Roy Morgan pops up again with one of its federal polls accumulating nearly a month’s worth of its regular weekly polling, in this case encompassing a sample of 5001 surveyed from July 28 to August 24. It finds both major parties down on the primary vote from a month ago, Labor by two-and-a-half points to 34%, the Coalition by one to 30%. The Greens are steady on 12% and One Nation is up two to 9%. Labor’s lead on the two-party preferred measure based on 2025 election preference flows duly narrows from 57-43 to 55.5-44.5, though the change on respondent-allocated preferences is more modest, from 57-43 to 56.5-43.5. The accompanying report features breakdowns by state and gender.
DemosAU has a further result from a poll that last week that produced a finding on Palestinian statehood, this one finding 56% support for “the federal government’s proposal to ban access to YouTube for children under 16 as part of a broader social media restriction”, with 29% opposed. The poll was conducted July 31 from a sample of 1079.
Nine Newspapers had follow-up questions from the Resolve Strategic federal poll on Tuesday involving matters related to the economic roundtable, which 49% knew about and 51% didn’t. Pluralities favoured a business cashflow tax (40% for, 15% against) and reducing or abolishing negative gearing (37% and 19% against) and capital gains tax concessions (41% and 21%), but predictably opposed increasing the GST rate (20% for, 51% against) and broadening its base (26% and 44%). It also found 64% support for work-at-home guarantees along the lines being pursued by the Victorian government, with only 17% opposed.
In other news, the first vacancy of the new parliament has emerged with recently elected New South Wales One Nation Senator Warwick Stacey calling it a day less than two months after being sworn in, citing “personal health issues”. The only reporting I’ve seen on who might replace him, which will be a matter for the party’s state branch, is The Australian’s observation of “speculation Senator Hanson could replace Senator Stacey with her daughter Lee Hanson or long-term One Nation staffer James Ashby”. However, “a One Nation source rejected this, saying the replacement should rightfully be a NSW resident”.
newy boy says:
Tuesday, August 26, 2025 at 1:16 pm
Netanyahu has egg on his face as well, blaming our Government for the antisemitic attacks here, when it was our common enemy, Iran. Netanyahu should apologise to our Prime Minister.
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Netanyahu blamed the Government for not doing enough to protect the Jewish community. He is totally wrong but that is different to actually organising antisemitic acts which Iran has done.
The attacks were specific to Australia in order to try and destabilise our social cohesion.
Netanyahu blamed the Government for not doing enough to protect the Jewish community. He is totally wrong but that is different to actually organising antisemitic acts which Iran has done.
One of the journos asked the PM whether Netanyahu owed him an apology now that this work has been done by Australia to expose Iran? The PM just said, I’m not into the personal stuff.
“Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced that the Iranian government directed at least two attacks against the Jewish community in Australia.
The attacks were against the Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne, and the Lewis’ Continental Kitchen in Sydney.”
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/iran-suspected-of-involvement-in-synagogue-arson-attack-20250826-p5mpx8.html
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/iran-suspected-of-involvement-in-synagogue-arson-attack-20250826-p5mpx8.html
I demand to know if we are using Pine Gap to bomb Iran.
And if not, we should be.
“Iranian government directed attacks in Australia on Jewish targets. Via proxies.”
What a shock…..
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Well, I am a little shocked. Because, generally speaking, the Iranian regime isn’t that stupid. Surely this doesnt meet a risk-benefit criteria. In fact, where the F is the benefit? Suggesting to me a possibility the regime has lost control of its foreign activity.
Or they are just stupid. Or desperate.
I’ll be over here waiting for The Greens’ Mehreen Faruqi to congratulate the government on its great work in this case and to stand 4 square behind the government and their support for social cohesion in Australia.
I also expect the Coalition to say that the government didn’t support Israel enough.
C@tmomma, Tuesday, August 26, 2025 at 1:26 pm:
Our PM is far too classy and professional to engage in pleading on his own behalf. Kudos to him!
