Grumpy Old Nasho

If we stay on topic, I see no problem discussing it, sensitive or not. Islamic terrorism has proved to be a very enduring criminal activity. There are a lot of citizens who excuse it when they shouldn't, and that presents a real problem for any nation. All of us should condemn it.

"We've just got to live with Islamic terrorism" - The Mayor of London

Tough tities, as they say!

The caravans of thousands have stopped already, so the completion of the wall can be done at a leisurely pace going forward. Just having Trump and Homan in the administration is enough to make any illegal think twice about trying to cross the southern border.

Trump is a consequence of prolonged social and political mega division. So too was Joe Biden. Each was/is tearing down the work of the other. Trump is now resurrecting what he started in his first term, and never finished. Their egos couldn't agree on anything. If Biden had finished the southern wall for example, then that would have indicated agreement on at least one essential major Trump policy and would have put him in favor with the majority of Americans. The chaos resulting from not completing the wall's construction, did enormous damage to Biden and the Democrats. Being spiteful to Trump on that policy was idiocy beyond belief and made the political divide even wider, with the words "civil war" bandied around. When things get that bad, we should perceive that something is terribly wrong ... and it is the mile long gap in the social/political divide. Each party is formulating their respective policies on different planets, for the same nation

An oligarchy controlled press is "unbiased" ??

Statesmen would be very lonely figures in the extreme political divides currently present in the world. Statesmen can't work within a paradigm of volatile political enemies, what would a statesman say? "Ladies and gentlemen, let's act normal and live in peace." ... then have rotten tomatoes thrown at him. Political divides are now wider than the solar system, they need to be narrowed quite substantially before statesmen can rise to the top. A leader of honour can only rise up within a society of honour. Not until we find common ground will societies be honorable and honest. In my opinion we need something better than the "Two Party" system, it's become so prolonged and so divisive, extreme thought has taken over from rational thought and common sense. Our brains have two hemispheres, let's use both, rather than the leftwing using only one, and rightwing only using the other. One hemisphere is wasted if both are not used, "Halfwittery" I call it. Trump was elected to fix the problems created by Biden and the Democrats. In 2020, Biden was elected to fix the problems Trump was reluctant to fix, like Covid. Both camps use one side of their brain only, Democrats one side, the Republicans the other side. Here, it's the Labor party, and the Liberal Coalition. In each case, the US and Oz, it takes both parties to make a full brain, hence two party system, and if they don't narrow the political divide and stop their "Halfwit" nonsense, they'll go the way of the DoDo, sooner rather than later.

Not sure, but they must have done some sort of upgrade maintenance on the satellite system to improve the system's signal, it's pretty fast now. I can tell if it's only bad weather causing a weak signal, maintenance, or heavy internet traffic, each one has it's own characteristic behavior. Leading up to Christmas, during, and after till a week ago, we've had lots of good weather, yet the signal was annoyingly weak all that time, with many pages not loading at all. I discounted bad weather, heavy net traffic, and concluded it was maintenance causing the issue. They don't send emails warning users of disruptions or slowdowns, we're just left wondering what's going on.

LOL, same at a campsite up the road from me, convoys of either 4wd's or motorbikes, kicking up unwanted dust. It is however, a barometer of how the economy is going. Before Covid, lots of noisy camper traffic, but now, hardly any, money is tight I imagine, keeps the dust down though.

What are you laughing at Marty? Trump will work wonders, just wait and see.

The front of that Mathoura "hotel" is bland, dull and boring. I'll bet motorists just breeze past it wondering what it is. It needs to be more attractive with enticements, things that makes you stop and spend a little mula, which can lead to more mula being spent.

It was a corny lay-man's joke ... but yes, I think Trump will fix it.

The rest of the hostages will be exchanged very soon. The Palestinians are just waiting for Trump to be inaugurated.

It was slow here for weeks, I think NBN was changing satellites. It's much faster now thank heavens.

Whichever pub you buy, install 2 or 3 Tesla charging stations, think of the future. Serve the best counter lunches in Australia. Build a sizable beer garden out the back with plenty of shade. Rename the pub to an aboriginal name like: "Tom the Tracker Inn". Write a letter to the Fed Government demanding they increase Australia's national income, and reduce taxes so everyone has more money, and Local Councils have a bit of extra cash to fill pot holes. After doing all that, place a sign saying: "There's gold in (fill in town), you've just got to find it"

Has she handled him yet? In the past I mean.

Not so my 2016 Cerato, it has the worst designed steering in motor vehicle history, the steering ratio is too high, and the ridiculously wide modern tyres dictate to the steering wheel, over 60km/h that is. Electric power steering is crap. I'm on the look-out for something better than that, something with easier steering that doesn't break my wrists.

Her brain is telling her that he's a man "I admire and respect for his stance on preventing the United States from getting involved in unnecessary wars, and helping to free the hostages in Gaza"

Penny Wong will ask him for his autograph and a round of golf.

You did well to catch your skin cancer in time. Many people pay no heed to their skin blemishes, and unfortunately pay the price if one is cancerous. Beware of rip-off specialist quacks though when going for a skin check. I got one once and the Doc picked a blemish on top of my head, in a location where I couldn't see it. He sent a biopsy which proved it was nothing at all. It cost me money to get that done.

Funny you should say that, in itself it's a terrible affliction. My Aunty, a hundred miles away, had inoperable cancer and neither my Mum or I knew what to say or do. I plucked up the courage to call her and just started engaging in typical conversation, talking about anything but the topic of cancer - big mistake! I should have talked about it and at least comforted her by letting her know we had her in our hearts. She was 66 only. Mum joined in, at my urging, she was her sister after all, but neither of us felt adequately equipped to say the right things to a dying person. I guess it's whatever we feel we would like to be said to ourselves.

Neither the left nor the right did anything for us after 1972. That's what I meant.

Non aggressive cancer.

But you understand though that left wingism does not always have social conscience and not deserting the less fortunate. It usually depends on which way the political social wind us blowing. The left campaigned to stop conscription, but did nothing about the wrecked lives. The major parties are just waiting for us to die off so they don't have to think about it any more, typical of the Labor party and the Coalition.

But not for ex conscripts when Whitlam got in in 72, everyone deserted us, the left, the right, and the center. There were thousands of us, thrown on the junk heap by all parties, and we still are.