I’d like to see them continue to slowly lose value myself.

It would also get rid of the idea that housing is a sure bet as an investment, and we will hopefully see a move towards other investments like stocks instead.

Nah, the ratio of house prices to income is ridiculous right now, and I’d like to see that change in less than a few decades.

Are they just denying entry to anyone whose name they can’t pronounce?

It’s not likely we will face a full scale invasion, but commerce raiding like we saw during ww2, or illegal fishing in our waters is quite possible.

I dunno, I think cutting your losses and starting over when you’re dealing with a shitshow on this scale is pretty sensible.

Yeah, that has to be one of the stupidest things I’ve seen from a journalist.

The information they had was a man threatening a woman with a knife, obviously they will be armed when a deadly weapon is involved.

I don’t think I’ll ever understand the thought process behind women defending abusive partners either, especially in a situation as extreme as this.

You’re right, that was the whole contract.

Which makes it even more impressive the project was set to be more than a billion over the original estimate.

I assure you, none of our planes are cool enough to have afterburners.

Seahawks and A320 series jets, both great choices.

The Seahawk is from the same family as the Black Hawk, an aircraft type operated all around the world, and the A321 is part of a family of jets operated by airlines globally, probably thousands in operation around the globe.

Both aircraft types are very popular, and operated by our allies, meaning manufacturer support should continue for decades into the future.

I think that, long term, this will represent a cost saving over trying to keep the ageing aircraft we currently have in service.

We’ve had enemy vessels in our waters in the past, the Germans sunk multiple vessels in our waters during the war, and the way things are going, I can see similar shenanigans happening again.

The boats were only going to be $550 million each.

Three billion would probably have gotten two boats, and one terminal they can actually park at.

Which is a problem, as you need two.

I’d say more than lobbied, I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s been some hefty donations behind the scenes.

There’s a lot of services like that, that are totally out of touch with what customers are willing to pay.

Strava want almost a hundred dollars per year, for example. Ludicrous.

Not really, if he believed he was dealing with a representative from a foreign country, then that’s precisely what he was attempting to do.

The fact he was unsuccessful is why this was merely an attempt.

I don’t think Winston particularly wanted to work with Labour either though, he has been extremely critical about things like co-governance and identity politics, for example.

I have a friend who used to work there, his workplace stories backed this up. A lot of people are just counting the days to retirement, for example.

No shit it was a sting operation, that article says it was a person he believed to be a foreign operative. With that very careful wording, it was pretty clear to me he was actually dealing with a sting operation.

Are you under the impression you’ve realised something not many people have? Because that’s simply not the case.

ACC levies being distance based rather than vehicle based are a great idea actually, as your likelihood of being in a crash is directly proportional to the time you spend on the road.

I don’t see charging high emissions vehicles more being particularly popular though.

It’s not, largely because the safety systems in a residential building are to a higher standard than a commercial premises, as people are sleeping.

People absolutely do sleep on site though.

What the fuck?