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    McNamara's Mea culpa.

    In 1995 the former US Secretary of Defence, Robert McNamara wrote a book,"In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam". In summary he said, “We were wrong, terribly wrong.” He concluded with a list of 11 lessons which America ought consider before entering into conflict. Since the Vietnam...
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    Somethng else to worry about.

    No doubt about it... living is a health hazard. A news report this morning says a deadly virus, the Nipah, virus, has surged in India and Bangladesh. The virus has a mortality rate of 40 to 75%. Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand and Malaysia are doing temperature checks at airports for passengers...
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    Electric motor scooters

    If Indonesia moved to electric motor scooters and did away with petrol motor scooters then the difference in air quality would be huge. However, just watching latest reports on flooding in Jakarta I did a check and it seems electric scooters have less capability handling flooding on the roads...
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    U.S. Imperialism

    It seems we have gone back to the 60s when the USA game was to enable US corporations to plunder the resources of Cenrtal and South America with scant regard for the enormous poverty of millions of people. The CIA worked hard to help put in place right wing leaders like Pinochet to destroy any...
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    New laws- Government control

    Just watching news regarding a whole gamut of new control laws. Gaol for a range of offences such as demonstrating without a permit, insulting the president or insulting the nation. And gaol for spreading Marxist Leninism. Not sure how that works if you are an academic teaching history or the...
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    HAPPY NEW YEAR

    A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL AND A THANK YOU TO THE FORUM MODERATORS FOR YOU'RE KEEPING THE FACILITY ALIVE. TERIMA KASIH.
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    The drab hand of religions.

    It seems religious zealotry functions on the assumption that anything that makes a woman look attractive becomes a threat to men who evidently are so easily whipped into a sexual frenzy that men have to be protected. In Somalia in the 80s one of the really delightful things about travelling in...
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    Suharto - National hero?

    Stone the crows! Suharto national hero? Next step "Saint Suharto."
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    Gaza

    Just reading about the Trump peace plan for Gaza. Even if this were put into place The well is so deeply poisoned I cannot see an end to Islamic extremists still wreaking havoc with terrorist attacks and Zionist settlers creating increasing tensions with incremental taking over of West Bank...
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    Imigrasi on line?

    We created an Imigrasi account for my wife WNA sponsor as were told to do by Imigrasi at Benoa office. They said to use evisa.imigrasi.go.id/ The account was then verified. The website above seems to be limited to visa applications. I need to register a new Australian passport and then apply...
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    Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    Thousands of Japanese are gathering to commemorate the dropping of atomic bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima 80 years ago. This is an important moment and should never be forgotten. However it is unfortunate that it seems many young Japanese are being educated with some Japanese schools omitting or...
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    Passport renewal.

    Just returned from the Australian Consulate in Denpasar Bali. I had tried a passport renewal on line and the account got blocked. So made an appointment for the Consulate this morning. When trying on line there were quite a number of documents required as well as passport to establish identity...
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    Status of women.

    Slowly but certainly not surely the worldwide position of women in society inches forward. For the first time in history the conservative Liberal Party in Australia, which got thumped at the just held Federal elections, has elected a woman as leader of the party. On the other hand, just...
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    Free useful tool to improve your Indonesian.

    This morning an ABC report has a journalist writing about how she experimented with ChatGPT.com and using it as a counselling therapist. She was quite astonished by the results. I had been using Gemini and found it rather limiting as a tool to help with Indonesian translations. This morning I...
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    Earthquakes and nuclear power plants

    I wonder if the widespread impact of the Myanmar earthquake, extending to Thailand, has caused any pause for thought for the proponents of building nuclear power plants in Indonesia? Thre are 130 active volcanoes in Indonesia and vulcanologists are good at warning of aftershocks after a quake or...
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    Stone the crows. How will this go down in Bali?

    A story today in the Guardian in the Guardian about a luxury Melbourne retreat where women pay $6,500 to get in touch with their vaginas. It seems the clientele are essentially lesbians and the purpose is to enable them to come to terms with their sexuality. The event organizer is talking about...
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    Homelessness

    Australia invented the stump jump plough and quite a few other things. We really are very clever. And now the Moreton Bay Council in New South Wales has come up with the perfect solution for homesslessness. They have made homelessness illegal with an $8065 fine. I wonder what the $65 is for. The...
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    Shameless misuse of TV ownership

    Just watching MNC TV news. A ridiculous story about the launch of a cosmetic called Juicy Glow. So looked up ownership of Juicy Glow.... Soulyu. And who owns Soulyu? Valencia Tanoesoedibjo, the daughter of the owner of MNC. Hary Tanoesoedibjo is shameless in misusing the channel to promote his...
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    Jabodetebak floods

    I wonder if any of our forum members have been impacted by these devastating floods?
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    There are scams and there are SCAMS.

    The ever increasing variety of scams range from petty to spectacular. A new twist is reported by the ABC today that has targeted Chinese resident in Australia. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-24/fake-chinese-authority-scam-extorting-millions/104974122

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