On Tuesday, April 19, 2022 at 6:32:38 PM UTC-7, andrewc...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Wednesday, April 20, 2022 at 9:07:09 AM UTC+10, dan....@gmail.com wrote:
> > On Tuesday, April 19, 2022 at 3:53:00 PM UTC-7, andrewc...@gmail.com wrote:
> > > On Tuesday, April 19, 2022 at 7:11:19 PM UTC+10, dan....@gmail.com wrote:
> > > > On Monday, April 18, 2022 at 10:40:00 PM UTC-7, raymond....@gmail.com wrote:
> > > > > On Tuesday, 19 April 2022 at 12:24:15 UTC+10, dan....gmail.com wrote:
> > >
> > > > > > Imagine Western Australia, Northern
> > > > > > Territories and South Australia ganging
> > > > > > up on Queensland, NWS and Victoria!
> > > WA pop. 2.685 million. NT pop. 245,865. SA pop. 1,773,243.
> > > Qld pop. 5.2 million. NSW pop. 8.196 million. Victoria pop. 6.7 million.
> > >
> > > Bit lopsided. although Ole Dixie hung on for four years.
> > > > > > Huge tank battles across the desert! ;-)
> > >
> > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/124930081@N08/50352018537
> > Russian tanks were already there ?!?
> >
> Oodla Wirra (pop. 3) where the tank is situated, is actually not
> far from Petersburg (without the Saint), renamed Peterborough
> ca. 1915 for patriotic reasons. The tank was for steam engines
> on the Port Pirie-Broken Hill railway, originally narrow gauge, built
> because South Australian governments held as an article of faith
> that if you built railways into semi-arid regions, settlers would follow,
> and 'rain would follow the plough'. Sadly, rain didn't and the settlers
> mostly left after a few years. The line, rebuilt to standard gauge in
> the 1960s now sees one passenger train each way per week, and it
> doesn't even stop at Peterborough, let alone Oodla Wirra. It continues
> to the original Transaustralian railway line from Port Augusta to Kalgoorlie,
> originally demanded by Western Australia before it would agree to join the
> Commonwealth in 1901.It's been threatening to secede ever since.
>

See? I had an intuition there is opportunity for military action down under! ;-)

dk

On Sunday, April 17, 2022 at 8:13:37 PM UTC-7, andrewc...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Monday, April 18, 2022 at 12:45:27 PM UTC+10, dan....@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > Let's hope La Penska loses.
>
> It's an interesting test case for the theory that
> populist voters may swing from the populism
> of the Left to the populism of the Right. M.
> Melenchon may be worried that many of the
> people who voted for him in the first round
> may vote for Mme le Pen in the second rather
> than support a centrist like Macron.
>

At least for now, the public opinion polls seem
to be trending in the right (by which I mean left)
direction. Let's hope this holds.

dk

On Tuesday, April 19, 2022 at 9:29:25 PM UTC-7, Dan Koren wrote:
> On Sunday, April 17, 2022 at 8:13:37 PM UTC-7, andrewc...@gmail.com wrote:
> > On Monday, April 18, 2022 at 12:45:27 PM UTC+10, dan....@gmail.com wrote:
> >
> > > Let's hope La Penska loses.
> >
> > It's an interesting test case for the theory that
> > populist voters may swing from the populism
> > of the Left to the populism of the Right. M.
> > Melenchon may be worried that many of the
> > people who voted for him in the first round
> > may vote for Mme le Pen in the second rather
> > than support a centrist like Macron.
> >
> At least for now, the public opinion polls seem
> to be trending in the right (by which I mean left)
> direction. Let's hope this holds.
>

https://www.ft.com/content/12e988ba-2f7d-4a50-8836-c1c372eb3e7e

On Friday, April 15, 2022 at 10:35:41 PM UTC-7, dan....@gmail.com wrote:
> https://www.indiatoday.in/world/russia-ukraine-war/story/france-presidential-candidate-le-pen-warns-against-sending-weapons-ukraine-1937695-2022-04-15
>
> Melmoth, what are you
> planning to do about it?
>
> dk

Will cost of living issues also bring down the Democrats come election time?:

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/macron-le-pen-face-off-crucial-election-debate-2022-04-20/

On Friday, April 15, 2022 at 10:35:41 PM UTC-7, dan....@gmail.com wrote:
> https://www.indiatoday.in/world/russia-ukraine-war/story/france-presidential-candidate-le-pen-warns-against-sending-weapons-ukraine-1937695-2022-04-15
>
> Melmoth, what are you
> planning to do about it?
>
> dk

Will cost of living also be an issue for the Democrats come election time?:

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/macron-le-pen-face-off-crucial-election-debate-2022-04-20/

On Wednesday, April 20, 2022 at 1:39:31 PM UTC-7, gggg gggg wrote:
> On Friday, April 15, 2022 at 10:35:41 PM UTC-7, dan....@gmail.com wrote:
> > https://www.indiatoday.in/world/russia-ukraine-war/story/france-presidential-candidate-le-pen-warns-against-sending-weapons-ukraine-1937695-2022-04-15
> >
> > Melmoth, what are you
> > planning to do about it?
> >
> > dk
>
> Will cost of living also be an issue for the Democrats come election time?:
>
> https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/macron-le-pen-face-off-crucial-election-debate-2022-04-20/

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/inflation-dooms-dems-midterm-chances-so-they-should-pass-much-n1294445

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKtZprAHJwM