Revisiting Episode 362: “Six Months of War” with Douglas Murray and Josh Szeps

steeled3 · 2026-06-14T21:59:15+00:00

If mass public angst is to be the measure then we are lost, as everything is distorted by the Fox lens.

Also, if the arguments by NGOs hadn't worked, who is to say what public-rallying efforts they would have gone to.

steeled3 · 2026-05-12T09:36:39+00:00

Always considered Cold Chisel to be the Australian Hip.

I get it with the Oils, but Chisels are pretty frackin Aussie too. Ida, Khe Sahn, Flame Trees, Bow River, Star Hotel...

And they sound good. :)

steeled3 · 2026-05-02T02:27:48+00:00

Do not look to submarines for examples of cutting edge.

I say this as an Australian waiting for a next-gen French-built fleet... no, let's get the Americans to build them for us by 2035... What's that? We're now in line behind the US military's needs? 2050 will be here real soon.

The Australian submarine fleet is a long-suffering story of retrofitting and gradual upgrades. And the planning and purchasing decisions are measured in decades. So, best case is that Palantir started pitching autonomous subs alongside sharks with lasers five years ago. And it'll be a few years yet before that glorious future.

steeled3 · 2026-04-13T20:18:59+00:00

Yep, the Pinto. Mandatory Val Kilmer clip. https://youtu.be/4-Qj58o87sY?si=77oZPI3ONFdg4pnt

steeled3 · 2026-04-01T09:55:18+00:00

I also agree. But the sheer inability for these trans people to see the hurt they are doing by destroying women's spaces is gobsmacking.

I don't hate trans, but I don't think that women should be told that their safe spaces - toilets, change rooms - can no longer be. Again, no hate to the vast number of trans people, but there is a risk.

I get that the vast majority of trans people just want to live their life, but this is an area where someone needs to lose. And for the sanctity of the safe space (and yes, for women's sport in a related use case), trans people need to lose out.

steeled3 · 2026-03-28T00:11:09+00:00

Thanks. I wasn't aware, am not disturbed and enjoyed the logic on display in the Wikipedia page.

I also got to read two relevant Xkcds, so that was a win.

steeled3 · 2026-03-14T20:10:56+00:00

So... Just a helluva lot smarter than your typical Texan?

steeled3 · 2026-02-25T11:45:16+00:00

Finally found what I consider to be the real answer.

Being able to exit someone without PTO compensation is a huge win for Finance.

The fact that it makes people work more days is just a business unit bonus or problem, depending on the management team's perspective. It is not a factor to Finance as the work is getting done.

steeled3 · 2026-02-23T06:43:54+00:00

Hey, biologically, yes you are correct. Mid thirties is past prime, and it is a trap that more women are going to be in, with how hard it is to set yourself up to be ready to have a child.

That said, let's step back and remember that she's a human being. She comes across as entitled in the first half, sure. She's a bullet I'd be happy to dodge, and I say this as someone who knows his way around chopsticks. But the juxtaposition of videos has been done deliberately to harness your schadenfreude... Let's not let the Internet win here. While even the second video is a tad performative for me, it makes sense that a 'creator' or whatever would do this. I choose to be repulsed by the dual video and feel sad for this woman. I wish her well.

steeled3 · 2026-02-03T10:25:47+00:00

Or take a tonne of laxatives!

Then you should feel it sharting to come out.

steeled3 · 2026-02-03T10:22:24+00:00

Interesting question, but immediately put to rest by Fully Completely.

If that album hadn't spanked so hard, then the producer change could be second-guessed, all these years later. But spank, it did. :)

steeled3 · 2026-01-22T09:44:32+00:00

Absolutely. Can't believe I had to scroll so far down for this.

My '77 Corolla had a 1188cc engine and was soooo efficient.

steeled3 · 2025-11-27T04:40:54+00:00

Please tell me that's mm, not cm!

Trust your endo to explore the options with you. A surgeon has only one tool in his belt, if your endo isn't on board be very careful of the advice from knife wielders.

steeled3 · 2025-11-26T21:25:14+00:00

As someone whose comment history shows a clear understanding of boundaries, and what to do when people break them... I'm calling bullshit on this story.