I, on the other hand, will most definitely call out Netanyahu for going off at our PM half-cocked as he did.
C@tmommasays:
Tuesday, August 26, 2025 at 1:38 pm
I’ll be over here waiting for The Greens’ Mehreen Faruqi to congratulate the government on its great work in this case and to stand 4 square behind the government and their support for social cohesion in Australia.
I also expect the Coalition to say that the government didn’t support Israel enough.
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We will have to wait for Peg’s Cut ‘n Paste job.
Team Katichsays:
Tuesday, August 26, 2025 at 1:38 pm
“Iranian government directed attacks in Australia on Jewish targets. Via proxies.”
What a shock…..
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Well, I am a little shocked. Because, generally speaking, the Iranian regime isn’t that stupid. Surely this doesnt meet a risk-benefit criteria. In fact, where the F is the benefit? Suggesting to me a possibility the regime has lost control of its foreign activity.
Or they are just stupid. Or desperate
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It all sounds weird. Doesn’t add up. Why would they bother with us ?
Israel, Iran, Heshbollah, Hamas and the Houthis: when genocide is your vision statement anything less than total obliteration of a population must be ethical. Further, on the evidence being provided by all of the above, anything by way of action to give effect to the vision statement appears to make some sort of practical sense to the players.
No doubt these sorts of attacks by Iran are not confined to Australia.
Anthony Albanese has confirmed that Australia will expel Iran’s ambassador to Canberra Ahmad Sadeghi for his role in orchestrating at least two anti-Semitic attacks, after ASIO gathered enough intelligence to reach the “deeply disturbing conclusion”.
The Prime Minister called out the slew of “appalling anti-Semitic attacks against Australia’s Jewish community” carried out since the October 7 attack, and confirmed he had recently informed the ambassador that he must depart Australia.
“These were extraordinary and dangerous acts of aggression orchestrated by a foreign nation on Australian soil,” Mr Albanese said.
“They were attempts to undermine social cohesion and sow discord in our community.
“The Australian government is taking strong and decisive action in response.”
Mr Albanese said security agencies believed Iran had been behind the attacks on Lewis’ Continental Kitchen in Bondi in October and the Adass synagogue in Melbourne.
“Iran has sought to disguise its involvement, but ASIO assesses it was behind the attacks on the Lewis’ Continental Kitchen in Sydney on October 20 last year, and the Adass Israel synagogue in Melbourne,” he said.
“ASIO assesses it’s likely Iran directed further attacks as well.”
Mr Albanese said operations at Australia’s embassy in Iran had been suspended and Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard listed as a terror organisation.
“The Australian people want two things, they want killing in the Middle East to stop, and they don’t want conflict in the Middle East brought here,” he said.
“Iran has sought to do just that. They have sought to harm and terrorise Jewish Australians and sow hatred and division in our community.
“The actions of my government send a clear message, a message to all Australians we stand against anti-Semitism, and we stand against violence.”
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/yet-another-outrage-murray-watt-condemns-israel-hospital-strike-in-gaza/live-coverage/27b26148224dab25f9058670ae2c8a6c?amp
Back to the big issue of the moment… has Marles signed away our Defence sovereignty to the US yet ?
The gunmen on the loose in Victoria has taken his wife and children hostage and fled into bushland near Porepunkah. Two police dead and one seriously wounded.
Battin seen driving towards Porepunkah.
B. S. Fairmansays:
Tuesday, August 26, 2025 at 1:48 pm
The gunmen on the loose in Victoria has taken his wife and children hostage and fled into bushland near Porepunkah. Two police dead and one seriously wounded.
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Terrible. Just terrible.
