tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post7507071244697701785..comments2024-03-29T06:12:04.668+11:00Comments on loon pond: In which the pond celebrates prattling Polonius Q.C., S.J., and the nuclear stylings of the bromancer ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-66403914438980527862017-07-02T16:32:05.173+10:002017-07-02T16:32:05.173+10:00'Tis a mystery, isn't it. Yet, as we all ...'Tis a mystery, isn't it. Yet, as we all seem to agree, it is so apt.<br /><br />So anyway, I greghunted 'goosebumps' and got this:<br />"<i>When you get cold or experience a strong emotion, your brain sends signals to your muscles that make them tense up. When the muscles in your skin that are attached to hairs do this, they make the hairs stand up and pull your skin up just a bit, creating goose bumps</i>."<br /><br />Ok, so Nick The Caterer as a 'cold fish' who nonetheless experiences random flushes of passionate emotion ? Yair, I can grok that.GrueBleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-20551314986001393512017-07-01T22:16:01.667+10:002017-07-01T22:16:01.667+10:00http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/we-want-big...http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/we-want-big-role-in-nuclear-club-howard/2006/05/13/1146940775888.html<br />http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2007/s2024982.htmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-72514970749026791072017-07-01T16:03:34.368+10:002017-07-01T16:03:34.368+10:00Was wondering the self-same thing myself Merc, I h...Was wondering the self-same thing myself Merc, I have no answer. Perhaps the 9th smartest academic in Australia would have an idea if she is reading?<br />via collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14342963456605644101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-63123799208659090082017-07-01T15:00:50.743+10:002017-07-01T15:00:50.743+10:00Nukes or AIPs guys, what is this thing with 's...Nukes or AIPs guys, what is this thing with 'subs for Orstraya oi oi oi' ?<br /><br />So, the Bromancer romances: "<i>Nuclear-powered subs are vastly more formidable than conventionally powered subs</i>."<br /><br />For what ? Nuclear subs are only "formidable" because the ones the Americans and Russians (and Chinese ?) have carry rocket delivered thermo-nuclear bombs. Not for anything else much. Does Bubbling Bromancer really think that Australia - alone and without USA coverage - is actually going to send a couple of nuclear subs to do ... what ? Sink the only Chinese aicraft carrier ? Or the last seaworthy Russian aircraft carrier ?<br /><br />What exactly does the Bromancer think a handful of Australian subs - nuclear or otherwise - will actually do, and to whom ? What "<i>enormous damage</i>" will they inflict and on what ?GrueBleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-29143311098538421712017-07-01T12:12:05.781+10:002017-07-01T12:12:05.781+10:00It's nice to see that, as he gets older, Polon...It's nice to see that, as he gets older, Polonius is making sure he gets plenty of rest. That article certainly reads as though it was written in his sleep. at least three-quarters of it appears cut and pasted from Hendo's standard timeline of Post WW2 Australian politics.<br /><br /><br />Also, I think the Bromancer doth protest too much - from where else would Abbott have picked up his nuclear subs thought-bubble? Okay, perhaps he just found a copy of the proposal scribbled on the back of a beer-mat while clearing away the empties after the Bro had been around one evening, but I can't believe that Tony could have come up with it himself - it's stupid enough, but he doesn't have that much imagination.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-84470483433978549512017-07-01T11:33:40.064+10:002017-07-01T11:33:40.064+10:00In fact Joe, nuclear subs don't have a decisiv...In fact Joe, nuclear subs don't have a decisive edge in stealth because at all times the nuclear reactor needs to be constantly cooled, even on standby, and the water pumps and heat exchangers operate continuously, producing noise even during silent running. They've done their best to kill off this noise, but conventional subs don't have this problem when running silent ...<br /><br />But it's all academic because the chances of Australia getting any kind of meaningful submarine fleet, which can be properly staffed (see Collins class ongoing problems), during the pond's lifetime is about as likely as Abbott returning to power and spending cash on nuclear submarines ... consider whatever happens a future gift for millennials to pay for ...dorothy parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00816807935021738560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-80236042527867341592017-07-01T11:27:40.479+10:002017-07-01T11:27:40.479+10:00Thanks for the tip Dot. I shall be watching Malwa...Thanks for the tip Dot. I shall be watching Malware very closely as those new subs roll out.Mercurialnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-80360891425468298142017-07-01T11:21:07.178+10:002017-07-01T11:21:07.178+10:00So, in all his researching, the bromancer never ca...So, in all his researching, the bromancer never came across the Air-Independent Propulsion for submarines <i>"Nuclear-powered submarines have traditionally held a decisive edge in endurance, stealth and speed over cheaper diesel submarines. However, new Air Independent Propulsion (AIP) technology has significantly narrowed the performance gap on a new generation of submarines that cost a fraction of the price of a nuclear-powered boat.