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One word - YES. She has no plan for Australia's future and no ability to weld her political associates into a cohesive group. She divides people endlessly and PHON history is full of "abdications", resignations, fights and dead-loss party members such as Rod Culleton, who is more erratic than Pauline herself.

Russia is in no position to help Iran, and Trump knows that. Normally, the Americans would be fearful of attacking Iran because Big Brother Putin would promptly rock up with a heap of armaments. But Putin's military is already stretched with a costly and poorly-planned war, and the Russians wouldn't be able to spare much equipment to help Iran fight off an American attack, without seriously damaging their Ukraine war efforts. As it is, the Ukraine has just made major gains in recovering territory lost to Russia in the last couple of years, and Putin must be looking at how to increase his Ukraine war efforts, not reduce them.

It pays to write down a list of what you consider important and unimportant features involved in moving to a new location. By doing so, you're crystallising a lot of scattered thoughts, and putting them in a concrete form right in front of you. Moving to a new location is quite unsettling when older. As humans,we like familiarity and routines. All that goes when you move to a new area. You lose your old friends and associates and have to make new ones. That gets much harder when you're older. The older buyers are right. As you enter "old age", your priorities change drastically. By "old age", I mean you start to realise you can't do what you used to do, physically. Your muscle strength declines, your balance declines, your eyesight and hearing and other faculties decline. It's subtle and slow, but it keeps up steadily. As a result, you must ensure you have less and less heavily physical tasks to do. Reducing the acreage you own, and the area you need to maintain, becomes a priority - unless you can afford to pay someone to do it for you. Moving into a house or accommodation that is newer, is important in old age, as it reduces maintenance worries and costs. If you look at most old peoples houses, where they have lived for decades, they are generally run-down, as they fail to keep up the maintenance due to costs they can't afford or because they're no longer physically capable of carrying out the work. The other angle to keep in mind is assets that might affect any pension you're entitled to. Keep those asset values in your home, and it's an asset that is not counted when you apply for the pension.

Oh dear, it looks like Andrews problems are not going to go away - in fact they're getting worse. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/19/police-former-prince-andrew-mountbatten-windsor-sandringham

It'll be a long time before I rush in and buy a Chinese Taiyota. There will be a time coming soon when all these people who rushed into buying Chinese vehicles will start to realise they were only cheap for a number of reasons - build quality, resale value (very low), and poor parts and service backup. And they'll find the model they bought is now utterly and totally obsolete, because the East Wind brand is now the owner of ten other Chinese car brands, and the management has decided that nine of the brands have to go, because they're unprofitable. So those makes will just disappear overnight, like Holden did. Some car guru wrote a little while back that the Chinese Govt will soon force all the 57 different Heinz brands of Chinese car manufacturers to amalgamate into about 5 brands, because only a couple of the manufacturers are actually profitable. Meantimes, Toyota plug along happily with manufacturing reliable and sought after cars, that have high resale value - and they're still the worlds biggest manufacturer by volume, and have billions in cash in the kitty tin.

Yeah, but bulldozers don't have legs. They have their own "rail track" each side, and each track is simply twisted by stopping power going to that track, and by applying a brake on the track for a tight turn.

She's a polarising shit-stirrer in the extreme, with inflammatory statements, and to say outright, "there's no good Muslims", is unacceptable to most Australians. However, it's probably a good thing she opens her mouth like this regularly, because it brings about discourse on how we should treat immigrants from vastly different cultures to the original Anglo-Saxon European culture. When I was a kid, it was untrustworthy, "Dings", "Dagos", "Slavs", "Gyppos", "Wogs", "Slant-eyes", "Japs", and other cultures that were foreign to us that brought about a lot of friction. In Kalgoorlie in 1934, there was a major 3 day race riot, that took major numbers of police reinforcements from Perth to quell. 3 people were killed. Migrants homes and tents and even Hotels were burnt, and many migrants left the Goldfields for good after the riot. The riot was caused by festering cultural hatred of Southern and Eastern Europeans, and the belief that these migrants were securing local mining jobs by working for less money or by paying bribes to managers. A lot of that was true. However, the W.A. Goldfields settled down after better enforcement of job conditions and a requirement for naturalisation before taking up jobs. There was still simmering resentment for years afterwards, until the migrants children grew to adulthood and considered themselves Australian. The problem with the Islamic religion is that there are many conflicts in their Imams teachings. And the primary conflict in their teaching that goes against our Anglo-Saxon culture is that only Allah can make laws for Man. All man-made laws are therefore regarded as being able to be broken without punishment, as Muslims are not beholden to them. In addition, the Imam is regarded as having the ultimate position on decision-making as regards rights or wrongs. This places Imams as a defacto power broker, wielding greater power than any politician, policeman, magistrate, or judge. Until the day comes when the Imams abandon those teachings, we will continue to have problems with Muslims.

