I just saw a report from he who abused SHY ( Sarah Hansen Young)
He reportedly said don't go off at the Govt for Foreign aid to Indonesian because they buy our farmer's produce.
Black Hawk Attack helicopters.
Patrol Boats.
Paid for by Australia's Foreign Aid money.
I really don't think our farmers produce the helicopters or the patrol Boats.
My apologies for posting here I should have posted in I Digress Section.
-- Edited by Yuglamron on Tuesday 14th of August 2018 04:42:46 PM
Kebbin said
06:57 PM Aug 14, 2018
Throw whatever spin on it you like but foreign aid is buying farmers and businesses markets in those countries and every country able to do it do. Yes it is equivalent to a bribe but it does help our farmers, Indonesia buys ship loads of our beef alone so get off the aid hobby horse there is more to it if you bother to be informed.
rockylizard said
07:28 PM Aug 14, 2018
Gday...
Apart from the current angst about foreign aid etc I always find it is mind-blowingly incredulous that SOMEONE hasn't picked up on the government reasons for not funding things.
Hospital funding is not sustainable; Medicare is not sustainable, old age pension spending is not sustainable; newstart spending is not sustainable, spending on roads is not sustainable; the funding of nurses is not sustainable; teacher expenditure is not sustainable; I could go on and on.
However, when did you hear a pollie say that the submarine expenditure is unsustainable; or the Joint Strike Fighter expenditure is unsustainable; or Defence spending in itself is unsustainable.
Jest sayin'
Cheers - John
Desert Dweller said
06:06 AM Aug 15, 2018
The most heavily populated areas of the world are near the equator in tropical & sub-tropical regions.
The warm weather encourages the human sex drive which results in more mating behavior resulting in a higher population.
Not many heavily populated Eskimo areas around. Not many disasters at the North Pole!
If you notice, a lot of natural disasters like earthquakes, cyclones, volcanic eruptions & tsunamis occur in heavily populated areas.
It's God's method of keeping the population numbers down.
-- Edited by Desert Dweller on Wednesday 15th of August 2018 07:31:02 AM
Izabarack said
06:42 AM Aug 15, 2018
Desert Dweller wrote:
Not many heavily populated Eskimo areas around.
Pretty sure population density has a lot to do with the availability of resources necessary to support human life.
Iza
Desert Dweller said
07:29 AM Aug 15, 2018
Izabarack wrote:
Desert Dweller wrote:
Not many heavily populated Eskimo areas around.
Pretty sure population density has a lot to do with the availability of resources necessary to support human life.
Iza
Absolutely. Also men's bodies produce more sperm in tropical & sub-tropical regions than in colder climates.
Even warmer areas cannot support large populations comfortably hence a lot of poverty & slums.
-- Edited by Desert Dweller on Wednesday 15th of August 2018 07:32:59 AM
rockylizard said
08:47 AM Aug 15, 2018
Gday...
sometimes Keith ... do you read your posts back to yourself?
I think you have gone a bit in circles.
Tropical/sub-tropical = more sperm = more population
Warmer areas have poverty and slums = inability to support large populations.
So, there is no poverty and slums in tropical/sub-tropical areas (ya bin to SE-Asia recently?) or very cold climates but there are poverty and slums in warmer climes?
Melbourne has a population of 4.3million - Port Moresby has a population of 350,000 - Ho Chi Minh City 3.4million - Stockholm 952,000 - Tokyo 9.2million - Anchorage 300,000 - wonder where the highest sperm counts are?
Not sure where your arguments originate from - but it is definitely food for thought. It could go for hours around the campfire wif an ale or two.
Cheers - John
rockylizard said
08:54 AM Aug 15, 2018
Desert Dweller wrote:
SNIP~~~If you notice, a lot of natural disasters like earthquakes, cyclones, volcanic eruptions & tsunamis occur in heavily populated areas.
It's God's method of keeping the population numbers down.
Gday...
I think that it is only when such events occur where there are population areas that they are widely reported and become 'news'.
Earthquakes etc are occurring regularly around this globe - and not all are anywhere near 'heavily populated' areas - but rather at the fault lines around the globe.
Cheers - John
Kebbin said
09:13 AM Aug 15, 2018
Desert Dweller, I don't know what goes on in you head, but I'm sure it would be a disturbing place to be. Besides being off it was also off topic.
-- Edited by Kebbin on Wednesday 15th of August 2018 09:13:59 AM
Grandad5 said
09:23 AM Aug 15, 2018
rockylizard wrote:
Apart from the current angst about foreign aid etc I always find it is mind-blowingly incredulous that SOMEONE hasn't picked up on the government reasons for not funding things.
Hospital funding is not sustainable; Medicare is not sustainable, old age pension spending is not sustainable; newstart spending is not sustainable, spending on roads is not sustainable; the funding of nurses is not sustainable; teacher expenditure is not sustainable; I could go on and on.
However, when did you hear a pollie say that the submarine expenditure is unsustainable; or the Joint Strike Fighter expenditure is unsustainable; or Defence spending in itself is unsustainable.
