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The bestest goldest world leader has got it covered. Already, the *resident of the United States now states that the reason for this war (which isn't a WAR) is to destroy the nuclear weapons program that he claims to have already destroyed last year, while simultaneously claiming that the objective of the war is to open the strait of Hormuz that was already open before he started the war, but he is not going to open it. He doesn't need anyone's help to win the war. He already won the war on the first day anyway, and is currently winning the war, but demands help to win the war, and needs no help to win the war. I hope this clears up any confusion, which was all caused by corrupt Democrat fake news outlets.

I know I shouldn't post this, and Nev will drag me over the coals, but this way I can say I had a head job from an Asian lady at the shopping centre for $15, and not be lying.

He should have stuck with drinking and philandering. Now he's God's Minister for War.

Be careful underestimating Hegseth. It's easy to bring up things like excessive drinking, adultery and the like, but that is not what he is like now. At some stage after that sort of behaviour, Hegseth found God. He joined a fundamentalist Christian Evangelical church and changed his ways. Was that a good result? No. The church he joined is the worst kind of fundamentalist. White supremist; all other religions are the Devil's creation. If you compared Hesgeth with the Ayotollah, you would find that the only dissimilarity was the god they beleived was the only one. In all other ways they are exactly the same. So for Hegseth, what he is doing to Iran is not to stop nuclear proliferation, but it is the fundamentalist Christian Evangelical version of a jihad.

I am hoping the Facebook friend invitations from Desi Freeman will now stop.

I rarely repost Farcebook pages, but this one is spot on ...... "Senator Claude Malhuret stood up in the French Senate this week and systematically torched every single member of Trump's cabinet. Nobody was spared. Not one. "A year ago, here in France, I compared Trump's presidency to Nero's Court. I was wrong. It's the miracle court," Malhuret began. Then he went through the roster. "An anti-vaxxer, former heroin addict as Minister of Health." (That's RFK Jr) "A climate-skeptic Minister of Economy." (That's Scott Bessent) "An alcoholic TV host, Minister of the Armed Forces." (That's Pete Hegseth) "An old Qatar agent, Minister of Justice." (That's Pam Bondi, whose former firm collected $115,000 a month lobbying for Qatar) "A groupie of Putin, Minister of National Security." (That's Tulsi Gabbard) Then he pulled back and went bigger. "A Turkish proverb says: When a clown settles in a palace, he does not become king. It is the palace that becomes a circus." Malhuret pointed out that since Trump created his so-called Board of Peace, he has launched more military strikes than Biden did in his entire term. He called out the Boeing jet Qatar gifted Trump worth $400 million. He called out the stock market manipulation that only insiders benefit from. He called out the Gulf investment deals enriching Trump and his family. "Any one of these conflicts of interest would have caused an immediate procedure of impeachment here," Malhuret said. "But we are not here. We are in MAGA's America where public business is conducted in favor of private interests." Then came the line that cut deepest. "Every time the Epstein affair resurfaces, bombs explode somewhere in the world and cause a distraction." This is how the world sees us now. Not through Fox News. Not through Truth Social. Through the cold, clear eyes of allied nations watching a great country be hollowed out by crooks. Every American should hear this speech. Share it everywhere."

The news about the U.S. bases damage, is largely correct. The U.S. military themselves have admitted damage has been incurred at 13 U.S. bases in the Middle East, with DoW damage estimations of around US$800M. There are other reports saying the number of bases seriously damaged is actually 17, and the total repair bill for all the Iranian damage is likely to exceed US$3B - and more importantly, take years to rebuild, simply because of the complexity of the equipment in the bases, and the requirement for a lot of electronic replacements, that are still in short supply from COVID-era restrictions. Even many car manufacturers are taking shortcuts in vehicle manufacturing, and leaving out optional equipment that is electronics-heavy, due to the ongoing chip shortage. What our dopey Tangerine Toddler doesn't understand, is that Taiwan may now even make overtures to China to form an alliance, to prevent a Taiwan-China war. This is because Taiwan is starting to realise that their major ally is no longer a reliable ally - and is likely incapable of protecting/supporting Taiwan in the event of a Chinese aggressive military move on them. If that alliance happens, China will then control the majority of the worlds cutting-edge chip manufacturing, and give Trump and his sycophants another dose of heartburn, because America still hasn't got any local chip manufacturing sorted yet. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cddq7j48p35o https://defencesecurityasia.com/en/us-bases-uninhabitable-iran-missile-strikes-centcom-force-posture-2026-war/

That's a pretty high ranking.

It's not anti-Semitic to criticise the government of Israel for human rights abuses and war crimes, when they have done this. Or do you think Israel should get a free pass for anything they do, no matter how abhorrent?