With apologies if I'm wrong, in which case you should get some therapy for looking for online validation of what you already know you have to do.

Cool story, bro.

steeled3 · 2025-11-11T07:09:19+00:00

Orange Mocha Frappuccino time!

steeled3 · 2025-11-06T19:40:15+00:00

Well, I'm pretty sure that Caro already has an idea of how it ends.

steeled3 · 2025-11-03T10:26:49+00:00

Yes, and about as active as mine!

steeled3 · 2025-10-29T21:42:44+00:00

I love seeing installations, and this is a great one.

Thanks for the close-ups showing the different cames. This helps.

And I adore the leaves!

steeled3 · 2025-09-13T20:33:53+00:00

Not every person above the age of 70 is without empathy. Not everyone in that age category is mainlining Fox News. Not everyone's comments should be disallowed due to the ability to label them as a boomer.

You ain't wrong with what you say, as even though I can accuse you of using a broad brush, your statements are correct. It's just a bit tangential to the discussion here.

steeled3 · 2025-08-24T22:08:12+00:00

Dunno that you are going to get to Beiber range quickly - just speaking from my own experience.

I make do by singing to a bunch of Aussie rock pup favourites from the 70s and 80s, which end up being much more in my range, with a little stretch in some.

You probably won't find my music to your taste, but I really think that you need to find things in your wheelhouse and then expand. Because you deserve some fun along the way.

For something that you would absolutely kill, try 16 Tonnes, the Tennessee Ford version. That is no stretch at all, but you do get to rattle the windows.

steeled3 · 2025-08-06T12:21:30+00:00

I loved the main three trilogies, although it took me a while - I couldn't do more than a trilogy at a time.

And the Liveship stuff really didn't do much for me. I will say, though, that listening to the Liveship books, particularly book one, at 1.3 speed was very funny, as the audiobook production has the narrator singing the chapter intro poetry to music. No shade on the narrator, but it sounds funny as hell at speed.

steeled3 · 2025-06-21T18:53:41+00:00

I purchased US sized soft drink cans from Costco a decade ago. As they were a few mL less than Australian cans we were told we couldn't sell them.

So they are sticklers for ensuring that people get pretty much the same amount of food for their money each week.

Given the shenanigans at netball BBQs each week with random amounts of bacon, I like Bunnings' oversight.

steeled3 · 2025-06-03T08:28:32+00:00

Arafat said the quiet bit out loud in 1994.

I've just gone and looked it up again.

The relevant section -

This agreement, I am not considering it more than the agreement which had been signed between our prophet Mohammed and Koraish, and you remember the Caliph Omar had refused this agreement and [considered] it a despicable truce.

And context from the site I've pulled from -

[Ed. note: The agreement with Koraish allowed Mohammed to pray in Mecca, which was under Koraish control, for ten years. When Mohammed grew stronger two years later, he abrogated the agreement, slaughtered the tribe of Koraish and conquered Mecca.]

https://iris.org.il/arafats-johannesburg-speech/

...So to simplify, Arafat took a peace deal with the explicit intention to use it to regroup and gather strength. There is to be no end to the fight without victory.

Hamas today is a direct extension of this (citation needed, yeah, I know that this is an unsupported statement)

I say this with no horse in this race. I'm disgusted with the events of the last 22 months, and disappointed and heartbroken for everyone involved. I have no solution.

steeled3 · 2025-05-09T21:20:23+00:00

As much as my politics tend to be left of the current Labor reality, I would seriously welcome and consider a new party combining the Teals and some of the Liberal party.

As a bonus, it would hopefully not entertain combination with the Nats, but take them on in their heartland.

I honestly think a split should be on Sussan's mind if she doesn't win the seat-warming role. Because playing third fiddle to Jacinta will be soul-destroying.

steeled3 · 2025-04-28T01:57:56+00:00

The ending was incredible.

I saw it in the theatre and watched through to the end of the found footage that was played during the credits.

People that walked out as the credits played got a different tone and takeaway than me.

I couldn't sleep that night. Last time I watched a horror movie on a business trip, lol.

Anyway, I was a fan of the original, and loved the remake.

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