Stupid question, but why historically has there been no service between Seattle and Oceania, whereas YVR has a robust market to Aus/NZ? I have my own but I'd like to know from locals why South Pacific routes out of Sea-Tac never worked. And yes I am aware of TN's PPT-SEA plans in 2023. The pre-exis...
Jump to postOn a more positive note, all strength to the senators working across party lines to negotiate passage of gun control legislation.
Reducing the gun carnage in the US is a massive task, but even if legislative change is largely symbolic it seems a good start.
A certain news outlet on fire today https://www.theonion.com/
And from an Australian equivalent https://www.betootaadvocate.com/world-n ... ol-regime/
it's really not that difficult, for those who are mentally twisting themselves up. Trump is banning guns during his speech at the upcoming NRA conference. NRA is filing for bankruptcy due to its corrupt leaders, nepotism, fraud. They spent 70 million buying votes to get Trump elected. Cruz and Abbo...
Jump to posthttps://mobile.twitter.com/Readers4Pete/status/1177627248347582467 For those posters who don't reside in the U.S., this thread gives you an idea of what actually happens during an active shooter drill. Even kindergarden classes now conduct these drills. When I went to elementary school and later hi...
Jump to postI'd go for that. But what would that do to stop things like school shootings, acts of rage, suicides, or children gaining access to guns? While you and your friends bandy about the 20,000 murdered by guns every year, you ignore that the number of deaths from guns is more than 40,000 every year, and...
Jump to postWell, them kids died because of our God given 2nd amendment rights. But hey, freedom isn't free. God Bless 'Murica, the greatest freest country in the world. I would gladly take dozens of these sacrifices every year rather than live under the tyrannical gun laws of Canada, Australia, New Zealand an...
Jump to postSure, amendments are not permanent, but there is zero chance of the second being repealed. As I said earlier, there is essentially zero public support for doing so and for it to be possible you'd need 39 out of 50 states to agree to it. You'd be hard pressed to even get one state to ratify that cha...
Jump to postSure. I think the answer to your question is no...these children are not a sacrifice that *has* to be made, but at the same time we can't prevent all tragedies from occurring. No one would seriously argue that tens of thousands of motor vehicle deaths are sacrifices that must be made so that we can...
Jump to postQuestion for the Second Amendment fetish folks - would you say that shootings such as today’s and the past weekend in Buffalo are just part of the sacrifice we must make for freedom? I think a better question is can we legislate our way out of all tragedies? I don't believe so. There are already mo...
Jump to post[No sensible private equity firm will put money into it be cause of political climate, and with private equity the requirements are to be profitable as possible at any moment political parties can and might impact on that profitability by legislating carbon tax of some description. The lack of an e...
Jump to postThe generation market is not investing in fossil fuels. We're paying $600 million of public money for the Kurri Kurri gas generation plant. If it was a good deal, why wasn't the market ready to fund it? We're in a transition stage, but 10 years later than the rest of the developed world because of a...
Jump to postRestricting guns will mean demand outstripping supplies. Prices will go up to a point where only the most organized of criminals can afford guns - and these guys don't go around committing petty crimes. No they won't, not when you'll be able to 3D print a gun easily in just a few years. Laws keep h...
Jump to postWell, them kids died because of our God given 2nd amendment rights. But hey, freedom isn't free. God Bless 'Murica, the greatest freest country in the world. I would gladly take dozens of these sacrifices every year rather than live under the tyrannical gun laws of Canada, Australia, New Zealand an...
Jump to postBut we know that a mix of renewables, plus expanded storage can deliver that. Australia has higher PV generation rates on cloudy days than many northern hemisphere countries have on sunny days. Coalition climate denialism and strong preference towards fossil fuel industries has held back investment ...
Jump to postWell, them kids died because of our God given 2nd amendment rights. But hey, freedom isn't free. God Bless 'Murica, the greatest freest country in the world. I would gladly take dozens of these sacrifices every year rather than live under the tyrannical gun laws of Canada, Australia, New Zealand an...
