Two ballistic missles fired at Diego Garcia. Both missed, but the fact that they could reach DG illustrates the threat. A strategic mistake by the IRG.
Iran just exposed another lie, one that should rattle Europe. The IRGC launched a missile attack on the joint US-UK base in Diego Garcia, at a range of 2400 miles (~4,000 kilometers) or more. The attack failed, but that range doubles what Iran had admitted in previous talks, and the reach of those missiles puts most of Europe within range of attacks.
For decades, Iran claimed that its “space” program was for peaceful purposes. That’s also what they claimed about their uranium-enrichment and nuclear-power programs as well. Analysts warned that the Iranians intended to build ICBMs that they would eventually use to threaten or attack Europe and the US. Donald Trump raised this point explicitly while justifying the decision to go to war. This new attack on Diego Garcia shows that the Iranians had progressed much further toward that goal than they admitted, and their refusal to negotiate on their ballistic-missile programs proves they intended to develop that threat fully … and put nuclear warheads on top as well.
Well they missed a stationary target, so not much of threat to a naval task force. But that wouldn’t have mattered had they been nuclear tipped, targeted at say Tel Aviv or Rome. It puts an exclamation point on the timing of the operation.
And if Iran attacks Australia or its interests, perhaps through sleeper cells, Australia should not expect assistance from the US.
Iran have already committed terrorist acts in Australia, which was enough even for the Albanese regime who depend on that demographic for votes, to (I assume reluctantly) expel the Iranian Ambassador.
And yet Australia also rewarded Iran proxy Hamas for their October 7th atrocities in Israel by recognising a “Palestinian” state but are unable to define its borders or capital.
So clearly Australia (Albanese regine) has a love-hate relationship with Iran. They hate it when Iran terrorism happens here, but reward it when they do it to someone else.
‘The current Australian National Terrorism Threat Level is set to probable. In 2024, the Australian government accused the government of Iran of state sponsored terrorism, for allegedly organising two arson attacks in Melbourne, against a kosher restaurant and a synagogue.’ (wiki)
I think it is a worthwhile question that should be asked … eventually. But for me personally, once you are in the fight, you fight. Save the political questions for later.
That said, I do think it is a worthwhile fight that needed to happen. Probably should have happened 45 years ago. We tried appeasement and nuclear treaties, and it didn’t work. Iran kept plowing forward in it’s effort to gain nukes and a delivery system that could threaten their region (if not the world). Every president for the past 45 years has drawn a line in the sand regarding Iran and nukes, and Iran has been a habitual line-stepper. Trump is the first president to enforce the line rather than blink.
About 4000km – depending on where inside Iran the missiles were fired.
Now try this quick quiz:
Open Google Earth and centre it on Iran. Then using the Ruler tool, describe for yourself a circle with a radius of 4000km (using the centre of Iran as the centre of the circle). Within that circle, we know Iran’s missile delivery system can target any country or city. And perhaps 4000km isn’t their current limit.
And how close is the final development of nuclear warheads to use that delivery system ?
Those interested in Commercial flying (in relative comfort) are always interested in distances, since until recently, earning airline status depended on the length of your flight and the fare class you paid for. As a result great circle routing calculations (unless you are a flat earther) became “a thing”
The free to use website which was among the first to offer this also expanded to show how far a plane with a stated range could fly.
the following link offers a map of 4000 km range from Isfahan airport and the distance to Diego Garcia.
It was only exaggerated in the sense that it was downplayed by the Slime Minister and his agents in the Lamestream Media and Their ABC. I fear that the response will be even more pandering to this important Labor-voting demographic.
It was much more serious than they claimed as can be seen from the video. (I posted the following yesterday.)
It appears that no matter how much he panders to this demographic, and they are his preferred immigrant demographic as future Labor voters for life, they still hate him. They whole situation could easily have turned very violent, very quickly. It was extremely dangerous. Conservative media all over the world have reported it.
She targeted non English speaking participants from Melbourne’s Turkish and Arabic speaking communities, pocketing $296,012 for services she never provided including social and recreational activities and respite care.
The controversial introduction of the Australian Courts Act 2026, quickly dubbed the “Sharia Freedom Act,” has sparked intense debate, exposing deep fractures in Australian society and government.
Mr Katter and Mr Joyce do not seem to have certain minorities in their voting block.
Finding a “useful” link to describe this was “interesting”.
Don’t worry tonyb. “our PM” is merely following your PMs advice; slavishly follow the advice of a mentally deficient Energy Minister and flip-flopping on everything else.
He, and his party, have brought in lots (and lots) of the wrong sort of muslims because they think that will boost their votes**.
So the objections might have been because he was thought as NOT being a supporter of HAMAS or by those annoyed by his government’s incompetence with the economy
The PM made a “dignified exit” under heavy police guard.
There are two major mosques in Sydney. I lived near one (the Sunni) and there was no problem. Some policemen I met claimed it was peaceful and never threatening.
It seems our western judges are quite as mad as our politicians. The barrister would of course have come from public funds at several hundred pounds an hour.
I have several portable solar panels. Any power that comes from our famously sunny climate is put into a battery. If I were to plug it into the mains I would burn the house down unless an appropriate series of wiring had been carried out isolating the mains electricity.
Is there some safe new Solar plug in panel I am not aware of that can deliver its dribble of juice directly into the house mains electricity or is Miliband confused?
To direct any private power source into a mains- connected facility is absolutely forbidden.For obvious reasons.
An isolator which disconnects the main supply is standard everywhere if alternate supply is a possibility.
The switch has three positions – Mains; Off; Generator.
tonyb, Renogy make an inverter for a caravan that favours ac from the grid over ac from its own ac generation from batteries via an auto switch but not something I’d be playing with , basically if your running off solar and batteries through the inverter and you connect power to the caravan inlet the unit automatically switches so even though both supplies may be present it automatically favours the grid .
The problem is that the energy density of gravitational storage is very poor and you would need vast amounts of such schemes to have the required storage.
In fact, to store the same amount of energy as a lithium ion cell, you would have to raise the corresponding weight of such a cell to a height of 90 kilometres.
Energy density of Li ion battery 250 Wh/kg.
1 kg battery is 250 Wh = 900,000 Joules.
Gravitational potential energy = mgh
900,000 = 1 X 9.81 X h
h = 90,000 m = 90 km. (Assuming a lossless system.)
Given its inefficiency, impracticality and expense it’s an ideal scheme to implement in Australia where we like adopting the very worst ideas and it no doubt presents opportunities for subsidy harvesting.
Didn’t work very well in the experimental setup in Switzerland. That expensive effort now sits abandoned. Another seemingly great idea but has lots of practical limitations.
What happen to the railway generator in the USA?
Apparently the train and fully laden trucks would run down a long slope and generate electricity.
I can’t remember the end but apparently someone actually thought “how does the train (and trucks) get back up?”
It would make a great tourist attraction or perhaps a good school science excursion destination that could demonstrate fundamentals and allow the kids to see the waste and futility of green fantasy projects.
Albanese with support of the fake conservative Liberals made an extremely bad move refusing President TRUMP’s request for a Navy ship in the Strait of Hormuz.
Australia should not expect any assistance from the US in future or indeed prioritisation of the AUKUS nuclear subs as the US is struggling to fulfil its own nuclear submarine production. It will be years, if ever, we get them.
Discussion at.https://youtu.be/cAY4Nf8nznI which includes comments by Pauline Hanson (for overseas readers she is leader of Australia’s only significant conservative party).
The inability for the US to rely on traditional allies like Australia, Canada, UK or NATO is why the US is disengaging from its role as world policeman and returning to its pre-WW2 isolationist status where it will only defend its own interests, not those of others.
Perhaps is the US engages and informs its allies on the way in and has their support it may be easier that just demanding involvement after setting the region on fire and telling them there is a clean up to do in aisle Hormuz.
Seems a more normal way to engage with valued partners.
The US telling their purported allies would have almost certainly led to the planned action being leaked chapter and verse, not just to leftard media in statements by outraged government ministers, but directly to the Iranians.
So not telling them was the intelligent thing to do.
There is no doubt someone in Albanese’s regime or in Canada, UK or NATO would have leaked the plans.
TRUMP did exactly the right thing by not informing these fake allies.
TRUMP did use Tucker Qatarlson as his useful idiot to leak the purported plans to Iran and told Tucker he would not be attacking Iran which he dutifully leaked to them. Hence Iran not taking any great precautionary measures.
Indeed, its clear looking at the Gulf region right now it was a very intelligent thing to do.
Given the secret nature of gathering Carrier battle groups and fleets of transports, refuellers and bombers you wouldn’t want to let the cat out of the bag would you?
Sadly, One Nation appears (so far) not to have won any seats.
It’s really tragic that Australians are so-dumbed down that they support Labor. Even the fake conservative Liberals would be far less bad. And conservative One Nation gets no seats at all.
10 seats in the legislative council up for election.
One Nation has 2.8 quotas. That means that they have won 2 seats and will likely pick up a 3rd seat when preferences are distributed.
The counting suggests that few on the Labor/Green side were persuaded to switch sides.
That being the case, the significance of the results was that ON attracted more voters than the Libs.
As always it is what comes next that matters. The rational side of the debate will aim to get the Libs to move significantly toward being a party of sense and reason.
Even with the split vote, in most electorates either Libs or ON were the second preference on primary votes.
In many of those seats, Labor + Greens clears 50% without preferences from any other party.
In electorates where Labor didnt easily get over the line, it is clear that the Libs voters did not give their preferences to ON, but it looks as though ON voters did give their preferences to the Libs.
So it appears that Libs voters would much rather back Labor than ON.
That is my take on it.
It is ridiculous that over 1 in 5 voted for ON and yet they can hardly get a seat in the lower house.
BTW ON + Libs only comes to 41%, and they need a lot more than that to win.
