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‘Cooker’ sounds a bit odd. ‘Cooked’ might be more accurate.

Certainly looks fake if you compare the texture of his ‘face’ compared to those around him.

By getting in first Trump is trying to stir up his supporters ahead of a possible arrest to ensure the focus is on the politics not the law, to put more pressure on the DA, and to scam for money to fight his charges, whenever they come. Whether or not there was a leak is questionable. He probably made up that story to suit his narrative.

Putin would probably go himself just to show his contempt for the ICC. If the South Africans didn’t arrest the Sudanese president they wouldn’t risk an international incident by trying to arrest Putin, especially given the number of major countries that aren’t signatories.

Any negotiation now would be with an indicted war criminal, albeit one who doesn’t recognise the ICC. That could throw a spanner in the works of any thoughts of a negotiated settlement.

I'm surprised no reporter seems to have asked him how he would do it. I expect his plan would be to tell the Ukrainians they have 24 hours to pay for all the US equipment and ammunition they have been given to date, although he might let them off if they can come up with more dirt on Joe Biden.

Most likely the same way this pretty convincing video of ball lighting was made:

They’ll be even more upset if the Russians salvage the wreckage before they do.

Both Trump and De Santis would be bad for Ukraine. De Santis doesn't believe that Ukraine's problems are an issue for the US either. At least Nikki Haley takes the conflict seriously, although who knows what else she stands for.

Those stories of alien abduction / examination have been around for years. Easy to claim, but not so easy to prove. Adamksi claimed he went to Venus in a flying saucer.

Mary had a rough trot.

Interesting story. I remember my dad telling me he saw ball lightning roll along the roof of their house in Holland when he was a teenager. It rolled along a gutter until it got to a down pipe at the bottom of which was a large wooden barrel to collect rainwater. There was an almighty bang and the barrel exploded.

Just for the record, I don't think they were mysterious alien spacecraft piloted by little green men. They looked more like a cluster of weather balloons being blown along in an easterly breeze, but it was still a puzzling sight.

I can answer that by saying that I saw a Tasmanian Tiger cross the road in front of me in country Victoria when I was in my early 20’s. That was in an area where there had been the odd report over the years. It had the stripes and tapered hindquarters, stiff tail etc so I remain convinced that I saw one. Still in all those years no one has ever proved that they are still around. Same with Bigfoot.

The object in the video is different to the one on the ground.

I was driving home from work one evening a few years ago about 6:30pm heading east along the Great Eastern Highway Bypass towards the Roe Highway intersection (for those who know Perth), when I saw three large glowing spheres maybe 3m diameter in loose formation approaching me from the hills on the other side of Roe highway. There were flying in a westerly direction keeping 30-50m above the ground. It was approaching dusk at that time of the year so I couldn't see much detail to figure out what they were. They passed me on the south side of the Bypass and presumably kept going west. I thought they might be weather balloons but why three together and keeping quite close formation? They are the only unidentifiable UFO's I've ever seen, but I didn't even pull up to try and get a closer look. Just thought "That's weird. I wonder what those things are?" and kept going.

I would believe what I/we saw and no doubt spend the rest of my life wondering what it was. I'd have no qualms about telling others about it, but it wouldn't worry or surprise me if they didn't believe a word of it.

Pence initially did his best to see if there was some way he could do what Trump wanted, but eventually decided that he just didn't have the authority. It wasn't as though he immediately told Trump "There's no way I can do this". It's only taken him two years now to pluck up the courage to come out and criticise Trump directly. Doesn't say much for his character.

If we are planet B they seem to be taking a long time making up their minds about taking up residence here. Maybe not surprising given the erratic and unpredictable inhabitants busily destroying the place. I agree there are heaps of interesting possibilities. I was an avid SF reader in my teens. However, show me the hard evidence to back up any of the possible explanations. So far, there isn't anything that proves beyond doubt that there is anyone flying around on this planet other than us.

I also think it’s likely that intelligent life exists elsewhere in our galaxy and throughout the universe, however I can see no reason why an advanced civilisation would time warp their way into our atmosphere where we could see them. Of all the places they could go, why turn up here in this inconsequential outpost hidden away on the edge of the galaxy? What are the chances of even finding us? The time warp theory doesn’t make sense to me except that it might explain how to cover those distances provided you could deal with the profound psychological disorientation of trying to work out when and where you were at any given moment.

There’s no doubt that many credible witnesses have reported sighting UFO’s and they have been tracked on radar as well. I’m very skeptical of the authenticity of the multitude of videos doing the rounds these days, but it wouldn’t surprise me if some sightings were of real objects that behaved as described and are of unknown origin. That said, it is still odd that after decades of sightings no hard, irrefutable evidence seems to have turned up yet.

Even more amazing are the number who bypass the naysayer stage and become believers without personal experience.

I’ll let you know. It’s still early days.

Well at least.we’ll finally get to meet the neighbours.

I don't mind landmark lakes and rocks reverting to their aboriginal names, and there are plenty of towns in Australia whose names have aboriginal origins, but why rename the capital cities?