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The full, true story is somewhat different. Battel was actually under orders from his superior, Max Liedtke. Their aim was to keep Jews alive for the Nazi war machine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Battel

I don't believe any of Sascha Rileys stories. I think the bloke is suffering from mental illness and hallucinations. I do believe Trump almost certainly had sexual interactions with underage girls, but it's highly unlikely anything he has done will ever come to light. He has too many supporters that can ensure nothing survives in records relating to his "Epstein" behaviour.

Yes, reputedly the 3rd windiest city in the world. I don't mind the winds - at least the air comes from the huge, largely unpolluted ocean areas, of the Southern and Indian Oceans. But I do find any strong constant winds in the wheatbelt, annoying and intrusive.

I can handle her, and she knows me well enough when to stop pushing buttons. But if she spots injustice happening, God help those carrying out the injustice.

If you lived in the poverty of London in the 1800's, you'd probably get depressed, too.

Here on the Left Coast, we've been getting a lot of very strong and constant winds, the last month to six weeks. You get periods of strong winds, then you get periods of relative calm. There was a long calm period in late Spring. The strong winds are caused by very deep depressions coming up against very strong high pressure systems.

I do my banking with Bendigo Bank, because I'm a shareholder in the local branch. But Bendigo are going the same way as the Big Banks, too - shutting branches and pulling out ATM's. I simply keep more cash on hand at home now. I also deal a lot with the Credit Unions or banks that have been formed out of Credit Unions. These mobs are generally good to deal with, but they lack branches simply because of their size and limited funding. So I just keep my main monetary dealings with them, online. I like the fact the profits from CU's and the small banks go to the customers, who are the shareholders.

That's a very youthful Roy Orbison.

She's a Police Superintendents daughter, Nev - I reckon they should know.

What a greedy, grasping grub, the Tangerine Toddler is. They might as well call it the Ignoble Prize now. Just watch for all the new, outrageously-priced Trump merchandise, with his stupid grinning mug featuring the medal around his neck.

SWMBO can cut off someone's head with just a few well-chosen words!! 😄

It's just dreadful the way this country is allowing important skills to be lost ....

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.