Her First Take and Quiet Fire albums are FANTASTIC!! They are some of my favourites.
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My mum is starting to come around, I have been highlighting these examples and have another one. Minns is an…
So what happens when the factory is all designed and built and the flow of products is turned on its…
Well said!
it’s a better liar
https://www.westernjournal.com/hellhole-dc-girl-12-accused-killing-disabled-man-ends-shot-home/
It’s time to start up the OrganBanks, no age limit.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/02/ilhan-omar-makes-outrageous-comment-targeting-american-people/
The Left is frightened now that adults are in the Big Chair, and are in a position to investigate certain marital/citizenship fraud cases.
She’d be much better off keeping her big mouth shut and not drawing attention to herself. But no…
How did they get a Biden Presidency in the first place?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUFZk3jw4MU
From the comments…
The Fourth Reich, emergent?
Given how many of the previous lot burrowed their way into “polite society” after the last “round”, and how deeply they were integrated into the old “East Germany, this ought not be a surprise. A disappointment, yes, but not a surprise. The Corporate was real back in the 1930s & ’40’. The lure of absolute power is not just restricted to the resurgent Prussians; it is a perpetual goal for all manner of people.
Just remember from which side of “the wall” emerged “Mutti Merkel”.. Germany, as a society is simultaneously being “white-anted” by the eco-nazis and “one-worlders” but at the same time fomenting “action against the unbelievers”. What is happening in the beer halls of Munich? Keep an eye out for a “retro” line from Hugo Boss.
The BBC’s Hard Talk man Stephen Sackur gets stuck into the Indian Modi government for interfering in the freedom of the press! What a surprise!
I didn’t hear him for years and years say a single thing about the legacy media in the USA, which has been appalling for a long time, so bad that it has destroyed its own reputation and is no longer trusted by most people. Sackings continue due to low ratings.
And he didn’t say a word about the appalling lawfare employed to try and take Trump out of the 2024 race.
If he wanted to have a go at a government, how about the UK Starmer mob, who have an awful tendency to prosecute people for though crimes.
Of course, there’s no need for the government to interfere with the Beeb, as it obediently parrots government policy, while occasionally criticising it for not being hard line enough.
The “Beeb”, like our ABCESS has been at the forefront of “opinion-shaping” for a very long time. This, in both cases, extends beyond the obviously “coloured” news and current affairs programmes, but deep into the “entertainment” operations, as well. (“Doctor Who?… anybody?)
I find the spacing between words on this blogue to be racist. It’s an insult to my illiterate fourbears and I demand an apology!
Muddying the waters!
Was that foue bears or forebears.
Furbears.
This is Australia mate, dropbears
You have four illiterate bears?
The German’s appear to be intent on avoiding any involvement with AfD, so they are probably going to make it a government in its own right next time.
It’s modern disinformation by the media and others to always refer to conservatives as “extreme right”.
AfD just doubled its vote, and might do that again next time.
Germany should have their government run by the British and Britain should have their industry run by Germans.
What role do you see for the French, FG?
The traditional answer is, looking after the catering.
Not any more they shouldn’t… to either proposition
Some important chunks are, already. Look at who owns Rolls Royce, British Aerospace, etc.
These three are the best example of why you shouldn’t marry your cousin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnnogqQ1X3E
‘British’ Muslim Men ATTACK British Women for ‘Breaking Sharia Law’
Hilarious.
The bogeyman is back.
A logical look at insanity.
We can have a gentleman’s agreement to limit the damage.
Meanwhile, ignore the men behind the curtain,err, beard.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/02/21/how-return-british-tactical-nuclear-weapons-save-europe/?WT.mc_id=e_DM521655&WT.tsrc=email&etype=Edi_Edi_New_Reg&utmsource=email&utm_medium=Edi_Edi_New_Reg20250224&utm_campaign=DM521655
This case looks like it may change things significantly for DEI.
My question is, would this mean that the homeless would get to sue those providing housing only to refugees?
A valid question, 2Dogs. To my way of thinking, the homeless have a very good case – and it’s strengthened by the use of public funding for Illegal Immigrants.
So you can ask Grok to do a roast on someone and you can make it go harder. So I was asking it to do this with Dutton and it kept coming up with green enviro stuff
So I asked it why this was and it turns out it has inherent bias ( Grok 2) in that it was an amalgam of posts that had been made on X. So it follows if more lefties have posted about a subject on X, what Grok spits out is biased in that direction. It admitted that. Grok 3 may be different.
