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@WarClandestine The local naval power, Singapore, is already a US ally

Eyes on 👀 Hegseth just hosted Indonesian counterpart and announced a “Major Defense Cooperation Partnership”. The Strait of Hormuz is 2nd highest volume oil chokepoint on Earth. What’s the 1st? The Strait of Malacca, INDONESIA (80% of China’s oil imports pass through here). Global oil shipping chokepoints are being secured by the US MIL and their partners. Trump is securing the board! It’s happening.

@eebendeeben @RobertSecundus That's a pretty good base for marketing and product development roles in cosmetics/nutrition/agritech/pharma industries

@RobertSecundus Biology. I also studied creative writing as a minor to strengthen my communication skills (and because I’ve always had a soft spot for storytelling lol), and did 2 years of Japanese courses just for shits and giggles. All completely useless skills in this economy though

@PeterOB24979769 If Labor (or Liberals for that matter) were put in charge of Singapore the place would be trashed within a decade, while LKY given a free hand would have turned Aus around around in the same time. Australia's situation is entirely self-inflicted, but it's what the voters want

How come we go to Singapore, an island 50k by 20k, and beg for their assistance to keep an entire continent running? It’s because Singapore has had stable conservative government since WW2. We have had multiple left wing governments that have dismantled our economy and society.

@EmlynBreese And something that players have been trying to pull off (sometimes succeeding) forever

Incredible that people are blaming the last disposal rule for something that has been a clear free kick for out on the full for a half century.

@Haydenfreedom @LombardiBrett How many of those 26k were in combat roles?

@LombardiBrett This wasn’t a mistake. And again, you only need to re-read the odds to understand his behaviour was something that 26,000+ soldiers were able to avoid.

More than 26,000 Australian soldiers fought in Afghanistan. 2 have been charged with murder war crimes. That’s 0.00769% Australians should have no issues with joining our military if they want too.

@TommyCarullo @Brad85949634181 Why though? He’s right. Simmo obviously can only offer a highly curated opinion on the Carlton situation, and he is in an awkward situation.

@Brad85949634181 Kane talked 100% out of his ass and did so authoritatively, which is enough to convince some around here 😅 I mean, he admitted he didn’t even watch the segment…

Simmo v Kane Cornes is up there with mid 00’s Sydney v West Coast and 2010’s Geelong v Hawthorn in terms of modern AFL rivalries.

@wattle1854 @NoticerNews Because people with far left political beliefs don’t believe in borders. A foreign criminal has as much right to commit crimes in Australia as a citizen does in their world view, and it would be immoral to deport them. I can only wish the absolute worst for these people

@NoticerNews Yet again serious offenders are given visas by Tribunal general member Andrew Maryniak. Every single time. He doesn’t care about the criminality due to repeated offending, nor the impact on victims. Maryniak offers protection to serious immigrant criminals. Why?

An Ethiopian refugee who raped an Australian woman has been spared deportation after a tribunal found his crimes were caused by a mental illness which is now under control. noticer.news/african-rapist…

@rohan_connolly “Should we innovate? Should we change? No, we should do things the inferior way because that’s the way we’ve always done it”. This attitude so pervasive and explains so much

No self-interest in these comments, is there, guys?🙄Really hate the sneering way so many AFL media types talk about supporters, you know the ones who actually pay to go to games without the comforts of the commentary box. 82% want a day GF, THERE's your key stakeholders.

@PollyPorridge The way you ppl are opposed to this I’d have assumed there must be good arguments against it, instead there’s zero other than “I’m reflexively opposed to change”

OH MY GOD SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP NOT EVERYTHING IS A FUCKING COMPETITION. YOU DONT EVEN WORK FOR THE STATION THAT HAS THE GRANDFINAL YOU BOOTLICKER

@lenphil29 That’s reality. The arguments against a twilight GF are purely “I prefer a worse product because we’ve always done it that way”. It was the exact same thing as when Friday night games were introduced. Opposition for opposition’s sake