Jump to postWell, them kids died because of our God given 2nd amendment rights. But hey, freedom isn't free. God Bless 'Murica, the greatest freest country in the world. I would gladly take dozens of these sacrifices every year rather than live under the tyrannical gun laws of Canada, Australia, New Zealand an...
Jump to postNow 18 kids and three adults dead.
Thoughts and prayers.
but not everyone can afford it and especially those that rent will never pay to put those sorts of things in.l I know not everyone can afford it, but they are having to find ways regardless otherwise existing energy becomes far too expensive. So you get people increasing their loans because they've...
Jump to postGun ownership rates north of the border aren't so much lower, Gun ownership rates in Canada are a lot lower than in the US. Canada: 31 firearms per 100 residents US: 89 firearms per 100 residents. And the types of guns differ greatly. In Canada they actually do go hunting (for animals). I hadn't re...
Jump to postBan the gun. It's the only solution, just like in other Western nations. The freedom from being shot is a more fundamental freedom than the freedom to own a gun. Mind you, it's primarily a US issue, that realistically the US has no will to address. Gun ownership rates north of the border aren't so ...
Jump to postThere is a big difference between even centre-left and left wing. There is no doubt that Sky after Dark is far right, and I'd argue the commercials are centre-right to right. The addition of Speers and Probyn to the ABC has clearly made its political coverage dead centre, if not slightly right. If w...
Jump to postThoughts and prayers.
More innocent slain, more endless arguments about why action can’t be taken to stop it happening again to come.
its just like wages the ALP are banging on about, minimum award rates are reviewed yearly by the the Fair Work Commission with both industry and government making submissions to the Annual Wage Review 99% would not even know that I reckon Mind you, a Government can make a submission strongly suppor...
Jump to postSydney is meh on a sunny day on a 16R approach with the green suburbs interpsersed by the sparkling blue water and the city skyline over to the east :P But less so on a stormy evening with considerable turbulence approaching 25 in a J31. Very memorable, but mostly for the looks on my fellow passeng...
Jump to postWhat’s the ALP to do next? If the ALP form a majority in the lower house, they do not need the crossbenchers, the Teals just become observers the Greens on the other hand have a few more cards to play if the coalition do not support them in the upper house, do the ALP throw money at the teal seats ...
Jump to postI have a hopefully noncontroversial question: Why did "Labour" become "Labor"? My understanding is that there was a lot of love for the USA when the Australian Labor Party was formed, and it was a conscious decision to adopt the US spelling in the last name. As for the "per...
Jump to postGood Government relies on a good opposition - and we really don't have one after Saturday. i would hope Labor is able to move back to a spirit of negotiation and is able to advance a legislative agenda. Although Labor may scrape to majority in the house, the more broadly they can adance their agenda...
Jump to postIm just hoping that the ALP can form government in their own right and not be beholden to the greens I too want a Labor majority but the e “beholden to the Greens” is just Lib bs scaremongering. If negotiation is needed, it will be interesting to see whether the independents or Greens will guarante...
Jump to postSydney is meh on a sunny day on a 16R approach with the green suburbs interpsersed by the sparkling blue water and the city skyline over to the east :P But less so on a stormy evening with considerable turbulence approaching 25 in a J31. Very memorable, but mostly for the looks on my fellow passenge...
Jump to postJust noting that Sunday saw two more mass shootings reported, at a flea market in Houston with two deaths (3 injured) and in Winston-Salem in what seems to have been a shootout between vehicles (7 injured). Maybe this should just be made a sticky/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%27No_Way_To_Prevent_...
Jump to postI don’t believe the issue is Labor, rather it’s finding the right message the resonates with people. When the bushfires have been largely forgotten by the general population, the vaccine rollout was sooo 2021, and RATs are in plentiful supply, Morrison has done just enough to detoxify his brand, as...
Jump to postIts unfortunate. RIP to all. You missed the 33 shot and 5 killed in Chicago because of mass shootings too https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-shooting-weekend-violence-crime-police/11855997/ The article did not describe any mass shootings - these were multiple gangland incidents with a single target or...
