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by arthwollipot
Fri Feb 17, 2023 4:45 am
Forum: The Everything Forum
Topic: Aussie v NZ
Replies: 57
Views: 9528

Re: Aussie v NZ

...although I do have some nagging worries about the speed of this 'shutting everything down' with no backups in place to take the load. That just doesn't make sense to me at all. Well yeah, that's because it doesn't make sense. Nobody who knows anything about the subject thinks that coal fired pow...
by arthwollipot
Fri Feb 17, 2023 3:27 am
Forum: The Everything Forum
Topic: Aussie v NZ
Replies: 57
Views: 9528

Re: Aussie v NZ

Makes sense to you to ban all fossil fuel development and eventually all exports of same? Illuminate me. How the hell is that not going to turn this Country into Venezuela?? Not going to respond to the whole rant obviously, but the answer to this question is that it would be done - and in fact is b...
by arthwollipot
Fri Feb 17, 2023 3:22 am
Forum: The Everything Forum
Topic: Rooster screwing a duck
Replies: 38
Views: 10527

Re: Rooster screwing a duck

I like white chocolate. A lot.
by arthwollipot
Fri Feb 17, 2023 3:21 am
Forum: The Everything Forum
Topic: Weather
Replies: 357
Views: 63312

Re: Weather

Yes. I do swords.
by arthwollipot
Fri Feb 17, 2023 3:21 am
Forum: The Everything Forum
Topic: The Drowning Thread
Replies: 25
Views: 3727

Re: The Drowning Thread

Australian beach drowning statistics rise as lifesavers as plead with public to stay safe Australians are being urged to take care by the water, with the latest drowning figures showing the nation is experiencing a deadlier than usual summer. New South Wales is on track for a record-breaking summer...
by arthwollipot
Fri Feb 17, 2023 2:06 am
Forum: The Everything Forum
Topic: Mad, Bad, and Sad: Global
Replies: 71
Views: 7773

Re: Mad, Bad, and Sad: Global

Socialism suffers from the same problem that capitalism does - it explodes on contact with actual people.
by arthwollipot
Fri Feb 17, 2023 1:51 am
Forum: The Everything Forum
Topic: Miscellaneous Music That Isn't Rock
Replies: 58
Views: 22351

Re: Miscellaneous Music That Isn't Rock

The banjo is unfairly maligned, in my opinion.
by arthwollipot
Fri Feb 17, 2023 1:49 am
Forum: The Everything Forum
Topic: Aussie v NZ
Replies: 57
Views: 9528

Re: Aussie v NZ

You're in Bubbleburg, so is Bandt seen around much on an "end is nigh" soap box in the big roundabouts often? Or does he just rant lunacy for the cameras?? He's not exactly a local, so we only really hear from him when he's in town or when he's on a soapbox. That said I am an unrepentant ...
by arthwollipot
Thu Feb 16, 2023 11:33 pm
Forum: The Everything Forum
Topic: The Religion Thread
Replies: 202
Views: 41812

Re: The Religion Thread

Saw a Q and A via YouTube with Hitch, Pell and some other guests who were mostly idiots. Hitch was a fucking legend. Man, I miss that guy. Me too. Along with Sagan. I'd love to hear what they both think of the shit that's going on today. Hitch was heading down the right wing path when he died. I wo...
by arthwollipot
Thu Feb 16, 2023 11:29 pm
Forum: The Everything Forum
Topic: Mad, Bad, and Sad: Global
Replies: 71
Views: 7773

Re: Mad, Bad, and Sad: Global

Profit over safety: https://www.levernews.com/rail-companies-blocked-safety-rules-before-ohio-derailment/ The inevitable result of late stage capitalism. I hold out hope that eventually someone will notice that the profit motive isn't the sole desirable trait that they once thought it was. Probably...