I find it very useful in providing quick answers to verifiable facts, with out having to sift through pages of search engine. I plan to test it on sharpening up writing. I think it is a good thing, so far.
Thats what I don’t like about AI, Helen. Its an amalgam of whatever crap has percolated to the surface. Remembering just like a horse designed by a commitee is a camel.
See also:
“A mouse designed by a committee is an elephant”.
AI is good for some things but it continually hallucinates on others
it can chew over vast amounts of information very quickly
but it’s chief problem is that it cannot possibly know the quality of the information it ingests
the other problem is that it has zero accountability for the gibber it can sometimes output
now that AI results pretty much appear at the top of the page after a google search I sometimes scan them to see what it is crapping on about
when I do very specific technical searches I have found AI making up responses that sound correct but nonetheless are factually wrong.
and that gives me information about ‘quality’
… it cant be trusted
so, pretty much the same as general ‘public opinion’ then?
it’s a better liar
Grok?
Yet another perversion of a term coined by Robert Heinlein in his novel; “Stranger in a Strange Land”..
First, they steal your language……
Thepostmillenial.com:
RTWT
Bruce back in the limelight, whatever happened in Tasmania we don’t fully know but from what I can glean from an obvious biased media is car was leant by son on grounds returned clean with full tank of juice, some media outlets say yes it was others say he was half a day late returning. Seems mum is a raging lefty (Look at the t-shirt she is brazen enough to wear trying to explain herself) and didn’t know.
I now certain this is a BS fit up charge. Tas cops don’t do themselves any favours by preferring it:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14429047/Toyota-Prado-theft-Bruce-Lehrmann.html
If the son leant the car without her knowledge then the problem’s between her and the son.
What is happening to him is out and out persecution.
The blokes a loose cannon for sure but there are plenty of stupid people in this world.
What I don’t like is 2 women now have suddenly had complaints after finding out who he was. Both the chick in Toowoomba and now this bint in Tasmania have admitted as much.
I wake up to this….
NSW Minister Jodie Harrison apologises for Iran event in which Fatima Payman praised regime
MOHAMMAD ALFARES
NSW Minister for Women Jodie Harrison has apologised for taking part in an Iranian event featuring rogue senator Fatima Payman as a star guest, admitting her decision was “ill considered” after the WA senator used the platform to defend the hardline Islamist regime.
Ms Harrison delivered a recorded speech to the event in Sydney on Saturday, which was organised by the Benevolent Iranian Women Association to mark International Women’s Day and included supporters of the Iranian government.
In a news segment by Iranian state-owned network PressTV, Senator Payman described Iran as an “incredible” place for women and dismissed criticisms of the regime’s treatment of women as “propaganda”.
“The incredible place that Iran is, allowing for women to participate in the workforce to ensure that they have a voice, that their voices are heard, that their (voices) involved in a democratic process — realities that we’re not privy to living here and listening to the propaganda that we receive from very single-sided organisations with specific agenda,” Senator Payman told PressTV.
But late on Monday night, Ms Harrison sought to distance herself from the event, telling The Australian she did not share the views of the panellists and regretted her involvement.
The full clip of Ms Harrison’s recorded message was not provided, but it’s understood she spoke of women’s rights in Iran.
“I have heard the concerns raised and sincerely apologise for my participation in this event, for the message it sent which is incongruent with the view of myself and of the New South Wales government, and the distress I know it has caused for many,” Ms Harrison said. “Those of us who are privileged to hold public office have a responsibility to promote equality and to create a better New South Wales which does not minimise or undermine the experiences of others.
“I do not share the views expressed by the panellists at this event.
“The decision to provide a video message was ill-considered and I should not have provided a video message for the event.”
Iran’s record on women’s rights has been widely condemned, with hundreds of women arrested in recent years for defying strict dress codes and protesting against the regime’s oppressive laws.
Senator Payman, who quit the Labor Party in June last year over her support for Palestine, later defended her remarks, saying she wanted to “correct the record” on Iran.
“The organisation aimed to correct the narrative they felt was single-sided. To which I advised they should create spaces to educate and share their version of events with politicians and representatives. As a leader, it’s important for me to keep an open mind and listen to both sides,” she said.
Other speakers at the event included Sydney imam Abdul Qudoos Al-Azhari and Islamic Friendship Association founder Keysar Trad.
So, Harrison tells us that she does not ‘“share the views expressed by the panellists at this event‘. Really, so why did she speak at the event?
