Zagorath

I mean it's pretty obvious that Trump does care a great deal about the Peace prize. He was going on and on about it last year, and even convinced FIFA to give him a Temu Peace prize instead.

And Trump's insecurities surrounding Obama have been much documented since the beginning of his 2016 run. Those insecurities provide a pretty significant motivation for his desire to get the Peace prize.

Like the Eyrie building in Gargoyles!

I'm not sure I see how your argument fits together. Nothing you said is wrong, but it doesn't dispute the point I make. It doesn't really even try to, apart from the words "I disagree" at the start.

Trump is so desperate to get the Peace Prize, just because he's an incessant narcissist. He got his start running for politics because a few jokes from then-President Obama hurt his feelings, and trying to beat Obama at everything he had done really stands over Trump.

Honestly your first picture could also be a good example to demonstrate ring species, which are a great countertexample to the "reproduce to produce fertile offspring" definition of species.

Damn, this is mega disappointing. I've moved so my local MP is no longer Greens, but I haven't updated my address on the electoral roll so I might write to her, and to the Greens Senators, to express my disappointment at this.

I'll also just re-share here the text of a fantastic Facebook post that came out a week ago, before Albo capitulated:

A Royal Commission is for systemic, nationwide failure not a single criminal act like the Bondi Shooting

Australia only uses Royal Commissions when normal oversight has completely failed, causing widespread harm over years not localised to one region, city or state.

Examples:

• Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse

  • Most expensive ever (~$535 million)
  • Decades of abuse across churches, schools, state institutions

• Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability

  • ~$300–350 million
  • Widespread abuse and neglect across care, health, justice, NDIS

• Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety
  – ~$110–120 million
  – System found to be unsafe, neglectful, and failing nationally

• Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme
  – ~$60 million
  – An unlawful government scheme that harmed hundreds of thousands

The Bondi attack was a single act of violence by an individual.

It is already subject to:

• Police investigation
• Coroner’s inquest
• Independent reviews

Unless evidence shows repeated ignored warnings, systemic government failure, or nationwide negligence, a Royal Commission is not justified.

Calling one without proof of systemic failure is political theatre, wastes public money, and retraumatises families.

Facts first. Evidence first. Accountability where it belongs.

I highly doubt they’d do it this blatantly if they were not confident this is an easy sell

I mean, I would have agreed with you, except we've also just recently seen even more blatant and indefensible union-busting from Rockstar in the UK, another country with good labour laws, and another country with more than adequate legal resources.

I think you're probably right that Ubisoft has sufficient legal cover to win this case, but that's because of the merits of this case, not because a big company from a country with good laws could never do something stupidly illegal.

How is their site (and product) as an option for your non-techy mum? Also does shipping end up being exorbitant if you're not in the same country they're based in?

What companies actually make decent mid-range laptops these days?

He said six months' notice was plenty of time for couples to re-plan their weddings, since it "should have been obvious" the venue would close eventually.

What an utter cunt Schrinner is. Just the worst kind of person.

If you'd had it on your bingo card at the start of the decade that'd have been a shocker. But after Trump openly suggested the possibility early last year, it's hardly a huge surprise if someone predicted it this year, even if he did quieten down on that front towards the end of the year.

Stupid scare "quotes".