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Grier
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I hear the moarnfull Cries of those who say Zelensky started the War. Lots of past tensions too and connected things,.. .for sure, but lots of grey areas too.
Total Rot I say for calling Ukraine the aggressor, like Putin's lying blather about
Special Military operations ... recognising Ukraine as a Sovereign state. 2004 I think?
Ukraine gave up/decommissioned all its Nuclear Weapons arsenal for recognition of its Sovereignty.
The usual bs and lies spin that two of my pool crew like..,
I try to keep the subject off the table...
Sorry, no more metaphors, my lips are sealed.
Grier
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Good grief,
Trump is now having a fight with Harvard University for ignoring him and not adopting his ideologies and biases. Blah, blah, ...
What's next, imprisonment of people wearing glasses?
The good news is that as almost nil Chinese exports will go to the US, their prices will most likely lower elsewhere. Like EV's, ...
Trump is now having a fight with Harvard University for ignoring him and not adopting his ideologies and biases. Blah, blah, ...
What's next, imprisonment of people wearing glasses?
The good news is that as almost nil Chinese exports will go to the US, their prices will most likely lower elsewhere. Like EV's, ...
The Commies will flood the market with EVs. Do we want that? There is one Japanese car maker, Toyota that is now going big on hydrogen fuel cell engines, some three years after our CSIRO test drove one here.
Grier
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It's almost impossible to not buy Chinese products Craig. I avoid them as best I can, likewise US products too now with Trump and his gang.
I'll stick with my Toyota or a S Korean car. Hyundai is a good brand nowadays. Kia too.
Chatting at an auto shop recently the Manageress said the batteries in an EV clag out with diminished power after ~ 7 years. She also talked about the carbon footprint of EV's battery's production and disposal ... I listened but her business slants her perspectives I bet.
My 16 yo Corolla runs really well; I put 98 unleaded into it for its engine cleaning effect adding to its longevity. I get about 7L/100km.
I don't drive much and It's only done 73k kilometres, in 16 years!
My motorbike has a really incredible fuel efficiency at ~2L/100 km. My 15 L tank gives me a range of 750km. Amazing! 350cc with good torque for city traffic.
I'll stick with my Toyota or a S Korean car. Hyundai is a good brand nowadays. Kia too.
Chatting at an auto shop recently the Manageress said the batteries in an EV clag out with diminished power after ~ 7 years. She also talked about the carbon footprint of EV's battery's production and disposal ... I listened but her business slants her perspectives I bet.
My 16 yo Corolla runs really well; I put 98 unleaded into it for its engine cleaning effect adding to its longevity. I get about 7L/100km.
I don't drive much and It's only done 73k kilometres, in 16 years!
My motorbike has a really incredible fuel efficiency at ~2L/100 km. My 15 L tank gives me a range of 750km. Amazing! 350cc with good torque for city traffic.
Grier
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On the Trumpling carnage in Trumpland I see globally renowned US Harvard University is now in Trump's sights recinding a $2.2 billion grant, for being Woke (?). Whatever, Trump loves bullying on the slightess slight. He also says he loves uneducated people to a chorus of applause from his most faithful.
What next, persecuting people who wear glasses?
"They dont know nothing!"
Pol Pot was an anti intellectual too.
What next, persecuting people who wear glasses?
"They dont know nothing!"
Pol Pot was an anti intellectual too.
Grier
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That was a very interesting U Tube clip, thanks Craig.
I love the eco friendliness of those Hydrogen fuel cars, but would like to see how they take off. Agreed they can be refuelled quickly like our petrol, but that needs a big infrastructure upgrade I reckon? There's none of that in Perth apart from several buses I recall.
I may never need another car anyway but would like to see those hydrogen fueled cars take off, it being a very green solution.
water fumes only.Also, how safe is a tank of Hydrogen? It must be at least excellent surely?
Regardless, self interest comes to the fore as I approach my dottage, and experience tells me not to jump in too soon with new models. On the clip they said how Toyota had to further strengthen the pistons ... OK, let's see how that goes ... I once bought a Ford Facon EA model, the first in a new series of big family cars.... Nice but a nightmare of the model's teething issues. A real Lemon.
