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Yep, and 51 immigrants were killed by one right wing nut job in Christchurch, and 77 people were killed in Norway by another right wing nut job - and these two mass murderers still have plenty of followers. The cure is to find the radicals from each side, before they commit their ideologically-motivated terrorism attacks.

I think they should knock the bridge down, and replace it with a far bigger and more imposing one, and call it "The Bridge of Jewish-Muslim Reconciliation" - and see how long it lasts.

The minimum wage rate in the U.S. is US$7.25 hr. This rate has been unaltered since July 2009. That's 17 years. Employees who receive tips in their job are entitled to be paid just US$2.13 hr - provided their tips bring their wage hourly rate up to the Federal mimimum. I think this tells us all we need to know, about the greed of American capitalism.

Al Jazeera is reporting that a number of U.S. Senators (Democrat and Republican) are planning to introduce a bill, forbidding any financial expenditure on any attack, on any NATO country. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/14/us-senators-introduce-bill-to-stop-trump-seizing-greenland

What are you referring to, Nev? You've lost me with the last statement.

It was a joke, FFS. Yes, our military surplus stores were generally called "Military Disposals", but they also advertised as "military surplus".

When I was a child, our family were the poorest in the area. We couldn't afford new clothing, all our clothing came from military surplus stores. I was the only Japanese General in my class!

It must be time to get a sidecar for it, so it can't fall over on you. 😄

Australia needs to send the U.S. an ambassador that's as mad and erratic and chaotic as Trump is - just to keep him off-balance. Tell him one thing one day, with great conviction, then reverse it the next day. Trump understands that.

So I asked for plain rice, and this is what I got! .....

If I want the degree sign, I hold down ALT and type 248. If I want the English pounds sign (as in money), I hold down ALT and type 0163.

I guess we all well know the power in a bolt of lightning, but a recent lightning strike on a Marri tree at my stepdaughters place in the hills of the Darling Range above Perth, has just reminded me about the power of lightning strikes. The lightning bolt hit this Marri tree that is about 20M high, and it struck an upper branch about 15M off the ground. It hit while she and her partner were at home in their house about 100M away, and the explosion made them both duck for cover. The lightning hit a big branch in the upper portion of this forked tree, and the strike force went down the inner side of one fork, then punched through the fork to come out the other side of the trunk, blowing huge shards of Marri timber up to 50M away! After the bolt hit the ground, it made its way to a nearby bore they have (also about 50M away), that supplies water to the house, and it completely fried their single-phase submersible pump. Luckily, their home insurance covers the repair cost. The lightning strike appears to have killed the tree, all the leaves have died off and are getting ready to drop. The lightning strike happened about a fortnight ago. The two photos below show the strike point in the upper branches (slightly left of centre, at the top of the first photo), and the second photo shows the damage to the lower trunk section that blew outwards. You can enlarge the photos by placing your mouse cursor on the photos, and left clicking on them twice.

I thought boaties only ever wore deck shoes? Don't tell me you don't own any deck shoes?