tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118255342024-03-28T20:40:06.109+08:00My Three RsThis blog is a Rant and Rage and Rave against the stupidity of the world. Okay, its style is often ironic but the short-sighted stupidity is real. And, occasionally, I provide better answers. If you need better answers for your problems -- answers that are analytical, intelligent, educated and often outside the box -- contact Agamedes via nickleth at gmail dot com. For solutions to your problems. No worries.Nick, Consulting Dexitroboperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16235354517110561089noreply@blogger.comBlogger723125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11825534.post-17707874025752779842024-03-28T20:39:00.001+08:002024-03-28T20:39:32.751+08:00Dumas, Alexandre, The Three Musketeers<div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto">The Three Musketeers<div dir="auto">by Alexandre Dumas pere</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">historical action,</div><div dir="auto">first published (in French) 1844</div><div dir="auto">read (in English) March 2024</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">rated 6/10: read to pass the time</div><div>... but 7/10 (well worth reading) if you believe that a classic should actually be read.<br>This book is a "swashbuckler": with heroic, chivalrous swordsmen who fight for justice. That's according to wikipedia.<br><br>The story is well-known... until I start reading.<br>Yes, the heroes are heroic. They are also brave and clever. And broke.<br>They fight for honour, fame and... fortune. They have no money. they convince other people to invite them all to meals.<br>They are scrupulous in the fairness of their duels against other gentlemen. They beat their lackeys. Other peasants are ignored.<br>Women are seduced. Yes, for sex but mainly so that the woman will use her husband's money to pay the musketeer's expenses.<br><br>There are four key villains. The Cardinal, who threatens, admires and rewards the heroes. There is Milady, the only truly evil villain.<br>And the shadowy Rochefort who eventually, well, read it for yourself. His end is surprising but entirely suitable.<br>I was expecting a book of slashing swords and altruistic heroism. The swords are there but very little altruism. Dumas himself, writing 200 years after the time of the story, notes that attitudes had changed. In another near 200 years, attitudes have (perhaps) changed even more.</div><div>If you want a book with a similar story, similar characters -- but all a lot more fun -- try <a href="https://pissweakly.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-phoenix-guards-steven-brust.html">The Phoenix Guards</a>.<br><br><br><br><br><br>Nick Lethbridge / Consulting Dexitroboper</div><div dir="auto"><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto">Agamedes Consulting / Problems? Solved.<br> ===<br><br><br>Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood<br> </div></div></div> </div> Nick, Consulting Dexitroboperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16235354517110561089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11825534.post-72712740247048282782024-03-27T12:50:00.001+08:002024-03-27T12:50:33.390+08:00mass saving of lives<div dir="auto">The West has HORROR on speed dial for its headlines. Today it is on page one.<div dir="auto">Fears of mass casualties...</div><div dir="auto">Read the article and the death toll could be "upwards of seven people" Yes, that's awful -- but it is not "mass casualties".. A lone gunman in a shopping mall would be embarrassed to kill so few.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The true story is more positive. A timely Mayday call from the ship. A rapid and effective response by Baltimore Police -- and a far worse tragedy was averted.</div><div dir="auto">But there's no Horror headline in mass casualties averted.</div><div dir="auto"><br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto"><br>Nick Lethbridge / Consulting Dexitroboper<br>Agamedes Consulting / Problems? Solved.<br> ===<br><br><br>Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood<br> </div></div></div> Nick, Consulting Dexitroboperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16235354517110561089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11825534.post-47499454017914358002024-03-27T12:34:00.000+08:002024-03-27T12:35:09.798+08:00score double nothing<div dir="auto">Kate Emery hears the Chair of the Professional Darts Corp say that darts is a gender neutral sport.<div dir="auto">Emery interprets this as an attack on Emery's "weak, feminine brain" 27mar, The West.</div><div dir="auto">This confected outrage, in an otherwise illogical op ed does demonstrate one thing: Emery has days when her brain is particularly weak. Feminine or not.</div><div dir="auto"><br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto"><br>Nick Lethbridge / Consulting Dexitroboper<br>Agamedes Consulting / Problems? Solved.<br> ===<br><br><br>Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood<br> </div></div></div> Nick, Consulting Dexitroboperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16235354517110561089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11825534.post-85330611199729333662024-03-27T12:13:00.001+08:002024-03-27T12:13:18.246+08:00all day sucker<div dir="auto">Ron Elliot, Letters 27mar is such a sweet innocent man. He writes that politicians are elected "to ensure the voices of the people are heard"<div dir="auto">If he really believes that... I have a Sydney Harbour Bridge that I am ready to sell to him.