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Like - just do this one simple thing every night. And then add whatever, grow your hair back, cure your diabetes, shrink your prostate, grow a big woody, the list is never ending on the marketplace ads.

Like the facebook link that goes to a fake ABC Insiders site. It shows the ABC on Pauline's side well and truly. We'll see aliens land before that ever happens. It was designed to fleece money from suckers in a crypto scam. It's unbelievable how suckerbook marketplace turns a total blind eye to fraud. Almost all the sponsored ads on it are scammers.

Ayatollah Jr. has been officially anointed.

I wonder if whoever made that meme realises we don't vote for a prime minister. They're appointed by the party/parties than can cobble together a majory and convince the GG they can form government.

Different pollsters ask slightly different questions, but a lot of them lately seem to be polling primary intentions and not preference direction. Gender and age group is usually asked for analysis. A lot of it is probably swayed by immediate events. For example, in the latest morgan poll, the Greens have picked up 3% and Labor is down 4. Morgans think that 3% Green gain at Labor's expense is because of Albo and Co. going all the way with DJT and the Greens taking a stance against the US/Israel strikes. Some of the analysis is interesting. There's been a trend for a while now of the youngest age group, 18-24, moving more to the right. The Greens and Labor have lost support in that group to One Nation, independants and others, but the Greens have gained in all groups 25+, whereas Labor has lost in all age groups and both genders. One Nation gained support in all age groups under 65. Some polls a couple of weeks ago showed ON gaining among young women more than young men. A bit of a reverse from it's historical male dominated support. I think One Nation is the wild card, and come next election, they will have either fallen on their face or put egg on a lot of other faces. The Greens are what they are. What you see is what you'll always get, 10 to 12%. If Labor stuffs up enough, the Greens might get 15% briefly but they just don't appeal to enough of the population to acheive anything higher than balance of power in the Senate. Nev, you're right about the Nats/Libs being in big trouble. At the moment they are well and truly wedged. All Labor has to do is sit tight and win. Of the small amount of Labor primary votes bleeding to the Greens, most would return in preferences. Labor would feel a lot more comfortable having the Greens on the left than the Coalition would feel having One Nation on the right. It's like the Coalition has driven their Ford Ranger into a parking space designed for little noddy cars, and now they're stuck and can't get out. Go to the right, they lose the centre, go to the left and they lose the right. Interesting that the Nats have elected a Victorian moderate as deputy. More than likely for balance. Matt Canavan can talk the talk to try to woo voters back from One Nation, and Chester can try to butter up the Libs. Smoke and mirrors.

I don't think dear leader/comrade Albo has anything to fear from her. Labor's a shoe-in for a third term the way it's looking.

He reminds me of Elmer Fudd.

The $25 eBay Dietz Blizzard No.80 is having it's first ever burn tonight after a lot of years in storage somewhere. Dietz moved production from the US to Hong Kong in 1956, then to mainland China in 1988. This one is made in Hong Kong so would be pre 1988, and it's about time it got a life and a home.The only work it needs now is the burner cap touched up on the wire wheel to get a bit of surface rust off, and the chimney cap taken off and straightened. It's going like a Bondi tram; these are one of the best kero lanterns around. The fuel cap unseized after using a bit of Inox mx3 for a couple of days. It's meant to penetrate, the total opposite of the Lanox I'd sprayed on it, which is a rust preventative/sealant and will gum things up. edit: isn't it fun when you do an edit to correct a spelling mistake, then you have to do a second edit when you realise it was right in the first place. i before e except after c, but they don't mention s, as in seized.

It's possible the issue soon will be whether you can get fuel, rather than how much it costs. A lot of the fuel distributors have run out or are soon to run out, and the servos will shut when they run out of supplies. United has suspended all customer deliveries until they take stock of things. Hopefully it won't last too long. I filled up on Friday, so will just restrict driving to essential only for a while. The cities are prioritised so the country and regional areas will feel it first if it comes to that.

