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Demonstrating the length of an erect penis meaured, acording to his observations and experience.

Yep. Implied threat. That don't call him TACO for nothing. TACO: Trump Always Chickens Out.

There are calls for the money taken as tariffs to be returned to the busineses that paid them, but how can those small businesses return the small portions that individuals paid? Imagine Walmart trying to identify each customer who bought a packet of AA batteries that came from China and carried a tarriff amount, which Walmart had passed on in its retail pricing. Don't forget the sales taxes that are applied to the shelf price at the check-out. We might complain about a 10% GST, but it is a much simpler way to tax sales than the multi-layer system in the USA. If teh retail price of thos batteries rose due to the passing on of tarrif costs, how does the extra sales tax get calculated and returned? What a mess!!!!

They seem to be getting close to the point where a decision will have to be made. The Navy can cruies around all it likes, and that is not going to kill anyone. But as soon as the first bit of ordnance is ordered to be launched, the time for a decision has arrived.

How can you respect the US military when it refused to carry out what most people would see as unlawful orders. I woinder if its commanders have spurs as well.

Ha! Ha! His appointed cronies on the Supreme Court have just declared his method for imposing tariffs was illegal, so they come off. Any tariffs in existence prior to those his method imposed will probably stay, but they were mainly down aroung 10%. Billions of dollars were paid to the US Government through his tariffs, but it appears that it would be impossible to refund money to those individuals who paid it. No doubt Big Busiess will have the records to recoup what it paid, but Joe Citizen remains screwed. One has to wonder if the insult of the exorbitant tariffs will be forgiven by those countries whose trade suffered from them.

I don't think GON was commenting on technical ability. A smidgeon of racism lurks in his comment.

That's just it. Propose things that appeal the baser instincts in an effort to run on personal popularity. Quick fixes that do not always examine possible consequences.

What a politcal Party needs is a philosophy. Then it needs to develop policies that would enable that philosophy to be applied to the needs of the people the Party wishes to govern. As far as I can see, PHON doesn't have much of a philosophy other than hatred for others. Has anyone seen PHON's policies on trade, education, public health and so on? You might not support the policies of either the LNP, Labor or the Greens, but at least they seem to have policies. That's why Independents and likes of the TEALs could not form an effective government.

I reckon you are correct. Trump is the tool of faceless puppetmasters.

The US has sent attack groups. Russia has sent early warning aircraft. It is really getting to the point where the assassination of Trump would be the only thing to begin restoring world peace.

When was the last time you had a counter lunch in a pub?

It is a quirk of the Hate Speech laws that, as I understand the law, saying that to noone in particular is not an offence, since it is not directly an incitement to violence. In NSW, this is the wording of the offence: 93Z Offence of publicly threatening or inciting violence on grounds of race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or intersex or HIV/AIDS status (1) A person who, by a public act, intentionally or recklessly threatens or incites violence towards another person or a group of persons on any of the following grounds is guilty of an offence-- Of course, my opinion is that the current worldwide increase in overt racism is the product of what we are told is the World's greatest democracy, and you know which one I mean.

Since it wil be my son's family coming up for the funeral, it will most likely be the Sealion that I will drive. It's funny, but the thing that I want to test is how the vehicle decelerates from 100 kph to 80 kph. I have found just where to take my foot off as I approach the 80 zone at the edge of town and slow to 80 as I reach the speed sign. Similarly, I know where to back off from 100 as I approach my driveway.

I would say that it is the children who are the problem. Imaging how they think after growing up in an ISIS dominated society. I bet none of those children knows how to play Footy or League; has ever ridden a skateboard, or done anything that kids of a similar age in Australia have done. Those kids ae, unfortunately, the next generation of Islamist radicals.

That means Adelaide only got back half the number of wheels it lost to Melbourne.

Just on another EV related topic. BYD recently announced that development of Sodium phosphate batteries has proved successful and that BYD is moving towards full production of this type of enegery storage. I think that the main advantages of sodium phosphate technology is a lower cost of raw materials and the elimination of the fire risks associated with lithium batteries. BYD knows about economies of scale. Sodium phosphate batteries can only become the universal standard if the majority of manufacturers are using them. To get this change started industry-wide, BYD has apparently not patented the process, but is freelky sharing the knowledge with everyone who makes batteries. We shall see what we shall see.