The legs appear to have no ability to push outwards, as that's how cows turn. Anyone who has ever milked a cow will tell you just how far a cow can kick sideways.

The answer is in the link below. Their whole body is very flexible, and their tailfeathers do multiple jobs. I took a shot at a Ringneck parrot with a .22 many years ago, and the bullet grazed the parrots body, at the base of his tail feathers. He took off, but couldn't fly properly, wobbling all over the place, and he ended up making a crash landing. It was very obvious he'd lost the ability to control his tail feathers. https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/100763/how-do-birds-coordinate-their-turns#:~:text=2 Answers,1

I don't know what that steering wheel is supposed to do. And the farmers twiddling with it, for zero result.

It's a whole lot more than just a straight colour/race question. Surprisingly, support for Trump amongst African-Americans is still at a stable level of support. A lot of black Americans side with white conservative leaders, as they see them as having the ability to improve blacks living standards - more so than any Democrat leader. It's a sad reflection on American politics that America has Trump as a leader, simply because the Dems are unable to provide any leader of strength or ability, with good future plans for the country. Google AI tells me this much .... Black Voices for Trump was established as an outreach initiative to boost support for Donald Trump among African Americans, with supporters citing the economy, job growth, and a preference for his direct communication style. While still a minority, support among Black voters for Trump grew from 8% in 2016 to 12% in 2020 and showed further potential increases in 2024, particularly among Black men. Key Reasons for Support: Pro-Trump Black voters often point to economic performance during his term, including low unemployment rates and funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Some voters feel he speaks his mind, offers a necessary alternative to the Democratic Party, and aligns with conservative values regarding family structure. Targeted Outreach: The movement focuses on the "success" of the Trump economy and argues that traditional Democratic policies have not served the Black community. Demographic Trends: Polls and election data indicate that while the majority of Black voters align with the Democratic party, a growing segment, particularly younger Black men in urban areas like Atlanta and Detroit, have expressed support for Trump due to concerns over inflation, cost of living, and a desire for different political representation. Opposition Views: Conversely, critics argue that Trump's policies and rhetoric are harmful, pointing to issues such as potential declines in Black homeownership and healthcare access during his administration. The movement highlights a divide in political opinion, with some Black voters expressing disillusionment with the Democratic Party's platform and seeking alternative political representation.

Almost without fail, anytime I see a H-D approaching on the highway, and I have my window down, I wind it up. The owners seem to specialise in ensuring they damage your hearing as they overtake or pass. No Jap bike comes anywhere near them.

I'd expand on that to say the Least Classy and Most Uncouth, so-called "world leader". He wouldn't even know the meaning of Statesmanship - but he knows all about Showmanship.

A mate volunteers at Vinnys in Bunbury a couple of days a week, sorting incoming secondhand goods and clothing. He says they're overwhelmed with secondhand stuff, and fill about 3 big skip bins a week with stuff they can't use or pass on. Most of what they bin is quite usable, but they have no room to store it, not enough people to oversee sales, giveaways or deliveries of it, and very few people actually want the smaller household items. So it goes to landfill. The Chinese have a lot to answer for, we should send all the unwanted Chinese crap back to where it came from, and stop creating massive landfills here.

Don't fret - Donny's working on a new plan involving his ICE Gestapo, to round up every black person in America, and deport them as illegal immigrants. None of their ancestors ever applied to emigrate to the U.S., so this plan to ensure America ends up a 100% WASP-peopled nation, is foolproof! Go Donny! MAGA rules!