The election was stolen! https://mobile.twitter.com/AltMediaWatch/status/1530028189577523202/photo/1 https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/election-2022-results-live-updates-darren-chester-confirms-run-for-nationals-leadership-peter-dutton-expected-to-run-unopposed-for-liberal-leadership-foreign-m...
Jump to postdefault airliners got much better from the junk they gave us in FSX and earlier, but theyre still pretty bad. FMCs are very bare bone, not everything on the panels works, but the worst are how they fly. They fly like absolute trash, even worse than defaults in FSX and before. either way, once you s...
Jump to postThe watermarks have to be placed on the images in places like that because sadly some people cannot do the right thing. If you put it elsewhere,someone will just crop it out. The solution would be to have a watermark pattern across the entire image like some of the stock photo sites do. I have no pr...
Jump to postI’m angry that so many people died. But then reading this (use private window): https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/texas-gunman-was-bullied-over-a-stutter-grew-increasingly-violent-friends-say-20220525-p5aoil.html Damn. :( If that was what really led to all of this and eventually sent him ov...
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 posthttps://www.businessinsider.com/kissinger-ukraine-give-up-land-russia-not-humiliate-putin-2022-5 So now Kissinger is calling for Ukraine to consider territorial concessions to bring this war to a quick end. And he warns that humiliating Russia too much could have far reaching unintended consequence...
Jump to postbut 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 postReally no surprises there as the ABC is very left leaning. It was stacked with right wingers and was literally turning itself inside out at times to make sure it didn't offend its political masters. But yes, it's very left wing when the standard is Sky News After Dark. There is no doubt that the cl...
Jump to postA101 wrote:the ALP were informed of the interception before release of the information
Those two boat "arrivals" timed to perfection for announcement on election day and then spammed out to mobile phones by unsolicited text message by the LNP, that is being investigated: https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/labor-to-investigate-asylum-seeker-boat-arrival-as-frontbench-tak...
Jump to postNews will be out for blood. They will run MAGA style attacks for sure. The teal independents will be cast as traitors. Expect hysterical attacks. Sky News has already been hysterical with the Teals pre election, they’ve already been cast as traitors: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=df2Eef9gwr0 Some o...
Jump to postNews will be out for blood. They will run MAGA style attacks for sure. The teal independents will be cast as traitors. Expect hysterical attacks.
Jump to postBut one thing I did notice was the flags behind The Australian Flag the Aboriginal flag and one i have not noticed before green and blue with a white diagram of some sort with a star in it. Anyone know what it is? Edit: that's the Torres Strait Islander Flag. https://aiatsis.gov.au/explore/torres-s...
Jump to postI have a hopefully noncontroversial question: Why did "Labour" become "Labor"? Search (Google) and you shall find: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-07/why-the-australian-labor-party-is-not-spelled-labour/100789310 There is no one definitive answer. But Labor is shorter to wri...
Jump to postNuclear submarines are off topic for this discussion anyway. Off topic discussions get locked remember. Back to the topic, Malcolm Turnbull made a good point about the catastrophe the Libs face having lost these blue ribbon safe seats. Many people there were contributors to the Liberal party financi...
Jump to postThe fact that Dutton & Morisson will no longer be in governent is for the better. Australia needs something better than their outdated mindsets. With a bit of luck and common sense that nuclear sub deal will be kicked to the kerb, that does not aid stability in the region. Is that a prediction ...
Jump to postSky “News” is unhappy with Simon Birmingham’s assessment on Katherine Deves: https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/politics/sky-news-host-calls-simon-birmingham-a-pompous-git-for-criticising-katherine-deves/news-story/0120c70f459d96f727bda33cbb158fb1 Birmingham was right though. The Libs experime...
Jump to postThe fact that Dutton & Morisson will no longer be in governent is for the better. Australia needs something better than their outdated mindsets. Dutton is most likely to be the next opposition leader, I hope not. As for Morrison I think he will retire from politics in the next few months Probab...
Jump to postMight see David Pocock in the senate (ACT): https://amp.abc.net.au/article/101087866 I hope he makes it through. I didn’t ever follow him in his previous career as a rugby union player, but he’s really taking some good stands now. The conservatives were definitely scared of him: https://www.abc.net....
Jump to postLabor has a majority now according to News Corp: https://www.news.com.au/national/federal-election/federal-election-live-bishop-reveals-why-morrison-lost/news-story/3449bfd65ebe94a9d5c8805f320cbc28 Among the races called on Sunday were the Sydney seat of Bennelong, where Labor’s Jerome Laxale is the...
Jump to postWhat we really need is a very strong 3rd party that is firmly in the centre, further to the centre of politics than LNP and Labor. Various people in the LNP were complaining about a possible end to the two party system, but this is probably the best thing we can have occur. It will keep the traditio...
Jump to postWhat does Albanese/Labour stand for? More left wing, or centrist? Murdoch and the cheerleaders will say radical extreme left wing but in reality it is centre right wing. I think China will be under a lot of pressure with the new government too. This was a stinging critique by Peter Hartcher: https:...
Jump to postIm just hoping that the ALP can form government in their own right and not be beholden to the greens What this election has shown, with a large swing to the ALP, Greens and Teals is that the Australian people want: Action on climate change Action on corruption in politics Stopping the American styl...
Jump to postThe LNP smacked themselves with their born to rule mentality. And a stupid idea of Katherine Deves. That didn’t have the effect it was supposed to, and they just lost a blue ribbon LNP seat. Other comments that LNP had a right to those seats… What happens now to the biggest LNP cheerleaders in the m...