</div><div dir="auto"><br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto"><br>Nick Lethbridge / Consulting Dexitroboper<br>Agamedes Consulting / Problems? Solved.<br> ===<br><br><br>Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood<br> </div></div></div> Nick, Consulting Dexitroboperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16235354517110561089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11825534.post-26346185402439496672024-03-27T12:10:00.000+08:002024-03-27T12:53:46.599+08:00self-serve fix<div dir="auto">the property Council of Australia tells us, 27mar, how we can "fix home crisis". No surprise, each "fix" also involves direct benefit to Property Council stakeholders.<div dir="auto">None of the "fixes" tackle the root cause of the crisis, which is detailed in the much smaller article on the same page. "Perth grows the most"</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">... Nick Lethbridge, Churchlands</div><div dir="auto">====</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><br /><br /><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto"><br />Nick Lethbridge / Consulting Dexitroboper<br />Agamedes Consulting / Problems? Solved.<br /> ===<br /><br /><br />Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood<br /> </div></div></div> Nick, Consulting Dexitroboperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16235354517110561089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11825534.post-60700565746090473142024-03-27T07:57:00.000+08:002024-03-27T07:58:05.024+08:00profit from fool emissions<div dir="auto">no wonder car importers are excited by new emission regulations.<div dir="auto">low emitters are allowed to sell their emission credits to less efficient polluters.</div><div dir="auto">so australia ends up with absolutely no reduction in destructive emissions. but importers get a chance to redistribute profits.</div><div dir="auto">meanwhile, massive fuel guzzling 4WDs retain their protected status as "utes". with tax exemptions for city shoppers who probably do not even know how to open the tailgate.</div><div dir="auto"><br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto"><br>Nick Lethbridge / Consulting Dexitroboper<br>Agamedes Consulting / Problems? Solved.<br> ===<br><br><br>Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood<br> </div></div></div> Nick, Consulting Dexitroboperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16235354517110561089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11825534.post-32822858531795065362024-03-27T07:44:00.001+08:002024-03-27T07:44:51.278+08:00sit-down for me-first<div dir="auto">the ABC had a news story about a "disability advocate" being upset over how he was treated on a flight within Australia.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">First, this advocate was traveling with his support dog. a40kg monster which was uncontrollable except by its owner. even then the owner had to be sitting in his own wheelchair.</div><div dir="auto">there was some fuss over the wheelchair. "only" 9kg says the man who obviously is not the person carrying an awkward 9kg up the steep steps into the plane.</div><div dir="auto">okay. once they managed to get this mongrel onto the plane, the dog had its own booked and, probably paid-for window seat.</div><div dir="auto">most likely this window seat is the emergency exit. in an emergency an active dog can move itself.</div><div dir="auto">except that the immobile owner demands to sit in that seat.</div><div dir="auto">imagine an actual emergency. two hundred passengers burning to death at the back of the plane. they are blocked from the exit by the man who cannot move.</div><div dir="auto">what an idiot.</div><div dir="auto"><br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto"><br>Nick Lethbridge / Consulting Dexitroboper<br>Agamedes Consulting / Problems? Solved.<br> ===<br><br><br>Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood<br> </div></div></div> Nick, Consulting Dexitroboperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16235354517110561089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11825534.post-35940603635614751082024-03-25T08:18:00.001+08:002024-03-25T08:18:59.936+08:00unsocial media<div dir="auto">Sarah Vine gives a bland half-apology for the recent frenzy surrounding, and attacking, Princess Kate.<div dir="auto">Vine blames it all on the "toxic influence of social media".</div><div dir="auto">She ignores the toxic influence of more traditional media. Which will happily spread any nonsense, in its efforts to remain relevant.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto"><br>Nick Lethbridge / Consulting Dexitroboper<br>Agamedes Consulting / Problems? Solved.<br> ===<br><br><br>Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood<br> </div></div></div> Nick, Consulting Dexitroboperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16235354517110561089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11825534.post-77888523532450096912024-03-23T12:55:00.001+08:002024-03-23T12:55:15.208+08:00dictator tactics<div dir="auto">hmmm. terrorist attack in Moscow... just after a few Russians dared to question putin's election. all the excuse that putin needs to tighten up internal security and crack down, even harder, on dissent.<div dir="auto">No surprise if putin himself organised the attack.