A crew member aboard a USN nuclear sub involved in secret squirrel stuff off Greenland became so sick that the sub had to reveal itself and ask for Greenland's assistance which was freely given.
Nek minit, Taco is announcing that he's sending a hospital ship to Greenland to address the dire health issues confronting Greenlanders. Of course, Greenland has universal healthcare and, while their health outcomes aren't up to par with Denmark, the USA generally ranks dead last for health metrics among peer nations. Greenlanders, quite rightly, don't want their healthcare downgraded.
The real kicker is that the USN has two Mercy Class hospital ships and one of them is supposed to be on its way to Greenland. Unfortunately, they're both out of action undergoing repairs in an Alabama shipyard. Then there's the problem that both ships (converted supertankers) are non-ice class meaning that they can't operate safely in Arctic waters.
On an ambivalence level what does a nato sanctioned war look like?
Nothing to do with NATO. The Treaty only comes into force in a member state is attacked. The USA argued that 9/11 was an attack on it by Afghanistan, hence NATO involvement. Most NATO countries have refused permission for US aircraft to use their bases.
Also, can I ask, how would we all like it if someone destroyed parliament and enforced their own take on our leadership?
I may be cynical but is this about concern for the Iranian people or access to oil?
We probably wouldnt necessarily hate our government being over thrown but they're going to need some staunch leadership to right that ship, and if history is a guide this is just history repeating since the Iraq involvement in the 80's.
Libya, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria? Using military might to topple a government can work in the long run, but only with something like the Marshall Plan in Germany or SCAP in Japan. That's not going to happen in Iran and it's going to take a miracle to see Iran functioning as it should.
I believe that under International Energy Agency rules, we should hold 90 days worth but we're usually around the 50 day mark.
It would seem to be a no brainer to have our strategic reserves stored here rather than in the USA. There's really no guarantee that the USA will hand our reserves over or have the means to get it to us.
There's Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi waiting in the wings and cheering the US on, but I'm not sure that the Iranians will want to change an authoritarian theocratic regime for an authoritarian monarchical regime.
I suspect that the USA thinks that chopping the head off the snake will encourage the populace to rise up and establish a western style constitutional democracy.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader for the last 36 years, has been killed by air strikes, along with other leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Of course, that's a misnomer as the regime is not republican or Iranian but is a Shia cartel that has brutally suppressed all other Iranian political and religious groups since they seized power in 1979. I don't think too many folk will be mourning Khamenei and his thugs.
The other side of the coin is that the USA and Israel started a war without UN approval and, in the case of the USA, without the constitutionally required Congressional approval. On top of that, only about 25% of Americans support the war and that number will probably drop as the war drags on, casualties increase and the price of oil climbs.
Other issues are the expansion of the conflict to other Middle Eastern nations, the closure of the Straits of Hormuz, the fact that regime change has never been achieved through air strikes and always requires boots on the ground, and the potential for Iran to become a failed state like the other Middle Eastern nations that have had forced regime change.
Ukraine is happy because the supply of Iranian Shahed drones to Russia will dry up.
Meanwhile, there's panic buying at service stations and I expect that there'll be a run on dunny rolls
We are a big unknown right now. We don't know how we will line up and how we will play.....how the hell do the opposition scout that?
We have the ability to come out of the blocks early and get the jump on them before they get a chance to react. On the other hand, we have 2 ex-sydney players who would be well aware of their gameplan. The only difference with them is who they kick to in the 50 now.
Later in the year when we've shown our hand it will be harder to get wins IMO. Early on, anything is possible.
Similarly, we could get done by 100 points if we haven't got our $h!t together.....but more chance of a win than that happened IMO.
I'm thinking along the same lines. We could have seven or eight debutants on Thursday and that's going to be a headache for Sydney's opposition analysts. We've also gone from a conventional two KPF forward line to a more dynamic, multi-faceted offence and, potentially, different and more efficient ball movement.
Sydney were rubbish last season, with no real excuses apart from a coach on his Ls. They won more games than us but with almost the same percentage despite our glaring inability to score.
Cant lose to a midpack team like the Swans and need to bank wins early and get the pressure off Voss. I dont see much fallout from the top 8 from last season apart from Collingwood who I think will struggle and we cant be losing to teams around us or below imho.
Yes, if we're going to have any joy at all this season, we can't afford to drop games against mediocre teams, even if they have brought in a messiah ... with dodgy knees, questionable attitude and poor second efforts.
How do you explain one nation which is about as far right wing as you can get rapidly rising in popularity
Or is it another beat up BS story like the 15-30B of our tax payers money going to illegal activities, which as it cant be verified to your liking is now dismissed ?
DJC these are the times when you keep defending and refuse to admit any wrong doing that you lose credibility to me as its obvious your comments are not coming from a balanced view of the situation. Majority of us have a political side we support but most can also call a spade a spade too.
Oh well we shall all see in the upcoming elections what the people think.
It's based on the last election but still shows how your views/opinions fit in with those of the five major parties. It also shows how much the policies of the parties overlap.
For the record, my results are slightly to the left of dead centre.
The goverment prevented a professional tennis player entering the country because he wouldnt take a vaccine but cant find a way to prevent ISIS sympathises who left on their own accord back onto our shores as its un lawfull. really?