Labour, like the Greens are abusing the English language. When the prime Minister, a poor child of a single parent becomes a millionaire just by being in politics, it’s hard to represent the family that lives day to day. Like wise the leader of the supposed party for the environment is a multiple house owner. Hard to represent the environment when you own a fair bit of it and alter it forever by building over it. Liberal Nationals were always supposed to be rich by dint of some one in the families hard work and business acumen , the silver spoon syndrome. At least people may have thought better to be rich by success rather than by default. Pauline appears to be the only member of parliament that has hauled herself up by the hem of her frock. Lots of street cred there. Many people can associate to working long and hard to achieve something.
As we confirmed the other day. You’re only basing that on a lack of denial to your accusation. Not a confirmation. The only response you have is from me which contradicts your notion.
It’s probably fair to say that there are people here who are more disappointed with the Libs than Labor. But I don’t know how you translate that to them becoming Labor voters over the Libs through preferences.
Someone did say that at least with Labor they stand for something and you know what it is. But I don’t think that means they’re suddenly a Labor voter or preferencer. It just indicates how flexible the Libs have become on principles and policies.
You can’t be disappointed with Labor because you know what you’re going to get. (Disappointment only comes from different expectations.) But the Libs can disappoint because we have hopes they’d do better for their support base.
I’ll be disappointed if you’re right though. I don’t think you are. At least not in any notable number.
Adding the first preferences doesn’t tell the story.
Greens voters are going to preference Labor ahead of Lib/ON.
That gives Labor over 49% and the combined vote of Lib/ON still down at 40%.
Then there would be Labor voters who voted One Nation but preferenced back to Labor.
Independent preferences could have gone both ways.
This seems to be a pretty comprehensive Labor win.
As our great Nation sleep walks into disaster, I am reminded of the words of Bruce Lee. I just wish I could understand them.
But seriously, yet again those of us who read and understand history are watching it repeat, more or less, and we are at a loss as to why it is that humans are so utterly foolish. And when it goes bad, it goes really, really bad. We have all the building blocks of Bad sliding into place. Sadly this must happen, as Bad Leaders are busy creating Bad Times, as they do.
“Australia is one of the only advanced democracies where parties are completely exempt from privacy legislation,” Dr Kefford said.
Both programs are loaded with voter details supplied by the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC), which includes names, age and address.
Sources familiar with the software said the programs have extracted contact information from the electoral roll if voters voluntarily made it available.
Otherwise, parties may fill in gaps in contact details through external providers or other means such as scanning details filled out a party-affiliated postal vote registration forms.
The AEC said it does not provide voter’s phone numbers and email addresses to parties.
This personal information, initially intended to help politicians work with their constituents, forms the foundation of a data arms race between the two parties, who use it to build detailed pictures about their voters.
Every time you engage with your local representative’s office, the nature of your interaction can also be added as a point of data to your profile.
Insiders say this could be through paper surveys sent to you about the cost of living, responding to prompts on a robocall about voting intentions, or answering a doorknock from volunteers.
Note that Australia is sending a Boeing E-7A Wedgetail AEW&C aircraft and associated support troops but that is NOT at TRUMP’s request and is unnecessary from a US point of view. It was UAE that request that. I think it’s just virtue signaling of no real benefit.
TRUMP’s test of the Alliance (what’s left of it) was whether we would send a ship and we failed that badly.
Labor considers pandering to their preferred demographic more important than global peace and security and even our own oil supply.
Note that our Slime Minister is a communist* and hates TRUMP and everything America represents, like freedom for instance.
* Book: Trevor Loudon, Comrade Prime Minister: Anthony Albanese’s 40-Year Alliance with Australian Communism
Our navy is not in a state to contribute anything,” Strategic Analysis Australia director Michael Shoebridge said. “Our military is in such a weak state that we don’t have much to give.”
Defence and maritime security expert Jennifer Parker said it wouldn’t be in Australia’s interest to send a ship even if Australia were called on because of the state of the navy. “The current state of the navy and the impact this would have on preparedness – it’s probably not in our interests,” she said.
Ms Parker said the RAN “has the least amount of surface combatants it’s had since, I would say, World War II, certainly since the 1950s” and that it would be in Australia’s interest to send a warship as part of a US-led coalition that could actually restore shipping through the Strait of Hormuz were the navy better resourced. “It has 10 surface combatants. Seven of those are quite old … the Anzac-class. Three of those are very modern, capable warships, the Hobart-class,” she said. “So those (ships) are going through a series of upgrades. The three Hobart-class need to have their combat systems upgraded over the next few years to be able to enhance their ballistic missile capability.
“The Anzac-class are having all sorts of upgrades done to them. Now, if we send ships over there to provide a contribution that would materially change the outcome or they’re good experience for us, we may undermine actually trying to upgrade and enhance the preparedness of our ships and operating them in the Indo-Pacific.”
This would be a lesson that if we need oil in three weeks time, having a solid defense force would have be a negotiating chip that we could have used. Shame…
It seems that the primary purpose of Australia’s defence ‘force’ isn’t to defend Australia or its national interests; it’s just another make-work program, designed to spin vast sums of money around so fast that the eye can’t follow it all. Where it lands, nobody knows …
Just like international aid, climate change funding, green energy, the charity sector, ‘nation building’ programs, etc.
Donald Trump says he is “very surprised” Australia has not sent warships to aid in opening the strait of Hormuz as the blockade of the key strategic route for global oil supply continues to affect fuel prices.
“I was very surprised,” the US president said in Washington on Friday when asked what he took issue with regarding Japan, South Korea and Australia.
“Well, they should get involved, and I was a little bit surprised that they said no, because we always say yes to them,” he told Sky News Australia.
Sure, sure.. we’re ALWAYS asking the Yanks to come and save us from all sorts of enemies that we get involved in wars with. You know- Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria… We’re always at war and needing help!
I believe the advice is accurate, noting that despite ageing the three newest warships are Air Warfare Destroyers and along with some of the heavy class Frigates (as compared to the new order Japanese replacement light class and nine now six built here and UK new heavy class frigates replacements on order) have upgraded Phalanx anti-drone, anti-low flying aircraft, ant-light vessel attack defence.
Note that Australia is sending a Boeing E-7A Wedgetail AEW&C aircraft and associated support troops but that is NOT at TRUMP’s request and is unnecessary from a US point of view. It was UAE that request that.
Boeing may have shopped it around, looking for someone to request it. They have a lot invested in it and the USAF should have it but so far have refused to order it.
Boeing will service the aircraft I suspect, hoping it will impress. Boeing serviced the one operating near Ukraine.
Apart from the usual political to-ing and fro-ing there is an information gap.
It would seem that if the US/Israel has destroyed the Iranian military and its capacity to rebuild then they will have no influence on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
Pirates in Somalia appear to be able to capture ships with inflatable boats and the odd RPG.
Are the good guys down to trying to use fly swats to fight off a mosquito plague?
Just what is left of the Iranian military and how easy is it to threaten shipping?
Damage is very minimal to Iran’s facilities, despite the chest-beating MSM reports.
Plus they are being assisted by NK, Russia and China.
The Dimona town strike was just sending a warning that they CAN hit the nuclear site if they wanted to, but obviously the massive ramifications of such a strike and the escalation by retaliation is to be avoided at this stage & even their crazy hatred-driven religions know that.
But the war is young.
IEA 10-point plan anyone?
Call it Covid 2.0 – stay at home, don’t drive, panic buying, lockdowns, govt craziness all over again.
The IRGC have been using fast attack craft (basically modern day PT-boats) and drones to threaten shipping in the strait. But the game changed yesterday with the arrival of Air National Guard A-10s.
It’s a bit later than I would expect. Do you think it was a miscalculation to have kept these A-10s back, or part of a strategy to hold them back for the mopping up phase?
To deploy the A-10s before air superoity had been gained, and the enemy had shot their bolt of SAMs, may have been too risky for the relatively slow and low, non stealth, A-10s. The A-10 is the perfect weapon for taking out the remaining threats to free and safe navigation through the strait, though. They can loiter and control the airspace for hours, and they are almost immune to small arms fire and AAA.
The A-10s were supposed be retired by now, but thank goodness that didn’t happen. Since they are air national guard units, rapid mobilization and deployment may not have been practical.
Rumors abound in the USA apparently that the USAF management was not happy with the original arrival of the A10s in 1977.
The U.S. Air Force had stated the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II would replace the A-10 as it entered service, but this remains highly contentious within the USAF and in political circles. The USAF gained congressional permission to start retiring A-10s in 2023, but further retirements were paused until the USAF can demonstrate that the A-10’s close-air-support capabilities can be replaced.
Design and Armament
Armament: The A-10 is equipped with a 30 mm GAU-8/A Avenger rotary cannon, capable of firing 3,900 rounds per minute. It can carry up to 16,000 pounds of mixed ordnance, including bombs and missiles.
Durability: The aircraft features over 1,200 pounds of titanium armor protecting the cockpit and critical systems, allowing it to withstand significant damage.
Performance
Speed: The A-10 has a maximum speed of approximately 450 knots (Mach 0.75).
Maneuverability: It excels in low-speed, low-altitude operations, making it effective in close support roles.
Operational History
The A-10 has seen extensive combat in various conflicts, including:
Gulf War: The aircraft played a crucial role in Operation Desert Storm, flying over 8,000 sorties.
Recent Deployments: It has been actively used in operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria, demonstrating its effectiveness against armored vehicles and ground forces.
I saw something this morning that said some A-10’s were deployed from the start. Their role at that time was to support rescue and insertion helicopters. Now their mission is to destroy threats to free navigation.
From what I have heard the attack vessels of concern are very small and fast patrol boats with weapons systems and as was used to sink a US warship in a port Middle East some years ago floating suicide vessels
Many years ago a buddy and I did our own research into NT’s freshwater croc population when, having checked with the Katherine Gorge rangers the viability [read: safety] of paddling our 9’6” surfboards upriver – they gave us odd looks but said we should be OK if we avoided the beasts sunning themselves on the banks – we proceeded up as far as the Third Gorge [mid-winter 1984].
