? Europe’s input? Apparently optional! Democracy is so 2012. The plan opens with polite diplomatic wallpaper — “Ukraine’s sovereignty will be confirmed” — before immediately carving Ukraine’s sovereignty up like a Thanksgiving turkey. It hands Russia Crimea, Donetsk, and Luhansk on a silver platter and freezes two more regions in place like they’re leftover pierogi. Ukraine doesn’t just lose territory; it gets told to amend its Constitution to promise it will never join NATO again. NATO, in turn, has to amend its own founding documents to slam the door shut forever. Oh — and Russia promises it probably won’t invade anyone else. “It is expected” they will behave. Expected! As if Putin is a toddler who “is expected” not to color on the walls again. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian military — currently fighting for its survival — gets capped at 600,000 troops, because nothing says “peace” like forcing the invaded nation to disarm while the invader keeps the keys to three stolen provinces. But don’t worry — the U.S. will give Ukraine a “security guarantee” as long as Kyiv promises not to invade Russia or launch missiles at Moscow “without cause.” Yes, you read that correctly: Ukraine is warned not to invade the country that invaded Ukraine. In exchange for swallowing all this, Ukraine gets dangled $200 billion in reconstruction money — half of which the U.S. literally profits from. America gets 50% of the profits from rebuilding the cities Putin bombed to rubble. It’s like an insurance scam, except the arsonist gets invited to the ribbon-cutting. And the cherry on top? Russia gets complete amnesty. Everyone. Every war criminal. Every torturer. Every kidnapper. Everyone. All forgiven, all protected, all welcomed back into the “global economy.” They even get a ticket back into the G8 as if nothing happened. It is a peace plan written with the moral clarity of a money-launderer’s tax return. The Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant? Split 50/50. Frozen Russian assets? Partly handed back through a U.S.–Russia investment fund. Education policies? Ukraine must teach “tolerance,” because apparently the country invaded by its neighbor is the one with the empathy problem. Ukraine must hold elections — in 100 days — while fighting a war, hosting displaced families, and surrendering territory. Because what could possibly go wrong? And at the end of this geopolitical circus? Donald J. Trump chairs the “Peace Council.” Yes, the man who cannot mediate an argument between his own lawyers gets put in charge of enforcing a continent-wide peace agreement between nuclear states. This isn’t a peace plan. It’s not even a surrender. It’s a clearance sale where Ukraine pays the bill, Russia gets the merchandise, and the U.S. gets a corporate partnership out of it. The only accurate title for this document is the one Ukrainian commentators already suggested: “The Aristocrats.” Because only a truly deranged diplomatic performance could end with Russia rewarded, Ukraine disarmed, Europe blindsided, American companies cashing in, war crimes erased, and Donald Trump sitting on a golden throne labeled “Peacekeeper.” If this is the plan, then the world doesn’t need negotiators. It needs a fire alarm.

You'll RUE the day you hit a ROO. (or any animal when it comes to that). Go real fast and you'll likely end up as Chutney, If something goes AWARY. I've done some fool things in the Past. Going serious OFF road helps you all round with your skills. Been Knocked OFF a Bike near Paramatta about 1961 but that's the Only ROAD Bingle I've HAD . Riding in the Bush doesn't count. .You have to drop the Bike on Purpose some times. Anyhow I've seen a lot of Places that I wouldn't have otherwise. Met many good friends. Been Lucky a few times. You are More (IN the WORLD ) than you are in a Tin Top. People who look down on you wouldn't know $#!t from clay anyhow... Nev

Just for the (older) nerds..... Fortran joke: God is real, unless declared integer. Cobol joke: A single missed period can be of great significance.

You must be Billie Joe McAllister.

He was "Trained" to be what HE IS. He should NOT be permitted to RUN anything. How would you LIKE to Live somewhere He doesn't LIKE?. He's a "$#!t for Brains" DANGEROUS, FAKE. Nev

Discretion should be at the manager level for that - the person who knows her best.