It probably depends what you mean by `terrorist attacks'. I don't think the Israelis are terrorists but their relentless killing of the ordinary civilian population in Gaza and the property destruction they have carried out to make the place virtually uninhabitable borders on genocide. Netanyahu would certainly like to get rid of all the Palestinians, both in Gaza and the West Bank. Of course, most of Israel's neighbours would like to get rid of the Israelis too. Nevertheless, as far as Gaza is concerned, Israel's reprisals against the Palestinians for Hamas's October 7 attack have gone well beyond what Hamas did to them. Also, when it comes to carrying out targeted assassinations, the Israeli intelligence services are pretty ruthless and efficient.

Jerry, I agree with you most of the time, but it really looks like you have a bit of a blind spot when it comes to Israel. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_journalists_in_the_Gaza_war If they killed almost 300 journalists "by accident" then they must be the most inept military ever. So which is it?

My daughter is looking for a big Yank ute. I told her to wait a couple of months and people will be giving them away.

At least someone has some balls. Good on you, Spain. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy368j1e3lo

No , They have been under scrutiny because the have always bent or broke the rules even to the point of been completely illegal. PHON doesnt believe rules apply to them nor their billonaire mates

I have decided it is time to get back into flying. Trundling off to Dunkeswell to do my SEP renewal. Although this post should probably go onto the mother site, it was a random thought that popped up inot my head. Will try and book it for Thursday this week; if not, it will be Tuesday following week.

From Occupy Democrats. BREAKING: Trump is left reeling after the New York Times reveals that Iran’s attacks have bombed EVERY American military base in the Middle East so badly they are “virtually uninhabitable!” Thanks to the Trump administration’s criminal lack of preparation and shocking understimation of Iran’s military capabilities, the US military is now working remotely in the Middle East, putting civilians in danger as they work out of hotels and makeshift operations centers in civilian areas. “The result, according to current and former military officials, is a war that is much harder to prosecute.” The Times reports that “many of the 13 military bases in the region used by American troops are all but uninhabitable, with the ones in Kuwait, which is next door to Iran, suffering perhaps the most damage.” Iranian officials have even accused the U.S. military of using civilians as human shields by putting American troops in hotels. This is sure to prompt another furious tirade from Donald Trump who we now know is not getting the full picture of just how badly this war is going for him and is instead just getting a highlight reel of war porn, watching our tax dollars blow things up for two minutes every day. This is a perfect demonstration of the blind hubris of the Trump administration. After two decades of watching America uncontestedly bomb the poorest people in the world, Trump and Hegseth couldn’t even conceive of an enemy with a sophisticated military and able to fight back, despite all the evidence to the contrary. They took no preparations, expected no reprisals. They didn't evacuate anyone from the Middle East until AFTER the war had started. They didn't bother to prepare for drones. They attacked Iran because they are cowards and bullies, thinking that they could impose their will on Iran by simply killing one old man. They were very, very, wrong, and now they’ve started a fire they cannot put out with lies and bombs.

Sorry, GON but I have zero sympathy for you. And some people meekly pay a fine that is ridiculously easy to get out of. As I said, I have failed to vote on 3 occasions and paid zero fines. If you are paying fines it is because you choose to. It is perhaps a question of "what have the Romans ever done for us" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qc7HmhrgTuQ We live in a country with pretty good health, although like most things in life, it has it's problems; however, it doesn't tend to bankrupt people as it does in the US. If you believe you get nothing because you live in the bush, then move. I lived in the bush for 21 years and loved it, but I understood that in having the peace and quiet of a lovely bush block, I could not whine about not having the services of the city. There is a connection between the country life you enjoy and the 37km drive into town. If the facilities of a town were just down the road from your property, then you would be complaining about the amount of traffic. When I lived in the bush, I enjoyed the "solitude" but by the very definition of that word, services were further away. You can't realistically have both. So what is it that the non-Anglos get in the bush that you don't? I thought you moved to the bush so you would have to mix with non-Australians Again, why pay it at all? There are plenty of ways of avoiding it. So, exactly what is it you want? Do you want a post office built across the road from your property? You just can't have everything, the solitude a remote property must come at a cost, it is only "remote" because it is a "remote" If you think I am a city person who doesn't understand well, as I said, I have lived this life. It was great, with pros and cons, but worth it, and I never whinged about it because to me whinging about the place you live is lioke saying I have made a bad choice.

