Marty_d

I like it.

It's where the money ends up that counts, IMHO. Your money may be used to fund projects overseas, but if the fund makes a profit from those endeavours then the capital plus profit ends up in Australia. You then draw your super and spend it locally, benefitting the Australian economy both by adding the wealth sourced from overseas, and by reducing the burden on the taxpayer by reducing or eliminating your use of Age Pension.

Annabel Crabb's take on the Albo - orange man-baby's meeting is a classic, as always. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-21/trump-albanese-meeting-rudd-pound-of-flesh/105916336

Diamond necklace

Spicy peach Peach peach Which peach Peace peace!

Could be round and English.

I did my homework.

Well said Octave. This isn't goodies vs baddies, it's some evil men on each side.

You have to suspend your disbelief Nev. Difficult I know.

Possibly not surprising, I believe Keith Richards is immortal. Below is his baby photo, circa 10,000 BCE

I want my MTV

Lesser of two evils

You do know that "Antifa" is a straw man don't you? There may be a small number of left wing violent offenders, but it would be miniscule compared to those on the right.

By most metrics more people are healthier, living longer and have more luxury than at any previous time in history.

Eye of the tiger.

I don't know that you could use it on the ocean. More for calm inland lakes.

New way to do it. https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/10/13/vertical-floating-pv-plant-comes-online-in-germany/

Tasmania, at the moment

Dammit, I had appointments in that missing period

Actually it kind of is a game of cops and robbers (well, terrorists). Mossad is meant to be one of the most effective intelligence agencies on earth. If this is true then they should have been able to identify most of the Hamas leadership. Special forces should have taken them out with minimal collateral damage. The entire Gaza strip didn't need to be leveled.

And somewhere else, on a planet orbiting one of those trillions of stars, some other alien commuter is also swearing at the traffic.

It's called "Robo-Spacey" (Like Kevin Spacey but without the problematic behaviour)

I almost gave this a tick instead of a laugh, but thought that may just fuel your paranoia.

You're the one missing the point. Do you want a refund on your taxes if you didn't go to school, use public health or drive on roads? Do you think you should be refunded the amount of your taxes that went towards defence spending if Australia doesn't have a war? It's called being a citizen. The state provides certain services to everyone, and they have to be paid for by... everyone. In fact third party insurance is even fairer than most taxes because you only pay it if you have a vehicle registered for road use. Yet again you somehow conflate this with your national service, yes, we know, you've brought it up in almost every post. Time to get over it, and all the other chips weighing down your shoulder.

I don't wanna grow up. Fortunately, it's not compulsory