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It was during nesting season, so I expect that more than simply defending territory, they were defending a nest.

Looks like I only got part of the cost story. The total cost makes the end product even worse than first thought.

I have just developed my own algorithm for YouTube videos. From now on, my algorithm will prevent me from continuing to watch a video if, within the first 5 seconds, it does not show a real person introducing the topic of the video. After that, if the same person is the voice heard behnd any images etc illustrating points in teh video, the algorithm will allow me to continue watching the video.

I think that some zealous environmentalists think that the only hope to save the planet is for the mass extinction of one mammalian species - Homo sapiens-sapiens

I strongly doubt that Albo and the Labor Party consider any appearance of being matey with Trump is anything more than wise diplomacy. Perhaps the Labor Party's way of dealing with Trump is to piss in his pocket and tell him its a warm feeling of friendship.

I saw the price quoted as being $4M.

And there are people who are wine nerds. You and your wife represent a very small percentage of people who drink coffee. I'm happy to hear that delving into the subtleties of this food gives you an interest and pleasure. What I was referring to was the rest of the population one sees sipping some generic liquid from a paper container. One could say that a good thing that has come from the switch from tea to coffee is the coffee culture that has developed. Don't you think it is nice that people now socialise over a non-intoxicating drink? I'm popping off now to make my evening cup of filtered coffee. Currently I'm drinking decaf for the simple reason that I picked up the wrong packet of ground coffee. But filter coffee is my preference. I find espresso styles of coffee not to my taste any longer. Years ago I could drink Turkish coffee so thick yoou could stand your spoon upright in it.

Recently I was driving along and spotted a goanna starting to move across the road from my right to left. At teh same time, two magpies were attacking it. Had it been trying to raid their nest?? Anyway, my first reaction was to stop so that I would not run over the goanna (country road, no following traffic). The goanna finsished crossing the road, and after one or two desultry swoops, the magpies flew back to their tree on teh other side of the road. Did I: 1. Do the goanna out of a feed? 2. Fail to prevent an attack on the nest at some time in teh future? 3. Condemn some other animal to death be a goanna who had missed out on a magpie egg omelette? 4. Ensure the continuation of that goanna's genetic diversity should it have found a mate?

I've mentioned before a defence system, designed and manufactured in Australia, for naval vessels that is acknowedged as the best in the world. Here's another Australian designed and manufactured anti-drone defence system that is already deployed somewhere in Europe.

US presidential candidate selection has become a celebrity contest. The celebrity person is the poster boy of the Party, but not the leader. The leadership is in the hands of faceless men. The billionaires who pour money into the campaigns of candidates are not the ones creating policy. Those donations are for boosting the celebrity of the poster boy. The billionaires don't have a say in policy development. If they do make any suggestions, the backroom boys would ignore them.

It is interesting that Austrlians have moved away from tea drinking to coffee drinking over the past 50 years. I wonder if we can atrtribute it to Italian migrants who introduced the espresso type of coffee? I wonder if Australia's coffee culture is similar to that in any other country. I can't see it being the same as that of the USA, where it seems that filter coffee is the norm.

Would you provide a link or two so we outsiders can see what is happening there, please?

I'm all for the reintroduction of the cubit.

The Mid-term elections are due next year. If the population votes for Democrats and wipe out the Republicans, then the Dems control both Houses, then I'm sure impeachment will occur. However, the chances of a Republican voting for a Democrat are less than a Southern Baptist becoming a Catholic.

Do you think The Administrator could do something to find out where GON's internet address comes from? I reckon it must be somewhere between Neche, North Dakota and Brownsville, Texas.

It says "former president". This indicates that the event happened during the run-up to the 2024 election. The story has been regurgitated. If you are watching YouTube videos you have to check how long ago they were posted.

What about: 1. The SYPAQ's "cardboard drones" are a notable Australian innovation, reported to cost between $1,000 and $5,000 apiece, is made from waxed cardboard and uses off-the-shelf hardware. Very useful in the Ukraine. 2. Ship anti-missile defence system. Declared to be the best in the world. The Yanks creamed their jeans over it. We sell them the hardware, but retain absolute control of the operating software. 3. The Jindavik target drone (now out of date).

POINT 1. I suppose I should have made myself clearer in my comparison of Khan and Hitler. I should have indicated that I meant by Hitler conquered Germany by using psychology as referring to the period from 1925 to 1933. That's when he exposed his Make Germany Great Again ideas to the German people. After those ideas got his Party seats in government (not majority), then he wrangled control of the country and established his dictatorship. From then on he used the power that gave him to let loose his goons. POINT 2. Of course when we talk about thinking of the worst events of history, it is because those events serve as danger signals. What we learn from danger signals adds to our chances to survive. The memory of good events is fleeting, unless the good memeory helps survival, or is pleasuable.

Very few farmers burn stubble now. It is left to stand and rot between seasons to protect the soil and provide a conduit for water to enter the soil by seeping alongside the roots. Come the next sowing season, GPS controlled seeders plant seed between the rows where the previous year's crop grew. It's got to the stage now where the role of the operators of seeding units and even harvesters is just to monitor the operation of the unit and turn it around at the end of a run.

Another of GON's cliche-driven comments. Genghis Khan conquered by the use of force. Hitler conquered Germany by using psychology, and having altered the minds of the German people, controlled them by the use of force.

I was just using tree plantations as an example of renting land for long periods. You are quite correct in saying that monoculture is not good for the land. Imagine the degradation on a 2000 hectare wheat field, and the procedures required to make good the degradation.

Trump's actions against his opponents mirror what Hitler and other dictators have done as means of oppression and control of the people. What I want to draw attention to is that history has given us many examples of economic powers failing becasue of poor financial management. Actually, the same stages apply to so many businesses as well. Grow too fast; rest on ones laurels, and decline.

Trump's tariff on Canadian timber imports have had devastating consequences in the USA. The housing construction industry has gone into a slump because the price of construction timber has risen rapidly. At the same time, Canada has entered into supply deals with Asia, Europe and Australia so that Canada's export income from timber is rising rapidly. What is interesting is that the plan to divert timber exports away from the USA wasn't a knee-jerk reaction. It was the implementation of a plan drawn up years ago and held in abayence until needed. Canadian Prime Minister Carney really sticks it to Trump when he says that Trump said tariffs would make America great again, but in reality they have made Canada global.

What is forgotten is that when renewable energy generators are installed on a farm, the farmer is paid rent by the generating company. Therfore one can say that by entering into the agreement with the company, the farmer is diversify farm income. What right have others to dictate landuse on a farm? Do neighbours have the right to dictate what crops are grown on a farm? Let's say that a turbine has a useful life of 25 years, the farm can bank on a constant income input for that long. Isn't that what was promised in the 70s when farmers were offered rent for the establishment of pine tree plantations?

My objection to wind generation is based on aesthetics. Simply put, I think that these objects destroy the vista. Solar panels are less visually intrusive. HOWEVER, I can see pros and cons for both in an agricultural landscape. Wind generator poles are similar to tree trunks. If one wanted to cultivate plant crops where the generators were located, then one could easily drive around the pole as one does with trees. That can't be done with a field of solar panels. But one can graze sheep and goats where there are panels, and the panels can benefit the stock by providing shade. The panels also seem to alter the micrclimate beneath them, creating better conditions for the growth of fodder plants.