pmccarthy

There is still a chance that Trump will prevail and win the Nobel Peace Prize. Not a big chance, but I wouldn't rule it out. If it happens, it will be a result of bluff and lies.

There are Australians and there are immigrants. Not the same. We hope the immigrants become Australians and in the past they did. But many of the recent ones, last 20-30 years, carry such huge prejudices that they want to remain what they were and to exploit the opportunity created by the Australians.

This could be true, but it is many decades away. 1.6% of our cars are electric. The percentage of heavy vehicles is so small it is a rounding error. At the best historical rates of fleet replacement we have barely begun to change. And the replacements are still dominated by non electric vehicles and will be for the foreseeable future for a range of reasons. An economic recession is inevitable and no one will be rushing to replace their car. And anyway, oil is needed for many non fuel purposes.

When a gold mine closed once, I sat with the manager in the wet mess. He said tonight the two of us are going to cover this table top with empty cans. It was one of those round steel three legged tables. I think we came close. It was the Porphyry mine at Edjudina.

Yes, absolutely fact free. It's like when my friend died of heart failure just after his first Covid injection. I can't help wondering.

Is there something special about nine pints? Did someone declare that ten pints was excessive? My first time in an English pub I had nine pints. Never again.

I should have made the title Victoria's Secret, because not many people know how serious it is. In a way it will be a good thing, because the other states and the Feds will have a chance to see how a treaty really works. Unfortunately, in my opinion, some of the so-called leaders are just in it for what they can get for themselves and close family. Some have criminal records or are known drug dealers. Some, perhaps many, have a tenuous claim to aboriginality. At present there is a fight to see who comes out in control or with veto rights on public lands. At the same time, as in the greater society, probably 90% are good people wanting to get on with their lives, but they are not the high-profile activists. If you ask me for hard evidence I probably don't have any, just my own experiences and observations and those of people around me.

As you may know, Victoria has gone alone in establishing a treaty with the original inhabitants. Some parts of our administration are paralysed, particularly Parks Victoria which is progressively surrendering control. Here is my own story, not related to Parks Vic. My daughter was partly burnt out by the bushfires in January and has been waiting for her block to be cleared. On the road outside her property is a gum tree which has old steps cut into it. The neighbour told her he cut them himself about 40 years ago. However, the Dja Dja Wurrung have identified it as a sacred tree. Thus, the land around it for a 10m radius is protected. The 10m radius comes one metre into my daughter's block. Contractors cannot enter her property until the property has been "blessed" by the Dja Dja Wurrung. She contacted the council to find out about the delay. They told her that lots of people are suffering the delay because the Dja Dja Wurrung are not doing blessings at present. It is nearly four months since the fire.

My grandpa had an electric mower in the 1950s, I have a photo of him mowing with it and I know where it is today. He ran over the cord a few times and gave it up.

That fire is too much of a coincidence.

Tasmania has always needed supplementary fossil fuel to supplement hydro power availability for the Bell Bay smelter, which uses about 25% of Tasmania’s power. Hydro is at capacity without new dams, which are unlikely to be built. The Basslink interconnector now smooths out supply. If the smelter closes Tasmania should not need any fossil fuel.

Barnaby French is a detective in a small village in Provence with a high murder rate.

I never thought you were real.

When I was a kid collecting stamps, Magyar Posta was the Hungarian post office. Magyar meant Hungarian. So how come their new guy has that name? Did he change his name to win votes?