@FennellJW Recertification? Is that like the Chinook debacle where the RAF/MOD insisted on ripping and replacing all the avionics innards without Boeing's oversight...
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An Tuiseal Uafásach
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An Tuiseal Uafásach
@CoininO
Fadó fadó bhí fear ann.
Straya Katılım Temmuz 2012
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To be clear the 'obsolescence' was in the Australian original which had to be updated and re-certified for the RAF versions, leading to delays which have been compounded by Boeing's problems with 737, needing yet more re-certification of airframes.
Richard Thomas@RWJThomas
"Very significant delays" and "much higher level of obsolescence" - Two great phrases for the UK's E-7 Wedgetail programme. airforce-technology.com/news/uk-e-7-we…
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@SZamparutti He needs to go to Melbourne. Plenty of think skins there.
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Actual Australian person speaking:
I deduce that Arno has yet to meet in daily life any petty officials, or govt/council inspectors.
Arno About@basedbrickpush1
Don't think I've ever met an Australian I didn't like. Super direct. Low threshold for bullshit. Can take a joke. Turns out that the prison island idea is pretty solid.
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@MissLauraMarcus Would you say the same if a politician were complaining about Jewish public worship? I know some who would
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“Nick Timothy represented a widely held concern that many ordinary citizens have, and went some way to explaining why they have it.
“He started a debate, in a calm and respectful way, on a topic of potentially explosive sensitivity. If that isn’t the job of a Member of Parliament, what is?”
1/2 link in my reply. No paywall
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@whitesundesert @lukas_ohl @SimonMagus I would argue, not ruthless enough to the tiny fraction of repeat offenders though. There is a threshold once crossed where recidivism should be a promptly delivered capital offence - pour encourager les autres.
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@CoininO @lukas_ohl @SimonMagus Some are though, which is why the prisons are full. America can be both soft on crime and ruthless at the same time, depending on jurisdiction. The root of the problem is there are a lot of criminals.
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I just cannot understand Americans' obsession with cars and their reluctance to build public transport infrastructure.
End Wokeness@EndWokeness
Chicago train rider: "I'ma kiII whites. I got out 2 days ago. I finna kiIl for real."
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@KeithMillsD7 The purpose of a system is what it does - POSIWID
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Ireland is incapable of "joined up thinking". The idea that you need planning permission to install power units for new electric buses, in an already existing bus depot is beyond nonsensical.
RTÉ News@rtenews
The chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) said a "serious litany of failures" led to more than 130 State-funded electric double-decker buses remaining unused because there is nowhere to charge them rte.ie/news/2026/0319…
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@RaltsAuthor Ralts a chara,
This burning the candle at both ends thing...
The universe does not like that.
The Humanity Gestalt only works if you are alive and ...mostly kicking.
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@whitesundesert @lukas_ohl @SimonMagus Recidivism is not punished, that's why.
Repeat offenders should be treated accordingly to the *harshest* possible extent.
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@lukas_ohl @SimonMagus Part of it is that, but the other part is there are so many criminals: they imprison an insane number of people and they still need to imprison a whole lot more.
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Astonishing interview. Listen as @bbcnuala has to have basic concepts (male, female, gay, straight) explained to her like a child. At one point Kate kindly pauses to find some new way of explaining the simplest ideas to her. We should be able to expect more from journalists
Kate Barker-Mawjee@KateBMwriting
Listen to Nuala’s horror when I say that men can’t be lesbians. It’s not in the least bit surprising that now she thinks a great galumphing bloke who started cross-dressing in his 60s is the best person to talk about his ‘experience’ of misogyny. Breathtaking from Woman’s Hour.
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Should I do a complete P'Thok collection or should I add T'Nok, N'Thrap, and the Queen of Grief and call it "Treana'ad Legacies"
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@whitesundesert @TonyDowson5 'upper' middle class trustafarian.
Sub Variants are in every corporate setting.
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@TonyDowson5 Hell hath no fury like a middle class girlboss hearing the word "No" for the first time.
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Proudman's risible infographic on her Instagram, attacking a judge. All the comments are ... fair enough.
Note that she frames it as being motivated by an opposition to "challenging injustice against rape victims" rather than specific issues with her factual claims about the law
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@CcibChris Actively deleting their air to ground capability whilst still in service was worse. (The docs for the FG1 are online with the detail)
Selling all their 'scrapped' Spey 202s plus crated engines plus spares to China for their JH-7 fighter-bombers was 🤬
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Remember when we were defended? Me too.