So, I'll keep my rock solid 1.8 L manual 6 speed 2008 Corolla as long as I can.
Best Car I've ever
owned in fact. It'll outlast me I bet.
Grier
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Lots of protests are happening now in the US decrying Trump's over reach in so many things. Mass sacking's, Gender backsteps, ... One US Politician said something about removing him from office. 
Impeachment? I'm not sure if it's possible but just to hear the suggestion shows how Trumpland is going off the boil. Good! It's a red boil on the planet that needs bursting.Yuk!
Commentators now use terms like Autocracy, Police State,
and much worse.
Well, he was elected with great numbers, reflecting the will of the US majority... then.
Will we see strategic US military exercises about Greenland, and/or Canada, Panama, Taiwan, South China seas, Guam, Japan, South Korea, Philippines, Australia ... .?
Actually work is ongoing supporting US naval assets along with maintenance and fine manufacturing
in my Great State of WA. MWAGA! 
That's fine by me, and hopefully concerns the Chinese spy ships circumnavigating our Australian island Continent recently sussing out our under sea cables with submersible SPY drones ... Still, we can track them which we need to do better at. Good practice for us too ... and hassle them like they do to our planes on international waters.
We should get our own deep dive submersible drones too, equipped as required. And train killer Sharks, ...
Most deep underwater drones, I assume, would be controlled by wires given the water environment. I'm not sure. Quantum radios??
What if the Chinese Spy ships accidentally found the remains of the mysteriously lost Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 plane suspected to be off my states SW coast.
A tragic story and mystery.
And a brief moral quandary for the Chinup Chienese Wannabees no doubt. "We don't not know nutthing!, No No we weren't there with our superior sensing spy ships, honest to noodle... "
and,
Will Russia really seek airport facilities in Indonesia?
?
Impeachment? I'm not sure if it's possible but just to hear the suggestion shows how Trumpland is going off the boil. Good! It's a red boil on the planet that needs bursting.Yuk!
Commentators now use terms like Autocracy, Police State,
and much worse.Well, he was elected with great numbers, reflecting the will of the US majority... then.
Will we see strategic US military exercises about Greenland, and/or Canada, Panama, Taiwan, South China seas, Guam, Japan, South Korea, Philippines, Australia ... .?
Actually work is ongoing supporting US naval assets along with maintenance and fine manufacturing
in my Great State of WA. MWAGA! That's fine by me, and hopefully concerns the Chinese spy ships circumnavigating our Australian island Continent recently sussing out our under sea cables with submersible SPY drones ... Still, we can track them which we need to do better at. Good practice for us too ... and hassle them like they do to our planes on international waters.
We should get our own deep dive submersible drones too, equipped as required. And train killer Sharks, ...
Most deep underwater drones, I assume, would be controlled by wires given the water environment. I'm not sure. Quantum radios??
What if the Chinese Spy ships accidentally found the remains of the mysteriously lost Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 plane suspected to be off my states SW coast.
A tragic story and mystery. And a brief moral quandary for the Chinup Chienese Wannabees no doubt. "We don't not know nutthing!, No No we weren't there with our superior sensing spy ships, honest to noodle... "
and,
Will Russia really seek airport facilities in Indonesia?
?
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Plenty to ponder Terry. And since Trump was re elected your verbosity on the matter has never been better, That is not a critique either.Lots of protests are happening now in the US decrying Trump's over reach in so many things. Mass sacking's, Gender backsteps, ... One US Politician said something about removing him from office.
Impeachment? I'm not sure if it's possible but just to hear the suggestion shows how Trumpland is going off the boil. Good! It's a red boil on the planet that needs bursting.Yuk!
Commentators now use terms like Autocracy, Police State,
Well, he was elected with great numbers, reflecting the will of the US majority... then.
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Will we see strategic US military exercises about Greenland, and/or Canada, Panama, Taiwan, South China seas, Guam, Japan, South Korea, Philippines, Australia ... .?
