Thursday 3rd of April 2025

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bumpy karma for the future...

karma

Breaking Down on the Road to Electric Cars


By BILL VLASIC

DETROIT — No one answers the phones these days at Fisker Automotive. Its visionary founder has quit; its employees have been laid off or put on furlough without pay. Production of its sleek plug-in hybrid car, the Karma, ended months ago.

stupidity of the stock market...

stupid stocks

Markets live and die on rumours - as the interchangeable saying goes "buy on the rumour, sell on the fact".

working the room...

coalition puddings...

Deficits are immaterial to the progress of the nation. Nations have plenty of ways to get rid of them and turn them into surpluses. One way, of course, is to collect taxes. Another is to print their own money, which is what all major countries do. And, of course, inflation follows as it always has done.

perspective of history...

waerloowaerloo

In the new curriculum Anzac Day is studied in year 3 as one of a number of days of national significance. The Gallipoli campaign is studied in year 9.

Mr Pyne criticised the fact that Anzac Day is ''locked in with NAIDOC Week, Reconciliation Day and Harmony Day'' in the national curriculum.

Mr Pyne's sentiment was similar to that expressed by former prime minister John Howard, who last year accused the government of purging British history from the curriculum.

should olive oil be oily?...

polls and stats...

Labor fails to gain traction in latest Newspoll

a parliament of baboons .....

a parliament of baboons .....

MPs risk accusations of laziness and poor value for money because the number of hours they work in Westminster appear to be shrinking, according to the senior MP responsible for scrutinising public spending.

a nation governed by smear ....

 

a nation living by smear .....

 

Intelligence agency ASIO has made startling allegations - of plots to kill, training of militants, forged documents and people smuggling - to justify the indefinite incarceration of dozens of refugees as security threats to Australia.

the killing times ....

the killing times .....

from The Stringer …..

killing the messenger .....

killing the messenger ....

from The Stringer ….

shooters versus hunters and gatherers...

maasai

Maasai — Gus'  picture library (Gus does nor remember where — possibly Kenya — circa early 1960)

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