The most dangerous critters were the giant ants which appeared the moment we sat down on the rocks to eat & drink our packed lunch, which was quickly wolfed down before we commenced the arduous paddle back to civilisation and the comfort/safety of the campground.
When I read about the salties which have been spotted in the Katherine River after this year’s big rains I chuckle at the insanity of our youthful adventurous spirit: the planet and its ancient creatures are hardy survivors… as for we humans, still crazy after all these years.
There was a news report early 2000s about a women who asked permission and advice to go by canoe along a Northern Australia river camping overnight alone on the riverbank. Rangers did not stop her but cautioned her on looking for saltwater crocodiles and staying inside the canoe, when beaching move fast and drag canoe well away from the river to camp.
As she paddled along in light rainy weather she sighted a crocodile heading her way from ahead and crossing her canoe direction, and as she passed it flicked her out of the canoe with its tail, apparently they are very accurate. The croc then attacked but luckily she was in shallow water and not far from the riverbank and managed to survive the death rolls and bites that caused serious injuries and after a couple of attacks the croc rested, as they typically do, and she dragged herself to safety and crawled to a nearby track where the next day a Ranger driving discovered and rescued her.
Around that time in Fishing & Boating Magazine there was an article about a keen fishing recently married couple on their honeymoon fishing from an aluminium boat with outboard motor, the husband at the stern and the wife at the bow. He screamed out help and she turned to discover a crocodile had boarded front legs and head and grabbed husband across one shoulder to drag him out. She took a paddle and bashed the croc that let go and slipped back into the water, apparently startled. Apart from teeth marks the husband survived.
In the sixties it was generally recognised as safe “to sit in the rapids and drink large quantities of beer”. I probably survived this because commercial saltwater croc hunting was still around. ( Banned in 1969 I think). Now while the big salties were virtually extinct and would take 200 years to return, they started popping up in Darwin suburbs almost immediately the shooting stopped. The next best guess was they knew that boats, lights and loud noises were bad for their health. As soon as these activities stopped the big salties just went back to what they always did.. When salties were hard to come by some of the hardier (stupider) pros would wade the shallow billabongs at night feeling for the freshies with their feet. It was a living I suppose!
So Trump has got 48hours to prepare for the destruction of Iran’s energy system or he will look a dick again!
Why is he so stupid? All these threats he can never carry out, he just makes it worse and worse.
The fully expected unintended consequences will be that as the Iranians lose power stations and water, they will take the Pro-American Arab States down with them.
I guess if his plan is to end Israel and the Gulf States then this how you could do it. The MSM covers the threat but seems to step over the small issue that the US is not punching down and and can expect instant retaliation. But those consequences are for others to endure, so no biggy.
Hooray ! We got someone from The Australian on ABC Insiders, they must be worried…
With all our admiration personally to Pauline, will wait with congratulations to Cory Bernardi.
It may be good for the PHON machinery to get a trained operator, to add another metaphor – into the jar of spiders.
But aren’t we all sick to the back teeth (a third one !) by our leaders, skilfully converting Voices into the Seats ?
I expected much more Vision from Malinauskas this morning.
Sky News chief election analyst Tom Connell said One Nation’s Robert Roylance had won the lower house seat of Hammond, while the party has picked up at least two upper house seats.
Roylance lives in Mannum with his wife and son, where he runs a craft spirit distillery with his brother. He also operates the Walker Flat Ferry, which connects the towns of Walker Flat and Swan Reach. Roylance started his working life as a wood machinist, served in the Australian Army Reserve, and has worked as a teacher.
The seat of Mackillop is another seat that could go One Nation’s way. This country district is located in the south-east of the state, sandwiched between the Southern Ocean to the west and the Victorian border to the east. The district’s economy is based on pastoral farming, forestry, and fishing.
Another seat is Chaffey – This vast district is situated in the rural hinterland of eastern South Australia, with the state borders of New South Wales and Victoria forming its boundary to the east. It covers the Riverland region of the state, including the towns of Berri, Barmera, Loxton, Renmark, and Waikerie.
Another seat maybe Stuart — a vast district situated in the rural hinterland of eastern South Australia, with the state borders of New South Wales on the east and WA on the west.
The biggest swing occurred in the blue collar electorate of Elizabeth. A Labor stronghold, the party was weathering an 18.4 per cent point swing against it with One Nation up 26.4 percentage points at reporting.
Mr Malinauskas, who went into the election with a record-high approval rating, also taken a 7.6 percentage point swing against him in his own seat of Croydon.
No, preferences likely to ensure One Nation doesn’t win either lower house seat, even though they might be first across the line! That’s one of the “joys” of our voting system. One Nation will have +20% of the vote and will probably end up with zero lower house seats. Completely fair (sarcasm)
$2.94 diesel per litre, same as you fellas, give-or-take discount rates. Pre-Persian Gulf War III, $1.74. Being a sunny weekend, hot-rodder V8s, cruisers & motorbikes & fishermen were out in force enjoying the climate emergency and damn the torpedoes.
For some odd reason which Pf!zer is immune from, there were a dozen major road accidents the length of the country which killed about 10 people and injured many more, despite ‘perfect’ driving conditions, ie. no nasty weather. What’s up with that?
Petrol rationing and new 50mph speed limit plan on table for all of UK
Plans to ration petrol and limit drivers to 50mph on all UK roads have been put back on the table following a refusal to rule out actions to control the supply of petrol and diesel to drivers in the wake of spiralling prices.
Prices at the pumps have shot up recently, with the RAC confirming the average cost of unleaded petrol is now 141.5p and diesel is 160.3p, both 18-month highs for fuel.
It depends on who you ask. For the Trump haters he was at #4 already and will always be hated no matter what. I think what’s perhaps more important is his standing outside of the insane TDS sufferers, and there he has a problem. The Iran ‘war’ is a predictable debacle, unwinnable on the current trajectory. Sure the mullahs have been weakened and some evil despots sent to meet their virgins, but Iran and much of the Middle East has an inexhaustible supply of crazies, ready and able to pick up where they left off. No, I don’t have a better solution to what was/is a real problem (Islamist Iran) but I don’t see Trump coming out of this looking good.
Of course the mainstream media is having a field day with it, downplaying the successes and emphasising the setbacks, but that should have been factored into the original game plan. I am mystified by the apparent lack of planning here, though of course America hasn’t won anything resembling a war for a long time now, even against mountain-dwelling goat herders armed with fertiliser.
I don’t see an off-ramp for Trump here, at least not in time to salvage the midterm elections, after which he will most likely be a lame duck. That said, we’re talking The Donald here, who has surprised us with his cunning many times, so there’s that.
If he hadn’t done the tariff thing and didn’t stitch up a deal to start the Iran war, then his international standing would be a lot higher.
He should have focussed on climate change fraud and Pax Americana, freeing Cuba would be popular. Their electricity system is lingering on collapse because of the US oil embargo.
And their elite special enforcement policing and military force above defence force personnel and benefiting from wealth obtained from Iran energy exports, personally and to buy weapons and pay proxy terrorist organisations, and a very effective propaganda department.
Containment is effectively impossible, in one sense at least. The spread of ‘Middle Eastern’ terror around the world shows that. I doubt even that Israel has managed to capture all the enriched Uranium, some of which may be in Russia, China or even North Korea by now. It might even be in America, ready to be deployed in dirty bombs. If that is indeed the case, the ‘war on terror’ will elevate to a whole other level, and bombing a few more cities, leveling the odd mountain and sinking everything that moves in the Strait of Hormuz won’t protect us.
A regime can be brought down but an ideology is much harder to squash, especially one that takes its orders from a holy book written almost 1500 years ago.
But there is, in my opinion, a potential solution, albeit unlikely. The terrorists cannot function at scale without the support of the Muslim diaspora – the perhaps mythical ‘moderate Muslims’. They have it in their power to virtually eradicate the exported terror, the radicals hiding in their midst. If they were motivated to prevent Muslim terrorists from striking overseas, they could quite easily do so, simply by being vigilant and reporting all suspicious characters/activities in their communities. This I feel is played down by our governments in their determination to avoid stoking ‘Islamophobia’. They should instead call out the enablers in Muslim enclaves, without whom most terrorists couldn’t function.
I guess what I’m saying rather clumsily is that the Iranian war must be fought here at home, too. Trump can’t do it alone.
I won’t hold my breath though. Albanese? Start rounding up Muslims for questioning? Yeah, nah.
Give half WA-NT to the Jews and they will be running Australia! Oh wait… they do!
It would certainly make for a more peaceful Middle East, just the Sunnis and Shias fighting amongst themselves, but mainly it would make the NW of Aussie the most valuable place on the continent!
el+gordo , Trump was asked about Iran 40 years ago during an interview and he said if he was president he would bomb it , since that day whenever asked he has repeated that and even repeated it just before his first campaign in 2016 . It comes as no shock to me and I applaud his actions.
Predictable because America has a track record of failure in the Middle East. Unwinnable in the sense that they can destroy the current regime but they are unlikely to defeat the Islamists in a nation the size of Iran. Note that Hamas couldn’t be wiped out – or even removed from power – in tiny Gaza, despite turning the whole place to rubble, more or less.
One problem is the myth of modernization in that we were convinced that humanity could and had advanced beyond animalistic motivations and territorial disputes over resources.
The ‘no human is illegal’ and ‘multiculturalism’ belief is behind UN facilitated mass migration that is on the verge of causing literal civil war and insolvency in most Western countries.
Most progressive people believe that crime only happens when marginalized people are not getting their ‘needs’ met by the greater society.
And that we can observe and control planetary weather on a millennia scale.
We even complain when government does not conduct war with bureaucratic memo and meeting planned goal achieving consistency,
Uk police ‘visit man’s home over his xbox 360 gamertag’ — only to drop it immediately when they discover he’s chinese
The man, who posted his account anonymously on Reddit’s r/LegalAdviceUK forum around 13 March, explained that he had used the username “ChingChongChinaman” across both X, formerly Twitter, and as an Xbox gamertag since he was approximately 13 years old, dating back to the Xbox 360 era. He described the name as ironic and self-referential, used among friends, and noted that he is himself ethnically Chinese.