It hasn't stopped raining here, around 175mm so far and all good soaking rain. Today is the last day forcast with another 2 or 3 inches expected then back to odd showers for the rest of the week. Just had a look before and the floodplain down below is flooded. I feel sorry for the neighbours down there, they came from NSW and bought sight unseen so didn't know the full extent of how much and how often it can flood down there.

Yes, it can often be different on a local level than what the media portray. Like in Syria when the fighting was on. The media gave the impression that Aleppo was totally destroyed, but that was only the 20% held by the rebels. In the other 80% held by the government, people were still going to nightclubs.

If that's 'Real Iran' by the Globe Documentary channel, here's their whole playlist. If gives an idea of the standard of it. Clickbait by the look of it. https://www.youtube.com/@GlobeDocumentaryy/videos

I still haven't got the new/old lantern going yet. The biggest issue with a lot of lanterns that have been stored for many years is that the fuel tank bung gets seized in place. It's not easy to get lubricant between the threads so it just needs a lot of patience. Forcing them is usually a bad outcome and can break off the outer thread section. Sometimes it's an option to decrimp the bung cap, take it off, then get some lube down between the threads. It was too wet to go down to the shed to get the wd40, so I've sprayed the whole lantern with lanox. Now it smells and feels like a big greasy sheep.

We're getting a bit of rain here from the low. It's not too heavy at this stage so hopefully erosion will not be too bad. 110mm as of lunchtime today and maybe about 30 since. Another 40 to 70 predicted tomorrow. Down on the floodplain all the canals and drains are full and are only just starting to spread into the paddocks. I feel sorry for the few people who live down there; you have to be either brave or crazy. One lot I know have a horse business and have to truck the horses out every time it rains like this.

I believe you, him big chief.

I didn't know that Nev, did the term start during the war or earlier?

From a war perspective, it would have been a dumb thing not to sink the frigate and let it sail home to blockade the Strait of Hormuz at the least, or attack US forces. It's arguably Iran's best ship, or one of the best. Sinking it is in line with one of the stated goals, which is to destroy Iran's navy so it can't threaten shipping in the gulf. They still have a lot of small torpedo boats.

It's expensive all right. Probably cheapest from Bunnings where it varies from $24 to $27 per 4 litres. Buying it in a 20 litre container only saves a couple of dollars. It must have been cheap when we ran tractors on it.

Good question, has Iran officially declared war? It's rarely ever done these days. Usually they just box on and call it whatever they like, armed conflict, special military operation, police action, or whatever.

It's probably a bit of an ask to expect a submarine to surface and render assistance. For a start they don't have the space and facilities that ships have. Another factor is that the basic brief of submarines is stealth. The navy rules possibly might forbid them from surfacing after an engagement like that. Here's a question - are submarines exempt from the rules regarding rendering assistance.

Professor Donald Rothwell, who is a professor of International Law at the ANU College of Law, told ABC News the US did have a right to target the vessel under rules of engagement.

The lantern in the last photo arrived from the eBay seller. It has a bit of light surface rust from age so I sprayed some inox on it to free things up a bit. When I took the burner cap off and pulled the burner out, I found out it was NOS and never used. It had the original factory wick lying in the bottom of the tank. She had two of them listed and I thought of buying both at that cheap price, but after receiving mine I checked back and the second one had been snapped up. A rare find in that condition. That particular lantern is one of the best types you can get if you like the large size lanterns.

Peter, this part of that report is very hard to believe. I can't imagine any navy sailing their frigates around the world unarmed., they would be a sitting duck. Who would risk a valuable asset like a frigate.

The IRGC base was 60 metres from the school.

Maybe that's why Vladimir is so quiet on all this. If China can't source that oil from Iran, Russia will pick it up. Money to be made. He might also pick up some oil trade to China to replace their Venezuela imports. Last year more than half of Venezuelan exports went to China. From Vlad's perspective - lose a couple of allies, but gain a heap of money.