Jerry_Atrick

Yeah.. but it rapidly became a damp squib on his departure.

Apaprently he claims they are made in the USA hen they are made in China.

joining the army

Making it over now?

Since we don't have a big shiny 747 to offer him, it wold have probably been, "keep paying us for our submarines.. think of it as bettering Qatar..."

Taking it over now

For your funny pics, Instascam should do.. I see a lot of them on there when I am on. Same for funny vids, I guess. And also, noticed more quickies ending up there, too, though you would prob have to screen shot them. Not sure about the brain teasers, though. Seems more mind-mumbing on Instascam to me.

$13... $1 for each letter of the name of the pie (ex spaces)

I was slow on the draw, but spacey's answer was not up when I started typing. For this, $11.

c as there is only 7 numbers

It is tenuous at best to suggest a causal link between the Vietnam war and everything changing at home. Apart from possibly addressing issues in the military, that period of time was already one of the most socially transformative times. From teh 50s in US and Europe, as a result of economic progression, the masses were availed educational opportunities previously reserved for the upper echolons of society. This came in the 70s for Aus by Whitkam abolishing university fees. Also, the leaps and bounds in media technology meant more people than nor had TV sets, radios and the like. Public libraries sprrang up. People were better educated and better informed, which led to more people demanding better or their vote would go to someone else. Ironically, the unpopularity (and the sad way the vets were treated) was probably a result of the rapiod rise of education and information. Flower power, human rights, etc, were all gaining speed long before the Vietnam war even started. I would argue the Vietnam was was coincidental to most of the change you talk about. As an example, I recall in the 70s sitting in th elounge room watchin ABC 4 Corners doing a piece on NSW police corruption and my mum saying something like lucky we livein Victoria - as if the police there were virtuous. But then news came out soem time later about bent Vic police, too.

Or both?

Now you're just trolling

Jeepers you spew a lot of poop.. ever thought media needs eyeballs to pay for advertising: https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/countries/aus/australia/crime-rate-statistics In case you're hard of reading crime down significantly since 1990

OK.. I get what you say.. I am not sure hoe the first line of your response correlates to thee second line of your response? I don't see the causal link... We may have been nore or less of a threat to ourselves (and it is your assertion with lack of statement exactly what is the threat and any quantification).. .But they two are not related. We face simulataneous and unrelated threats all the time. We often deploy resources to multiple threats.

I am not sure I understand the correlation between corruption/organised crime and conscription, to be quite honest. One redeeming feature of Albos is he supports the Hawks...

Hi attack on democracy and accountability has been so brutal, and is being acquesced to, that it is doubtful the Democrats will persist beyond a token force, depending on how he deploys the national guard after the mid-terms.

Someone must have liked Bolte - he was Vics longest serving premier of 17 consecutibe years. Too early for me to form any opinion on the man, but it would seem performance has no correlation to political success, nor monuments - there is a bridge named after him in Melbourne in 1999. Ahh, that was under Jeff Kennet's watch.. No wonder. BTW, you know the quality of person I am by the people I hang out with. A mate of mine started dating John Cain's daughter, but he put a stop to that very quickly.. Can't have the riff raff in.

This deal means we pay and they don't have to deliver.. Chump will be fuming anyway as he has never had a deal that good.. seems Biden is a better deal maker for putting America first. UK is still not sure what it is or what they are there for

That's the rub.. the opposition, especially in Vic, seems to live in an alternate reality. We need a strong opposition that provides a credible alternative. They used to be. The reports this morning that Presutto has been thrown a $1m lifeline in staving off bankruptcy in settling his defamation loss.. but it would come with a condition that holds the Vic Libs to ransom by a property developer who would stump up the cash. That cannot end well.

There is an old saying that was attributed to a prominent eary US food entrepreneur (Kraft?), but turns out to be a general response to the massive amouunt of food waste in western countries, especially the USA, "I make more money from the food consumers waste at the bottom of the jar, than they eat".. The amount of food waste befire the "multi-buy" promotions kicked in was massive, and I am not sure these multi-buys have increased it. I am guessing they would more increase obesity levels..

You may need some divine intervention.. St Huberts of Coldstream may release such inspiration 🙃

Safety in numbers 😉

It's not like it is an unknown profession and they go into it blind, is it? Therefore, the potential rewards to them or those they represent must be greater than the cost of that exposure and for some that will be the betterment of society as a whole (which may not align to your or I view of betterment), and for some, it is to achieve more vested interests. The senior politicians - the ones alledgedly making the decisions are increasingly making decisions that seem to favour vested interests rather than the interests of the community as a whole. Of course, what one person thinks is beneficial may not be what another does. The fact that they volunteer to enter what is a public role means they are going to be critically assessed.. And that is the way it should be. Otherwise, how will public figures of whome the public has entrusted them with, for which they are very well rewarded, especially at the senior level. Their salary is only a small portion of the benefts, which are not FBT-able, which they accrue. After adding the FBT that would have been paid, and suddenly, they are on a good wicket - not to mention the cushy lobbying and other corporate jobs they land afterwards. No one said they are all bad.. But, the leadership of both of the major parties do not act in the interests of the population. Albo has hosted lunches and dinners at many thousands, if not tens of thousands of dollars per head for fund raising for the ALP. Every PM and senior minister does for every party. These are not really available to you or me, even if we wanted to splash the cash to get a seat. These are for different commercial and industrial leaders to discuss things relevant to their economy. They are not spending this money for no return, are they? I am not going to post it, but Monique Ryan's now famous question to the PM about the attendees of one such lunch, to which the speaker took exception, was not answered, but landed a personal attack on her by Albo himself. And don't give me this BS that we need these titans of industry... to keep jobs going blah blah blah... We should have been transitioning our industries years ago, which would have been a more gradual, less disruptive transition, to allow us to become world leaders and have genuine Aussie corporations leading the way.. Employment would be higher, GDP would be higher and the US slapping tarrifs on us would be jusitifed (in a relative sense). Instead, we give our resources to foreign corporations and companies for free so that other countries reap all the benefits, let alone a couple of true Aussie companies. I agree with Juice Media.. There is the shit party (LNP) and shit lite party (ALP)...