If you don't know the relative costs, why are you arguing that renewables are not cheaper? Anyway this thread is about politics. Happy to have a discussion about the relative costs and merits of various types of generation over on the climate change thread. But getting back to politics, these are the facts: The Libs had their arses handed to them by people voting for the Teals, and did not get those seats back when they went to the last election with their uncosted and unrealistic nuclear plans. Compulsory voting in Australia means that overall, people go for the centre. 65+% of people in Australia rate action on climate change as one of the top 2 issues. Older voters are dying off and a massive proportion of younger voters want action on climate change (because guess what, they have to live on this earth a lot longer with the effects). Apart from the few thousand idiots who watch Sky News, voters are not particularly interested in culture wars, DEI, wokeness (whatever that is), the colour of their neighbour's skin or other non-issues. With those political facts, it seems clear that the Libs have decided to commit political suicide. I don't actually want them to. I'm not an LNP voter but I want a strong opposition with sensible, costed policies - backed up by science - to hold the government to account. They can't do that when the conservatives, desperate to keep suckling at the teat of the fossil fuel industry, throw out ridiculous ideas like government funded nuclear power plants, government funded propping up of elderly coal plants, inefficient and expensive carbon capture and storage. The LNP is supposed to be the party of the free market. There are plenty of players looking to provide wind farms, big batteries, solar farms, household solar & batteries. There are zero players looking to build new coal and nuclear without it being funded by YOU the taxpayer. Ask yourself why?

Many of the streets in our area have divided speed humps as shown below. If you are travelling at or below the speed limit, you can line up so that your wheels pass either side of the hump with no bump, or very little, like running over the cats eyes lane markers. These allow the buses and emergency vehicles to straddle them.

A woman from Sydney who was a tree hugging, vegetarian and anti-hunter purchased a piece of native bushland in northern NSW . There was a large gum tree on one of the highest points in her property. She wanted a good view of the natural splendor of her land so she started to climb the big gum. As she neared the top she encountered a koala that attacked her. In her haste to escape, the woman slid down the tree to the ground and got many splinters in her crotch. In considerable pain, she hurried to a local ER to see a doctor. She told him she was an environmentalist, vegetarian, and an anti-hunter and how she came to get all the splinters. The doctor listened to her story with great patience and then told her to go wait in the examining room and he would see if he could help her. She sat and waited three hours before the doctor re-appeared.The angry woman demanded, "What took you so long?" He smiled and then told her, "Well, I had to get permits from the Environmental Protection Agency, Native Vegetation, Parks and Wildlife service, and the Bureau of Land Management before I could remove old-growth timber from a 'recreational area' so close to a Waste Treatment Facility. "And I'm sorry, they turned you down."

No. If I was, I wouldb't lower myself to mix with all you lowly scum.

Not sure, but fujitice journo Shane Dowling is running with it. https://kangaroocourtofaustralia.com/2025/11/23/kevin-rudd-pays-lawyers-to-cover-up-his-jeffrey-epstein-link/

And Mexico is gunna pay for it, too!

A married couple were asleep when the phone rang at 2 in the morning. The wife (undoubtedly blonde), picked up the phone, listened a moment and said 'How should I know, that's 200 miles from here!' and hung up. The husband said, 'Who was that?' The wife said, 'I don't know, some woman wanting to know if the coast is clear.'

Allan Moffat, the four-time Australian Touring Car Champion and four-time Bathurst 1000 winner, has died at the age of 86. He passed away peacefully on Saturday, November 22, 2025, at 11:05 a.m., surrounded by his family, after a long and courageous battle with Alzheimer’s disease.

Insurance is a system whereby the high value of a risk is covered through small contributions made by very many people. It's a sort of 'manmy hands make light work'. If the insurer is the government, as is the case with Medicare, at least each person contributing a small amount knows that a chunk of that small amount is not being stripped off and handed to investors, as it is with insurance companies. Of course, not 100% of contributions to a government scheme is used to pay medical expenses. There has to be an allowance for administration costs. But that is better than a system which adds investor returns to outlays and administration costs.

Fully taxpayer funded health and education would be the sign of a civilized country.

You have a sick mind.

Are you aware that every coal seam gas hole does this (there are around 30,000 of these.) They simply burn off the dirty gas until the well produces "cleaner" gas. Note that methane is many times worse than CO2. Coal is so much nicer than alternative energy sources, just look at this lovely coal mine. Compared to the ugly wind turbines in the distance.