There are tens, if not a hundred or more of police, elected representatives, social workers etc that should be behind bars for their obvious failures.
Will they ever face justice though? It’s doubtful.
There is a little justice in the justice system but not much, especially if you wield power or influence or are protected by those that do.
Packing the books brought here long ago: the kids do not read Russian, grandkids do not recognise the Cyrillic characters…
(myself – I am a writer, not reader)
What culture that was last century…
Two giant prophets, in their own right, gave their lives to serve the Moloch and were rewarded only with permitting to serve. Trust DE by I. Ehrenburg 1923 (DE stands for Death of Europe) Thoughts on Progress, Peaceful Coexistence and Intellectual Freedom, by Andrei Sakharov, 1968, for which he was stripped of all privlliges and titles, exiled into wilderness.
One extract from one of three links I posted yesterday;
22 SEPTEMBER 2020
The Morrison government’s rejection of a net zero emissions target for 2050 is at odds with the Paris agreement and more than 100 countries that have backed the goal, according to some of Australia’s most experienced climate experts.
Scott Morrison told the ABC on Sunday that the government’s position was to reach net zero carbon dioxide emissions “in the second half of the century, and we’ll certainly achieve that”.
Asked why he would not commit to the 2050 goal, which has been backed by business, farming, union and environment groups and every state and territory, the prime minister said “because I’m more interested in the doing”.
Erwin Jackson, policy director at the Investor Group on Climate Change and an observer at international climate conferences since the 1990s, said it was “very clear” that by ratifying the Paris agreement Australia had agreed global heating should be limited to between 1.5C and 2C above pre-industrial levels, and commitments should be informed by the latest science.
For example, Bowen said 50% renewables now, but did not mention technologies, were hydro electric power stations included?
Let’s assume he meant wind and solar, Installed (Nameplate) Capacity of say 100MW would deliver intermittently an average over time not constantly best according to AEMO 35MW and audited independently based on actual AEMO data achieved to 2024 period followed 29MW
Therefore as a percentage, 50% of total of all technologies supplying, Installed would be 14.5%
David there is also enormous lack of detailed knowledge among media professionals, no wonder we mere mortals can be and are misled, and we being interested and hopefully alert.
It reminds me of what Tony Abbott said to journalists the day Turnbull replaced him late 2015, he told them not to accept anonymous leaks unless the source/s were prepared to be and were named. I know what he was referring to, the constant leaking by a ghost squad beginning when Doctor Brendan Nelson became Liberal Leader and Opposition Leader after the defeat of the Howard Government November 2007, by end 2008 Turnbull was the leader and had convinced Liberal MPs that opinion polling results indicated that Nelson was unpopular??? No time for him to regroup the Coalition.
It has been described as “relentless negativity” and was outlined in that website stopturnbull now taken down. And used a number of times as well as leaking by insiders determined to control from the left side or centre left Labor-like right factions.
It is therefore understandable that many observers have gained false impressions and based opinions on them.
The three major faiths believe this yarn, the troubles began with a couple of gents having a mind wrestle.
“What is your name?” the man asked. He replied, “Jacob.” “Your name will no longer be Jacob,” the man told him. “From now on you will be called Israel, because you have fought with God and with men and have won.”
Study Involving Over 1 Million Children Finds Myocarditis Only Occurred in Covid-Vaccinated Children
There were ZERO myocarditis cases in unvaccinated kids.
TGA knows nothing and admits nothing!
Should they have known. Maybe.
Should they know now. Most definitely!
But they will keep their heads down and resist any attempts for discovery.
“Doubling down on fossil fuels today doesn’t buy security. It keeps us vulnerable – tethered to the same volatile global markets and exposed shipping lanes. Today we have cleaner, cheaper and more reliable ways to power our nation – with wind, solar and electrification. These solutions are already onshore, and abundant, so they don’t require a naval escort.
This conflict must be a wake-up call. Our reliance on coal, oil and gas is a direct risk to our national security and it is driving up our costs of living….the only enduring fix is to phase out fossil fuels entirely. China understood this decades ago, diversifying into renewables and EVs to ensure its economy could withstand external shocks. ”
..said the former special adviser on energy and transport to British prime minister Margaret Thatcher and a former regional president of BP Australasia. Now heavily invested in ruinables and a complete fanboy! However his article will go down well in Sydney and Melbourne.
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Two ballistic missles fired at Diego Garcia. Both missed, but the fact that they could reach DG illustrates the threat. A strategic mistake by the IRG.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-21/iran-s-failed-diego-garcia-strike-is-show-of-missile-capability
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It means Iran can target most of Europe.
It also likely confirms that they have been lying about the non-military nature of their space program.
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2026/03/21/the-shocking-implications-of-iran-missile-attack-on-diego-garcia-for-europe-n3813107
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A powerful message to the U.S. Navy.
Do not come close.
And the missile strike on Dimona nuclear facility sends another message.
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Well they missed a stationary target, so not much of threat to a naval task force. But that wouldn’t have mattered had they been nuclear tipped, targeted at say Tel Aviv or Rome. It puts an exclamation point on the timing of the operation.
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Reported now to have been a nearby bomb shelter used by nuclear scientists/staff.
So pinpoint accuracy if true.
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Dimona is a town in Israel of 39,000 people where the missile hit and it’s civilians in that town who were harmed. About 39 wounded.
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It’s only the pro-Iran media who are claiming that the “nuclear facility” was hit.
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The existing tools already sent that message. They are standing off quite a distance to avoid any more laundry fires.
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I agree that this was a mistake as Iran will now be seen as being a threat even to those who have downplayed their activities.
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And if Iran attacks Australia or its interests, perhaps through sleeper cells, Australia should not expect assistance from the US.
Iran have already committed terrorist acts in Australia, which was enough even for the Albanese regime who depend on that demographic for votes, to (I assume reluctantly) expel the Iranian Ambassador.
And yet Australia also rewarded Iran proxy Hamas for their October 7th atrocities in Israel by recognising a “Palestinian” state but are unable to define its borders or capital.
So clearly Australia (Albanese regine) has a love-hate relationship with Iran. They hate it when Iran terrorism happens here, but reward it when they do it to someone else.
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‘The current Australian National Terrorism Threat Level is set to probable. In 2024, the Australian government accused the government of Iran of state sponsored terrorism, for allegedly organising two arson attacks in Melbourne, against a kosher restaurant and a synagogue.’ (wiki)
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Perhaps this perspective will not find much support here.
But let us hear the rebuttals anyway.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/has-america-thrown-its-service-members-another-unjust-war-israels-benefit
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I think it is a worthwhile question that should be asked … eventually. But for me personally, once you are in the fight, you fight. Save the political questions for later.
That said, I do think it is a worthwhile fight that needed to happen. Probably should have happened 45 years ago. We tried appeasement and nuclear treaties, and it didn’t work. Iran kept plowing forward in it’s effort to gain nukes and a delivery system that could threaten their region (if not the world). Every president for the past 45 years has drawn a line in the sand regarding Iran and nukes, and Iran has been a habitual line-stepper. Trump is the first president to enforce the line rather than blink.
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The bed-wetters and the bleeding-hearts demonstrate yet again they live in an Alice in Wonderland world.
The green-left on the other hand, show their overt hatred and loathing of Western freedoms and democratic institutions.
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FWIW
On-line Courier Mail headline just now
“‘Obliterate’: Trump’s 48-hour deadline to Iran; Australia joins allies”
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Whilst agreeing with the sentiment of those commenting above about Iran’s capabilities I have a question…
How did these two missiles escape the US/Israeli blitz and what is the current capability of the IRGC?
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About 4000km – depending on where inside Iran the missiles were fired.
Now try this quick quiz:
Open Google Earth and centre it on Iran. Then using the Ruler tool, describe for yourself a circle with a radius of 4000km (using the centre of Iran as the centre of the circle). Within that circle, we know Iran’s missile delivery system can target any country or city. And perhaps 4000km isn’t their current limit.
And how close is the final development of nuclear warheads to use that delivery system ?
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Those interested in Commercial flying (in relative comfort) are always interested in distances, since until recently, earning airline status depended on the length of your flight and the fare class you paid for. As a result great circle routing calculations (unless you are a flat earther) became “a thing”
The free to use website which was among the first to offer this also expanded to show how far a plane with a stated range could fly.
the following link offers a map of 4000 km range from Isfahan airport and the distance to Diego Garcia.
http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=ifn-nkw&R=4000km%40ifn&MS=wls&DU=km
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FWIW
Today’s Coffee and Covid newsletter has a look at this
https://open.substack.com/pub/coffeeandcovid/p/nato-origami-saturday-march-21-2026?
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I hope this story from OZ has been exaggerated
https://dailysceptic.org/2026/03/20/australias-prime-minister-called-a-putrid-dog-and-chased-out-of-mosque/
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It was only exaggerated in the sense that it was downplayed by the Slime Minister and his agents in the Lamestream Media and Their ABC. I fear that the response will be even more pandering to this important Labor-voting demographic.
It was much more serious than they claimed as can be seen from the video. (I posted the following yesterday.)
https://youtu.be/CkLRCg0R7No
It appears that no matter how much he panders to this demographic, and they are his preferred immigrant demographic as future Labor voters for life, they still hate him. They whole situation could easily have turned very violent, very quickly. It was extremely dangerous. Conservative media all over the world have reported it.
Here is Rukshan Fernando’s comments:
https://x.com/i/status/2034964784173699332
And Elon Musk’s:
https://x.com/i/status/2034963059496952007
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They are only Labor voters for life until they get enough numbers to start voting for muslim candidates and Parties.
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…and the funds necessary to run parties both political and personal…
Mumthaj Begam Kantara, 60, former director of Elite Smart Community Care in Campbellfield, pleaded guilty to 14 counts of dishonest conduct after issuing fraudulent payment claims for services never delivered between 2019 and 2022.