C@tmomma @ #66 Tuesday, August 26th, 2025 – 11:41 am
Adderall is a 3:1 dextroamphetamine/levoamphetamine mixture – so chronic use is just as likely to cause amphetamine cardiomyopathy (& the CCF caused by intermittent tachycardia) as the other amphetamines (e.g. MDMA). COVID seems to cause an acute (<12 months) spike in vascular events (like CAD related acute myocardial infarcts) as well as a more chronic mitochondrial cardiomyopathy, so I doubt that his 2020 COVID infection can be blamed. Despite the shit diet, it's Il Douche's lack of exercise that's really doing him in. BTW NYHA Grade 3 CCF (which he has) has ~40% mortality at 36 months, so his chances are better than Dick Cheney's – which is probably ironic.
Exactly! From Bluesky:
“I don’t trust ASIO & I don’t trust @albomp.bsky.social or @senatorwong.bsky.social
PLUS it’s very hard to see what IRAN would have to gain from committing such acts in Oz.
BUT, even if true & not a misspelling of “ISRAEL,” you’ve expelled the ambassador of a country THAT IS NOT COMMITTING GENOCIDE.”
Boerwar 1:46pm
+1 As we both have said before, there are bad actors on all sides in the current mid-east conflicts. There are no good guys there, only a need to negotiate an end to fighting to minimise civilian deaths.
Albo was correct to expel the Iranian ambassador. These were blatant hostile acts towards another country, as well as attempting to interfere in our politics. Recall the timing was in the runup to the last Federal election.
Sohar competing with pp to be the dumbest person alive.
Sohar @ #119 Tuesday, August 26th, 2025 – 2:00 pm
I had a similar thought … why? The benefit cannot possibly have outweighed the risk.
It is not beyond the realms of possibility that this is a classic false flag operation.
More about “Dirty Dyson”, Howard Government’s appoint to the High Court:
Former High Court Judge Dyson Heydon was known as “Dirty Dyson” and “Handsy Heydon” due to his lecherous behaviour towards young women students at Oxford University.
The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age revealed on Monday that an independent inquiry by the High Court found Mr Heydon had sexually harassed six associates and that other women including a judge and the former head of the ACT Law Society alleged he indecently assaulted them.
Mr Heydon through his lawyers has denied all the allegations against him.
Former High Court justice Dyson Heydon was found in an inquiry by the High Court to have harassed six associates.
The Herald and The Age can now reveal claims about his behaviour extend to Britain where he is the subject of allegations, including inappropriate touching.
Following his mandatory retirement from the High Court in 2013 aged 70, Dyson Heydon sought out a teaching position at the prestigious English university, where he had studied on a Rhodes scholarship in 1964.
His three-year appointment at the Faculty of Law was greeted with excitement within the university, according to documents released under freedom of information laws.
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Mr Heydon’s lectures were scheduled to occur early each year from 2014 to 2016 inclusive. However, allegations about his behaviour would cast a dark shadow over Mr Heydon’s tenure.
“My first introduction to him was that all the Australian law students at Oxford called him ‘Dirty Dyson’, that seemed to be the moniker he had widely,” one former student said.
One of Mr Heydon’s postgraduate students, whom the Herald and The Age have chosen not to name, was so upset and angry about Mr Heydon’s harassment of her in the Bodleian Library, that she complained to the university.
The university decided not to renew Mr Heydon’s visiting professorship. In heavily redacted documents released to the Herald and The Age under FOI, the reason for the university’s decision was not apparent.
Elizabeth Houghton, an Australian law graduate, alleges she was harassed by Dyson Heydon at Oxford University.
“The Personnel Committee has already taken a decision that Dyson Heydon should not be renewed,” stated Oxford Law Faculty Dean Anne Davies in an email dated June 1, 2016. “We have written to tell him this.”
Mr Heydon’s post, which included free economy airfares to Oxford plus salary and rent, had barely begun before the first alleged harassment occurred.
It was January 21, 2014, and 27-year-old West Australian Elizabeth Houghton was in her second year at Oxford, studying for a Masters. The student decided to sit in on property and trusts seminars taught by Professor Heydon. Ms Houghton attended the first class, of about 12 mostly male students, just after the Christmas break.
