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Isreal has been a major manufacturer of weapons for yonks. Israel’s industry is heavily dominated by high-technology, innovation, and advanced manufacturing, driven by a strong R&D sector and over 350 multinational centers (e.g., Intel, Apple, Google). Key sectors include electronics, cyber security, defense, pharmaceuticals, and chemical products. Despite limited natural resources, Israel has become a net exporter of natural gas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Israel Also, like the Arab nations supplying petrol dollars to Arab militants, international Jewry, especially American Jewry, has been funding all sorts of things in Isreal.

That's right. The nation originated from the migration of Indo-Iranian tribes (Medes, Persians, Parthians) from Central Asia to the Iranian Plateau around the 2nd millennium BC. They established some of the first civilisations in the region of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. Their religion was Zoroastrianism. It is one of the world's oldest monotheistic faiths, founded in ancient Persia (modern-day Iran) by Prophet Zoroaster. Its influence was reduced by Islamisation during the 7th Century CE. A lot escaped to India where they mainly live in Mumbai. Persian (Fārsi) is the official language of Iran, spoken natively by roughly 50-70% of the population and understood by most others. As an Indo-European language, it is unrelated to Arabic, though it uses a modified Arabic script.

I'm just upset that the conflict between Isreal and the Arab world has caused to deterioration of how ethnic relations in Australia have been hurt.

We used to grow all the veggies we needed until our canneries were sold off and shut down by international corporations.

I've mentioned before that the data from which BMI scores are computed was obtained from Belgians. The Body Mass Index (BMI) was developed in the 1830s by Belgian mathematician Adolphe Quetelet as a quick, statistical formula to define the "average man". Originally intended for population studies, it was not designed to measure individual health or body fat. BMI for men is a measurement of body fat based on height and weight, calculated as kg/square metre. Notice that this formula does not consider volume. It does not differentiate between muscle mass and fat. Many professional footballers would be classed as "obese" using this formula. Quetelet was a Belgian astronomer, mathematician, statistician, and sociologist who founded and directed the Brussels Observatory and was influential in introducing statistical methods to the social sciences. He also founded the science of anthropometry and developed the body mass index (BMI) scale, originally called the Quetelet Index. His work on measuring human characteristic to determine the ideal l'homme moyen ("the average man"). Quetelet himself said explicitly that the BMI could not and should not be used to indicate the level of fatness in an individual. It's great for studying populations, but as a tool for individuals, nope.

Expect many lines of groceries to become scarce, especially frozen vegetables. Frozen veggies are now mostly imported, and that requires ships which require fuel.

Nobody mentions the sectarianism that is rampant in India. Hindu -v- Muslim, with the Sikhs and other minorities thrown into the mix. The partitioning of India and Pakistan was supposed to ease tensions, but there are still heaps of Muslims in India for Hindus to target.

That's mine, too. But they still say I have hypertension. You start to think that the left hand doesn't know what the right hand knows.

At least he has been located now and no more money will be spent searching for him. However, I wonder what teh Inquiries will cost. The Coronial Inquest will not be a short one.

If you reach your three score and ten and your doctor hasn't got you on a pill or two, is there something wrong with you?

When you think about it, there has to be quite a few coin-worth's differences between retailers to make much difference in filling a tank. My tank holds 55 litres. Let's say I drive in with 5 litres and fill up. That's 50 litres. A couple of coins difference beween servos is only going to amount to a dollar or so. It's the base amount that those few coins are added to that is the killer. From $1.70 to $2.60 is a hue hike. And how long before the removal of 25 cents in excise will show on the pumps?

Did his lips move?

Even if the Yanks pull out by the and of April, it is going to take years and years to get things back to where they were at the beginning of March. The Iranian threat of nuclear capability might have been squashed, but the damage done in doing so will take years to recover. Even if the oil started to flow today, the World is still missing the deliveries it expected over the past six weeks. While we have concentrated on the fuel component of crude oil, do not forget that we have develped so many othe products from that stuff that we seem to find essential for modern life.

Show me any "-cracy" where those at the bottom of the heap have any say at all in what goes on. The only difference from a feudal serf of the Middle Ages and the rank and file in countries similar to ours is that we have the freedom to make decisions that only affect ourselves personally. We can choose where we live and what we do for a job. We are still ruled by the wealthy. It used to be Kings, Barons and Lords. Now its Capitalists and Corporations with politicians doing the theatrics of democracy.

So much for the United Nations. I haven't heard a peep out of it condemning Trump's actions.