Also just a bit of interesting news, US provided Ukraine with JDAM's and Russia is jamming them, rendering them useless, for now.

Russia jamming U.S. smart bombs in Ukraine, leaked docs say
http://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/12/russia-jamming-u-s-smart-bombs-in-ukraine-leaked-docs-say-00091600

"American-made smart bombs are falling victim to Russian electronic jamming in Ukraine, causing them to miss their targets, according to leaked documents and confirmed by a Defense Department official.

In some cases, the weapons were also failing to detonate due to a technical issue, which Ukrainian troops have since addressed.

The news adds to an increasingly bleak picture of the state of Ukraine’s military that has emerged from a trove of top secret intelligence documents that leaked on social media and came to light over the past week. The documents show that Washington has grave concerns about Kyiv’s dwindling ammunition and air defenses, which could cause it to fall short of its goals for the anticipated spring counteroffensive.

The Pentagon in December began sending Kyiv advanced equipment that could convert unguided air-dropped munitions into precision-guided 'smart bombs' that can hit Russian targets with a higher degree of accuracy.

The guided bombs can be launched by a variety of aircraft such as bombers and fighters, and are called Joint Direct Attack Munitions or JDAMs. The longer-range version being sent to Ukraine is called a JDAM-Extended Range, or JDAM-ER.

But the weapons have experienced higher-than-expected dud rates and have missed their targets on the battlefield, according to a leaked slide prepared by the Joint Staff and confirmed by a U.S. official, who was granted anonymity to discuss a sensitive issue."

oops... wrong thread for comment above sorry.

Hi AC,

I agree with much of what you say, I did ask ttbn if he had any evidence that the imposition of "transgenderism" was a major problem in our schools among children, and he was not forthcoming. I did ask the granddaughter if she knew of it happening, and point blank said she didn't know of any girls at her school or among her friends who were like that. I know a lot of gay people, gay friends, my youngest son is gay, on most issues they are rather straight and somewhat conservative. My perception of the gay community is they have as many problems and issues as does the straight community. Although financially, not having that many children they tend to be better off, and have better paying jobs.

BTW; A gay friend was telling us what a fab time they had at 'Cloudland' in 'The Valley' about $100 set price includes drag show, dinner and drinks, wine and beer. Told him to count us in for the next one he organises. Much more fun with a large group.

AC

I'm glad that we agree that parents are the best teachers of non-academic personal matters; but, it is really bad that parents are not doing much to pull politicians and educators into line, but sitting back and allowing their kids to be subjected to filth and perversion. Some are: you see them when the Marxist media deigns to put them on the nightly news. But not many. Not enough.

Parents need to be given a choice as to where and how their children are educated in literacy, numeracy and history. Money misused by government education departments should be made available, via vouchers,to parents so that they can get their kids out of the government brainwashing factories.

If someone wants to get genitalia mutilation as an adult fine- just don't force it on others especially children. Most people don't want to get their genitalia changed to an approximation of the other sex along with all of the other side effects. I never thought I'd see the day when The Hippocratic Oath- "do no harm" was morphed into this corruption- shame on the doctors.

NZ police perhaps afraid of political correctness too- interesting reports when trans involved- possibly woke communists avoiding the law. With police it's always important to ensure that you take down the officers identity for integrity of the process- perhaps their ancestors will be ridiculed.

Southparks-"Heather Swanson" aka popular Italian/ Hebrew Wrestler "Randy Savage" is a man- and looks like a man- but demands to be identified as a woman- and throws temper tantrams to prove it.

http://southpark.fandom.com/wiki/Heather_Swanson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Savage

This obviously seems to be a modern version of "The Emperor's New Clothes".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emperor%27s_New_Clothes

Woke communists seem to be trying to head off the flaw in the story where a child says what no one else can see "the Emperor is naked"- by an evil indoctrination of children.

Everyone suffers from different types of identity crises in their lifes- people may see you as something different than how you see your
self- as Nietzsche says greatness requires suffering. Heather Swanson isn't great he's portraying himself as a martyr to receive unearned rewards. We should try to create opportunities for the weak to become strong for enlightened self interest not to pander to weakness. Strength can take many forms- citizens need to contribute to society- rather than tear it down. This western victim culture is a race to the bottom- which is what our enemies want.

Mao implemented the "four pillars policy" in order to breakdown China under his control- health, education, courts, army- from memory- this is suspiciously similar to the current dynamics of the west- especially under Covid- SARS

The gentlemen at the Melbourne rally were probably right when they encapsulated the above in the words "Stop Pedo Freaks".

Hi Paul,
"BTW; A gay friend was telling us what a fab time they had at 'Cloudland' in 'The Valley' about $100 set price includes drag show, dinner and drinks, wine and beer. Told him to count us in for the next one he organises. Much more fun with a large group."

I have no problem whatsoever with people living their lives however they choose.
So long as it doesn't harm others and everybody gets a fair chance to make good lives for themselves
(kids I mean being able to grow up well rounded and well adjusted) - then it's really no one else's business.
Cloudland doesn't exactly sound like my cup of tea, but I hope you and wifey have an enjoyable night.