The 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 Australia needs something better than their outdated mindsets.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 postSpaceshipDC10 wrote:The fact that Dutton & Morisson will no longer be in governent is for the better. Australia needs something better than their outdated mindsets.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJtzuZIO-88 Very relevant to our times. How a bunch of wealthy white people made themselves feel better by driving massive chemical reactors around filled with heavy metals…. To me it has no relevance. And that’s my demographic group, more or less (shrug!) If we care...
Jump to postHave you ever been in a Q400, the acceleration and climb are much faster, the doors are at the right end and the overhead bins are that little bit larger, making the Q400 a better turboprop experience. The door on the wrong end thing is relative to where you're sitting. I can see how the people pay...
Jump to postHere is the link: https://www.facebook.com/479285342097950/posts/6002155509810878/?d=n While not a “new” design, it is a step forward in propulsion. I personally like the ATR-42/72 design so I’m glad it’s sticking around! How can anyone like ATR’s the doors at the wrong end, they’re slow and the ov...
Jump to postApplying is one thing getting in is another Turkey has put the brakes on a the fast track membership process.
https://www.ft.com/content/3d1ab5d0-19a ... 7b9e2be141
Agreed, if everything else was equal. But there is a bit more to it. -Global warming -Wars and international politics over fossil fuel resouces. -Massive international government subsidies for the fossil fuel and fossil car industries for decades and decades. -Massive anti-electric propaganda effor...
Jump to postThere are 600k BEV's in Norway and 2.9m ICE vehicles, the BEV's have a long way to go before they kill off ICE. The current govt are planning to add VAT back for new BEV's, this will be on all BEV's over 500k if passed into next years budget, this IMO will kill off the sale of family sized BEV's fo...
Jump to postHere is the link: https://www.facebook.com/479285342097950/posts/6002155509810878/?d=n While not a “new” design, it is a step forward in propulsion. I personally like the ATR-42/72 design so I’m glad it’s sticking around! How can anyone like ATR’s the doors at the wrong end, they’re slow and the ov...
Jump to postM564038 wrote:Not enough to compensate for the stock market losses in our national wealth fund..MohawkWeekend wrote:If rich Norway is taxing BEV's, then ...........
Can you imagine how much more revenue is flowing to them with these fossil fuel prices?
I feel you are slightly misrepresenting the numbers, Rob. But agreed on it being stupid to already start reducing incentives. Registered car fleet 2021: Petrol: 893 437 Diesel: 1 215 484 Pure electric: 460 734 (Source: SSB - Statistics Norway) Sales, private cars March 2022: EVs: 95.7% (Source: OFV...
Jump to postThere are 600k BEV's in Norway and 2.9m ICE vehicles, the BEV's have a long way to go before they kill off ICE. The current govt are planning to add VAT back for new BEV's, this will be on all BEV's over 500k if passed into next years budget, this IMO will kill off the sale of family sized BEV's for...
Jump to postThis will be a huge improvement on the old AKL baggage handling facility. Plus the other projects like the new domestic jet pier can't come soon enough still 5 years away. The second runway is still on hold unfortunately though. Here's my prediction... We'll recover faster than expected from COVID ...
Jump to postAaron747 wrote:There was also a shooting at an upscale market in downtown LA over the weekend. Fun and games in the good ‘ol USA
M564038 wrote:Reminds me a bit of Anders Breivik, this guy. Right wing brainwashed scum.
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. In all my 31 years I have never used seatbelts when riding in a ...
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 postDid he run out of ammunition, were the cops who cornered him still out-gunned why they attempted to talk him down from taking his own life? We have heard time and time again of officers being in fear so lethal force was used, was there some doubt that this situation was not lethal and life threatni...
Jump to postNot to disparage the guard, as he certainly made every effort he could, and died doing his job…but it has to be said, it does put a dent in the “good guy with a gun” argument. Here we had an armed guard ready to go, and it sounds like he even managed to hit the gunman, but he was outgunned and out ...
Jump to postThe shooter has apparently left a manifesto in which they express concern about the “white replacement theory”, a racist idea pushed by the likes of Tucker Carlson. The shooter apparently described himself as a “white supremacist” Apparently motives similar to the Christchurch NZ shooter https://bn...
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 posthttps://nypost.com/2022/05/10/tom-brady-gets-monster-10-year-375-million-deal-from-fox-sports/ Rich Eisen guessed 36 a year... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbmQMpL4Ges Good for you Tom !! How often do good or even great players make good commentators? The James Hunts of this world are few and fa...
Jump to postThese people got what they deserved for not following the rules. I've been on Lufthansa several times during the pandemic, they are strict, you also had to wear them in Frankfurt and Munich airports.
Jump to postRight, both do enjoy, but only the woman is made to pay for enjoying. The male can just say, 'its a mistake abort it'. It won't be the man aborting a child. Abortion ain't fun. Women do get emotionally scarred for life. Some but far from all are emotionally scared or life. Hard to know if the only ...
Jump to postFinally seeing some truly honest comments from men, who actually support abortion for a real reason besides thinking is great for women or any of the other BS arguments thrown out there. True honesty is hard to come by, but this one is actually great. Whilst having fun, we shouldn't take the burden...
Jump to postThey can't self govern now so I don't see how that could work. Something that will matter a lot is if the protocol continues and is beneficial, and if the UK recovers economically and continues to subsidize NI. Polls are one thing but it should be quite easy for politicians in ROI to have a large m...