Our PM provided his usual lip service after the Bondi terror attack saying he would make any changes needed to keep us safe yet as usual when it comes to the crunch he lies diverts and fails to act.
Yet people are still surprised with one nations rapid support.
The public have had a gutful of the current party.
Sorry Shawny but you’re not the public and I think you’ll find that the sensible centre has had a gutful of extremist claims, be they right or left.
As with the CFMEU $15-30Bn beat up, none of this stands up to scrutiny. The Government, regardless of its persuasion, has to comply with the law.
But let’s celebrate yet another right wing terrorist being arrested by the WA Joint Counter Terrorism Team before he could implement his deadly plan. I suspect that these wannabe Nazis present a much greater threat than the ISIS brides and their children. Where’s the outrage at these terrorists?
We have won 2 of our last 20 games at the SCG vs Syd. Our last win there was when Jesus played CHB for Jerusalem (R17 2019). This worries me more than anything else (and the fact that I am heading over to watch the game).
History is important, but it doesn’t determine who wins games of footy. The amount of noise you can generate in support of the boys will be critical 🙂
Non Violent Offenders/Flight risk?....one from a neighbouring country has connections to a criminal bikie gang and the other main offender is an Indian National, Id view both as risks to leave the country... The ISIS brides are extremists and a threat to the community imo and the Minister has the power to issue exclusion orders.. Under section 17 return permits can be revoked "on the Minister's own initiative". What this means practically is that Australian citizens could, technically, be banned from returning indefinitely which Is what should happen but Tony Burke has promised his Dr mate he will let them back in and wont act in the interests of the country Paterson was on the money exposing the whole mess but unfortunately it seems NSW and Victoria will be having to re-house and pay for these Terrorist Brides to live amongst us...
So how do you get them to court without a Criminal Justice Visa?
These procedures have been in operation for many years under governments of both persuasions. Do you expect the current government to ignore the law?
As for Ene, I’m pretty sure that a judge can’t refuse bail on the grounds that the accused’s brother is a bikie. I’m also pretty sure that (a) Singh isn’t keen on returning to India and (b) the bail conditions will prevent him trying.
I don’t think there’s a one size fits all solution to the ISIS brides and their children. A child married at 14 probably deserves different treatment to an adult who still supports ISIS. But that doesn’t change the Australian government’s obligation to provide citizens with replacement passports.
Furthermore, ASIO would be all over whether any of these women and children present a security threat. I’m inclined to go with their assessment over Peta Credlin’s.
James Paterson and Andrew Bragg are two of the better performed Liberal Senators imo and yep I know their job as the Libs attack dogs is to drag up dirt on anything Labor do/dont do but the reality is this present Government are great at serving up themselves up on a plate,making mistake after mistake and then trying to cover it up. Letting detainees back into the public who have been charged with serious crimes is horrendous imo and lacking common sense much like giving ISIS brides Passports to come back to Australia and then trying to cover it up and deny giving assistance... Paterson usually gets it right imo and while he can be over the top wanting detail and pedantic about scoring political points Id rather that than letting these incidents be covered up and buried by the Government..
That's why the Libs are in the doldrums!
A Criminal Justice Visa is granted by the Department of Home Affairs so that an immigration detainee can be kept in the country to face charges. It's routine and there's nothing unusual or untoward about this. They were granted bail by the court, as is usually the case for non-violent offenders who aren't flight risks. The Government doesn't determine who gets bail.
The ISIS brides are Australian citizens and the Australian Government has no choice but to issue them with replacement passports. It's the law.
Paterson doesn't get things right. He fakes outrage over part of the story and ignores the facts.
Chesser’s form was pretty good on Wednesday and he has to be in the selection mix too.
Six, seven or eight debutants will mean a lot of work for Sydney’s opposition analysts trying to figure out how we’re going to play … even if they have Bucky’s training reports.
While we could have four players with just three games between them, we will have brought in three seasoned, established AFL footballers, two of whom may have something to prove.
I reckon we’ve got a damn good chance of knocking the Swans off. 🤞
My 23 has seven debutants and I can't see us going in with less than six blokes wearing the CFC monogram for the first time. That has to be some sort of record
8 million dollar Medicare fraud committed by detainees at the Melbourne immigration centre and they were given Visa's and bail plus allowed out into the community. Detainee tip...So if you are being detained at an Immigration centre the easy way out is to commit a crime and thus win your freedom.
I would take anything Senator James Paterson says with a grain of salt.
The former immigration detainees were granted Criminal Justice Visas; a standard procedure when immigration detainees are charged with criminal offences or required to give evidence in a trial. Depending on the outcome of the court cases, the former detainees will be imprisoned and then deported or returned to immigration detention, then deported.
Two quite significant changes to Victorian criminal law:
An amendment will be introduced to prevent criminals convicted of violent offences using character references to mitigate sentences. Probably more for "look and feel" than sentencing outcomes, although I once wrote a character reference that saved a mate from a custodial sentence for firearms offences.
The "adult crime, adult time" law came into force meaning that the maximum jail sentence faced by a 14 to 17 year old person will go from three years to 25 years.