Begore I call BS, show evidence. - and that it is systematic. Even Australia has its eveil people - Roberts Smith hasn't even been tried while the whistleblower languishes in prison. Doesn't mean Australia is systematically war criminals 9but it seems to harbour their own, anyway). You think consant firing of rockets at civilians over the years.. and then breaking through and brutally killing 1500-ish people and taking hostages is throwing stones? So far peacepul Palestinian protestors? And now that? Give me a break about no antisemetism

Well it was on the tele at the Shed, but I couldn't hear it. Others talking over the top of him, making jokes, and someone in the workshop using the belt sander. But I knew he was lying, his lips were moving.

I'm just upset that the conflict between Isreal and the Arab world has caused to deterioration of how ethnic relations in Australia have been hurt.

Too much antisemitic nonsense here. Why accept the propaganda of inherently evil regimes?

GON. Nazis and Ultra right wing nutjobs don't bother you? The Level of Guns in the society? Violence against Women? News is fear and Hate. Good things don't get reported.. Doesn't sell Papers or get your attention.. Hey look at this ANOTHER Muslim.. Nev

Sorry... What? OK.. the milita of a country invade your country... but don't target your military - but your defencelss and well separated from the military civilians.. illegally under intenational law; you legitimately retaliate and target their mitilary assets, which they hide behind cilvilan assets - and you target their military assets legally, but because they use civilians aas part of their defence (which is not really even contested by them) and, by the way being totally legal under the rules of war as long as they are targeting legitimate military assets - and Israel is the terrorist? Yeah - they took the West Bank - but not through some arbitrary decision - it was the resuilt of a war waged on them.. Or have I missed something. And in exchange for peace, the Palestinians (which even Arabs don't class as a separate Arabic identity) were offered 96% of it back, but rejected it at the last minute.. Now, there are tensions, because Ramalla is a Palestinian controlled territory on the West Bank, and tensions in a war between Israel and Gaza are going to surface. Is it right? No! But no country has never been hostile to those of "enemy" ancestry in their territory (which I know, the UN doesn't sanction, but at the end of the day, it was territory siezed as a result of a war perpetrated on Israel). And did they actually target the journos and NGOs, or was it a) friendly fire or b) mistaken identity - IN A WAR, FFS.. I think in Kosovo (BTW, an illegal war as there was no direct threat to NATO states, and there was no UN security resolution, and humanitarian reasons ions not a defence), journos and NGOs were killed by firendly fire, as was that in Afghanistan, and the list goes one. In fact, the betrayal of firendly Afghans by the west doesn't need to be brought up again, eoither. What terrorism did Israel actually commit. Where, without procvocation, did they go in and wantonly kill people as a country/defence force? Sorry dude - you and I live in a different world when it comes to this. (Apologies, that was condascending and I take it back) You may disagree with what they are doing - and I don't agree with it all, either, but it is not terrorism.

Response to changing Power demand it the Name of the Game today. Prices for Nuclear and Coal NEW are out there in the Market and build time and costs are high. When you ask for People willing to build such expensive things you Offer a figure which is realistic or you Have to doit with Gov't Money Which Dutton wanted to do and is the Main reason why He is not around as a Politician today. (Thank Dog). Nev

I don't think many people will care.

Targeting of journalists, hospitals, civilian infrastructure, NGOs and UN peacekeepers in the Gaza invasion for starters.

And the stupidity and legal jeopardy of getting involved in an undeclared war that Trump is totally responsible for.

Even if the Yanks pull out by the and of April, it is going to take years and years to get things back to where they were at the beginning of March. The Iranian threat of nuclear capability might have been squashed, but the damage done in doing so will take years to recover. Even if the oil started to flow today, the World is still missing the deliveries it expected over the past six weeks. While we have concentrated on the fuel component of crude oil, do not forget that we have develped so many othe products from that stuff that we seem to find essential for modern life.

Well. This thread has drifed away from its original concept. Let's forget about electricity and start looking at things the fuel crisis will cause in teh next month of so. There is talk of rationing. Indonesia has already introduced a 50 litre per day limit.This uncertainty about fuel availability stikes hard. I am about to cancel some work I have been asked to do in Sydney because I am not certain of getting the fuel there to get back home. Farmers are wondering if there will be fuel to put in this year's crop. All the rain in the world is of no use if you can't operate your machinery. Add to that is uncertainty about fertilizer availability.

They make all that bs wayyyyy over kill in Aus. All a house needs here is it's own independent roof top solar, that's all mine is. Yeah l could juice it up a touch more for wintery days , sometimes l need a bit more but l only put a very small system on mine. l don't care though people are spoilt rotten babies these days. lt does you good to think about your power sometimes and balance out your usage if you have to. They could be running every school most offices, a lot of small industry and businesses and many many other things on roof top solar we've got plenty of sun even through winter mostly. The way mine works is it'll get me by with 3 or 4 days of solid cloud and if it's sunny of the 4th or 5th day boom- she'll be full power again by 2 or 3 in the arvo. But it's only gone 3 or 4 days with zero sun once or twice anyway.