@dermaporebei incredibly bleak way to view sport, but you do you

the football world's obsession with changing things to benefit people who don't actually like the game enough to prioritise watching it continues to amaze

@lenphil29 The AFL is a business, and any business that gets complacent eventually dies. “We’ve got enough fans, we don’t need more” is not an attitude that any sports league should take

@dermaporebei is there ever a point where there's enough money in the game or just keep squeezing forever

@FootyEgg Bad decision. Footy fans of yesteryear probably opposed the motorcar or color TVs given how opposed they are to change, no matter how clearly superior the change is

AFL house didn’t make a completely fucking stupid decision that nobody asked for

@Larryjamieson_ Why not? All the Australians think they’re experts on American politics

Seppos are suddenly Australian geopolitics and energy experts

@RealJeffGfetus @nic_carter Is West the fat one or the ugly one

@nic_carter Lol. LMAO, even. A third wheel in her own marriage.

this passage about progressive author lindy west is the funniest sequence I have ever encountered in the WSJ

@PeterOB24979769 You bought up every piece of toilet paper you could find during Covid didn’t you

What’s the problem with filling Jerry cans in the current circumstances? Makes sense to me.

@MattWalshBlog Its not working champ

My user experience just got 500 times better

@MeganNyvold This is false at many levels, not least of all because it implies Chinese people can't figure out global price arbitrage and would rather sell for pennies on the dollar domestically rather than export overseas and cash in.

I finally found a video of the place I went in Shenzhen (and yes, China does have an industry for fake luxury goods) but the real goods are also just sitting there like landfill selling for pennies on the dollar everybody is getting GOT in the west w/ designer goods, one shotted

@rtralphy Sounds interesting so I went to YT to see if it was there and there was only this… from 3 years ago…. the more things change, the more they stay the same

Luke Hodge brutal and brilliant on Essendon's players on Whateley now with specifics GL anyone querying his knowledge on leadership Wouldn't be surprised if Brad Scott plays it to them

@GreatAbysmal Absolutely 10 out of 10, I could hear their voices as I was reading

Jim Hacker: Humphrey, we have to do something about Iran. Sir Humphrey Appleby: Prime Minister, the government is already doing a great deal. Jim Hacker: Such as? Sir Humphrey Appleby: Monitoring developments, coordinating with allies, reviewing contingency plans and expressing concern. Jim Hacker: That all sounds like nothing, Humphrey. Sir Humphrey Appleby: On the contrary, Prime Minister. In diplomacy it is vital to appear active without becoming involved. Jim Hacker: The Americans are bombing things, the Iranians are firing missiles, the Strait of Hormuz is practically closed and we’re… appearing active? Sir Humphrey Appleby: Precisely. Jim Hacker: Innocent people are dying, Humphrey! Sir Humphrey Appleby: Yes, Prime Minister. That is why the Foreign Office is drafting a very strongly worded statement about it. Jim Hacker: A statement won’t stop a war. Sir Humphrey Appleby: No, Prime Minister, but it will ensure that we are on record as having been extremely concerned while it was happening. Bernard Woolley: If I may, Prime Minister — the Cabinet Office has identified six possible courses of action. Jim Hacker: Good! What are they? Bernard Woolley: We can condemn the escalation, call for restraint, urge negotiations, support our allies, assist defensive operations or participate directly. Jim Hacker: And what do they recommend? Sir Humphrey Appleby: Supporting our allies. Jim Hacker: That sounds suspiciously like participating. Sir Humphrey Appleby: Oh no, Prime Minister. Participating means fighting. Supporting merely means allowing others to fight from places that technically belong to us. Jim Hacker: Humphrey, if Iranian missiles hit one of our bases, we’ll be in the war anyway! Sir Humphrey Appleby: Yes, Prime Minister, but we shall have entered it with the invaluable diplomatic advantage of being surprised. Bernard Woolley: It’s generally considered the safest way to enter a war, Prime Minister. Jim Hacker: How on earth can that be safe? Sir Humphrey Appleby: Because if the war goes badly, we can say we never meant to join it. And if it goes well, we can say we were there all along.