“People have to understand the power dynamic,” Ms Houghton told the Herald and The Age. As the retired judge was introduced to the class, the tone was set “for the pedestal he was on and the respect he commanded” with a discussion about “which honorific we should use” to address him, she said.
Mr Heydon singled her out on that first day, Ms Houghton said, and asked her to join him at lunch following the seminar. She understood it was a lunch with other students but arrived at Quod, an elegant restaurant on Oxford’s High Street, to find she was the judge’s only guest. He had already ordered wine and refilled her glass as they discussed her research.
“He was very friendly at that first lunch and that was it,” she said. “Then we went to leave, and he said ‘Oh, I have to make another lunch booking’.”
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/dirty-dyson-former-judge-heydon-s-nickname-at-oxford-amid-fresh-harassment-claims-20200623-p555df.html
All this and still two sitting HC judges attended a recent lecture he gave in Perth, giving him at least implied imprimatur.
Shogunsays:
Tuesday, August 26, 2025 at 2:09 pm
Sohar competing with pp to be the dumbest person alive.
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Plus the one after you cobber.
Player One:
I had a similar thought … why? The benefit cannot possibly have outweighed the risk.
It is not beyond the realms of possibility that this is a classic false flag operation.
And the usual nincompoops dust off their tin foil hats.
Rex at 1.44pm.
“It all sounds weird. Doesn’t add up. Why would they bother with us ?”
They are probably doing it elsewhere as well. In the US, the government is led by morons so wouldn’t know who is doing what. If five eyes has been suspended I hope that works in both directions.
C@tmommasays:
Tuesday, August 26, 2025 at 1:07 pm
Iranian government directed attacks in Australia on Jewish targets. Via proxies.
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My understanding it was criminals who took dark web contracts to carry it out. Whether proxy is the correct term for it, I’m unsure. I would go with contract criminals myself.
So similar to what the Modi Government was doing against Sikh’s in USA and Canada.
Upnorth:
Plus the one after you cobber.
Dumb and dumber and dumberer.
“It is not beyond the realms of possibility that…” is the refrain of every conspiracy nutter.
When it comes to Iran, they are better off doing nothing in their own interest, but personally I will put it down to stupidity bred from extremist views, which is contagious in many countries it seems, I am glad Australia is trying to crack down on it where ever it comes from, just like how they blocked a extremist Israeli politician coming in.
Iran has form:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMIA_bombing
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Of course, those invested in declaring Israel is the devil incarnate will call this a false flag operation too.
Shogun says:
Tuesday, August 26, 2025 at 2:20 pm
Upnorth:
Plus the one after you cobber.
Dumb and dumber and dumberer.
“It is not beyond the realms of possibility that…” is the refrain of every conspiracy nutter.
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By the same token it is not beyond the realms of possibility that Sohar and P1 planned and carried out both attacks currently being blamed on Iran.
TPOFsays:
Tuesday, August 26, 2025 at 2:24 pm
Shogun says:
Tuesday, August 26, 2025 at 2:20 pm
Upnorth:
Plus the one after you cobber.
Dumb and dumber and dumberer.
“It is not beyond the realms of possibility that…” is the refrain of every conspiracy nutter.
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By the same token it is not beyond the realms of possibility that Sohar and P1 planned and carried out both attacks currently being blamed on Iran.
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They could have attended the “March Against The Chemtrails” that was held in Hyde Park on Saturday.
“Protest against the chemtrails, Sydney, Australia
Protesters want to “…do something about these Chemtrails that are ruining our Australian skies.” They want their “…skies back without all those weird streaked clouds blocking out the sun.” Protesters gathered at the Archibald fountain in Hyde Park North. ”
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/video/viral/protest-against-the-chemtrails-sydney-australia/vi-AA1L46qd
Shogun @ #125 Tuesday, August 26th, 2025 – 2:15 pm
I’ll accept that … if you can offer a plausible explanation as to why.