</div><div dir="auto">Now for an excuse to kill more people in Ukraine: a Ukrainian soldier will be shot and killed in Moscow, "resisting arrest" no surprise if that soldier was captured in Ukraine a month ago. kept on ice till needed as "evidence"</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto"><br>Nick Lethbridge / Consulting Dexitroboper<br>Agamedes Consulting / Problems? Solved.<br> ===<br><br><br>Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood<br> </div></div></div> Nick, Consulting Dexitroboperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16235354517110561089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11825534.post-87693873123595265012024-03-23T08:35:00.001+08:002024-03-23T08:38:37.317+08:00peace for a time<div dir="auto">The general public are tired of listening to the endless childish sniping and bickering over GST redistribution.<div dir="auto">Let the Federal government decide the total amount that they will return to the states.</div><div dir="auto">Meanwhile lock the Premiers from each State into a fancy hotel. They talk to each other but have no communication with the outside, real, world -- until they all come out with an agreed percentage breakdown of GST payments. That is, an agreed list of the percentage that each state will receive of the total amount.</div><div dir="auto">This will lead to a very fast and well-supported agreement.</div><div dir="auto">Or, like a deadlocked jury -- at least we will have some peace and quiet while the Premiers are locked away.</div><div dir="auto">... Nick Lethbridge, Churchlands</div><div dir="auto">===</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto"><br />Nick Lethbridge / Consulting Dexitroboper<br />Agamedes Consulting / Problems? Solved.<br /> ===<br /><br /><br />Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood<br /> </div></div></div> Nick, Consulting Dexitroboperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16235354517110561089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11825534.post-90571761182551949722024-03-22T16:35:00.001+08:002024-03-22T16:35:34.827+08:00fact check fable<div dir="auto">an ABC fact check report says that in 2021, four countries met 100% of their energy needs through renewable energy (wind, water, solar). these countries are : <span style="font-family:abcsans,-apple-system,blinkmacsystemfont,"segoe ui",roboto,"helvetica neue",arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">Albania, Bhutan, Nepal and Paraguay. Those for do not sound like high tech producers, so...</span><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:abcsans,-apple-system,blinkmacsystemfont,"segoe ui",roboto,"helvetica neue",arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:abcsans,-apple-system,blinkmacsystemfont,"segoe ui",roboto,"helvetica neue",arial,sans-serif"> where did those countries source the equipment, eg solar collectors, which provide the power.Probably from some energy hungry, high polluting country such as China.</span><br></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:abcsans,-apple-system,blinkmacsystemfont,"segoe ui",roboto,"helvetica neue",arial,sans-serif">Does Albania, for example, produce enough wind power to mine, smelt, refine, etc all the material that will be needed when they need to expand their energy production?</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:abcsans,-apple-system,blinkmacsystemfont,"segoe ui",roboto,"helvetica neue",arial,sans-serif">they may produce worth energy for today but...</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:abcsans,-apple-system,blinkmacsystemfont,"segoe ui",roboto,"helvetica neue",arial,sans-serif">unfortunately, politicians listen to economists who demand constant growth... and more growth.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:abcsans,-apple-system,blinkmacsystemfont,"segoe ui",roboto,"helvetica neue",arial,sans-serif">As soon as Albania's economy grows -- they will need more energy. They will need to import more solar collectors... manufactured in one of the other 96 countries of the world -- from a country which will not be depending 100% on renewable energy.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:abcsans,-apple-system,blinkmacsystemfont,"segoe ui",roboto,"helvetica neue",arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:abcsans,-apple-system,blinkmacsystemfont,"segoe ui",roboto,"helvetica neue",arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto"><br>Nick Lethbridge / Consulting Dexitroboper<br>Agamedes Consulting / Problems? Solved.<br> ===<br><br><br>Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood<br> </div></div></div> Nick, Consulting Dexitroboperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16235354517110561089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11825534.post-66909095491273274432024-03-22T11:51:00.001+08:002024-03-22T11:51:40.390+08:00death by stealth<div dir="auto">a man takes a lunch break and rests in a park. and is run down by a car, a Tesla.<div dir="auto">there are important lessons here.</div><div dir="auto">if you are resting -- do not believe that cars drive only on roads.</div><div dir="auto">if you are blind, or resting, do not expect any warning sounds before an EV runs you down.</div><div dir="auto">do not expect a Tesla driver to look where they are driving.</div><div dir="auto"><br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto"><br>Nick Lethbridge / Consulting Dexitroboper<br>Agamedes Consulting / Problems? Solved.