Marty_d

That's because some governments, like Norway, had the foresight to create a sovereign wealth fund and not just give away their resources to mining companies, the way we do

I know. I was being facetious

Good. Maybe in future wars, countries can just have their robots battle it out and not harm any humans. The side who keeps the most toys wins.

Slightly off topic (sorry Jerry) but involving car electrics... The other day I pulled into a parking space at the supermarket next to a car with a young mum and her kid. As I got out she tried to start her car and it did that slow laboured turnover which tells you you're not going anywhere. So I offered a jump start, she accepted and we hooked up the jumper cables. However it made no difference! Checked the cables were on properly, gave the clamps a twist to ensure connection, still nothing. We're scratching our heads when a young bloke and his girlfriend walked over and offered to help. The girlfriend told us he's a mechanic. He disconnected the negative cable on her battery and clamped it to the engine itself (starter motor housing I think). Tried again, it started straight away. So there you go - apparently you get a better earth from the engine than from the battery terminal!

Trump was fooled into this war by Netanyahu's hard sell. He's a useful idiot for both Netanyahu and Putin.

South Australians are strange. They pronounce Lego as "lay-go".

Teardrop shaped cars help. Apparently the Hyundai Ioniq 6 has a drag coefficient of 0.21Cd.

Yes, that's excellent news. Trump will be pissed off too which is an added bonus. Orban was strongly supported by both Putin and Trump, so you know he's an arsehole.

I believe "shah mat" was anglicised to "Checkmate" for chess.

I believe the Southern Baptist church split from the northern over their views on slavery, ie they were all for it. So I think their views on anything would be suspect.

I like this, from the article... "unveiled Buddharoid, a humanoid robot monk" Sounds like something you can get a cream for.

There's a few other spawn that are just as bad as their old man.

Scary thing is, the weaponry doesn't even need to be explosive. You drop a small crowbar from orbit and it will kill a tank quite effectively.

The whole family must have legs like roosters. Is that the reason everyone refers to Trump as a "cock"?

He's a high profile person. Victoria Cross recipient. His uniform displayed in the War Memorial. I agree he's innocent until proven guilty, but he did lose a recent libel suit, because the allegations were judged highly likely to be true. So it's perhaps not surprising that these events are newsworthy.