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My daughter went to the first day of the F1 GP weekend yesterday. Was initially turned away although she had bought her tickets months ago. The reason? The zoom on her camera is 125x, equivalent to 3000mm. Maximum allowed is 30x. She was directed to another security area where she was waved through.

One of the world’s biggest car companies has suffered a massive $37 billion loss and blame has been laid squarely on one key reason. Stellantis, whose giant portfolio of car brands includes Abarth, Alfa Romeo, Ram, Chrysler, Jeep and Maserati has just recorded a net loss of €22.3 billion ($37 billion) it said was due to “over-estimating the pace of the energy transition”. In other words lack of demand for its electric vehicles. It has now made “a strategic shift to put customer preferences and freedom-of-choice back at the heart of the Company’s plans”. Last month the planet’s fifth biggest car company behind Toyota Group, Volkswagen Group, Hyundai Motor Group and General Motors was forced into an embarrassing backdown because customers had simply not signed up to its green energy dreams. Those dreams have now become nightmares. The $37bn loss was even greater than the $29bn predicted. “Our 2025 full year results reflect the cost of over-estimating the pace of the energy transition and of the need to reset our business around our customers’ freedom to choose from the full range of electric, hybrid and internal combustion technologies,” Stellantis CEO Antonio Filosa said. “In the second half of the year we began to see initial, positive signs of progress with the early results of our drive to improve quality, strong execution of the launches of our new product wave and a return to top line growth. news.com.au

A couple was on their honeymoon, lying in bed, about ready to consummate their marriage, when the new bride says to the husband, "I have a confession to make, I'm not a virgin." The husband replies, "That's no big thing in this day and age." The wife continues, "Yeah, I've been with one guy." "Oh yeah? Who was the guy?" "Tiger Woods." "Tiger Woods, the golfer?" "Yeah." "Well, he's rich, famous and handsome. I can see why you went to bed with him." The husband and wife then make passionate love. When they are done, the husband gets up and walks to the telephone. "What are you doing?" asks the wife. The husband says, "I'm hungry, I was going to call room service and get something to eat." "Tiger wouldn't do that." "Oh yeah? What would Tiger do?" "He'd come back to bed and do it a second time." The husband puts down the phone and goes back to bed to make love a second time. When they finish, he gets up and goes over to the phone. "Now what are you doing?" she asks. The husband says, "I'm still hungry so I was going to get room service to get something to eat." "Tiger wouldn't do that." "Oh yeah? What would Tiger do?" "He'd come back to bed and do it again." The guy slams down the phone, goes back to bed, and makes love one more time. When they finish he's tired and beat. He drags himself over to the phone and starts to dial. The wife asks, "Are you calling room service?" "No! I'm calling Tiger Woods, to find out what the par is for this damn hole."

Craig Hamilton-Parker, a psychic known as the “Prophet of Doom” and hailed by some as the “new Nostradamus,” has issued a series of startling predictions for 2026. Parker, whose previous forecasts included the Queen’s death and the Covid-19 pandemic, has built a global following for his detailed visions of political, environmental, and social upheaval. A third term for Donald Trump One viewer on Parker's YouTube channel recently asked him about the possibility of Donald Trump seeking a third or even fourth term. Parker, who first predicted this during Trump’s second term, warned that the next U.S. election could coincide with global crises that might make standard constitutional processes impossible. “To reiterate what I said at the time, I felt there would be some big global conflict, possibly involving Taiwan,” Parker explained. “Looking at it now, it could be any global conflict. I know a lot of people have criticised this, saying you cannot have a third term because it is written in the Constitution—but who knows? Things have changed so much in the world.” He cited recent international developments to illustrate how unlikely scenarios have become reality. “Who would have imagined the possibility of invading Greenland, or kidnapping a country’s leader, as has happened in Venezuela? The world is changing rapidly,” he said. Parker predicts that emergency powers could be invoked in 2026, potentially allowing Trump to remain in office if the global situation is deemed too dangerous for a standard election. “Something will occur that overturns the existing rules, and that period will be a time of great conflict,” he said. He also drew on the Nadi oracles from India, which he has studied for years. According to Parker, these ancient readings suggest an alignment between China and Russia against the United States—a scenario he first foresaw in 2015. “At the time, it seemed impossible because they were certainly not friendly,” Parker said. “Yet I saw them joining together in conflict with the USA. So could that be what I’m seeing now? Or could it involve Iran instead? My feeling is that around that period, we will see many conflicts emerging in 2026.”

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Yes we can. RAAF KC-30A Multi Role Transport Based on the Airbus A330 Doubles as Albo's Air Force One

I get the feeling this person is not a fan.

Paddy O’Malley, an elderly Irish farmer, received a letter from the Department for Work & Pensions stating they suspected he wasn’t paying his employees the statutory minimum wage. They informed him an inspector would be coming to interview his staff. On the appointed day, the inspector arrived. “Tell me about your staff,” he asked Paddy. “Well,” said Paddy, “there’s the farmhand. I pay him £240 a week, and he gets a free cottage. Then there’s the housekeeper. She earns £190 a week, along with free board and lodging. There’s also the half-wit. He works a 16-hour day, does 90% of the work, earns about £25 a week, gets a bottle of whisky, and, as a special treat, occasionally gets to sleep with my wife.” “That’s disgraceful!” said the inspector. “I need to interview the half-wit immediately.” “You’re talking to him now,” said Paddy.

Dennis Cometti has passed away at 76. Vale Dennis.

I saw where they were able to plan the attacks which took out the Ayatollah and his cohorts because Israel had hacked the Ayatollah's phone and the CCTV's around the headquarters so they knew the plans and could watch the leaders arrive. And they had a spy on the ground. If they could manage that, maybe they can tag the new leader and take him out as well.

They look ready for the front line.

That was last Saturday (saw some of it on TV), but would not have been affected by closure of those three rail lines.

I forgot. It's Moomba week as well.

The stupid legislation to mandate two days per week work from home is to include small business. So expect to have to go to the barman's house for a drink, or the mechanic's house to get your car fixed. My son works from home 3 days a week, someetimes more, and it's a pain in the arse. There are not enough desks at his office, so he has to book a desk to go in. This law is meant to save families $110 a week. On the weekend of the F1 Grand Prix and opening round of the AFL season, the brilliant, wonderful, magnificent ALP had decided to close the Alamein, Belgrave and Lilydale railway lines. My daughter is furious. Her team plays on Saturday night.

Trump was addressing a crowd in the White House when he turned and said "Don't you love these gold drapes? I chose them." Then he went on to say that Melania isn't keen on the ballroom, she doesn't like the noise. Meanwhile she sat in a chair marked President USA, addressing the United Nations.

This one may be a bit tricky, because there is no punctuation or spaces. Right tee Tie tee Left tee Lucy ie: Righty tighty, lefty loosey = screwing a nut on or off.

Saw a video this morning of Hegseth saying this is not about regime change. He repeated it twice, regardless of what DJT has been saying. It's about getting their hands on Iranian oil.

The wife of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has died from injuries sustained in the bombing which killed her husband. Social media in America is calling for Barron Trump to be enlisted in the military and sent into battle. However, he has a medical out. He is 6ft 9in tall, and the height limit for military recruitment is 6ft 8in. He is too tall to fit in confined spaces like tanks and aircraft.

Old German joke: a man goes to a newsstand every day and looks at just the front pages of all the newspapers. The guy behind the stand asks him what he's looking for. "An obituary". "But Herr Mien, obituaries aren't on the front page!" "The one I'm looking for will be.""

In a later update, the Ayatollah's son was not killed, but his son-in-law and daughter-in-law were killed.