She targeted non English speaking participants from Melbourne’s Turkish and Arabic speaking communities, pocketing $296,012 for services she never provided including social and recreational activities and respite care.
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Surely part of her penalty is to repay the $296k that she stole.
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The controversial introduction of the Australian Courts Act 2026, quickly dubbed the “Sharia Freedom Act,” has sparked intense debate, exposing deep fractures in Australian society and government.
Mr Katter and Mr Joyce do not seem to have certain minorities in their voting block.
Finding a “useful” link to describe this was “interesting”.
https://ifeg.info/2026/03/04/breaking-news-why-the-australian-sharia-freedom-action-just-ignited-a-constitutional-storm-in-canberra/
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Don’t worry tonyb. “our PM” is merely following your PMs advice; slavishly follow the advice of a mentally deficient Energy Minister and flip-flopping on everything else.
He, and his party, have brought in lots (and lots) of the wrong sort of muslims because they think that will boost their votes**.
So the objections might have been because he was thought as NOT being a supporter of HAMAS or by those annoyed by his government’s incompetence with the economy
The PM made a “dignified exit” under heavy police guard.
There are two major mosques in Sydney. I lived near one (the Sunni) and there was no problem. Some policemen I met claimed it was peaceful and never threatening.
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Everybody who wants to work for a better life and to contribute to the nation is welcome in Australia.
Usually the first generation does exactly that. Usually it is the second and third generations who go off the rails.
And I am much more comfortable when people speak the language of the land.
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You must surely be extreme right wing to disagree with this kind and thoughtful judgement…
https://dailysceptic.org/2026/03/20/criminal-migrant-is-allowed-to-stay-in-britain-after-fighting-deportation-by-arguing-his-son-disliked-foreign-chicken-nuggets/
It seems our western judges are quite as mad as our politicians. The barrister would of course have come from public funds at several hundred pounds an hour.
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Plug in solar panels to be sold in British supermarkets says Miliband (our next PM?)
https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/the-climate-scaremongers-more-solar-panel-madness-that-ed-wants-you-to-pay-for/
I have several portable solar panels. Any power that comes from our famously sunny climate is put into a battery. If I were to plug it into the mains I would burn the house down unless an appropriate series of wiring had been carried out isolating the mains electricity.
Is there some safe new Solar plug in panel I am not aware of that can deliver its dribble of juice directly into the house mains electricity or is Miliband confused?
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To direct any private power source into a mains- connected facility is absolutely forbidden.For obvious reasons.
An isolator which disconnects the main supply is standard everywhere if alternate supply is a possibility.
The switch has three positions – Mains; Off; Generator.
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Good idea. UK is an ideal location for solar power given its ample year-round sunshine.
In fact, there’s so much sun, Starmer is funding experiments in high altitude aerosol injection to blot out some of this excessive sunshine. https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2024EF005567
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Not a great deal of difference between the solar CFs of UK and “sunny” Australia – 10% for UK, 17% for Australia.
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tonyb, Renogy make an inverter for a caravan that favours ac from the grid over ac from its own ac generation from batteries via an auto switch but not something I’d be playing with , basically if your running off solar and batteries through the inverter and you connect power to the caravan inlet the unit automatically switches so even though both supplies may be present it automatically favours the grid .
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Gravity batteries in Australia.
Here is a project to make gravity batteries using disused mineshafts in Australia.
https://youtu.be/nDfBayfTWy0
You “charge” the battery by raising a weight in a mineshaft, then “discharge” by releasing the weight.
This is not a new idea of course, hydroelectric dams are classic example and there are many other examples of raising weights for energy storage.
I write about these ideas at
https://www.siliconchip.com.au/Issue/SC/2020/April/Grid-scale+energy+storage
The problem is that the energy density of gravitational storage is very poor and you would need vast amounts of such schemes to have the required storage.
In fact, to store the same amount of energy as a lithium ion cell, you would have to raise the corresponding weight of such a cell to a height of 90 kilometres.
Energy density of Li ion battery 250 Wh/kg.
1 kg battery is 250 Wh = 900,000 Joules.
Gravitational potential energy = mgh
900,000 = 1 X 9.81 X h
h = 90,000 m = 90 km. (Assuming a lossless system.)
Given its inefficiency, impracticality and expense it’s an ideal scheme to implement in Australia where we like adopting the very worst ideas and it no doubt presents opportunities for subsidy harvesting.
So let’s do it!
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NO actual “science” involved, just the usual “political” kind.
BUT, as with ALL such “government jobs”, there is ALWAYS the “SPILLAGE”; ALWAYS.
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Didn’t work very well in the experimental setup in Switzerland. That expensive effort now sits abandoned. Another seemingly great idea but has lots of practical limitations.
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What happen to the railway generator in the USA?
Apparently the train and fully laden trucks would run down a long slope and generate electricity.
I can’t remember the end but apparently someone actually thought “how does the train (and trucks) get back up?”
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Scaled-up Cuckoo Clock weights and chain winding system?
Emphasis on “Cuckoo”.
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It would make a great tourist attraction or perhaps a good school science excursion destination that could demonstrate fundamentals and allow the kids to see the waste and futility of green fantasy projects.
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Hang on! Lifting a 500g weight about 1.5 M can run a grandfather clock for a day. Let’s ignore the fact that a small spring can do the same.
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Albanese with support of the fake conservative Liberals made an extremely bad move refusing President TRUMP’s request for a Navy ship in the Strait of Hormuz.
Australia should not expect any assistance from the US in future or indeed prioritisation of the AUKUS nuclear subs as the US is struggling to fulfil its own nuclear submarine production. It will be years, if ever, we get them.
Discussion at.https://youtu.be/cAY4Nf8nznI which includes comments by Pauline Hanson (for overseas readers she is leader of Australia’s only significant conservative party).
The inability for the US to rely on traditional allies like Australia, Canada, UK or NATO is why the US is disengaging from its role as world policeman and returning to its pre-WW2 isolationist status where it will only defend its own interests, not those of others.
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Perhaps is the US engages and informs its allies on the way in and has their support it may be easier that just demanding involvement after setting the region on fire and telling them there is a clean up to do in aisle Hormuz.
Seems a more normal way to engage with valued partners.
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The US telling their purported allies would have almost certainly led to the planned action being leaked chapter and verse, not just to leftard media in statements by outraged government ministers, but directly to the Iranians.
So not telling them was the intelligent thing to do.
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Absolutely!
There is no doubt someone in Albanese’s regime or in Canada, UK or NATO would have leaked the plans.
TRUMP did exactly the right thing by not informing these fake allies.
TRUMP did use Tucker Qatarlson as his useful idiot to leak the purported plans to Iran and told Tucker he would not be attacking Iran which he dutifully leaked to them. Hence Iran not taking any great precautionary measures.
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Indeed, its clear looking at the Gulf region right now it was a very intelligent thing to do.
Given the secret nature of gathering Carrier battle groups and fleets of transports, refuellers and bombers you wouldn’t want to let the cat out of the bag would you?
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Worth a read, an alternative viewpoint (detailed)
McGlinchey: America Throws Its Service Members Into An Unjust War For Israel
by Tyler Durden
Sunday, Mar 22, 2026 – 01:20 PM
Via Brian McGlinchey at Stark Realities
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/has-america-thrown-its-service-members-another-unjust-war-israels-benefit
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Current lower house SA election results are at:
https://result.ecsa.sa.gov.au/
Labor has clearly won in any case
Sadly, One Nation appears (so far) not to have won any seats.
It’s really tragic that Australians are so-dumbed down that they support Labor. Even the fake conservative Liberals would be far less bad. And conservative One Nation gets no seats at all.
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Update.
One Nation appears to have won one lower house seat and will likely get two or three upper house seats, one being Cory Bernadi as Jo mentioned above.
https://www.news.com.au/national/south-australia/count-begins-in-south-australia-as-polls-close/news-story/290dc3af4419c0fb411d4b574e6d5d39
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10 seats in the legislative council up for election.
One Nation has 2.8 quotas. That means that they have won 2 seats and will likely pick up a 3rd seat when preferences are distributed.
https://result.ecsa.sa.gov.au/
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The counting suggests that few on the Labor/Green side were persuaded to switch sides.
That being the case, the significance of the results was that ON attracted more voters than the Libs.
As always it is what comes next that matters. The rational side of the debate will aim to get the Libs to move significantly toward being a party of sense and reason.
Labor will be delighted.
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The counting shouts that ON simply split the non-labor vote.
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Yep.
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Even with the split vote, in most electorates either Libs or ON were the second preference on primary votes.
In many of those seats, Labor + Greens clears 50% without preferences from any other party.
In electorates where Labor didnt easily get over the line, it is clear that the Libs voters did not give their preferences to ON, but it looks as though ON voters did give their preferences to the Libs.
So it appears that Libs voters would much rather back Labor than ON.
That is my take on it.
It is ridiculous that over 1 in 5 voted for ON and yet they can hardly get a seat in the lower house.
BTW ON + Libs only comes to 41%, and they need a lot more than that to win.
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Any one know primary votes before preferences distributed,
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You can view results here
https://result.ecsa.sa.gov.au/
Including individual seat/district results via the menu.
Overall 1st preference results (currently).
ALP 39.1%
ON 21.6%
Lib 18.7%
Greens 11.1%
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If the Libs and ON had been in a coalition, they would have beaten Labour!
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There are many ON supporters here, not one has suggested such a coalition. They HATE the libs more than they hate labor.
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Hanrahan there isn’t much difference between the Libs and Labor .
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I could never vote labor or give them my pref while I’m on the green side of the grass.
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Labour, like the Greens are abusing the English language. When the prime Minister, a poor child of a single parent becomes a millionaire just by being in politics, it’s hard to represent the family that lives day to day. Like wise the leader of the supposed party for the environment is a multiple house owner. Hard to represent the environment when you own a fair bit of it and alter it forever by building over it. Liberal Nationals were always supposed to be rich by dint of some one in the families hard work and business acumen , the silver spoon syndrome. At least people may have thought better to be rich by success rather than by default. Pauline appears to be the only member of parliament that has hauled herself up by the hem of her frock. Lots of street cred there. Many people can associate to working long and hard to achieve something.