Also, there is this …
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-26/iran-behind-antisemitic-attacks-asio-says/105697762
So, by expelling the Iranian ambassador, we are punishing the local Iranian community … for something that AISO acknowledges neither had any involvement in.
But when it comes to the ambassador of the country actually committing genocide by forcibly starving hundreds of thousands of innocent people, and calling our PM a “liar” for saying so …
** crickets **
Fair enough to send the Iran ambassador packing.
I just think of the Zomi Frankcom murder and no expulsions or sanctions from that.
NSW Premier Chris Minns has labelled Iran’s intervention and co-ordination of anti-Semitic attacks in Australia “deeply disturbing and utterly unacceptable”.
Mr Minns in a statement said NSW Police would co-ordinate with federal counterparts and intelligence services.
“The revelations about Iran and its proxies involvement in directing violent, anti-Semitic attacks on Australian soil are deeply disturbing and utterly unacceptable,” he said.
“Here in NSW, we stand with the Jewish community and all communities who deserve to live free from hate and intimidation.
“Any act of hatred, including anti-Semitism is unacceptable and undermines the harmony of our society. I welcome the decisive action taken by the Commonwealth government.
“NSW Police will continue to work closely with federal agencies to ensure the safety of places of worship, businesses, and community members across our state.
“Our message is clear: hate has no place in NSW, and those who seek to divide us will not succeed.”
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/yet-another-outrage-murray-watt-condemns-israel-hospital-strike-in-gaza/live-coverage/27b26148224dab25f9058670ae2c8a6c?amp#scroll-to-12841534
Player One at 2.30pm
I am sure I read that the Iranian Ambassador was expelled because he is accused of being involved in organising the attacks.
Rex Douglas @ #134 Tuesday, August 26th, 2025 – 2:32 pm
All ambassadors are equal. But some ambassadors are more equal than others.
Player Onesays:
Tuesday, August 26, 2025 at 2:30 pm
Shogun @ #125 Tuesday, August 26th, 2025 – 2:15 pm
And the usual nincompoops dust off their tin foil hats.
I’ll accept that … if you can offer a plausible explanation as to why.
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You do have a valid point here. Also many on here spent a lot of time trying to link the local Palestine peace rallies to these events. If any have egg on their face it is them.
“Friday, July 11, 2025 at 10:13 pm
Entropy- It is about 1km (4 city blocks) from the State Library which is the usual site of the protests to the East Melbourne Synagogue and it would be the closest one to the protest site. The next closest would be the one on St Kilda Rd behind the shrine which is about 3km away.
Given the timing of the protest and the fire, it is highly likely the accused attempted arsonist was at the rally at some point.
Another thing that was evident was the person accused did not have any local knowledge. Firstly, One of the main city fire stations is a couple doors down the street, but fronts onto the Gisborne Street. Secondly, the main area with a lot of synagogues is south of the Yarra about 5 kms south of the city, many which are much larger and more clearer synagogues.”
Granny Anny @ #136 Tuesday, August 26th, 2025 – 2:36 pm
Hmmm. I wonder who is wrong here. The ABC reporter or Mike Burgess? Your guess would be as good as either.
Victoria situation – This has all the hallmarks of a “sovereign citizen” type of nutter.
Sounds like the cops were basically ambushed.
Player Onesays:
Tuesday, August 26, 2025 at 2:30 pm
So, by expelling the Iranian ambassador, we are punishing the local Iranian community … for something that AISO acknowledges neither had any involvement in
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Why would expelling the Iranian ambassador be an act of “punishing” the local Iranian community? They are fellow Australians and do not answer/belong to Iran, nor need to answer for Iran.
Its like claiming we should be suspicious of the Chinese community because they “belong” to the CCP.
I guess it has to be explained at Primary School level to those who simply cannot find it within themselves to believe anything the Albanese government says or does, exactly why Australia was targeted and how those who orchestrated the attacks in Australia did it. Specifically for the benefit of the embittered Lunar Left idiot Sohar, the ever-on-the-look-out for something they can use against the Albanese government, Player One and Rex Douglas (who I’m disappointed in for getting swept up in the lunacy of the Far Left).
1. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard orchestrated the attacks in Australia.
2. They used Organised Crime gang members and leaders based in the Middle East, likely Dubai because that’s where they all seem to accrete when they flee Australia, though Lebanon is also getting a reputation in that area as well now.
3. These Australia-connected organised crime leaders contacted their connections in Australia.
4. The Australia connections proffered money to those desperate to get money, probably for their addictions, to carry out the attacks as ordered from overseas.
5. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps made great efforts to cover their tracks. Eventually ASIO connected the dots.
6. The reason Australia was chosen? Our successful multicultural society. Our social cohesion, as the PM and the Director General of ASIO, both pointed to. It is the envy of the world. Theocracies don’t like that. They are highly-motivated to seek to destroy it.
As the story the other week of ISIS recruiting at the Pro Palestine marches demonstrated in neon lights. These people never tire in their quest to religiously radicalise democracies and their people and turn them into theocracies of their own colour and stripe.
As a story about Erin Patterson’s companions in high security demonstrated today coincidentally:
https://www.smh.com.au/national/victoria/a-hair-straightener-a-fan-and-lots-of-wool-inside-erin-patterson-s-prison-cell-20250825-p5mpo3.html
These countries have mastered the art of breaking people’s brains:
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/terrorist-s-jail-term-raised-to-48-years-after-garden-shears-attack-20211203-p59egx.html
It appears that they are worming their way into the brains of some here, who should be wiser.
Victoria situation – This has all the hallmarks of a “sovereign citizen” type of nutter.
Sounds like the cops were basically ambushed.
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Banjo country is a little further up the road.
https://www.harrietvillebluegrass.com/
C@tmomma says:
Tuesday, August 26, 2025 at 2:54 pm
It should also be pointed out that the IRGC is an integral part of the Iranian government, not just a sponsored terrorist group.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps
The best analogy is that it is to the regular Iranian army what the SS was to the Wehrmacht.
The Iranian Ambassador was NOT accused of being involved in the attacks. He is being expelled because his country WAS the originator of the attacks.
A lie spreads around the internet before the truth can get its pants on and all that.
TPOF,
Tony Bourke pointed that out in the press conference and said that the legislation will have to be amended to reflect that. It’s only the IRGC that will be declared a terrorist group, however, not the whole Iranian government. That distinction now needs to be made in legislation.
Entropy – I stand by the fact that the alleged Arsonist on the East Melbourne synagogue could easily have used rally as cover. But then again he may not have.
By the second part of that comment of mine – that the alleged attacker didn’t have local knowledge – was very likely to be true. The Metro east fire station is literally a 100 metres away from the synagogue.
Certainly the attack on the restaurant that evening was linked to people who had attended the rally.
C@tmommasays:
Tuesday, August 26, 2025 at 3:00 pm
TPOF,
Tony Bourke pointed that out in the press conference and said that the legislation will have to be amended to reflect that. It’s only the IRGC that will be declared a terrorist group, however, not the whole Iranian government. That distinction now needs to be made in legislation.
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So In USA Trump terms. It would be similar to just declaring ICE as a terrorist organisation and not the whole Trump Government. Though might as well throw in Pete Hegseth as well for good measure if we were to do that.
Minns needs to reverse himself here.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/aug/26/blindsided-port-arthur-massacre-widower-says-nsw-hunting-bill-will-take-a-jackhammer-to-gun-control
Radicalisation of people connected with the Pro Palestine Movement in Australia and the marchers is a project, as the evidence suggests, of ISIS and the IRGC.
Of course, not everyone associated with the movement is suspected of being radicalised in a dangerous and criminal way, but as the great Julia Gillard said, it’s not nothing. You only need a few with a screw loose or a need for money, to achieve your goals.