Grumpy Old Nasho

Yes, I researched before wanting to grab a big stick to hit it over the head. Not allowed to kill them, not that I'd do that anyway, yellow beak minor birds maybe, they came in and chased all the willy wag tails away that used to nest around my place, they were like pets, they loved hanging around my house and I watched their chicks grow into teenagers. I had to make it so the possum left voluntarily, according to the law, or trap it for re-location. I chose to make it very difficult for it to get shut eye in the ducting and leave of it's own accord. I was new to all this business, and the obstinate little critter was out-smarting me until I noting it's pattern of coming and going by listening for noises below the floor boards, then I set the trail camera to those times and viewed it's behaviour the next morning. Finally I made it so hard for entering the ducting, it gave up never to be seen again. Strangely, it never tried to scratch a second hole in one of the other lengths of ducting, there's three, going to different points under the house. I'm thankful it didn't.

At least the criminals in the US are being deported. Our High Court released alleged refugee murderers from detention centers here, to live the good life the ALP is arranging for them. We need a "Donald Trump" to fix a few things in Oz ... deport the refugee criminals to start with.

I considered tape but the damage was extensive and would require a major patching-up job to fix it. I'm leaving it to the A/C expert to access the damage and recommend the best and easiest way to repair it, then he can do it, the ducting sort of swings in the breeze. It's not a simply hole anymore, it's almost torn in half due to my fooling around trying to deter the possum from being able to reach it. It hung by it's tail trying to grab the ducting. I set up a trail camera and got some pretty hilarious movies. I felt sorry for it, without any success, all it could do was walk away and not come back.

$340 sounds very reasonable for that job. I was quoted $550 + parts for the replacement of a piece of that flexible silver air conditioner ducting under my house, but my house is high-blocked with tons of headroom, so much that steps are needed to get to the ducting joints. A possum scratched and bit holes in it to get in and call it home.

Who could possibly be proud of that? Global citizenship hasn't arrived yet.

The White House claimed victory in a showdown with Colombia https://apnews.com/article/colombia-immigration-deportation-flights-petro-trump-us-67870e41556c5d8791d22ec6767049fd Trump wins again. He's getting tired of winning.

"Trumps approval rating is higher now than in his entire first term"

"Promises made, promises kept"

US citizens do what ever work they can get. They need the money.

Fair enough Trump's czar Homan has removed hundreds of illegal immigrants in the last few days.

Quite, yes it did, but the "No profit - No tax" system, continued on merrily. When the Fed politicians took up the issue decades later and tried to get some tax out of the companies, it was only for public consumption, following demands for the companies to pay more tax. There was really nothing they could do. The only way to stop the rort would have been to send them packing, or demand a high percentage of Australian equity in those companies, we're talking about all the large mining companies and value-adding companies that had a finger in the pie of the "No profit - No tax" operations. Also trying to force them to move their headquarters to Australia. I'm not sure how it all panned out in the end, there has been so much hidden from us, it would take a real indepth study by 4Corners to reveal it all to us. Employment provided by these companies has always been the driving factor for the politicians, so it's a waste of time crying "Pay more tax", or "Pay your fair share of tax". If we keep voting (exclude me) in the two major parties, don't complain about "Cost-Toll", no tax operations. It's a issue you'll just have to live with, like a lot of other issues you don't like, but live with. Change your vote if you think "no tax" is wrong. I did my bit years ago, over a span of about 2 years, I don't know how many letters I sent, a fair few I remember. Each answer told me to mind my own business, we know what we're doing Squirt.

As did Malcolm Fraser and civilized politicians around the world. Well then, it seems that Musk has precedents set for him. That's all he's doing, following in the footsteps of past interfering figures.

"The problem is that Musk IS a fan of the far right and seeks to interfere in other countries' politics. but perhaps you are OK with that." Bob Hawk interfered in South Africa's politics. And nearly all our politicians interfered in Vietnam's politics, so much so they even committed troops over there to join in that so-called policing action, why did they do that when in the end they became very good friends with them and eventually doing lots of trade? Who was OK with those? A majority of Australia's voting public.

You still only had to go to 2.58mins in the vid to view them, and they are exactly the same as what you just posted, except there was only 3 in that Newsweek fact check .... the vid had 8. The vid is where I first saw the pics.

Yes we know Joh he was somewhat brash and determined to have his way. However I mentioned that his wife Flo was on the Senate committee's inquiry.

You only had to go to 2.58 mins to see the salutes displayed by 8 other prominent figures, which is what you asked me to post. In our old age we all have short memories, I understand that.

Go straight to 2.58mins

With the movement of the plates, unearthed cold nuggets would be glittering in the sunlight, just a matter of poking them out and off to the dealer.

No 4 is an issue I wrote to politicians about, hand written letters sent by snail mail in those days (70's), talking about "Thin Capitalism" and "Transfer Pricing" in regards to global foreign multinationals mining and value adding our minerals predominately for export - no profit made in Australia, therefore no tax here from any profit. The profits made overseas remained overseas in headquarters accounts and they were cancelled out by large borrowings which kept the Australian plants producing more to sell overseas. The politicians answers were, you guessed it, "They provide employment that outweighs any anomalies in their business models", a Senate inquiry determined, Flo Bejelke Peterson was on it. They are called "Cost-Toll" operations, and the ATO turns which ever direction the political wind is blowing.

All I said was "don't take anything for granted". That can fit into a multitude of contexts.

That was a "my heart goes out to you" gesture, mixed with a snipe at political correctness. A vid I viewed yesterday had about 8 prominent politicians etc performing the same salute, they included Joe Biden.

Oops, I should have clicked on "Agree" OME Nev, don't take anything for granted.

He's a genius who knows how to work the system, gotta give him that ... however I would discourage him from attempting to colonize Mars, that's a bit ambitious. He needs to sort out his driverless Teslas first, here on Earth.

Nev changed the subject from politics to which country I'd rather reside in. Myself and others I know have been asked that question often, so often I now consider it as a generic cliche. Australia is bigger than any political party, and anything a government gives to it's citizens, it can also take away from it's citizens. Always think in terms of "temporary". Where would you yourself go if there was a complete collapse of the economy and the relative stable society disintegrated? I'd stay right here because I have bush and survival skills, I'd still be happy. When I was a kid, many times mum could only rustle up a boiled egg or a banana for an evening meal, I never forgot that and none of us complained. It's not political parties, their ideologies, their socialism or capitalism that keeps me in Australia, it's the island we live on that keeps me here, and taking an interest in it, which includes an interest in the history of the Aboriginal population, multiculturalism aside.

Perhaps you don't fully understand why it exists.