Something just squeaked.

Rosie;

I wouldn’t encourage handing out too many refreshments here calli.
Get the impression some have already had more than their fair share.

That’s a lie.
A terrible, nay, a HORRID lie.
And a fabrication.

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Rex Anger:

I’m pretty sure it was bad loans like that which provoked the Freddie Mac/Fannie Mae collapses and the whole GFC business, correct?

You are quite correct.
Labeling dog shit as gold didn’t stand up to scrutiny.
Or the markets.

Plasma – this continent is awash with riches.

Packing everyone into six ports is ridiculous.

Look all over the world, you will see high density cities/populations on the coast. Why?

This is due to the fact that shipping is the most cost effective method of transportation the world has, it is also one of the major reasons why land locked countries are almost universally poor.

If there were a major project that would encourage people to move out of the cities to a rural area, maybe it would happen, but there’s nothing.
Continued infrastructure the major cities and expansion of remote FIFO mining operations are your only options currently.

Putin makes everyone look dumb:

Russian puts the ruble on the gold standard
Recently, the Russian central bank announced that it will put the ruble on a gold standard. The bank pegged 1 gram of gold to 5,000 rubles. Now that means, one troy ounce of gold or 32 grams of Gold would now cost 1,60,000 rubles in Russia. At the current exchange rate, 32 grams of gold would cost roughly $1,600 in Russia.

But wait, in the US, the same quantity of gold would cost you $1,928. That means Russia has effectively ratcheted up its currency’s value against the dollar by pegging it to gold. If, 1 gram of gold is bound to 5000 rubles, then according to Western standards, the ruble must be valued at 70-75 units against 1 dollar.

No way can the US supply an equivalent amount of gas to Europe if Russia turns off the tap.

There is the additional problem that shipping capacity is just not there at the moment.

Calli:

I wasn’t aware of Brand promoting “conspiracy theories”. What he does is present all the aspects of a story in an entertaining way, gives his opinion and asks his audience for theirs.

He appears to have come out of his shell and is asking the questions he didn’t ask years ago.
A little less over the top would be nice.

Winston Smithsays:
April 1, 2022 at 9:46 pm
Rex Anger:

I’m pretty sure it was bad loans like that which provoked the Freddie Mac/Fannie Mae collapses and the whole GFC business, correct?

You are quite correct.
Labeling dog shit as gold didn’t stand up to scrutiny.
Or the markets.

Winston we might be protected from that here because people in the housing lending game have told me that the screws on lending were tightened sometime ago. It depends on how much rates rise and of course the unknowns. In the USA pre GFC they were almost giving loans away. That doesn’t happen here.

Not my style Rabz

I’m the gentle compassionate understanding type that only seeks to assist mentally ill.

When the film …

Putin makes everyone look dumb:

He’s also effectively linked the price of oil to gold as I understand it.

Would really appreciate some decent analysis on this play.

Brussels Sprouts are the VB of the vegetable world.

A story for the times….a local business noticed the local residences were having difficulty piling up household rubbish on the nature strip following recent floods.

Being good neighbors, the business offered their car park for locals to dump their damaged water logged furniture and effects.

The local Council is now collecting the rubbish on the nature strip for free for locals. The business needs to pay to have their car park cleared, because commercial.

No good deed goes unpunished.

I leave to watch a movie (The Dish) and the caravan has moved on to a new page!

On Brand. I said he was entertaining. And yes, I am sceptical. But he is an interesting emergence from the sludge of commentary.

Farmer Gezsays:
April 1, 2022 at 10:12 pm
Brussels Sprouts are the VB of the vegetable world.

Wise words.

Count down to Bird strike commences.
3.
2.
1.
11.
49.

Nah, Winston.

Bird is off having a nice time and keeping himself firmly in check over at the Furniture Store.

It would in fact seem that I, the great Emmanuel Goldstein-Devilbastard the Third Esq., am the Great Unifying Evil among the folks now assembled there. Struth hates me, SRR hates me, some sycophant named ‘peter’ hates me, too. And Bird hates me so much he’s managed not to go on rants about [CENTRAL BANKERS!] for over a week. He rants and rages and curses me instead. 🙂

I truly do seem to bring out the very best in people… 🙂

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Just heard that my 2IC from the old job resigned today. That brings the resignation count to about 5 supervisors since I was terminated.

Note to companies: If you think you can behave like complete fucking arseholes and get away with it, think again. When you do, everyone does a bit of reflection : “I think I can do better than working for these fucking arseholes!”.

Everyone went on to much better paid jobs in better behaved companies. The 2IC doubled his pay with his new job. Great stuff!

No, Rabz. This is living through another Cuba!

Note to companies: If you think you can behave like complete fucking arseholes and get away with it, think again. When you do, everyone does a bit of reflection : “I think I can do better than working for these fucking arseholes!”.

Even funnier, when they take their skills and set up new and successful competitors!

Actually, is that a conceivable option in your position, Rick?

Or do you have to be a ‘big’ player in order to be considered for even a smallish airport?