<br> ===<br><br><br>Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood<br> </div></div></div> Nick, Consulting Dexitroboperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16235354517110561089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11825534.post-49068466942002641132024-03-22T11:28:00.001+08:002024-03-22T11:28:52.134+08:00flaming idiots<div dir="auto">a man uses an angle grinder. sparks start a destructive bushfire. the man is fined and hounded to hell n gone.<div dir="auto">an idiot lights a campfire. it escapes and starts a destructive bush fire. this is determined to be accidental, no follow-up needed</div><div dir="auto">WTF?</div><div dir="auto"><br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto"><br>Nick Lethbridge / Consulting Dexitroboper<br>Agamedes Consulting / Problems? Solved.<br> ===<br><br><br>Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood<br> </div></div></div> Nick, Consulting Dexitroboperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16235354517110561089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11825534.post-81220675850437665812024-03-22T07:43:00.001+08:002024-03-23T08:01:20.727+08:00school force<div dir="auto">23mar24: printed in The West as <i>Part of that job, anyway</i></div><div dir="auto">school teachers should quit teaching and join the police.<div dir="auto">The pay is just as bad. public respect is still non existent. but at least as a police officer they know that being a target for unprovoked violence is a formal part of the job description.</div><div dir="auto">... nick lethbridge, churchlands</div><div dir="auto">===</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto"><br />Nick Lethbridge / Consulting Dexitroboper<br />Agamedes Consulting / Problems? Solved.<br /> ===<br /><br /><br />Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood<br /> </div></div></div> Nick, Consulting Dexitroboperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16235354517110561089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11825534.post-44205310238641525282024-03-20T19:38:00.001+08:002024-03-20T19:38:34.451+08:00Trump for Australia?<div dir="auto">Trump has heard that Kevin Rudd is a bit nasty and not the brightest bulb...yes, that's what I've heard too.<div dir="auto">There's a possible benefit for Australia from the US election: If Trump wins, he may get rudd to leave... It could mean the end of the embarrassment of having rudd as our ambassador to the US. We can but hope.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto"><br>Nick Lethbridge / Consulting Dexitroboper<br>Agamedes Consulting / Problems? Solved.<br> ===<br><br><br>Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood<br> </div></div></div> Nick, Consulting Dexitroboperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16235354517110561089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11825534.post-45575399294720242732024-03-20T15:02:00.001+08:002024-03-20T15:02:32.333+08:00balance of loss<div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto">Josh Zimmerman 20mar tells us to expect more government cash bribes thanks to the spoils of six successive surpluses. On the same day the government is said to be needing more than a billion extra dollars to cover its over-spending.<div dir="auto">Whatever happened to those budget surpluses?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto"><br>Nick Lethbridge / Consulting Dexitroboper<br>Agamedes Consulting / Problems? Solved.<br> ===<br><br><br>Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood<br> </div></div></div> </div> Nick, Consulting Dexitroboperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16235354517110561089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11825534.post-46558986265070909862024-03-20T08:19:00.000+08:002024-03-20T08:21:52.753+08:00buy my vote<div dir="auto">the government is offering cash to parents of schoolchildren.<div dir="auto">Forget that the money could have gone directly to each State School to, for example, subsidise a school uniform for each student. This cash bribe is similar to the cash for your vote offer to Seniors.</div><div dir="auto">To get the Seniors cash, first provide a massive amount of personal data. Enough data, including proof of identity and full bank details, to allow even a moderately competent criminal to steal your identity.</div><div dir="auto">All this personal data will then be stored on a government server. Which may as well have a "hack me" target painted on the side.</div><div dir="auto">Expect to receive your bribe... closely followed by notification that your entire bank balance has been transferred to an unknown overseas destination.</div><div dir="auto">btw: money to subsidise a school uniform would also buy the vote of Seniors with a grandchild at school.</div><div dir="auto">... Nick Lethbridge, Churchlands</div><div dir="auto">====</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><br /><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto"><br />Nick Lethbridge / Consulting Dexitroboper<br />Agamedes Consulting / Problems? Solved.<br /> ===<br /><br /><br />Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood<br /> </div></div></div> Nick, Consulting Dexitroboperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16235354517110561089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11825534.post-18880394508755690982024-03-15T11:53:00.000+08:002024-03-15T11:54:10.043+08:00lacking logic<div dir="auto">today's paper has two letters which end, "i rest my case". coincidence? or one letter writer and two false names? (no, neither is me).