Jump to postI'm only posting about mass shootings. I didn't realise that I also had to try and carve out gang violence because that's somehow OK. In my city, the few gun deaths that there are tend to be gangland hits. Even the few domestic violence massacres have been via arson in recent years. The sickening to...
Jump to postWell the first issue is the energy source for the desalination plant. If you burn fossil fuels, you're making things worse. Well, we're not talking about climate change here; we're talking about dealing with drought conditions. At this point, the SW is simply too overpopulated and putting a strain ...
Jump to postJust noting that Sunday saw two more mass shootings reported, at a flea market in Houston with two deaths (3 injured) and in Winston-Salem in what seems to have been a shootout between vehicles (7 injured). Maybe this should just be made a sticky/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%27No_Way_To_Prevent_T...
Jump to postI'm not a fan of the first home buyer policies of either of the major parties - apart from the fact that both will push up the value of my property. Fuelling demand without increasing supply can see only one outcome. Plus the Coalition policy is another nail in the coffin of the super system they ir...
Jump to postWell the first issue is the energy source for the desalination plant. If you burn fossil fuels, you're making things worse. Ours in Sydney is powered by renewables, including from wind turbines. Ironically. It was heavily damaged by a mini-tornado a few years ago and barely back on line during the ...
Jump to postClutch101 wrote:Really no point, it’s basically a daily thing now. It would take up too much space on this site.
Given that CA just announced a massive budget surplus, one of the big items for Sacramento is investing in water desalination plants along the coast (namely in the SoCal region). If there's excess production, it can sell some to AZ and NV so that those states also benefit. If both states want a con...
Jump to postJust starting a thread on today's US mass shooting https://www.independent.co.uk/news/worl ... 79614.html
Will be interesting to see what comes out regarding motivations of the shooter.
Surely it’s time to revisit the notion of a generic “latest US mass shooting” generic thread for the forum.
Those of us outside the US can only stay aghast for so long, and few in the US seem willed to do anything about the (on average) daily mass shootings.
Morrison only gave Labor opposition 1 day to review the AUKUS deal before it went through and was announced: https://www.smh.com.au/national/biden-demanded-bipartisan-support-before-signing-aukus-labor-was-not-told-for-months-20220513-p5al9d.html Playing politics with national security. I see Joe H...
Jump to post[Just wish he would stand for something more than not being Scott Morrison. Mind you, Scott Morrison doesn't seem to want to be the Scott Morrison people know and hate either https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/may/13/even-scott-morrison-is-trying-to-distance-himself-from-scott-morrison...
Jump to post[ Quite a lot of undecide which indecently included me. its those voters who will decide the election outcome. Yes, it is looking like Labor will be exlected then expected to fix the economic trap the Coalition has left for them, yet again. The stage 3 income tax cuts are the most egregious. ALP ca...
Jump to postI still suspect LNP will win, people tell opinion polls one thing when they will do something else. LNP does seem desperate, campaign staff are not supporting the star Warringah candidate, Tony Abbott has been pulled out of retirement to rally the troops. Also complaints of the moderate teal candid...
Jump to postI still suspect LNP will win, people tell opinion polls one thing when they will do something else. LNP does seem desperate, campaign staff are not supporting the star Warringah candidate, Tony Abbott has been pulled out of retirement to rally the troops. Also complaints of the moderate teal candid...
Jump to postI loved the CRJ200, don't understand whats not to like. As far as regular passengers (non aviation enthusiast) are concerned, the only planes they hate has nothing to do with the aircraft type itself but the level of mind numbing in-flight entertainment offered. Heaven forbid they manage an hour or...
Jump to postRobin Wiliams of all people put it best on Carson one night - "the right to life people say - I'll go with you to save this life, and to help you save this life. But the moment they're born they go - I'm outta here." I just wonder what Medical insurance and health care will look like in t...
Jump to posthttps://twitter.com/badiucao/status/1523203600339587072 According to TV screenshot on the internet, it's now official policy that if someone in an apartment is infected, then others who live in other apartments in the same floor, or those who live in apartments along the same column above or below ...
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