Ukraine drones damage Russian warplanes and facilities

If this happened as reported, it would be an excellent outcome for Ukraine. Russia deserves every effective retaliatory strategy Ukraine can muster.

University priorities

Partying … this seems to be so much of what university is about in these modern times.

Comparing defence forces

China’s defence system reminds me of strong, stainless, reinforced steel.

Russia’s defence system reminds me of unreinforced steel.

America’s defence system reminds me of iron.

Britain’s defence system reminds me of weathered iron.

Australia’s defence system makes me think about tissue paper.

Senator Canavan and taxing inequities

Senator Canavan is right to call for this tax to be reasonable in its application. As he says, taxing unrealised gains that are forecasted but not realised is unfair. It simply reinforces the notion that the government is about grubbing money from wherever retrieval is possible.

Australia’s defence is as resistant as tissue paper

Australia IS totally defenceless and in the face of any military aggression directed toward us, would be compromised into submission whith a week. Our defence policy is about talk but no action in readiness terms. We are as vulnerable to attack as Taiwan

Ukraine a dogged adversary

Good on Ukraine. Remember back to February 24 2022, when Russia was going to blow Ukraine out of the water in three days. Now 1197 dasys later … ! 

Musk and Trump and separation

I am so desperately sad that a barbed wire fence seems to be being built between Mr Musk and President Trump. I hope that, like the Australian Coalition, the separation will be temporary and that these two brilliant men will again allow their ambitions to be joined in oneness and unity.

Shakespeare is missing glorious literary fodder

If William Shakespeare were still alive, he would have glorious material to work with on the literary and play creation front. What Trump and Musk are providing at the moment would stimulate comedy, farce, retribution, darkness, light, and humour.

Questions of youth and youngness

As a very old man, take it from me that youth is fleeting and is all too soon replaced by middle age and old age. I often wish, as a person about to emerge into the octogenarian era, that I had the wisdom of today in my youth of yesterday.

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