@alcoholicorn Yeah, that's not how it tends to work in Australia.
What happens is a state government puts up a good chunk of time construction costs (as much as half in some cases), plus public land.
In some cases, the freeway already exists, but the state government wants one more lane built, because it thinks that will ease congestion (as happened with sections of the Tullamarine and Monash Freeways in Melbourne).
It gets handed off to Transurban, who builds it under a long-term operating agreement (30 years is common).
In some cases, the agreements have clauses saying railways that compete with the toll road can't be built.
As the end of the lease approaches, Transurban offers to build one more lane — in exchange for extending the agreement.
@ajsadauskas@fuck_cars Everything that's been built with taxpayer money and privatised have been a massive government fraud. The jokes on us apparently.
Call me crazy, but maybe presidents who get themselves indicted shouldn't have their criminal trials presided over by judges they themselves appointed.
@rbreich Probably normal for the USA. A country that is internationally famous for its class justice. Something D.J. Trump himself coincidentally is an excellent example of.
Listen, if you’re a white person, and you think you’ve had Szechuan food, you probably haven’t.
Most of the Szechuan restaurants in the USA lack a basic component: spiciness.
I say this because a friend from out of town just went to a Szechuan restaurant in Vancouver, thought it was going to be business as usual, and now he’s doubled over because the spice is too much for him.
He tells me, it’s so bad, that he feels the spice eking out of his pores. 🤣
@atomicpoet ha ha. I am aware that different spices are different. For example I am better with green chillies than I am with black pepper. But I always that I tolerated green chillies simply because I loved the flavor. Now I will have to google this phenomenon 😀
Today I turn to you to beg for a little help, since I was kicked out of my home for not covering the rent and I find myself on the street alone, please I only ask that you help me get through this difficult moment, I can't be out here I run very dangerous several months ago I was attacked I just want to get a new home please donate and share💔😭
@GottaLaff CA markets over a certain dollar threshold is so painful lately as a seller, it took me 3x longer than I expected on mine. Keep your chin up, the right buyer will come along and all the pieces will fall into place.
Justice Merchan called #Trump’s lawyer to a sidebar to say Trump was “cursing audibly” & possibly intimidating Daniels... “I understand your client is upset at this pt, but he is cursing audibly & shaking his head visually & that’s contemptuous. It has the potential to intimidate the witness & the jury can see that...I am speaking to you here at the bench because I don’t want to embarrass him. You need to speak to him. I won’t tolerate that.” #TrumpTrial https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/07/stormy-daniels-testimony-trump-hush-money-trial/
@GottaLaff More special treatment…any other defendant would have likely been admonished immediately by the Judge, and not in a side bar to the attorney unheard by the Witness or Jury.
Interesting reading: "...what everyone—literally everyone—is missing about the 34 felonies Donald Trump committed to win the 2016 presidential election. This will change how you understand the 2016 election cycle."
@GottaLaff@pawsplay
I wonder if he was just giving legitimacy to the EC? He said he’s not one of those who says Clinton won the election- which by popular vote she did but that’s not how you win… 🤷🏼♀️ I just wondered about it too and that’s all I could figure
Giffey bei Angriff verletzt - Innenminister wollen härtere Strafen
Nach einer Reihe von Angriffen auf Politiker ist nun die frühere Regierende Bürgermeisterin von Berlin, Giffey, bei einer Attacke verletzt worden. Zuvor hatten sich die deutschen Innenminister in einer Sondersitzung für eine Verschärfung des Strafrechts ausgesprochen.
@tagesschau Ist #Gewalt gegen #Andersdenkende nicht ein Anzeichen einer #Schwäche, suf der #Sachebene zu diskutieren? In diesem Kontext muss ich mich dann fragen, warum diese #Angriff|e speziell gegen soziale und grüne #Politiker ausgeübt werden. Antidemokratische Kräfte merken zunehmend, wenig sie über stichhaltige #Argument:e verfügen und nutzen Mittel wir seinerzeit bereits in der Weimarer Republik.