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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Trumpled (Alternative Leading)
Last post by tonyo -
Quote from: madbluboy – on
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said she had presented her Nobel Peace Prize to US President Donald Trump during a high-stakes encounter that could affect how Trump seeks to shape the South American country’s political future.
But the Nobel Prize people said it is 'not possible' for an award winner to pass the prize onto someone else.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Trumpled (Alternative Leading)
Last post by madbluboy -
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said she had presented her Nobel Peace Prize to US President Donald Trump during a high-stakes encounter that could affect how Trump seeks to shape the South American country’s political future.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Trumpled (Alternative Leading)
Last post by tonyo -
There was a story in the paper today about how Richard Nixon successfully leaned on the then Chair of the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates in the lead up to the 1972 elections to improve his re-election chances.  The upshot of this was the inflation rate (which was 3.2% in 1972) rose to over 12% by the end of the decade.

The world economy will get whacked if Donny boy gets to set his own rates by replacing Jerome Powell with a patsy when his term ends in April.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Trumpled (Alternative Leading)
Last post by Lods -
I think what would be best for the world is for one of his 'excursions' to go terribly wrong and then see how he tries to defend it.
No doubt he'd blame everyone but himself.
But I suspect it would put a dent in his support.
Once the cracks start to really appear watch the rats desert the ship.
Watch Rubio in particular. ;)
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Trumpled (Alternative Leading)
Last post by DJC -
He’s not called Taco for nothing!

The deployment of special forces troops from NATO nations to Greenland will dampen his ardour too.

I suppose that will count as another war that he’s stopped 🙄
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Trumpled (Alternative Leading)
Last post by Lods -
Trump to Iranian Protestors..."Help is on the way"

No it's not.
Probably a good decision...but the Iranian protestors now know, what most of the world knows.
That the "flip-flop" man cant be relied on when the chips are down.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: General Discussions
Last post by DJC -
I was following a Tesla through Geelong recently (in my V8 diesel 😇) and I noticed a very stylish, bespoke decal on the boot that appeared to strobe as the vehicle went from shadow to sunshine. It read, “Purchased before Elon went crazy.”

I know that (a) Elon has always been crazy, (b) similar stickers have been around for a while, and (c) the driver was probably a tosser, but it made me smile.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: General Discussions
Last post by northernblue -
Lp, the only fact you managed to spew forth is that Tesla is going subscription for FSD, everything else is your own poorly formed opinion.
Ev batteries will outlast the vehicles, ie 20-30yrs before being repurposed, it’s what the science shows it’s what real world charging data shows.
Go and educate yourself ffs.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: General Discussions
Last post by LP -
Yet another Con of the EV market exposed today, you buy a Tesla full of promise about self-driving, cheaper to run, latest technology, etc., etc..

Then you wake up today to read Tesla is moving features and capabilities you were waiting for, or some you already had, into subscription only. The car you've already bought and paid for is now going to cost you more on top of the energy and servicing bills, just to keep it running!

Who'd have thunk it! ::)

You can see why RedTrump and Musk get along just fine.

They've turned your car into a phone service, how long before they start turning off the service when the Corporate AI Robo Debt claims you are in default?

Even worse, those low cost Chinese EVs, they'll see this happening and think "I'll have a bit of that!"

All this before battery shock hits you at year 10!
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The Sports Desk / Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread
Last post by ElwoodBlues1 -
Yep well done to Alyssa Healy, agree she is good value in the commentary box and gives straight forward views on the game which I like. Interesting her other half Mitchell Starc has attributed his good form and exceptional fitness this summer to giving up the booze during the series. England it seems took the opposite approach of increasing their alcohol intake and there have been reports of players fronting up to the Perth Test overweight.
Maybe Bazball should be renamed Boozeball, I cant see how McCullum survives given the English off field culture is Rat crape and the Management wont call out the bad behaviour and lack of professionalism from the playing group.