</i> - see Did Sweden Make America's Nuclear Submarines Obsolete? at http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/did-sweden-make-americas-nuclear-submarines-obsolete-18908.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00808416744757194189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-3140669177634278722017-07-01T10:25:43.130+10:002017-07-01T10:25:43.130+10:00The pond is profoundly pleased and inclined to be ...The pond is profoundly pleased and inclined to be most fulsome in praise that someone noticed Mercurial! Along with that count of expired Liberal PMs ... though have you ever wondered if the submarine was just a cunning ploy to escape his dire situation?dorothy parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00816807935021738560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-65727240758566192732017-07-01T10:18:11.295+10:002017-07-01T10:18:11.295+10:00... and if you include those removed 'by the h...... and if you include those removed 'by the hand of God', (or perhaps the Chinese Communist Party), I'd add Holt.Mercurialnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-45762770040792437752017-07-01T10:16:03.606+10:002017-07-01T10:16:03.606+10:00Polonius also claims Abbott was only 'the seco...Polonius also claims Abbott was only 'the second Liberal PM to be removed from Office', GB. I presume he really means 'by his own party' because I can count at least four: Gorton, McMahon, Howard and Abbott.Mercurialnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-38795986311834043092017-07-01T10:08:41.306+10:002017-07-01T10:08:41.306+10:00Agreed, VC. Perhaps you can tell me where Gadfly ...Agreed, VC. Perhaps you can tell me where Gadfly gets his 'Goosebumps' moniker for the Caterist from? It just seems so - apt.Mercurialnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-82891658429848356382017-07-01T10:05:06.565+10:002017-07-01T10:05:06.565+10:00I'm onto the reptiles, DP. First Shazza yeste...I'm onto the reptiles, DP. First Shazza yesterday talked about Pyne's 'indiscrete' words, then the Prattler today gives us the pudel's 'fulsome' apology. This - along with all those misplaced short hyphens - is slowly doing my head in.<br /><br />At least I think that's what is doing it. Somebody buy these people a decent dictionary, please!Mercurialnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-54949079462931477342017-07-01T09:53:42.625+10:002017-07-01T09:53:42.625+10:00It would have been funnier if they had come out sw...It would have been funnier if they had come out swinging, but the silence on a number of issues is rather telling in itself. They will have to retreat to the tribal council & try to persuade themselves that history is not against them.<br />Befuddledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16201490489888639207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-24590049563901265442017-07-01T09:13:28.777+10:002017-07-01T09:13:28.777+10:00So, Polonius says: "The disharmony within th...So, Polonius says: "<i>The disharmony within the Liberal Party stems essentially from three factors: first, Malcolm Turnbull's decision to challenge the incumbent prime minister, Tony Abbott, for the Liberal Party leadership in September 2016; second the failue of the Turnbull government ...</i>"<br /><br />Now forgive me if I don't understand these recondite matters, but surely the second should actually instead be "second, the action of a majority of the Liberal Party MPs voting for Turnbull and thus sacking Abbott" ? If they hadn't done that then surely Abbott would still be Prime Minister (with a capital 'P' and 'M') and the Liberal Party would be a joyous unity !<br /><br />Way, way down in the polls, and liable to be utterly annihilated at the next election, but a joyous unity all the way to oblivion, yes ?<br /><br />And also: "<i>...Fraser and Howard lost elections</i><br /><br />Howard not only lost an election, he also lost his seat (to Maxine McKew - how droll) after having been the PM in a Liberal government that controlled both houses ! Now that's a truly fine achievement.<br /><br />But you never know, if Abbott was still leader at the last election, he might just have been able to repeat most of that achievement too.GrueBleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-42924011617050433332017-07-01T08:00:57.938+10:002017-07-01T08:00:57.938+10:00Difficult on a Saturday to look away from the fina...Difficult on a Saturday to look away from the final years of the reptiles weekend exertions, I grant you. shouldn't be too much longer.<br /><br />But do try and stop in at The Saturday Paper - the treats are varied and generous, but the onion-muncher punching himself in the hooter remains a perennial. Mike Seccombe, what say you now?:<br /><br />“Tony Abbott fights on,” writes Mike Seccombe, “oblivious that ‘liberal conservative’ is an oxymoron, that public opinion is not with him on key issues like marriage equality, coal and climate change, and that polls show fewer than one in 10 voters would have him back as leader. There seems no way he can win, but he can certainly help Malcolm Turnbull lose.”via collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14342963456605644101noreply@blogger.com