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I was reading an article about "Libyan desert glass" today, and how the scientists are totally perplexed on how it formed. It is primarily silicon, but it contains microscopic zircon crystals - and it has been fused at temperatures unlike anything ever found on Earth - even in molten magma. The general opinion is that it formed in a meteorite burst over Libya in antiquity - but the scientists still say that doesn't fully explain the intricate atomic patterns found inside the glass. More recent scientific studies say the Libyan desert glass was formed via a massive asteroid impact. But the problem with that line of investigation is - there is no impact crater anywhere near the Libyan desert, capable of supporting that story. The experts claim the crater is depply buried under the desert sands and needs more investigative work to find it. In the article, they showed the Winged Scarab Pendant found in King Tut's tomb. It contains Libyan Desert Glass amongst the inlaid gemstones. Now, just looking at the close up of the pendant, I'm blown away by the skills, the complexity and the workmanship in this pendant. The experts say the ancient Egyptians were a race of primitive idol-worshippers who somehow managed some impressive building feats such as the Pyramids, using primitive transport methods. They had no electricity, no high-tech steels, only wood-fired furnaces, no modern grinding equipment, and supposedly just primitive hand tools. I call BS on those suppositions - these people were an advanced race with skills and equipment equalling modern techniques. It takes over 1000°C to melt gold, and intricate, high-tech tools to work it - to cut gemstones - and it takes artisans of exceptional skill to cut and shape those stones and fabricate the precious metals into shape. Take a close look at this pendant, you can expand the photo substantially to see the detail. https://egypt-museum.com/winged-scarab-pendant-of-tutankhamun/

BYD has a dedicated RHD assembly line in one of their factories. It churns out a new RHD BYD car, every 52 seconds. Trump has handed ownership of the car market to the Chinese. https://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/an-enormous-ship-docked-in-melbourne-today-its-cargo-could-permanently-change-australian-motoring-20260531-p602f6.html

That's because the U.S. oil companies take advantage of high world oil prices to make extra levels of profit, and the Americans pay accordingly.

If there's good moisture going deep into the soil, when the top dries out enough to carry out seeding operations, it only takes a bit more rain in the season to produce a reasonable cropping result.

The imbecile is unhinged and living in an alternate reality. He wakes up un the middle of the night and goes on hours-long rants on social media, BS-ing about how wonderful his plans and results are - when the reality in the cold light of day, is the exact opposite of what he's promoting. He raves on last night, claiming the Iranians are ready to sign his peace deal on his terms, and it will be a wonderful peace deal, and so great for America. Then the reality in the cold light of day is the Iranians have cancelled all peace negotiations due to Israels attacks in Southern Lebanon, and they won't restart them until Israel stops its attacks there. If this BS-ing, lying, abusive moron was in a job anywhere else, he'd have been shown the door as regards his unacceptable behaviour, and told to never come back. Yet, his entire sycophantic, mealy-mouthed, gutless bunch of equivalent morons in his administration, continue to support every lie, every mouthy piece of BS, like it was Gods own Truth. I cannot believe America has descended into such a state of propaganda and alternative reality, that it makes the Goebbels reign look like pure unadulterated truth. The Iranians have it all over Trump, he has achieved precisely nothing in his massive war expenditure and aims to reduce Iran to a submissive ruin. He has brought about increased costs for every single country in the world (including America), and he still tries to claim the American economy is booming, and Americans have to thank him for leading them to increased prosperity. I don't really know how long it will take for the Americans as a whole (including the dumb Republicans who continue to support Trump) to come to the conclusion that Trump is the biggest disaster of a leader that has ever sat in the White House. An abusive, disruptive, totally corrupt, totally self-centred narcissist, who cannot utter two sentences, without at least one of them being a total lying fabrication that tries to reverse the truth.

Aaarrrgghh!! Does anyone else hate those video shots where a monstrous machine passes over the top of the camera? Watching it, I feel like I'm tied to the railroad tracks! My innate fear must come from the nightmares I had as a child, where I used to dream about being stuck to the ground, and a big tip truck backed up to me, and dumped its load of sand on top of me! I'd wake up in shock and fear, and probably crying out, too. It was terrifying as a youngster. I have no idea what caused me to have such terrifying nightmares.

Yes, it used to be called Foundation Day, but PC demanded its name be changed to something more inclusive.

I thought Victorians left Victoria to go find some liveable weather?? Most of the Victorians that left, went to QLD because they wanted decent weather, not specifically because of their Labor Govt. Victoria has gained in population every year since the pandemic ended, so your numbers are BS, just like Hansons regular BS. If Labor f**** everything it touches (as you're claiming), how come W.A. is doing quite well under a State Labor Govt? The Liberals here on the Left Coast have disappeared up their own arse. They keep on producing leaders of the Party who are total dropkicks and unelectable. Now they have a former dropkick disc jockey/cum Lord Mayor (and he stuffed up Perth City Council, too), claiming he can lead the Liberals back into power. He's a legend in his own bathtime.

Willie, the storm had little effect on me. We ended up with a fair amount of vegetation trash, the big Jacaranda in our backyard lost a small branch, and the fruit trees took a pounding - but there wasn't a huge amount of rain in the storm, we ended up with a whisker over 33mm from Saturday evening to this (Monday) morning. It's a holiday here (W.A. Day) and many people are at home, having cancelled trips and events due to the storm warning, so everyone seems to be out and about now, picking up limbs and leaves and trash. The low-lying areas and the river estuarine areas are the ones that went under water. The River backed up due to the storm surge, coupled with a king tide, and it put a lot of areas under water that I haven't seen submerged for years. The buildings on the coast take the brunt of any stormy winds, the houses and apartments near the coast always seem to lose parts of roofs when a big storm comes through. I'm about 6.5kms inland from the coast, as the crow flies, so the winds are moderated by the time they get to my neck of the woods.

I've always believed that earthquakes are associated with strong storms with intense winds and heavy rain. The rainfall often lubricates fault lines, and if they're already under tectonic strain, the lubricating and weight effect of heavy rain will often trigger earthquakes. I'm convinced we're due for a decent earthquake again in Australia, they usually come about every 60 years.

Don't ever forget the old political adage - "A week is a long time in politics!" Next week, the polls could look entirely different.

Yes, a full moon does create higher than normal tides - but the tide height is also dependent on whether the Moon (or Sun) is at perigee or apogee, and whether the Sun and Moon and Earth are fully aligned. The Moon is currently close to perigee, so its gravitational pull is higher than it's been in recent years. Re the barometric pressure, Busselton Jetty weather recording instruments went off line in the storm, but Busselton Airport recorded 989.9hPa at 7:00 on 31/05, so a reasonably intense low. The centre of the low was well S of Albany, and it appeared to be around 987hPa at its centre. In Perth, we recorded 997.1hPa at 4:00AM on 31/05.

This is local news from this morning, the weather has taken a turn for the worse this afternoon. https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/wa-storm-leaves-thousands-without-power-across-the-state-20260531-p602e9.html https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-31/intense-storm-hits-wa-thousands-without-power/106741236 It's not being helped much by the current full moon causing high tides. So with the storm surge, a lot of places along the Swan River are under water.

No Willie, I've never been through it, although I've been through the Maritime Museum. I've been told numerous times it's quite interesting - to us, as blokes, anyway. SWMBO would never go through it, she is quite claustrophobic.