Government dereliction of duty tantamount to treason.
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Another Fancy Chapter up!
Nakteti meets Fido, Daxin takes on a Harvester Class Precursor Autonomous War Machine by himself in his frigate.
Outmatched and outgunned, Nakteti can do nothing but run.
Maybe Daxin can't win, but he can make sure he doesn't lose.
Link in the comments.
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@whitesundesert @KMc_head Seppos down here run into a world of not covered by the tax treaties hurt with superannuation deductions, franked dividends and other stuff.
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@KMc_head Americans abroad are many things. Exempt from taxes is not one of them, even if double taxation treaties means they’re not taxed all that much. They’ll have to file a return, get it right, make a claim under the treaty, get it accepted, and pay whatever remainder is due.
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Tell us you're probably not fully FBAR/FATCA/pension-related-declarations compliant without telling us you're probably not... etc etc etc...
Ben Judah@b_judah
@s8mb I’m a US dual national. It’s actually very easy to comply with and double taxation treaties mean the vast amount of Americans abroad are exempt. I don’t hold such a negative view of British citizenship: it is also valuable. The rearmament necessary requires a broader tax base.
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LSE Professor earning over 100k a year will have a very good pension pot - I worked at the LSE their Professors never leave the Academic/Political bubble & I mean never. Thinks a 70 year old man in Stoke on Trent who has worked on a building site since he was 16 shouldn't have £12,500 a year to live on.
Luis Garicano 🇪🇺🇺🇦@lugaricano
The UK triple lock is the singlest stupidest policy in the entire Western world, and the most damaging to the future of a country. Of course, it is also untouchable and almost undiscussed in the UK press. @mattyglesias does a big favour to the UK public here.
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@DrMaxPowarr @MickOKeeffe Not withstanding the second order effects fake GDP has on the size of Ireland's EU contribution.
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It doesn't benefit Ireland in the slightest.
It destroys our demographics, pushes up our GDP with fake sales receipts for products that aren't even sold here, manufactured here or even shipped from here.
Fake GDP that makes Ireland seem wealthier than it is, but none of the GDP actually comes from work done here. No warehouse staff employed for the majority of the sales, no truck drivers, no manufacturers.
Just future unemployed Indians that will soon be replaced by AI, brought here to destroy our demographics and erode our culture.
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We need to remove all these tech companies from Ireland or we won't have a country anymore.
3 Amazon employees sharing a house for €4,000 per month.
It's no wonder rental prices are through the roof when there's an unlimited supply of high paid tech workers flooding into Ireland.
And don't even get me started on the influence these people have on Irish politics. They're all involved with NGOs and cultural groups, pushing their people's agenda, in our country.
Get Amazon out of Ireland, before it's too late.
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@Nick_Delehanty The purpose of a system is what it does...
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So You’re telling me Larry Goodman owns the office building for Dept of Health…
And also the Blackrock Clinic, Hermitage Clinic, Galway Clinic and Limerick Clinic, Dublin’s women’s health centre and more
All which receive tens of millions from Dept of Health, which in the last ten years has had its budget increased 101% by €14billion.
👍
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The Guardian:
Even tho a bakery which had a Jewish founder is a British business (technically, we guess), it’s clearly an act of aggression for a Jew-store to open near a salt-of-the-earth independently owned Palestinian cafe.
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
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@RaltsAuthor Ralts a chara, you have fought and are fighting a fair dinkum stoush with the unfair bollocks you're going through, it's not over.
Take the help, you've had 7 bells kicked out of you, every thing that helps makes life for you and yours less shit is a bonus.
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OK, if I get the truck, the VA will help with the lift and the scooty-puff.
I don't want this. I want to walk around like a normal person. But I've got 24% lung function and a damaged knee. I need to face reality.
I still need to do my paces and exercises, but...
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I know a highly skilled South African metallurgist of the sort desperately needed for the US to achieve mineral independence from China, and he has been waiting 2 years for his green card application to be approved.
David Santa Carla 🦇@TheOnlyDSC
>Old Dominion shooter was born in Sierra Leone >Convicted in 2016 for providing support to Isis >Freed in 2024 from federal prison under Biden >somehow allowed to stay in the United States
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@RaltsAuthor Take it easy Geeze, there'll be no candle burning at both ends.
The universe would not like that
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I just...
...I guess I'll see everyone on Friday.
No, wait, I'll post when the Fancy Chapters are up tomorrow.
See you then.
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