This again proves to me that my low opinion of Pretty Boy Minns has been right all along, he’s just the pretty face of a mediocre hard left government, a pretty face put to win them an election in 2023.
Harrison should resign for this. Conservatives have been forced to resign for much much less.
Payman isn’t too bright is she?
She may want to talk with some in her community and find out how much love is lost between “Persians” and Afghans.
Keyser Trad is still alive? oof.
Top Hamas Official: If I Knew What Would Happen I Wouldn’t Have Supported Attacking Israel
So he liked the FA but now doesn’t like the FO bit.
Be glad you are in Qatar, son, since Mossad hasn’t been active there.
Yet
Yet.
Yet.
@elonmusk
Now we know what they did last week
@DefiyantlyFree
James Comer tells Breitbart the DOJ, FBI, IRS and the SEC were all investigating Joe and Hunter Biden but they were told to stand down.
Jim Biden was being investigated by Medicare for fraud.
Six banks reported to the treasury department the Biden’s were committing financial crimes but everyone was told to stand down.
Can you imagine how co-opted the entire government was under Obama that every “independent” agency the media pretends Trump is trying to nefariously control were told to stand down and they did.
She’s a psycho, plain and simple. Zero empathy.
@EndWokeness
Kamala Harris is asked for her thoughts on the LA fires. Her response is even worse than you were expecting.
@MarioNawfal
BIDEN’S TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION LET ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FLY WITHOUT IDS
A FOIA lawsuit just exposed how Biden’s TSA fast-tracked illegal aliens through airport security while ignoring national security risks.
– TSA approved arrest warrants & deportation orders as “ID”
– Illegal aliens could show a screenshot on their phone to board flights
– TSA’s goal wasn’t security—just reducing wait times
– Facial biometrics were optional for non-citizens, despite the Patriot Act
Airports that allowed this: DFW, MIA, DEN, FLL, AUS, IAH & more
Biden’s TSA prioritized speed over safety—how many unvetted criminals were flown across the U.S.? Trump must track them down FAST.
TSA?
Thousands Standing Around.
Political bloatware.
@america
NEW POLL: @DOGE is One of the Most Popular Parts of President Trump’s Agenda:
‘Undertaking a full-scale effort to find and eliminate fraud and waste in government expenditures’
-Support: 76%
-Oppose: 24%
“Incredible”. How so? Being “allowed” to do things that, in this country, are taken as basic rights for anyone, male or female?
You’ve just negated your Islamic-pumping argument, Fatima. But you’re too silly to see it.
In addition, I think she needs a good hard Thatchering.
What propaganda?
Which organisations?
What agenda?
You’ve said it’s “specific”. Name names, give examples and spell it out.
@MAGAResource
Arizona Scandal Rocks Governor Hobbs: Corruption Probe Intensifies
Arizona’s Democrat Governor Katie Hobbs faces escalating scrutiny as a new investigation into bribery and racketeering allegations gains traction.
The probe, led by the Arizona Auditor General’s Office and Maricopa County, follows a 2024 probe by Attorney General Kris Mayes into Sunshine Residential Homes’ alleged “pay-to-play” scheme, which donated $400,000 to Hobbs and Democrats. Many see this as proof of long-standing Democratic corruption, especially amid reports of $339 million vanishing under Hobbs’ budget oversight.
Critics point to her aide’s resignation and deny her office’s claims of innocence, demanding federal FBI involvement.
Arizona Republicans, including Josh Barnett, are rallying for Hobbs’ impeachment, framing it as a victory for American values.
Under 50% of Fed Workers Have Come Back to the Office
Watching Wong get all hot and bothered in a senate grilling this morning…I’m speaking…I’m speaking…you’re trying to make a political point.
I’m reminded of that Musk/Trump office meme.
So what exactly is it you do here Penny?
same for me
last 12 months though, I’ve become rather obsessed
I’ve always been pretty average at it and my modest(?) goal is to reach 1500 across the board
doing rated puzzles is an awesome way to gain tactical vision
if only to re-ignite a spark in a bunch of bored old nannas that endlessly bicker about things political
I like to post puzzles here that are elegant and simple with a solution that is hiding in plain sight
Top Ender is very good … he kicked my arse a few weeks ago
MT, is there a site or software that you would recommend for a beginner relearning the Noble Game?
Confounding news (the CM):
I cannot visualise a universe in which I would fork out some hard-earned, and then wait outside a building for two hours in order to hear a Canadian say ‘Yo’.
