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I'm never lonely, I'm solitary and like it that way. I have a few friends, many and changing acquaintances but that has been my choice.

I wonder if all this will be swept under the rug again, in the name of political convenience?.

"Joe Biden remarked that my friends “dared all and gave all’ in defense of America"
Much the same line was pushed here, despite the published evidence that it was a croc. Aussie young men were...

On census night there were 1 million unoccupied houses, but that's not the complete story....

"Lawyers are translators of that language."
It has always been such, religions kept the great unwashed ignorant with language, trade guilds, the aristocracy, freemasonry, computer nerds…. etc. etc....

There have been several applications to rent his spare bedroom…………….

Our club's Int. Canoe sailor is building another. His is wood, don't know about the new one.

The wealthy can always buy influence, and do.

LOL!, I reread Machiavelli quite recently…………

Re PWC. It strikes me that this is rather likely hiring a sex worker for the night, and then expecting them not to service any other clients. After all it's all about money.

"Remembering, of...

#1, seems time for a republish. A 2nd edition would hardly need any additional material.

Never forget the private press is about making money and in many cases political influence to make more money. Their audience is the advertisers, not the the consumers. Truth and facts are a very...

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https://meduza.io/en/feature/2023/01/19/a-military-defeat-is-the-only-cure

The promulgation of a 'crusade' mentality will make any result a very bloody one, and unlikely to be final in the longer...

They need longer rubber bands………...

I think Garret it very much depends on the personality concerned. Some work for corporations and they only have one client. Some work for criminals, and do very nicely unless they learn too much and...

Parliament decides what the next stage is, Parliament is supreme, but the 'voice', the advice, the consultation will be permanent.

I'm glad we have a referendum, and I do not understand why any politician allows another to dictate his attitude on this matter. But Dutton needs a win. The ballot is another matter.
And frankly I...

I doubt the drones came from Ukraine…… Maybe Russian dissenters………. drones are cheap and can be refitted.

Oh yes, the MP's were running fore cover all over the place. Actual democracy rather than government by lobby group was a strange concept……………….

"I keep hearing people talking about rebuilding the Public Service. I've had this discussion at high levels. Neither party has the courage to do it. Look busy, don't make decisions (you might get one...

Its possible that the threat is more effective against Russian troops on the ground than an actual attack. Raising the stress level so that when one actually comes the effect is amplified.
Psych....

The NSW corps is never far from the NSW government or policing.

Down in Vic we had Tommy Bent, and well named he was too.

To get preselection from Lib/Lab you have to be compromised. Neither...

Re the PWC consultants playing on both teams at once. "Someone will always leak"…… One panelist making excuses on the drum. More than one, but I bet no one will go to jail.
Another fail by the...

At the risk of reoffending…………….
"An odd omission for a profession intimately tied to the very notions of right, wrong, and justice."

That's a very grand assumption.

Infections of a newer strain are up here too……. Few are wearing masks and until the death rate goes up significantly I do not expect a change, if then. Governments are following public reaction as...

Chaplin

All the stormtroopers have American accents…………. ahem………..https://www.adl.org/sites/default/files/styles/content_full_width_image_730/public/2020-11/Oath%20Keepers%202_0.jpg?itok=mZp2jNVT...

Yeah……..we wus robbed…………...

…..and aint that the truth…………….

It's cultural. Don told me.

Pizzles my grandma called them……...

In some parts of Australia the council have erected large billboards in front of the properties concerned explaining that trees were poisoned and the penalties that apply.
In a couple where there...

Stretch my resources at the time and go back to Uni to do Museum Studies/Archaeology/Palientolgy or some such. That's where my interests have always lain and my amateur interests too. A job in the...

G'day Bobby, there's a rumour that you are going on the active list again?………………
Garland, rain on pollen breaks the grains up and that's what get's you.Few years ago we had many deaths from...

Immigration Law and processes have been political footballs here for some time too, One conservative PM won an election based on lies about it (Lugs will not agree:ycool:) and the consequent...

I expect that if donald had pardoned them all, or any, it may have implied that there was something to be pardoned for…………..and I presume he could not pardon himself…………….

I have been on 3 juries. I was not impressed by the legals on either side. But the jury room was always a revelation!

Well pre the gold rush the squatocracy had a plan to import a minor Brit. Royal to be king and then appoint them as an Australian aristocracy. Then gold was discovered, and that, fortunately, went...

By way of explanation I have been involved, as a spectator and as a child, witness of child abuse by clergy and on complaint ecclesiastical and legal threats and intimidation, and their employment...

To Osborne Russell's wife

I have stepped outside the bounds and I acknowledge it. He says I have impugned his wife's professional reputation by imputation so…….

I apologise to your wife...

I apologise to your wife personally and absolutely Osborne.

My wife says I just generalise about it too much and she is correct of course.

And I know that legal services world wide only exist...

Somebody push that button please…….. Oh I will….

A war of attrition using classic partisan guerrilla tactics. Small, unpredictable actions by scattered groups creating distractions from the main game and tying up resources.
Having such Russian...

Some of us must remember when 'eastern block' female athletes had to be tested after some gender and drug problems in the Olympic Games? Same tests should apply, they won't even have to devise a new...

"Wagner Group financier Yevgeny Prigozhin appears to have again indirectly undermined Russian President Vladimir Putin’s authority and regime."

Who do you reckon will fall out of a window or have...

Well, we have oft noted that you cannot make stupidity illegal.

'You push the pedal down,
and the car goes round and round and round and round and round and round,
and it stops there.'

Re #82.
Here convicted criminals are prohibited from profiting from their crimes. But I'm sure a lawyer, if paid enough, will find a way around that.

Wonderful, a car that can control it's farts! What will they think of next……

Re #20, I like oil spill…….. very James Bond…….

I was ALWAYS going to vote for him….