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I'd say that the repression of women in Western Christian countries has only been addresses since the late 1960s, and near fifty years hasn't been enough to overcome millenia of repression.

Trump's latest Executive Order: renaming the Department of Defence. Now it's the Department of War. The reason? "Defence" is woke.

It's a conversation opener. It's an opinion and somewhat of a lamentation. Perhaps one could say that the bombastic promotion of US-style democaracy has, in reality, been "fake news".

Out of suits???

Most countries which claim to be democracies seem to have a separation between their method of giving their citizens a voice and the personage who fulfils the role of Head of State. In those countries, the Head of State has a very limited role in the enactment of laws. Also, those countries have a robust means of voicing varience of view to that of the governing group. Just look at Australia as a familiar example. We have a Head of State with limited powers. We have political parties in our parliaments who are able to challenge when necessary porposals of the governing Party. Most importantly, both the governing Party and the opposition Parties have identifyable leaders who announce their Party's views. That doesn't appear to be happening at present in the United States. The current head of State (President) appears to be calling the shots, and the parliamentary leaders from the President's Party are simply going through the motions to enact the pronoucements of the Head of State. There does not appear to be any vigorous opposition to these action within the two houses of government. Nor does there appear to be any leader forceful enough to stand up to either the heads of the houses of government, nor the Head of State as is as the moment. We are witnessing the destruction of an economic and military power which has held sway over the World for eighty years. The Make America Great Again concept is provoing itself to be an abject failure, with global economic and politcal implications. What is tragic is that there is nothing to suggest the creation of a concept to Restore America amongst those who sit in Opposition to the current Party in power. No one is standing up to take the roles of Leader to reconstruct the United States. Many in the United States and other countries are hoping that the World can hold on for the next three-and-a-bit years of MAGA-madness. However unless a strong leader arises soon to counter the present incumbent, and his cohort, democracy will collapse in the United States.

Those abilities are what "management" is all about. "Admin and yappin'" does nothing for the productivity of those one is supposed to be managing. The Manager, alone, can't achieve the goals of a plan. That's why a Manager has people to manage. The skill of management hasn't eluded you. Knowing what teh skills of management are seems to have eluded your managing director.

We eagerly await the announcement on CNN that Trump has died.

Just don't lay down in the middle of the road and lick your b@lls.

Hers another bit of praise for the BushMaster.

Look at the picture in Jerry's post. See how Katter is holding his hand? He has no idea of how to form a fighting fist. Could'nt fight his way out of a wet paper bag.

What is it with Queenslanders that they are so Right Wing in their politics? I was considering using "racist" in that sentence, but it doesn't convey the sense of exteremism I wanted. What makes their attitude so different to the rest of us? Is it the tropical heat and humidity?

Yeah, and if he dies by police bullet, guess who the Media will crucify.

For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. (1 Timothy 6:10)

But Jerry, the correct term is "neck of the woods". The phrase was creted by our Ameican cousins. The phrase originated in America in the late 18th or early 19th century, possibly from a native word for "corner" or from the literal "neck" (a narrow strip) of a forest settlement.

Havwe yoiu read 1984? It's sooo 2024.

Hopw can that be news? Isn't it standard operating procedure, according to Trump?

I find that travelling at 100 kph is convenient because it means 10 kms per 6 minutes, so you can easily work out when you will get to the next town indiated on a distance signpost. I also find that, for my car, 100 kph can be maintained at constant revs, producing the "best" fuel consumption. My car, a 6-cylinder 2.7 litre engine, does 100 kph @ 2500 rpm. I suspect, because I have never bothered to find out, that at 110 kph it wouold be doing 2750 rpm. That's a 10% increas in revs, so I imagine that the engine would be using 10% more fuel. What is the difference in time? It's only 6 minutes quicker to go at 110 kph over 100kms. Hardly noticeable, and that 6 minutes can be lost if one comes upon a mobile aluminium roadblock travelling at 90 kph.

They say that actions speak louder than words. When you see people in these numbers in action, surely or politicians must take heed. It was a terribly wet and windy day when this action took place. That the people still came in their thousands despite the miserable conditions, it says more to me that all the ballots cast in any referendum. And don't forget that the numbers could have been increased if like-minded people living in regional and Rural areas could have made it there. Not well managed? There were no reports of crowd related injuries, which I think, was the main concern of the Police when they sought to prevent the event happening. There were no arrests of agitators. I was speaking to a mate who did actually attend the event. He told me that walking close to him were many young people of the Hebrew persuasion who were supporting the theme of the action.

The only problem with trolley buses is the visual impact of the wires, as well as the infrastructure maintenance the wires need.

I marveled at the amount of stuff that they had warehoused. The war wasn't won so much on the battle field as in the factories. We never think about the thousands of non-combantants whose efforts supported the front line forces.

Here's another interesting one. Notice how many women are involved in heavy work.

An interesting little bit of enfotainment produced in WWII about the way aircraft were delivered from factory or maintenance depot to active units. The dialogue is pukka British, but the visulas are worth watching.

Father Chris Riley passed away on 31 July 2025. Riley was the founder and CEO of Youth Off The Streets and worked with disadvantaged youth for more than 35 years in a variety of roles including teacher, youth worker, probation officer, residential carer and principal. He officially founded Youth Off The Streets in 1991, with a food van delivering meals to homeless youth in the Kings Cross area in Sydney.

I woke up to clear skies and sunshine. A southerly breeze of about 15 kts came up. Perfect for drying the washing. It got to about 20C inside just fom the sunshine. A real rejuvenator after a couple of very cold days and a little bit of rain.