Novichok, spies, Korea etc

We'll never know the chicanery between the powers, we'll only know a few tales here and there. Nothing of substance.
When one considers the lot of a double-agent, well, one can understand that this isnt an ideal career in the long term, and you won't ever know who comes to get you, but someone will.
I recall a news piece about a British spy who was found dead in a suitcase in a bath and the official response was that there were no suspicious circumstances at all.
As for korea, well, it seems less on the brink of mad war with itself than it has for some years, so that's a good thing.
I expect the US Navy with its nukes etc is still tripping around the coast off Korea and China much to the chagrin of those countries and the Americans I guess will keep doing that out of habit. It is an expensive habit...and something could go wrong, of course, but we won't know.
Wishing people find reason in peace. If you can't destroy someone, perhaps peace is better and cheaper than war overall.

Grumpy kids. "Why isn't my life perfect, Dad?" "Well, my darling, that's simply because you aren't perfect. Get used to that. I've had to."

Scott Morrison as prime minister of Australia, just someone else we'll have to forget. Might as well check the washing on the line, and see if the clothes are still wet.

We are one but we are many and from all of the lands of earth we come apart from syrians and iraqis on manus island... and we stick their hopes and children up New Guinea's bum. we hope they enjoy the smell and scenery so like us, as convicts we begun to suffer the pain and live the heart ache of us like them, we both are scum. they are shit and lack our racial meaning we are girt by cash and girt by dumb and they shouldn't have come, and shouldn't have come.

Oh, Jesus, AUSTRALIA...if I turn on ABC TV once more and there are all these clowns singing "We are one, but we are many" I'm going to fucking cut loose with an AK47 of invective tirade. Enough is enough of patriotism. Patriotism is very bad. It's the worst thing at the best of times. It becomes a horrible thing in these hard times. Patriotism has always has been like that, always will be. "we are here, and there are a few of us, not so many as most other places, and we are different, this and that, and overall things are usually kind of okay... "we turned up and here and now we are being screwed out of our money by selfish business owners linked to the bizarre dysfunctional Liberal government, seeking to destroy every wage we get..every breath we take..somehow, now, every cent we earn...is somehow...their's." That's the truth in the pudding. The rest is atmospheric bullshit advertising. Times are hard, they will get harder. The current government could help you, but won't help you, by choice, because that's just the kind of self-absorbed cunts they are. Put that in a song on the ABC. It's the truth. that's the real Anthem for us here and girt by sea. The fact is simply that the Liberal/National Coalition Government of Australia, The Retarded, have taken over the liquor store.

Strawberry Fields Forever:Strawberry Fields Forever: One of the things to consider regarding the nefarious criminal putting needles into strawberries in australia as a disgruntled employee would, naturally, be to look into the matter of the strawberry farms paying employees full award wages, giving permanency of employment, superannuation, sick leave, long service leave, paid holidays, etc as is required by law, and, if not, why not? Do you have a problem with complying to the Law of the Land?

After 18 months settling into Melbourne, how would you describe the experience? Well, after successfully integrating into the local community and culture, using the succinct Australian vernacular, Melbourne is pretty well a dud-root of a place. My job is good, usually, but the pay is poorer than equivalent rates in Queensland by a few dollars every hour...and I've had an easy time compared with most. I wouldn't recommend Melbourne to anyone I liked. I landed a permanent job at 64 because I'm very lucky and kind of ...um...brilliant... so I can't really complain about that. If one hits town at 23 years old, I'd expect it'd take 50 years to start to make a living beyond the massive costs of the place. If one doesn't need to come here, then one should not come here. If 2 people are coming to Melbourne to start a life, unconnected to anyone here, to rent a place, find jobs etc I'd suggest having around $60,000US in cash. If buying a place etc, then about $1.8 millionUS. If you don't have that, then it's best stay where you are. If you depend on starting up in the Uber-type economy, then expect $8 an hour, no superannuation, no sick leave, no holidays, no future...and you are stuck here. I wouldn't advise it to anyone I loved, liked, or even disliked. This is a hard town.