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As we confirmed the other day. You’re only basing that on a lack of denial to your accusation. Not a confirmation. The only response you have is from me which contradicts your notion.
It’s probably fair to say that there are people here who are more disappointed with the Libs than Labor. But I don’t know how you translate that to them becoming Labor voters over the Libs through preferences.
Someone did say that at least with Labor they stand for something and you know what it is. But I don’t think that means they’re suddenly a Labor voter or preferencer. It just indicates how flexible the Libs have become on principles and policies.
You can’t be disappointed with Labor because you know what you’re going to get. (Disappointment only comes from different expectations.) But the Libs can disappoint because we have hopes they’d do better for their support base.
I’ll be disappointed if you’re right though. I don’t think you are. At least not in any notable number.
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Adding the first preferences doesn’t tell the story.
Greens voters are going to preference Labor ahead of Lib/ON.
That gives Labor over 49% and the combined vote of Lib/ON still down at 40%.
Then there would be Labor voters who voted One Nation but preferenced back to Labor.
Independent preferences could have gone both ways.
This seems to be a pretty comprehensive Labor win.
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News called it a “tsunami” and a “landslide” last night while on the same page showing a 6% swing against Labor at the time.
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Congratulations to all the One Nation PATRIOTS OF Australia the SA vote is just the beginning.
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FWIW – cartoon text (no link)
“MUSLIM COUNTRIES IN FAVOUR OF
REMOVING THE IRANIAN REGIME:
Jordan
Kuwait
UAE
Saudi Arabia
Oman
Qatar
Bahrain
MUSLIM COUNTRIES NOT IN FAVOUR
OF REMOVING THE IRANIAN REGIME
Great Britain
France
Spain
Canada”
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MUSLIM COUNTRIES NOT IN FAVOUR
OF REMOVING THE IRANIAN REGIME
Need to add AUSTRALIA to that list…..
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What you think about, you bring about.
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A bit glib. I’ve been thinking about world peace but it’s not happening.
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FWIW
A primer for “ElBowen”?
“Brits Told to Work From Home and Use Ovens Less Amid Energy Crisis – and Reeves Can’t Help “Because She’s Maxxed Out Britain’s Credit Card” ”
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2026/03/21/brits-told-to-work-from-home-and-use-ovens-less-amid-energy-crisis-and-reeves-cant-help-because-shes-maxxed-out-britains-credit-card/
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Bowen, according to the Oz, is already pushing for WFH.
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I agree, specially surgeons, police officers, brick layers firemen and all the others that didn’t get a chance last time.
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As our great Nation sleep walks into disaster, I am reminded of the words of Bruce Lee. I just wish I could understand them.
But seriously, yet again those of us who read and understand history are watching it repeat, more or less, and we are at a loss as to why it is that humans are so utterly foolish. And when it goes bad, it goes really, really bad. We have all the building blocks of Bad sliding into place. Sadly this must happen, as Bad Leaders are busy creating Bad Times, as they do.
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From that great “shining wit”, Karl Marx; the beard that launched a hundred million graves:
History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.
See also, Mark Twain, (possibly):
“History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes”.
More pertinently, George Santayana:
“Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it”.
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When you send email to your “representative” do they or their drones bother to read it?
I think not.
They increasingly rely on automated sentinent analysis to assess the feelings expressed in your letter which will never be read by a human.
They use software such as:
https://sourceforge.net/software/sentiment-analysis/australia/
Also:
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FWIW – more “second chancers”
“United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Japan, and Canada Will Now Join US to Keep the Strait of Hormuz Open”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/03/united-kingdom-france-germany-italy-netherlands-japan-canada/
“Elbow”?
And
“Victor Davis Hanson Puts Iran Operation Into Historic Perspective – Compares Trump to Churchill (VIDEO)”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/03/victor-davis-hanson-puts-iran-operation-historic-perspective/
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Note that Australia is sending a Boeing E-7A Wedgetail AEW&C aircraft and associated support troops but that is NOT at TRUMP’s request and is unnecessary from a US point of view. It was UAE that request that. I think it’s just virtue signaling of no real benefit.
TRUMP’s test of the Alliance (what’s left of it) was whether we would send a ship and we failed that badly.
Labor considers pandering to their preferred demographic more important than global peace and security and even our own oil supply.
Note that our Slime Minister is a communist* and hates TRUMP and everything America represents, like freedom for instance.
* Book: Trevor Loudon, Comrade Prime Minister: Anthony Albanese’s 40-Year Alliance with Australian Communism
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UAE has been using helicopters with 30mm chain guns to shoot down the drones. An E-7 could play a major role for the UAE choppers in that effort.
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Our Navy apparently is not worth sending, so the US didn’t ask.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/defence/australias-navy-too-weak-to-pick-up-trumps-call-for-warships-to-the-gulf/news-story/f5985a40bdb21800b6c06e13c0def1c7
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This would be a lesson that if we need oil in three weeks time, having a solid defense force would have be a negotiating chip that we could have used. Shame…
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It seems that the primary purpose of Australia’s defence ‘force’ isn’t to defend Australia or its national interests; it’s just another make-work program, designed to spin vast sums of money around so fast that the eye can’t follow it all. Where it lands, nobody knows …
Just like international aid, climate change funding, green energy, the charity sector, ‘nation building’ programs, etc.
We need our own DOGE.
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I can tell you from personal professional experience that staggering amounts of money are wasted by Australia’s Department of Defence.
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Government funded = inefficiency, waste and corruption. Goes without saying, IMO.
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The US may not have explicitly asked but TRUMP certainly expected Australia to offer.
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“because we always say yes to them”
Sure, sure.. we’re ALWAYS asking the Yanks to come and save us from all sorts of enemies that we get involved in wars with. You know- Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria… We’re always at war and needing help!
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Gawd sounds like relationship turmoil “well no! I didn’t ask for it, but you should have known!”
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I believe the advice is accurate, noting that despite ageing the three newest warships are Air Warfare Destroyers and along with some of the heavy class Frigates (as compared to the new order Japanese replacement light class and nine now six built here and UK new heavy class frigates replacements on order) have upgraded Phalanx anti-drone, anti-low flying aircraft, ant-light vessel attack defence.
https://www.navy.gov.au/capabilities/weapons/phalanx
The helicopter carriers by two have I think four Phalanx auto targeting and tracking defence system.
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‘ … whether we would send a ship and we failed that badly.’
The Australian government claims that no formal request was made.
All to often we have entered wars which, in hindsight, always ended with great loss of life and an imperfect outcome. Vietnam is a prime example.
Correct me if I’m wrong, Congress hasn’t backed this Iranian war.
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IIRC Congress has had three chances to say it doesn’t approve
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Boeing may have shopped it around, looking for someone to request it. They have a lot invested in it and the USAF should have it but so far have refused to order it.
Boeing will service the aircraft I suspect, hoping it will impress. Boeing serviced the one operating near Ukraine.
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Apart from the usual political to-ing and fro-ing there is an information gap.
It would seem that if the US/Israel has destroyed the Iranian military and its capacity to rebuild then they will have no influence on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
Pirates in Somalia appear to be able to capture ships with inflatable boats and the odd RPG.
Are the good guys down to trying to use fly swats to fight off a mosquito plague?
Just what is left of the Iranian military and how easy is it to threaten shipping?
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Damage is very minimal to Iran’s facilities, despite the chest-beating MSM reports.
Plus they are being assisted by NK, Russia and China.
The Dimona town strike was just sending a warning that they CAN hit the nuclear site if they wanted to, but obviously the massive ramifications of such a strike and the escalation by retaliation is to be avoided at this stage & even their crazy hatred-driven religions know that.
But the war is young.
IEA 10-point plan anyone?
Call it Covid 2.0 – stay at home, don’t drive, panic buying, lockdowns, govt craziness all over again.
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The IRGC have been using fast attack craft (basically modern day PT-boats) and drones to threaten shipping in the strait. But the game changed yesterday with the arrival of Air National Guard A-10s.
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Thanks Dave.
It’s a bit later than I would expect. Do you think it was a miscalculation to have kept these A-10s back, or part of a strategy to hold them back for the mopping up phase?
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To deploy the A-10s before air superoity had been gained, and the enemy had shot their bolt of SAMs, may have been too risky for the relatively slow and low, non stealth, A-10s. The A-10 is the perfect weapon for taking out the remaining threats to free and safe navigation through the strait, though. They can loiter and control the airspace for hours, and they are almost immune to small arms fire and AAA.
The A-10s were supposed be retired by now, but thank goodness that didn’t happen. Since they are air national guard units, rapid mobilization and deployment may not have been practical.
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Rumors abound in the USA apparently that the USAF management was not happy with the original arrival of the A10s in 1977.
The U.S. Air Force had stated the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II would replace the A-10 as it entered service, but this remains highly contentious within the USAF and in political circles. The USAF gained congressional permission to start retiring A-10s in 2023, but further retirements were paused until the USAF can demonstrate that the A-10’s close-air-support capabilities can be replaced.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II
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Design and Armament
Armament: The A-10 is equipped with a 30 mm GAU-8/A Avenger rotary cannon, capable of firing 3,900 rounds per minute. It can carry up to 16,000 pounds of mixed ordnance, including bombs and missiles.
Durability: The aircraft features over 1,200 pounds of titanium armor protecting the cockpit and critical systems, allowing it to withstand significant damage.
Performance
Speed: The A-10 has a maximum speed of approximately 450 knots (Mach 0.75).
Maneuverability: It excels in low-speed, low-altitude operations, making it effective in close support roles.
Operational History
The A-10 has seen extensive combat in various conflicts, including:
Gulf War: The aircraft played a crucial role in Operation Desert Storm, flying over 8,000 sorties.
Recent Deployments: It has been actively used in operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria, demonstrating its effectiveness against armored vehicles and ground forces.
