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Except Asinine Albanese and Brainless Bowen
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“few politicians” would care about what happens to anyone but themselves.
Occasionally I go to look at one of the feats of genuinely beneficial government action that represents what true government should be.
Chichester Dam. It was built between 1915 and 1925 and stands in stark contrast to the the present times.
Currently, here in Novocastria, we are “blessed” with a reminder of political malevolence in the shape of a half finished ablutions block in a harbourside park. It’s a total shambles, organised by our local “government” and looks a bit like a scaled down version of the Roman Coliseum. After cutting down the trees and clearing all vegetation the whole half finished thing is now wrapped up in temporary fencing and keep out signs.
It’s 2025, and we’ve gone backwards in the last hundred years since Chichester.
This stalled project reminds us what happens when accountability is taken out of society.
Just think about it.
The prime example is the “allocation” of $444,000,000 to save da coral up north.
In a sane society these things should never happen.
How do we stop this destruction of our nation and secure a sane, common sense approach to our future.
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Three degrees C (37F) in Melbournistan now.
I wonder how the natural gas and electricity supply will hold up and if they will or have load shed any aluminium smelters to keep the lights on?
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In the 1930’s a single blade aircraft propeller was developed and sold. It was commercially unsuccessful as it cost too much but was claimed to be more efficient as the blade would be cutting into cleaner air. Later day tests in the video below question that claim.
https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/propeller-variable-pitch-one-blade-sensenich-and-everel/nasm_A19370029000
https://youtu.be/zhINpDoFQLw
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