Not quite a conversion on the road to Damascus, but it looks like I'll be taking my first ride in an EV next week. My son has bought a BYD Shark 6 for himself and a BYD Sealion for the family car. My son has a business pimping up 4WDs. He worked out plans to do what he wants to his Shark and has had initial talks with the sellers of BYDs, interesting them in his idea. If his talks produce anything, his business will contract to do up these cars as special vehicles, which will add something special to retailer's offerings. From what he says, he thinks he will be starting limited production around Spring. As well as doing this stuff with BYDs, he will still be doing similar work on the usual suspects. It's good to see a young man (geez! He's 36!!) having a go. I can only wish him success. However, no matter how successful he becomes in business, he'll still be my dickhead of a son.

GON, that's an excellent question and I congratulate you for posing it. I like to see such posts from members.

Whenever it arrives, then post-Trump era will be hard on everyone - Americans and the rest of the World. The USA will celebrate its 250th year this year. Probably the only way it could move ahead is to critcally examine its present Constitution in light of the development of Democracy in other coutries, and re-write the Constitution to bring it into alignment with current concepts of what a modern democracy is. I'm not saying that the current Constitution should be torn up and thrown away. What is required is that the bits that don't work should be fixed if possible, or ditched. A prime example of a bit that needs fixing is the 2nd Amendment. In the 21st Century, it is anachronistic. While it may have had a good reason behind it when it was introduced, that reason holds no water today. It could be replaced with something that maintains the Right of a person to own a firearm, but requires such a person to meet the Responsibilities of gun ownership. (wishy washy enough for you blokes)

That is the irony of Charity. All Vinnies, LifeLine, Red Cross and Op Shops suffer from the generosity of people. I'm battling the same problem in the OP Shop I work at. Too much stuff donated; not enough staff to sort it, and not enough demand for what is put out for sale. I'm bagging up good clothing to be sent to Africa. Doing that is better than sending it to landfill. Also, our tip operator (local council) does not charge to tip. The Metropolitan charities lose bucket of money paying tip fees. It's bad when you live in a town with an aged population. Boomers are dropping off the perch and their kids are cleaning out theie houses and dropping off what they don't want to charity shops. Just think of the wedding gifts you received at you first wedding. Nowadays, no one has dinner parties so there is no need for fancy dinner sets or glassware. Then over the years people collect stuff like Tupperware and cookware. You can't sell that sort of stuff, but people keep donating it. We can't sell electrical items because we don't have anyone to Test 'n' Tag each item, but we continue to get it donated. You'd be surprised at how many items of clothing still have the original retailer's tags on them. I spent today packing up Mum's stuff to remove it from her room where she lived for the past ten years. I packed away CDs, DVDs and casette tapes, as well as their players. Who would want her out-of-date clothing. I have just poured opened jars full of jam down the sink. And there are all her creams, ointments and soaps that can't be given away. And her shoes and underwear. The only thing we can do is to wait until the end of the bushfire season and have a big burn up.

Apparently these buzzwords are used to express power in interpersonal relationships. If a person is on a lower rung in the ladder than the person using the buzzwords, then the one on the higher rung is exerting power over the other. These words are also used to exclude outsiders from inner circles. These words are the trade jargon of the administrative classes. The one I hate is "on my watch". I could see it being used by John F Kennedy and the elder George Bush who both served in the Navy in WWII, but its use by people with no navy service grates on my nerves.

Thaty's the principle behing the Stirling engine. A Stirling engine is a heat engine that is operated by the cyclic expansion and contraction of air or other gas (the working fluid) by exposing it to different temperatures, resulting in a net conversion of heat energy to mechanical work.

Good luck to you blokes who have had rain. It looks like my area is set for a drought this year.

Nowadays, "freedom of the Press" seems to have become "enslavement of the masses".