[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 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 ...
Jump to postToo late for me anyway, my vote is already done even before this. News Limited in the last week will decide who wins the election when it finally decides to run election reporting instead of Guy Sebastian or hollywood legal trials. I think its quite pointed that the News tabloids don't have the deb...
Jump to postWatched a 7News story on YouTube about adding a third runway at MEL. It stated residents have 7 days to respond. I'm wondering if that meant 7 more days to respond or you only get 7 days to comment on such a project? Possibly a comprehension failure on my part? You get longer than 7 days to comment...
Jump to postWhat colonial ties do the United States and Australia have? They’ve been joined at the hip since WW2. “Colonial” can be defined quite broadly. AA is the bit player in the market. DL previously had a direct relationship with the number 2 Australian airline. Also remember that SYD is around 7 million...
Jump to postSYD-LAX is the Pacific version of JFK-LHR. It has historical colonial ties and many multinationals are movuing APAC/Oceania HQ to SYD/SIN/ICN/HND from HKG/Mainland China due to the lockdown in China & HKG. Also SYD/SIN speak English for the most part making recruiting easier. What colonial ties...
Jump to postFor those arguing Pro Choice. Is that legalised abortion up to birth?. There are circumstances where late term abortion to save the life of the woman. By that stage there are other options for a healthy child. From the data available data, late term abortion is extremely rare, but medically necessa...
Jump to postKadish wrote:Kent350787 wrote:fjhc wrote:As someone who's lived in Manchester for the past 8.5 years.... I'm not surprised one bit that it was a flight from MAN. I'm just mildly surprised it was on the KLM flight not easyJet!DDR wrote:
What does that mean?
I was referring to post #5. I suspect Glasgow may be the other UK city suffering a similar stereotype.
Stereotype?? U must be kidding. It happens everyday from UK to places like Amsterdam, Ibiza, Málaga, Prague...
For those arguing Pro Choice. Is that legalised abortion up to birth?. There are circumstances where late term abortion to save the life of the woman. By that stage there are other options for a healthy child. From the data available data, late term abortion is extremely rare, but medically necessa...
Jump to postLack of "universal" care doesn't not equal no care. Any women in the US who wants pre and post natal care can get it. Even the poor can get it via Medicaid. I am not saying our system is perfect, we could definitely improve a lot of things, but lets not pretend that the care doesn't exist...
Jump to postfjhc wrote:As someone who's lived in Manchester for the past 8.5 years.... I'm not surprised one bit that it was a flight from MAN. I'm just mildly surprised it was on the KLM flight not easyJet!
DDR wrote:Kent350787 wrote:777Mech wrote:
Trashy Americ... oh wait...
There are other similar stereotypes involved here....
What does that mean?
Six Britons have been arrested at Schiphol Airport for a fight on board an aircraft. It happened on a KLM flight this morning from Manchester to Amsterdam. https://nos.nl/artikel/2427654-arrestaties-na-knokpartij-aan-boord-klm-vlucht-naar-amsterdam https://mobile.twitter.com/MayaWilkinsonx/status/1...
Jump to postInteresting seeing Airbus leased one of the AIrBaltic A220s to fly to Sydney for the QF fleet announcement earlier in the week. Maybe there were parts guarantees involved with that?
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