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I saw something this morning that said some A-10’s were deployed from the start. Their role at that time was to support rescue and insertion helicopters. Now their mission is to destroy threats to free navigation.
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This Max Afterburner’s take on the A-10 and Iranian fast boats. He is over the top but he can fly, he was a Thunderbirds pilot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCPU_H3QNqo
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Speaking of good pilots this girl is fantastic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNjzHkMZinE
And there was a female A-10 pilot in Afghanistan who was definitely not a DEI hire.
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From what I have heard the attack vessels of concern are very small and fast patrol boats with weapons systems and as was used to sink a US warship in a port Middle East some years ago floating suicide vessels
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FWIW – this has Oz in the queue
“Over 20 Nations Announce Readiness to Help Open Strait of Hormuz”
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2026/03/21/over-20-nations-announce-readiness-to-help-open-strait-of-hormuz/
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They seem to be doing exactly the opposite to what is required to return the Strait to it previously open state ie. Leave
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FWIW
An awkward question
“TRUST THE SCIENCE:”
“If we hit 108° in 1902 and 1954, and we’re hitting 108° again now, how is this “unprecedented”? ”
https://x.com/MatthewWielicki/status/2035033484398666238
Via https://instapundit.com/784170/#disqus_thread
I guess ignoring anything before 1910 improves the “unprecedness”?
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Another “climate change” project…
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Sounds like yet another project based on the faulty notion that climate change is what CAUSES changes in temperature.
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Many years ago a buddy and I did our own research into NT’s freshwater croc population when, having checked with the Katherine Gorge rangers the viability [read: safety] of paddling our 9’6” surfboards upriver – they gave us odd looks but said we should be OK if we avoided the beasts sunning themselves on the banks – we proceeded up as far as the Third Gorge [mid-winter 1984].
The most dangerous critters were the giant ants which appeared the moment we sat down on the rocks to eat & drink our packed lunch, which was quickly wolfed down before we commenced the arduous paddle back to civilisation and the comfort/safety of the campground.
When I read about the salties which have been spotted in the Katherine River after this year’s big rains I chuckle at the insanity of our youthful adventurous spirit: the planet and its ancient creatures are hardy survivors… as for we humans, still crazy after all these years.
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There was a news report early 2000s about a women who asked permission and advice to go by canoe along a Northern Australia river camping overnight alone on the riverbank. Rangers did not stop her but cautioned her on looking for saltwater crocodiles and staying inside the canoe, when beaching move fast and drag canoe well away from the river to camp.
As she paddled along in light rainy weather she sighted a crocodile heading her way from ahead and crossing her canoe direction, and as she passed it flicked her out of the canoe with its tail, apparently they are very accurate. The croc then attacked but luckily she was in shallow water and not far from the riverbank and managed to survive the death rolls and bites that caused serious injuries and after a couple of attacks the croc rested, as they typically do, and she dragged herself to safety and crawled to a nearby track where the next day a Ranger driving discovered and rescued her.
Around that time in Fishing & Boating Magazine there was an article about a keen fishing recently married couple on their honeymoon fishing from an aluminium boat with outboard motor, the husband at the stern and the wife at the bow. He screamed out help and she turned to discover a crocodile had boarded front legs and head and grabbed husband across one shoulder to drag him out. She took a paddle and bashed the croc that let go and slipped back into the water, apparently startled. Apart from teeth marks the husband survived.
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The Rangers decided the rain had made the crocodile see her as in the water???
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In the sixties it was generally recognised as safe “to sit in the rapids and drink large quantities of beer”. I probably survived this because commercial saltwater croc hunting was still around. ( Banned in 1969 I think). Now while the big salties were virtually extinct and would take 200 years to return, they started popping up in Darwin suburbs almost immediately the shooting stopped. The next best guess was they knew that boats, lights and loud noises were bad for their health. As soon as these activities stopped the big salties just went back to what they always did.. When salties were hard to come by some of the hardier (stupider) pros would wade the shallow billabongs at night feeling for the freshies with their feet. It was a living I suppose!
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FWIW
Getting attention
“LET’S FINISH THE JOB, THEN: U.K. says Iran unsuccessfully targeted British-American Diego Garcia base.”
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/21/iran-targeted-but-did-not-hit-diego-garcia-base-with-missiles-wsj.html
https://instapundit.com/784305/#disqus_thread
Even WSJ
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So Trump has got 48hours to prepare for the destruction of Iran’s energy system or he will look a dick again!
Why is he so stupid? All these threats he can never carry out, he just makes it worse and worse.
The fully expected unintended consequences will be that as the Iranians lose power stations and water, they will take the Pro-American Arab States down with them.
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I guess if his plan is to end Israel and the Gulf States then this how you could do it. The MSM covers the threat but seems to step over the small issue that the US is not punching down and and can expect instant retaliation. But those consequences are for others to endure, so no biggy.
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Hooray ! We got someone from The Australian on ABC Insiders, they must be worried…
With all our admiration personally to Pauline, will wait with congratulations to Cory Bernardi.
It may be good for the PHON machinery to get a trained operator, to add another metaphor – into the jar of spiders.
But aren’t we all sick to the back teeth (a third one !) by our leaders, skilfully converting Voices into the Seats ?
I expected much more Vision from Malinauskas this morning.
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Sky News chief election analyst Tom Connell said One Nation’s Robert Roylance had won the lower house seat of Hammond, while the party has picked up at least two upper house seats.
Roylance lives in Mannum with his wife and son, where he runs a craft spirit distillery with his brother. He also operates the Walker Flat Ferry, which connects the towns of Walker Flat and Swan Reach. Roylance started his working life as a wood machinist, served in the Australian Army Reserve, and has worked as a teacher.
The seat of Mackillop is another seat that could go One Nation’s way. This country district is located in the south-east of the state, sandwiched between the Southern Ocean to the west and the Victorian border to the east. The district’s economy is based on pastoral farming, forestry, and fishing.
Another seat is Chaffey – This vast district is situated in the rural hinterland of eastern South Australia, with the state borders of New South Wales and Victoria forming its boundary to the east. It covers the Riverland region of the state, including the towns of Berri, Barmera, Loxton, Renmark, and Waikerie.
Another seat maybe Stuart — a vast district situated in the rural hinterland of eastern South Australia, with the state borders of New South Wales on the east and WA on the west.
The biggest swing occurred in the blue collar electorate of Elizabeth. A Labor stronghold, the party was weathering an 18.4 per cent point swing against it with One Nation up 26.4 percentage points at reporting.
Mr Malinauskas, who went into the election with a record-high approval rating, also taken a 7.6 percentage point swing against him in his own seat of Croydon.
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No, preferences likely to ensure One Nation doesn’t win either lower house seat, even though they might be first across the line! That’s one of the “joys” of our voting system. One Nation will have +20% of the vote and will probably end up with zero lower house seats. Completely fair (sarcasm)
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Meanwhile in NZ, the average price of ULP-91 is $3.15/litre…
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About the same as here if that’s local currency.
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$2.94 diesel per litre, same as you fellas, give-or-take discount rates. Pre-Persian Gulf War III, $1.74. Being a sunny weekend, hot-rodder V8s, cruisers & motorbikes & fishermen were out in force enjoying the climate emergency and damn the torpedoes.
For some odd reason which Pf!zer is immune from, there were a dozen major road accidents the length of the country which killed about 10 people and injured many more, despite ‘perfect’ driving conditions, ie. no nasty weather. What’s up with that?
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Petrol rationing and new 50mph speed limit plan on table for all of UK
Plans to ration petrol and limit drivers to 50mph on all UK roads have been put back on the table following a refusal to rule out actions to control the supply of petrol and diesel to drivers in the wake of spiralling prices.
Prices at the pumps have shot up recently, with the RAC confirming the average cost of unleaded petrol is now 141.5p and diesel is 160.3p, both 18-month highs for fuel.
https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/cars/2183074/petrol-rationing-new-50mph-speed
No-one’s going to fall for Covid-esque anything, so let’s do energy!
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What is Trump’s Global reputation, right now?
1. Never been higher.
2. Still the same.
3. Not good, not good.
4. In the toilet.
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4 obviously.
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2 still the same , the ones that need to fear his unpredictability.
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He deserves a four, but there is still time to pull a rabbit out of the hat..
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He deserves a 1 and likely it is a 1.
Trump had credibility. He says what he thinks and does what he says.
What could be better than that.
Rabbit out of a hat? Maybe it is all going to plan.
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It depends on who you ask. For the Trump haters he was at #4 already and will always be hated no matter what. I think what’s perhaps more important is his standing outside of the insane TDS sufferers, and there he has a problem. The Iran ‘war’ is a predictable debacle, unwinnable on the current trajectory. Sure the mullahs have been weakened and some evil despots sent to meet their virgins, but Iran and much of the Middle East has an inexhaustible supply of crazies, ready and able to pick up where they left off. No, I don’t have a better solution to what was/is a real problem (Islamist Iran) but I don’t see Trump coming out of this looking good.
Of course the mainstream media is having a field day with it, downplaying the successes and emphasising the setbacks, but that should have been factored into the original game plan. I am mystified by the apparent lack of planning here, though of course America hasn’t won anything resembling a war for a long time now, even against mountain-dwelling goat herders armed with fertiliser.
I don’t see an off-ramp for Trump here, at least not in time to salvage the midterm elections, after which he will most likely be a lame duck. That said, we’re talking The Donald here, who has surprised us with his cunning many times, so there’s that.
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If he hadn’t done the tariff thing and didn’t stitch up a deal to start the Iran war, then his international standing would be a lot higher.
He should have focussed on climate change fraud and Pax Americana, freeing Cuba would be popular. Their electricity system is lingering on collapse because of the US oil embargo.
Soft Power Works.
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Hard power beats soft power. How do you negotiate with nuclear bombs and crazy mullahs?
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And their elite special enforcement policing and military force above defence force personnel and benefiting from wealth obtained from Iran energy exports, personally and to buy weapons and pay proxy terrorist organisations, and a very effective propaganda department.
