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  1. Malleeboy

    There's a new pope

    English and Spanish speaking, that covers 2 billion people. Given Pope Francis communication challenges, I wonder having a native English speaker had any weight, given English is currently the world's lingua franca.
  2. Malleeboy

    WW2 USAAF Nominal Roll

    Does anyone know of a webpage that allows a search of USAAF members during ww2? Would like to know the unit that a particular relative was part of?
  3. Malleeboy

    was my baptism valid

    Having attended a Baptist church for over 20 years, this was a IMHO valid baptism. The immersion is a symbolic representation of death, burial and resurrection of Christ. There are things that are preferred, like doing it in public, having approval from pastoral staff that the person is ready...
  4. Malleeboy

    On How American Law, Works

    I think you need to look at the presuppositions to USA law, which is based in English common law. The USA and its constitution and laws didn't get created from nothing. Why do juries exist? Where does "no taxation without representation" come from? (Americans often talk as if they come up...
  5. Malleeboy

    Pope Francis had died at age 88

    My guess is that people who are progressive believe he moved the church towards their position. Some conservatives (esp Catholics) feel guilty about their treatment of him. I must admit as a protestant (technically maybe a lapsed catholic, as I was baptized Catholic but raised Protestant) to...
  6. Malleeboy

    Why These Hawai'i Travelers from Germany Were Jailed, Strip-Searched And Deported

    OK this shouldn't grate me, English is a descriptive language, and Americans have their own conventions. I have no problem with color over colour, or ax over axe but "traveler" for "traveller" just looks really odd.
  7. Malleeboy

    Would Trump defend Australia if we were attacked? We HAD a big purchase deal worked out... but....

    eclipsenow, Modern nuclear weapons are generally airburst, which increase explosive damage but limits radioactivity. Furthermore, modern nuclear bombs tend to be smaller and better targeted. Even if Australian cities were targeted, which is unlikely as they have little military value, the death...
  8. Malleeboy

    So trump has just slapped tariffs on an island with zero human population, only penguins.

    Actually no, the penguins are still getting the 10% base tariff, they have lost the advantage of being a low tariffed country, as most of the world will have the same tariff. The countries who have been screwing America with tariffs will now be treated the same as people who have not. Along...
  9. Malleeboy

    Would Trump defend Australia if we were attacked? We HAD a big purchase deal worked out... but....

    Pine Gap during the cold war was the relay point for satellite comms on a Soviet first strike. We have 2,500 marine force in Darwin which comes for 6 months training every year. Sub base in Perth for US to cover the Indian ocean. Plans to fly P8 from Christmas Islands.
  10. Malleeboy

    Would Trump defend Australia if we were attacked? We HAD a big purchase deal worked out... but....

    Probably UUVs are the future, basically build smart torpedo/mines that sit in station permanently and active when directed and attack shipping.
  11. Malleeboy

    Could Trump's Tariffs Work?

    Has anyone got a clear answer to what these are about achieving, as that impacts whether they will be successful. 1) Punitive against countries with tariffs against USA 2) Bring back manufacturing to USA 3) Rebalance balance of trade between US and other countries 4) Create instability to...
  12. Malleeboy

    Would Trump defend Australia if we were attacked? We HAD a big purchase deal worked out... but....

    Nuclear subs are the gold solution, the advantage with conventional subs is that we could have had more of them. Nuclear subs allow further distance travelled, and the choke point to out north are at some distance, we can have subs that can stay on stations for months near the key choke points...
  13. Malleeboy

    NATO Hysteria

    The strong will do what they will, and the weak will do as they must. I do not blame the US when they look after themselves no country is perfect, and the US has been a better hegemon than many previous ones. The previous hegemon, the UK, did commit some horrible actions but its abolition of...
  14. Malleeboy

    Would Trump defend Australia if we were attacked? We HAD a big purchase deal worked out... but....

    Australia has fought alongside the US in WW1, WW2, Korea, Vietnam, both Gulf Wars and Afghanistan. No other country has been as reliable in assisting the US. We fought alongside UK, NZ to successfully defeat communist insurgency in Malay and also backed Malaysia against Indonesian expansionism...
  15. Malleeboy

    NATO Hysteria

    Why couldn't the USSR place missiles in Cuba? Cuba was sovereign nation, which the US was hostile to, and had back an invasion of. How is Ukraine different to Cuba? Has the USA walked away from the Monroe doctine?
  16. Malleeboy

    Should South Sudanese be removed from the USA?

    Agreed but the key word is "legitimate". Plenty of people who claim asylum, once granted suddenly are able to travel back to their home countries on a regular (eg yearly) basis. It is easy to clog the courts, and use asylum claim to get citizenship. There was a couple in Australia, who...
  17. Malleeboy

    More than 50 countries have contacted White House to start trade talks, Trump adviser says

    I'm shocked it is only 50, I thought every one would be responding. Tariffs will rise prices in prices in the USA, and those countries that have joined them in raising tariffs. This will have an impact on growth, along as well with DOGE government expenditure reductions. However with Interest...
  18. Malleeboy

    So trump has just slapped tariffs on an island with zero human population, only penguins.

    So to be clear, Christmas Is, Cocos Is, Norfolk Is and Heard & McDonald Islands are not countries, they are external territories of Australia. As has been pointed out, Heard & McDonald Islands has no population (I have heard it reported that no one has been officially on the islands for 10...
  19. Malleeboy

    So trump has just slapped tariffs on an island with zero human population, only penguins.

    When your finger can inadvertently press a button and end civilization, maybe people in other countries want their to be reasoned decisions by the administration. We have gone from a dementia impacted old man to an old man who makes bizarre irrational decisions. Australia has for most of the...
  20. Malleeboy

    So trump has just slapped tariffs on an island with zero human population, only penguins.

    They seals on Macquarie Island must feel chuffed to have missed out on their own tariffs.
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