I thought I'd quote you John. Not because I wanted to add anything but just because it was worth repeating
Jim
Desert Dweller said
10:06 AM Aug 15, 2018
It all boils down to birth control in overpopulated areas, we should be sending them condoms not money.
Izabarack said
02:58 PM Aug 15, 2018
Desert Dweller wrote:
.......we should be sending them condoms..........
Maybe she needs to come up with a better method than condoms as foreign aid.
Iza
JA2340 said
08:06 PM Aug 15, 2018
Desert Dweller wrote:
It all boils down to birth control in overpopulated areas, we should be sending them condoms not money.
Whoah! Where did that come from? And WTF does it have to do with foreign aid?
If you're concerned about sending money overseas for "aid" what did you do about the various appeals for aid for OUR farming communities?
Just for the record, the farmers are doing it tough, but so are the communities that they will rely on when the drought breaks (and for a few years after that as well!) - and spare a thought (or a few bucks) for the cropping farmers who don;t have starving stock, but are doing it just as tough, and likely to be without income for quite some time - their winter crops this year are likely a total loss and their next winter crop planting will be this time NEXT YEAR, with a harvest around December NEXT YEAR, but only IF there's a decent amount of rain between now and this time next year!
I just saw a report from he who abused SHY ( Sarah Hansen Young)
He reportedly said don't go off at the Govt for Foreign aid to Indonesian because they buy our farmer's produce.
Black Hawk Attack helicopters.
Patrol Boats.
Paid for by Australia's Foreign Aid money.
I really don't think our farmers produce the helicopters or the patrol Boats.
My apologies for posting here I should have posted in I Digress Section.
-- Edited by Yuglamron on Tuesday 14th of August 2018 04:42:46 PM
Gday...
Apart from the current angst about foreign aid etc I always find it is mind-blowingly incredulous that SOMEONE hasn't picked up on the government reasons for not funding things.
Hospital funding is not sustainable; Medicare is not sustainable, old age pension spending is not sustainable; newstart spending is not sustainable, spending on roads is not sustainable; the funding of nurses is not sustainable; teacher expenditure is not sustainable; I could go on and on.
However, when did you hear a pollie say that the submarine expenditure is unsustainable; or the Joint Strike Fighter expenditure is unsustainable; or Defence spending in itself is unsustainable.
Jest sayin'
Cheers - John
The most heavily populated areas of the world are near the equator in tropical & sub-tropical regions.
Not many disasters at the North Pole!
The warm weather encourages the human sex drive which results in more mating behavior resulting in a higher population.
Not many heavily populated Eskimo areas around.
If you notice, a lot of natural disasters like earthquakes, cyclones, volcanic eruptions & tsunamis occur in heavily populated areas.
It's God's method of keeping the population numbers down.
-- Edited by Desert Dweller on Wednesday 15th of August 2018 07:31:02 AM
Pretty sure population density has a lot to do with the availability of resources necessary to support human life.
Iza
Absolutely. Also men's bodies produce more sperm in tropical & sub-tropical regions than in colder climates.
Even warmer areas cannot support large populations comfortably hence a lot of poverty & slums.
-- Edited by Desert Dweller on Wednesday 15th of August 2018 07:32:59 AM
Gday...
I think you have gone a bit in circles.
Tropical/sub-tropical = more sperm = more population
Warmer areas have poverty and slums = inability to support large populations.
So, there is no poverty and slums in tropical/sub-tropical areas (ya bin to SE-Asia recently?) or very cold climates but there are poverty and slums in warmer climes?
Melbourne has a population of 4.3million - Port Moresby has a population of 350,000 - Ho Chi Minh City 3.4million - Stockholm 952,000 - Tokyo 9.2million - Anchorage 300,000 - wonder where the highest sperm counts are?
Not sure where your arguments originate from - but it is definitely food for thought. It could go for hours around the campfire wif an ale or two.
Cheers - John
Gday...
I think that it is only when such events occur where there are population areas that they are widely reported and become 'news'.
Earthquakes etc are occurring regularly around this globe - and not all are anywhere near 'heavily populated' areas - but rather at the fault lines around the globe.
Cheers - John
Desert Dweller, I don't know what goes on in you head, but I'm sure it would be a disturbing place to be. Besides being off it was also off topic.
-- Edited by Kebbin on Wednesday 15th of August 2018 09:13:59 AM
I thought I'd quote you John. Not because I wanted to add anything but just because it was worth repeating
Jim
It all boils down to birth control in overpopulated areas, we should be sending them condoms not money.
Maybe she needs to come up with a better method than condoms as foreign aid.
Iza
Whoah! Where did that come from? And WTF does it have to do with foreign aid?
If you're concerned about sending money overseas for "aid" what did you do about the various appeals for aid for OUR farming communities?
Just for the record, the farmers are doing it tough, but so are the communities that they will rely on when the drought breaks (and for a few years after that as well!) - and spare a thought (or a few bucks) for the cropping farmers who don;t have starving stock, but are doing it just as tough, and likely to be without income for quite some time - their winter crops this year are likely a total loss and their next winter crop planting will be this time NEXT YEAR, with a harvest around December NEXT YEAR, but only IF there's a decent amount of rain between now and this time next year!