<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">one letter rests the case without actually presenting a case. they fail to make any point at all.</div><div dir="auto">the other letter seems to argue in favour of first past the post elections, rather than proportional voting. they don't seem to understand the point behind our proportional voting.</div><div dir="auto">but what is clear is that the letters editor needs my letters, to raise the standard of logical opinion.</div><div dir="auto">i rest my case.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto"><br>Nick Lethbridge / Consulting Dexitroboper<br>Agamedes Consulting / Problems? Solved.<br> ===<br><br><br>Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood<br> </div></div></div> Nick, Consulting Dexitroboperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16235354517110561089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11825534.post-57951395850146587002024-03-15T09:01:00.001+08:002024-03-15T09:01:56.856+08:00funny no business<div dir="auto"><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto">CCIWA surveyed WA businesses which plan to scale back, or close, in 2024.</div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto">40 percent of those businesses blamed declining customer demand.</div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto">Do they expect sympathy for their own ignorance of free-market economics?</div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto"><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto">Here's some advice for those 40%: When there is no customer demand -- there is no need for your business.</div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto">Just ask the people who used to repair typewriters. When typewriters disappeared, typewriter repair businesses also disappeared.</div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto">When their is no market demand then yes, your business should close.</div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto">Find a new business -- where there is actual customer demand.</div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto"><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto"><br></div><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br>Nick Lethbridge / Consulting Dexitroboper<br>Agamedes Consulting / Problems? Solved.<br> ===<br><br><br>Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood<br> </div></div> Nick, Consulting Dexitroboperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16235354517110561089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11825534.post-47757353099629016732024-03-15T08:41:00.001+08:002024-03-15T09:05:01.977+08:00Referendum required<div dir="auto">As Mark Riley explains, March 15, the High Court has ruled that indefinite detention is unConstitutional.<div dir="auto">. I can't believe that even the most rabid of glory-seeking "advocates" really wants murderers, rapists, paedophiles and drug runners to be freely released into the community. Nor is it the fault of lawyers who are paid big money to find the legal loopholes which allow their criminal clients to walk free.<div dir="auto">The problem is with our Constitution, which is clearly well past its use-by date.</div><div dir="auto">We need a Referendum -- to change our Constitution so that it is fit for purpose in protecting Australian citizens from new generations of wealthy and well-connected international criminals.</div><div dir="auto">... Nick Lethbridge, Churchlands</div><div dir="auto">===</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><br /><br /><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto"><br />Nick Lethbridge / Consulting Dexitroboper<br />Agamedes Consulting / Problems? Solved.<br /> ===<br /><br /><br />Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood<br /> </div></div></div></div> Nick, Consulting Dexitroboperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16235354517110561089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11825534.post-53638402853277377842024-03-15T07:58:00.001+08:002024-03-15T07:58:47.996+08:00Paris parking oui<div dir="auto">Paris, France: parking fees will be trebled for large SUVs. Great decision. It won't worry me. Even if I did live in France.<div dir="auto">We own a medium-large 4WD. It is for comfortable driving in the country. There is no way we would attempt to park it amongst the packed and fuming traffic of The Big Smoke.</div><div dir="auto">Yet if desperate times did lead to desperate driving, well... three times the cost for very short-term parking would be a small and fair cost to pay.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br><div dir="auto"><br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto"><br>Nick Lethbridge / Consulting Dexitroboper<br>Agamedes Consulting / Problems? Solved.<br> ===<br><br><br>Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood<br> </div></div></div></div> Nick, Consulting Dexitroboperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16235354517110561089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11825534.post-3518209517002127262024-03-12T07:23:00.001+08:002024-03-13T13:29:41.429+08:00dig, destroy, profit<div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">printed in The West on 13 March, as <i>Lack of protection</i></div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">The West Editorial 12mar is critical of the speed and secrecy of rewriting Environmental Protection laws.