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@tonytardio It's always been Sydney-sourced news from midnight till 5AM. Have they extended it beyond that? If so, I guess we'll have to get used to references to the South Coast and Central Coast, and mispronounced Melbourne suburbs. 🙄

Pretty exotic hearing Sydney news on 3AW this morning . How long before it comes from the Phillipines #poorpoorlisteners

@monocag1 @7AFL The most overpaid and under-performing for sure.

@7AFL Ben McKay is possibly the worst player in the comp.

"I feel that there is a growing disconnect between Brad (Scott) and Essendon... and I don't reckon he was only talking about the players when he talked about selfishness." 🗣️ Caroline Wilson on Brad Scott and the Bombers

@MetalSlimeShady @shanaka86 I noticed that. Avoiding skin-to-skin contact to avoid bacteria? Good etiquette dictates removing gloves for handshakes as a sign of sincerity and respect. Perhaps it's her subliminal message! 🤔

@shanaka86 What's with the glove? Sister thinks she's michael jackson

JUST IN: Japan’s prime minister flew to Washington with 250 cherry trees for America’s 250th birthday. Trump asked for warships. Sanae Takaichi arrived March 18th on the government plane that Japanese media call Air Force One. The original agenda was a celebration: first-tranche investments in AI data centres and energy, rare earth cooperation, Indo-Pacific security, and trees. Cherry trees for the Tidal Basin. A gift between allies who have not fought each other in 81 years. The Hormuz crisis rewrote the agenda before the plane landed. Trump has publicly called on Japan, along with every other allied nation, to send warships for escort operations in the strait. Takaichi told parliament the summit would be “extremely difficult.” She confirmed Japan has “no plans to send warships right now” but is reviewing “what we can and cannot do” under existing law. That phrase, what we can and cannot do, is the entire visit compressed into eight words. What Japan cannot do is written in Article 9 of its constitution. Enacted May 3 1947. Drafted under American occupation. It renounces war as a sovereign right and prohibits the maintenance of armed forces with war potential. The Self-Defense Forces exist under a legal interpretation that permits strictly defensive capability. The 2015 reinterpretation under Abe allows limited collective self-defense, but only when an attack on an ally poses a “clear danger” to Japanese citizens’ survival. Each deployment requires case-by-case cabinet and Diet authorization. The constitution America wrote is the reason America’s closest Asian ally cannot send warships to a strait that carries roughly 90 percent of Japan’s oil imports. Takaichi is not refusing because she wants to. She is a constitutional revisionist who has openly called for amending Article 9. She arrived in Washington carrying a 79-year-old legal constraint written in English by American lawyers during the occupation and translated into Japanese as the supreme law of a nation that now imports virtually all of its energy through the waterway her host wants her to defend. The options under existing law are narrow. Minesweeping after a ceasefire. Research and intelligence missions. Logistical support. Refuelling. None of these are warships escorting tankers through a live fire zone governed by Mosaic Doctrine provincial commands. Japan joins the list. Germany said it is not their war. France denied airspace. Spain refused bases. The UK said it will not be drawn in. Australia, South Korea, and NATO declined. Argentina pledged ships. The coalition of the willing is being assembled from Buenos Aires and Riyadh while Tokyo, Berlin, Paris, and London explain why they cannot participate in the defence of a waterway that heats their homes and feeds their factories. Japan imports $120 billion in crude annually. Approximately 90 percent transits Hormuz. The LNG that powers Kansai Electric and Tokyo Gas loads at terminals that the IRGC published satellite targeting images of yesterday. The fertiliser that Japanese farmers apply to rice paddies in Niigata traces back to Gulf ammonia plants now under threat. Japan’s entire supply chain passes through the 21 miles that its constitution prevents it from defending. Takaichi brought cherry trees. Trump wanted destroyers. Article 9 delivered neither. And the strait that determines whether 126 million Japanese citizens have power, fuel, and food does not read constitutions any more than it reads sealed packets. open.substack.com/pub/shanakaans…

@ChosenFluffy @sciencegirl Quite common on roads and in car parks in the Itoigawa area in Niigata Prefecture.

@sciencegirl Where were these? I lived in the snowiest part of western Japan and I have not once seen or heard of such a thing. Quite the contrary, no one touched the roads for any treatment (sand, plowing) because of environmental concerns.

In snowy regions of Japan, embedded street sprinklers use naturally warm groundwater from geothermally heated sources, to melt snow and ice, keeping roads clear without salt or heavy plowing.

@PauloHalo @andrewbogut Wearing a construction site helmet and 3 nodding heads behind her, saying, "Let me be clear"

@andrewbogut @VictoriaPolice Wait next for Allan to call a press conference 🤡🤡

@Keikowmd Good luck with your surgery 😊

ようやく視力が安定。 でも、まだ油断出来ないのでXはゆっくりと。 まだ、来月手術を控えてるからね。 暫く離れるとフォロー外されたり不思議な世界ね。

@KatyKray73 In the meantime, happy to enjoy the trappings of the Chairman's Lounge.

Lidia Thorpe it’s your turn! Finally the world can see how disgusting our Australian politicians really are! No consequences ever happen for any of their actions. 👇🏽👇🏽

No pants = bliss

@PieManStan @tonytardio Why not? Victoria has been reduced to a crime-ridden, third world state. China specialises in loaning money to such economies.

@tonytardio Will Andrews re-sign Victoria up for the Belt Roads?

Along with Daniel Andrews and Bob Carr , Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un have also been invited. Mr Carr has indicated he will attend, Mr Andrews has given no indication. Its a Chinese military parade to mark 80 years since the end of world war 2 .

@Jenna_C_ You should know better by now!

@Rainmaker1973 Foo was here (first).

@Jenna_C_ I have a few friends who grew up in Essendon and all family members are (or were till their passing), dedicated Bombers. One did a lot of volunteer work recording stats for the VFL team, till they were dumped without thanks to allow Champion Data to take over.

@Jenna_C_ 2/2 I had to worked pretty hard educating him on Essendon's rich history and past success. He's still a member but is usually pessimistic about our chances.

@Jenna_C_ When my son was young I'd take him to see the Bombers but I was always careful to choose games that we had a high chance of winning. That always made him happy. A few years later when we started losing more often he started talking about changing teams. 1/2

@Jenna_C_ No. I just think with all of our injuries (13 at last count, plus Durham out), it could be a very one-sided game. But good on you for going anyway. 😊

@Jenna_C_ You're not watching Essendon and Geelong are you? 😲

@EvsInOz @alexmatthewsar @essendonfc Weak as piss was exactly my thought when I heard Essendon would just accept it. It was the same with Wright's 4 weeks last year. Bombers just roll over every time. We're not the club we used to be.

@alexmatthewsar @essendonfc Essendon never contests. We are weak as piss. It was 1 week at most. Impact was low. The Carlton player went on to play

We've accepted Sam Durham's two week suspension.

@Jenna_C_ Yeah right. It's not like people need to cut their way through jungles or slash sugar cane. 😆

@Jenna_C_ Should have been banned last year when their use in violent crimes became apparent. Dunno why this government is so slow to react.

@Jenna_C_ In still enjoying the Bombers' win last night. 🎉