JoNova
A science presenter, writer, speaker & former TV host; author of The Skeptic's Handbook (over 200,000 copies distributed & available in 15 languages).
Jo appreciates your support to help her keep doing what she does. This blog is funded by donations. Thanks!
Follow Jo's Tweets To report "lost" comments or defamatory and offensive remarks, email the moderators at: support.jonova AT proton.me
Statistics
Many here can not be expected to know too much about European history, when even Europeans do not.
To put this into context the Ottomans overwhelmed Constantinople in 1453-the last outpost of the Eastern Roman Empire. It was the start of a considerable expansion of an Ottoman empire that lasted 600 years and in which Aussies played a part in ending during the first Word war.
That Western Europe kept the Ottomans at bay was due to an epic battle literally at the gates of Vienna which turned the tide.
This article relates to that event and that modern day authorities do not wish to cause offence to newer residents
https://brusselssignal.eu/2024/11/vienna-cancels-statue-of-polish-king-over-islamaphobia-fears/
20
I do wonder what these climate protestors do in order to earn a living as yet more block roads in Melbourne.
https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/extinction-rebellion-protesters-block-melbourne-road-rallying-about-climate-change-conference-in-azerbaijan/news-story/9a009eff19f52b2a4784d7c887b06528
30
A few packs of large cable ties are an essential part of a modern ‘car-kit’.
30
Just a matter of time before a self driving autonomous EV mows a group of them down and bursts into flames.
20
Jail is appropriate. They happily and randomly and carelessly deprive others of their time and should not care if they lose the same thing.
20
I must say going on a cruise has never appealed to me quite without the fears of being hit by a violent storm
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14082329/Terrifying-moment-cruise-liner-tilts-sending-furniture-smashing-freak-storm.html
10
I have never experienced 45 degrees which sounds like a wild exaggeration. That would be terrifying for the modern very wide and even taller ships which 17-22 decks. The photographs show 20 degrees at most, which is awful. These ships would run for shelter if they had warning.
The same in aircraft, your only alternative. And it would be very advisable to sit down and strap in. As for traditional sailing ships, it was common enough, which explains a lot of the fittings and furniture, especially in the galley. Yachts can get closer to 80 degrees and the keel rights the ship.
00
Is Sweden completely ruined by socialism?
“Yes it is broken beyond belief. It has a huge homeless population. It has people working for such low wages they get welfare and a food supplement program. It has people begging for donations so they can get medical care in a broken system. It has school teachers and other people working in college educated jobs living in tents and cars because they cant afford to rent or own a home.
The highways around their major cities either go into gridlock or just miss everyday. They have a public railroad and commuting system that belongs in a third world country. Only the wealthy can really afford to go to college.They have children going to bed hungry and the schools take trays of food from them in school because they cant pay for it. They are taking kids from their parents and putting them in cages.
They have a public school system underfunded trying to turn it into private religious indoctrination. They have people in government who deny science because of what the bible says. They keep spending millions and fighting senseless wars and bombing people. They have a small population of billionaires that run the system to benefit themselves and screw the rest of the country.”
Oh wait that’s the USA Sweden doesn’t have those problems.
Mr Trump. Go fix it. You have 4 years to make a good start. Then someone else can take over. Oh, and please fix Australia as well.
20
I would give him two months and let him get through inauguration first.
00
And it is a Federation!
Trump does not have direct power over Education, Health, Police and much more. In a Federation your job is defence, customs, immigration, exchange and international relations. You only have those areas deeded in the Constitution. And at the time it was written health and education was not the responsibility of any Federal government. As in Australia’s constitution.
He is going to cancel Jimmy Carter’s Department of Education, which is illegal. And much else like 50 years of environmental laws which are also illegal. As for National abortion laws, they are not and never have been the province of the Federal Government, which is what the Supreme Court finally ruled.
And there are taxes at city, state and national levels. Trump only controls one of these and the City and State will fight him with everything they have.
It’s why cities like Chicago and Los Angeles and New York and even London have so much power vested in the Mayors. These are cities with half the populatio of Australia.
But Trump can go a long way to expose and remove the communists (aka socialists) and especially their high crime and high violence dictatorships or in the US ‘Sanctuary’ cities.
00
I also believe in Australia a real Conservative party could undo all the damage done by the Federal government with terrible laws which are not supported under our constitution. They too have no direct ability to bring in environmental, energy and education and social rules, laws and taxes and charges. Canberra has simply passed the laws and no one knows they are illegal. Each year Federally billions are stolen to pay for windmills and solar panels and endless useless government departments, all illegally. Just as in the US. Electricity prices would halve the day that stopped, as in America. China does not want Australia as a manufacturing country. And Wong and Albanese agree. You wonder who their real bosses are? Not Australians.
00