That was yesterday. He's moved on since then.

But wouldn't everyone be on Roof top solar ? l am in Vic and n a much cooler spot than Adelaide and haven't paid a bill in yrs, never will again . Mind you, l built mine myself, no tie in rubbish wouldn't trust them far as l could kickem. But just heard today actually the govs put out fully paid for solar now well, didn't catch it all but from what l heard. Don't need it or l would've checked t out for sure. l got a free HW of the vic gov few yrs back, nice score.

Good in the city, not much happens out in the bush. the Algal bloom wasn't an issue until it hit the metro area.

Tell you what, Sky news never did have much credit with me but to see them almost worshipping Trump as the great man , lately, with the Iran and all his other just plain stupidly ridiculous stuff, mannnnn. How blind could they be. There's Shrinks all over the world telling us point blank he's an out of his tree silly 3/4 of the way there to Alzheimer's, Narc . But then there's professors in war , economics and God knows what else like Sachs just for one but thennnn, also some of the heaviest generals and veterans in the world, telling this whole Iran thing was the stupidest move he could've done and of how it'll all end. And at what costs. Matter of fact most of them are saying the US can not win they give all the reasons and that he needs an exit fast. Yetttt, we have Sky news . Givme strength 🙃

Nomadpete, those sources of pure light crude are generally only very small reserves and don't warrant major expenditure on extraction, because they soon run dry. A mate worked for a drilling company in Central Australia, around Alice Springs, about 1982-83. The company had several drill holes that yielded the same type of light crude. It was drawn off and just filtered and used to power the company Landcruisers. But there wasn't enough of it, to warrant the infrastructure to draw on those small reserves.

We're all set for a fuel-restricted long weekend on the water!!

Probably not a bad thing Peter, half the "news" on Facebook is, as you mentioned, fake.

The next thing to go will be the food deloivery services from take-away places. Thousands of Indians will be out of work! I was asked to do a couple of jobs in Sydney, but I am considering cancelling them due to the uncertainty of fuel supply. I don't want to be stuck in Sydney out of fuel.

The current numbers in both the US House of Representatives and Senate preclude the impeachment of Trump. Even if Trump was impeached, Vanve would take over, and he's a puppet on a string too. Some of us might not like what Kerr did to Whitlam, but at least there was a workable procedure that enabled him to do it.

Get her to do your nails and you can add "hand job" in there too.

That was at breakfast time. Now I'm plane watching 😊

Hey Marty. Wotcha doin awastin time on the forum? Shouldn't you being planewatchin?

The Iranians don't know the meaning of surrender and will fight to the last man.

"Jog on" is pure British slang. Never heard it used here.

Stop watching the local TV news, it's full of shock and horror news events that amplify the levels of crime. Australia is still a pretty safe place to live. However, if you're a member of a crime gang, a drug dealer, or a member of an outlaw motorcycle gang - then yes, Australia is pretty unsafe for you. The other gang members are definitely out to get you. Most killings are targeted, and carried out by criminals. The rest of us lead pretty safe lives.

Let me get this straight. You live so remotely that you have to drive to a mailbox, yet expect a mobile polling booth for your convenience? I suppose you want someone to wipe you butt for you as well.

Well, I have a great piece of positive news. My Hilux is suffering from noisy rear wheel bearings, so I thought I'd get a couple of new ones. I started looking around, and you have to buy a kit with seals and collar, as well as the bearing. The best price I could find was around $104 each. Now, I'm a bit fussy with bearings, and I much prefer to buy German, American, Japanese or even Taiwanese bearings, as I consider them superior bearings to Chinese, and even Thai-made bearings. As my Hilux was built in Thailand, I suspect it has Thai, or even Chinese bearings. I think that's the reason they haven't performed as well as I'd expected (the Hilux has done 190,000kms and has done a lot of heavy hauling). So I kept looking around, and I was amazed to find a website throwing out Timken bearing kits to fit my Hilux - on "clearance" - at - wait for it - $4.89 each!! The company is in Doncaster in Vic, so I ordered them last night - and blow me down, they were delivered this afternoon!! The two bearing kits cost me a grand total of $25.79 including delivery!! The company is Precision International, and I reckon they must have packaged them at first light, and run them out to the airport to catch the early morning flight to Perth!! What is even better - I opened one of the packets and the bearings are actually Made in Japan!! Bonus! So this little exercise has made my day!! Thank you muchly, Precision International!