Roberta Flack has died. sob…
shopping somewhere on Sunday and “I feel love” was playing on the muzak
still awesome
oops … that’s Donna Summer !!
Her First Take and Quiet Fire albums are FANTASTIC!! They are some of my favourites.
The Biden regime did absolutely everything it could to sabotage Trump, right up to the last moment.
@julie_kelly2
These are the sort of gremlins J6ers had to fight in court.
Sara Levine: “The Justice Department is under attack.”
It’s simply stunning to see how they lie with ease. They were not fired for “doing their jobs.”
They were temporary prosecutors on Capitol Siege unit who were made permanent after Trump won. Trump DOJ busted the scheme and dismissed the temporary hires.
Also—note how the 100% conviction rate is supposed to demonstrate the strength of the evidence rather than a rigged, biased process that involved jurors in the most Democratic city in the country.
These two aren’t even employable at the local DMV.
@CollinRugg
President Trump’s nominee to head NASA, Jared Isaacman, is the first commercial astronaut to walk in space.
Billionaire businessman Jared Isaacman, who set a world record for the fastest light-jet flight around the world, was tapped by Trump to kickstart the new American “Golden Age.”
Isaacman is known for commanding the first all-civilian spaceflight mission to orbit Earth in 2021 and plans to set ambitious new goals at NASA once he’s confirmed.
He also founded Draken International, where he built the world’s largest private fleet of fighter jets.
“You only get one crack at life. To the extent you have the means to do so, you have this obligation to live life to the fullest. You never know when it’s going to be your last day.”
The Bee. Again, not funny.
UK Version Of Apple Watch Will Warn When Your Heart Rate Reacts Inappropriately To A Racist Meme
Cyclone Alfred is about to get some attention. Over night model runs and JTWC runs have it curving back to the coast in about 3 days. Down near Rockhampton though at 21deg south.
Upper level ridge building over SEQ blocking it move further south. Wind shear horrible and increasing, sea surface temperatures enough to sustain a formed cyclone. Fair bit of dry air over Queensland though. Capricorn Coast could be in for a windy wet weekend as I doubt it will be at cyclone status if it reaches the coast.
Latest morning model runs have it coming close to the central Qld coast, but not a crossing, before heading off to the SE. Let’s see what they say tomorrow or even the next day b4 getting too excited. It is still about 5-6 days away.
GFS seems to be spot on with this one. I’ve been watching it for close to a week now. Once the initial crossing near Bundy was corrected it has been remarkably consistent even at longer ranges with that prediction.
Wasn’t ‘Anthony’ the first cab off the rank for the name of a cyclone?
Asking for a friend.
Yes.
Yes BOM thought it was inappropriate so close to an election.
Are they implying Albanese is a wrecker?
The USAID Nightmare Continues
Tim Blair in Today’s Tele:
OUR ROLE IN TRUMP’S BRUTAL BID TO END A WAR
TIM BLAIR
25 Feb 2025
First things first: US President Donald Trump’s comments last week about Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky were wrong, terrible and cruel.
Contrary to Trump’s assertions, Zelensky did not start the war with Russia, he is not a dictator, and he enjoys an approval rating somewhat greater than 4 per cent.
In line with the general commentariat consensus, let me add that Zelensky is an angelic cross between Winston Churchill and a fluffy little bunny, and that Ukraine is a vice-free paradise utterly untouched by greed and corruption.
Lock that in. Beyond this point, matters become slightly more challenging. Even if you’re in the fluffy bunny camp, it is difficult to foresee any way in which Ukraine can ever completely subdue, much less repel, Russia’s invaders.
Russian might may not be right, but it is still might – at least in relative terms. Being unable to quickly win a border battle against Ukraine, you wouldn’t bet on Russia consuming the rest of Europe, as some apparently fear.
If we’re talking about an unwinnable conflict, then, it makes sense to contain losses rather than accrue them. This is Trump’s message, although surrounded by the abovementioned wild and distracting inaccuracies.
“Zelensky better move fast or he is not going to have a Country left,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “His Country is shattered, and MILLIONS have unnecessarily died.”
No inaccuracies there. Freddy Gray, editor of The Spectator’s excellent US edition, is no Trump fan – referring to that post’s “insensitivity”, “febrile exaggerations”, and immature “score-settling” – but he nevertheless identified an admirable and achievable Trump aim.
