Jerry_Atrick

Wheel of fortune

Hmm a ppl can be earned in 40 with 20 solo.. Nit sure there is merit in 100 hrs learning to drive.. it doesn't knock the testosterone out of young male drivers for example

I don't inherently disagree with this. Trump is not one for diplomacy nor one for worrying about wider impacts. In his last term, depending on where one stands he did do some good things. For example most European/NATO nations are now either spending ir have a plan implemented to spend 2% of GDP on defence and that was before Putin's invasion of Ukraine. He managed to start the ball rolling on normalising relations between Arab states and Israel - and that is no mean feat. I am not sure of his wisdom of pulling out of the Iran deal.. have to do more research, but it's fair to say Iran appears to have been a nefarious actor while the US was in the deal. Looking at the Trumpometre, some of his policies would accord well with most here, albeit not successful, or a cynic may say, never intended. The lobbying bans, controlling immigration, health saving account, free access to the drug market, 550bn infra fund (spund a little like the inflation reduction act), no cuts to social security, no cuts to medicaid, expand mental health programs, guaranteed 6 weeks holiday, expand economy by 4% a year, etc; I could go on I also think the idea of DOGE is a good one.. in terms of improving efficiency.. not sure I agree with the proposed execution of the idea. Of course in his previous term some was blocked by a Congress and then senate that was held by the opposition, some was probably never intended, and some was probably incompetence.. sounds like any other government to me He is transactional and a bully. He will get some good things done, but will it outweigh the bad and the things he breaks on the way?

Jee, you guys would hate it over here.. dogs rule, but most are well behaved.. Pubs, some restaurants, camping: many allow dogs and they are more often better behaved than humans I intend to bring my cocker to Aus.. but he may be more yappy about being prohibited from the pub

Jee, Chad Gilchrist has aged :-)

David Letterman

Hah! Look at the blowouts of the previous 13 years before Labor got in. $5bn of a 734bn total spend is peanuts Short memories

So do I.. but how many do? My point is most people only use handbrakes when parking or in a manual, for a hill start. For the latter, an electronic hand brake is better anyway.. for the former, there's no real difference.

I think for everyday users, they are fine. How many people drive a manual these days and how many times does one apply the handbrake while the car is in motion?

That's my point about Albo - he can read the back room of politics, but can't read the front room of the electorate. Yes, the MSM are largely biased against the ALP, but his timing and handling of the Voice exemplified his poor decision making on appealing to the public

Bush telegraph

I'm here, but not there (as in on the TV show).. I guess I am not that photogenic.

That was my initial thought, too... but this: made me thing there was more to it than my initial thought.

I may have misinterpreted the post but are you saying the way a girl acts or dresses in some way gives a reason (not justification) for them to be assaulted or murdered?

Whilst there are remnants of the class system, notably the royals and the Duke of Westminster, and a few that still retain a sear in the house of Lords, it is largely defunct. Though I do understand, the royals and the Duke of Westminster are exempt from inheritance tax

Potato chips

Hmm.. would have thought facts would decide if published items were false or not

You can thank British politicians and the MOD purchasing team.. and they continut to stick it up the Brits in favour of the yanks.

I would say his innovation is more marketing, PR, and corporate shenanigans than products https://www.motorcyclenews.com/advice/best/electric-motorbikes/

You have a short memory.. Last - what 5 or 7 Lib governments would take that crown. Not even hiding the corruption or selling out the Americ... er.. no Chinese, of all things.. The port in the NT, and what about our agricultiral land. .Talk about selling out our security: https://au.finance.yahoo.com/news/how-much-of-australias-land-is-owned-by-china-210213000.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAALbS84IYHYWNlcylj_R-vb2Cd7rbvPKkIpstKNiSfqxRc3qezpV6t9y2aaHIHyi-tUPZ2MsD7Ngo9H_k7li4pmJmGoznXBUOj3N-EbpCFy0ULL6dKfw8XG9Wx_r89BBL7_Sxarr4oKMsvNPXRO3S-00GMsb-Mlh6PSjbAimzJeR6 Size of foreign agricultural land - freehold interests by source country Given the Chinese are Johnny come lateleys, their opercentage of foregin ownership sis not bad.. again mainly under the LNP governments: Mostly acquired under the LNP governments.. Well done.. Very competent. Is that your idea of security for your grandkids? I would take those I named over any of the motley crew bozos the LNP offer up - well except for Simon Birmingham... And I am sure there are others in the back benches, but the LNP party machine would not have them up as leaders. And yes, the ALP ones I named are far more competent - unless corruption and total waste is a measure of competency. Remember the vaccine was not a race.. and it took who to secure vaccines to help Australia out of a lockdown https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-11/kevin-rudd-australia-covid-pfizer-vaccine-supply-senior-execs/100284902 How much more competence and shit for brains incompetent arseholes do you want evidence of... You know the ones that got things done. I agree Albo was a party fixer who got lucky.. Just like SFM.. But maybe you should take your bias glasses off. When I said competent - it was a relative term compared to other pollies..

Per capita - yeah.. but concentrated at one end of the field and a lot outside of the cricket ground.. Check the Corruption thread.

Well, well, well.. Not to be outdone, the NT has got ito the act. This fella dumbs it down a bit, but if this is even 1/2 true, forget Trump.. At least he is honest about his corruption. Scum floats to the top, I guess.. but we all pay for it. When I did a couple of weeks in Abu Dhabi, at least their govenment made ure fuel was free to the locals. I guess I know what they mean by fossil fuel subsidies.

I agree with the post, but I can't help thinking the small target strategy, despite them denying it, is Albo's and he is holding others back from being more inspiring.. and part of it could be the threat he perceives them to be. Chalmers, Marles, Burke, Bowen (to a lesser extent), and Pilbersek strike me as being able to competently go about their work and can, given the right lattitude, make their mark, which would strenghten Albo... but they seem to be on a long and tight leash..

Nope.. they have prob left it too late to switch leaders to give themselves a chance.. Best to hope for is a minority government