People of Iran come last.
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A containment strategy was always the best option, bomb the nuclear installations but otherwise leave Israel to defend themselves.
Its a tribal and religious altercation between neighbours, the US should keep at arms length, like he promised the MAGA faithful.
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Containment is effectively impossible, in one sense at least. The spread of ‘Middle Eastern’ terror around the world shows that. I doubt even that Israel has managed to capture all the enriched Uranium, some of which may be in Russia, China or even North Korea by now. It might even be in America, ready to be deployed in dirty bombs. If that is indeed the case, the ‘war on terror’ will elevate to a whole other level, and bombing a few more cities, leveling the odd mountain and sinking everything that moves in the Strait of Hormuz won’t protect us.
A regime can be brought down but an ideology is much harder to squash, especially one that takes its orders from a holy book written almost 1500 years ago.
But there is, in my opinion, a potential solution, albeit unlikely. The terrorists cannot function at scale without the support of the Muslim diaspora – the perhaps mythical ‘moderate Muslims’. They have it in their power to virtually eradicate the exported terror, the radicals hiding in their midst. If they were motivated to prevent Muslim terrorists from striking overseas, they could quite easily do so, simply by being vigilant and reporting all suspicious characters/activities in their communities. This I feel is played down by our governments in their determination to avoid stoking ‘Islamophobia’. They should instead call out the enablers in Muslim enclaves, without whom most terrorists couldn’t function.
I guess what I’m saying rather clumsily is that the Iranian war must be fought here at home, too. Trump can’t do it alone.
I won’t hold my breath though. Albanese? Start rounding up Muslims for questioning? Yeah, nah.
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‘ … the Iranian war must be fought here at home, too. Trump can’t do it alone.’
He is a trouble maker, my Super is falling and they are forecasting a world recession.
To end the wars in the ME I suggest we could revitalise the Kimberley Plan if things go awry.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimberley_Plan
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Kimberly Plan!
Both Curtin and Menzies could see it was a crazy idea.
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Give half WA-NT to the Jews and they will be running Australia! Oh wait… they do!
It would certainly make for a more peaceful Middle East, just the Sunnis and Shias fighting amongst themselves, but mainly it would make the NW of Aussie the most valuable place on the continent!
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el+gordo , Trump was asked about Iran 40 years ago during an interview and he said if he was president he would bomb it , since that day whenever asked he has repeated that and even repeated it just before his first campaign in 2016 . It comes as no shock to me and I applaud his actions.
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Preferably people with street-cred, not zealots or CNN fans.
Gallop polls put him at 60% disapproval.
Just wait a few weeks, as the war escalates.
“President Trump gives Iran exactly 48 hours to open the Strait of Hormuz, or he will blow up all of their power plants in the country.”
7 redthumbs! Woo hoo! Mask wearers unite! 😆
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Steve, why do you say “ The Iran ‘war’ is a predictable debacle, unwinnable on the current trajectory.”?
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Predictable because America has a track record of failure in the Middle East. Unwinnable in the sense that they can destroy the current regime but they are unlikely to defeat the Islamists in a nation the size of Iran. Note that Hamas couldn’t be wiped out – or even removed from power – in tiny Gaza, despite turning the whole place to rubble, more or less.
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One problem is the myth of modernization in that we were convinced that humanity could and had advanced beyond animalistic motivations and territorial disputes over resources.
The ‘no human is illegal’ and ‘multiculturalism’ belief is behind UN facilitated mass migration that is on the verge of causing literal civil war and insolvency in most Western countries.
Most progressive people believe that crime only happens when marginalized people are not getting their ‘needs’ met by the greater society.
And that we can observe and control planetary weather on a millennia scale.
We even complain when government does not conduct war with bureaucratic memo and meeting planned goal achieving consistency,
This only happens with Pandemics.
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Uk police ‘visit man’s home over his xbox 360 gamertag’ — only to drop it immediately when they discover he’s chinese
The man, who posted his account anonymously on Reddit’s r/LegalAdviceUK forum around 13 March, explained that he had used the username “ChingChongChinaman” across both X, formerly Twitter, and as an Xbox gamertag since he was approximately 13 years old, dating back to the Xbox 360 era. He described the name as ironic and self-referential, used among friends, and noted that he is himself ethnically Chinese.
https://britanniadaily.com/uk-police-visit-mans-home-over/
When the cops have finished their mindless obsession over online nonsense, maybe they could find time to look at real crime.
Start with the govt.
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Start with the muslim rape gangs and the government officials and police who have been enabling them for over 30 years.
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This!
There are tens, if not a hundred or more of police, elected representatives, social workers etc that should be behind bars for their obvious failures.
Will they ever face justice though? It’s doubtful.
There is a little justice in the justice system but not much, especially if you wield power or influence or are protected by those that do.
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It’s difficult to believe that this is the same country that settled much of the known world.
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They surrendered their country to invaders on rubber dinghies.
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Suicidal empathy
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Packing the books brought here long ago: the kids do not read Russian, grandkids do not recognise the Cyrillic characters…
(myself – I am a writer, not reader)
What culture that was last century…
Two giant prophets, in their own right, gave their lives to serve the Moloch and were rewarded only with permitting to serve.
Trust DE by I. Ehrenburg 1923 (DE stands for Death of Europe)
Thoughts on Progress, Peaceful Coexistence and Intellectual Freedom, by Andrei Sakharov, 1968, for which he was stripped of all privlliges and titles, exiled into wilderness.
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Uniparty?
Did you read the links I posted yesterday @ https://joannenova.com.au/2026/03/how-to-solve-the-australian-fuel-crisis-we-could-be-self-sufficent/
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One extract from one of three links I posted yesterday;
22 SEPTEMBER 2020
The Morrison government’s rejection of a net zero emissions target for 2050 is at odds with the Paris agreement and more than 100 countries that have backed the goal, according to some of Australia’s most experienced climate experts.
Scott Morrison told the ABC on Sunday that the government’s position was to reach net zero carbon dioxide emissions “in the second half of the century, and we’ll certainly achieve that”.
Asked why he would not commit to the 2050 goal, which has been backed by business, farming, union and environment groups and every state and territory, the prime minister said “because I’m more interested in the doing”.
Erwin Jackson, policy director at the Investor Group on Climate Change and an observer at international climate conferences since the 1990s, said it was “very clear” that by ratifying the Paris agreement Australia had agreed global heating should be limited to between 1.5C and 2C above pre-industrial levels, and commitments should be informed by the latest science.
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Note: the Investor Group on Climate Change !!!
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On a positive note, Cuba should be close to achieving net zero.
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FWIW – a new climatic affliction
“Aussie Growing Conditions which Produced Record Harvests are now “Climate Whiplash” ”
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2026/03/21/aussie-growing-conditions-which-produced-record-harvests-are-now-climate-whiplash/
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Is there any error in this comment?
Denial is to the downfall of all Australians.
For example, Bowen said 50% renewables now, but did not mention technologies, were hydro electric power stations included?
Let’s assume he meant wind and solar, Installed (Nameplate) Capacity of say 100MW would deliver intermittently an average over time not constantly best according to AEMO 35MW and audited independently based on actual AEMO data achieved to 2024 period followed 29MW
Therefore as a percentage, 50% of total of all technologies supplying, Installed would be 14.5%
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I think Australians are now so dumbed-down and propagandised, that they may not even be capable of understanding.
Just look at how they voted for Labor in SA and in most recent prior elections when there were less bad options.
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I think some Australians are now so dumbed-down and propagandised, that they may not even be capable of understanding.
There, fixed it for you.😁
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David there is also enormous lack of detailed knowledge among media professionals, no wonder we mere mortals can be and are misled, and we being interested and hopefully alert.
It reminds me of what Tony Abbott said to journalists the day Turnbull replaced him late 2015, he told them not to accept anonymous leaks unless the source/s were prepared to be and were named. I know what he was referring to, the constant leaking by a ghost squad beginning when Doctor Brendan Nelson became Liberal Leader and Opposition Leader after the defeat of the Howard Government November 2007, by end 2008 Turnbull was the leader and had convinced Liberal MPs that opinion polling results indicated that Nelson was unpopular??? No time for him to regroup the Coalition.
It has been described as “relentless negativity” and was outlined in that website stopturnbull now taken down. And used a number of times as well as leaking by insiders determined to control from the left side or centre left Labor-like right factions.
It is therefore understandable that many observers have gained false impressions and based opinions on them.
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The three major faiths believe this yarn, the troubles began with a couple of gents having a mind wrestle.
“What is your name?” the man asked. He replied, “Jacob.” “Your name will no longer be Jacob,” the man told him. “From now on you will be called Israel, because you have fought with God and with men and have won.”
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Study Involving Over 1 Million Children Finds Myocarditis Only Occurred in Covid-Vaccinated Children
There were ZERO myocarditis cases in unvaccinated kids.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12643559/
Wonder if the TGA knows?
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TGA knows nothing and admits nothing!
Should they have known. Maybe.
Should they know now. Most definitely!
But they will keep their heads down and resist any attempts for discovery.
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This is not real science until the TV says so,
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“Doubling down on fossil fuels today doesn’t buy security. It keeps us vulnerable – tethered to the same volatile global markets and exposed shipping lanes. Today we have cleaner, cheaper and more reliable ways to power our nation – with wind, solar and electrification. These solutions are already onshore, and abundant, so they don’t require a naval escort.
This conflict must be a wake-up call. Our reliance on coal, oil and gas is a direct risk to our national security and it is driving up our costs of living….the only enduring fix is to phase out fossil fuels entirely. China understood this decades ago, diversifying into renewables and EVs to ensure its economy could withstand external shocks. ”
..said the former special adviser on energy and transport to British prime minister Margaret Thatcher and a former regional president of BP Australasia. Now heavily invested in ruinables and a complete fanboy! However his article will go down well in Sydney and Melbourne.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/i-was-a-bp-boss-and-thatcher-s-energy-adviser-it-s-time-to-switch-off-petrol-20260320-p5qydw.html
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