Jerry_Atrick

He always uses other peoples' money

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Yeah, but he has the power to cut a lot of government work from these firms - and he has threatened them with just that. It's not just his personal wealth that he has the levers to.

At the moment, chump weilds significantly more power (i.e. economic resources) than Palmer.

Penfold's Kununga Hill chardy normally £13.50 in Tesco; today, £5.20.. Bank balance suffered a little today! I doubt you could make it for that price, let alone ship it, store it, and sell it.

Aren't we all the same way with... ?

oieau French version of oi!

The injunction will definitely be to stop the flight of cash/assets away from the jurisdiction of the court. Remember, at this stage, the court has only found prima facie evidence of the crimes alleged and I would not be surprised if there are some shady deals that have gone on in the background that may or may not come to light. I don't know how it works in Aus, but in the UK, a lawyer wouldn't surrender their certificate. It would be suspended by the relevant regulator/industry association responsible, pending investigation. A lawyer who surrenders their certificate is effectively admitting guilt. I would expect it to be the same, unless what was meant by surrendering or handing in their certificate was actually a suspension, and as a result the lawyer had to hand over their certificate. It sounds like it was being done over a long period and the lawyer, Iskander, must have thought it was water tight. Otherwise, you would have a bolt hole in Spain, and have used property to layer the proceeds and then convert it to cash and invest it using some offshore vehicle that is untouchable byy Australia. Then, when you hear the sirens, you head off to the bolt hole and enjoy Sangria and Chorizo for the rest of your life

If anyone hasn't seen why the Southpart creators are in Chump's bad books, here's a glimpse:

Hey Rocky.. watch chumpy pull a rabbit out of his sleeve...

I read an article in The Age on the weekend that Chump wasn't terribly interested in Australia and that Albo did a good job of keeping quiet to keep Australia out fo Chump's thoughts. I am not sure that is the case, given the above. Captiulation is the name of the game with Chumpy, apparently.

I am not arguing either point, but to say the US increasing tarrifs by a ballistic amount, or even vacillating continously over setting them is not illegal. A lot of people are coming to an understanding that the tarrifs themselves are illegal.

The tarrifs themselves are not illiegal. The USA can put on whatever tarrifs it pleases, and there is nothing in US law that restricts what they can do. The issue is that Chumpy is using some national emergency law to bypass congress to apply tarrifs (and other goodies), for which he normally does not have the power. The US Court of International Trade ruled the circumstances that Chumpy relied on to justify bypassing congress did not constitute a national emergency for the purposes of the act. The case is currently on appeal to the Federal court, and my guess is that if Chumpy loses it, he will appeal to the Supreme Court, where he will have a more sympathetic hearing. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trumps-tariffs-poised-for-major-test-before-federal-appeals-court/

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I have had a great weelend.. Lunch with the son and daughter at the local pub on Saturday was nice.. albeit pricey. Daughter woke up this (Sunday) morning and asked if we could go to the local airfield (Dunkeswell) for breakfast. Most airfields have cafes/bistros. Although it was cloudy, the wind was blowing straight down the runway and the cloudbase was high enough for circuits. A sole C172 took off for about three or four circuits. We finished our bacon and egg rolls, which were very nice and drove around the perimeter of the airfield to the hangars and checked out the aicraft. After a while we drove home as the wx brightened up. Lovely weekend.

I am surprised she hasn't vanished already.

Desk

Oi! London is no longer rat infested since foxes became a protected species within its confines. Muslims have visited Australia long before it became terra australia, and after Christian settlement, started moving here from early days: https://journal.equinoxpub.com/JIA/article/view/29395

With climate change, there are more great VFR days here, but they are still few and far between... I am pining to come back to my grass roots flying: https://rvac.com.au/ Worlds oldest continual flying club.. There are older, but they have folded and re-constituted

And here, in SW England.

Found this quite a good summation of things:

Isn't that what people do (or tempo become) after having a Big Mac?

Slices of roast beef and thicker than normal gravy

Sounds like a perfect day for a piping hot pie with tommy sauce.

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