Actually work is ongoing supporting US naval assets along with maintenance and fine manufacturing
That's fine by me, and hopefully concerns the Chinese spy ships circumnavigating our Australian island Continent recently sussing out our under sea cables with submersible SPY drones ... Still, we can track them which we need to do better at. Good practice for us too ... and hassle them like they do to our planes on international waters.
We should get our own deep dive submersible drones too, equipped as required. And train killer Sharks, ...
Most deep underwater drones, I assume, would be controlled by wires given the water environment. I'm not sure. Quantum radios??
What if the Chinese Spy ships accidentally found the remains of the mysteriously lost Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 plane suspected to be off my states SW coast.
And a brief moral quandary for the Chinup Chienese Wannabees no doubt. "We don't not know nutthing!, No No we weren't there with our superior sensing spy ships, honest to noodle... "
and,
Will Russia really seek airport facilities in Indonesia?
These 'kill' me
Grier
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It looks like spliced together shorts with AI editing?
I thought there were new laws about "Deep fake" clips?
Very funny nevertheless. Cheers.
Grier
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I reckon being retired gives me time to take in existential global issues. Why not, at such a watershed time in global affairs. My ABC radio and TV news chatters away to me all day long.
I early voted today for our Federal election on May 3rd.
It seems my Western Australia is still pro Labor thanks to Clive Palmer and Mark McGowan's battle to shut our Covid borders.
Palmer wastes his political funds in my state, we remember what he did. Karma.
Listening to the big debate now on ch9 between Tony and Peter, they're nicely showing Bipartisanship on some vital issues, or close to. The moderator is doing a great job too.
I have a big political sign on my front lawn, at the entrance to my long Cul-de-sac. My advertised candidate is a tall tough blonde lady who rides big mototorbikes.
I just got pushed out of Cowan to now the federal electorate of Hasluck. Fair enough as it was to create the new Federal electorate of "Bullwinkle". OK, but what a name, so yarning to a fellow at the voting booths today he recalled for me the courageous actions of nurse and later matron Bullwinkle during WWII. Sole survivor of Japanese soldiers pushing captured nurses into the sea and machine gunning all but one, her. Nice to know.
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I knew about this. Surprised you did not mate. These were nurses, medical angels. What an atrocity. Not one nurse should ever forget this. Many will never forgive the Japanese either.
Vivian Bullwinkle and her nurses.
Remembering the Bangka Island massacre
Grier
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I had once watched a doco about that abhorrent massacre of our nurses by the then Japs, but I had forgotten Nurse Bullwinkle's name.
Well deserving indeedi to have an electorate in her name.
Interestingly Electorate Bullwinkle has a mix of Liberal, National and Labor voters, and could be pivotal in our upcoming Federal elections I hear.
Grier
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Laughable that Trump has done a double backward somersault on his Tariff "Deals". The self acclaimed genius has little knowledge of global economics creating negative consequences to global markets, most affected will be Trump's USA, Trumpleland. Sweet irony indeed but Trump is now back peddling furiously seeing the carnage he's doing. Idiot!
A lot of that damage clings on, Trump's stain, a bitter legacy.
A lot of that damage clings on, Trump's stain, a bitter legacy.
The guy is so humorous to the point of ridiculous, it hurts. And to think he is virtually leading the Free World. In less than 4 months he has lost strong allies, the American people and even a proportion of those that voted for him are turning their backs on his haphazared administration. All too late you silly people.
The Israeli government deleted a social media post giving condolences over the death of Pope Francis just hours after posting it.
Local media also reported that Israeli diplomatic missions worldwide were also instructed to delete similar posts and not to sign Vatican embassy condolence books.
I expect nothing less from this tyrannical administration.
Local media also reported that Israeli diplomatic missions worldwide were also instructed to delete similar posts and not to sign Vatican embassy condolence books.
I expect nothing less from this tyrannical administration.
Grier
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I heard Pope Francis criticised Israel for the slaughter they're inflicting upon the Palestinian people of Gaza. That's why the Jews are being so petty about the passing of the great humanitarian Pope Francis.