Jump to posthttps://www.news.com.au/national/federal-election/federal-election-barnaby-joyce-slams-teal-independents-calls-them-selfish/news-story/9ab7139297e4851b50e5624dfe883349 Barnaby Joyce slams independent teal candidates for being selfish. I don’t think so, it’s just that LNP has abandoned its traditiona...
Jump to postThose too conveniently timed boats might have been a setup job: https://www.news.com.au/national/federal-election/claims-arrival-of-sri-lankan-vessel-orchestrated-as-an-election-stunt/news-story/f4db35414d9c40fde987c187b6b59ebb The LNP propaganda machine was charged up to get those text messages out...
Jump to postSorry to go off-topic from the main discussion of Indian HSR , but to turn back to California (which is in the title of the topic), has anything actually started yet in terms of getting the land needed to start the project, detailed planning of the route and anything else needed in terms of cutting...
Jump to postHow many are full time workers, or contractors on three month contracts (short term) that get renewed for years and years and years? I supplied the ABS link, I imagine there would be a link to the statistics to see for yourself It doesn’t. The point is, there are lots of people who are “employed” b...
Jump to postLiberal Party supporter working on Reid campaign helped organise crowds for Chinese Premier: You are worried about someone who is supporting a liberal candidate not an actual candidate if elected would be a Member of Parliament? Not sure I trust the LNP on national security when its minions are doi...
Jump to postHow many are full time workers, or contractors on three month contracts (short term) that get renewed for years and years and years?
Jump to postLiberal Party supporter working on Reid campaign helped organise crowds for Chinese Premier: https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/liberal-party-supporter-working-on-reid-campaign-helped-organise-crowds-for-chinese-premier-20220518-p5amaa.html Not sure I trust the LNP on national security when its...
Jump to postSorry to go off-topic from the main discussion of Indian HSR , but to turn back to California (which is in the title of the topic), has anything actually started yet in terms of getting the land needed to start the project, detailed planning of the route and anything else needed in terms of cuttings...
Jump to postLooks like a plan to revive the "legendary" Moskvich https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/putin-s-ludicrous-car-plan-shows-his-economy-is-on-the-road-to-nowhere-20220518-p5am8h.html People will love giving up their Competition spec BMW M5s, GLE63 AMGs and others in favour of the Moskv...
Jump to postI wonder if these planes could be replaced by something a lot newer, like a 767?
Pretty crazy hanging on to such extremely old planes like this. Yes they can be kept running but at what costs, problems?
Wage growth was weaker than expected, only 0.7% for the quarter and 2.4% annually. This morning Morrison fell back into the trap he tripped over last week, trying to explain in quite detailed terms why wage growth shouldn’t match headline inflation. While his points on this issue are somewhat ratio...
Jump to postFor this to be broadcast there must be a shift in thinking at the top: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-61484222 I saw that. Which oligarchs and generals are going to take the fall for what all of them have been doing? I was about to post that as well, it’s interesting seeing a differing opi...
Jump to postPolls are tightening. Labor’s primary vote down by 3% resulting in 51:49 2PP. This is within the margin of error. Déjà vu vibes. We’re back in 2019. https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/race-tightens-poll-shows-coalition-lifting-support-and-labor-dropping-20220517-p5am44.html LNP is going to rea...
Jump to postAnd you are Quoting a 2007 article, and it was acknowledged on the last page that you were right Difference here is that the ALP is campaigning lowering the debt, but in actual promises they will increase the debt, just like they wanted to continue Jobkeeper support which would have increased the d...
Jump to posthttps://mobile.twitter.com/AFP/status/1526251302459777025 I wonder what concessions NATO will offer to get Turkey to play ball ? If it were up to me I'd restore their F-35 orders in exchange for donating their S-400 missles to Ukraine. That was what really ruptured relations with the U.S. But then ...
Jump to postTaking a different viewpoint.... I hope we are not making the same mistakes that led to the war of 1914-1918 - namely 2 rival groupings of countries in Europe that were just waiting for the tiniest spark for the flames to erupt You might be right, better let Russia takeover Ukraine and Finland too....
Jump to postI have to give kudo's to both mainstream parties to try and help people buy there first home, I guess I'm one of the lucky ones who have property here and in the UK. But its annoying how the ALP are complain that the Governments scheme will push up prices, yet fail to see there own scheme will also...
Jump to postIn all my 31 years I have never used seatbelts when riding in a taxi, not sure why to be honest. You would in France or Australia. Drivers go very fast. Clearly you've never had the privilege of riding in a taxi driven by an Easter European. Better, I’ve had a Australian taxi driver with a 6L V8… I...
Jump to postNATO wants to continue support for Ukraine according to this News Corp article: https://www.news.com.au/world/europe/nato-chief-jens-stoltenberg-pledges-military-support-claims-ukraine-can-win-war-against-russia/news-story/dac7af2e27eec4755acfae97c358d701 I looked on the Nato site to find a correspo...
Jump to postI agree it would be messy if you did.
Jump to postRussia was always cowboy country. Seems like nothing has changed. It’s not just Russia, it’s Ukraine, Romania, Poland, Armenia and then it gets really crazy in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan. In Ukraine all the taxi driver remove the seatbelts from their vehicles. It apparently proves they are good drivers...
Jump to postSooner or later there will be talks between Russia and Ukraine and don’t be surprised Putin is still in charge. In geopolitics you have to negotiate with everyone, even it’s the devil himself. First negotiate a deal and then get rid of him. Actually: 1. Fight them until they have to surrender (see ...
Jump to postBlyat! Seriously, people go flying up to an intersection or junction at high speed and boom, massive accident. What do they expect… Even overseas too… was driving to Nice Airport and Russian registered M5 BMW (matte grey, all blacked out windows) chops across the front of us to go across 3 lanes to ...
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