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I know that Nev hates me quoting trhe Daily Fail, but other sources reporting this are behind paywalls. Trump has imposed total, limited or conditional travel bans on 43 countries which will impact students studying in the US. Australia is not one - - - yet. Full details below. Trump places travel bans on43 countries.

37 deg in Melbourne today. 39 out our way. We are always a degree or two hotter than the city.

The patron saint of economic collapse - St. Upid.

Correct, OME.

That's the guy, onetrack.

This could be in the Celebrating Positives thread. I received an email today from my health insurance company, not related to my recent 9 day hospital stay, for which I have not had to pay 1 cent, although a bill could still come. Part one of the email announced the premium increase everyone is getting. Mine was $3.01 per fortnight. I think I'm getting my moneys worth. The second part advised that they have come to an agreement with Eastern Health so I can still use the hospital I went to and be covered. This could be in the Celebrating Positives thread.

A senior member of Donald Trump's cabinet has accused Australia of dumping cheap aluminium on the United States as justification for its 25 per cent import tariffs. While the US has a trade surplus with Australia, US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has accused Australia of flooding the United States with cheap aluminium in a bid to undercut American manufacturers. 'Look, you've got dumpers in the rest of the world,' he told Fox Business. 'Japan dumps steel. China dumps steel. What that means is, they make it, they overproduce and they sell it dirt cheap, to drive our guys out of business. 'The President is here to protect American workers. He's here to protect American industry. We're going to stop that nonsense and bring steel here. 'So, this concept that, oh, prices are going to rise … you've got to remember, President Trump is playing for the strength of America. 'We're not going to stand for China, dumping, Japan dumping, or Australia does a lot of aluminum below cost. 'This has got to end and the President is on it.'

So, Trump bought a shiny red Tesla model S to show his support for his BFF Elon Musk, but he's not allowed to drive it. American presidents are forbidden to drive themselves.

Onetrack, I'm sure you get the same Facebook posts as me, the way you identify these. I'm sure you will know who it is. Let's see if anyone else can guess.

Car salesmen have just taken another kick in the agates with Donald advertising Teslas at the White House.

Four guys are out in a boat fishing. One says, " This is great, but what I had to promise to get here was a real pain. The missus wants the back verandah painted." The second guy says, "That's nothing, my missus wanted the kitchen remodelled." The third guy says, "You've both got it easy. My missus wants the whole house renovated." After a few minutes of silence, they turn to the fourth guy and said, "What about you? What did you have to do to come out here today?" He said, "I set the alarm for 5:30. When it went off, I turned it off, nudged the missus and said 'Fishing or sex?' She replied, "Don't forget to take the sunblock."

Part of a governments duty is to provide essential services like health, transport infrastructre, social security, research, etc. Running these services is certainly an expense, but is it a waste? Sure, shutting them down like President Musk is doing will save money, initially, but what will it cost in the long run?

I meant to post this yesterday, On The Morning Show, Larry Embur made a serious boo-boo which would have upset a few F1 fans until he was corrected. He was reporting that Oscar Piastri had re-signed with McLaren, but read it as resigned.

My gripe today is the weather, It has been over 30, up to 35 for the past 3 days. Tonight there is thunder, lightning and rain, making it muggy. But it screws up the TV, specifically, the ABC. The picture is always breaking up or freezing, audio drops out, and because our free-to-air is channelled through Foxtel, it screws up all channels. We've really only had this problem since the two storey McMansion was put up next door, blocking our line of sight to the transmission towers. If you record an ABC program (on the Foxtel box) and play it back a few days later, if the scrambling was recorded, it will screw up all channels on Foxtel. You have to reboot and reload the box. In addition, tonight we had a momentary greyout which clobbered the internet on the NBN.

The arsehole has doubled down on his 25% tariff on steel and alumium. We should double our rental for the US military bases in Australia, that is if they pay any rental. The same with the Pine Gap tracking centre and others.

Doesn't make it right.

And the cost of Air Force 1 and Marine 1.

At least it alerts you to something you may not have been aware of. You don't have to swallow their point of view, but it gives you an opportunity to check it out for yourself. If you don't know about it, you remain blissfully unaware.

Whoopty doo. I'm going to be able to splurge soon. I saw on the news that from next week, the aged pension goes up. ---- $5.00 per fortnight. Lucky me. That means I'll be able to afford 1 Big Mac per month. Cost of living problems solved.

The little kids runs into the loungeroom. "Grandpa, Grandpa, can you make a noise like a frog?" "No. Why do you ask?" "Grandma says, when you croak, we can go to Disneyland."