I just bought another tractor to add to my collection of restoration projects. A Chamberlain C6100, complete with a Gason cab and front end loader - and all for $1100. I'm positive it will make my retirement even busier. Oh, it does have a buggered engine, the venerable old Perkins 6-354, so that's not such a positive thing. The previous idiot owner/s left it out in the weather for years, and rainwater rotted out the muffler, and water ran through it into the engine, and it's locked up. However, at $1100, one has to expect a few downsides. Another downside appears to be the number of empty Aerostart cans I found on the floor when I was cleaning out the 40 or 50 years of accumulated dirt, general trash, rags, dog bones, etc. I guess this is an indicator that the engine wasn't in too good a shape, prior to it being abandoned. Poor old girl, these were great tractors, but some people should never be allowed to own machinery.

Isn't the idea that the value of money drops over time.. So, according to Google AI $100,000 AUD in the year 2000 is worth almost $208,000 today: Assuming no cost of maintenance/works over time nor other allowable deducations, if you don't discount for inflation and simply deduct sale price (let's say $500,000) from the purchase price you will get $400,000 gain you have to pay tax on. However, you are comparing a different dollar today than in the year 2000, where the value of the dollar less than 1/2 of what it was back then. To work out the value of your capital gain as opposed to the amount of the capital gain, you would either have to convert your original purchase price to today's value (almost $208K) oir convert the sale price of $500,000 to the value in year 2000 (c. $240k). If course doing it the latter way will mean you have to convert the difference back to today's dollars to calculate the income in today's numbers to allocate the correct tax; the former method converts to tody's values. If you don't convert the to today's value, you are overstating the value of the capital gain by almost $108,000. The raw difference (in this case $400K) does equal value (in this case, c. $292k). The only way to work out today's value of yesterday's dollar is to apply the inflation rate (or if there is some other price index more reliable indicator of purchasing power/value, than that should be used). The it comes down to the objective. Taxation policies are used to impact behaviour and therefore are not always applied fairly. For example, if you want to take hot air out of the house price market, taxing on values so more tax is being paid is one way to do it. If you want to simply tax fairly, so it is more about revenue generation than market correction, deducting inflation seems fairer as it is on value. But, of course, if like the UK, the country is broke and it needs to maximise revenue, taking out inflation should be dropped.. It will be a progressive tax as the more you make on a captial gain, the more proportionately you will pay. Personal income tax is a problem in this area (I know this is not a capital gain). As the purchasing power of money drops over time, the taxation thresholds at which different rates of tax kick in should be increased to cover the reduction in purchasing power. Famously, as in the UK, they have delayed this well beyind the current thresholds. This means you start paying tax, or paying higher rates of tax on lower values of money. This hurts the lower income earners more, because as the value of money decreases, wages tend to increase pushing say non=payers into paying tax on the same value, not amount of money. [Edit] I think a better option would be to eliminate the capital gains tax relief on property: Funny how this won't happen - just check the assets held my many senior politicians in the country - they have proven very unlikely to vote to eliminate that little deal.

She's not telling us anything we didn't already know. The problem remains... what can we do about the long term fallout, now that DjT has destroyed the already failing democracy thar WAS USA. Our country is a little fish in a big pond, but the uncertain decade or so that follows, will still affect us. The flowchart of global possibilities has many branches, but none of them look good. So my concern is no longer 'What Has Trump Done Now?' My concern is that even after he is gone, (which cannot be soon enough) now that the guardrails are gone from all US administrations, what will the US do? Not only that, but the worst of the nutters and narcissists have taken up residence.

Echo Cardiogram - Ultrasound - Gooey stuff on a wand pressed against the skin. Image of the beating heart on a screen. Electrocardiogram - a dozen wires to contacts stuck over the body. Wired up like an astronaut. This is an ECG.

My sense of self-preservation far exceeds any desire to carry out a dangerous "nerve test". It's a policy that has served me well in more than 76 years. Just travelling on public highways today with the rest of the ill-trained and undisciplined road users, is enough of a regular "nerve test" for me.