“Only offensive, odious Donald could end the war in Ukraine, which he is now doing. Europe has failed to bring peace.” Gray wrote last week.
“The West has invested a huge amount of capital – political, economic and strategic – in the fight against Russia, and it has failed. Trump knows that and so he’s ending the war: if that means insulting Volodymyr Zelensky, parroting Russian talking points and playing nice with Putin, so be it.”
It’s a morals and money question: does the US keep arming and enriching Ukraine, or does it seek a peace deal involving some Ukrainian sacrifice – therefore rewarding Russia and its tyrannical leader?
All of this may seem very removed from our own circumstances, but it is not. We in Australia are in fact ideally placed to consider this sort of ethical dilemma – for we all make Ukraine-style moral and ethical calculations every single day.
It is easy for Australian politicians and pundits to rail against Putin, for we risk very little in terms of trade. Even before invasion sanctions kicked in, out total exports to Russia only ran to $723m per year – not even enough to keep ABC salaries topped up beyond about mid-August.
So we’re safe calling Putin a criminal and a monster.
But our national tone dramatically shifts when it comes to communist China – a wicked dictatorship much larger and more aggressively expansionist than Russia, and armed with nuclear weapons that (unlike Russia’s rusty old Soviet-era stockpile) might actually work.
Imagine Prime Minister Anthony Albanese – or any senior Australian politician for that matter – taking anything like the same gentle tone with Putin and Russia as they do with his brother in bloodshed, Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
Albanese last November described his trade talks with a nation that uses slave labour, imprisons dissidents and wants Taiwanese independence activists to face the death penalty.
“My job is to speak on behalf of Australia … and Australia has an interest in free and fair trade,” he said.
“China will speak on behalf of China. We’re a trading nation and Australia believes that there should be international norms of trade … that we should abide by them.”
Gotta love those international norms. As for human rights abuses – the sort of things that rightly distress Ukraine’s defenders – Albanese claimed to be a repeat raiser.
“I raised (with Xi) the issues of human rights. I raised Taiwan. I raised cyber,” Albanese said, presumably raising his voice. “I raised the supply of assets to Russia. I raised the ICBM missile test that I previously raised as well with the Chinese Premier. So, we raised issues that matter to us, to Australia.”
But Australia raises gigantic, economy-sustaining capital from our Chinese trade, so we’ll never deploy the equivalent of Russian sanctions.
We largely ignore human rights atrocities in favour of cashing in. We’ve made our deal.
Trump wants to cut US spending on Ukraine and end the war, admittedly at some serious sovereign cost. Yet, in a way, Trump’s deal may be easier to live with than ours.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14407815/North-Coast-Childrens-Home-Lismore-Anglican-Church-abuse.html
I was hoping this had been left behind/put to bed.
They’re tearing the scab off again.
Probe into funding for Islamic groups who defended Bankstown nurses blocked by Minns govt: parliament
The Minns Government has blocked moves to investigate the funding of Muslim groups behind a controversial communique supporting two Bankstown nurses who claimed to have killed Israeli patients.
The Minns Government has blocked moves to investigate the funding of Muslim groups behind a controversial communique supporting two Bankstown nurses who claimed to have killed Israeli patients.
Liberal MP Jacqui Munro called in parliament on treasurer Daniel Mookhey to examine the funding behind the groups who signed the communique, which she said included mainstream bodies and hard line group Hizb ut-Tahrir.
The communique said reaction to nurses Ahmad Rashad Nadir and Sarah Abu Lebdeh vowing to kill Israeli patients was “manufactured” and “co-ordinated outrage” aimed at silencing Palestinian voices.
“This grouping of organisations and individuals, which includes organisations like Muslim Votes Matter and the Islamic fundamentalist group Hizb ut-Tahrir, released a statement which calls the community outrage and the comments around the disgraced former nurses’ behaviour disproportionate,” Ms Munro told parliament.
In the late night motion Mr Mookhey said any suggestion that Health Minister Ryan Park had “engaged in selective outrage” over the incident and sought to politicise it was “a slur”.
Liberal MP Jacqui Munro. Picture: NCA NewsWire / David Swift
Liberal MP Jacqui Munro. Picture: NCA NewsWire / David Swift
Mr Mookhey said: “None of the signatories to that statement is in receipt of any funding from NSW Health.”
But he said he was “not in a position” to provide information on whether any of the groups had received government grants and could not say when he would be able to do so.
“People would appreciate that we spend $120 billion on the operating side of the budget,” he said, while rejecting the move to have the taxpayer funding investigated.