Scrapers!

Rollers!

Plasmamortar:

Continued infrastructure the major cities and expansion of remote FIFO mining operations are your only options currently.

The cities will continue to dominate Australian growth until the disbursers realise that $3 Billion to extend a freeway 4 km will pay back more if it is spread among 30 regional townships.
Unfortunately, the price rises of property in the cities will slow, and we can’t have that.
A property bust will ruin too many politicians.

Winston Smithsays:
April 1, 2022 at 10:40 pm
John H:

For long distance space travel there are so many issues I think automation is a far better option than humans. Besides that we’re going to need some type of field to protect us from G forces during the acceleration phase.

The automation vs human schools have been arguing this for decades. Neither seem to be able to realise this isn’t an either/or situation. Any exploration to say, Alpha Centauri is going to have to a mix of the two.
Secondly, the issue of G forces won’t happen. The ability to accelerate a vessel above 1 G is going to exhaust the fuel very quickly. Far better to use an ion drive to accelerate at say, .2 G to get the same velocity. That doesn’t mean we can’t build the ship in near earth orbit and strap on a shitload of solid fuel rockets to get the show on the road. We can use planetary braking to slow down at the end.
Thirdly, getting to Alpha Centauri is going to take a generation ship unless we have a remarkable science/engineering breakthrough in the next 40 years. Meanwhile, sorting out Mars and perhaps one of the Jovian moons is going to keep us focused for the time being. And building a space industry in one of the Lagrange points.

It will be so boring. Beyond the solar system space is so empty, a vast nothingness. Submariners and explorers had plenty to do but on long space flights we’d be better off in hibernation. I don’t like the idea of ion drives, too slow, take too long, but resurrecting Project Orion might be worth a shot. Without new technology interstellar travel is best left to the scifi writers. I don’t even see the point of Mars or any of the planets. A better option is Kuiper belt mining.

John H:

Winston we might be protected from that here because people in the housing lending game have told me that the screws on lending were tightened sometime ago. It depends on how much rates rise and of course the unknowns. In the USA pre GFC they were almost giving loans away. That doesn’t happen here.

I did a couple of back of the envelope calculations week or so ago, at 5%, 10%, and 15% – it frightened me and brought back memories of 17% home loans where my entire wages went for the loan and about 10% of the missus.
I doubt the current generation of debtors has any idea of how to deal with this scenario.

rickw:

Just heard that my 2IC from the old job resigned today. That brings the resignation count to about 5 supervisors since I was terminated.

Excellent news.
Have you let them know of your availability on two items:
.1 The head of the idiot who formulated the “no jab/ No job” rule? Plate optional but appreciated.
.2 A 100% increase in take home pay?

The Greatest Australian Hero at 4.47:

Freedom and self reliance are strong in my breed

The Greatest Australian Hero 48 hours ago:

‘Ooooooh I stepped in poo’
‘These toilets are filthy’

Ah hahahahaha.

Poop eh?

Don’t look up the messytails/Brownnose Pup saga on the internet.

That was a level of degeneracy I wish I didn’t know about.

The More You Know…

*Policy guru*

Anyone in charge of policy from after 2007 onwards needs a good slap, and to shut the hell up.

You failed. Miserably.

Go away and ruin your own business or another country. You’ve done enough damage here, leave us alone!

SAY *POLICY GURU* ONE MORE TIME, MOTHERFUCKER!

Freedom and self reliance are strong in my breed

Which prefaced a while lot of raging about how taking up driving trucks again in Current Year is all too hard and it’s all too tyrannical and how dare that lunatic troll unionised lazy choo choo who doesn’t do anything and is here on this blog 24/7 and I can’t stop or destroy him and it makes me so ANGRY-MAD etc. etc. etc. and so forth…

Different eras I guess, Rabz.

About what?

Blondie vs. Wolf Alice?

Or your Thought-leader?

We are here, because grog.

Another day with 24/7 posting of a unionist who’s head I live.
And Kneel.
Don’t blame others for your actions.
A lot of that going on at the moment.
All I said is you were angry at having taken the jab and that wasn’t insane compared to the denialism of the lets move on , it never happened crowd who believe there has been no consequence or damage done to others because they did it.
You then “dropped your sandwiches” and decided I was to blame for what you did.
I believe no man should have taken the jab unless under extreme conditions to cross a border for a loved one.
Those that were made to do that should now be looking for blood, not folding under the mental weakness of denialism.
I never said you should have got the jab and in doing so you have empowered tyranny and in the process hurt your fellow man including children.
You may have had a hard decision to make but you made the wrong one and we are all going to pay for it.
Instead of chucking a tanty at those speaking the truth and who won’t accept your snivelling excuses I thought you were sane, had worked out just what they scared you into doing and would be turning against those that did it instead of those speaking the uncomfortable truth you don’t want to hear.
Grizzling at the truth or trying to fix your fuck up….and it is a fuck up because you’ve made things worse and there will be more shit you are going to be required to do to keep your green tick…..which action will be better for your mental health?