<div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">The Editorial states that, the public will bear the costs if things go wrong. There are several obvious problems:<br /><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">The resultant Act will not be about environmental protection. It will define lots of ways in which miners and other industries can justify destruction of yet more natural environment.<br /></div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">It will be an attempt to allow every powerful stakeholder group to gain profit from the inevitable destruction.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">And it's not just the public which will bear the costs. It's the public -- and every future generation.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">There is no if. It is When things go wrong.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">... Nick Lethbridge, Churchlands</div><div dir="auto">====</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><br /><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto"><br />Nick Lethbridge / Consulting Dexitroboper<br />Agamedes Consulting / Problems? Solved.<br /> ===<br /><br /><br />As Conan says: What does not kill you<br />does not kill you</div></div></div></div></div> Nick, Consulting Dexitroboperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16235354517110561089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11825534.post-70254148797139059912024-03-08T08:05:00.001+08:002024-03-08T08:05:30.643+08:00basil for nukes and coffee<div dir="auto">basil Zempilas really should stick to sport. when he waxes lyrical over Italian soccer teams (8th March) i can just roll my eyes and smile tolerantly.<div dir="auto">when he gets hot and sweaty over a coffee chain expanding to perth, well, commercial sponsorship does pay his wages.</div><div dir="auto">But his ignorant bias shines too brightly when he quotes his political masters in an effort to justify nuclear power.</div><div dir="auto">"trust the science" he chants -- with no indication that he (or his masters) have ever read any of the science. either for or against.</div><div dir="auto">nuclear is safe, he claims. with a passing joke his only reference to fukushima. and no mention at all of three mile island. nor of Chernobyl, which is still bubbling away under tonnes of cement. oh, but my political lord and master has more than the nuclear egg in his basket of bribes. you name it, we will pretend to support it, basil concludes.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">basil really should stick to sport. at least he is right if he believes that even a drunk but oh so famous footballer is not likely to reduce perth to a nuclear wasteland.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto"><br>Nick Lethbridge / Consulting Dexitroboper<br>Agamedes Consulting / Problems? Solved.<br> ===<br><br><br>As Conan says: What does not kill you<br>does not kill you</div></div></div> Nick, Consulting Dexitroboperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16235354517110561089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11825534.post-361488595033276932024-03-08T07:36:00.000+08:002024-03-08T07:37:09.647+08:00stupid white bastard<div dir="auto">Kate Emery (8 March) believes that "stupid white bastard" -- directed at a policeman doing his duty -- is not racist.<div dir="auto">Try calling an indigenous australian a stupid black bastard -- you will be in court, or hospital, before you can blink.</div><div dir="auto">in America even black is considered racist, as in, do not order a "black" coffee.</div><div dir="auto">What is it, Kate? one law for rich, famous, drunk sports stars -- and another law for the rest of us. Stupid white bitch (no racist insult intended)</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto"><br>Nick Lethbridge / Consulting Dexitroboper<br>Agamedes Consulting / Problems? Solved.<br> ===<br><br><br>As Conan says: What does not kill you<br>does not kill you</div></div></div> Nick, Consulting Dexitroboperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16235354517110561089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11825534.post-86924753911035426502024-03-07T07:36:00.001+08:002024-03-07T11:48:22.492+08:00ornamental Opinion 7/3<div dir="auto">The West uses a comic strip about wrestlers.<div dir="auto">A key female character is independent, strong and a nurse.</div><div dir="auto">Last week she was ordered to wrestle in a skin tight costume. The response of the male characters was a loud Phwoar!. Is that really how we see nurses?</div><div dir="auto">Not while they are wiping our bums and changing our catheters, I hope.</div><div dir="auto">Perhaps we all need to lighten up a little.And accept that men like to look at attractive women. And, if movies have it right, vice versa.</div><div dir="auto">... Nick Lethbridge, Churchlands</div><div dir="auto">====</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto"><br />Nick Lethbridge / Consulting Dexitroboper<br />Agamedes Consulting / Problems? Solved.<br /> ===<br /><br /><br />As Conan says: What does not kill you<br />does not kill you</div></div></div> Nick, Consulting Dexitroboperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16235354517110561089noreply@blogger.com0