And since he also didn't believe in empathy perhaps we should respect his beliefs and say FAFO Charlie. Good luck persuading St Peter that you are a meek, generous, caring Christian as Jesus commanded. I have zero fucks to give for him, and he'd respect that.

If Iran wasn't going to strike mainland USA before, it sure will now. . . if it can. If they weren't intending to build a nuclear weapon before they sure are now. Well done Donald. I foresee a nuke smuggled into USA, say NYC or LA.

Alternatively, build them here and in the process build up our heavy industry manufacturing capacity. As a bonus, it's unlikely to cost much more, could well be cheaper AND would have an economic multiplier effect further reducing the real cost. Negotiate with the poms or the frogs for the tech.

Wouldn't cost more to build here, plus we'd have capability to do further subs as needed.

I cannot fathom the LNP's position on Israel. On one hand, they are always 100% racist assholes, on the other they are insisting that ANY criticism of Israel or Judaism is antisemetic. There must be BIG donor money involved. I can't see other reasons for the bizarre seesawing

More to the point, the inane lineup of Murdoch handpuppet "expert" commentators is just farcical.

Unfettered capitalism & libertarianism will rapidly lead to another age of Lords and serfs. Hopefully followed by a short guillotine Terror.

Yup. Every. Damn. Time. Regardless of the evidence from their own eyed.

I say it to all my white friends " If you were aboriginal you'd be bloody furious - and you'd be right to be that way"

An ever diminishing audience for him. He's trying to keep his job a bit longer writing this nonsense for doddering angry white men, all of whom have one foot in the grave.

Libertarians who want all the opportunities but don't want to pay for anything. Next time you come across one ask him if he wants to pay well in excess of $1M for each employee. That'll be for the employees upbringing and education. And every time his vehicles hit the road it's $250 a trip for roads

Some US states

Surely the surname was "Drumpf"

There may be some justification for thinking NW Shelf may have a limited lifespan as demand drops rapidly in the face of cheaper renewables.

The smart money has always been on Trump not seeing out his 4 year term. I mean just for starters, he's 79, unfit, overweight and not especially clever. There appear to have been several attempts on his life already. Then there's resignation, impeachment, possibly jail. All possible causes

Another step is to make mortgages non-Recourse Loans where lenders can only seize the property if the borrower defaults, not their other assets. This making banks have greater exposure to risk. At the moment banks have minimal risk and happily lend away feeding the inferno in complete safety.