old man emu

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.

Well. This thread has drifed away from its original concept. Let's forget about electricity and start looking at things the fuel crisis will cause in teh next month of so. There is talk of rationing. Indonesia has already introduced a 50 litre per day limit.This uncertainty about fuel availability stikes hard. I am about to cancel some work I have been asked to do in Sydney because I am not certain of getting the fuel there to get back home. Farmers are wondering if there will be fuel to put in this year's crop. All the rain in the world is of no use if you can't operate your machinery. Add to that is uncertainty about fertilizer availability.

The last panel clearly sums up the Ameican attitude.

He's given England and France a big serve for not letting him use their facilities to move military supplies. Good on them! Both countries are under constant threat of jihadist attacks from wothin their own populations. Why stir the possum?

Be careful underestimating Hegseth. It's easy to bring up things like excessive drinking, adultery and the like, but that is not what he is like now. At some stage after that sort of behaviour, Hegseth found God. He joined a fundamentalist Christian Evangelical church and changed his ways. Was that a good result? No. The church he joined is the worst kind of fundamentalist. White supremist; all other religions are the Devil's creation. If you compared Hesgeth with the Ayotollah, you would find that the only dissimilarity was the god they beleived was the only one. In all other ways they are exactly the same. So for Hegseth, what he is doing to Iran is not to stop nuclear proliferation, but it is the fundamentalist Christian Evangelical version of a jihad.

Sovereign citizens??????

One thing I notice is that the parents of the Baby Boomers are mostly all dead, and the Baby Boomers who inheirited to family farm are retiring and selling off their farms to younger neighbours who are consolidating smaller farms into large acreage units which can be farmed more effectively with modern machinery. The improvement in roads means that a trip to a larger centre for shopping can be done in a shorter time than 50 to 70 years ago. Therefore the independent shopkeepers in small towns do not have to customer base to remain viable. I guess that the most common "small town" businesses in my town are the hairdressers, followed by motels. Motor mechanics are disappearing, mainly due to retirement. There is very little industry, and what there is, is servicing agribusiness in various way. I'm not including the service stations because they are there to service highway traffic.

Twenty-five cents per litre. We have 30 to 40 days' reserve supply of fuel, although reports are that we are getting refills from Asia. The removal of part of the excise won't be much good if there is no fuel to purchase. Regarding public transport: The horse has well and truely bolted since we accepted the idea of suburban sprawl. You need roads to get to public transport hubs and infrastructure to provide parking for vehicles going to thjose hubs. If there is one thing that public transport illustrates it is the concept of Economy of Scale. Because of urban sprawl, there is not the scale in terms of population to make public transport economical. It does work in the older parts of our cities where popultion centres were developed before the expansion of car ownership, but those centres only house a small portion of an urban area's total population.

The next thing to go will be the food deloivery services from take-away places. Thousands of Indians will be out of work! I was asked to do a couple of jobs in Sydney, but I am considering cancelling them due to the uncertainty of fuel supply. I don't want to be stuck in Sydney out of fuel.

The current numbers in both the US House of Representatives and Senate preclude the impeachment of Trump. Even if Trump was impeached, Vanve would take over, and he's a puppet on a string too. Some of us might not like what Kerr did to Whitlam, but at least there was a workable procedure that enabled him to do it.

Need and MRI? You might have to wait. MRI machines need Helium for their functioning. Guess where a lot of Helium comes from. The global helium supply is currently facing a significant, immediate disruption due to geopolitical conflict, with roughly one-third of global production halted after attacks on Qatar's Ras Laffan facility.

At least supermarkets don't charge you to get the money. Banks hit you if you use an ATM (that's not you bank's).