Jump to posthttps://mobile.twitter.com/ElectionWiz/status/1523097567424307208 If Roe v Wade is overturned, the justices who voted to repeal it will require round the clock security. There's going to be a massive wave of anger directed at them. If that's the decision these judges made, then they have to live wi...
Jump to postHe never dared to ask his cousin, that despite Europeans having all of that he mentions, they still have same or even higher abortion rate than the US. So, no, having all of that care for free, won't change anything. Is a great myth the left says, you conservatives don't want abortion but don't wan...
Jump to postHuh, do we live in the same country/reality? No need to play coy - we all know those EU/Japan/Australia-style systems are not present here. Lack 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 Me...
Jump to postYour comments are wholesale divorced from reality. World population today is 7.9 billion and counting. When I was born it was 4.5 billion. My cousin practices medicine in a supposedly developed country, and those are the standards mothers and patients are facing up to, not somewhere else. Higher ec...
Jump to postIn the same manner the Constitution has never meant to give abortion rights, it does not restrict abortion in anyway. And it never has, including in the ~200 years of its existence pre-Roe. Particularly if one is to look at this from a life versus death point of view. Murder is almost always a stat...
Jump to postAnd no other species living on this planet preforms intentional abortions. You can suspect about me all you want, but would 100% be incorrect. I am not going into my personal life details on the internet, so go ahead and flame on, I don't care. As far as "OUR OWN circle of life.". the fet...
Jump to postSuppose you got kids, would you kick them out of your house if they are minors? what right gives that son or daughter of yours to occupy your house? and would you be OK if your parents had kicked you out of their house when you were 1 years old or 2? Just because they thought you did not have any r...
Jump to postIt is a stark warning for the climate crisis. So in my view it is happening, just not with a commit. just not with a commit, commit to what exactly? I can't tell if you're being facetious or not, but Dutchy certainly meant comet , not "commit." I had no clue what he was talking about sinc...
Jump to postIf the case is decided as in the draft, Mississippi law will ban abortions after 15 weeks. In Norway and France, the limit is 12 weeks. Hold your horses. Current Norwegian legislation and public health policy provides for abortion on request in the first 12 weeks of gestation, by application up to ...
Jump to postDutchy wrote:It is a stark warning for the climate crisis. So in my view it is happening, just not with a commit.
As for the Nelson runway. NZ must be the world's slowest country at building infrastructure this project will take 10-15 years and this is a tiny 150m extension. For what is really needed today! I don't think the timeframe is the required time to build it but instead a timeframe for completion on a...
Jump to postSince the UK has become much easier to travel to I’ve been through LHR a couple of times this month and I have to say it quite sad not seeing an Air NZ tail. I’d love to see NZ1 return.
Jump to postYet more evidence of the backwardness slide of the some parts of the US. 1/ It's no deterrent. 2/ Eye for an eye - keep your religious views to your self. Separation of church and state. 3/ Courts have continually found those sentenced to death to be innocent. Some were lucky (yeah still spent deca...
Jump to postIt would be far more effective if people sentenced to death didn’t spend decades in prison before it’s carried out. If they were given a single appeal within 24 months of conviction, if that fails they are put down with 2 months and that’s it. And what about all the ones who spend years on death ro...
Jump to post“far more effective” suggests it has a degree of effectiveness now. What is it effective at? Fred Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk It’s not much of a deterrent at the moment, its application is poor. I believe it would be significantly more effective if A. more people were sentenced to death and B....
Jump to postIs there any evidence that capital punishment works as a means to reduce crime or is it just retribution that makes people feel better? What happens with a miscarriage of justice with capital punishment? Fred Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk It would be far more effective if people sentenced to dea...
Jump to postIs there any evidence that capital punishment works as a means to reduce crime or is it just retribution that makes people feel better? What happens with a miscarriage of justice with capital punishment? Fred Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk It would be far more effective if people sentenced to dea...
Jump to postSerious question, and I don't know the answer, should a corporation have that much power in a state? I am all for capitalism, but shouldn't all corporations play by the same rules? I’m torn. A corporation shouldn’t have that type of power. But it must be mentioned that prior to/without Disney, that...
Jump to postDidn't take long https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/handyman-arrested-death-queens-mom-stabbed-58-found-duffel-bag-rcna25345 Very similar to OJ and how he killed his ex. Funny how it's a knife and unbelievable rage. I guess a plea will happen since they have to have his blood at the scene or DNA....
Jump to postThis is what I was wondering about.............Its going to be a Black Friday sale at the Paris Air Show this summer. What happens to weapons sent to Ukraine? The US doesn't really know https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/19/politics/us-weapons-ukraine-intelligence/index.html "The US has few ways to t...
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Jump to postThis year I won’t be waiting in line to vote as a result of my terrible accident and not being able to go anyway. I hope you have a speedy recovery. Cheers Dutchy - I've accepted it now but the first week and immediately out of hospital was very tough both physically (pain) and mentally with depres...
Jump to postThey are all as useless as each other. Both sides stuffed up answering gotcha questions, the PM kept calling journos “Mr Speaker”, along with confusing the weekly amount versus the daily amount. Maybe the only bright spot was the “google it” response to one of those questions (he answered it anyway...
Jump to postKent350787 wrote:CAn I be the first to offer the extremely valuable thoughts and prayers.