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Not such a far-fetched possibility, and anything is possible in this age of Trump craziness and alternative reality. What gets me is America runs on War and manufacturing War machines and equipment. The Military-Industrial complex has a monstrous grip on the U.S. economy. If the Ukraine war is stopped, the American Military-Industrial complex is going to lose multiple billions and also lose a great testing ground for their hardware. I can't see that happening any time soon, perhaps the M-I complex head honchos are already plotting Trumps downfall, with his "stop all wars" stance. The problem with Trumps stance is, his anti-war rhetoric is not about being a peacemaker, it's all about Trump getting into the oligarchy, in warring nations.

....and whether he can get prime Ukrainian coastal land, for more Trump Hotels and golf courses .... Just watch him do a dog-begging trick when Putler offers him a swag of premium Crimean beachside land, in turn for making Ukraine give up everything it has fought for. I'll wager this much, if Putin "wins" this war without any input or negotiation by Ukraine, Russia will face 20 years of covert terrorism attacks by undercover Ukrainian resistance fighters, making life hell for the Russians.

Whitlam must have had a serious about turn to the Far Right, then - because he cancelled conscription, and gave GON the freedom from those Commo Govt decisions to conscript him against his will!? Oh hang on, wait a minute - conscription was introduced by the hard right wing Menzies Govt! - and continuing hard right wing Liberal Govts kept up conscription! I'm really getting confused here, over who is more likely to take my personal freedom away from me!? - a Leftie Govt, or a right wing Liberal Govt??

Clive doesn't need a Golden Lion blowing a Golden Trumpet, he can blow his own trumpet pretty loudly, on a regular, and nauseating basis. I'm hoping Gabriel blows a trumpet for Clive pretty soon, I don't know how such a grotesquely obese turd can live so long! He's certainly a Gold Worshipper, just like Trump! "More Gold for Clive", should be his Party motto!

I seem to recall Jerrys betting on football outcomes last year wasn't exactly the recipe for how to make a million quickly!

Yeah, and look up "Porsche aircraft engines problems" and get a handle on their track record there. Aircraft owners and Mooney couldn't get rid of them fast enough - horribly expensive, high maintenance, and they only sold 41 aircraft engines in total. Plus, the Texan aviation engineers told Porsche engineers they would have massive cooling problems and the Porsche engineers told the Texan engineers they had no idea what they were talking about. Talk about massive German arrogance.

The sheer complexity of the design is what will make it a commercial failure. Plus, Porsche has few engine laurels to rest on, they've built a lot of crap engines. If they were any good, they'd still be powering aircraft - and if you search out "Porsche engine problems", you'll find a raft of horror stories from Porsche owners.

That's right ... but then they start to whinge about how they need better schools, and better fire depts, and better rubbish collection, and better social services......

So, when he wrote the song, he was writing about enjoying 69 every Summer? 😄

We just need to impose a suitable "entry charge" for every American serviceman coming here to play war games, or for R&R.

No, not in the civilian style. They enter the country on a special Military visa. U.S. soldiers entering Australia have to; 1. Present an up-to-date military ID card 2. Present movement orders that specify travel to Australia as part of their duties 3. Provide a copy of their official orders and passport with SOFA stamp to the 337 ASUF/JA SOFA is a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA), an agreement between countries that allows one country to station military forces in the other. 337 ASUF/JA is the 337th Air Support U.S. Flight base/Judge Advocate in Yokota, Japan, which is the support unit for U.S. troops entering Australia. There is a Special Purpose Travel Authority (SPTA) database set up by the Australian Govt to facilitate Allied troop movements into and out of Australia. https://www.yokota.af.mil/About-Us/Units/337th-Air-Support-Flight/ https://www.yokota.af.mil/About-Us/Units/337th-Air-Support-Flight/337-ASUF-Newcomers/Passport-SOFA-Requirements/

Yeah, we froze last night, too - it went down to 17.7°! 😄 In fact, the temps went down to 14° for two days this last week, I had to go find a shirt to put on! Our maximums are currently a very pleasant, low to mid 30's, I find 18° to 28° is my ideal temperature range. When I lived in the South Eastern Wheatbelt, I thought 11° to 22° was a nice temperature range - but out there, we often got multiple frosts every July and August. I've seen -7°C in the wheatbelt in the early 1970's, it was a bitterly cold morning. Now, I wouldn't know what a frost looks like. http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/dwo/IDCJDW6111.latest.shtml

The ABC News has a good article today about Trumps tariffs on Australian aluminium. Albo needs to grow some balls and stop trying to negotiate with Trump. There's no negotiating with an arsehole like Trump, Albo needs to take a leaf out of Crysta Freelands playbook - ""I have a message today for President Trump. If you force our hand, we will inflict the biggest trade blow that the United States has ever endured," Freeland said this week. Trump needs to learn, that if he wants to kick another countries arse, he'll get a retaliatory kick in the nuts, that will stop him from walking for months. "Play stupid games - Win stupid prizes" - ABC News Australia - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-16/albanese-tariff-in-donald-trump-hands/104938868

Sounds like pure propaganda that he wrote himself. I love this piece of pure drivel in the article (below) .... he lives solely to keep garnering more and more wealth, at the expense of the average Joe. "The revelation underscores Musk’s belief in living frugally despite his current wealth. He has often emphasized that material possessions do not define success. Instead, he prioritizes investing in ideas that push the boundaries of human potential." He's quite happy to turn thousands of loyal Govt employees out onto the street, jobless, while he continues to increase his own wealth. He's just another version of Trump, they love having the power over millions of people by simply saying, "You're fired!!".

Well, Cyclone Zelia has come and gone and luckily it avoided Port Hedland and Karratha and came ashore around the mouth of the De Grey River about 80kms E of Port Hedland. Not a lot of damage in the above-mentioned cities, a fair few trees down and the odd fence leant over, but generally, minimal damage for a cyclone that was very intense at one point. Some of the station sheds copped a hiding, but that's pretty normal. Most station sheds wouldn't stand up for long in a big blow. Possibly the main factor in the limited damage was the cyclone was relatively small, as far as diameter goes. However, that didn't stop some of the stations and Aboriginal Communities near De Grey and a little further inland getting 500 and 600mm of rain. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-15/tropical-cyclone-zelia-live-blog-saturday/104940132