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It must be time to go waay back in the piece, and have a good chuckle at a Trump Parody again - simply because nothing has changed. If anything, Trump has only gotten worse. Don Caron - Sounds of Silence Trump Parody ....

Some of the wildflowers have been out for 2-3 weeks in my neck of the woods. The Northern Wheatbelt region of W.A. is in for a bumper wildflower season, a wet Winter produces a bumper crop of wildflowers. The last time we went on a Wildflower road trip to the Northern Wheatbelt was 2018, it was a spectacular year for them, that year. https://www.australiasgoldenoutback.com/itineraries/wildflower-way

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China's US$347B plot to dominate the global EV market ... https://www.news.com.au/technology/motoring/motoring-news/china-executes-347-billion-plot-to-control-worlds-electric-vehicle-market/news-story/5045915379b18598ea0d94f279b3482f You'd have to be extremely careful if you purchased a Chinese EV, as it is obvious that only a handful of Chinese EV manufacturers will survive the next 5 years. https://restofworld.org/2024/china-ev-industry-slowdown/ The Chinese EV sales figures are interesting, in that domestic EV sales slumped in April and May, reportedly due to tougher economic conditions and the Chinese Govt ending buyer subsidies - but the EV numbers came back in June and July, when the EV manufacturers started heavy discounting. The Europeans and Americans are whinging about the unfair practice of EV manufacturer subsidising by the Chinese Govt - but they can't point the finger, IC-engined car manufacturers in both Europe and the USA (and Australia!) have been on the receiving end of vast amounts of subsidies over many decades. The U.S. Govt even baled out Chrysler and GM from bankrupcty, on a huge scale, actually owning both at different periods in time. Australia probably gave GM billions over several decades, in direct grants, subsidies and tax breaks. GM got $275M from the Govt in 2012 just to keep Holden going - and that was only for 5 more years.

This would have to be the main aim of the Ukrainians, in their push into Russian territory, IMO.

Musk and Tesla are going to get kicked in the cojones right royally by the Chinese, the Teslas will soon become unsaleable, because you're now able to buy 3 Chinese EV's, for the price of 1 Tesla. The Chinese EV manufacturers are nearly all losing substantial sums of money, and the domestic demand for EV's in China has slumped due to the property market slumping, so they'll be dumping EV's on every country they think there might be a few sales in. https://www.carexpert.com.au/car-news/chinese-ev-brands-could-fall-like-dominos-as-price-wars-cut-profits

I'll only make one point. The Aborigines were and are nomads, and are recognised unilaterally as nomads. Nomadic lifestyle and the agricultural lifestyle are not compatible, they're completely at odds with each other.

It's entirely likely that the signs of Indigenous agriculture that Pascoe talks about were the result of shipwrecked Europeans trying to develop agricultural practices amongst the tribes who befriended them. I know this is extremely likely in the Kalbarri region of W.A., where it has been found that numbers of Dutch sailors survived the common Dutch shipwrecks along the W.A. coast.

Robin Hood. ("Rob IN Hood")

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Poo-tin has announced that the Ukrainian incursion onto Russian soil is a "major provocation" and accuses Ukraine of indiscriminately killing Russian civilians. This is pretty rich, coming from the scumbag who has already killed hundreds, if not thousands of Ukrainian civilians with his indiscriminate shelling of Ukrainian villages and cities. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-08/putin-accuses-ukraine-of-a-large-scale-provocation/104197958

The latest news as regards the Titan disaster is the family of the French explorer killed in the implosion, are suing the OceanGate company, claiming they withheld vital information as regards the submersibles safety and construction oversight. https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/disaster-and-emergency/family-of-titan-sub-implosion-explorer-to-sue-for-a76m-c-15628386

You'd only do that to outflank the enemy, and then come in sideways behind them in a pincer movement. It can be an extremely successful move. Most senior military officers are very aware of outflanking manouevres, and crap themselves when they see it happening.

Warren Mitchell.

Well, I must live in a bubble, because I've never heard of Drew Carey. But I'd know that f****** p**** c*** of an abusive thug of a politician anywhere.

Kamala Harris has finally picked her running mate for the Presidential election - it's Minnesota Governor, Tim Walz. https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/kamala-harris-picks-minnesota-governor-tim-walz-as-her-running-mate-20240806-p5k044.html

The Tesla EV bubble bursts ... https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2024/08/the-tesla-ev-bubble-bursts/ The Chinese EV onslaught is going to be Tesla's biggest test.

I wouldn't know him from a bar of soap, but he's probably instantly recognisable to a lot of Americans.

He does have quite a lot to say about the accuracy and reliability of the forecasting of the numbers to be drawn, and to not rely on them absolutely!

So, you have this burning desire to beat all the odds, and win Lotto? Well a programmer has produced an AI programme to assist you! All you need to do, is download it, and use it responsibly! https://github.com/CorvusCodex/LotteryAi

They make a good pair - erratic, chaotic decision making, reversing direction on a whim, self-aggrandising, belittling anyone who disagrees with their opinion. They must be complete ar$eholes to work under. Previous Trump Presidency administration staff still talk about how Trumps former Presidential period, was one chaotic day after another.

One BIL named his daughter "Xanthe" (pronounced with a Zed), from the Greek for "golden" or "yellow". Xanthe was also one of the Amazons in Greek mythology. She seemed O.K. with it.

More Trump-Hitler memes here - https://imgflip.com/m/politics/tag/hitler+trump

The copper network was always full of dodgy connections, corrosion, faulty joins and regular breaks. A mate was a Telstra linesman, he said they had a pillar with a wiring connectivity fault in it one day, and for the life of them, they couldn't find it. Then, when they were standing there, scratching their heads and looking at the pillar full of connections, a big truck roared past them - and the faulty soldered connection showed up. It took the road vibrations from the heavy truck to provide the right amount of movement to open and close the faulty soldered joint. We used to have regular outages with the copper network, the linies were out every week or so, fixing faults. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Telstra_pillar_with_cover_removed_02.jpg

It's photoshopped, but a good one. The image of Hitler is correct, someone has added the woman, bending over and holding him. These genuine photos offer a good un-photoshopped comparison.