USA worships the God of MONEY. A place where threats and Money get what you want. They Even invented a suitable Religion. to Justify Unfettered GREED.. Nev
I stint in the Bush can be a wild ride when you unwillingly Infringe unwritten code and buy something some red Necked Local Yokel has had his eye on hoping Old Harry will die and he can get it Cheap. Blood is thicker than water. The Village idiot is the Local fix all. You are a Blow in forever. Only in a city can you maintain your privacy and circulate at Places WHERE you CHOOSE who you want to Meet from the Vast Number of Offerings you can easily access and Join. Jazz, Special interest associations etc.Nev
I don't see Marital rape law and Muscle cars as useful /relevant determinants. More women in Australia are killed by People known to them than has ever been the case. Some of this is Custody disputes and economic stress and lack of safe accommodation alternatives. Muscle cars are pretty Invisible where I drive . Modded cars are given a Hard time by the Police. Loving to extremes of some Weird evil handling gas guzzler has never been at the top of the crime statistics. Fast E bikes and Juvenile Car thefts are the Issue. There are essentially NO cheap Houses in the Capital cities. You are Paying for Position and access there. A lot of Properties are Overcapitalised and many are empty on Purpose, by owner choice. Churches etc still get Tax exempt status. No one is building cheap accommodation. The Value of the Land dictates that. Nev
Pretty Audacious!! I wouldn't have had the Gaulle to suggest that. English is a very Expressive Language. You probably need 2 lifetimes to Learn it. Luckily for US, It's got a widespread use, but there's a very Large number of people who don't speak it. Nev
With Trump, It's winner take all and being honest only gets in the way of success. He's a Greedy Grifter. I hope he gets what he deserves. He certainly occupies the Lie-on's share of the News. . Nev
A lot of those Places were established because they were difficult to ESCAPE from. New Zealand was also threatened by Russians. The distance of Australia from the USA and Europe ads cost and risk to everything, and there was no communication other than by Letters. These trips were almost like going to the Moon. Nev
Trump said "America DOESN'T Have MANY Geniuses". That having been said HE listens to nobody, anyhow and GOD put him where he is. And He just accidently becomes much more wealthy and dictatorial, WTF? Good on you GOP. Who's laughing the Most? CHINA. Well done! US continues to fall further behind, in debt, Inflation and infrastructure and Production. Nev
They had to get them 'Out of Sight and out of Mind' AND they DID lose the American solution. Prisons cost a lot of money. Once they are transported they end up costing nothing to support and even make money for their Masters and to run the Colony and build the roads etc some of which still remain. We are being swamped with these alternative re-creations ... Fine IF the supporting evidence is there and verifiable to replace what we originally thought.. Some of what we have been told is WITHOUT evidence at all Particularly some religious assertions.. Old unserviceable wooden ships don't float that well and would soon become an infectious Cess pit, and an embarrassment. Nev
Every country has a different situation to cope with. You can't just apply one Places solution to all places. Australia has about the same area as the USA which has about 13 times the Population. and uses Gasolene like there's no tomorrow, and a Leader who loves to Pollute because he has $#!t for Brains. Nev
What about the Incredible Hulk.? Also after the USA broke away from England Another place to take the So called BAD people had to be found as a matter of urgency.. The Irony was that Here became a better place than back home and wasn't Gov. Macquarie admonished for doing some of that? Norfolk Island was also a Penal Colony Like Port Arthur in Tasmania. the Natives looked after some of the escaped convicts I believe. Nev
NEW Coal fired Power stations not only Pollute, they cost too much and are not flexible. Lots of people die Mining coal. My Grandfather was one of them. Black lung cases still occur and dust goes for Kilometres from Open Cut mines. Subsidence from old mines affects a lot of towns in Australia.. Pollution of rivers, like the MacArthur in the NT is of great concern. We NEED mining BUT clean up your game afterwards..Today the concept of BASELINE Power is used to confuse. Todey, Peak demand often relates to Airconditioner usage in the afternoon in Private residences. Not Heavy Industry. Nev