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Below is a picture of the Apollo XIII Lunar Module (callsign: "Aquarius") which was designed to land on the moon, but (as we all know) it never did, hence it still has the feet. It instead became a life-raft for three astronauts stuck 380,000 km's away in space. It got them as far as it...

18 months or so out and this is already getting very interesting. This is a list of current Democratic Party nominations. Lincoln Chafee (fmr Governor of Rhode Island) Hillary Clinton (Mrs #42, fmr Senator for New York, fmr Secretary of State) Martin O'Malley (fmr Governor of Maryland) Bernie...

Or something else??? Either way, this is terrible.... Baby dead in police chase tragedy in Constitution Hill I am sure that some will call for an end to police pursuits. Not me.... Imo, the human slime that run from police have no regard for public safety or decency so I don't...

Former Labor Minister Gary Johns suggests linking the dole to contraception NO contraception, no dole - that's the view of an ex-Labor Minister who believes welfare should be linked to compulsory contraception. Gary Johns, writing in The Australian, suggests there should be ''no taxpayer...

The man who (imo) was the catalyst for modern Australia. Listen to Paul Kelly ~ "From Little Things Big Things Grow"

I am very sad to say that I have learned this morning that RossV is no longer with us (it was actually a post on his rarely updated facebook page saying "it's been a year today, we miss you Rossy"). It might be a name unfamiliar with newer forumites, but many of the longer term members would...

I can't say I follow South Australian politics closely, but I like the rationale behind this.... TL;DR - in South Australia a Liberal politician has accepted an offer to become a Minister as a part of an ALP state Government. Former SA Liberal leader Martin Hamilton-Smith becomes a...

I have often wondered this myself. Not specifically whether we should be storing radioactive waste - that's what third world countries are for :rolleyes: - but whether we should be: a) enriching uranium if only for our own defence capabilities (see: MAD) b) using nuclear as a cheap source...

Rather than hijack this thread. See - Nathan Tinkler raises eyebrows with latest big foray into coal sector Mr Tinkler, 38, shocked the market on Wednesday when it emerged his Singapore investment vehicle, Bentley Resources, will buy the Wilkie Creek thermal coalmine in Queensland from...

In another thread I said that I believe that having strong political parties is essential to a robust democracy that makes better decisions for the citizens and residents of Australia. As such I hope this is all true. As reported here. BILL Shorten is severing century-old ALP ties with the...

20 or so years ago Billy Birmingham (aka "The 12th Man") hammed up a scenario in which a failed "High Five" resulted in one Pakistan player poking another in the eye.... About which Richie Benaud (the character) had the following to say: "Well Bill, I'd go one step further and say the...

And like all prudent businesses / households who get deep in the financial poo - they of course just borrow more money. There really is nothing like kicking the can down the alley... ...avoiding the real issues.... ...and "hoping to [insert name of preferred deity here]" that when the music...

The attached spreadsheet contains Australian Consumer Price Index (CPI) data for each financial year since 1949/50. Using CPI as a base it is possible to ascertain the real growth in the value of an asset. That is, the growth over and above what simply keeping pace with CPI would dictate...

This article... Police Slam Speed Stunt - Melbourne to Sydney in 6.5 hours has piqued my interest. It opens with... POLICE have slammed as "reckless" a magazine stunt that commissioned a foreign journalist to drive from Melbourne to Sydney above the speed limit at 130km/h - slashing...

Who? Dr Janet Yellen, that's who. She's the current Vice-Chairperson of the "US Federal Reserve" and, more importantly, now Larry Summers has withdrawn his name from the pool of Candidates, she is considered a leading contender for the position of Chairman to replace Dr Bernanke come next...

Some background stats - The final vote split in the 2010 election was 50.12% ALP v 49.88% Coalition. Current polling suggests 47% ALP v 53% Coalition. So where will it end up?

If you're replying to the OP (and this is not like the 4th or 5th page of the thread) - why not just say "@ OP" instead of quoting their post verbatim? The same for subsequent posters.... If you want to reply to a post - you don't have to quote it in-full. You certainly shouldn't be quoting a...

I have heard it said that the problem with Australian cricket atm was that it had no world beaters in the team (Clarke a likely exception). Well I disagree. I'm not saying that I'd object to if a 25 y/o clone of Warnie came along... or Adam Gilchrist circa 1999.... But you can't...

Yeah, I know it's a bit premature but it has occured to me that 2011 could well be one of the greatest (non-olympic) sporting years we've ever had on the world stage. We've got the Tour de France in the bag (thanks Cadel Evans) (that alone would make it a great year) And we have the US...

...that when I joined SS in July 2003 the economics part of the forum was, in many ways, the poor relation to other areas. I distinctly remember that there wasn't even 100 threads in the entire economics sub-area and getting any sort of discussion going was very difficult (there was only a...