Ms Munro told parliament it was the treasurer’s job to know exactly who was receiving taxpayer funded grants.
“It is the Government’s fundamental responsibility to understand where the money is going,” she said.
“The Government cannot use the excuse that it does not currently know where the money is going and therefore should not investigate where the money is going.”
The signatories to the letter condemning “the hypocrisy over nurses controversy” included mainstream bodies including the Australian Federation of Islamic Councils and other groups including the Al Madina Dawah Centre and its founder Wissam Haddad.
Ms Munro said the signatories to the communique “fail to reflect the reality of Australia’s most cohesive multicultural society” and that any cash going to them should be investigated.
She acknowledged that the Government had rejected the statement by the more than 50 organisations and individuals but said that was not enough.
“If the statement is so roundly rejected by the Government, why should organisations that do not meet the expectations of the public’s values and our taxation dollars still be on the payroll?” she said.
Ms Munro vowed to pursue the funding details of the signatories during the upcoming Budget Estimates.
Daily Tele
Again when the rubber hits the road Mins is found wanting yet again…
Pretty obvious the ALP is all over him to go soft on their voteherd in advance of the election.
But in doing that they’re losing vast numbers of other voters, as the polls yesterday show.
My mum is starting to come around, I have been highlighting these examples and have another one. Minns is an empty suit and his character is questionable.
If he has no say in the matters but doesn’t agree with what the ALP is doing then resign or is the trappings of office too much to show courage of conviction?
Well said!
The price of gold, stockpiles held, the flows between countries, the price of energy, the ability to manufacture a wide range of products.
All this has a bearing on which countries are doing well and which ones aren’t.
Tucker Carlson’s latest is all about gold.
And down in Melbourne:
Vandals attack Captain Cook statue in Fitzroy Gardens just weeks after it was reinstalled
Just weeks after it was reinstalled from a vandal attack, the Captain Cook statue in Fitzroy Gardens has been attacked again.
A little more than two weeks after it was reinstalled in Fitzroy Gardens, vandals have tried to behead a statue of Captain James Cook.
A security patrol alerted police to two offenders vandalising the statue at about 2am on Tuesday.
Police say the vandals tried to remove the head of the statue and sprayed anti-Cook comments on nearby Cook’s cottage
The attack comes just weeks after City of Melbourne repaired and reinstalled the statue following an attack 12 months earlier.
Activists sawed off the statue at the ankles in the early hours of February 26, 2024.
The City of Port Phillip also repaired and reinstated a Captain Cook statue in Catani Gardens in St Kilda on November 1 last year after it was cut from its stone base and vandalised in the lead up to last year’s Australia Day.
Detectives have secured CCTV in an attempt to identify the vandals but are calling on anyone with information or dashcam vision to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 of visit crimestoppers.com.au.
Herald-Sun
Melbourne’s Climate Doomsday Clock Vandalised (24 Feb)
I wonder who will win the Great Monument War of 2025?
The joys of chess. I was taught to play chess by my mother, an avid chess player, when I was a little girl. And lately I’ve been playing a lot of chess. I started again when visiting Mum in hospital last year, I would go to the hospital cafe and play with an old Russian Jewish man, a friend’s father, who was also in hospital. Not once did I beat this old man however he gave me a good lecture and some hints, telling me I was too defensive and I needed to be more aggressive! He was right!
Meanwhile in the Territory, what a welcome to Oz:
An American woman has been robbed while in hospital in the Red Centre, but police say they’ve caught the woman alleged to have committed the theft.
Alice Springs police said the woman was robbed on Friday while she was in hospital in Alice Springs.
Her passport, bank cards, and purse were stolen, they allege.
An investigation into credit card transactions and CCTV led police to arrest a 30-year-old woman in relation to the theft.
The woman was found at a licensed premises on Barrett Drive in Alice Springs.
She has been charged with obtaining property by deception, theft, and unlawfully possessing property.
Police said the woman will front the judge in the Alice Springs Local Court on Tuesday.
NT News
Presumably she was there to experience the culture.
Albo’s rent a squeeze must have been appalled when he won the 2022 election. She thought the gig was only until he lost.
So what happens when the factory is all designed and built and the flow of products is turned on its head when a component suddenly gets priced at 4 times its original price or the price of electricity drops by 50%?
Can the product line adapt?
Or right after you get things up and running you get an end of life on a critical component? Been there, done that.
It is sometimes a mistake to optimise too much.